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Skyrim SE Multiplayer Mod PlayerHub Connects Players Without Sharing Quests

A mod called PlayerHub - Lightweight multiplayer is out on Nexus Mods for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition.

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Why it matters

PlayerHub treats multiplayer as a thin social layer over each player's own save, which sidesteps the synchronization problems that heavier co-op mods for Skyrim SE carry.

Skyrim SE Multiplayer Mod PlayerHub Connects Players Without Sharing Quests

Key Facts

  • PlayerHub - Lightweight multiplayer is available on Nexus Mods for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition.
  • Quest progress, NPCs, and enemy status are not synchronized between players in PlayerHub.
  • Players can chat and exchange items and equipment, and matching mod equipment syncs between them.
  • The mod was developed with an emphasis on lightweightness and compatibility, inspired by the phantoms of Dark Souls.
  • Skyrim Together (Reborn) and Keizaal Online are other multiplayer mods for Skyrim SE named alongside PlayerHub.

Players join a server and appear in each other's worlds, but quest progress, NPCs, and enemy state stay unsynced, and players cannot damage each other. Chat and item trading work, and matching mod equipment syncs between players. The mod was built with lightweightness and compatibility in mind, inspired by the phantoms of Dark Souls.

The connection is deliberately partial. Quest progress, NPCs, and enemy status do not synchronize between players, and one player cannot deal damage to another. What does carry across is chat and the exchange of items and equipment. If two players both have the same mod equipment installed, it syncs; otherwise default outfits are shown.

PlayerHub sits alongside other multiplayer mods for Skyrim SE, including Skyrim Together (Reborn), which lets players progress through quests together, and Keizaal Online, set in a world with no NPCs. PlayerHub's developer leaned on lightweightness and compatibility, citing the phantoms of Dark Souls as an inspiration. The mod is available on Nexus Mods.

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