Soul Salts - A Soulgem mod
⚪ Last updated 2018⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 4.6% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #10 of 33 Alchemy mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Soul Salts - A Soulgem Mod!
Ever wanted to turn those small soul gems into big ones? Yeah me too, so I made this mod. The main feature of this mod is the new ingredient that you craft with existing soul gems or shards: Soul Salts. Soul Salts can be used to make new soul gems, or you can use them to make powerful potions. You need to have the arcane blacksmith perk before you can craft the gems at a smelter, but there are no restrictions on grinding the gems up.
The new ingredient is also cleanly added to leveled lists such that the soul salts will show up anywhere you could find a rare alchemy ingredient, be it vendors or on dead enemies, chests, ect.
Versions and Options:
Main Versions:
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[]Vanilla - Adds the salts, and crafting recipes at the grain mill and smelter.
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]Lore Friendly - Adds everything the vanilla version adds, but removes the ability to craft Black Soulgems.Options:
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[]Forge Crafting - Adds all soul salt recipes to the Blacksmith's Forge(for crushing not for smelting)
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]Nerfed Salts - Soul Salt attributes will be more mundaneSoul Salt returns and Smelting recipes:
Gems:
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[]Grain Mill - 1 Soul Salts return per 2 gems
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]Smelter - 1 Soul Salts required-
[]Grain Mill - 1 Soul Salts return
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]Smelter - 2 Soul Salts requiredCommon
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[]Grain Mill - 2 Soul Salts return
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]Smelter - 3 Soul Salts requiredGreater
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[]Grain Mill - 4 Soul Salts return
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]Smelter - 6 Soul Salts requiredGrand
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[]Grain Mill - 8 Soul Salts return
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]Smelter - 10 Soul Salts requiredBlack
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[]Grain Mill - 10 Soul Salts return
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]Smelter - 12 Soul Salts required
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[]Grain Mill - 10 Soul Salts return
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[]Grain Mill - 8 Soul Salts return
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[]Grain Mill - 4 Soul Salts return
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[]Grain Mill - 2 Soul Salts return
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[]Grain Mill - 1 Soul Salts return
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[]Grain Mill - 1 Soul Salts return per 2 gems
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[]Forge Crafting - Adds all soul salt recipes to the Blacksmith's Forge(for crushing not for smelting)
Soul Salts adds a craftable alchemy ingredient that lets you break down soul gems into salts and recombine them into larger gems, with optional potion effects. Includes vanilla and lore-friendly versions, plus forge crafting and nerfed salt options. Requires the Arcane Blacksmith perk for smelter recipes.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community backing with 340 endorsements and over 7,300 downloads.
- Flexible crafting system lets you convert small gems into bigger ones, solving a common annoyance.
- Lore-Friendly option keeps the game balanced by removing black soulgem crafting.
⚠️ Cons
- Requires the Arcane Blacksmith perk for smelter recipes, which might be a hassle for non-smithing characters.
- Last updated in 2018, so it may not be fully compatible with the latest Skyrim updates or other mods.
- The ingredient is added to leveled lists, which could conflict with other mods that alter those lists.
For Skyrim players who hate hoarding petty soul gems and want a practical way to upgrade them. Also great for alchemists looking for a new ingredient to brew with. Skip if you prefer overhaul mods that change soul gem mechanics entirely.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Pick the Lore-Friendly version if you want to avoid crafting black soul gems, which are considered overpowered.
- Use the grain mill to grind gems into salts—it's faster than smelting and doesn't require the Arcane Blacksmith perk.
- If you use a mod manager, you can easily switch between Vanilla and Lore-Friendly versions without reinstalling.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- GallumX
- Version
- 2.0.0
- Downloads
- 7,353
- Endorsements
- 340
- Category
- Alchemy
- Created
- 12/12/2017
- Updated
- 11/16/2018
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