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Before you get started installing or playing Silent Skyrim, it’s important to note a few things:
Info boxes (ℹ️) give extra details or images about guide steps.
Important notices (⚠️) highlight steps you should be very careful with.
Warnings (🛑) tell you critical steps that you must not miss. if you ignore these, you might big problems.
Ensure you have the following requirements:
Minimum Specs | Recommended Specs | FG's Specs | |
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CPU | Ryzen 3 3300U or higher | i5-6600 or higher | Ryzen 9 3900X |
GPU | GTX 1650 or higher | GTX 1080Ti or higher | RTX 3080 10GB |
RAM | 8GB or higher | 16GB or higher | 32GB |
Storage | >350GB HDD | >350GB SSD | 2TB NVMe |
Not a must, but speeds up mod download and installation.
First you need to update and run Skyrim. This ensures that the files necessary for Silent Skyrim exist for the installation.
🛑 Make sure Skyrim: Special Edition is the latest version (1.6.1170) in Steam. If you’ve manually downgraded the game or haven’t updated yet, use Steam’s “Verify Game Files” feature to update the game.
⚠️ Make sure Skyrim’s language is set to English. (Right-click > Properties > Language)
We’ll now setup the folders needed for the installation to proceed smoothly.
🛑 There are some restrictions on install location.
You CANNOT place these folders in:
- Program Files or Program Files (x86), or their subfolders;
- the Users folder, or its subfolders;
- the Steam folder, or its subfolders;
- the Skyrim folder, or its subfolders;
- the Desktop folder, or its subfolders;
- the Documents folder, or its subfolders;
- any folders with non-English characters;
- any cloud storage folders (e.g. Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.);
- inside one another (e.g.[install drive]\Wabbajack\Silent Skyrim.
)