Reasonable smithing stone upgrade cost

Should be unnecessary nowadays unless you go crazy with the upgrades early game. Regular enemies drop smithing stones in vanilla(Main & DLC).

For 1. 16. 1 version of the game. Should be compatible for future versions as well, if you are importing the CSVs, unless From makes changes to the same fields under the Param. (EquipMtrlSetParam)

Halves the required amount of smithing stones for upgrading.

So +1/+2/+3 requires 1/2/3 stones smithing stone 1s. +4/+5/+6 requires 1/2/3 smithing stone 2s, etc.

(Vanilla values were 2/4/6)

No other changes

Installation

1. Make a backup of your Regulation.bin in ...\Elden Ring\Game\

2. Replace it with the file from this mod

1. Install Mod engine 2

2. Extract Regulation.bin from mod inside the mod folder from Mod engine 2

3. Launch with Launch_EldenRing.bat

1. Install DSMapStudio. Or use Smithbox.

2. Extract the CSV files from the mod to any location

3. Make a backup of your vanilla Regulation.bin

4. In DSMapStudio Files --> New Project

5. Project name : whaterver

Project Directory : Location of the Regulation.bin you wish to edit

Game Executable : eldenring.exe in your steam folder

6. Under the 'Param Editor' tab select EquipMtrlSetParam

7. Edit (Data for Smithbox) --> Import CSV --> From File --> All and select the CSV file you extracted from the mod

8. File --> Save

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