Simple Food Hunting and Cooking Overhaul
⚪ Last updated 2019⚠️ Install Order · 5 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
- 👍 3.6% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #10 of 136 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod is very simple. All food and booze is twice as effective as vanilla. All animals now drop meat and no longer drop gold. All meat when cooked heals for 10x as many points. Meat stews heal the most. Salt no longer required to cook meat.
Inspired by this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/comments/blitme/so_ive_tried_numerous_times_to_create_a_hunter/
Simple Food Hunting and Cooking Overhaul is a lightweight gameplay mod that makes foraging, hunting, and cooking more rewarding. With 227 endorsements and over 6,000 downloads, it's a community-tested tweak for players who want survival mechanics to matter more without overhauling the entire game.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 227 endorsements and over 6,000 downloads.
- Does exactly what it says: makes food-related activities more rewarding.
- Lightweight and focused, won't bloat your load order.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2019, so might be outdated for newer game versions.
- No detailed feature list, so you're going in somewhat blind.
- Potential conflicts with other gameplay overhauls that touch the same systems.
For survival-focused players who want foraging and cooking to actually matter without a massive overhaul. If you're a completionist who loves crafting and resource management, this is a solid pick. Skip if you're looking for a comprehensive survival expansion—this is a simple tweak.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check if the mod requires a specific game version, as it hasn't been updated since 2019.
- If you use other gameplay mods, test for conflicts by enabling this one last.
- Consider pairing with a UI mod that shows food values to see the changes in action.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- JW
- Version
- 1.2
- Downloads
- 6,370
- Endorsements
- 227
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 5/27/2019
- Updated
- 7/11/2019
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