Cursed Stimulants

Cursed Stimulants adds five new lore-friendly drugs, stimulants, and tonics to Stoneshard.

The mod is designed with Rogue Shard in mind, but it also works with vanilla modbranch Stoneshard (If you use other mods that modify trader inventories, load order may affect this mod item availability.).

Tested Versions

This mod was tested on modbranch  Stoneshard 0. 9. 4. 20.

It was also tested with Rogue Shard | ZenBalance 1. 0. 10. 12.

Compatibility patches are welcome, but please ask first.

In vanilla Stoneshard, some builds benefit from drugs much more than others. Certain stimulants directly cover their weaknesses or heavily amplify their strengths, while other builds often end up using Paregoric or Nikkaf as utility options and Hornet Honey as the default combat drug.

Cursed Stimulants aims to expand that space.

The goal of this mod is not to replace vanilla drugs, but to add more situational choices for different builds, dungeon types, and dangerous encounters. These stimulants are meant to help characters reach a critical threshold of survivability, consistency, or efficiency during difficult fights, minibosses, bosses, or hostile environments.

Each new item has custom pixel art, inventory and ground sprites, buff icons, English and Russian localization, unique effects, and trade integration.

New Stimulants

A long-lasting defensive drug focused on magical and natural protection.

Everdra improves Energy Restoration, Fortitude, Magic Resistance, Nature Resistance, Stun Resistance, and slightly reduces cooldown duration. It is useful for characters who need protection against non-physical threats rather than raw damage output.

A dangerous toxic stimulant made from tamed crawler venom.

Kvirath is designed for poison, acid, and intoxication-heavy situations. It strongly improves Poison Resistance, Caustic Resistance, Intoxication Resistance, Immunity Change, Fortitude, Pain Resistance, Bleeding Resistance, Crit Avoidance, and slightly reduces damage received.

It comes with a harsh initial intoxication spike, so it is not a “drink and rush in” drug. The player must survive the first dangerous phase before the boosted immunity takes control.

Norrheim Milk

A rare restorative tonic from Fjall.

Norrheim Milk is a bottle-based item with full bottle behavior: after use it leaves an empty bottle, which can be filled with water and used like other bottles.

It grants a short healing-focused effect and then leaves a long beneficial aftereffect, improving Max Health, Health Restoration, Healing Efficiency, and adding a small amount of Lifesteal. The Lifesteal value is intentionally low and works mostly as a synergy with other rare sources of life drain, critical hits, or high-damage builds.

Semigrad Wax

A Skadian battle ointment for melee fighters.

Semigrad Wax improves both hands’ efficiency, bodypart damage, accuracy, and reduces fumble chance. It is meant for builds that rely on strong grip, precise strikes, injury pressure, and weapon consistency.

Its aftermath heavily weakens hand efficiency and combat control, representing the hands burning out after the initial rush.

Axonian Gran

A sublingual healing crystal from Nistra.

Axonian Gran focuses on block-based and defensive builds. It improves Block Chance, Block Power, Block Power Recovery, Damage Returned, and gradually restores the condition of all body parts each turn.

It is intended as a defensive threshold tool for characters who need to endure pressure rather than burst enemies down.

Trader Integration

The new items are integrated into the world through several trader pools instead of being placed in one universal shop.

Brynn Alchemist:

Has a small chance to stock any of the new stimulants.

Cultural Merchants in Brynn:

- Elven merchants can stock Everdra and Kvirath.

- The Fjall merchant can stock Norrheim Milk.

- The Skadian merchant can stock Semigrad Wax.

- The Nistrian merchant can stock Axonian Gran.

Rotten Willow Tavern Drug Dealer:

Has better chances to stock the new drugs, reflecting access to less regulated substances.

Leif’s Caravan Stock:

At higher loyalty levels, Leif can rarely stock some of the new stimulants as caravan supplies. This is intended as occasional travel support, not as a replacement for city traders.

Balance Philosophy

Cursed Stimulants is balanced around situational power.

The new items are not meant to be direct upgrades over vanilla drugs like Abasa or Hornet Honey. Instead, th