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 however BEES is required for older versions of Skyrim. 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. All patches are optional and can be ticked/unticked during the installation process.
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 06/20/26 - Version 5.1.2
Kaidan - Immersive Features Version 85.1 CHANGELOG
Complete rework of Thalmor world encounters
- These are now based completely on vanilla world encounters which make them a lot less buggy in general
- Thalmor encounters are in two forms - escorting a prisoner who looks "vaguely" like Kaidan, and alone. Both patrol types will be carrying a bounty notice for Kaidan
- These patrols will began after stage 40 of friendship and if Ulfric wins the CW, they will stop
- If you get too close to the patrols, they will recognise Kaidan - **unless** he is wearing a hood (see note below)
- A KID ini has been provided to give mod-added hoods the appropriate keyword to disguise Kaidan from the Thalmor
- There is a five day cooloff between potential encounters
- After the first encounter, you can have a conversation with Kaidan about them (need bounty poster in inventory)
Changes to Friendship Quest
There are two new timers to give him a little time to recover from being locked up.
- Stage 10 convo: so what happened with the thalmor -> there is now a 12 hour wait before you can ask him what brings him to skyrim
- Stage 20 convo: so what brings you to skyrim -> there is now a 48 hour wait (instead of 12) before progressing to stage 30
Other changes and fixes
- Removed SayOnce flag on post smash convo, replaced with VM quest var
- Increased chance of cheek kiss lines
- Kaidan now has a stand-in-place package during Season Unending
- Conditioned out convo about becoming a companion if Kai already become one
- Added alternate line for dragon mound if not yet Dragonborn
- Increased chance of sneak kawk a bit
- Fixed letter showing referencing first night if you didnt have one
- Fixed Children of the Sky book comment before dragonborn
- Fixed Proposal repeating if you refused
- Fixed VR animations
- Deleted Bounty letter when shutting down quest
- Fixed dog comment during ashes
- Conditioned Bryn line referring to the twins for later in companions questline
- Fixed DB references in 'Let's Talk'
- Fixed some properties that had been filled then removed so were showing up in papyrus log
- A fair bit of kawk pushed to K03 30-40 instead of 20-25
- Carried over some records for DBVO
- Fixed two lines at Northwind Summit from playing before they should
- Conditioned Farengar line to only play if you're in BFB
- No scouting in Dustmans Cairn
- Lots of other minor fixes
Kaidan - CC Pets V2 CHANGELOG
- More thorough rework of conditioning. The annoying SayOnce glitch has been squashed through the use of quest variables, now he will not repeat his initial greeting for each pet at every log in and he also will be able to finish it if it is interrupted, I assume.
- Reduced mood expression strengths in several lines
- Added more specific conditioning to lines for Sweet roll, Skritch and Arachnia so they (hopefully) won't be too repetitive.
- Edited the first Hilda greet line and the Arachnia web trap line so his eyes don't stay closed
Changelog 04/25/26 - Version 5.1.1
Changes and Fixes
- Removed 'kaidanref.SetActorValue("WaitingForPlayer", 1 as Float) from the bounty script since it stopped him going anywhere when the quest was active
- Kaidan won't take bounties while player is werewolf
- Added exclusion when leaving the tent that if he's on a bounty, he wont get warped
- Rather then meaningless 8 hour wait at jarl upon return from bounty - he'll immediately collect reward if daytime, otherwise he will sit in jarl hall until daytime and then collect reward
- Fixed conditions on Kaidan Arcadia convos
- Conditioned looping anim line for Dragonborn
- Fixed some line conditioning
- Subtitle fixes
- Fixed player dialogue prompts for easier DBVO line generation
- Added a 'Reset Kiai Quest' button to the Options Spell
- Fixed menu showing during animations
- Added a VR Version to MCM which should fix VR animation issues
- Version numbers showing correctly
Changelog 04/04/26 - Version 5.1.0
New Features
- Friendship quest expanded - new conversations, more RP options, conversations expanded
