Apothecary - An Alchemy Overhaul
⚪ Last updated 2024⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.1% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #1 of 10 Alchemy mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Apothecary is a complete overhaul of Skyrim’s alchemy system designed to balance existing potions and poisons while adding powerful new effects to the game. The mod normalizes the magnitude of all alchemical ingredients in order to eliminate the gameplay loop of checking UESP to see which effects have slightly higher potencies, or chasing Salmon Roe to level up. It also significantly reduces the gold value of both player-created potions and generic potions while ensuring that the player still levels at a faster rate than Vanilla. In addition, the mod rebalances generic potions so that their strongest and weakest variants match the potency of player-created potions. Finally, Apothecary removes several useless or poorly implemented effects in order to make room for more interesting new effects without adding new ingredients.
Apothecary does not require my other mods, but it is designed to be consistent with them. For instance, Apothecary adds poisons for each of the new Illusion archetypes and several of the new Alteration archetypes added by Mysticism - A Magic Overhaul.
Potions
The magnitudes in the following list reflect the strength of a potion created by a character with 100 Alchemy and all of the Vanilla perks. Generic potions have been reworked to be consistent with player-created potions at all levels.
Restore Health - Restores 30 Health per second for 10 seconds.
Restore Magicka - Restores 30 Magicka per second for 10 seconds.
Restore Stamina - Restores 30 Stamina per second for 10 seconds.
Fortify Health - Your Health is increased by 100 for 300 seconds.
Fortify Magicka - Your Magicka is increased by 100 for 300 seconds.
Fortify Stamina - Your Stamina is increased by 100 for 300 seconds.
Fortify Health Regeneration - Your Health Regeneration is increased by 100% for 300 seconds.
Fortify Magicka Regeneration - Your Magicka Regeneration is increased by 100% for 300 seconds.
Fortify Stamina Regeneration - Your Stamina Regeneration is increased by 100% for 300 seconds.
Fortify One-handed - You deal 50% extra damage with One-handed weapons for 60 seconds.
Fortify Two-handed - You deal 50% extra damage with Two-handed weapons for 60 seconds.
Fortify Archery - You deal 50% extra damage with bows for 60 seconds.
Fortify Block - You are 50% more effective at blocking and bashing.
Fortify Alteration Power - Your Alteration spells last 100% longer for 60 seconds.
Fortify Conjuration Power - Your Conjuration spells last 100% longer for 60 seconds.
Fortify Destruction Power - Your Destruction spells are 50
Apothecary is a complete overhaul of Skyrim's alchemy system, balancing existing options and adding powerful new effects. With over 12,700 endorsements and 14.6 million downloads, it's a highly popular mod for players seeking a deeper, more balanced alchemy experience.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Massive community trust with 12,705 endorsements and 14.6 million downloads
- Aims to fix balance issues in vanilla alchemy, making it more viable
- Adds new effects that expand build possibilities
⚠️ Cons
- May conflict with other alchemy mods unless patches are used
- No mention of compatibility with popular mods like Ordinator or CACO
For Skyrim players who want a more balanced and interesting alchemy system without overhauling the entire game. If you're tired of alchemy being either overpowered or useless, this is for you. Skip if you prefer vanilla alchemy or want a total conversion.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 to install and manage load order easily.
- Check the mod's posts page for known conflicts and patches with other popular mods.
- If you use other alchemy mods, test early to ensure they don't override each other's effects.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Simon Magus DeltaRider and Oreo
- Version
- 1.3.9
- Downloads
- 14,595,521
- Endorsements
- 12,705
- Category
- Alchemy
- Created
- 7/8/2021
- Updated
- 5/7/2024
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