Sprinting is now a toggle instead of holding the key.When being arrested and paying a bounty in Winterhold stolen items are now confiscated, though they end up in the evidence chest in Dawnstar.You can no longer see whether you are far away or not from your next skill point on the Vampire Lord skills screen and on the Werewolf skill screen.In the original release, your character would always be naked after reverting. Reverting from Beast Form will automatically reequip the items you were wearing before transformation.They could not be obtained or used in the original release. Torturer's Hoods are now marked as playable and can be obtained as loot from the Torturer and generic Thief NPCs.Pressing the Esc key on PC now always opens the Journal instead of the System menu, even if this button is not configured to do so.No such cells are present by default, but may be added by mods. Saving the game in a cell that has an underscore in its EditorID will cause saved games to not be categorized correctly.Saved games are now categorized for each character and grouped and displayed separately on the main menu.For updated system requirements, see the official specifications.ĭifferences from Classic Skyrim Gameplay

Special Edition has all the original Patches installed, and there is ongoing patch support with the Special Edition Patch. The Anniversary Edition includes the Special Edition bundled with all Creation Club content. The Creation Club offers paid official add-on content exclusive to the Special Edition. This support is extended to players of the console versions for the first time in the series, although PS4 players cannot use mods with custom-made assets. An in-game mod browser is introduced, allowing players to download approved mods from. Special Edition includes all three official add-ons, Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn. Skyrim VR is a version based on Special Edition but only supports virtual reality headsets. The remastered game features high-resolution textures, upgraded graphic effects including new shaders and volumetric god rays, and dynamic field-depth. Special Edition is 64-bit and built on an updated version of the Creation Engine that Bethesda Game Studios used for Fallout 4. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition is a remastered version of Skyrim released in October 2016 and only available on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

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