Skyrim Weather Mods Comparison: Which One Is Right For You?

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In this video, we will compare some of the most popular weather mods for Skyrim. We have tried to use different environments in this video to make your choice easier. Additionally, no ENB has been used in this video.
I hope this video is helpful :)
Enjoy!
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Chapters :
00:00 Intro
00:17 Sunny
01:53 Cloudy
03:32 Rain
05:16 Snow
06:58 Fog
08:38 Sunrise
10:15 Sunset
11:55 Aurora
13:33 Night Sky
15:10 Outro
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Mods :
1- Vivid Weathers Definitive Edition - a complete Weather and Visual overhaul for Skyrim :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by Mangaclub - Doodlezoid
2- Obsidian Weathers and Seasons :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by Dr Mega Arindel
3- Cathedral Weathers and Seasons :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by The Community
4- Climates Of Tamriel Special Edition - Weather - Lighting - Effects - Audio :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by JJC71
5- Dolomite Weathers - Natural Lighting Vivid Atmospherics II :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by Dr Mega and Kojak747
6- NAT - Natural and Atmospheric Tamriel :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by L00
7- Mythical Ages - weathers and lighting overhaul :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by Arindel
8- Azurite Weathers :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by JonnyWang aka Megaloblast
9- Rustic Weathers and Lighting :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by Arindel
10- RAID Weathers :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by Olivier Doorenbos
11- Aequinoctium - Weathers and Seasons :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by Arindel
12- Wander - A Weather Mod :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by Wanderhall
13- Haze Weathers Seasons Atmosphere 2 :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by grVulture
14- Northern Saga Weathers and Seasons
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by L3st4t
15- Scandinavian Seasons :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by L3st4t
16- Autumn Skies - A Weather and Lighting Mod :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by tarll
17- True Storms Special Edition - Thunder Rain and Weather Redone :
www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspeci...
Created by fadingsignal
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Musics :
'Beautiful Oblivion' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
'Hiraeth' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
'Sleep' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
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@georgechilders4680 8 ай бұрын

Raid weathers perfect for 2560 x 1080. Rest in peace Oliver. The lighting is absolutely incredible. Running on a Nvidia 1050ti 4gb. Best weather mod ever created in my opinion. In memory of Oliver. For bringing back Skyrim se with this incredible mod

@pixelstoryzzz 7 ай бұрын

Rest in peace Oliver

@grandvage 6 ай бұрын

Raid weathers was made for RAID as well, by Oliver too. Its the best way to play Skyrim if you want reasonable and believable detection for NPC's.

@deanchase7904 6 ай бұрын

Stick raid up your butt boy mythical ages far better in every way lol bad taste

@deanchase7904 6 ай бұрын

Your the only idiot in the comments section that thinks raid is so great

@isaacbraym4923 6 ай бұрын

Did the creator of this mod pass away?

@Zevexor 4 ай бұрын

Dude, came for the comparison, stayed for the audiovisual masterpiece, amazing work!

@pixelstoryzzz 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@fortuneodoukpata5139 5 ай бұрын

I can't even imagine the amount of effort that went into this. Just what I needed thanks

@FranknKitty 4 ай бұрын

it's funny how the ones I've never heard of in my life are the most appealing to me

@SDieter81 6 ай бұрын

I forgot how absolutely mythical Mythical Ages was. Thank you so much for this video which allowed me to rekindle the flame!

@pixelstoryzzz 5 ай бұрын

@jonasgucci 3 ай бұрын

Mythical ages is my favorite, Ive done testing of my own with several weather mods but something most people dont show is how the mods affect npcs apereance, and mythical because of how the light bounces over surfaces on that mod the skin of npcs really look like organic texture and not like plastic. for a true to life feel I think aequinoctium is the best just cranc up the contrast by 2 and reduce the brigtness by 2 with the display enhancement mod and you are set for a realistic look for the enviroments.

@jonah8231 9 ай бұрын

another wonderfully helpful video! i'd never heard of mythical ages but it has exactly the right look and feel for what i've been wanting.

