Skyrim Racemenu 1.5.97 Extra Quality

Here’s a concise guide to installing for Skyrim Special Edition (version 1.5.97) — the last version before the Anniversary Edition (AE) update that broke many mods.

RaceMenu will not work correctly (or will crash the game) if you do not have these installed first: skyrim racemenu 1.5.97

Open race menu ( showracemenu or via character creation) – new RaceMenu UI appears. Here’s a concise guide to installing for Skyrim

If you’ve already updated past 1.5.97 and want to go back, use the (1.5.97 option). But RaceMenu 0.4.16 + SKSE 2.0.20 is rock-solid for that version. But RaceMenu 0

If you have disabled updates on Steam or are playing on GOG, you are on 1.5.97. If you accidentally update Skyrim to version 1.6+, RaceMenu 1.5.97 will not work, and you will need a different version of the mod.