Special ammunition production and economic system alternative

This mod makes special ammo crafting easier while maintaining balance, and changes the amount of ammo you can carry and its shop price. The Why'em DLC and RDO are required to use this catalog file. Compatible with Smoak Arsenal!

Alternative Special Ammo Crafting and Economy

🎯 Module introduction

This is my first mod! I hope to use this mod to rebalance the ammunition economy system in RDR2 to make the game experience more realistic. Even though this is a western game, I thought it was a bit strange to only be able to carry 4 weapons but 200 rounds of various ammo, so I decided to recreate the feeling of resource scarcity seen in other RsGames titles.

💥 Recipe changes

**Explosive Ammo/Slugs:** Now uses **Nitro Express Ammo** instead of tallow (thus requiring RDO), worth **$5.35** per 6 rounds. Also requires **Express Ammo** (for revolvers/pistols) or **Standard Ammo** (other variants), and making Explosive Slugs still requires **Slugs**.

**Incendiary Bombs:** No longer requires a full bottle of Moonshine, now uses **Shotgun Bullets** and **4 units of Moonshine Cans** (RDO item), purchased from the Fence Merchant for **$18.87** (full price).

🎒 Adjustment of the amount of ammunition carried

• **Revolvers and Pistols:** 50 rounds of each type of ammunition, 12 rounds of explosive ammunition
• **Carbine Repeater:** 50 rounds of each type of ammunition, 18 rounds of explosive ammunition
• **Rifle:** 40 rounds of each type of ammunition, 20 rounds of explosive ammunition
• **Shotgun:** 50 rounds of normal bullets, 50 rounds of single-point bullets, 30 rounds of incendiary bullets, 22 rounds of explosive single-point bullets
• **Bow and Arrow:** 40 rounds normal, 20 rounds improved, 20 rounds minigame, 8 rounds burning, 8 rounds poison, 8 rounds explosive, 20 rounds tracking (RDO)
• **Critter Rifle:** 150 rounds regular, 50 rounds tranquilizer (RDO)
• **Nitro Express (RDO):** 24 rounds

💰 Ammunition price adjustment

**Each ammo box contains 10 rounds** (6 for Nitro Express, 5 for Bow and 50 for Critter Rifle)

**Price List:**

• **Pistol:** Normal 0.70, Express 0.90, High Speed ​​1.20
• **Revolver:** Normal 0.70, Express 0.95, High Speed ​​1.25
• **Repeat Gun:** Normal 0.95, Express 1.40, High Speed ​​1.80
• **Rifle:** Normal 1.48, Express 1.80, High Speed ​​2.30
• **Shotgun:** Bullets 1.00, Slug 1.05
• **Elephant Gun:** Nitro Express 5.35
• **Bow and Arrow:** 0.64

⚙️ Installation instructions

Replace the "catalog_sp.ymt" file to the "Red Dead Offline" folder in lml with the version containing the "Why 'Em" DLC + RDOffline.

Example folder path:

`C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Red Dead Redemption 2\lml\red_dead_offline\catalog`

**Compatible Catalog Files for Smoak Mega Arsenal:**

You need to install Smoak's module covering RDO and Why 'em before it can work properly.

The file path should be: `lml\Smoaks_Mega_Arsenal\Catalog`

🙏 Acknowledgments

This mod was inspired by HybridJoe, thanks to him showing how to modify the price and ammo. I would also like to thank Bolmin70, The Lenny who made the lml module loader, Why 'em and others.

I hope you like my first mod, see you in the comments!