- Serenity 2
Serenity 2 is a Skyrim SE modlist found on Wabbajack that aims to bring a fresh Requiem experience to the table. It uses Requiem 4.0.2 converted to Skyrim Special Edition and has minor and some major tweaks to the core Requiem experience that aims to enhance longevity and replayability while keeping the game fair, balanced and looking great. Serenity is targeted at new and veteran Requiem players and can offer new experiences to both sides of the playerbase.
- Download Size: ~70GB (~13GB is copied from your Skyrim SE install)
- Install Size: ~100GB
(see changelog for most recent sizes)
Serenity is a mid to high end list in terms of graphics. A minimum of 6GB VRAM is required to play smoothly (60fps) on 1080p and 8GB VRAM to play smoothly (60fps) on 1440p
[Xanza] I made this list with my specs in mind and I am able to get 72FPS (capped so my GPU doesn't work harder than it needs to) in Riverwood and Whiterun outdoors with Rudy ENB for Cathedral Weathers with these specs
- CPU: Ryzen 7 3700x
- GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra
- RAM: 4x8 3200Mhz G-Skill RAM
- SSD: Crucial M1 1TB NVME SSD
[Esvs] My specs are way behind of above, yet I do have 40~60fps at 1080p
- CPU: Intel Core i5-6600k @ 4.6GHz
- GPU: MSI GTX 1060 6GB OC
- RAM: 2x8GB 3200MHz
- SSD: MyMemory 256MB NVME
These steps are only needed if you install this Modlist for the first time. If you update the Modlist, jump straight to Updating.
I doubt you need to do this since you likely already have this installed. The package is required for MO2 and you can download it from Microsoft. Download the x64 version under "Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019". Direct link if you can't find it.
The Steam Overlay can cause issues with ENB and is recommended to be turned off.
Open the Properties window (right click the game in your Library->Properties), navigate to the General tab and un-tick the Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game checkbox.
Just do it. This entire Modlist is in English and 99% of all mods you will find are also in English. I highly recommend playing the game in English and I will not give support to people with a non-English game.
Open the Steam Properties window, navigate to the Language tab and select English from the dropdown menu.
I highly recommend uninstalling the game through Steam, deleting the game folder and reinstalling it. You should also clean up the Skyrim Special Edition folder in Documents/My Games/ by deleting the contents in it.
After you have done everything above and got a clean SSE installation ready, start the Launcher and and let it do the initial graphics check. Do not worry about this part as the installation will replace this graphics settings. Start the game and exit once you're in the main menu.
Grab the latest release of Wabbajack from here and place the Wabbajack.exe file in a working folder. This folder must not be in a common folders like your Desktop, Downloads or Program Files folder. It's best to create a Wabbajack folder near the root level of your drive like C:/Wabbajack.
The download and installation process can take a very long time depending on your system specs. Wabbajack will calculate the amount of threads it will use at the start of the installation. To have the highest amount of threads and thus the fastest speed, it is advised to have the working folder on an SSD.
- Open Wabbajack
- Click on Browse Modlists, and download Serenity from the gallery.
- Once the download is done set the Installation folder to somewhere that is not affected by UAC (Please do not put it in Documents, Program Files, Desktop. Put it somewhere easy like
C:/Modlists/Serenity). The downloads path should automatically fill in the installation path. - Click the Go/Begin button
- Wait for Wabbajack to finish
- If you run into any issues see the next section. If the installation is successful, proceed to Post-Installation.
There are a lot of different scenarios where Wabbajack will produce an error. I recommend re-running Wabbajack before posting anything. Wabbajack will continue where it left off so you lose no progress.
Could not download x:
If a mod updated and the old files got deleted, it is impossible to download them. In this case just wait till I update the Modlist.
Wabbajack could not find my game folder:
Wabbajack will not work with a pirated version of the game. If you own the game on Steam, go back to the Pre-Installation step.
Path is a zero length string error:
This error occurs when you don't specify an installation folder in the installation before hitting run.
The installation will create a copy of your Skyrim Special Edition game in Instalation Folder/Stock Games. This will then contain all the necessary files such as SKSE, ENB Binaries, Reshade Binaries and mod required dlls such as Engine Fixes. There is no need to copy anything to your Steam version of Skyrim as we will be running SKSE from within this folder to play the game.
Serenity comes with Rudy ENB for Cathedral Weathers included.
