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Skyrim Special Edition Game Files

A guide to the game files for Skyrim Special Edition

by: The Step Team

Guide scope[edit | edit source]

This guide serves as a general reference to the game files for Skyrim Special Edition. The files and folders shall be described and a general explanation of their purpose provided. This may include a description of files not included with the game as long as they are clearly marked as such.

Vanilla game files[edit | edit source]

Below is a listing and directory structure of all files included within the English version of the vanilla game at install.

Skyrim Special Edition
- _CommonRedist
  - DirectX
    - Jun2010
  - vcredist
    - 2015
- Data
  - Video
    - BGS_Logo.bik
  - Dawnguard.esm
  - Dragonborn.esm
  - HearthFires.esm
  - Skyrim - Animations.bsa
  - Skyrim - Interface.bsa
  - Skyrim - Meshes0.bsa
  - Skyrim - Meshes1.bsa
  - Skyrim - Misc.bsa
  - Skyrim - Patch.bsa
  - Skyrim - Shaders.bsa
  - Skyrim - Sounds.bsa
  - Skyrim - Textures0.bsa
  - Skyrim - Textures1.bsa
  - Skyrim - Textures2.bsa
  - Skyrim - Textures3.bsa
  - Skyrim - Textures4.bsa
  - Skyrim - Textures5.bsa
  - Skyrim - Textures6.bsa
  - Skyrim - Textures7.bsa
  - Skyrim - Textures8.bsa
  - Skyrim - Voices_en0.bsa
  - Skyrim.esm
  - Update.esm
- Skyrim
  - SkyrimPrefs.ini
- binkw64.dll
- high.ini
- installscript.vdf
- low.ini
- medium.ini
- Skyrim.ccc
- Skyrim_Default.ini
- SkyrimSE.exe
- SkyrimSELauncher.exe
- steam_api64.dll
- ultra.ini

_CommonRedist[edit | edit source]

This folder contains redistributable installers that are necessary for the game to function. These may be removed upon successful installation

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