- Blood On The Ice quest completely redone
- Forbidden Legend quest commentary redone
- Convo about naming Kiai
- New Kaidan-Blacksmith convos (total of 7, will happen randomly around smithies)
- The Break of Dawn quest completely redone (initial convo, greeting line in second part of dungeon, greeting line after defeating Malkoran)
- 15 new convos with Vorstag (total of 45, spaced 10 hours apart)
- total of 13 Arcadia scenes, 5 are only if vorstag is also there
- Kiai idle lines where he refers to her by name
- Completely redid conversation when you leave for Thalmor Embassy. You can now tell him to wait somewhere - theres romance aware version of convo - need to be at Katla's farm to have convo
- Completely did reunion convo after Thalmor Embassy to add more RP options - this is also now a force greet (he will initiate convo)
Fixes and Changes
- Fixed other NPCs being able to say Kaidans bounty return dialogue
- Fixed Kaidan returning to tavern when told to rest if you'd previously asked him to wait at a tavern for you
- Fixed Kaidan blocking furniture activators until he used a new piece of furniture
- Added some additional resets/alias clears to the Reset Kaidan function from the Options spell
- Lowered frequency of a lot of random comments (kawk, tavern comments)
- Added random percentage to all combat comments, he'll have a little less bravado, but its worth it for the BDE
- Fixed versioning - globalvariables CK values are cached so I switched to an internal variable
- Slight adjustment to fratpack response to greybeards to make it fire faster
- Added spell option to reset some utility quests (if shopping, bounties, thalmor patrols etc stop working - they usually just need the utility quest reset)
- Reduction in comment frequency for favorite foods
- Triggered sven convos a little faster
- Reduced the 'Kaidan, you look hurt!' from 80% health to 65%. 80% isn't even hurt? its like, a sore pinky. he'll live.
- Fixed kaidan swearing at arngeir
- added dialogue toggle to reduce (i think completely remove, but its hard to say for certain) comments regarding the DB's uh... posterior.
- removed dialogue prompts telling kaidan he should smile more
- added more random responses to asking kaidan to break camp
- fixed an ulfric line that was very OOC
- a lot of "top level" dialogue has been moved to "Let's Talk" to avoid dialogue clutter
- Book scenes should now all be uninterruptible
- More topics moved from main dialogue thread to 'Let's Talk'
- Limerick chance lowered significantly
- Fixed items being silently added during shopping
- Added a random percentage and a GetDistance check to the Erik/Farkas/Vilkas convos during Addy
- Fixed Kaidan doing innkeeper scene when on a bounty
- Fixed Kaidan doing HH force greet before becoming dragonborn
- Fixed Mikael scene from playing if not DB
- Some letters conditioned
- Fixed cave/dungeon observation lines playing when sneaking
- Fixed a cromchy line in Delphine scene
- Fixed talisman not given to player if vanilla animations are checked
- Changed response to 'Anything on your mind?' in Let's talk
- Fixed wording in a letter
- Fixed Eldergleam comment from basically never being able to play
- Moved Kaidans exterior camp position from the fire to the haypile
- Reset Kaidan (Options Spell) there is now "Normal Reset" (basically same as summon horn) and "Hard Reset". Hard reset will cancel current Thalmor patrol, cancel current bounty etc)
Changelog 01/30/26 - Version 5.0.1
New Features
Remastered Audio
Almost all of Kaidan's OG lines that had audio artifacts and fuzziness have been re-recorded to ensure dialogue consistency throughout the mods. We have added additional dialogue options in some places to expand RP options. This also includes new ways to complete the prison scene - such as killing Cyrelian before freeing Kaidan.
No Dragonborn Requirement
Although there will always be additional content if you become Dragonborn, it is no longer a requirement to complete Kaidan's friendship, romance or quests.
New Prison Scene Features
Kaidan will start off in the game as Shackled Prisoner and will show up as Kaidan once you've spoken to him and learned his name. If you meet him there, and choose not to heal him within 48 hours, he will die. Cyrelian now has a journal that has the details of Kaidans capture, interrogation and if he dies - the final hours of his life.
