2023 Oblivion Modlist (Work in progress)

Below are all the mods I use for Oblivion. This is also the order my mods are in with Mod Organizer 2.

PROGRAMS:
Mod Organizer 2: https://www.modorganizer.org/
LOOT: https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/439 (To optimize load order)
Wrye Bash: https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/22368 (For creating a bashed patch)
BethINI: https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46440

GUIDES I USED:
MOFAM: https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/52949
This guide includes over 500 mods but I only followed the setup section for Mod Organizer, LOOT, Wrye Bash, and xLodGen.
There are only about 150 active mods in my list.

CORE MODS
"REID 50" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/40132
"SkyBSA" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/49568
"PEBKAC" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/52020
"EngineBugFixes" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47085
"Blue's Engine Fixes" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/52700
"Oblivion Display Tweaks" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/50348
"OBL Mod Limit Fix" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/50066
"Oblivion Reloaded Combined" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/51927?
"CFS (CrashFreeSetup)" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/53011
"Loading Area Begone" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/49109

Do not use Enhanced Camera with Oblivion Reloaded, you'll crash. Once in game use the O key to open the menu.
I have cinema, coloring, depth of field, HDR, motion blur, sharpening, and sky all disabled.

PATCHES
"Unofficial Oblivion Patch" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/5296
"Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/10739
"Unofficial Oblivion DLC Patches" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/9969
"Unofficial Oblivion Tree Patch" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/53079

USER INTERFACE
"MenuQue - OBSE Plugin" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/32200
"DarNified UI" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/10763
"Oblivion XP Update" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/51817
"ChaseCameraMod" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/1840  (Locks third person camera so it doesn't sway when moving)
"A To Take All" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/27638
"Coloured Enemy Health Red" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/3774
"Elven Map Redux" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/3002
"Extended UI" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/50135
"Dialogue Tweaks Fixes and Restorations" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44862
"Realistic Player Dialogue Overhaul" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46243

GAMEPLAY
"WalkBlessed OBSE Plugin (diagonal move)" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/49067
"Balanced Unleveled Rewards" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/51050
"Balanced Creature Stats - Fixed Level Scaling" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/49194
"Balanced NPC Level Cap - Logical Levels for All NPCs" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/50094
"Keychain" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/3409
"LINK" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/50144  (Mod configuration menu)
"Simple Set Bonuses" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/51802
"Harvest Containers xOBSE" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/52317 (Open animations for looting)
"Oblivion Subtle Sprint" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/49209 (Adds sprint function, keybindable)
"Unique Loot Deleveled" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47014
"Practical Training" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/50101
"Potion Bottle Variation Restoration" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/48413
"Curse of Hircine - Resurrected" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/35118
"CoH Fixed Male Werewolf Tails" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/52348
"CoH Animated Werewolf Heads" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/48711
"Vanilla Combat Enhanced" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45314
"De-Nock Arrows xOBSE" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/52143 (Allows you to put away arrows after drawing)
"Alternative Beginnings" https://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/files/file/785-alternative-beginnings/&
"Alternative Start Arrive By Ship" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/11495

TEXTURES AND MESHES
"Vanilla Remastered 1K" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/50903
"Bomret's Texture Pack for Shivering Isles with meshes from USIP" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46162
"Improved Trees and Flora" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/8500
"Improved Trees and Flora 2" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/11891
"2020 Retexture Project" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/49933 (Landscape, rocks, trees, update)
"Enhanced Vegetation" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/23783 (I only use the ESP, it makes flora larger)
"Bettys Sewer Textures" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47316
"Give Me Some Skingrad - Retexture" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/53041
"Bruma retexture" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44677
"Cheery Cheydinhal - Retexture" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/53049
"Improved Chorrol" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/9500
"VKVII_Oblivion_Imperial_City_Medium" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/50255
"VKVII_Oblivion_Castles" https://www.moddb.com/mods/vkvii-oblivion-castles/downloads
"VKVII_Oblivion_Anvil_Medium" https://www.moddb.com/mods/vkvii-oblivion-anvil/downloads
"VKVII_Oblivion_MagesGuild_Clutter" https://www.moddb.com/mods/vkvii-oblivion-mages-guild-clutter/downloads
"VKVII_Oblivion_Cathedrals_Medium" https://www.moddb.com/mods/vkvii-oblivion-cathedrals/downloads
"HiRes Oblivion Textures" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/27887/
"Arena HD" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/42881
"TD_Upperclass v" https://tesdiesel.blogspot.com/2014/01/v-30-td-upper-class-retexture.html
"Darooz Upperclass clutter" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/41108
"TD_Middleclass v" https://tesdiesel.blogspot.com/2013/10/tes-diesel-td-middleclass-replacer-v-30.html
"TD_Lower_Clutter" http://tes-diesel.ru/oblivion/12643/
"TD_Hutor - Oblivion farms retexture" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/48613
"Gecko's Imperial Dungeon Textures - 2K Parallax" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46864
"Forts Ruins retexture" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44660
"Reman Ruins - Retexture" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/53032 (Alternative ruins option)
"OblivionRetexturedMiniMod" https://www.moddb.com/mods/oblivion-retextured/downloads
"Oblivion Caves retexture" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47407
"Caves retexture" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45895
"Mesh Improvement Project" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44501
"Nice Ice a.k.a. The Hills Have Ice" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45342
"Improved Fires and Flames" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/38061
"Improved Skulls and Bones and Ironwork" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/36075
"Statues HD" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43104
"HiRez Architecture- Daedric Shrines" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43442
"Improved Chests for Harvest Containers xOBSE" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/51815
"HiRez Clutter- Silverware" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43451
"Alluring Wine Bottles with Real Glass" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46789
"Shiny Septims - Oblivion" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/23733 (Use one esp)
"Ice Layer with Effects" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47441
"Kaizits Animated Ingredients" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46962
"Alternate ghost effect" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47401
"Far Cry inspired Grass - Expanded" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/49615
"Let there be Flowers" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/49616
"Oblivion Trees Overhaul" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46091 (Alternative to other tree mods listed)
"Oblivion Grass Overhaul" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/42400 (Alternative to other grass mods listed)
"Oblivion Grass Overhaul - Atlassed textures" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/49381 (Additional performance)
"Better window enviromental map" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46895
"QQuix - Rock rock rock your ship" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/29649 (Adds rocking to the ships)
"atmospheres natural ambience - mist only" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46601 (Adds flowing mist, fog)