@kahale 2 ай бұрын

I just want to thank you for not only this whole video, but for having the comparisons be 5 seconds apart so I can use the KZfaq skip functions (arrows skip ahead and reverse 5 seconds) to compare shots at the press of a button

@user-rx1my7xi1i 9 ай бұрын

This video is so helpful and is kind of a masterpiece of art at the same time. I've always been such a big fan of Azurite and never really realized how much blue it gives off compared to some of the others. There's a couple I've never even even heard of that looked awesome and plan of giving them a try asap. Thanks!

@Fusion05 6 ай бұрын

I struggle with it. Azurite is just so blue

@Krimr01234 Ай бұрын

I’ve been struggling with my game’s appearance after using Azurite. I kept thinking the grass and trees were too saturated in the daytime (the game starts in summer). Turns out it’s Azurite and I just need to try other mods. Cathedral is also pretty blue so far, but it’s a deep rich blue. It’s just odd how Azurite has no mist or fog during snow and rain. Matter of preference I guess, but it looks comparatively barebones. Probably has better performance though.

@marcdwonn9772 4 ай бұрын

Great video with a tonne of visual information to digest. Thanks for creating this comparison!

@L3st4tSkyrimMods 9 ай бұрын

Great job, finally someone made another complete video mine was a bit outdated and didn't have time to make a new one!

@pixelstoryzzz 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you liked it :)

@ThornGrim 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this. really helpful in trying to decide which weather mod to go with in my new playthrough.

@pixelstoryzzz 9 ай бұрын

Great :)

@danieltrespach2183 8 ай бұрын

Great comparison, it really helped me to choose my favorite, Cathedral Weathers

@Asquilader 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this, excellent comparison, excellent video... mad props :)

@farzadshivan2274 7 ай бұрын

I dont usually have time to mod Skyrim again but watching your videos is so relaxing and lovley, keep up with the great job

@pixelstoryzzz 7 ай бұрын

@mistyamarch 7 ай бұрын

really was looking for this kind of video! wish the music wasnt so loud though so i could hear the rain ambient sound comparisons better :P

@sofadhana1289 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for doing this, I love these comparison videos. The fog one was interesting - some of the weathers don't actually HAVE any fog beyond ground mist. Vanilla sure looks better than I remembered too.

@samuelaudet845 8 ай бұрын

I think we tend to remember 2011 skyrim when thinking about how vanilla looked

@Rayhard_Rau 4 ай бұрын

The fog of the «Dolomite Weathers» is perfect!

@andriypotapov 2 ай бұрын

Amazing video and very helpull too! Thanks so much!

@Mr-tu4cj 8 ай бұрын

I love Cathedral because of all the blues and purples and pinks it adds. It’s so unique and it really is beautiful without straying from the cold feeling of Skyrim. My only complaint is that the storms are quite weak. I was thinking of trying Vivid next. It’s warmer than what I’d normally like for Skyrim, but it looks really pretty and I just want my next game to be pretty. It looks to have great stormy weather too.

@Jake-ALGSxNBPL 8 ай бұрын

Hey if you're on xbox someone made a mod capable of mixing true storms with any single lighting or weather mod. So you can have the good lighting with powerful and strong looking storms now

@CheapskateSale 7 ай бұрын

I use vivid and I really love it so far :)

@ramel3892 5 ай бұрын

This is helpful. Thank you!

@infoman5512 28 күн бұрын

You spend time and energy to give us your amazing and incredible work. Thank you so much. Subscribed! You deserve it totally!!!👍

@kazuyakanbara1395 Ай бұрын

I choose you! Cathedral Weathers and Seasons!? Really thank you for this comparison it really helped and I definitely didn't forget it was a comparison video halfway cuz of how visually beautiful the video was!

@johngarofano1560 9 ай бұрын

I love that this comes up as posted 4 days ago as I literally just spent 4 hours trying to research and try better weather mods...been using dawn for a long time

@lyricboss115 3 ай бұрын

wow this helped me a ton thank you

@EverStorm3D 9 ай бұрын

Cot looks kinda the jack of all trades. Id love if this vid had also fps counter somewhere so we can figure wich is the less perf taxing, I believe all look good the best imo is the less demanding. Nice vid!

