Step up your Skyrim journey with the "Serana Dialogue Add-On" (SDA), your go-to mod for turning Serana into a dynamic, deeply interactive companion. With over 8,000 fully-voiced lines by Kerstyn Unger, this acclaimed expansion doesn't just "Add-On"-it transforms. Dive into new story arcs, discover fresh character traits, and experience smarter NPC interactions. Imagine Vanilla Serana, but dramatically amplified.
What Does This Mod Do?
The Serana Dialogue Add-On (SDA) enhances the character of Serana in Skyrim, making her a more dynamic and interactive companion. This mod significantly expands her dialogue options and adds new features to improve her functionality as a follower.
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Extensive Features
- Transform Serana into an ultra-functional follower: Teach her spells, personalize her attire, accompany her on horseback, utilize her backpack for storage, and even enjoy meals she prepares for you.
- Enhanced Combat Dialogue: Enjoy more variety and less repetition in Serana's combat lines.
- Dynamic Radiant Commentary: Serana now comments on locations, weather, and the evolving friendship with the player.
- Immersive Friendship Mechanic: Based on real-life studies, watch Serana gradually open up and become closer over time.
- Extensive Quest Commentary: Comprehensive coverage of Serana's thoughts on quests.
- Serana's Singing Talent: Listen to Serana sing lore-friendly songs, including an original, "Old Stone Walls."
- Expansive Radiant Features: Includes sleep, outfit customization, teleporting, horse riding, and training features.
- Rich Role-Play Interactions: Give gifts, share drinks, engage in meaningful conversations, and check in post-combat.
- Essential Bugfixes: Hood Fix, Sneaking Crouch Fix, and more for a smoother experience.
- Dynamic Dialogue Animation Framework: Unique and varied dialogue animations, made by repurposing in-game assets.
- NPC Interactions & Banter: Engages with various characters and custom-voiced followers like Inigo, Sofia, Remiel, and Auri.
- Authentic Serana Romance: Experience a deep and genuine romantic journey with Serana.
Compatibility
SDA has a lot of content, but it is lightweight on performance and was designed with compatibility in mind. For more information, read the compatibility article here.
Installation and Update Instructions
Install using your preferred mod manager as usual, ensuring the esp is active before game launch. For first-time SDA installations, a new save is advised. However, updating on an existing save is generally safe.
PC users with Nemesis or FNIS animation frameworks should run these post-installation to enable animations like Serana removing her hood.
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Just replace the old version with the new one. No clean-save is required (however, if you are upgrading to 4.0 from 3.3 and older, you do need a clean save/new game).
Load Order
SDA was designed with compatibility in mind, but there are conflicts with various mods here and there. Load SDA nearer to the bottom of the load order and you generally should be fine. To be extra sure that SDA wins all conflicts, open up the plug-in in xEdit, right click, and select “Apply Filter for Conflicts”.
Mod Requirements
This mod works right out of the box with no hard requirements. However, if you are running Skyrim 1.5.97, BEES is required, as Skyrim AE (1.6 and later) changed FormID headers. In addition, my mod integrates with others pretty well, so please read below to see what they are!
Optional Patches
For the optional patches, get them here on the Patch Hub.
Uninstallation
Uninstalling mods like SDA is unsafe mid-save, since it adds scripts that are baked into your save and makes alterations to existing game records and NPCs (Serana most notably). Make sure you test this mod out first before you keep in your load order for real.
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AI Clarification (Transparency - SDA)
- Legacy scope: Prior updates used limited AI-generated voice for certain non-Serana characters during a period when my stance was looser.
- Current policy: No new AI voices will be added. Legacy AI voice lines will be (1) removed, (2) replaced with spliced dialogue from existing human-performed lines, or (3) re-voiced by impressionist voice actors as schedule allows.
- Rights-holder requests: If Bethesda, original VAs, or their representatives/talent agencies want any affected content removed immediately, contact me via the mod page channels and I will comply promptly.
- Writing & design: Story and dialogue are human-authored and edited. I may use AI tools (e.g., LLMs) outside the game build for process support (style/grammar checks, outlining options, patch-note/announcement drafting, documentation clarity, workflow efficiency).
- Art & assets: No AI-generated art is included.
- AI training on this mod’s assets: Prohibited.
Restrictions on Use
- Prohibition on AI Training/Voice Use: Use of the voice recordings included in this Mod for artificial intelligence training or generation is strictly prohibited. This restriction is in place to respect the voice actors' rights and protect their performances.
- Modification and Public Use: You may not modify, adapt, translate, or otherwise alter this Mod or any of its assets for public use without the express written permission of the Mod Author.
- Mod Packs: Mod pack authors are welcome to include this Mod in their compilations, provided that they do not profit from its inclusion and clearly credit the Mod Author.
Credits
Martimius Mods Team:
- Martimius: Content Lead (Writing, Scripting, Quest Design, Debug, and everything else not listed below)
- Kerstyn Unger: The wonderful new voice behind Serana.
This Mod is a work of fiction and should be treated as such.
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