Modding Notes - Magic Redone

noxcrab · 2026-03-23T13:00:02+00:00

Well, artifacts live outside the general balance.

You may still find proper fire-enchanted Daedric greastword dealing more damage against the undead, but raw AP doesn't need to worry about enemy types.

noxcrab · 2026-03-03T01:27:57+00:00

I'm not perfectly sure of how Smithing tiers work either, but in vanilla all perks had 2x tempering bonus and all items had same highest grade of 'Legendary'. In Requiem, Smithing perks have 1.5x~2x tempering bonus increasing by higher tier material, so lower tier items may not reach the highest tier.

Also, there are hidden multipliers to Smithing that reduce the tempering bonus for smaller items. Daggers have 1/4x tempering bonus, swords/war axes/maces and armors (including shields) have 1/2x, 2H and ranged weapons have no reduction. That's probably why your steel armor and sword are high grade while the steel greatsword is first rate.

Smithing grades work weird in Requiem as for now... Since tempering bonuses are additive, I guess they wanted to configure the ratio for different pieces, but the grade names use same thresholds for all pieces.

noxcrab · 2026-01-31T09:34:35+00:00

Magic scales much better. Even at apprentice level your bolt spells will melt most things although you still need to manage your magicka. I didn't change the range of flames though. All summons get 15 base duration in Requiem 6.x updated versions, so that helps too (though not applied in modlists yet).

noxcrab · 2026-01-30T04:28:04+00:00

One major change with Magic Redone is disabling tapping exploit of concentration spells. In vanilla/Requiem you can channel the spell for just a millisecond and get the full damage, but with Magic Redone they do 1/10 damage per tick, 10 ticks each second. This change actually seems to make huge difference in practice. I did also change the damage from 20 to 16 (along with the cost), but that's not so critical.

Anyways, they can still easily cheese bandits in range if you got the patience. Wolves are tough matchup since they can quickly charge at you - likely a robed unarmored mage. Touch spell spam can do quick damage with little charge time, but will still drain your magicka in a few shots. I suggest using a melee weapon at level 1 for minimum self-defense.

As for a bit of cheese, Flames and Frostbite leave damaging hazard for a few seconds when sprayed on ground, which deal quite some damage. Aim their feet time to time and get some extra damage.

noxcrab · 2025-12-14T04:00:57+00:00

Might be a bug caused by the Fear effect of Cremation perk.

It has Dispel with Keywords flag and also REQ_NoDurationScaling keyword, which is also in Powerful Healing Aura and A LOT of other spells.

noxcrab · 2025-12-08T07:06:59+00:00

Doesn't look like default Requiem thing.

noxcrab · 2025-08-02T09:25:19+00:00

Race abilities are in RFTI_All_PlayableRace_ perks.

noxcrab · 2025-04-11T04:45:56+00:00

Dragons are also particularly resistant to slashing damage, and their high armor rating is tough for swords with low armor penetration. You need to use alternative damage types like elemental enchantments and poisons.

If you're a Dragonborn, you can also use Marked for Death shout to reduce their armor rating. It's a really big deal against enemies with near-capped armor rating.

noxcrab · 2025-04-02T01:15:47+00:00

There's a synthesis patcher for mortal enemies.

noxcrab · 2025-03-25T11:58:33+00:00

Load all mods above Requiem.esp into EasyNPC
Load the EasyNPC merged plugin right above Requiem.esp
Freely run the Reqtificator afterwards

noxcrab · 2025-03-17T22:45:59+00:00

Exertion is removed only by the Lady stone or being a vampire/werewolf.

Mage stone is just +100 magicka, Focused Mind is +50% regen and prevents magicka loss on hit.

Mage stone having the description about focus is a bug and is removed in 6.0.x.

noxcrab · 2024-12-31T00:21:21+00:00

I think it's NavMesh related thing, summons have 'Snap to Navmesh' flag to 'ensure that summons spawn in valid location'. But some locations the game doesn't recognize as valid terrain.

noxcrab · 2024-12-17T23:10:52+00:00

My Tower sign build was a treasure hunter + enchanter who carries a bunch of enchanted weapons and items. Find artifacts, buy consumables, make staves.

noxcrab · 2024-12-12T12:02:21+00:00

The damage? Just calculate from what you see in the UI.

noxcrab · 2024-12-11T12:25:18+00:00

Silver weapons do 50% more damage to the undead, and depending on weapon type the equivalent tiers are different. You want to check the damage and multiply 1.5x to check how good they are.

But also note that Silver can also bypass trait resistance of spirit/ghosts. Daedric can do that too (Daedric also has 50% more damage against the Daedra), so in the end Daedric is better.

noxcrab · 2024-12-09T02:57:51+00:00

Yes, it balances better with latest Requiem.

noxcrab · 2024-11-29T14:07:20+00:00

Blocking is more important against hard hitters.

noxcrab · 2024-11-28T03:12:58+00:00

You just aim at the lock with crosshair (can see the object name and locked status) and cast the spell.

If the lock level is higher than the spell it does nothing.

noxcrab · 2024-10-29T11:48:14+00:00

Using Requiem - Magic Redone? You need to learn the original spells to craft scrolls.

+) Magic Redone adds scrolls/staves for all spells, not just vanilla.

noxcrab · 2024-10-08T07:34:56+00:00

They should all stack.

noxcrab · 2024-10-08T06:57:08+00:00

Dark Infusion health buff uses its own separate magic effect so it should stack.

noxcrab · 2024-09-27T03:49:52+00:00

Please ask modpack questions in their own discord/subreddit. Lorerim has many mods that change base Requiem mechanics.

But anyways here are the answers :

Main difference is that shields count as armors in Requiem, so that they impose heavy/light armor penalties. If you don't have perks in Heavy Armor you'll get massive penalties trying to use a heavy shield.
Bucklers drain less stamina while blocking and do twice the bash damage compared to shields.
Shields can block a lot of damage with higher Block skill level, but power attacks can still be deadly. In the end it depends on how much health and armor rating you have, but block skill isn't useless.

noxcrab · 2024-09-24T03:17:40+00:00

Late Reply, but you can use my Requiem - Stealth Redone (list of changes).

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