Miao Ying's Corrupting Alchemy [8.0.2] [PLAYTEST] 0.9.0

This mod reinvents beloved mechanics from other factions and integrates them for your Miao Campaigns

Steam Workshop Links:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3754310516
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3754311622

 

Send feedback and report bugs to me directly please: rapypy (discord)

DLC required: The Warden and the Paunch (Grom cauldron + prison engine)

 

REQUIREMENTS & LOAD ORDER

Enable in Mod Manager top → bottom:

• !!li_progression_framework_workshop
  • https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3464018577
• @Soil_Miaoying_Corrupted_Units
  • https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/32374-soils-corrupted-units/
• groovy_mct
• li_miaoying_progression_workshop
  • https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3471237645
• miao-assets.pack (REQUIRED — meshes, animations, battle entities, warmachine VFX)
• miao.pack — this mod (campaign logic, DB, UI)
• MiaoYingCorrupted_Compendium_workshop(OPTIONAL — extra events/units; may affect Whisperer recruitment)
  • https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3705392682
• soil_corrupted_units_asset
  • https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/32374-soils-corrupted-units/

Also required: The Warden and the Paunch DLC must be owned — the mod reuses Grom's cauldron and Eltharion's prison engine code.

Mod should work fine with SFO, Corrupted Landmarks

 

CURRENTLY PRESENT

• 15 alchemy recipes — 10 standard dishes + 5 secret recipes, each with custom art and story
• 25 unique ingredients across five ingredient groups, unlocked through battles, dilemmas, Sybarite trades, sea caravans
• Jade Dungeon — Eltharion's prison re-imagined for Cathay: capture, execute, indoctrinate, interrogate, facility upgrades, Mist of Slaanesh
• Chamber of Excess — Throt's Flesh Lab with Growth Vat batches, unit/monster augmentation, and Exquisite Ichor (Mutagen) on the resource bar
• Lord ascension — Cathay lords corrupt into Slaaneshi forms at level 1, then ascend to exalted daemons at rank 15
• Blessed Units recruitment tab — 25+ custom units (mechs, flyers, ogres, beasts) recruited with Mutagen; augmentable in the lab
• Two landmark arcs — corrupted Skaven (Vermillion Veil) and corrupted Ogre (Hanyu Crucible) with capture missions + settlement landmarks
• Campaign start swaps — neighboring Imperial Wardens / Celestial Loyalists replaced by two minor Slaaneshi migrant factions

 

CORRUPTION PROGRESSION — WHEN THINGS UNLOCK

Mechanics gate on Lazy's Miaoying Corruption Progression stages. Without Lazy loaded, systems stay at base tier.

Stage 1 — Jade Dungeon (prison panel, Jade Cage capture, Binding Essence, facility ring) · Lord corruption dilemmas when recruiting Cathay lords

Stage 2 — Miao Cauldron (cooking HUD, ingredients, recipes, milestones) · Sybarite Peddler · Grudge / Ogre capture missions issued

Stage 3 — Chamber of Excess (Flesh Lab, Growth Vat, augmentation) · post-battle Growth Juice · Exalted lord ascension at rank 15

 

PORTED GROM'S CAULDRON MECHANIC

• Native COOKING feature pinned to Cathay / Miao Ying — same engine panel, Miao-skinned UI and animation
• 15 recipes with unique icons and lord/army/faction effects
• 25 ingredients with passive faction and army bonuses; Lua bridge applies passives on Cathay (vanilla Grom passives are faction-locked)
• Milestone tracker on the resource bar — cook 5 / 10 / 15 dishes for escalating ascension tiers
• 5 secret recipes require a signature key ingredient

 

PORTED ELTHARION'S PRISON MECHANIC — JADE DUNGEON

• Full Athel Tamarha prison panel reskinned for Cathay — upgrade ring, prisoner cells, execute / indoctrinate / interrogate
• Jade Cage army ability (Warden's Cage equivalent) — capture enemy generals in battle when you have an empty cell
• Autoresolve and manual battle capture; can imprison non-rebel faction lords if their faction survives
• Binding Essence pooled resource (engine: Warden's Supply) spent on facility upgrades
• Legendary prisoners yield stronger Daemonette rewards
• Facility upgrades rethemed: Pleasure Host Barracks (Corruptors chain), Damned Training Grounds (Ecstatic Iron Devil), Blissful Smithery (Fleshfire Cauldron Mech), Torture Chamber (Exquisite Ichor per turn), Blissful Defence (Prince's Blessings)
• Mist of Slaanesh — attrition on enemies, buffs on friendly armies; Shadows in the Jade Veil composite scenes spread from upgraded settlements across Cathay

