Skyrim Anniversary Edition Content Will Reference Morrowind and Oblivion

Bethesda has announcedthat The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition will offer new adventures, whose stories will refer to the earlier installments of the series.

The quest called "Ghosts of the Tribunal" will enable us to get dozens of weapons known from The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. On the other hand, in "The Cause" we'll face an organization trying to open another Oblivion gate, similar to those from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The second of these adventures will offer new locations, enemies, and items. It will also enable us to summon a horse used by the Daedra.

In the released trailer we can see fragments of this new content, as well as take a look at the previously announced attractions, which will also come for free to owners of the old Special Edition, such as a survival mode, fishing opportunities, and the "Saints and Seducers" storyline (first released in 2019), featuring a number of new quests, locations and enemies. In addition, khajiit caravans were shown, which will provide rare ingredients from different regions of Tamriel, enabling us to create new potions, arrows, and poisons.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition will launch on November 11 for PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The same day the owners of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition will receive an update with fishing, survival mode, khajiit caravans and the "Saints and Seducers" story line.

Owners of Special Edition on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S will receive the "Ghosts of the Tribunal" and "The Cause" for free as an update. On PC, you will have to pay extra for these attractions.

What mods will stop working on PC with Anniversary Edition

On consoles, the new release of the game is supposed to bring only benefits. Things will be different on PC. The changes will make all mods using unofficial scripts and changing Skyrim's so-called native code to stop working. How big problem it will be, you can find out by analyzing the list prepared by fans it summarizes the mods that will not be compatible with the Anniversary Edition. It's not complete, but it's still a pain to look through.

First of all, projects that are the foundation for other mods will not work, including:

1. Skyrim Script Extender 64 (SKSE64)
2. Address Library for SKSE Plugins
3. SkyUI
4. DLL Plugin Loader
5. xSHADOWMANx's Dll Loader
6. ENB

These projects are required by countless other mods to Skyrim and they will need an update for Anniversary Edition. The problem is that this won't be enough to make older mods work, because their authors will have to rework them as well, and many creators stopped working on them long ago. A lot of them are unlikely to come back to fix what Bethesda messed up.

Other popular mods that will not be compatible with Anniversary Edition:

1. TK Dodge
2. Alternate Conversation Camera
3. Better Jumping
4. CBP Physics
5. Classic Sprinting Redone
6. Display Enemy Level
7. Dynamic Potions
8. Floating Damage
9. Glow Be Gone
10. Quick Loot
11. RaceMenu
12. True Directional Movement
13. XP32 Maximum Skeleton
14. moreHUD
15. JContainers
16. Named Quicksaves
17. UIExtensions

The worst part about all this is that Anniversary Edition will not be released as a standalone game. Instead, it will come out on PC as an update to Skyrim Special Edition and thus replace the older version. This is despite the fact that we will still have to pay extra to get access to all the new features, including the aforementioned adventures following on Morrowind and Oblivion.

Therefore, while there is still time, we encourage you to use the following short guide, which will enable you to continue playing with mods even after the release of the Anniversary Edition.