True loot balance

by muhoblud·v1.0·Updated 2025-12-01

Loot becomes more reasonable and balanced. Get more money from loot and loot. Ammo is not automatically picked up, but more can be obtained from corpses. Balance adjustments.

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About this mod Machine translation

Loot becomes more reasonable and balanced. Get more money from loot and loot. Ammo is not automatically picked up, but more can be obtained from corpses. Balance adjustments.

Real Loot Balance

🎮 **Make your western adventure loot system more logical! ** This mod completely tweaks Red Dead Redemption 2's loot drops to make them more realistic, balanced, and fun.

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💰 Money and valuables

  • **More Income**: Money earned from robbing NPCs, carriages and corpses has been increased by **50%** on average.
  • **Adjustment of Jewelry Values**:
  • Platinum items become rarer (for historical context, platinum jewelry was not popular at the time).
  • Silver items are more common, especially pocket watches.

🔫 Ammunition system

  • **Cancel automatic pickup**: Ammunition dropped by guns **will not be picked up automatically**, you need to manually search for it.
  • **Corpse Loot Bonus**: The amount of ammo gained from corpses and ammo boxes has been greatly increased (**+50% to 100%**).
  • **Extra Ammo Chance**: Even if the enemy dies while holding a rifle, there is still a chance to collect revolver ammo from them.
  • **Thrown object adjustment**: The number of projectiles dropped from enemy corpses (except throwing knives) is reduced.

🍖 Consumables

  • **More reasonable appearance rates**:
  • Opened consumables are more common.
  • Unopened consumables are rarer.
  • Powerful medicines and **Horse Revitalizer** become very rare.

🏆 Task reward adjustment

  • **Taxidermist Mission**: The rewards for some missions have been reduced (for example, the rabbit and squirrel specimens have been adjusted from $50 to a more reasonable $15), but the rewards for more difficult missions are still generous.

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⚙️ Installation and Compatibility

Installation method

  • Unzip the module folder into the `lml` folder of the game.

Compatibility Notes

  • **Compatible with Ambient Gangs mod**:
  • Please set the loading priority of this module higher, ** or **
  • Manually delete the `loot_table_ped.meta` file in the Ambient Gangs module.

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🙏 Special thanks

  • **Audax**: Thanks to him for discovering how to adjust corpse ammo quantity.
  • **Bolmin70**: Thanks to him for discovering how to disable ammo auto-pickup.

🧩 Other modules by the author

If you like this mod, you might as well try the author's other balance mods:

  • Realistic weapon balancing
  • Real economic balance
  • Real equipment configuration
  • Bounty balance
  • Realistic hunting and clean kills

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💡 **Playing Suggestions**: This mod is very suitable for players who are looking for immersion and challenge. It encourages you to loot the battlefield more carefully and manage your ammo and resources more carefully, making the rewards of every battle and heist count!

Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions

  1. Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
  2. There is no universal mod manager for this game: some mods replace game files directly, some go into a game-specific Mods folder, and some need a game-specific community loader or tool first — follow the bundled readme.
  3. Place the files exactly as the readme says; mods with listed dependencies need those installed too.
  4. Launch the game to confirm it loaded; some games require enabling mods in settings or an in-game mod menu.

Install locations vary a lot between games and mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.

File & checksum

Filename
Realistic Loot Rebalance
File size
47.7 KiB