I deleted every Mongrel entry from your mod and everything is back to normal. It must have something to do how the resident system is working. Sorry I cannot give a better explanation because I could not find the root cause of the problem.

You do touch the mongrel faction residents list though. Looks like you tried to boost the number of guards, I would assume so that they wouldn't die to fogmen. Because of how the resident system works though this is causing other lower priority squads to not spawn, including those shops mentioned below.

Better way to increase guard numbers would be to do so in the squads themselves, since then they'd take the same number of buildings.

i did not change buildings.

I really like this mod, it gives you a really hard time. But I dont know if its intentional or not, the mod changed (at least) the shops in Mongrel. There are now four barracks there, no armor shop and the thiefs guild isnt there (its a barracks instead). I disabled all the mods I had, imported the game and everything was back to normal. Installed all my mods again, the same thing happened (four barracks, no armory, no thiefes). Then I disabled only your mod and there it was - everything was back to normal. I hope its a bug and not intended.

it seams like normal difficulty after a while after your used to it.
I cant play vanilla levels no more, everyone seams so weak.

Didn't notice that this was part of your mod collection and assumed this was the default difficulty.

it was done to fix issues i created with the mod.
so yes, its intentional.

Is it intentional that this mod removes all positive stat boosts on sheks besides health?

not an issue, intentional.
bone dog nests being added to nearly every biome was added a couple year's ago. got adjusted a few times to lower the numbers, but is now at a level I find acceptable.
in my view, bone dogs are like real dogs, they are everywhere!

just a heads up, not sure why but this mod was causing bonedog nests to spawn all over the map in such numbers that the wolves were killing everything else on the map. not sure if its a conflict or what because ive used this mod before with no problems. Very weird issue for a group combat mod

if you have mods that change base NPC's, then yes, there is a big chance it will have conflicts.

ANy chance of conflicts on this one? I play a pretty heavily modded game and don't wanna break it.

I primarily play solo and I use the mod all the time with it.

Haha, I guess I'll just help my self to their eggs then.
Also Stronger Group Combat = Weaker Solo Combat?
My training is progressing nicely, But will my solo artist gal ever be as badass as your Mod graphic looks. At 90 toughness still stunlocked quite a bit.

yep
more gutters will spawn in time.

So the gorillo gangs are lucrative and fun to see, but they have made the beakthings extinct.
On my way to the hive in Dreg a beakthing nest spawned and they went to war with about 4 gorillo gangs and were wiped out. Intended?

it adds zero text.

do this mod add much text?

don't think mine did.
didn't even know it had that option.
just might be a compatibility issue.

it doesnt do anything to them if i remember right. as i don't have a start that adds them for the player.

there is no set place for it in load order.
but it if you have other mods that change base characters, then it should be at the bottom so it files are not overridden by others, which would give you weird NPC stats if you didn't.

should this be pretty high up on the load order?

yes it is.
but if you want the full effect. import your save.

Is this safe to add to my saved game?

doubtful

Its compatible with uwe?

you can survive.
I'm using my own mod, with 3x nests, 4x squads set. 4x attack slots.
playing as solo.
don't rely on mercs to save you, rely on yourself instead.

Ok... Fogman with 50-60 stats is just something... Whith weak mercenarys good luck saving your guys...

the file has to be in the main moding folder in Kenshi.
plus the folder has to be named correctly.

wouldnt let me open it, kept saying corrupt file. lol dang man, its all good thank u for the info tho:) great mod! :) keep at it!

you would have a lot of numbers to edit.
when you load my mod in the FCS, you can see all the changes i did.
you edit from there.

how do i edit ur mod so i can have the stats be a lil lower, want a lower overall stat for early game then to import the higher stats later, or do i have a lite level mod?

I don't remember that type being in my mod.

does this mod add Lonewolf Bonewolfs from your other primal wildlife mod?

Turned this mod off, played about 12 hours, and turned it back on. Its a harder game but not impossible. Have a good understanding of Kenshi before using this mod.

Tip: Heavy Weapons are great for crowd control, but slow compared to Swords. Make sure to balance squads. Help the Heavy Weapons out when they are getting teamed up on.

This mod is not setup to be compatible with any other mods.
so use at your own risk with others.

Does this work with legendary of kenshi?

no

Are this work with Genesis?

it does take them away as they was going well beyond the max limit.

I'm pretty sure this mod takes away the shek XP bonuses. Is this an intentional change?

Guard takes weapon when they arrest criminals, so once criminals are arrested they are stronger than guards.
When I live in the city criminals are always overwhelming the guards.
I'm tweaking their unarmed value by fcs but still this is a great mod.
Thank you.

Thanks for the mod. It helps make endgame fun again. No more just send 1 guy to obliterate a whole town.

that's the point.
its only bad if you de-arm people.
this mod wasn't made to be easy, it was made to be hard. an extra challenge.
if you don't like it. that's fine, this mod is not for everyone.

this mod was not made with the intention of being lore friendly.
and as I have said in the past, if this isn't hard enough for me when I use it, ill edit it and make it harder. I'm only sharing this because people asked for it. this is primarily for my use.

the only reason i dont want to add this is every one knows kungfu. it just doesnt fit

use one of my lower ones and set the load order above to change it.

Attack slots is at 5x pliz

can be added at any time, importing is not required unless you want NPC's around you to be updated then and there.

only mods that change the NPCs would affect this mod, and that depends on the load order. put at the bottom of the load order and it will overwrite any changes made above it.

can this be added at anytime or do i needa make a new save? just wondering as I'm not sure if I'd like to use it later, also does it work well with mods that alter the world end states, such as reactive world?

what's at the bottom will overwrite those above it.