This Skyrim Mod Is For The Arachnophobes In All Of Us

12 years ago

November 14, 2011 at 2:15 pm

I’m not really that scared of spiders, not really. I don’t love them or anything, but I can handle them — especially within a game setting. Some folks, like my brother for example, won’t even touch a game with Spiders in it. Well, that means no Skyrim, right? WRONG.

This new mod, as unearthed by VG247, actually takes all of the spiders in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and, in a strange move, replaces them with bears.

I have to say, in my humble opinion bears are way more terrifying than spiders. Spiders I can step on or spray with Mortein, but Bears? I can’t outrun them, they can eat me, they’re known to enjoy ripping us limb from limb. Why didn’t the guy replace spiders with, I don’t know, ponycorns or something? Jeez.

You can download the mod here.

Thanks VG247

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miniluv101

November 14, 2011 at 2:29 pm

The most horrifying thing is it looks like pedobear!

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1. weresmurf
  
  November 14, 2011 at 2:32 pm
  
  AND theres children in skyrim! CHILDREN!!!!
  
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2. shodannet
  
  November 14, 2011 at 2:39 pm
  
  I half think that’s the joke :S
  
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  1. weresmurf
    
    November 14, 2011 at 7:30 pm
    
    Thank you for pointing out the obvious to me pointing out the obvious, Im sorry my Mrs Lovejoy impression was wasted 🙁
    
    Now. THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
    
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mchaza

November 14, 2011 at 2:29 pm

lol bears, I want a mod that allows Combat when on a horse. Why the hell am I completely defenseless on a Horse. What were you thinking Bethesda?

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1. Bird Evil
  
  November 14, 2011 at 2:43 pm
  
  well I think the lack of horse combat is made up for when you get off your horse and he sprints and takes down a pack of wolves by himself, moments like that always make me laugh
  
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  1. Reckers
    
    November 14, 2011 at 3:18 pm
    
    My horse tanked a dragon! Then he died fighting spiders.
    
    Rest in peace, noble steed.
    
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2. nicky6
  
  November 14, 2011 at 4:15 pm
  
  If horses were meant for fighting, they would have armor too
  
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  1. Sar Selack
    
    November 14, 2011 at 4:41 pm
    
    Perhaps Bethesda should release some DLC for Skyrim to fix it. They could call it Horse Armor.
    
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    1. Wooly89
      
      November 14, 2011 at 6:25 pm
      
      I’d pay 5, hell, 10 dollars for DLC that good.
      
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Chazz

November 14, 2011 at 2:32 pm

This is what I’m waiting for. Go modding community go!

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Zwa

November 14, 2011 at 2:34 pm

I can handle spiders, but I really don’t like them, so something like this is somewhat appealing.

I’m going to hold off getting Skyrim until a good number of mods have reached maturity though. I kept being told how much better Oblivion was with mods but could never bother going back to it (I very rarely go back to any game once I’m ‘done’ with it).

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1. WiseHacker
  
  November 14, 2011 at 2:42 pm
  
  I had the same problem with Oblivion. It just didn’t have that motivation to return to it like Morrowind did.
  
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WiseHacker

November 14, 2011 at 2:41 pm

I can think of something worse – replace all the spiders with…

*Drum-roll.*

LYLE SHELTON!

*DUN-DUN-DUHHHHN!*

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Milbo

November 14, 2011 at 2:44 pm

…plus they’re always stealing my pic-a-nic baskets…

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1. WiseHacker
  
  November 14, 2011 at 2:46 pm
  
  “It’s pronounced ‘picnic’, Yogi!”
  
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  1. Bryce
    
    November 14, 2011 at 4:24 pm
    
    Looks like Yogi made a …. bobo…
    
    Man, that was un-bear-able.
    
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    1. WiseHacker
      
      November 14, 2011 at 4:57 pm
      
      The Ranger is *really* not going to like this, Bryce.
      
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dmag87

November 14, 2011 at 2:51 pm

I don’t like spiders, and after playing a couple of days of Skyrim, I actually had a nightmare that frostbite spiders were coming after me. Also, every time I see a huntsman spider now (yuck) I feel like it’s about to turn towards me and spit venom. Ahh well, I still love Skyrim

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Reign

November 14, 2011 at 2:52 pm

Imagine if they tried to play WoW.

