All-In-One Installer (SE/AE)
Important: You will need to install (or have already installed) Kaidan 2.1.1 by Liv Templeton before loading the Installer. Then overwrite Kaidan 2.1.1 with the Installer.
Download Kaidan 2.1.1 from Nexus here
This is our all-in-one fomod installer for our mods. This installer can be used on any version of SE/AE. To install, download the file and then select the ‘Install from File’ option in your mod-manager. Please note: Even if you are only installing one or two of the mods below, we still recommend using it as it will handle all mod conflicts and plugin order. All patches are optional and can be ticked/unticked during the installation process.
Important: Rosalind replacers will need a patch to work with Immersive Features or they will break the Daedric quest.
Please Note: The current AiO includes Kaidan – Extended Edition and is therefore NOT compatible with the Nexus version here. (This includes “compatibility” patches). If you wish to use the updated version of Extended Edition, please see the note and link at the bottom of the page.
Any Kaidan mods/patches not mentioned on the load order page are unsupported and will very likely conflict.
Download the AiO Installer here:
Changelog
Changelog 10/26/24 - Version 3.0.4
Kaidan - Immersive Features Version 65.6
New/Changed Features
- New letters for when you achieve a thanedom
- Kaidan letters for Yngvild Barrow and Forelhost
- OG changeling convo has been restored (conditions - 85 or over for romance, in falkreath hold or riften hold, not in the city itself)
- Bryn convos for Forelhost and Yngvild
- Kaidan will only have 1 comment for first WW transform, after that they should be normal
- Kaidan force greet convo after aela is done talking at gallows rock
- 7 new letters for early romance
- 13 new letters regarding getting Erik as a follower
- 12 new letters for Ulfric spice
- You can now talk to both Karita and Narri about Kaidan (5 x convos with Narri, 3 with Karita)
- Kaidan, Brynjolf, Karliah convo in nightingale hall after nocturnal oath
- Added Kaidan force greet at Irgnkwhatever before you leave him
Bugfixes/Changes
- The outfit system is now fully compatible with VR users and has been bug-fixed so no more nakey
- Fixed some quest related letters spawning at the wrong time
- 14 additional healing comments, conditioned for health percentage, romance, kawk etc
- added a male version of one of the EE greetings
- New map marker locations for Dawnstar, Markarth, Morthal and Dragon Bridge (should work on existing game)
- Added Rorikstead and Ivarstead to map locations
- KaiJail quest can now by manually started by typing startquest KaiJail. A note about this. This technically bypasses all quest requirements including your location is so it should only be used if you are **in** Riften and have met **all** the conditions. However, the quest should start on its own so this should only be used as a last resort
- Fixed some letters that were showing up blank
- Removed 'How do you feel about me?' after marriage
- Loooots of condition and subtitle fixes
- Map and exterior trigger box now function identically
- Ulfric wont FG if you side with Thalmor scum
- Fixed KaidanPreProposal from borking at stage 60
- Failsafe for shopkeeper dead
Other Patches
Kaidan - I4 Patches (Red and Uncolored) V4.3
- Added new notes
Changelog 09/09/24 - Version 3.0.3
Kaidan - Immersive Features Version 63.2
New/Changed Features
- 35 x random conversations between TG members. Some will only play for if you smashed Bryn. These convos arent technically 'random'. if youre in TG (cistern or flagon), doing brynspice, and not currently in the middle of TG06 or TG07, one **will** play as long as theres at least 2 people in the cell with you that can talk.
