SDA 4.4 Early Access Is Here! (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

I’m incredibly excited, and honestly very relieved - to announce that SDA 4.4 Early Access is now available!

Thank you all so much for your patience and understanding while I dealt with my dad’s medical emergency. I haven’t been able to work normally over the past couple of weeks, which also delayed some of the promotional videos I had planned.

Rather than make everyone wait longer for material that isn’t required to enjoy or test the update, I decided to release the completed Early Access build now. The videos are still coming, just a little later than originally planned.

SDA 4.4 is one of the largest SDA updates so far, second only to 4.0 - and one of the most creatively rewarding updates I’ve worked on. It explores a lot of new ground for Serana, particularly around her vampirism, romance, morality, and reactions to some of Skyrim’s darker quests.

This update includes:

Extensive new Daedric quest commentary and quest awareness

A new romance-gated feeding system

Expanded vampirism and cure-related dialogue

New radiant conversations and follower quality-of-life features

Numerous tested bug fixes and improvements

You can read the complete changelog, known issues, compatibility notes, and feature documentation here:

SDA 4.4 Changelog

Early Access installation instructions are here:

Installation Guide

Because this is an Early Access testing build, please read the installation instructions and known-issues section before installing - especially if you are updating an existing save.

Recruit-tier Patreon members and higher can find the downloads in the paid section below.

The current target for the public SDA 4.4 release is August 28, 2026.

All SDA 4.4 feedback and bug reports should be submitted through the official survey (It'll be confusing for us considering this is a different build than the public one). This will be the sole reporting channel for this Early Access build:

SDA 4.4 Early Access Feedback and Bug Report Form

I’ll share a separate update on Ashe 1.4 and the Ashe–Serana banter once my family schedule and post-release workload are clearer.

Thank you again for supporting SDA and for helping me make this update the best it can be.

Stay awesome!

Marty

SDA 4.4 Early Access Downloads

Thank you so much for supporting SDA! Recruit-tier members and higher now have access to SDA 4.4.0-EAv1.0.

PC download:[Attached]

Xbox/Bethesda.net download:Skyrim Creations – npcdialoguetest3

SDA Patch Hub 2.9.9-EA:[Attached]

Before installing, please read the complete instructions:

SDA 4.4 Installation Guide

For PC, replace the previous SDA archive according to the installation guide. On Xbox, add npcdialoguetest3 to your library and confirm that it is enabled and correctly positioned in your load order.

Once the full SDA 4.4 release arrives, Xbox users can remove the Early Access beta and download the full SDA release. It should continue working with the same save.

Please submit all Early Access feedback and bug reports through the official form:

Report a Bug or Give Feedback!

These files are intended only for eligible Patreon members. Please do not redistribute the downloads or their direct links.

Changelog:

SDA 4.4.0-EAv1.3 (Hotfix) -

Fixed assigned outfits sometimes not updating when their items were replaced in the same outfit menu session.

Fixed individual outfit-piece swaps sometimes requiring the outfit menu to be reopened before appearing.

Fixed clearing a custom outfit category so Serana reliably returns to her default outfit instead of becoming nude or visually broken.

Improved custom-outfit persistence after changing cells or fast-travelling.

Includes all previous Early Access hotfix fixes.

Just install this plugin over the old one (Bethesda.net users should just update their whole mod).