If you want a different ENB, you can choose from a wide variety of ENBs on the Nexus that support Cathedral Weathers. To replace the ENB installed, delete the enbcache folder, enbseries folder, enbseries.ini and replace those with the new ENB. You don't have to delete the enblocal.ini as that contains tweaks that don't affect how it looks but rather things like screenshot formats, vsync settings.
Remember to disable NightEyeENBFix.esp on right panel if you're swapping away from Rudy ENB - otherwise you'll see red tint
** Remember to disable NightEyeENBFix.esp on right panel if you're swapping away from Rudy ENB - otherwise you'll see red tint **
A few other ENB suggestions are:
If you want to disable ENB:
- Shift+F12 in game disables ENB on the fly, useful for FPS comparison with/without
- Removing
d3d11.dllandd3dcompiler_46e.dllfromStock Gamefolder would disable ENB permanently - Removing
dxgi.dllfromStock Gamefolder would disable ReShade permanently - If you would play without ENB, you also have to find NightEyeENBFix.esp on right panel and disable it
Requiem is a project with the goal of turning Skyrim into a better roleplaying experience by making game more immersive, semi-realistic and coherent, and tends to find a compromise between old school mechanics and more modern approaches.
Requiem is the core mod behind Serenity. It overhauls the entire game with regards to Races, Combat, Standing Stones, Dragons, Perks, Difficulty and much much more. Requiem offers an unleveled world where all NPC levels are static and don't level with the player.
Serenity comes with a few modifications to Requiem. This includes but is not limited to:
- Magic Tweaks via Requiem - Expanded Grimoire
- Thieving Tweaks via Requiem - Skills of the Scoundrel
- Miscellaneous NPC Tweaks and NPC Vampire expansion via Requiem - Small Tweaks
- Religious overhaul via Requiem - Immersive Divine Blessings
- Humanoid races overhaul via Requiem - Immersive Racial Traits
- Dragonborn Expansion is available through Requiem - Dragonborn Patch
- Unarmed Enhancement from the mod Requiem - Unarmed Combat Enhancement
- New Feats from Requiem - Special Feats
Note that Serenity now includes 2 profiles, select the one you like. Remember, they are not game save compatible:
Serenityprofile includes Experience, R-SSL and Requiem-Experience- Character levels: you have to fight enemies and complete quests in order to gain experience and character levels. Note that followers will take equal share of combat experience, e.g. with 1 follower you'll receive about 50% of it.
- Skill levels: each character level grants you certain amount of Skill Points, which you can spend on skills after you have slept (Morrowind-like)
Serenity - Vanillaprofile, as name suggests, leaves vanilla Skyrim levelling in place.
Serenity comes with a wide variety of new quest and encounters. A few are listed below.
Legacy of the Dragonborn is a very large mod that shapes the way how you play the game. The museum is a very robust house mod with the ability to display almost every item in the game and also has an extensive mod support which is utilised to some extent in Serenity. Serenity also comes with a Requiem display room for it thanks to pamposzek.
Interesting NPCs adds over 250 fully voiced NPCs, 25+ followers, 15+ marriage candidates and 50+ quests to fully flesh out the world of Skyrim. Every hold will feel more lively with more NPCs walking and talking with each other.
Missives adds a large number of localized radiant quests found at Missive Boards of varying difficulty and with varying rewards. Missives has been extended to Solstheim as well as Wyrmstooth.
Wyrmstooth is a story about hunting a dragon for a bounty. Find out what its motives are and save the land of Wyrmstooth from its fury.
Konahrik Accoutrements expands the dragon priest armory by adding new armorsets to go along the dragon priest masks and provide new powers to your character from their unique enchants
Serenity uses the full suite of JK's Skyrim along with all of the interior patches for it.
Inigo is a fully voiced Khajiit adventuring companion with over 7000 lines of unique dialogue - much of it about you. He'll level alongside you and avoid most traps. If you're sneaking he won't chatter and he'll whisper if you talk to him. He can run out of arrows. He's highly skilled in archery, one-handed, and sneak.
Lucien is a fully voiced Imperial follower with around 3000 lines of immersive, lore-friendly dialogue. Though he arrives in Skyrim as a cowardly scholar, he'll gradually gain strength and confidence by your side until he grows into a hero in his own right.
