For anySkyrimplayers that are tired of day-to-day adventuring and battling dragons, a mod makes it possible to live out a more mundane existence in the Bethesda epic RPG, which includes growing old and having a family. While it’slikely years untilThe Elder Scrolls 6comes out, fans of the long-running fantasy series are keeping themselves busy with the 2011 release, whether that’s through replaying the main story over and over using different play styles, or trying to differ their experience slightly with new ways of playing.
When it comes to that familial lifestyle,Skyrimdoes have the option to adopt children, as well as the ability to marry someone, thus enabling players to have their own family unit of sorts. However, in real life, there is so much more to that picturesque homestead lifestyle that many yearn for, such as the ability to grow old with their loved ones. It may seem a little pedestrian for a video game, but there’s evidently room in the enormous RPG for such things as this one modder aims to prove.
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As reported by The Gamer, Nexus Mods user MimiTheAlchemist has created “Growing up in Skyrim,” a mod that, as the title suggests, is an attempt to put the brakes onSkyrimby allowing players to live a normal life. As well as being able to have a family and a hometown, players will also be able to grow up. The description says there are a number of stages of life with this mod, stemming from childhood, which goes from level one to 19, and ending with being an elder, which begins after level 80. It should be said that this mod actually came about in 2014, but user Andres101 has recently made it available on the Special Edition version of the game, so even more people have a chance to try it out.
Combined with theSkyrimmod that lets fans have a 9-5 office job, it seems ever more possible these days to completely subvert the typical adventuring that’s expected of the Dragonborn. It might seem like an odd way to play this open-world fantasy epic, but with games likeThe Simsbeing immensely popular back in the day, it’s not too unusual for gamers to want a digital facsimile of an ordinary life.
While the vanilla experience alone is engaging enough, it’s the modding community that helps makeSkyrimone of the most immersive open-world games around. Its immense lore and vast landscape are perfect for getting lost in, but modders can give that extra dose of reality by injecting something more true-to-life into the title.
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrimis available now on PC, PS3, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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