No Food or Ingredients in Barrels and Sacks

⭐ ⭐⭐ (1,026 endorsements) 📥 13,460 downloads 📌 v1.0 📅 9/19/2024
⚪ Last updated 2024

By Jilvane · Items and Objects - World

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 9/19/2024 📅 Created: 9/19/2024
⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
1🛠️ SKSE64 — Skyrim Script Extender 64 Download ↗
2🔧 USSEP — Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch Download ↗
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4🧩 Address Library — Address Library for SKSE Plugins Download ↗
5🔧 SSE Engine Fixes — SSE Engine Fixes Download ↗

Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 7.6% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
  • 🏆 #23 of 23 Items and Objects - World mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

What is this?

This mod involves removing foodstuffs and some ingredients from ordinary containers such as barrels, sacks, bags, crates and other such mundane objects.

It is two small esp flagged esl's.

It edits two leveled lists, removing food and some ingredients from them.

0010D95B LItemBarrelFoodSameSmall.

0010FCFB LItemBarrelFoodSame70.

And does other small removals to food-related items to some containers.

You can see them in the images.

This mod then replaces the missing food and most ingredients with things like general useless clutter, maybe some salt and flour if you're lucky.

If I recall, it adds the stuff from some useless vendor clutter leveled lists.

Why?

I, like probably many others, enjoy having a "survival" mod on, such as Sunhelm.

The act of finding lots of random food and ingredients in barrels EVERYWHERE, kind of irked me (just did not feel realistic finding 5 tomatoes in random barrel).

So, I just removed all of them, to make my adventurers' rotation to an inn that much more satisfying.

I left the salt and flour because I mean, those can stay somewhat well preserved in an old barrel.

The other file?

The Dynamic Things Alternative Patch for this mod does two small edits to two leveled lists in that mod.

It requires the Dynamic Things Alternative - Base Object Swapper version.

(Thank you ShyShimmer for the correction).

It reduces the amount of random mead in the dtaLItemMead list from 5, to 2, and removes food-related items from dtaLItemsBarrel.

And some other food-related changes to the, uh, food one.


Where?

In my 2800+ plugin list, this mod has zero conflicts.

Probably because my Bashed patch is outdated, or something.

But, just make sure to keep it low in your list, or better yet, use parapets mo2 plugin to sort and conflict check your load order.

Or just open xEdit and do it yourself.

Obviously keep the DTA patch below DTA.

You know, there just might be another mod that does this a more elegant way than I did.

I gave it a cursory search on the Nexus, and couldn't find anything related, so I made this one and gave it a "really on the nose" kind of name.

This is probably incompatible with any mod that distributes items independently of LeveledLists, like that one Item Distributor plugin.

Also, you technically still get some salt or flour, which are ingredients, which isn't realistic, but my ingredients

🤖 AI-enhanced — based on mod data

This mod removes food and ingredients from barrels, sacks, and other mundane containers in Skyrim, replacing them with clutter like salt and flour. It edits two leveled lists and includes an optional patch for Dynamic Things Alternative. Designed for survival mod players who find food in every barrel unrealistic.

✨ Key Features

Removes foodstuffs and some ingredients from barrels, sacks, bags, crates, and other mundane containers.
Edits two leveled lists (LItemBarrelFoodSameSmall and LItemBarrelFoodSame70) to remove food and some ingredients.
Replaces removed food with general useless clutter, sometimes salt and flour.
Includes an optional Dynamic Things Alternative Patch that reduces mead in dtaLItemMead from 5 to 2 and removes food-related items from dtaLItemsBarrel.
Consists of two small ESP files flagged as ESL.
Compatible with survival mods like Sunhelm, enhancing the need to visit inns for food.

📊 Pros & Cons

✅ Pros

  • Community-approved with 1,026 endorsements and 13,460 downloads, showing solid trust.
  • Zero conflicts in a 2800+ plugin list, so it's safe to add to heavy mod setups.
  • Lightweight: two ESL-flagged ESPs, so they won't count against your plugin limit.

⚠️ Cons

  • Only removes food from specific leveled lists, so some containers may still have food if they use different lists.
  • The replacement clutter might not be to everyone's taste—you might miss finding random tomatoes.
  • The Dynamic Things Alternative patch requires that specific mod, so it's an extra dependency if you want that compatibility.
🎯 Is This For You?
For Skyrim players who run survival mods like Sunhelm and want a more realistic world where food isn't stashed in every barrel. Also for immersion seekers who prefer finding clutter over edible loot. Skip if you enjoy the convenience of scavenging food from containers or don't care about realism.
📦 Install:Easy· Under 1 minute

💡 Beginner Tips

  • If you use Dynamic Things Alternative, grab the patch from the mod page to keep that mod's containers consistent.
  • Load this mod after other mods that edit the same leveled lists to ensure your changes take effect.
  • Since it's ESL-flagged, you can install it with any mod manager without worrying about your load order limit.

📊 Mod Details

Game
Skyrim Mods
Author
Jilvane
Version
1.0
Downloads
13,460
Endorsements
1,026
Category
Items and Objects - World
Created
9/19/2024
Updated
9/19/2024

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