Extended progeression and Full rebalanced rewards

EXTENDED PROGRESSION & BALANCED REWARDS

This modpack provides a longer and more balanced progression experience for ICARUS, with extended player, pet and mount leveling, improved mission and activity rewards, richer Open World resource extraction, and expanded inventory capacity.

The changes are based on long-term gameplay experience and are designed to extend progression and reduce unnecessary grind without removing the feeling of earning character growth, resources and rewards.

PROGRESSION

• []Player maximum level: 400[/]

  []Pet maximum level: 50[/]

  []Mount maximum level: 81[/]

  []Extended Player XP progression curve.[/]

  []Extended Player Talent progression.[/]

  []Extended Solo Talent progression.[/]

  []Extended Blueprint progression.[/]

  []Extended Pet and Mount progression curves.[/]

  []Speeder Bike uses its own dedicated growth curve.[/]

  NEW CHARACTER RECOMMENDED

  This mod changes several long-term progression systems, including XP, Talent and Blueprint progression curves, as well as mission and reward values.

  Using an already-developed character may cause ICARUS to recalculate or reconcile previously earned and spent progression against the new curves. This does not mean existing characters will necessarily break, but it may cause unexpected progression inconsistencies, including Blueprint / Technology Points or other saved progression state.

  At minimum, create a brand-new Level 0 character after installing the mod.

  For the cleanest and most predictable experience, it is strongly recommended to start completely fresh by removing existing local save/progression data and beginning a new game from scratch.

  Progression is extended, not flattened.

  Higher character levels continue to require progressively more XP. Reaching level 400 is intended to remain a long-term progression path rather than becoming a sequence of nearly free levels.

  Player progression provides up to:

  • []600 Player Talent points[/]

    []50 Solo Talent points[/]

    []Blueprint progression up to level 200[/]

    The goal is to allow a single character to remain meaningful for much longer while preserving the sense of progression.

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    MISSION & ACTIVITY REWARDS

    Mission currency rewards are increased by 5×:

    • []Credits ×5[/]

      []Exotics ×5[/]

      []Red Exotics ×5[/]

      []Biomass ×5[/]

      []Uranium Exotics ×5[/]

      []SMPL3 / Ren rewards ×5[/]

      Geyser / Horde rewards are also increased:

      • []Exotics: 300–450[/]

        []Red Exotics: 300–450[/]

        []Condensed Enzymes: 50–100[/]

        These changes make missions and special activities more worthwhile while keeping the original gameplay loop intact.

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        OPEN WORLD

        Open World meta-resource availability is increased approximately 10× for:

        • []Olympus[/]

          []Styx[/]

          []Prometheus[/]

          []Elysium[/]

          The intention is to make long-term Open World gameplay, resource extraction and large persistent projects more rewarding without removing the need to locate and extract resources.

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          INVENTORY & STORAGE

          • []Item stack limits ×10[/]

            []Space Station storage: 1000 slots[/]

            []On-Prospect Meta Inventory: 1000 slots[/]

            These changes reduce inventory micromanagement and make long-term resource collection, crafting and transportation more practical.

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            INSTALLATION

            Before installation, the mods folder must be empty.

            Remove all other `.pak` mods from:

            Icarus\Icarus\Content\Paks\mods

            Then place:

            EpicIcarusModpack_P.pak

            into that folder.

            For a standard Steam installation, the path is usually:

            Steam\steamapps\common\Icarus\Icarus\Content\Paks\mods

            If the mods folder does not exist, create it.

            For a dedicated server, install the same PAK into:

            Icarus\Content\Paks\mods

            The server and all clients