Bounty Hunting
Available after stage 56 of the friendship quest. Kaidan will ask whether he can take bounties in towns. You can allow him to go alone, or choose to accompany him.
Talisman and Scrimshaw
Kaidan will sometimes sit in a chair and carve scrimshaw. When he gives the player the carved talisman, that scene is now animated.
New Interactions
33 new conversations with Mjoll
New Buff
You will get an active buff when Kaidan is a follower which allows for a much higher likelihood of successful intimidations. When you do successfully intimidate someone, Kaidan will have voiced lines about it.
New MCM Toggle
You can now turn off comments/convos that may be too HC specific such as the player snores/can't read a map etc.
Improvements/ New Patches
Forest Wedding Reworked
The forest wedding now comes with handfasting animations and support for Cizzy's Forest Wedding Overhaul .
Shopping Overhauled
Kaidan will now purchase mod-added items through FLM support.
New Patches
- Blackthorn dialogue patch
- CC Pets Patch
- Helgen Reborn Patch
- Bathing in Skyrim Patch
Other/Bugfixes
- New animations - remember to run FNIS/Nemesis/Pandora
- Stats page in the MCM has been removed for the foreseeable future since it caused more problems then it solved. As an interim measure, there is a patch in the fomod to nerf Kaidan's healing.
- Many dialogue condition fixes, subtitle corrections
- Once you have freed him, Kaidan will prompt you to give him a potion
- If you give potion instead of do healing - Kaidan will use DrinkPotion anim
- Excluded Lucia from general kid comments about Kaidan
- Excluded kids from being potential scouting targets
MOD PATCHES
This is a list of the files included in the AIO. All of these files are optional (apart from Extended Edition and Immersive Features). The installer will pick up your installed mods and recommend available patches based on them.
- Kaidan – Extended Edition
- Kaidan – Immersive Features
- Transgressions Unknown (alternate Kaidan start)
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – Keep It Clean Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – Water for ENB Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – Eating Animations & Sounds Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – Statue of Kynareth Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – I4 Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – Ars Metalica Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – CACO Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – USSEP Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – Bow Display Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – Utenlands Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – No Mist in Tent Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – Use Those Blankets Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – Nature of the Wildlands Patch (BOS or ESP)
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – OAR Spooning Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – Animated Armory Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – Open Air Tent Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – Spooning of Skyrim Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – Skyinteract Patch
- Kaidan – Immersive Features – Bathing in Skyrim Patch
- Kaidan – Race Compatibility Patch
- Kaidan – Survival – Base Mod
- Kaidan – Survival – Frostfall Patch
- Kaidan – Survival – Sunhelm Patch
- Kaidan – Survival – Sunhelm Cold Patch
- Kaidan – Survival – iNeed Patch
- Kaidan – Survival – Last Seed Patch
- Kaidan – Survival – EAS Patch
- Kaidan and Inigo Banter Patch
- Kaidan and Rumarin Banter Patch
- Kaidan – Legacy of the Dragonborn Patch
- Kaidan – Legacy of the Dragonborn – Museum Shipment Crates Patch
- Kaidan – Alternate Start: Live Another Life Patch
- Kaidan – Beyond Skyrim: Bruma Patch
- Kaidan – Book Covers of Skyrim Patch
- Kaidan – CC Pets Patch
- Kaidan – Helgen Reborn Patch
- Kaidan – Blackthorn Dialogue Patch
- Kaidan – Blackthorn Wedding Patch (BOS or ESP)
- Kaidan – Skyrim’s Got Talent Patch
- Kaidan – I’m Glad You’re Here Patch
- Kaidan – Cheesemod Patch
- Kaidan – Auto Sleep For Me Now Patch
- Kaidan – Lux Patch
- Kaidan – SMIM Patch (BOS or ESP)
- Kaidan – Completionist Patch
- Kaidan – A Cat’s Life Patch
- Kaidan – Mihail Housecats Patch
- Kaidan – Alternate Animations Patch
- Kaidan – Museum Painting Replacers
- Kaidan – Loading Screens
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.