Alternate Start essentially lets you to choose how you start a new game in Skyrim, allowing you to bypass the horrid opening scene of Skyrim’s default intro. There are multiple ways to start a new game, ranging from choosing a faction to join, choosing a side in the civil war, being a property owner, or my favorite: a lore appropriate starting location based on your chosen race.

1. Skyrim Nexus
2. Skyrim Alternate Start Mods

Requirements

Nexus requirements

Mod name	Notes
Alternate Start - Live Another Life
Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch

Mods requiring this file

Mod name	Notes
Alternate Start - LAL Extension - New Beginnings SSE - German (deutsch)
Alternate Start - LAL Extension - New Beginnings SSE - Traduzione Italiana
Alternate Start - LAL Extension - New Beginnings SSE Polish Translation
Alternate Start - LAL Extension - New Beginnings SSE Spanish
Chinese Localisation of New Beginnings - Live Another Life Extension SSE by WOK Studios
New Beginnings - Live Another Life Extension SSE - Deutsch
New Beginnings -- Live Another Life Extension SSE - Turkish Translation
New Beginnings Live Another Life Extension SSE Translate Brazilian Portuguese (Pt-BR)	somente versões 1.2.6 e 1.3

Permissions and credits

Skyrim Nexus

Author's instructions

Flo27 created the original and allowed it to be taken over and updated for SSE

File credits

This author has not credited anyone else in this file

Donation Points system

This mod is opted-in to receive Donation Points

Translations

• Turkish
• Spanish
• Portuguese
• Polish
• Italian
• German
• Chinese - Mandarin

Translations available on the Nexus

Language	Name
Portuguese	New Beginnings Live Another Life Extension SSE Translate Brazilian Portuguese (Pt-BR)
Polish	Alternate Start - LAL Extension - New Beginnings SSE Polish Translation
Spanish	Alternate Start - LAL Extension - New Beginnings SSE Spanish
German	New Beginnings - Live Another Life Extension SSE - Deutsch
Chinese - Mandarin	Chinese Localisation of New Beginnings - Live Another Life Extension SSE by WOK Studios
Turkish	New Beginnings -- Live Another Life Extension SSE - Turkish Translation
German	Alternate Start - LAL Extension - New Beginnings SSE - German (deutsch)
Italian	Alternate Start - LAL Extension - New Beginnings SSE - Traduzione Italiana

Changelogs

• Version 1.3

  • Generated the missing seq file.
  • Added a unique horse for the merchant.

• Version 1.2.6

  • Re-ported with the latest version of Creation Kit and SSEEDIT.
    Checked with the latest version of LAL. (v4.0.6)
    Sorted Masters.
    Minor optimizing in the esp.

There's a bunch of mods available for Skyrim: Special Edition on both consoles and PC.

One mod that's available on all three platforms is pretty much essential for anyone who has already played Skyrim and doesn't want to drag themselves through the really slow, boring intro again.

I mean, you have to ride around in a cart for like eight days before you get to even create your character without the mod installed. You have to wait for what seems like ages to take your turn at the chopping block, and then when all that waiting is about to be blissfully over, a dragon appears. A dragon we've all seen countless times.

The mod is available on Nexus mods or through the in-game mod installer that uses Bethesda.net. This replaces Steam Workshop, and requires a Bethesda.net account. (It also has the most annoying sign-in menu I've ever seen. When you enter your login name, if you hit 'Tab' rather than going to the Password line, you exit the menu. Why? Who designed this madness? You have to press the 'Down' arrow to get to the Password menu, which is just crazy!)

Here's the official description from modder Arthmoor:

Misery and despair have haunted you all your life. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, you've been arrested and thrown in the dungeons. Your trial was supposed to be weeks ago, only nobody has come for you. It's been so long since seeing daylight you no longer know what month it is anymore. The dungeon is cold, damp, and worse still, you're running out of food. At least you have that leak in the wall for water. It seems as though you've been forgotten, soon to rot away and die. The eight have forsaken you! Or.. have they?

Skyrim Alternate Start Mods

Live Another Life provides an alternative means to start the game for those who do not wish to go through the lengthy intro sequence at Helgen. You will be given the opportunity to choose your race and then choose a new life for your character to lead. A wide variety of choices will be available. What you choose will have a lasting impact, so choose carefully or the gods may forsake you again!

Additional support has also been provided to allow you to extend Live Another Life with your own starts.

I haven't played a ton of Skyrim SE yet, but will have some thoughts on the game soon. So far, I find it falls in decidedly 'mixed-bag' territory, though being able to start without replaying the same intro was nice. Naturally, this mod and mods like it were available for vanilla Skyrim as well, but not on consoles. This gives PC and Xbox One players the ability to begin the game with an alternate start. A new beginning.

Update: An earlier version of this post stated that PS4 was also covered by this mod. I was mistaken. My apologies for the confusion. Oh, and a wag of the finger at Sony who really needs to make this happen. If PlayStation is the 'best place to play' then mods should be a no-brainer.

About this mod. At the moment the first spell added has been a fire spell, the idea of this spell was to simulate what being able to shoot fire out of your own hand would actually be like in a real world environment. Secondly a lightning spell with the idea to simulate 1mA-10mA variable hand electron discharges. Sacred ring of Jeebus mod is actually a collection of rings that provide all sorts of effects on the wearer. The magic in these rings is indeed powerful as it will improve certain skills, regeneration, and resistances to near God-like level. This is a sub centered around the discussion of modding and creating mods. Memes and gameplay stories do not contribute to this whatsoever. No Screenshots (except to ask for help) Screenshots do not contribute to the discussion of modding or mod creation. Please take your screen archery to /r/SkyrimPorn. Magic sound effects. About this mod. Sometimes when a npc disintegrates (disintegrate perk) it will just disappear instead of slowly fading away. Scroll spells doesn't seem to apply the effects. Dragon, Dwarven, Familiar, Ghost, Atronach (any type), Dragon priest, Skeleton, Icewraith, Wisp, WispShade, Witchlight. Ultimate HD Fire Effects. Smaller Ice Spike and Ice Spear. Transparent and Refracting Icicle and Frost Atronach. Immersive Spells and Light - Spells emit light. Subtle Cloak Spell Graphics. No More Glowing Edges Mod. Magic Runes HD. Nature Spell Pack. Candlelight Redone. Sun Rune - a restoration spell. Water Destruction Magic.