Reduce gold mining
This simple mod reduces the number of septims you turn in ore to half or a fifth of the base value. Tagged ESL.
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This simple mod reduces the number of septims you turn in ore to half or a fifth of the base value. Tagged ESL.
In vanilla Skyrim, turning in ore returns the ore's full base value*. If you think about it, this doesn't make any sense. How do mine owners make a profit if they pay miners the full price of their ore?
What this mod does is reduce the number of septims you receive for turning in ore to half or a fifth of the base value*.
There are two variants:
Half - 50% of the ore's value will be received when turned in. For example, turning in gold ore will net you 25 defective items. Unless you have high speech skills, it should still be more profitable than selling it to a merchant. This is the one I personally use.
HARDCORE - Get 20% of the ore value when you turn it in. For example, turning in gold ore will net you 10 defective items. This may be more realistic, but may make mining less worth your time.
*There is one exception to this general rule: iron ore. In vanilla, turning in iron ore will give you 7**, even though its base value is only 2. I have set the iron ore surrender values to 2 and 1 respectively.
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See also:
Less sub-Sep per firewood
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In vanilla Skyrim, turning in ores rewards you with the full base value of the ore*. This makes no sense if you think about it. How are the mine owners turning a profit if they're paying their miners full price for the ore?
What this mod does is reduce the amount of septims you get for turning in ore, to either half or one-fifth the base value*.
There are two variants:
HALF - you get 50% the value of the ore upon turning it in. For instance, turning in gold ore nets you 25 septims. Unless you have high Speech skill, this should still be more lucrative than selling it to a merchant. This is the one I personally use.
HARDCORE - you get 20% the value of the ore upon turning it in. For instance, turning in gold ore nets you 10 septims. This is probably more realistic but might make mining no longer worth your time.
- There is one exception to this general rule: iron ore. In vanilla, turning in iron ore gives you 7 septims each, even though its base value is only 2. I've set the turn-in value for iron ore to 2 and 1 per ore respectively.
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See also:
Fewer Septims Per Firewood
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