Mods that add more sources for ingredients

[Knightmage Bael]

Especially creatures. I don't see that many beehives. I don't see too many fish either, I'll swim the entire lake and only find like...maybe TWO abeccean longfins, 3 river bettys and that's about it. mountain flowers and snowberries are just about the only ingredient I find in vast quantities.

Birds are reasonably, but also frustratingly difficult to shoot down. The arrow travels so slowly I basically have to predict their flight pattern.

Mods that add more deer, fish, birds, insects, etc. I'm having trouble finding them on my own.

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Have a look through Nexus. Might have what you're looking for.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/?

Make sure to read through the Pinned Discussions so you know how to mod your game right. It will save you a lot of headaches in the long run. OH, and Do Not Use Nexus Mod Manager, it's old, out-dated and was replaced by Vortex. Use either Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 for managing your mods.

[CynicBlaze]

the hunterborn/scrimshaw mod lets you harvest ingredients from fresh kills. I've only tried as far as wolf claws or deer antlers.

[Knightmage Bael]

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

Have a look through Nexus. Might have what you're looking for.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/?

Make sure to read through the Pinned Discussions so you know how to mod your game right. It will save you a lot of headaches in the long run. OH, and Do Not Use Nexus Mod Manager, it's old, out-dated and was replaced by Vortex. Use either Vortex or Mod Organizer 2 for managing your mods.

What makes NMM so bad now?

Also I've heard Vortex has some issues to it even though its what nexusmods supports...

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Originally posted by Archmage_Bael:

What makes NMM so bad now?

Also I've heard Vortex has some issues to it even though its what nexusmods supports...

NMM is old and out-dated.
Vortex and Mod Organizer 2 both use Virtual Folder Systems and never install mods to the game's data folder, while NMM does and overwrites other mods. If you don't do your research and follow Mod Author's Install Instructions, you may overwrite something you shouldn't and break the mod(s).
Most don't support NMM anymore because of that. Players new to modding can very easy mess up their game save with NMM.

Vortex and Mod Organizer 2 take a little more learning, but are more than worth it in the end because of the Virtual Folder System.
Start by reading through this Pinned Discussion. It will help a lot
https://steamcommunity.com/app/489830/discussions/0/340412122413706606/

Oh, and with Mod Organizer 2 and I believe Vortex has the ability as well, you can set up Profiles with Different Mod Load Orders. Not possible with NMM because it installs everything to the data folder. You'd have to Uninstall the mods in the reverse order you installed them and then Install the ones you want for a new character and different Load Order.

[mb3]

Honestly, a mod to add more ingredients is pointless, the problem is there is a very limited amount of potions you can actually make, so I have garbage bags full of useless ingredients I don't even need. Anything you need a hawks beak, or bee hive, or fish to make can be made the same way with dozens of other ingredients that are easy and common to find.

[mikk011]

The cheapest and easiest way to get ingredients is to grow your own. If you find one specimen in the wild or in an alchemist shop you can reproduce it in your Hearthfire properties. Fish you can grow in your Windstad Hatchery, or as part of the mod "Lakeview Extended". There are other hatchery mods as well.

These mods also help:
To increase the variety of things you can grow use "More Growable Plants" https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/3880

To get more garden plots build the greenhouse wings in your houses or add plots in other ways. Shezrie’s Hearthfire Kitchens and Greenhouses https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/4085 allows you to use less-important Hearthfire rooms for greenhouses.

There are several mods to add more plots outside as well, including Lakeview Garden Extended https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/849

For insects, teeth, horns and antlers I don't have any recommendations but mods probably exist that provide them. Also, you can usually find a plant-based alternative for your potions. Or, if you want to cheat use the mod "AddItemMenu" where you can search for any regular or modded item in your game and add it to your inventory.

[Knightmage Bael]

Originally posted by mb3:

Honestly, a mod to add more ingredients is pointless, the problem is there is a very limited amount of potions you can actually make, so I have garbage bags full of useless ingredients I don't even need. Anything you need a hawks beak, or bee hive, or fish to make can be made the same way with dozens of other ingredients that are easy and common to find.

I think you misunderstand what I'm asking for here.

I'm not asking for additional new ingredients, that's completely unnecessary, what I'm asking for is more SOURCES of the current ingredients - IE more fish locations, more bushes more insects, more etc.

Growing your own is almost entirely pointless. Its hard to keep track of the specific locations you'd grow them outside your player home, which only has a few spots anyway unless you want to dedicate an entire house as one massive greenhouse (I think only two wings can have alchemy related stuff anyway, unless mods), and on top of that it takes a while to grow, but sure if you wanna just sit back and use the wait function excessively don't let me stop you :P :P :P

I try not to go overboard though even with exploits and what not. Cheating like that I feel is only necessary to save yourself incredibly tedious hours of grinding. Its like what I do normally for the rare ingredients. Lots of waiting, searching, the right quests, the right merchants, and throw in a bit of luck. Sometimes it just feels like too much running around in circles.

THough I'm not sure if I should look up a "more daedra" mod...could use additional sources for hearts...outside of the winterhold college and asura's shrine...

[JDaremo Fireheart]

You can always try Hunterborn which allows you to gather more from your kills. There's also mods that double (or more) what you get from plants.

[Knightmage Bael]

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

You can always try Hunterborn which allows you to gather more from your kills. There's also mods that double (or more) what you get from plants.

Yeah. I'm noticing a couple of the ones I think look good no longer support NMM, which like

Everything over the past years, all my mods, esm files and all that stuff is still using it so I'd need to export it somehow and usually things involving modding games aren't easy. Just doing that sounds like a project.

Hunterborn I've heard is really good. I also have wet and cold but not frostfall mostly because they sounds AWESOME but amplify it to the degree of too much of a survival game.

I kinda wish Skyrim's map was twice its size :/ Would like a map closer in size to Witcher 3 tbh. Skyrim is a little underwhelming.

[mb3]

I think you misunderstand what I was saying.

What I was saying is that you don't need human or deadra hearts, or fish to craft potions. Every potion in the game can be made with all the common ingredients.

I have all the rare ingredients, I don't even use them. Don't need too. But if you really want fish, Riften is the place to go, not only does that little lake have dozens of them, but if you walk around on the Riften docks and check all the barrels, the barrels named 'Fish Barrel' are loaded with all the alchmey fish, and they are free to loot.

[steven1mac]

Harvest Anything will allow you to click on random bushes and sometimes find stuff. Best way to get bird feathers and beaks and butterflies bits.

[Knightmage Bael]

Originally posted by mb3:

I think you misunderstand what I was saying.

What I was saying is that you don't need human or deadra hearts, or fish to craft potions. Every potion in the game can be made with all the common ingredients.

I have all the rare ingredients, I don't even use them. Don't need too. But if you really want fish, Riften is the place to go, not only does that little lake have dozens of them, but if you walk around on the Riften docks and check all the barrels, the barrels named 'Fish Barrel' are loaded with all the alchmey fish, and they are free to loot.

They're free to STEAL, you'd need to make sure not to be caught. I get annoyed at having a bounty over my head.

Fish should be one of the easiest sources. The other ingredients that provide the same effects have been much harder for me to come by. I'm also complaining about fish because I feel like they should be way more common than they appear to be lol.

Anyway, the value is different too.

Sure with nordic barnacle and a chicken egg you can cheaply make a waterbreathing potion...

but if you include salmon roe, or other rare ingredients...with my crafting set on, the value of the potion jumps from 650 (roughly) to like 10,000 (but only able to sell it for like 5,000)

I can't even tell you how much money I've made off making waterbreathing potions, and potions of invisibility.