Should you play Skyrim with or without mods?

it’s really up to you. I only add mods that enhance the experience. I would play through Skyrim for a while before you decide what mods to get. Play Vanilla until you realise what you don’t like about the game and then get mods to fix that.

Can you add mods to Skyrim while playing?

Generally most mods are perfectly safe to add at any time, the mod page should tell you if a mod has to be installed at the beginning of a playthrough.

Should I play Skyrim modded for the first time?

I would recommend mostly mods that upgrade visuals or QOL mods. Be careful when you mod Skyrim. It starts at 5 – 10 mods, next thin you know its 2 am and you have nearly 100 mods installed and you are jumping back and forth tweaking and not playing the game.

How do I go back to vanilla Skyrim?

The best way of course is to use your zip file that you made of the Skyrim Directory as you followed the Skyrim Installation Guide, just delete the whole directory and unpack the zip. This is the only method to restore a previous version of Skyrim.

Is it safe to install mods?

Modding is very, very safe as long as you take some backup. The worst thing a mod can do is to corrupt your save games. The implication is that if you decide to install some mods after having some significance progress in a game, that bears some risk. However, in 99\% cases, the above does not happen.

Do Skyrim mods disable achievements?

Enabling any mods for the remastered roleplaying game will prevent you from unlocking the usual spread of virtual accolades. Even simple, non-intrusive mods such as lighting filters will completely bar any progress towards your trophies/achievements.

Do mods give you viruses?

It is quite possible for mods to have a virus attached to them; know where you get the mods and see if the site is trustworthy; you can also check how many downloads the mod received and all that. If it has a low amount of downloads, I wouldn’t download it until it is confirmed safe.