10 Things We Want From Elder Scrolls 6

Bethesda landed themselves in hot water back in 2015, when they attempted to introduce paid mods to the Skyrim Workshop on PC. The idea was that mod creators could now charge money for their work, thus generating income for what was often a substantial undertaking. Although it sounded like a noble concept on paper, the feature was panned by players and modders alike, and was dropped only a few days later.

The company has had a tumultuous relationship with the modding community ever since, flip-flopping on their promise to support mods on console versions of Fallout 4, before eventually going through with it. Having since included mod support on both PC and console versions of Skyrim: Special Edition, it seems likely that the same will happen for the next Elder Scrolls game.

Ultimately, the Elder Scrolls needs mods in order to stay relevant after release. Thanks to their long development cycles, each time a new Bethesda game comes out, they already feel a little outdated in the graphics department. That’s where modders step in, to touch up water effects, improve animations, or even implement new features that Bethesda’s team hadn’t considered while building the game.