Crafting Evolved

⭐ — (62 endorsements) 📥 2,413 downloads 📌 v1.0 📅 6/7/2025
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By TanGenT · Gameplay

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 12/6/2025 📅 Created: 6/7/2025

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 2.6% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
  • ✅ Updated 138 days after the latest game patch — actively maintained
  • 🏆 #84 of 159 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

Crafting Evolved makes crafting more meaningful by increasing resource requirements and adding new materials like meat, scrap, and bottles to many recipes. It encourages exploration and looting without breaking balance, and comes in two

Crafting Evolved Goal

Crafting Evolved is a crafting rebalance mod for Days Gone that makes every resource feel valuable. Instead of crafting being a quick afterthought, you'll now need to plan ahead, scavenge consistently, and use the full range of items the game offers. This mod increases the cost of crafting and expands the list of materials needed, without making it grindy or unfair.

  • What’s Been Changed:

    🔧 Increased Resource Requirements:

    Most crafted items now require more components. A single rag or can won’t cut it anymore - expect to use 2, 3, or even 4 materials for certain recipes.

    🧪 Expanded Ingredient Variety:

    Recipes now include previously underused or entirely unused materials:

    []Bottles are now required for all cocktails

    []Scrap is used in many explosive and tool-based recipes

    []Polystyrene, Kerosene, and Boxes of Nails now show up more often

    []Animal Meat is now used in all cocktails, with specific meat types tied to each one:

      Stamina Cocktail now requires Wolf Meat, drawing on its relentless endurance 

                                               Health Cocktail now uses Bear Meat, tapping into its raw strength and resilience

                                              Focus Cocktail calls for Deer Meat, [c

📊 Mod Details

Game
Daysgone Mods
Author
TanGenT
Version
1.0
Downloads
2,413
Endorsements
62
Category
Gameplay
Created
6/7/2025
Updated
12/6/2025

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