Dear STEP Community I am seeking advice on my load order and ideas on which plugins I should merge to get back to 255.esp's in Skyrim. I could not find a good thread or a specific forum so hopefully it's ok to post it here, as my first post. First some general information: In the past years i've done several large stable installations of Skyrim. I use the correct tools and have gained some basic knowledge and how to solve issues. With the standalone Merge Plugins released I started a new build. A final build. This will not be updated in the forseable future. That is helpful as we can assume the load will be static. I use Mod Organizer, LOOT, FNIS, Merge Patch, Bash Patch and one reproccer (Perma) The build is ready to be merged down to 255 plugins. Please help me with your experience and knowledge to support me getting a plan to get from 345 esp's (CURRENT) to 245 esp's(TARGET) files. Info on current load order: - I installed the build mainly following SRLE and added my own additionals. - I added mod by mod and always ran LOOT in between installing mods. - I know of general load order guidance, however, loot ends up with a extreme mix with such a long plugin list, even with some "load-after" tags for some mods (SRLE). That means there are patches everywhere. - Please note that I use Perma. Perma is able to deal with this modlist in my opinion. Did it with long load order before. - FNIS Patch, MergedPatch.esp and BashPatch.esp as well as PatchusMaximus.esp are not yet in the load order. These are the steps to follow after Merge Process. The current load order: Please advise me on what plugins I should merge or how I should adjust my load order and then merge. Thanks if you take the time to look into this and provide your expertise. Kind regards and happy modding boelimaa (Thomas) plugins.txt modlist.txt