- Total tent renovation
- Loft area with wardrobe, bathing area and a shrine that will activate for whichever aedra you told Kaidan you worship
- Writing desk
- 4 new bookshelves
- 2 x reading chairs that will automatically play reading animations when you sit in them
- Banners will appear when you become Thane of a hold
- There is a compatibility patch in the fomod for Utenlands Tents however Kaidan's tent will now be compatible with all tent overhauls
- If Kaidan has a home outfit and auto-relax is on, when he gets in to the tent, he'll rack his weapons and head upstairs to the wardrobe to change into his home outfit
- New letters, about 20 of them, mostly for later romance stages, some relating to bryn
- Kaidan will sometimes visibly write letters in the evenings in the tent, and may use an expletive when that letter ends up crumpled
- Once you're past the 'about the other night' convo, Kaidan will sometimes randomly walk over and force greet you in the tent or a player home and ask for a kiss (you can say no)
- Brynjolf now has 1 convo and several random greetings if wearing AOM (either vanilla or eriks)
- Added preview stage for NPC convos in options spell
Bugfixes/Changes
- Changes to outfit system, script is faster and checks outfits in a better way
- Kaidan having stolen or SPIDed items will no longer cause a freeze when hes arrested
- Fixed auto-calculate for heel heights not working
- Better compatibility for DBVO as spaces have been removed from the end of player prompts
- Fixed square [] typefonts in some of the OG Kaidan books
- Kaidan's line about his old campsite will now always play, no matter which landscape overhauls you have
- Added a way to activate the stations in the tent in the Options spell for ppl that are impatient (its me)
- Removed requirement for Bryn to be in cistern to start jail quest
- Delay between letters only 12 hours now
- Pathed the tent to a unique mesh (mesh is still using installed textures) - this means patches are not needed for Utenlands, Skyland etc
- Tent mesh wood is pathed to imperial wood beams for consistency
- Kaidan wont change into tavern outfit if hes just going inside to buy horker/sweetrolls
- Recompiled all of the shopping scripts
- Warning if advancing stages in MCM
- All display objects can now be upgraded/enchanted as they are now stored rather than spawned
- Removed MQ104 conditions from 'I'm going to get some rest' because its redundant
- Moved IF dragon soul comments up in WI story node
Other Patches
Kaidan - Immersive Features - Utenlands Patch V1.5
- Requires either full BOS version, Stormcloak BOS version, or No Khajiit Caravans version
- Will make Kaidan's tent fully compatible with Utenlands, using the nopost large Nordic tent mesh from Utenlands.
Kaidan - Mihail's Housecats Patch Version 4.2
- Adjusted Cat's patrol route for new layout
- Fixed Dyndolod error
Kaidan - LotD Museum Shipment Crate Patch (V5 & V6) V4.1
- Adjusted crate position very slightly to avoid clipping
Kaidan - Immersive Features Keep It Clean Patch V4.0
- Adjusted wash basket position to avoid clipping
Kaidan - I4 Patches (Red and Uncolored) V4.1
- Added new notes
Changelog 08/01/24 - Version 3.0.1
Kaidan - Immersive Features Version 61.0
New/Changed Features
- Kaidan now has an auto relax system in the tent. This is off by default but can be turned on by going through 'Kaidan, can I ask you something?' -> While we're travelling together -> You can relax in the tent. If its on, when Kaidan gets inside the large tent he will walk over and rack his weapons and automatically switch into 'rest' mode. When you leave the tent he will automatically switch into 'follow' mode and he'll have his weapons once he's outside. This can be toggled on/off at any time.
- Healing - If Kaidan is injured, you will now have the ability to offer him a health potion (if you have one), or to heal him with magic (if you know healing spells)
- Kaidan Cure/Health potions - Kaidan will no longer offer you cure disease potions or restore health potions unless he has them in his inventory. He has a small chance of buying either when he goes shopping spontaneously so you dont need to entirely rely on giving them to him.
Bugfixes
- Missing voice line and dialogue not closing with Ancano fixed
- Kaidan wont say his lines about CoW while youre in dialogue with Tolfdir
- Fixed Mikael poster not showing in tent
- Fixed Map travel system not snapping Kaidan out of archery training
- Fixed a line in Kaidan's Observations which wasn't linked correctly
- Changed some things in the code for smash bryn quest to ensure compatibility with KR's ostim patch
- Outfit system should now be compatible with all weather mods
- Gave Imperial Hans Gruber the right factions so he wont be attacked if Riften is Imperial
- Bumped up the radius on Sibbi-Kai convos which should make them easier to trigger
- Linked the ground meshes for the tent item displays to the right texture sets
- Both map and trigger boxes have the right scripts when Kaidan is on auto-relax
- You can now reset outfits through the Kaidan Options spell
- Condition and subtitle fixes
Other Patches
Kaidan - Mihail's Housecats Patch V4.1
- Bumped the random chance on the idles up a bit
- Renamed the voice files (no more silent voice lines)
Kaidan - LotD Museum Shipment Crate Patch (V5 Compatible) V3.0
- Fixed the invisible crate issue
Kaidan - Transgressions Unknown V2.0
- Transgressions Unknown is now an ESL file
- Updated one bounty poster
Kaidan BWB Bow Display Tent V2 CHANGELOG
- No texture sets for the bow display
Changelog 07/26/24 - Version 3.0.0
Immersive Features Version 60.5
New content
- The Noble Girl – a new quest to meet a person from Kaidan's past. To start this quest, visit the Blue Palace after finishing Kaidan's friendship quest and before progressing the romance past 'I'm surprised you're not taken'. Angst and early flirt switches must be active.
