Alchemy Requires Bottles Redux is a mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to have potion crafting consume empty bottles.
- Require and consume an Empty Potion Bottle to craft a potion or a poison.
- Purchase Empty Potion Bottles from apothecaries.
- Get back an Empty Potion Bottle when consuming a potion or a poison.
- Forward changes from Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.
- Support Mortar and Pestle from Campfire and Complete Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul.
- Use your mod manager of choice, Mod Organizer 2 is recommended.
- Use TES5Edit to ensure changes applied to merchant chests are preserved, in case another mod is editing the same records: see xEdit Conflict Detection and Resolution and Patching to know more.
It is safe to update to a newer release in the middle of a game:
- 0.1.0 → 1.0.1 ✔️ (previously available on r/skyrimmods)
- 1.0.0 → 1.0.1 ✔️
Also see Semantic Versioning for End-User Game Mods.
- Allow easy customization of consumed items via plugin override.
- Consume bottles to extract potions and poisons from creatures, supporting Hunterborn.
- Add bottle crafting and smelting recipes.
- Optionally add bottles to leveled lists via script injection.
- Provide an alternative esp plugin which doesn't require the DLCs.