Arbor Philosophorum - Alchemy Perk Tree for CACO and Vokrii
⚪ Last updated 2021⚠️ Install Order · 7 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.4% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #14 of 20 Alchemy mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Arbor Philosophorum is a perk tree overhaul for Alchemy that combines the key features of Complete Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul and Vokrii - with a few tweaks.
The tree has been divided into four branches, starting from the perks Malefactor, Benefactor, Naturalist, and Stimulants. The tree's layout follows the shape of the potion bottle constellation. Acquiring every perk in the tree will require 20 perk points.
THE PERKS:
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[]0 - Alchemy Mastery: Potions and poisons you make are 1% stronger per level of Alchemy.
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]20 - Malefactor: Poisons you mix are 25% stronger.[]30 - Snakeblood: Your resistance to poisons and toxicity increases with the number of ingredients you consume.
[]60 - Concentrated Poison: All poisons you create now weigh less, and poisons applied to weapons last for twice as many hits.
[]70 - Gourmet: Vendors of rare alchemical ingredients may sell Jarrin Root, used to make deadly poisons.
[]80 - Alkahest: Ignore 50% armor when attacking a poisoned target.
[]90 - Catalyst: Create explosive concoctions and specially formulated toxins.
[]20 - Benefactor: Beneficial potions you make are 25% stronger.
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[]30 - Physician: Create poultices, tonics, and healing salves. Potions you make that restore Health, Magicka or Stamina are 25% stronger.
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]60 - Experimenter: Consuming more ingredients will allow you to gradually become more proficient at detecting their subtle properties. Beneficial potions you create now weigh less.[]70 - Plague Doctor: You gain 25% resistance to disease. Nearby opponents suffer 25% weakness to disease and poison.
[]80 - Anatomist: Extract and preserve the potent properties available in blood and organs, allowing you to tap the hidden essences of other beings.
[]90 - Chymist: Refine ingredients, create purified extracts and essences, and distill potions to concentrate their effects.
[]40 - Naturalist: Increased chance of harvesting additional ingredients from flora.
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[]60 - Field Alchemist: Create 50% more effective potions in the field using just a mortar and pestle.
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]70 - Purity: All negative effects are removed from created potions, and all positive effects are removed from created poisons.[]50 - Stimulants: Regenerate an extra 2% of your total Magicka and Stamina per second under the effects of a beneficial potion or food.
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[]80 - Adrenaline: Move 10% faster under the effects of a beneficial potion or food.
[]100 - Double Toil and Trouble: Twice as many potions are created. (Available through the Malefactor, Ben
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[]60 - Field Alchemist: Create 50% more effective potions in the field using just a mortar and pestle.
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[]30 - Physician: Create poultices, tonics, and healing salves. Potions you make that restore Health, Magicka or Stamina are 25% stronger.
Arbor Philosophorum is an alchemy perk tree overhaul that merges features from Complete Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul (CACO) and Vokrii, with tweaks. It has 403 endorsements and over 107,000 downloads, last updated in November 2021. This mod is for Skyrim players who want a combined perk experience.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 403 endorsements and over 107k downloads.
- Bridges two popular overhaul mods, saving you a perk slot headache.
- Active in the alchemy niche—if you're into CACO and Vokrii, this is a match.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2021, so it might be stale for newer Skyrim versions.
- Requires both CACO and Vokrii to work, so you're locked into those mods.
- Potential compatibility issues with other perk overhauls—check your load order.
For Skyrim players who use both CACO and Vokrii and want a unified alchemy perk experience. If you're not running those mods, this isn't for you. Skip if you prefer vanilla alchemy or want a standalone perk overhaul.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have both CACO and Vokrii installed and load this mod after them in your mod manager.
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to handle the file placement and avoid overwriting issues.
- Check the mod's posts for any known conflicts with other perk overhauls before adding it to your load order.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- celadoneiron
- Version
- 1.0.3
- Downloads
- 107,736
- Endorsements
- 403
- Category
- Alchemy
- Created
- 4/13/2021
- Updated
- 11/28/2021
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