@zinghunt4364 9 ай бұрын

Is it Azurite II ? Thx for the vid, always useful ! and a bit relaxing too :)

@vattende3420 5 ай бұрын

Well done comparaison, lovely made ! Thank you very much !

@ErnolDawnbringer 5 ай бұрын

thank you , my guy. you are a lifesaver

@ZockMon 12 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for your comparison videos - they’re a real asset. So frustrating when mod authors don’t provide before+after and other comparison screenshots or videos (or they do but for some reason the comparison conditions are totally different). It’s likely part of the reason mod authors don’t provide those seemingly-simple comparisons is the time and effort required to craft something that truly provides comparisons like these (where only the mod in question is changed and there aren’t a bunch of enb shaders obscuring the true visual differences).

@Exhalted1 2 күн бұрын

Honestly the snowstorm and the aurora of the obsidian is why its a winner because it captures the beauty of skyrim

@user-xs2og1ju2k 9 ай бұрын

Nice! Hmmm. Tested Obsidian and cathedral. I think nat, Scandinavian and haze looked good as well overall.

@slamacowsimon9320 3 ай бұрын

Mythical was the go to. Now I'll try raid or wander. Maybe even some aequinoctium

@pahasaradias 9 ай бұрын

You forgot to add a general look of environments at night but still awesome vid

@Prod.YAMADA 2 ай бұрын

Came for a comparasion, stayed for the Vibes. You got a easy sub my guy

@Aldagar1000 7 ай бұрын

Hey, just wanted to chime in and say that your videos are the best mod comparisons, you show lots of mods and have very nice editing. If I can offer some advice though, it would be to try to have the best visibility the scenario allows, that is to say well illuminated scenes and avoiding effects like rain and other enviromental factors (the bitrate suffers too much and it doesn't look good on youtube).

@pixelstoryzzz 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips :)

@chucklane9676 10 күн бұрын

Wow, kudos for providing such a great service to the Skyrim modding community - there's something for every taste here and we didn't need to download gigabytes of mods and fight through integrating and testing them ourselves!

@somenamex 2 ай бұрын

Amazing work. I dont even need to watch full video but i cant just close it :D

@Mattatar 7 ай бұрын

this video was great you have earned my subscription :]

@FluffyFractalshard 5 ай бұрын

Great comparison! It's Mythical Ages for me! :)

@gabrielebarletta5021 Ай бұрын

Great job! Watched your video to the end With no less interest than at the beginnig and i fell in love With Autumn skies, its so...sober and Natural, i love its darker settings too.

@danilyudin4848 9 ай бұрын

Great and hard work!

@colleenfrances 8 ай бұрын

Amazing how just the weather mods can completely change the look of the game without the use of ENB or Reshade. From this video I decided on Cathedral Weathers because I really like the blue/green shade it adds to the game.

@Rustyshackleford1911 4 ай бұрын

Great video 🤘

@scootnation7047 4 ай бұрын

Which water mod had you used in this video? Looks amazing!

@heksogen4788 3 ай бұрын

A suggestion for next comparisons - make each weather span over 10 seconds so you can easily fast forward with youtube to compare, as it fast forward by 10 second.

@Tailwind92 20 күн бұрын

Im guessing you have something to do with art, because this video is like watching an artshow. Very nice. Also very great song choice for the video.

@XvAstarisk Ай бұрын

legend for doing this

@0800sofa 4 күн бұрын

Mythical ages, wow. That is incredible without an ENB. I am going to try it and pair it with an enb tomorrow!!

@connorwalsh5464 4 ай бұрын

I've used Obsidian + True Storms for so long, but I might just be switching based off of these comparisons. The fog comparison was extremely useful

@heatherisma3741 9 ай бұрын

i'm up for mythical age, this sound very wild !!

@Nyasahi 7 ай бұрын

ty for these

@kriticals 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@AndrewHahaLee 3 ай бұрын

Dolomite has always had that cinematic look even without an ENB, and Northern Saga was just pleasant to look at all round. Would love to see more ENB love for those..

