Better Alchemy

This mod is no longer maintained, a replacement can be found here:

https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/7414

This is a small WIP mod that I made because I was bothered by the fact that Geralt can just use alcohol to refill all of his potions, including oils and bombs.

The mod tries to make alchemy more realistic and like in the previous games, but without changing too much about the vanilla behavior. I know mods like this already exist, but I mainly made this for personal use. Some things are probably not properly balanced yet, so I appreciate any feedback.

Features and Changes:

Alchemy items behave like any other item:

• []Once you use them, they are gone and you have to make them again.

  []The amount of each potion, bombs, oils etc. that you can have is no longer limited, you can craft as many items as you need.

  []Alchemy items can be stored in the stash and sold to merchants.

  Reduced cost:

  • []Brewing no longer needs as many ingredients as before.

    []Only renewable ingredients are needed.

    []Merchants sell a lot more herbs (not more kinds of herbs, but a higher quantity of each).

    []To make mutagen potions, you still need to have the according mutagens but they are not consumed when making the potion. (Be sure to always keep one of each mutagen!)

    []When crafting alchemic substances (Nigredo, Albedo etc.) you now get 5 substances each time.

    []You get back an empty bottle when using alcohol to make substances.

    Improved Stats:

    • []Increased potion duration by 400%

      []Increased mutagen potion duration by 100%

      []Increased oil uses by 100%

      Changable bases:

      • []The base items (strong alcohols for potions, fats for oils, powders for bombs) are no longer fixed for each recipe but can be swapped out for other items of the same type.

        []To do so you have to select the item and press X (R2 on gamepad), which opens a dialogue where you can select the item you want to use. You can also use the arrow keys (dpad_up/dpad_down on gamepad) to scroll through the items.

        Manticore armor and cockatrice decoction:

        [*]The Cockatrice decoction and the second-tier bonus of the Manticore armor both previously increased the maximung amout of potions you could carry by 1. Since the number is no longer limited, these features are useless and they now