Enemy Drops Overhaul (get smithing stones by playing the game)
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #85 of 644 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
All files updated to 1. 16. 1
With lore-friendliness in mind, we combed through every enemy and their variants to determine exactly what they should drop. This mod primarily attempts to make the game playable without going into mines, and without incentivizing speedrunning to smithing stone pickups. With this mod installed all you have to do is play the game and go where you want to go. Many enemies will naturally drop smithing stones alongside regular drops—allowing a more natural, enjoyable, and truly free, open-world experience.
Optional Add-ons:
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[]Rune Drops (recommended): Many creatures, that never dropped anything good, now have a chance to drop consumable runes. Rune levels are balanced on a case-by-case basis.
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]Material Drops (recommended): Makes enemies and animals drop more materials. Also comes with Multipliers in the CSV (the default option is recommended)[]Less Stone Pickups: To further de-incentivize running around collecting upgrade materials. This option increases the rarity of Stones found in Open World areas. Note: you will still receive way more stones overall due to killing enemies. This is the recommended way to experience the mod. For more details on Less Stone Pickups read the documentation.
[]Stone Drop Multiplier (CSV ONLY): in the CSV folder you will find options for more stone drops, including multipliers of 1x, 1. 5x, 2x, 3x, and 5x.
[]One-time Equipment Drops (recommended): Weapons and Armor dropped by regular enemies are one-time drops. This means once you've picked it up, it won't drop anymore, which helps keep your inventory decluttered when farming enemies. Additionally, you'll have a small chance of looting altered versions of armor (with the sensible exception of banished knight armor). Also, don't worry you can still get the same weapons more than once, but after the first pick-up, the chance is reduced drastically.
[]First-Time Equipment Drops (CSV ONLY): Similar to One-Time Equipment Drops, except now enemies will guarantee-drop their weapons and armor. Because this is pickup-based, multiple enemies will drop the same equipment until you have picked up the item, which may be annoying in some situations, but once picked up, they will no longer drop.
[]Many other optional changes are included in the CSV, and are integrated the 'All in One' regulation bin option. More info in the Documentation.
- Use in conjunction with Upgrade Weapons At Grace for uninterrupted open-world fun (simply add the regulation.bin file in the same "mod" folder)
Enemy Drops Overhaul adds Smithing Stone drops to many enemies, with drop level and rarity scaling by area and enemy type. Includes mod options like Golden Rune drops for animals. A popular gameplay mod with 380 endorsements and 17,944 downloads, last updated September 2025.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 380 endorsements and nearly 18k downloads.
- Tackles a common grind by letting you get smithing stones from enemies.
- Customizable options let you tweak drops to your liking.
⚠️ Cons
- Description is cut off, so full feature list and options aren't clear.
For Elden Ring players tired of farming smithing stones and want a more organic progression. Also for those who enjoy tweaking drop rates with mod options. Skip if you prefer the vanilla grind or want a complete overhaul with more features.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check if the mod requires a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Engine 2 for proper installation.
- Back up your save before installing, as drop changes can affect game balance.
- Experiment with the mod options to find a drop rate that feels right for your playthrough.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Elden Ring Mods
- Author
- GameDesignTwins
- Version
- 1.4.6.8
- Downloads
- 17,944
- Endorsements
- 380
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 9/8/2023
- Updated
- 9/17/2025
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