@Myginds1974 7 ай бұрын

In these comparings, I think Cathedral and mythical is best (in my opinion). But I miss a comparing against Solas weather :) I have never seen a comparing against solas weather system. I hope you could add that or make a new one :)

@deadsea4990 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for comparison!

@Richard_T800 2 ай бұрын

Climates of Tamriel is so extremely good, sadly my favorite ENB preset (Rudy) is incompatible/ not intended to be used with CoT :( But its still a great Video and it the comparison is the best if seen on KZfaq so far, keep it up!

@davefulford8890 7 ай бұрын

For superb clarity in Skyrim VR use Vivid Weather's and The Sharper Eye mod.

@brodywyatt3156 Ай бұрын

super helpful

@faolanwolf6434 5 ай бұрын

Great video, i was wondering what lighting mod you're using because your game look insane even without ENB and weather mod ?

@Ozziemick 7 ай бұрын

There is many to choose from and it’s so hard to decide. I guess I’m going to trial most of them out. In the end I seem to to fall in love with Autumn Skies. Hmm might try it. I like Dawn v2 but it seems to cause more crashes.

@DoceVega Ай бұрын

What do you think about using EvLas without an enb? Btw thank u SM for the video, the quality is unfathomable.

@naaaaaaatalieeeee9620 5 ай бұрын

This convinced me of northern saga. Its the most colorful and vibrant while still having an edge to it.

@Aldhardt 5 ай бұрын

These are beautiful mods yes, but thank you for showing me the beautiful artist Scott Buckley. I couldn't help myself, this whole video I'm like "damn this is amazing music. Who is this?"

@KidBowsur 9 ай бұрын

I use azurite 2 because it looks amazing and I can actually see at night

@Legogreens 27 күн бұрын

Im sold on autumn skies

@bca_203. 9 ай бұрын

Both snow and rain looks awesome in vivid. Does anyone know if it’s possible to get only the snow and the rain from it? (I’m using Azurite)

@AsIfItNeverWas 7 ай бұрын

In my personal opinion, what weather mod may suit you most depends greatly on whether or not you use an ENB. If you are not using one, Obsidian, Azurite and NAT (the old one) are definitely the best imo. However, if you are using an ENB, NAT.III (the new one) probably has the best selection of ENBs. Of course, other weather mods all have at least a couple of great ENBs but other than NAT.III, the ones that stand out the most for me are Obsidian, Azurite, Cathedral, SOLAS and NLA. If you are going to use an ENB, you can always opt for vanilla weathers because there are a few great ENBs that uses vanilla weathers like Ruvaak Dahmaan.

@davidclingerman7668 5 ай бұрын

Nat 3 is full of bloat and feature creep and tries to do way too much in an attempt to replace a bunch of other mods. It also completely messes up the soul cairn by adding the sun moon and stars to the sky box which makes it incompatible with great mods like Praedys soul cairn. If that's your thing then great but people should be aware of how much it changes before they commit to using it. Especially if you just want a weather mod not a weather fire lighting 6 in 1 shampoo and conditioner style one

@hb.a7320 9 ай бұрын

oh my dog! that thumbnail tho💀

@YeaNo. 2 ай бұрын

Cathedral Weathers has me in a chokehold. Thank you for this i was about to make the wrong decision.

@ZacharyHolcomb-xt1bn 2 ай бұрын

I need to test dolomite, azurite, and wander when I get home

@mrcousin126 9 ай бұрын

goodjob my bro

@normanbalzano2304 9 ай бұрын

Are you going to do a landscape parallax comparison? thanks

@pixelstoryzzz 7 ай бұрын

Why not :)

@deathnyx 6 ай бұрын

They all have their pros and cons but my choice are: Dolomite (love the slow snowflakes), Mythical Age and Northern Saga. Second choice: NAT, Raid, Wander, Climates and Vivid.

@TheRealDylanStreets 7 ай бұрын

I love mythic for it does not make the game feel overly fantasy and it still adds dramatic colorful weathers that are not too bright or dark. And they bring back a similar feel to OG Skyrim weathers. (the only things I don't like with mythic) - level of bloom - the nights these can be fixed with mods easily.