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LDX

November 14, 2011 at 2:54 pm

i want My Little Ponies modded in….

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Joshy206

November 14, 2011 at 3:09 pm

I have honest to god no idea how someone thinks: “Hey, I think spider’s are scary. Lets use BEARS instead!”

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Maddie

November 14, 2011 at 3:51 pm

Much better. D:

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PuppyLicks

November 14, 2011 at 4:07 pm

They should replace the bear models but keep the spider animations.
I’m sure lulz and/or nightmares will ensue.

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TUALMASOK

November 14, 2011 at 4:47 pm

I honest to God have no intention of playing Skyrim.

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1. PuppyLicks
  
  November 14, 2011 at 5:27 pm
  
  Fair enough mate.
  I however plan to have a blast with it when I pick it up 😀
  
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2. thxultra
  
  November 14, 2011 at 10:07 pm
  
  On the other hand, will be buying my sister a copy, my brother a copy, my mum a copy, and I might get my dog a copy too!
  
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DKnight1000

November 14, 2011 at 4:49 pm

I’m arachnaphobic, but spiders in game generally don’t effect me, that one Sega Shooter game where you where on Bug Island… Nothing but Spiders… Actually just walked away from it, and yes my Friends who knew are jerks.

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Janek

November 14, 2011 at 6:00 pm

I don’t want to kill Bears or Dragons dammit, they are my friends!

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1. thxultra
  
  November 14, 2011 at 10:13 pm
  
  I dont want to eat a Giants Toe – can you imagine having giants toe instead of roast beef on the table? Carving it up slice by slice…
  
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McGarnical

November 14, 2011 at 6:08 pm

This is a cute mod and all, but if you’re trying to make me trade in my xbox copy, you’ll have to do better than that!
🙂

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1. Sam
  
  November 14, 2011 at 8:22 pm
  
  Shut up. NO ONE cares what platform you bought it on, especially on a PC specific article.
  
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  1. Aidan
    
    November 14, 2011 at 8:46 pm
    
    No need to be rude.
    
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    1. Sam
      
      November 14, 2011 at 8:57 pm
      
      I disagree.
      
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      1. McGarnical
        
        November 15, 2011 at 9:43 am
        
        Dude, settle down.
  2. thxultra
    
    November 14, 2011 at 10:15 pm
    
    “Are you an Angry Boy – I feel like dancing, Dancing”
    
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    1. thxultra
      
      November 14, 2011 at 10:18 pm
      
      http://youtu.be/Q_VZdQ92pQc
      
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Aidan

November 14, 2011 at 8:45 pm

DA:O had a similar mod, that replaced spiders dropping from the ceiling with bears dropping from the ceiling.

It’s infinitely less terrifying for arachnophobes, because the ‘spider legs unfolding and dropping’ animation doesn’t occur and the bears just kinda fall out of the sky.

I can see why it’s being done here as well.

Normally I don’t have a problem with spiders in games (the kinrath in KOTOR are fine, for example) unless they drop out of the ceiling or suddenly jump into view. Even DAO/DA2 were hard to play because of this.

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1. DrunkAus
  
  November 14, 2011 at 9:29 pm
  
  DROPBEARS?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? If there is one thing worse than spiders it’s fucking Dropbears.
  
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  1. Yam
    
    November 15, 2011 at 10:23 am
    
    Have you even seen the drop bear….
    Right up until he mauls your face, it is the cutest thing you’ll ever see…
    now I wear a mask … *sadface*
    
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  2. CorruptDropbear
    
    November 16, 2011 at 2:07 am
    
    ohai ;3
    
    Seriously though, can’t we just get some Vegemite and hit their weak point?
    
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Ross

November 16, 2011 at 2:23 am

Is there any chance this mod can be made for PS3? I don’t know about mods or anything like that, but I’m absolutely terrified about advancing further into the game after seeing clips of these spiders, they’re by far the creepiest things I’ve seen in any game and I have extreme arachnophobia.

I wont return the game by any means incase there is a fix for it, but after searching for a few hours for a way to get rid of them without facing them, I doubt very much I’ll be playing the game unless this mod can be somehow downloaded to a usb of sorts and put onto the PS3.

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This Skyrim Mod Is For The Arachnophobes In All Of Us

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