Enemy Drops Overhaul (get smithing stones by playing the game)

⭐ ⭐ (380 endorsements) 📥 17,944 downloads 📌 v1.4.6.8 📅 9/8/2023
🟠 Updated over a year ago

By GameDesignTwins · Gameplay

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 9/17/2025 📅 Created: 9/8/2023

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 2.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
  • 🏆 #85 of 644 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

Many enemies now have a chance to drop Smithing Stones, drop level and rarity depend on the area where the enemy is found and the type of enemy. Many mod options are included to suit your liking: Golden Rune drops for animals, increased

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:

  • []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.

    []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)

Now there is a real incentive to fight Open World enemies! You'll want to think twice before dashing past all the enemies on Torrent since many of them could drop important loot. Tougher enemies such as knights will have a guaranteed drop on the first kill, meaning you are very incentivized

📊 Mod Details

Game
Eldenring 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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