Fallout: New Vegas Mods

Overview of recommended mods for New Vegas. For first timers, click here. (Protip: For vanilla playthroughs, avoid the Gameplay Changes and Quests/New Locations sections just to keep things more, well, "vanilla".)
==Installing Mods==
Make sure your game is fully patched to 1.4.0.525
Usually mods are simply extracted to your Data\ directory (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Fallout New Vegas\Data).
After that the plugin files (*.esp, *.esm) have to be activated.
The recommended way to install is to use Mod Organizer 2.
Nexus Mod Manager (NMM) can be used if you're having trouble keeping track of which mod needs updating. Which you shouldn't since most of these mods stop being updated for about a year now.
You can only install one of these managers, otherwise it will conflict with each other.
New Vegas Script Extender (NVSE) is required for most mods to work.
After installation, use LOOT to setup the load order. It is important to setup the load order correctly to make them work properly. It will recognize most mods listed here, and list them correctly in order. If it doesn't, it's usually safe to leave that mod at the bottom it was placed at.
Some mods may install differently or require additional mods to work. Always check the Readme/Mod description before installing a mod.
==List of Mods==
Aesthetics 	Aesthetics
DarNified UI NV 	Smaller fonts, fit much more text in barter/inventory boxes
Enhanced Blood Textures for NV 	Hi-res texture replacer for blood decals
EVE - Essential Visual Enhancements 	Improves weapon effects
NMC's Texture Pack for New Vegas 	Hi-res texture replacer
A Familiar Friend - The Pip-Boy 2500 Pipboy 	Replaces your wrist-mounted Pip-Boy with a handheld version with a Fallout 1 inspired look
Official Pipboy Readius - New Vegas Edition 	Replaces the wrist-mounted Pip-Boy with a more modern looking handheld one
Pip-Boy 3500 	A Readius Re-Texture (Requires Readius)
Pipboy Remover 	Removes the wrist-mounted Pip-Boy
Shiloh DS - Clean Pipboy Screen 	Cleans up your Pip-Boy screen by removing scanlines, glare, map tints, and gives options to set a brighter glow intensity
Shiloh DS - Colored Map and Icons 	Adds a colored map and new optional icons and better zoom settings
Interface Mod - Revelation 	Replaces several menus with Fallout Tactics textures.
NOTE: There is a Low Res Texture Replacer if it causes a delay
Type3 Body and Armor replacer 	Female (non-nude) body replacer, also fixes vanilla armor to fix the new body mesh better
Weapon Animation Replacers 	Better animations for pistols and rifles. You can use this to turn it into a FOMOD giving you a nice menu for WAR's several options.
Ojo Bueno textures 	Texture overhaul; makes tons of stuff look better
Weapon Retexture Project 	Gives new higher res textures to all weapons
Vurt's Wasteland Flora Overhaul 	Adds a huge variety of native plant life to the Mojave
Concept Art Menu and Load Screens 	Concept Art for Loading Screens, Works with Vanilla, TTW, and RFCW
Gameplay 	Gameplay
IWS-Increased Wasteland Spawns 	More monsters in the Mojave, configurable in-game. Also introduces more guards/patrols and battles between factions.
J.E. Sawyer's Mod 	A mod by NV's project director and lead designer Joshua Sawyer, consists of many small fixes and tweaks. Makes the game more challenging and also lowers the level cap to 35.
Project Nevada 	General gameplay overhaul inspired by FWE, incorporates some community mods and is modular.
Ciro's Classic Overhaul 	Mechanics overhaul to make your character choices more important and to rebalance things. Also adds perks inspired by fallout 1 and 2. Compatible with Project Nevada and most other mods.
FOOK - New Vegas 	Gameplay/items/factions overhaul, compatible with Project Nevada (but will have a lot of overrides with the PN Equipment Module), incorporates many community mods and fixes
Metal Gear Solid Alert 	Alerted enemies get an exclamation point on top of their head and the classic MGS sound plays
Tag Skills Improved 	Increases the bonus for tagged skills, making tagging more useful
Weapon Mods Expanded - WMX 	Add more weapon mods into the game
Imp's More Complex Needs 	Increases nutritional and sleep needs complexity. You now require specific things in order to bolster your natural metabolism and thus health regeneration. Factors in specific nutritional needs (protein, fat, carb...etc.) and sleep dept into an array of perks that can positively or adversely affect you. Highly customizable.
Fixes/Tweaks 	Fixes/Tweaks
New Vegas Stutter Remover 	Removes the random graphics stutter when roaming the Wastelands
CASM with MCM 	Adjustable automatic saver for those long sessions
Authentic Burned Man 	Makes Joshua from Honest Hearts look actually burned.
Casino Exchange All 	Adds a dialog option to the casino cashiers to exchange ALL of your Legion/NCR money.
Fake Fullscreen Mode Windowed - Alt Tab Fix 	A simple hack that runs NV in windowed mode with all it's advantages but makes it appear fullscreen.
