enemy reformer

zEdit patch that allows you to configure NPC levels based on their type, allowing for truly downgraded Skyrim

summary

Enemy Releveler is a configurable zEdit patcher that allows you to edit the levels of NPCs. By default, it makes different enemy classes (such as Bandits and Dragos) more distinct, but it makes different classes of the same class (such as Druk's Bane and Wit) more similar. This greatly expands the difficulty differences between different types of dungeons while making the experience more consistent within each dungeon. Some dungeons will now no longer be accessible to low-level characters, while mid-level and high-level characters will find other dungeons easy. It is highly configurable and can achieve almost any result.

what it can do

For example, whenever you encounter level 13 draugr scourge, you will now encounter level X draugr scourge, where you can adjust the value of X. Releveler doesn't change the enemies that appear, so you'll get the same variety of enemies as always. Therefore, the game becomes more difficult as the Releveler increases the enemy level. Where you lower the enemy level, the game becomes easier. By default, the Releveler squashes the bandits' levels and sworn them, making it easier for high-level NPCs, but the dwarf automata's levels are pulled up by others, making them more difficult. Other enemies, such as draugrs, have their levels "compressed" without moving much, so a low level draugr is much stronger, but a high level draugr is slightly better than vanilla. The end result is a natural progression between enemy types: low-level characters fight feral animals, bandits, and Forsaken; mid-level characters can also manage sorcerers, monsters, and magical beasts; and only high-level characters can hope to defeat dwarven automatons, vampires, and dragons. But all of these are configurable, so users can set things up to their liking.

See the spoiler-opening information below for a detailed discussion of what this mod does:

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how it works

NPCs in Skyrim are assigned to "factions". These determine how NPCs interact with each other and react to the player. Most NPCs are in multiple factions, but there is almost always a faction for each type of enemy. So there's a Draenor faction, a bandit faction, even a fisherman faction, and so on. Releveler goes through all *NPCs and checks their faction list, finds the diagnosed faction and adjusts their level accordingly.

A few enemies do not have a fixed level, but their level depends on the player. In these cases, the Releveler adjusts its upper and lower bounds but keeps its leveling state unchanged.

For a full list of all affected factions and their level default changes, turn on the spoilers below:

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*Most NPCs inherit their levels from various "template" NPCs, so the Releveler only needs to edit these templates, not each NPC record.

configuration

In the patch, the file "enemy_rules.js" defines how to change NPC levels based on NPC level and contains full instructions for configuring the mod (very simple). By editing this file you can increase the level variety of enemies, kill enemies with level variety, add 50 levels to all bandits, make high-level Draugrs have a lower level than base Draugrs, etc. The only thing you can't do is give NPCs negative values. It will also warn you if you give an enemy more than 100 levels, but won't stop you from doing so.

Installation method

• Download the patch

-Download it anywhere without having to download your Skyrim directory.

2.Install zEdit

-Download and install zEdit.

• Add patches to zEdit

-Open zEdit.

-The button in the upper right corner looks like 3 small cubes, clicking it will display a list of currently installed patches.

• Click to install new patches. Browse to the location where you downloaded the patch and select it.

-Restart zEdit.

• Configure patches
• Find and edit "enemy_rules.js" in the zEdit directory. This document has complete instructions. …