CRAFT - Smarter LOTD Forge
🟡 Updated this year⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #5 of 18 Crafting mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Motivation
As a big fan of Legacy of the Dragonborn, the idea came a while ago to de-clutter the crafting stations by hiding recipes for items already on display. This servers as an alternative to other crafting overhauls like CCOR or Simple Crafting Overhaul which are filter based by type/category, etc. I found that once you have crafted an item to be put on display you rarely craft that same item again. And if you want to for some reason, this mod still allows that.
Description
5. 0 Features:
Using any forge you will find two new filters:
- []Filter Items (on/off) If on, will hide all forge recipes for items that
can't be displayed in the museum
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[]Filter Supplies (on/off) if on, will hide recipes for arrows, bolts, lockpicks, housing materials and bullets.
4. 0+ Features:
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[]Replica recipies disappear when in inventory / on display (where this has not already been implemented in vanilla LOTD)
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]Replics are now free to craft and weightless, but can't be sold and enchanted. Weapon and Armor replicas are unsuited to be used as weapons or armor.
Version 5. 0+
- []compatible with Constructible Object Custom Keyword System (COCKS)
[]soft incompatible with all crafting mods such as Complete Crafting Overhaul Remastered and Simple Smithing Overhaul (lower mod wins)
[]soft incompatibility with mods that change LOTD replicas (lower mod wins)
Version 4. 0
- []compatible with Constructible Object Custom Keyword System (COCKS)
[]soft incompatibility with mods that change LOTD replicas (lower mod wins)
[]compatible with most crafting overhauls as it only changes replica recipes
[]Appropriate bashed patches have been used to allow such mods to work without a compatibility patch.
[]Please ignore the LOOT message that CCOR or SSO are not compatible with this mod. This is no longer the case.
Supported Mods
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[]All mods that have LOTD displays that have an official LOTD patch
[]All mods that have LOTD displays endorsed by the LOTD team
[]Most unofficially supported mods that have LOTD displays
[]Some mods unrelated to LOTD
If you want to have any other patches added to the installer just send me the esps and I'll add them.
() Some background: It bothered me that LOTD replicas were not attractive because they couldn't be tempe
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[]Replica recipies disappear when in inventory / on display (where this has not already been implemented in vanilla LOTD)
CRAFT - Smarter LOTD Forge is a minimalistic crafting overhaul for Legacy of the Dragonborn users, designed to reduce clutter at crafting stations while staying true to vanilla mechanics. It has 236 endorsements and over 81,000 downloads, last updated in October 2025.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community trust with 236 endorsements and over 81k downloads.
- Keeps things simple—no flashy changes, just cleaner crafting stations.
- Actively maintained, last updated October 2025.
⚠️ Cons
- Only useful if you run Legacy of the Dragonborn—skip if you don't.
- Minimalistic approach might not satisfy players wanting deeper crafting changes.
- Potential compatibility issues with other crafting overhauls that alter the same stations.
For Skyrim players who use Legacy of the Dragonborn and find the crafting stations cluttered. If you want a no-fuss, vanilla-friendly cleanup mod, this is for you. Skip if you don't use LOTD or if you prefer more comprehensive crafting overhauls.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have Legacy of the Dragonborn installed and active before adding this mod.
- Load order: place this mod after LOTD and any other crafting overhauls to ensure its changes apply.
- If you use a mod manager, enable this mod and check for conflicts with other crafting mods in the left pane.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Sekhmet
- Version
- 5.0
- Downloads
- 81,202
- Endorsements
- 236
- Category
- Crafting
- Created
- 9/1/2021
- Updated
- 10/20/2025
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