- If you're playing the noble girl questline, you'll also have a brand new first kiss conversation and different version of Kaidan asking you on a date
- Brelyna interactions – a total of 74 conversations, 68 of which are random repeatable interactions between Brelyna, Kaidan, Farkas and Vilkas. This includes Brelkas/Farklyna flirting - after reaching stage 110 of the Jorrvaskr convos (you know about Farkas planting flowers) there is an optional convo with Farkas that will trigger these. Choosing Brelyna at the end of this convo will skip you ahead to stage 230 of the Jorrvaskr convos.
- New Kawk – lockpicking comments, stealth comments, comments when magic/weapons are out, general comments
- New Brynjolf convos – Brynjolf will have convos for quests you complete, things you're wearing, bounties you have, skill levels and more
- New wolf twins convos – you can talk to the wolf twins about: becoming a werewolf, becoming Harbinger, early Kaidan romance, you're cured, theyre cured
- New limericks
- New easter egg book: The Horker Herder of The Pale Coast
New Features
- Automatic Outfit Management system – set up outfits for Kaidan to automatically switch into in normal settings, inside dungeons, in cold weather, at home or in taverns/Jorrvaskr. You can also set up some manually applied outfits.
- New animations (make sure you're running FNIS/Nemesis after installing)
- New 'stand-aside' packages for Kaidan during some critical quest moments
- Custom item displays inside the tent: you'll have places to store/display Kaidan's bow, nodachi, armor, the wooden sword, Amulet of Silent Flame, Starlight Circle, Shaman Ring, Akaviri Targe and Carved Amulet. Any of these displays can also be deactivated in the Options spell.
- New tent poster featuring everyone's least favorite bard
Bugfixes
- Issue where Brynjolf spice quest won't progress has been fixed
- Fixed an issue where the map marker for Kaidan's tent wasn't updating
- Fixed an issue where Kaidan would sometimes get stuck in a vanilla ObserveCombat package
- Lots of lines have better conditioning for timing/quests/romance stages
- Some conversation chains (Eriks for example) have been given higher priorities so that they are more likely to play
- Removed the 'Patches' page from the MCM as it was outdated
- Subtitle fixes
New/Updated Patches
- Both Cat patches have new idle lines from Kaidan
- I4 patches have been updated with new notes/letters
- Museum Shipment Crate Patch – a separate version has been added for LotD V6 which will stop the crate from floating
INDIVIDUAL MODS
If you would prefer to individually install the mod files, they are available here. Please keep in mind that you will need to do some conflict resolution with this method, please visit our Load Order page for the correct mod load order. Mods that are not ESL are in teal.
Extended Edition V14.9
Adds thousands of new dialogue lines to Kaidan. Includes immersive dialogue options to reduce Kaidan’s swearing and initiate a drunk AI package. Quest commentary for most major Skyrim quests, DLC quests and hundreds of lines of idle dialogue. Now includes the Drinking Patch and Cussing patch so those are no longer additional mods. There is also an option (that is off by default) to have Kaidan flirt with you before putting on the Amulet of Mara. Includes an MCM with the ability to turn on/off many of Kaidan’s options, check quest stages and more.
Kaidan – Extended Edition – Earlier Amulet
This will revert when Kaidan notices you wearing an Amulet of Mara to the stage from the original Kaidan mod (Stage 35+ of friendship quest).
Kaidan – Extended Edition – Earlier Amulet (IF)
This will revert when Kaidan notices you wearing an Amulet of Mara to the stage from the original Kaidan mod (Stage 35+ of friendship quest). This version will also work for the amulet that Erik gives you.
Kaidan – Skyrim’s Got Talent Patch
Kaidan will now respond to you playing and also have a voice when you ask him to play with you.
Requirements: Skyrim’s Got Talent
Kaidan – Dirt and Blood Patch
Kaidan has voiced responses and will bathe with you in Dirt and Blood.
Requirements: Dirt and Blood
Kaidan – ASLAL Patch
Most of the Alternate Start dialogue has been placed in the main EE mod for people who don’t use ASLAL, but the things relevant to ASLAL is in this little patch, it contains lines for going to Helgen when Alduin flies off. As the events are so closely placed together it’s best to walk there and not run.
Requirements: Alternate Start Live Another Life
Kaidan – Beyond Skyrim Bruma Patch
Adds dialogue for Kaidan for Beyond Skyrim – Bruma.
