Cleaned and improved mage robes

Texture replacement for Arch-Mage, master, blue, black and necromancer robes.

Overview

I absolutely love the Vanilla robe design, but it always annoys me that almost all of them are so dirty, even Arch-Mage's robes! The Master and Arch-Mage's robes are mostly gray and don't feel unique enough compared to other college robes. I changed the color to make it more unique and added some details to make the robe look nicer. The black and necromancer robes and elaborate boots have been replaced with darker and cleaner versions, and both the black and blue robes have the pattern of Vaermina's robes added to make them look more interesting. The court elf robes are also bluer, and the hoods have a lighter trim to better fit them. The other hoods and boots were also changed to fit the new robes. I also swapped out the gray hood to match the Vaermina robe; this design is used for Separate Hoods, etc. The purple and black hood will also match the owner's robe. I didn't change my other college robes because those were less dirty, but I could clean them if needed.

How to choose

This mod contains loose texture files, so if you like some changes and not others (for example, you use gray robes and don't want your hood to suddenly turn purple), just delete the files you don't want. Most folder and file names are obvious, here is a less clear list:

Gray Hood - Textures\Clothes\Monk\hood_color3.dds

Master Robes - textures\clothes\magejourneyman\f\robes_variant1.dds and textures\clothes\magejourneyman\m\robe_variant1.dds

The black mage texture is under textures\clothes\warlock.

Manual installation

Extract the archive into the Skyrim Special Edition\Data folder.

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Overview

I quite like the design of vanilla robes, however it’s always annoyed me that almost all of them are dirty, even Arch-Mage’s robes! And both master and Arch-Mage’s robes are mostly grey and don’t feel unique enough compared to other college robes. I changed the colours to be more distinctive, and added a few details to make the robes look nicer. Black and necromancer robes and fine boots have been replaced with a darker and clean version, and both black and blue robes have the pattern of Vaermina robes added to make them look more interesting. Court wizard robes are also more blue, and the hood has a light trim to fit them better. Other hoods and boots have been changed accordingly to fit the new robes. I also replaced the grey hood to match Vaermina robes; this is designed to be used with Separate Hoods and More. Both purple and black hood will also match master robes. I didn’t change other college robes as those aren’t too bad with dirt, however I might clean them too if there’s a need.

How to pick and choose

This mod contains loose texture files, so if you like some of the changes but not the others (for example you use grey robes and don’t want your hood to suddenly turn purple), simply delete the file you don’t want. Most folder and file names are obvious, here’s a list of the less clear ones:

Grey hood – textures\clothes\monk\hood_color3.dds

Master robes – textures\clothes\magejourneyman\f\robes_variant1.dds and textures\clothes\magejourneyman\m\robe_variant1.dds

Black mage textures are under textures\clothes\warlock.

Manual Installation

Unpack the archive into your Skyrim Special Edition\Data folder.