Code for exploring Skyrim data files If you're playing via Steam, the files will be in: Steam/steamapps/common/skyrim/Data/ ./bsa.py will extract filenames with offsets and lengths from BSA files: Skyrim - Animations.bsa (hkx and txt files) Skyrim - Interface.bsa (dds, dlstrings, gfx, ilstrings, strings, swf and txt files) Skyrim - Meshes.bsa (mostly nif but also bto, btr, btt, tri and txt files) Skyrim - Misc.bsa (gid and pex files) Skyrim - Shaders.bsa (fxp files) Skyrim - Sounds.bsa (wav and xwm files) Skyrim - Textures.bsa (mostly dds but some png files) Skyrim - Voices.bsa (fuz files) Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa (fuz files) ./tes.py (still work in progress) will show records and fields in .esm files.