 

PORTED THROT'S FLESH LAB — CHAMBER OF EXCESS

• Growth Vat with five upgrade clusters — batch rewards include Soil corrupted units and Blessed pool stock
• Unit Augmentation and Monster Augmentation on all added and eligible original units
• New flesh-lab upgrade nodes and Exquisite Ichor costs
• Exquisite Ichor (Mutagen) added to the campaign resource panel — spent on Blessed recruitment and lab actions
• Post-battle Growth Juice at corruption stage 3+

 

CATHAY LORD ASCENSION

• Stage 1+ — recruiting a Cathay lord prompts corruption: Magistrate → Chaos Sorcerer Lord, Shugengan → Herald of Slaanesh, Celestial General → Chaos Lord (Yin/Yang variants)
• Stage 3+ — corrupted lords at rank 15+ may ascend to Daemon Prince or Exalted Keeper of Secrets (rank halved on accept)
• Each ascended lord gets a Mutagen skill line and a fully replaced battle skill tree (Unyielding, Sure Aim, Blades of the Bastion, Fast Hands, rank-7 upgrades apply to mod units)
• Corrupted lords are hidden from normal recruitment — transformation is dilemma-driven only

 

LANDMARKS & CAMPAIGN MAP

Vermillion Veil — corrupted Skaven (Clan Grudge units)
• At corruption stage 2, a mission fires — capture the target settlement for a one-time army and unlock the landmark chain
• Landmark building recruits Vermillion Veil skaven: ratling, mirror vermin, noise chanters, chariot, and Sybarite lord

Hanyu Crucible — corrupted Ogres (Froeb roster)
• Same stage-2 mission pattern — capture settlement, receive army, build landmark for ogre recruitment
• Chaos Ogre Tyrant, bruiser hero ascension, dual fighters, warmongers, gnoblar forsaken, and more

Campaign start
• Imperial Wardens and Celestial Loyalists sent to North and South Poles — replaced by two minor Slaaneshi migrant factions from the north and south poles

 

 

BLESSED UNITS RECRUITMENT POOL

• Dedicated Blessed Units mercenary tab — stock earned from cauldron milestones, Growth Vat batches, Jade Dungeon facilities
• Each Blessed unit costs Exquisite Ichor to recruit and can be Unit Augmented or Monster Augmented
• Roster includes custom beasts, flyers, Slaanesh artillery, Chaos Dwarf mechs, ogres, Preytongs, Pleasureseekers, and more — 25+ units in miao-assets.pack, units are adopted from respective modders in credits, you don't need the original mods.

 

POSSIBLE ISSUES

• This mod replaces Eltharion's original prison mechanic and reskins Grom's cauldron UI when playing Cathay — do not expect vanilla Yvresse/Greenskins prison or Grom cooking to behave unchanged
• Throt's mutation on other factions should remain safe
• Resource bar clutter: many HUD widgets can crowd the top bar. Some users report relief from also enabling:
  • https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3259893195
  • https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3260081389
• Without Lazy progression loaded, corruption stages do not advance — cauldron/prison/lab stay locked
• Without Soil pack, recipe unit transforms and ascension battle abilities will not apply (mod logs a warning on campaign start)

 

KNOWN ISSUES (WORK IN PROGRESS)

• Minor UI inconsistencies across cauldron / prison / lab panels
• Placeholder portrait (PH) on some lords in Flesh Lab augmentation screen
• Pleasure Host High Command facility still marked in development
• Ongoing Jade Dungeon text/facility polish — report anything still showing Yvresse / Tor Yvresse / Mistwalker wording

 

CREDITS

1. Lazy and the community — Corruption framework & Miaoying progression inspiration
2. soilofgenisis — Corrupted Cathay units & ascension effects
3. Soboro — Art
4. Punkdude — Generated voices
5. Rhox — Grom cooking features reference
6. Stratovarius — Clan Grudge & Skaven Esoterica
7. Froeb — Corrupted Ogres
8. ChaosRobie — Pleasureseekers of Slaanesh & Preytongs of Slaanesh
9. Jsinisi001 — Slaanesh Artillery
10. Um_ATM — Slaanesh Beast Expand
11. Nero — Chaos Dwarf Mechsuit