Better Series

Overview:

The mod reworks and buffs the following items: Bombs, Decoctions, Potions, and Trophies, and more.

I am aware that dozens of mods just like this exist already, but these contain my flavor and changes that were just right for me. And maybe they might appeal to you as well.

Disclaimer:

So, I'll just get this out of the way right now. Yes, this mod will make you feel powerful, like...maybe a bit too powerful. BUT, hear me out. You see, the vanilla game is already far too easy, especially for all us Witcher experts, at this point. And I'm fairly certain most of us use mods that add more of a challenge to our experience, am I right? Mods that add difficutly scaling, enemey scaling, dmg/defense scaling, etc. are all sort of needed at this point in order to add more of a challenge to the game. Now having said all this, because of how easy the game is, two issues were born. For one, items such as potions, decoctions, and bombs were never really utilized because you could literally kill everything with igni or your sword, even on Death March. And two, the items themselves were already too weak to even waste our time using, since they never offered a significant buff in combat. So, I've solved the second issue. The first one will have to be solved by yourselves.

This mod is designed around the idea that auto-crafting when meditating is disabled, forcing you to manually use your materials when crafting each item every time. Essentially, this mod was designed around mods like Preparations or Alchemy (Primer). If you're not using either one, then this mod will make the game FAR too easy. If you want to add a challenge to crafting in order to balance out the new power from these items, it is almost imperative that you use one of these mods (or an alternative if you have one). Additionally, in order to balance out the new power these items offer, it is HIGHLY recommended to use some sort of difficulty scaling mods. I personally use ESGO + Akatoshka's ESGO Patch. These are great and I highly recommend them as they offer many, MANY features to cater the game's difficulty to your needs. You can use other mods of your choice.

I want people to know that when creating this mod, my intention was to empower Geralt and make his items feel useful and fun to use, not to break the game. Because the items are now stronger, toxicity costs are slightly higher, and crafting requirements are higher as well, in order to offset their utility so that they don't completely break the game. My original intention with any of the mods I make is always balance, not to create a cheat-mode. That's why I recommend using the aforementioned mods, as I don't play any other way and haven't f