@GenericUsername-qp1ww 5 ай бұрын

Vivid in a nutshell= "you wanna look at orange the whole time even when the sun aint out? I got you covered"

@martinwilson4365 2 ай бұрын

Add the handshake 🤝 classic tone mapping revert for a much more realistic look!

@shplak508 5 ай бұрын

TY i love you

@sofadhana1289 9 күн бұрын

I didn't realise Cathedral Weathers was so blue

@rockyfalldownstairs 5 ай бұрын

Wander is the best overall. If it had heavier rain and an aurora like mythical ages it would be perfect.

@crazycowpoke 4 ай бұрын

I’ve tried most of these but I’m sticking with Dolomite. It’s my favorite.

@user-si5kb4rq8q 4 ай бұрын

"Autumn Skies" and "Northern Saga" were the choices for me , but nightsky+rain are the most importants for me and Autumn literally beaten everyother in those two.

@OrionLaerithryn 5 ай бұрын

Would love it if someone could add the blue hues of Cathedral to Aequinoctium's greens and yellows. That would be perfect... for me.

@Emotori7 7 ай бұрын

I'm looking for one suited best with community shaders something with a mark dark theme appearance the game lighting and environment just seems to bright to me and i want it to be more darker especially in some places where i added tree mods and all more of a realistic feel basically

@imlookingformyhome6025 6 ай бұрын

Try obsidian

@Emotori7 6 ай бұрын

@@imlookingformyhome6025 alright thank you

@RadinKing 9 ай бұрын

Nice Bro ❤❤

@pixelstoryzzz 9 ай бұрын

@martinwilson4365 2 ай бұрын

Vivid Weathers all day on Xbox with the classic tone mapping revert. Kugais Stellar Weather has better nights and effects but the clear day setting is unrivalled on VW and it's one of the few mods that improves texture quality so everything blends beautifully. KSW is a close second 🥈

@ariannazanivan6662 Ай бұрын

How can I find out which one has the best performance? My old laptop sometimes can't manage the vanilla snow... I'm trying to go better, as I did with textures.

@Yshtola. 6 ай бұрын

I feel like ive been using Obsidian for like 6 years now but never had a reason to switch, even Jacopo's newest weather Azurite just doesnt look good to me.

@nobodyimportant4778 6 ай бұрын

Northern saga got that mexico filter

@heksogen4788 5 ай бұрын

Did you use azurite weathers 2 or 1?

@jaheimjones4273 7 ай бұрын

Hi, it’s my first time modding on PC as I used to play console but I upgraded to a PC….. I have a 3090 Nvidia graphic card, am I going to have a problem running any of these mods you showcased?

@pixelstoryzzz 6 ай бұрын

With that 3090 definitely not :)

@ayseesecikoglu6103 8 ай бұрын

what is the tree mod used in the video?

@pixelstoryzzz 7 ай бұрын

Nature of the Wild Lands

@mysticmike9125 Ай бұрын

There's so many to choose from. Can someone make this quick and easy for me and give me a list of what looks the best please. I just want the graphics to look insane and have that fantasy feel to it.

@ychan0378 6 ай бұрын

Which of these works on the PS5?

@kemaldundar76 8 ай бұрын

I use azurite weatherman because I have a real potato computer. I don't need enb. It looks more realistic than in this video. My only problem is that there is no parallax. My computer is having problems even with community shader.

@yinzer2231 2 ай бұрын

I’m split between Rustic and Dolomites. Rustic I think has much better rain and snow but Dolomite has better Sunrays.

@DmitiryPopyoutopov 3 ай бұрын

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@SAdams8782 8 ай бұрын

Vivid FTW

@dietlubannuoc 9 ай бұрын

Modding skyrim is nightmare, too many mods do same thing

@emilsorbian8123 7 күн бұрын

Oh man... Im like: Every weather mod does something else better than others, like omg there is no perfect one, this one looks better when its raining the other one looks better when its fog or sunrise, there is no mod that does everything best :D

@charlesbeyer8521 Ай бұрын

while i do love a lot of these weathers, most of them cause the shadows to act up, to the point where they aren't even visible in some spots, kinda ruins some of them for me.