Lightweight Potions
⚪ Last updated 2009⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #43 of 69 Immersion mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
========= Lightweight Potions 1. 1 ============ Do you think its stupid that the weight of a potion is dependant of the ingredients used to make the first potion of that type? I do. That\'s why I made this mod which automatically makes every player-made potion weight exactly the same. Default is 0. 2, but you can change this from 0. 0 to whatever you want. ========= Author: Ole B�e, a.k.a. TheNiceOne Date: September, 2009 OBSE v 17 or newer required! ========= DESCRIPTION The mod checks the weight of every potion you have, and sets the weight of every player-made potion to a value of your choice. Default is 0. 2, but this is controlled by the mod\'s ini file, or OBMM install script. The mod can optionally reweigh potions NOT made by the player as well. This is off by default, but can be turned on in the ini file or OBMM install script. Note that Wrye Bash can do this as a tweak in the Bashed Patch, which is why this is off by default. If enabling it, this mod will override the Bashed Patch tweak, regardless of load order. Like the Bashed Patch tweak, it will not reweigh scripted potions or potions with initial weight of higher than a max value (default 1. 0). Wrye Bash has a similar feature, but that only works for the potions that currently exists. As soon as you increase your Alchemy skill again, your potions will usually be slightly stronger and therefore considered a new type. Lightweight Potions catches this immediately in-game, but Wrye Bash doesn\'t until you rebuild your Bashed Patch. ========= INSTALLATION Create an OMOD of the archive and install with OBMM. The archive is OMOD-ready. Alternatively, just copy \"Lightweight Potions.esp\" to your data folder, and Lightweight Potions.ini to your \"data\\ini\" or \"data\" folder. ========= COMPABILITY This mod is fully compatible with any mod I know about. It can go absolutely anywhere in your load order. ========= CHANGELOG 1. 1: Allows the user to set the max initial value for reweighting of non-player made potions.
Lightweight Potions is a small immersion mod for Oblivion that makes all player-crafted potions weigh the same, removing the ingredient-based weight inconsistency. It's for players who find it illogical that potion weight varies by ingredients. With over 1,000 endorsements and 27,000 downloads, it's a well-received quality-of-life tweak, though it hasn't been updated since 2009.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 1,021 endorsements and 27k downloads—clearly fills a need.
- Tackles a real immersion gripe: why should potion weight depend on the first ingredient?
- Lightweight and to the point—no bloat, just the fix you want.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2009—likely untested with newer Oblivion patches or mod setups.
- Only affects player-made potions; found potions still have vanilla weights.
- No documentation on compatibility with other alchemy or weight-overhaul mods.
For Oblivion players who care about logical consistency in alchemy and want a simple tweak to make crafted potions uniform in weight. Skip if you're fine with vanilla behavior or if you use mods that overhaul alchemy mechanics—this might conflict.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's an old mod, manually place the .esp in your Data folder and enable it in the launcher—no mod manager needed.
- If you use other alchemy mods, load Lightweight Potions after them to ensure its weight changes apply.
- Test with a crafted potion to confirm the weight is uniform before relying on it.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Oblivion Mods
- Author
- TheNiceOne
- Version
- 1.1
- Downloads
- 27,480
- Endorsements
- 1,021
- Category
- Immersion
- Created
- 7/10/2009
- Updated
- 9/25/2009
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