Outdoors followers can do things like gather ingredients for you, or just take a seat and enjoy nature.

The new dialogue option, “We’ll stay here for a while…” leads to different commands depending on where you are.

Not only does it make them less annoying, but it really adds to your immersion. Lydia is famous for just getting in your way and staring at you, never moving… it’s maddening! This mod gives you the option to tell your followers to chill out and do something useful in their downtime. One of the most frustrating things about traditional Skyrim followers is how utterly useless they act sometimes. They are sworn to carry your burdens after all.

You can see who you happen across relaxing at an inn or attacking a bandit camp or check the mod page to seek out a particular follower.

They each have their own schedule and places they travel to.

12 new followers scattered throughout the world of Skyrim with their own specialization.

This mod has no requirements as it uses the vanilla appearances (or any texture or appearance mods you have installed). These followers fit perfectly into the vanilla game, so if you don’t want your game to be heavily modded, then this is a great choice for your game. This mod has many new friends to choose from, including this kind Khajiit, Keiko.Ĭompanions and Followers focuses on adding multiple followers instead of one really detailed follower like some of the other mods on this list.

Turn followers into vampires or werewolves, manage their leveling down to each skill point, and many more features.

Followers won’t ruin your sneaking in stealth mode, you can change their outfits manually, teach them new spells, and dismiss them but tell them where to stay.

Ability to have up to 5 followers at one time, with optional AI tweaks to avoid traps, interact with environments, recharge enchanted weapon, and much more.

This mod even includes the ability to have more than one follower depending on how much of a party you want to bring on your journey. Amazing Follower Tweaks introduces a ton of functionality and custom options regarding your followers. AFT: Amazing Follower Tweaksīefore we get to custom followers, we need to cover a mod that will make traveling with a follower much less of a headache. However, with a few good mods to tweak how followers behave in the game, you’ll want to bring a friend along on your quests! With all of the custom followers with their own backstory, questlines, fully-voiced dialogue, and more, you’ll find someone for your character to get along with. Followers, as they are in the vanilla game, are often more trouble and annoyance than they’re worth. Normally, I’m among the group of people who prefer to take on Skyrim alone. We know Inigo is fantastic, but what other cool follower mods are out there?

Nexus mods amazing follower tweaks