Originally Posted by Gorath
Oblivion GOTY (German)

Which mods should I install and in which order? I want to maintain the original gameplay but get rid of the major annoyences. Slightly better graphics also wouldn't hurt.

Here are some of the mods that I personally found to be essential (I would not go back to playing Oblivion without these).

All listed mods can be found on

the Elder Scrolls Nexus: The Elder Scrolls Nexus - Oblivion mods and community
the Engineering Guild: http://www.theengineeringguild.co.uk…-Scrolls-Forum
Planet Elder Scrolls: Planet Elder Scrolls - Maps, News, Oblivion, Cheats, Downloads
Bethsoft Official Mods Forum: Oblivion Mods - Bethesda Softworks Forums

Essential mods that do not change gameplay…

• 4GB patch
• CraftyBits - HIGHLY RECOMMEND - improves crafting system over 9000%
• OBGEv2
• ENBSeries Shaders
• Qarl's Hi Res Texture Pack
• Natural Environments
• Ambient Town Sounds
• Illumination Within
• Elaborate Eyes
• Tamriel NPCs Revamped (finally all the NPCs will no longer be ugly)
• Ren's Beauty Pack
• Bananasplit's Better Cities
• Unique Landscapes
• Oblivion Stereo Sound Overhaul
• Atmospheric Oblivion
• Symphony of Violence
• Oblivion Crash Prevention System
• Oblivion Stutter Remover
• Vampire Aging Disabled
• Windows Lighting System
• COBL Races

Essential Mod Utilities

• OBSE
• BOSS
• OBMM
• Wyre Bash
• COBL

Essential Mods That Affect Gameplay (improve balance or otherwise affect gameplay)

• Duke Patrick's SCA Combat Archery
• Duke Patrick's Basic Hypothermia
• Duke Patricks Melee Combat - massive improvement to melee combat
• Deadly Reflex
• Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul
• Martigen's Monster Mod
• Francesco's
• FCOM (this allows you to combine OOO, MMM, Fran's and Warcry)
• COBL Real Hunger
• COBL Real Thirst
• COBL Real Sleep Extended
• Thievery
• Ashes to Ashes (adds a lot more to the experience of playing vampire, or hunting vampires - new quests, animations and vampire system)
• The Necromancer (adds 2 joinable Necromancer factions with lots of quests)
• Oblivifall Losing My Religion (adds 9 new factions - the followers of each of the Nine Divines become different factions with quests and reputation system)
• Oblivifall Let's Talk (adds a lot more interesting dialogue with NPCs
• Myths and Legends (adds 14 legendary artifacts with quests to find them)
• Shadowcrest Vineyard (cool player house near Skingrad with quests)
• Fighter's Guild Contracts (adds lots of new Fighter's Guild quests)
• Lore Dialogue 300 (adds massive amount of extra dialogue for NPCs)
• Enhanced Economy

Fun Magic Mods

• Less Annoying Magic Experience (L.A.M.E.)
• Supreme Magicka
• Midas Magic (I don't think this one works together with the other two, but SM and LAME work fine together)
• Duke Patricks Combat Magic - massive improvement to magic system
• Advanced Magecraft (adds new ways of using material components for spells and better enchanting system)