Alchemy Requires Bottles Redux

Alchemy Requires Bottles Redux is a mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to have potion crafting consume empty bottles.

Features

• 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.

Requirements

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Dawnguard
• Dragonborn
• TES5Edit

Installation

• 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.

Updating

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.

Alternatives

• Alchemy Requires Bottles
• Bottles Required

TODO

• 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.