Someone Else's List of Oblivion Mods
Must-Have Mods:
Mods that I think you absolutely MUST have. If your Oblivion mod list doesn't like these guys, then fix it so that it does. You'll thank me later. This list of mods should be able to work perfectly with each other with little to no conflicts. Keep in mind quest-mods, item mods, and location mods aren't listed as must-have on principle; the content of mods like those are sometimes one-play wonders you won't use again upon completion, or simply because they're skippable, and not must-have! Listed in no particular order.
- Midas Magic Spells of Aurum
- Misc Tracker
- I really have to stress this, GET THIS ONE. It's very simple and I guarantee it won't conflict with anything so go for it.
- Stealth Overhaul
- Denock Arrow
- If you get Thieves Arsenal you don't need this one.
- Ren's Guard Overhaul
- Action Ragdolls
- Lockpicks
- Extended Death Camera
- Keychain
- I swear Bethesda copied this very mod in Fallout 3. Anyway, if you only get two mods for Oblivion from this list, get this one and Misc Tracker.
- Also take a look at this version. I'm not sure about the difference or if they're dependant on each other.
- Fran's and OOO are really two different flavors of the same sort of thing. Both mods seek to remove the levelling that vanilla Oblivion had where items and enemies were "matched" to the player's level, creating a more static world like Morrowind and previous Elder Scroll's games. But it doesn't just end there, these mods add new enemies (some of them unique like boss fights) new items, and even new locations. Fran's adds and changes less things than Oscuro does, so is therefore less likely to have conflicts. OOO adds more content, TONS of it, but it's also very hard and is notorious for having major conflicts and incompatibilies. I personally pick Fran's, but do your own research and pick the one for you.
These are mods that are very worth looking into, but I'm not listing as must-have because A) there are tastes, and these mods may have many similarities to other mods that you might prefer over what I'm listing and/or B) they're known to have too many conflicts or incompatibilities with other, more popular mods to be worth using. The mods in this list may have conflicts with each other, so don't get all of them. They might also conflict with the must-have mods, most notably OOO.
- All Natural
- Beware of an FPS hit if your computer is older.
- Thieves Arsenal
- Available for download, but has not been updated for some time. In my experience it's a little glitchy, but I'm sure it was mostly due to conflicts with my other mods.
- Better Cities
- Beware of an FPS hit.
- The Lost Spires
- Let the People Drink
- Get Wet
- Almost Everything Visible When Distant
- Improved LOD Textures (Part 1 and Part 2)
- Beware of an FPS hit. There's a lot of alternative mods that are like this one, some that might be better, some that might be a little lower rez if you need it.
- Imperial Furniture
- Decorator Assistant
- The Elder Council