Rebalanced and Unleveled Quest Gold Rewards
⚪ Last updated 2020⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.5% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #71 of 308 Gameplay Effects and Changes mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Description
This rebalances and unlevels quest gold rewards to make them more fitting of the circumstances of the quests and make the gold rewards less underwhelming and disappointing. You will now always receive the same amount of gold for completing a quest which rewards gold regardless of your level and the amount has been adjusted based upon the circumstances of the quest, such as who is paying you and why and where the gold is coming from. For example, in the quest An Unexpected Voyage, your reward is the bounty of Selene, she is a wanted violent and potentially murderous criminal, yet the max gold reward for the quest is 450 gold at level 25, absurd. In this case the reward was raised to 800, I feel this keeps balance, makes it more realistic and at the same time removes the underwhelming feeling of the vanilla reward. I was sure to carefully consider each quest and it's aspects when i made these adjustments and ensured they were fitting for the circumstances, in some cases the max amount i felt was fitting already and left it be. I made this because I couldn't find another mod that only touched quest gold rewards specifically and no mod did any rebalancing of the gold, which I felt it was in need of. This mod covers the main game, Shivering Isles & The Orrery DLC (The Orrery is optional). I left the arena's gold rewards alone however as I felt it was already pretty decently balanced. I hope you find the changes I've made pleasing and if you have suggestions for this mod please share as i know i may have missed a quest or two.
Installation
Install with a mod manager or extract the esp to your data folder. Place later in your load order to keep anything from conflicting with this plugin.
Note on bashed tags
As of 1. 4 the bashed tags are different so be sure that wrye bash is using the right ones for this mod.
-Version 1. 4- I've added several quests that weren't included before, including Repairing the Orrery, which i have made optional for those who don't use that plugin. Several of them are Shivering Isles quests as well as a few vanilla, this time around I added a couple that weren't gold reward quests but they needed to be unleveled and they are fitting for this mod so i've included them as well, these quests are The Potato Snatcher and No Stone Unturned, you will now recieve a unleveled amount of potato bread for The Potato Snatcher and a unleveled number of potions for No Stone unturned rather than the leveled amounts. The Two Sides of The Coin quest rewards have also been unleveled, so now the box of treasure you learn the location of will feel more like, well, treasure! hah. The rest of the added quests have gotten the usual treatment and are gold reward quests. I doubt there is many gold reward quests left out of this mod at this point so this may be the completed version, we will see though.
Rebalances quest gold rewards in Skyrim to be less underwhelming and more fitting to quest circumstances, rather than simply unleveling all rewards. A popular gameplay tweak with 403 endorsements and 84,003 downloads, last updated in February 2020.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 403 endorsements and 84k downloads — clearly fills a need.
- Fixes a common gripe: quest rewards that feel stingy or out of place.
- Lightweight gameplay tweak that doesn't overhaul the whole economy.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2020 — may be incompatible with the latest Skyrim version or require patches.
- Description is cut off, so exact changes and quest coverage are unclear.
For Skyrim players who are tired of getting 100 gold for saving a town and want rewards that actually match the effort. If you're a completionist who does every quest, this makes the payoff feel more satisfying. Skip if you prefer a full economy overhaul or don't care about gold rewards.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's a simple esp/plugin, just drop it into your Data folder and enable it in your mod manager or launcher.
- Check if you have other mods that alter quest rewards — load order might matter to avoid conflicts.
- If you're using a mod manager, use the preview feature to see the file structure before installing.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Oblivion Mods
- Author
- zzyma
- Version
- 1.4
- Downloads
- 84,003
- Endorsements
- 403
- Category
- Gameplay Effects and Changes
- Created
- 8/31/2019
- Updated
- 2/20/2020
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