Essential Oblivion Mods

• 4GB patch
  
• OBGEv2
  
• ENBSeries Shaders
  
• Qarl's Hi Res Texture Pack
  
• Natural Environments
  
• Crowded Cities
  
• Ambient Town Sounds
  
• Illumination Within
  
• Elaborate Eyes
  
• Tamriel NPCs Revamped (finally all the NPCs will no longer be ugly)
  
• Ren's Beauty Pack
  
• Bananasplit's Better Cities
  
• Unique Landscapes
  
• Oblivion Stereo Sound Overhaul
  
• Atmospheric Oblivion
  
• Symphony of Violence
  
• Oblivion Crash Prevention System
  
• Oblivion Stutter Remover
  
• Vampire Aging Disabled
  
• Windows Lighting System
  
• COBL Races

• OBSE
  
• BOSS
  
• OBMM
  
• Wyre Bash
  
• COBL

• Duke Patrick's SCA Combat Archery
  
• Duke Patrick's Basic Hypothermia
  
• Deadly Reflex
  
• Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul
  
• Martigen's Monster Mod
  
• Francesco's
  
• FCOM (this allows you to combine OOO, MMM, Fran's and Warcry)
  
• COBL Real Hunger
  
• COBL Real Thirst
  
• COBL Real Sleep Extended
  
• Less Annoying Magic Experience (L.A.M.E.)
  
• Supreme Magicka
  
• Thievery
  
• Ashes to Ashes
  
• Enhanced Economy

• Supreme Magicka
  
• Less Annoying Magic Experience
  
• Midas Magic (I don't think this one works together with the other two, but SM and LAME work fine together)

Spoiler:

BooneA wrote:Good list, but you forgot some mods:

Natural Environments: Makes the sky textures so much better, adds birds, butterflies, and corpse flies. Nights are actually dark, tree foilage is thicker, grass looks lusher, and many other improvements. Looks amazing when paired with OBGE and Quals.

Crowded Cities: Mod that adds generic NPC's to cities. They are fully scheduled, and add a lot of life to Oblivion. I mean, there must be more than 16 people living in each city right? With this mod, the streets will literally be packed in all cities. (Besides Bravil, where only around 6 NPC's were added. Bravil is supposed to be the "ghetto" of Oblivion)

Ambient Town Sounds: When you have crowded cities installed, it seems weird that everything is so quiet. This mod adds ambient noise to cities. You will hear laughter, bards singing, fights, and much more. When it turns to night-time, you will hear crickets, the occasional cough, and the footsteps of thieves.

Illumination Within: A simple mod that makes a big difference. All this does is make windows lighted at night. Very good for atmosphere.

CM Partners: Adds 50+ NPC's to various inns as companions.