New Vegas Uncut (go to mods) 	A series of tweaks and restored parts aiming to bring NV closer to Obsidian's intent. Freeside Open is especially recommended which also includes part 1,3 & 7
Mission Mojave 	Community Bug Fixes for New Vegas
NVEC - New Vegas Enhanced Content 	Community bug fixes similar to Mission Mojave (incorporate it, in fact). /vg/ recommends only using the Bugfixes + Reduced CTD to avoid the retarded shit it adds.
Reduced Load-Screen Fast Travel Markers 	New/modified markers for fast-travel to reduce changing cells all the time.
New Vegas Extended Map Markers 	A different Map marker update with more markers in Freeside and Camp McCarran
Fatigue Fix 	Fixes KO weapons to actually cause KO damage. Included in the Yukichigai Unofficial Patch below.
Unarmed and Melee Perk Tweak 	Changes unarmed and melee perk requirements so you don't have to boost unarmed on a melee char and vice versa.
Yukichigai Unofficial Patch 	An unofficial patch that is nothing but bug fixes. According to the author, it fixes almost all the bugs, save for fixes requiring NVSE or "highly nuanced fixes that FNVEdit mangles."
Immersion 	Immersion
Enhanced Camera 	Look down - see your feet!
Immersive Karma 	Removes Karma gain/loss messages
Nevada Skies - Weather Effects BETA and URWLified	Introduces weather effects (Rain, Sandstorms, etc) into the game
No Dialog Tags 	Hides skill checks in dialog
F3NV Project Reality MkI 	Makes the outside look more realistic, also includes weather effects
Roleplay-Start 	Lets you start as a member of an in-game faction. BEWARE: fiend start is currently broken and it doesn't seem to be updated anymore.
ST Robot Race 	Play as a robot, the mod includes custom perks, fitted armor, and new player sounds
New items/Armor 	New items/Armor
Collectible Canteens 	Adds refillable canteens with different themes spread all across the Mojave.
Colossus t49xv 	A power armor similar to the classic Enclave armor
Leather backpack 	A backpack with additional functions (portable bed, container, ...)
Six-String Samurai Sword 	Ever wanted to role-play as Buddy? This is the mod for you
Satchels 'n' Stuff 	A complement to Tailor Maid
Tailor Maid - NV 	Makes single parts of vanilla armors available to wear individually
The Road Warrior Armor 	A Mad Max inspired armor
The Armory 	The Armory mod by Something Awful Users, all sorts of different guns, unzip "00_" files with SevenZip. Requires WAR
Quests, Locations 	Quests, Locations
A Requiem for a Capital Wasteland 	Adds a tunnel to travel to the Capital Wastelands. Includes all content Fallout 3 had to offer (quests and such). Requires Fallout 3 data files.
Tale of Two Wastelands 	
This is the updated form of Requiem for a Capital Wasteland developed by same staff. This mod makes Requiem for a Capital Wasteland obsolete.
BrotherhoodHouseAlliance 	Restores a dialog option (with hefty speech check) that allows you to keep the BoS alive while siding with House. BEWARE: users report that the mod breaks ending slides.
A World Of Pain 	Adds places with tons of enemies and loot
New Vegas Restoration - NVR 	Ambitious mod to make the Strip a greater place. Cleans it up, adds casinos and removes the interior gates
Underground Hideout 	Adds a Player Vault in the the Wasteland near Spring Mt. Ranch State Park with an armory, ammo Sorters, weapons wall etc.
RobCo Certified 	With RobCo Certification, you too can turn a hunk of junk into a brand-new robot assistant with our five-part correspondence course- get RobCo Robot Company certified, today!
Radio 	Radio
CONELRAD 640-1240 - Civil Defense Radio 	New radio station with many Cold War themed songs and original Civil Defense PSAs
Radio New Vegas - The Secret Stash 	Adds many songs referenced in quest titles to Radio New Vegas
Mysterious Broadcast - Extended 	"...a radio expansion for the station that comes with the Old World Blues DLC. This mod is a little more complex, however, as it restructures the station internally so as to rename it to "Old World Blues," prevent repeat songs, and hopefully stomp out any of the bugs that the station had out of the box."
Mojave Music Radio - Extended 	Adds more songs to Mojave Music Radio.
McElroy's Classix Radio 	A radio station full of lore-friendly music, DJ'd by a robot with funny commentary.
Troll /v/, Fap material 	Troll /v/, Fap material
Bouncing Natural Breasts 	Nude body replacer with animated breasts and armor modifications
Body by Race - Bouncing Breasts Type3 	Gives each race a slightly different body mesh, requires above mod
Sexout 	Inspired by Oblivion's xLovers: get raped by wolves, work as a prostitute, etc.
Shojo Race Vegas 09s 	Loli mod
Uterus Eater 	Blame Japan
==Additional Resources==
*New Vegas Nexus, the biggest community archive of mods
*ModGames.net , a big Russian mod archive that includes mods already deleted/never posted to the Nexus because of copyright reasons/whatever
* Lovers Lab, board for adult Oblivion/Fallout mods
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