Requirements: Beyond Skyrim – Bruma
Kaidan I4 Patch (Red) V4.3
Gives Kaidan’s items unique icons when using Inventory Interface Information Injector. Use only this OR the uncolored version, not both. Set this very low in your load order.
Requirements: Inventory Interface Information Injector
Kaidan I4 Patch (Uncolored) V4.3
Gives Kaidan’s items unique icons when using Inventory Interface Information Injector. Use only this OR the red version, not both. Set this very low in your load order.
Requirements: Inventory Interface Information Injector
Kaidan – I’m Glad You’re Here Patch
This changes the dialogue “Every day I understand you less and less” to “I love you more every day”.
Requirements: I’m Glad You’re Here
Kaidan – Auto Sleep For Me Now Patch
Kaidan will now have a voice for the Auto Sleep For Me Now Mod.
Requirements: Auto Sleep For Me Now
Kaidan – Completionist Patch V2.0
Unofficial patch for Completionist that will allow items, books, weapons and armor from Kaidan and Extended Edition to be marked off in Completionist. Requires Completionist NG Version 4.0.0.1 or higher.
Requirements: Completionist – Skyrim Completion Tracker (NG)
Kaidan IF – Completionist Patch V3.0
Unofficial patch for Completionist that will allow items, books, weapons and armor from Kaidan- Immersive Features to be marked off in Completionist. Requires Completionist NG Version 4.0.0.1 or higher. Can be used alongside the original Kaidan Completionist Patch.
Requirements: Completionist – Skyrim Completion Tracker (NG)
Kaidan IF – CACO Patch
Reverts the planters in Kaidan’s tent to vanilla for compatibility with CACO.
Requirenments: CACO
Kaidan IF – Utenlands Patch V1.5
Kaidan’s tent will use the Utenlands tent mesh.
Requirements: Utenlands Nordic Tents
Immersive Features V65.6
Thousands of NPC interactions, including detailed storylines woven into The Companions, Thieves Guild and Civil War. Optional (off by default) expansion to Kaidan’s Daedric quest (Ashes of His Past). Also includes options for NPCs to show interest in Kaidan prior to you beginning a relationship with him.
Kaidan will remember things that you say and respond to them appropriately. Includes new romance conversations, adds custom animations, Kaidan will scout ahead in a dungeon, lead the way to major cities or the nearest pub, Kaidan will set up camp (adds both a small and large tent that he can set up), fish or hunt, take you to a hot springs soaking spot, sleep next to you, walk beside you and more.
Adds a buff you get from ‘fade-to-black’ scenes with Kaidan. Adds 2 minor quests for Kaidan. Adds an option to tell Kaidan you don’t drink which will nuke a lot of alcohol references. Includes Kaidan – Lap Sitting so you can delete that if you already have it. Adds a lesser power called Kaidan Options. Animation settings can be adjusted through the MCM. Also adds a comment frequency slider that can be used to control how chatty Kaidan is.
Kaidan – Lux Patch V4.0
Adds compatibility between Lux and Kaidan.
Requirements: Lux
Immersive Features – Keep It Clean V4.0
Flags the large tent in Immersive Features as a bathroom so that the bath can be used with Keep It Clean.
Requirements: Keep It Clean
Immersive Features – Water For ENB V3.0
Carries over water changes from Water for ENB (Shades of Skyrim ONLY) to the bath in Kaidan’s tent.
Requirements: Water For ENB
Immersive Features – Eating Anims & Sounds V3.0
Patches the Horker Sandwich to use the eating animations from Eating Animation and Sounds SE. Also requires AnimObject Swapper.
Requirements: Eating Animations & Sounds
Requirements: Base Object Swapper
Legacy of the Dragonborn Patch V4.1
Adds idle and quest related dialogue for Legacy of the Dragonborn. Includes Book Covers of Skyrim retexture for the books added by Extended Edition (by Bectile). Also adds a Museum Shipment Crate to Kaidan’s tent.
Requirements: Legacy of the Dragonborn
LOTD Museum Crate Patch V4.1
Adds a Museum Shipment Crate to Kaidan’s tent (previously included in the LotD patch but is now seperate and optional)
Requirements: Legacy of the Dragonborn
Book Covers of Skyrim Patch
Included in the Legacy of the Dragonborn Patch (recommended if NOT using LotD patch).
Retextures the unique books added by Kaidan Extended Edition to match the Book Covers of Skyrim mod. Credit for the original Book Covers of Skyrim by DanielCoffey.
Recommended: Book Covers of Skyrim
Kaidan – Cheesemod Patch V1.0
Adds idle dialogue for Cheesemod. Requires the Cheesemod patch for Legacy of the Dragonborn.
