Dragons were undoubtedly the coolest feature in Skyrim when it first came out. They were massive hostile beasts circling the skies, and everyone can still recall just how scary it was to fight that first dragon at the watchtower near Whiterun. However, after a while, dragons do actually tend to get pretty repetitive and boring.
Without the extensive modding community, we wouldn't have all the cool features and hilarious mods that exist today when it comes to Skyrim's largest beast. Whether you'd like to get more difficult dragons or just turn them into fighter jets, there's an amazing (or just plain hilarious) mod just for you out there.
10 Amazing: Deadly Dragons
The dragons in Skyrim aren't actually that hard when you really think about it. How often can a group of simple Whiterun city guards take down a dragon without your help, for instance? If this irritates you, then the Deadly Dragons mod is perfect for your game.
The mod adds a bunch of new dragon types to scare and challenge you. Moreover, it allows players to fully customize their dragon experience for their game. If you'd like the encounters to be more difficult, you can tweak it to be that way. The options are so powerful you can even create custom presets of dragons that are much tougher than the most powerful vanilla Legendary Dragons.
9 Hilarious: Kenny Loggins Mod
Dragons are cool and all that, but have you ever considered what it would be like to change all dragons into fighter jets instead? Well, you can actually do that now with the Kenny Loggins mod, and also have their arrival signaled by the blaring of Danger Zone in the background.
This is just one of the few mods that completely change how dragons look, and while they still do dragon things like fly and breathe fire or frost, they will look totally different. Put this into a friend's game and watch their reaction as they find out in their next playthrough.
8 Amazing: Bellyaches HD Dragon Replacer Pack
Skyrim is starting to look a bit outdated as a game, there's no denying that. Due to this, modders have come up with a bunch of graphical mods that change the game's textures and keep them feeling completely new with a fresh coat of pixel paint. The same can be done for dragons, too.
The Bellyaches HD Dragon Replacer Pack changes the appearance of all the ten default dragon types. No new dragons or difficulty tweaks are introduced, it just gives you slightly better-looking beasts to fight, which can make a huge difference in such an old game.
7 Hilarious: Burning Skies
If there's one gameplay aspect that Bethesda mercilessly teased players with, it's riding and flying on a dragon. But why not take it one step further? Rather than taming a dragon, why not become the dragon? Where there's a will, there's a way, as proven by the Burning Skies mod.
Forget about being a simple Dragonborn, you can now use your Magicka pool to turn yourself into a majestic dragon and fly around. While the controls aren't perfect, the experience is still pretty impressive, as is the movement. You can breathe fire and travel great distances, finally putting you on par with those pesky regular dragons.
6 Amazing: Immersive Dragons
Sometimes it's the smallest mods that make the greatest difference when it comes to increasing immersion. The dragons in Skyrim may have looked impressive back in the day, but a decade later they simply need a bit more work to look believable and powerful as they soar the skies.
The Immersive Dragons mod is a simple fix that changes the size of their wings to be much bigger. After all, dragons are huge creatures that require a lot of power and great wings to keep them in the air, which is what this mod reinforces with its new design.
5 Hilarious: Macho Dragons
If fighter jets aren't your cup of tea, but you happen to be a big fan of Randy Savage, there's good news for you. A crazy and totally necessary mod exists which turns dragons into, well, Randy Savage himself. Needless to say, there are some design limitations, but the end product is impressive regardless.
Macho Dragons not only changes how dragons appear, but also tweaks the sounds they make to fit the theme of good old Randy Savage. There's no better game-changing mod to hide into a friend's game than this, or if you're just looking for a good laugh yourself, give it a try and you won't be disappointed.
4 Amazing: Dragon Animation Replacement
Another annoyingly repetitive and unrealistic aspect in Skyrim is the animation of dragons. They all move the same way and often in a manner that might not make a lot of sense. After years of being released, Skyrim's animations aren't the smoothest.
The Dragon Animation Replace introduces a bunch of new animations that come to replace the default ones. The movement of dragons will look a lot more realistic and smoother, and that's all that's really needed to make the game so much more appealing.
3 Hilarious: Supa Size Ma Dragons
If you were also disappointed by the size of dragons in Skyrim, rest assured you weren't alone. It's a serious concern many fans continue to have today, but the actual solutions to it have yielded some hilariously extreme solutions. When it comes to the Supa Size Ma Dragons mod, it's hard to say if it's hilarious or amazing - or a bit of both.
Your dragons will now be much, much bigger. We're talking bigger than the size of a farmhouse or an inn. Fighting them will really be a scary experience, especially if this mod is paired with a more serious difficulty mod.
2 Amazing: Diverse Dragons Collection
While the vanilla version of Skyrim does introduce some interesting dragon variants, there's just not that much change in terms of appearance that makes them truly unique. Only one or two dragons look significantly different from the rest, while most dragons end up just having varying colors.
The Diverse Dragons Collection brings some much needed change and variety into Skyrim. A whopping 28 brand-new designs are added with this mod, some of which look truly unique and unlike anything we've seen in Skyrim before. They also come with their own abilities, which spices up combat against them as well.
1 Hilarious: Really Useful Dragons
Who could forget about this iconic mod that became infamous among fans of the game? Forget about the "why," because there's no real response to that. All there is to know is that there's a mod that turns your dragons into Thomas the Tank Engine characters. That's it.
They don't just look like Thomas, they also sound like him. Get ready to hear the classic tune of the show and the familiar "choo-choo" sound when a dragon dashes down to fight you. Terrifying, but also absolutely hilarious.