Description:

Crystal Enchantments adds an alternative way to enchant armor using special craftable Crystals. Enchantment strength depends on the amount and quality of used Crystals. Enchantments can be upgraded by adding more Crystals. Only Crystal Enchantments can be upgraded in this way. It will not work on other vanilla or modded enchantments.

Crystal Enchantments.zip

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Requirements:

1) All DLCs

2) SKSE (latest version)

3) PapyrusUtil for LE (https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/484-papyrusutil-leseae/)

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Tutorial:

1) Cast a Teleportation Spell to move to Enchantment Chamber. The same spell can be used to exit Chamber;

2) Collect to content of a nearby chest. We will use them to craft few basic crystals;

3) Use the Enchantment Table (looks like Alchemy Lab) to craft 4 Ruby Dust and 4 Emerald Dust;

4) Craft 2 Empty Iron Crystals. Crystals are divided into 3 tiers: Iron, Dwemer and Elven. Higher tier Crystals are needed to enchant an armor above certain threshold. Dwemer and Elven Crystals require Dwemer and Elven Smithing Perks respectively;

5) Empty Crystals must be infused with essence. Craft 1 Crystal Iron Red and 1 Crystal Iron Green. Crystal quality (weak, normal or strong) you get depends on your Alchemy skill. Higher quality Crystals make stronger enchantments;

6) Now we can begin the enchantment process. Move to the second room and place 1 Red Iron Crystal into Crystal Storage (looks like an urn). Crystal Storage stores the Crystal we will use in enchantment;

7) Drop the armor you want to enchant in the middle of the Enchanting Circle (looks like the Summoning Circle from Midden). It doesn't have to be exactly in the middle, just make sure it is withing the Circle;

8 ) Activate Enchanting Circle. A message will appear showing the strength of the upcoming enchantment. Press "Enchant";

9) Enchantment is complete and the armor now has +1 Health Enchantment;

10) Crystal Enchantments can be upgraded by using more Crystals. Drop the previously enchanted armor back in the Circle, add 1 Green Iron Crystal into Crystal Storage and activate Enchantment Circle;

11) Armor enchantment is upgraded and now has +1 Health and +1 Stamina. In this tutorial we were using one Crystal at a time to demonstrate how it works. You can put multiple Crystals of different tiers and quality and use them all at once;

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Crystal Tiers and Thresholds:

Crystals come in three tiers: Iron, Dwemer and Elven. Dwemer Crystals are needed to upgrade enchantment above +20; Elven - above +50. When using a higher tier Crystal on an enchantment below its threshold it strength will be doubled. For example,

a) Using a Red Dwemer Crystal(Weak) on an armor with +20 Health enchantment will upgrade it by +1. But,

b) Using a Red Dwemer Crystal(Weak) on an armor with +10 Health enchantment will give +2 Health.