Lighter Things - Modular Weight Rebalance
🟠 Updated over a year agoPreview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.6% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #58 of 624 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod rebalances item weights with a selective approach. Rather than stripping weight entirely, it makes hand-picked changes to keep things immersive. Because various item types such as alchemy gear, potions and ingredients now have a distinct weight, sorting becomes easier.
Arrows, books and precious gems are weightless. Potions, ingredients, soul gems, sigil stones, ores, magic stones, pelts and repair hammers are lighter. Most other misc items like plates and spoons are untouched, because your kleptomaniac tendencies need limits.
The mod is fully modular, so you can install only what you need, or the AIO version if you want it all.
Weight Changes
Arrows
Books
Books & Notes: 0
Alchemy Gear
Mortar & Pestle, Retort, Calcinator, Alembic, Mixing Bowl: 1
Ingredients
Ingredients: 0. 1 - 0. 2 (relative to vanilla weight)
Ingredient weight also affects crafted potions.
Potions
Potions: 0. 3
Poisons: 0. 4
Beverages (Ale, Mead, Wine, Whiskey): 0. 5
Miscellanea
Precious Gems (Diamonds, Emeralds, Pearls, Rubies, Sapphires, Topazes): 0
Ores (Iron, Silver, Gold, Amber, Madness): 0. 25
Welkynd Stone: 0. 3
Varla Stone: 0. 3
Repair Hammer: 0. 5
Pelts (Wolf, Lion, Bear): 1, 2, 3
Soul Gems
Soul Gems (Empty): 0. 1
Soul Gems (Filled): 0. 2
Azura's Star: 0. 25
Sigil Stones
Sigil Stones: 0. 3
Compatibility
Patches are necessary for any mod that changes the affected items.
Patches are included for:
Ascension Remastered
Alchemy Overhaul
Balanced Unleveled Rewards
More Damage
More Damage - Custom Combat Overhaul
Installation
Unzip the file. Drop everything into:
\OblivionRemastered\Content\Dev\ObvData\Data
Then open the plugins.txt file in this folder and add the names of the esp files you chose.
If you are installing any of the patches, make sure to put the patch below this mod and the other mod.
This mod is featured in Oblivion Recalibrated - a highly curated modlist for the ultimate vanilla experience. You can install it automatically, including this mod:
Oblivion Recalibrated
Lighter Things is a modular weight rebalance mod for Skyrim that reduces or eliminates the weight of various item categories. It offers standalone plugins for selective adjustment, letting players customize their carry weight experience. With 280 endorsements and recent updates, it's a popular quality-of-life mod for those tired of encumbrance.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 280 endorsements and over 43k downloads—clearly fills a need.
- Modular approach is genius: you only change what you want, no forced overhaul.
- Active development (last updated May 2025) means it's likely compatible with current Skyrim versions.
⚠️ Cons
- Only 280 endorsements despite high downloads, so some users may have had issues or moved on.
- Requires you to understand load order and plugin management to get the most out of the modular setup.
For Skyrim players who hate being over-encumbered and want a lightweight, customizable solution without overhauling the entire game. Perfect for hoarders and looters who want to carry more without feeling like they're cheating. Skip if you prefer a single, all-in-one weight mod or want gameplay changes beyond weight.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to install the plugins—it'll handle load order automatically.
- Start with just one or two plugins (like 'Lighter Ores' or 'Lighter Potions') to see how it feels before adding more.
- Check the mod's posts section for any compatibility notes with popular overhaul mods like Ordinator or Wildcat.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Oblivionremastered Mods
- Author
- firesyrup
- Version
- 1.5.2
- Downloads
- 43,379
- Endorsements
- 280
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 4/25/2025
- Updated
- 5/16/2025
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