Audio Overhaul Skyrim and Immersive Sounds Compendium offer an amazing base for Skyrim's ambiance and foley.
aMidianBorn Armor Variants Lite adds some armor variety from CaBal120's extra armor textures
Cloaks of Skyrim provides cloaks to various NPCs. For the purpose of balance and not to be overpowered with Requiem, the regular cloaks cannot be enchanted and the pre-enchanted cloaks have been toned down a level or two.
Heavy Armory adds around 100 new weapons into the game that is evenly distributed to all the enemies and NPCs.
Dawnguard Arsenal expands the Dawnguard weaponry with new weapons such as swords, maces to help you destroy those vampires and undead
Head over to the installation folder and locate an executable named ModOrganizer.exe and launch it. Once its launched there will be a dropdown box on the top right and a big run button next to it. Ensure it is set to SKSE by selecting it in the dropdown box and then hitting the run button.
If this Modlist receives an update please check the Changelog before doing anything. Always backup your saves or start a new game after updating.
Wabbajack will delete all files that are not part of the Modlist when updating!
This means screenshots and presets you have created, as well as custom settings and any additional mods you have installed on top of the Modlist will be deleted. Your downloads folder will not be touched*
Updating is like installing. You only have to make sure that you select the same path and tick the overwrite existing Modlist button.
Remember that you might have to downgrade your Skyrim to Special Edition, if you have updated it to Anniversary Edition.
* Note, you can preserve character presets (and even modifications) by adding [NoDelete] tag to your mod. For example, [NoDelete] Khinara Jade SE - RaceMenu Preset such mod will not be deleted by Wabbajack overwrite/upgrade.
Once you've named your character wait for all the messages in the top left to fade away then open your inventory and close it. This will start up Requiem. Once Requiem has finished its installation you may proceed with the game
All the required MCM options have been automated for you. Enjoy the game or tweak the following to your liking:
- A Matter of Time
- iHud
- AllGUD
- SkyUI
- Lucien (If you set a nickname that's supported he can call you by that name)
- XP32 Skeleton Styles
Included in Serenity is SunHelm Survival. It is already tweaked for Requiem Compatibility as well as a few game tweaks I use. It is disabled by default and will prompt to turn on when you sleep or if you manually activate it. If you're not a fan of this, just disable it in the MCM option. DO NOT UNINSTALL THE MOD
If you have an a non-standard monitor resolution (not 16:9), the UI may be off and may look weird.
Please head over to Widescreen optional section and pick and match mods for your resolution.*
* Enabling/disabling mods in this category does not require new game save creation, also there is no need to move mods nor plugins.
I highly recommend using BethINI which is included in this Modlist (can be found in MO2/tools/BethINI) in case if you struggle with fps/performance. I recommend tweaking the Detail section for more FPS:
Shadow Resolution: Very big one. A good balance is2048which is the borderline between high FPS drainage and garbage looking shadows.Ambient Occlusion: Highly recommended to turn either this or your ENB version off. Do not have the game AO and an ENB AO turned on at the same time.Remove Shadows: If you really struggle, use this. This will disable all Shadows (not recommended)
Additionally, you might want to tweak iMinGrassSize in the Veydosebrom Regions.ini - increasing this value reduces density / detail level of grass and so increases fps.
This can be caused by Window's Display Scaling feature. This usually is set to above 100% when using very large (32 inch++) sized monitors and TVs. There are two solutions to this
- Set the display scaling back to 100% in the Screen Resolution Settings for Windows
- Edit the mod SSE Display Tweaks.
- Under
[Render]- Set Fullscreen to
true - Set Borderless to
false
- Set Fullscreen to
- Under
You can just remove the MO2 folder and be done with it.
- YOU for actually reading the readme. Thanks a ton!!
- Xanza - original creator of Serenity and author of ton of cool stuff!
- erri120 & jdsmith2816 - Repository template
- Halgari and everyone the WJ Team - Wabbajack is awesome and so are you
- Phoenix from The Phoenix Flavour - Serenity is largely built upon her amazing guide
While I'm always available on the Wabbajack Discord and on my own discord Xanza's Emporium, I would advise checking the Issues (open and closed ones) on GitHub first if you have any problems. The same goes for Enhancements or Feature/Mod Requests, and you can have a look at TODO. DO NOT DM ME ON DISCORD. I WILL NOT PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR YOU IN DMS AND I WILL BLOCK YOU.
See Contributing.
See Changelog.