Complete Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul

Alchemy is perhaps the most complex skill system in Skyrim and has the potential to be a beautifully nuanced crafting system. Unfortunately, it is also plagued by inconsistencies, imbalances, and poor design choices that often reduce the skill to little more than an easy way to make a quick pile of gold. This mod seeks to change that, to both balance and enhance the inherent complexity of this system and bring greater versatility and enjoyment to the Alchemist's craft.

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LCHEMY

• []All aspects of Alchemy have been reworked for greater balance and consistency.

  []Options to set the duration of restore potions and damage poisons to 1, 5, or 10 seconds.

  []All potions have been renamed to allow them to naturally sort from strongest to weakest.

  []Player-created potions will be named to better reflect their strength and effects.

  []Player-created potions will be fully consistent in strength, cost, and name to the ready-made potions found in game.

  []Impure potions no longer provide a quick means to get rich.

  []Adds 16 new alchemical effects that can be created from ingredients and found as ready-made potions.

  []Grenades and long lasting weapons coatings open up new combat strategies and play-styles.

  []New portable alchemy workstations allow potion creation to take place anywhere.

  []Create salves and poultices which can be applied to bandages for an alternative to healing spells and potions.

  []Distill weaker potions to make stronger versions.

  []Over 100 new lore-friendly ingredients have been integrated into the world.

  []Adds 51 new critters: 21 moths & butterflies, 11 dragonflies, and 19 pond fish.

  []Harvest amounts from plants and animals have been adjusted for greater realism and less tedious gameplay.

  []Hearthfire's gardening feature has been updated to include missing vanilla plants as well as many of the newly added ingredients.

  []Features high-quality meshes and textures from some of the best modders and artists in the community.

  []Harvest blood and other powerful alchemical ingredients from fallen enemies.  Vampires can use the blood to create unique blood potions.

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  OOKING

  []Meat can be harvested from nearly all animals and creatures and used in new cooking recipes.

  []Over 100 new food items have been added.

  []All food effects have been altered to use extended duration 'fortify' effects.

  []Large foods and drinks are now automatically divided into smaller servings.

  []Cooking recipes have been reworked for better balance and greater rea