They are advising modders to back up their files ahead of the change. The news comes via Redditor ‘extrwi’, who says the change will happen when the Anniversary Edition - which comes as a free, automatic download on PC for those who own the Special Edition - launches.

The modding community will likely fix them to make them compatible with the new version, but it seems like they have a lot of work ahead of them to do so. The modding scene for the game has always been huge, and it looks like the new edition could break many existing mods for an unspecified amount of time. Unfortunately, it looks like it could also be Skyrim, but less, at least for a while.

This time, it comes prepackaged with a bunch of mods and small tweaks, such as the ability to go fishing in its raging rivers.Īll in all, it comes with 74 mods, ranging from new quests to items, armor, and even houses for your character to live in.

A new edition of Skyrim is launching this November, marking the 9,999th time the legendary RPG has been relaunched.