Best Weapon Mods For Skyrim in 2026 (Top 5 List)

Introduction

The Dragonborn’s weapon collection really becomes something special later in the game, especially once you are past level 50 and running around with some of the best gear available. At that point, weapons stop feeling basic and start feeling powerful and fun to use. If you have already played through the game a few times, or even if this is your first playthrough and you have finished most of the content, it is pretty normal to want some new weapons to keep things feeling fresh. This is especially true if you are jumping into quest mods and want something new to play around with.

I'd like to present to you my Top 5 Weapon Mods for Skyrim :)

1. Immersive Weapons

Download: Nexus Mods

Starting the list with a very popular mod: Immersive Weapons at Skyrim

The mod gives you a grand total of 230 new weapons, which all are in check with the lore of the game. You also get dual wielding and 21 total archetypes! Vanilla Skyrim only features 8, so having 13 more will spice up any vanilla type of gameplay. I urge you to check it out, it's worth it!

2. Dread Knight Weapon Set

Download: Nexus Mods

Looking for fancy two handers? Dread Knight Weapon Set is a dream for fantasy enthusiasts. You'll get a set of Dread Knight weapons for your chars, which feature very highly detailed textures and are also quite nice to look at :)

3. Scoped Bows

Download: Nexus Mods

This is more of a controversial mod: Scoped Bows adds a real scope to your bows which replaces the normal crosshair in the game. Although I like these types of ideas, this mod can feel a bit clunky in the beginning, because you're just very used to the crosshair. But once you get used to it, it becomes lots of fun. Depending on who you ask, some will say it's not in line with the lore, but most mods aren't so in my opinion, download it if you like to spice your bow mechanics a bit :)

4. Unique Uniques

Download: Nexus Mods

If you thought you've seen highly detailed textures then hold your horses. Unique Uniques is indeed, very unique. You will get a mod, which has very very detailed weapons which you could look at for hours and still finding new details. The author really put in the work and it shows. Highly recommended if your PC has the amount of VRAM to support it (amongst other nice mods!)

5. Warglaive of Azzinoth

Download: Nexus Mods

Finishing this nice list with some glowing dual wielders: Warglaive of Azzinoth gives you, well, the Warglaive of Azzinoth. You get 2 neon glowing swords which deal very high damage and have further magic effects on enemies if you hit them. Pretty cool looking sword, although I find them a bit too off from the Skyrim lore. Still nice swords and worth a try if you want to look into something more flashy.