NPC OVERHAULS AND ADDITIONS
"Coronerras Maximum Compatibility Skeletons" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/27945
"Ragdolls for Oblivion" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/51844
"Blockhead" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43752 (required for OCO)
"No Unnecessary FaceGen" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/49977
"Robert Body" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/40532 (no nude options or head meshes installed)
"EVE HGEC Body Selector and Stock Equipment Replacer" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/24078 (omod, no nude options)
"Oblivion Character Overhaul" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44676
"AI Enhanced - Oblivion Character Overhaul version 2" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/52135
"Oblivion Character Overhaul - Advanced Edition" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/52010
"Oblivion Character Overhaul v2 - DLC Addon" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/52405
"Improved NPC Faces for OCOv2" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/51971
"Unused OCOv2 Eyes and DLC Characters Incorporated" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/52052
"Seamless - OCOv2" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45859
"Better Necks for OCOv2" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45760
"Lifelike Eyes OCOv2" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47467
"New Eyes for OCO v2" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46995
"New Brows for OCO v2" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/48199
"VKVII_Oblivion_Skin_Khajiit" https://www.moddb.com/mods/vkvii-oblivion-skin-khajiit/downloads
"VKVII_Oblivion_Skin_Argonian" https://www.moddb.com/mods/vkvii-oblivion-skin-argonian/downloads
"Seamless - HGEC Female" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45858
"Seamless - Robert Male" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45864
"Faction Followers" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47173
"NPC Plus" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/49138
"Improved Vanilla Hairs" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/49078 (All main files)

MAGIC
"Balanced Magic" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45249
"Diversified Staves" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/48344
"More Effective Enchantments" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/33266
"Weapon Enchantment Tweaks - Recharge Over Time and Balanced Azura's Star" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/51761

SCENERY AND PLACES
"People Live Here - Skingrad Enhancement Mod" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/52456
"People Live Here - Bravil Enhancement Mod" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/52455
"Add some flavor - city gates" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/52564
"Add some flavor - Talos Bridge" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/52658
"Instruments of Cyrodiil" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44229
"J3 Atlassed VWD 2" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/51732? (Main files + bomret shivering isles pack)
"Optimized VWD" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/49595
"VWD for Leyawiin" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/50052
"VWD Ships" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/50111
"Lights of Oblivion - Imperial Mesh" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/46131 (Adds lanterns to roads)
"Enhanced Water v20" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/8011 (HD Esp)

CREATURES
"Mythic Creatures" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/29569
"Mythic Ghosts and Goblins" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/36000
"Mythic Animals" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/29638
"Animal Textures" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44197

WEATHER AND LIGHTING
"NAO - Natural and Atmospheric Oblivion" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/50923
"NAO-ENB PLUGIN" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/50974
"Animated Window Lighting System and Chimneys - AWLS" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/19628
"Glowing Stones" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43331
"Gecko's Atmospheric Cloud Texture" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/45990
"All Natural" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/18305 (Optional, use instead of NAO)

In the enb menu, disable bloom, ambient occlusion, and dynamic shadows.
You can open the ENB menu with the END key.

GEAR
"Legion Armor Revised" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/48724
"Retextured Rings" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47742
"Retextured Amulet" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/47734
"Phitts Artifacts" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/29931
"Weapon Improvement Project" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43852
"Immersive Weapons" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/43879

"TES4 LodGen" https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/15781 (Use last)