Requirements: Legacy of the Dragonborn
Requirements: Cheesemod for Everyone
Kaidan – Inigo Banter Patch
Adds 30+ conversations between Kaidan and Inigo. Our favorite Akaviri and Khajiit will discuss fighting strategies, chickens, places they’ve been and more.
Requirements: Inigo
Kaidan – Rumarin (3DNPC) Patch
Adds dialogue between Kaidan and Rumarin from Interesting NPCs.
Requirements: 3DNPC
Kaidan – SMP HIMBO Refit
Requires one of the main files from Kaidan’s Armor Revamoed
Kaidan IF – Ars Metallica Patch
Patches the smelter in Kaidan’s tent to use the smithing perk from Ars Metallica.
By Katschaba
Requirements: Ars Metallica
Race Compatibility Patch
Allows Kaidan’s comments regarding player race to use keywords added by RaceCompatibility. Recommended if you are using a custom player race.
Requirements: Race Compatibility
Transgressions Unknown V2.0
Adds an immersive way to find Kaidan with a quest. TW for audio of Kaidan screaming from the prison. Not compatible with other mods that alter the way that you find Kaidan. Bounty notices done by the incredible artists on the Kaidan Discord server.
Kaidan – Survival Base Mod V1.8
Ask Kaidan for survival tips, to light a campfire, to give you food or water, for survival advice or to rent a room at the closest tavern. Includes lots of idle dialogue. This functions best when used with one of the patches for a needs mod. Please note that this mod does not require CC Survival and also does not support CC Survival integration.
Survival – iNeed Integration V 1.5
Requires the Base Survival Mod (above)
Kaidan will react to your needs for iNeed and offer you food, water or suggest you rest when tired. If follower support is enabled, Kaidan will also react to his own needs. Compatible with both iNeed and iNeed – Continued.
Requirements: iNeed OR
Requirements: iNeed Continued
Survival – Sunhelm Integration V1.0
Requires the Base Survival Mod (above)
Kaidan will react to your needs for Sunhelm, and offer you food, water or suggest you rest when tired.
Requirements: Sunhelm
Survival – Sunhelm Cold Integration V1.0
Requires the Base Survival Mod (above)
Kaidan will react to your cold level when using Sunhelm Cold.
Requirements: Sunhelm
Survival – Last Seed Integration V1.0
Requires the Base Survival Mod (above)
Kaidan will react to your needs forLast Seed and offer you food, water or suggest you rest when tired. If follower support is enabled, Kaidan will also react to his own needs.
Requirements: Last Seed
Survival – Frostfall Integration V2.0
Requires the Base Survival Mod (above)
Kaidan will react to your cold level when using Frostfall.
Requirements: Frostfall
Survival – EASS Patch V1.0
Patches the food you can give Kaidan to use the eating animations from Eating Animation and Sounds SE.
Requirements: Eating Animations & Sounds
Kaidan Loading Screens V3.0
Adds 61 loading screens featuring Kaidan. Screenshots by the Kaidan discord server.Will not replace existing load screens, just adds to them.
Kaidan – LotD Painting Replacer
Replaces most of the paintings in Legacy of the Dragonborn museum with Kaidan images. Images were taken by the members of the Kaidan discord server.
Requirements: Legacy of the Dragonborn
Kaidan – A Cat’s Life Patch V4.1
Adds a cat to Kaidan’s tent as well as idle markers and beds for cats.
Requirements: A Cat’s Life
Kaidan – Mihail’s Housecats Patch V4.3
Adds a cat to Kaidan’s tent.
Requirements: Mihail’s Housecats
Kaidan – Kynareth Statue Patch V2.0
The Kynareth shrine in Kaidan’s tent will use the statue mesh from Mandragorasprouts replacer.
Requirements: Statue of Kynareth
Deadlands Temple SMIM Patch
Changes the bones in Deadlands Temple to use the SMIM meshes.
Requirements: SMIM
USSEP Patch
Patches the innkeeper quest to changes made in USSEP.
Requirements: USSEP
EXTENDED EDITION
The all in one installer includes Extended Edition however it is not compatible with the updated Nexus version of EE (anything after 14.9). If you would like to use BWB’s newest updates, you will need to use version 1.9.6 of the All In One Installer: Download
Please note that this version is missing a lot of newer content and fixes however it is stable and will be compatible with updated Extended Edition versions. We cannot offer support for it however, any questions should be directed to the Extended Edition Nexus page.