Menta is an Encounter Zone Overhaul based on SimonMagus' Arena and WAFR --and the first released mod of Flora Project, a series of modular interventions that seek to organically overhaul some aspects of vanilla Skyrim. ###THIS MOD - Tweaks the minimum lvs of the EZ in a similar way to Arena, but using the lv-strata with which WAFR distributes loot. - Tweaks the actor values that Skyrim uses to distribute enemies in the same way that SE-Arena does it (see spoiler below). - Does not edit npc or item leveled lists --nor it does add new enemies. MORE: - All first quest locations set to lv 12. - There is no max lv for EZ. - Solstheim equalized to Skyrim: Now you can start your adventure in there, if you want. - New strata lv EZ based on WAFR loot leveled lists: More organic and fluid playthrough --encourages multiple lines of exploration and adventure to chase uniques, artifacts, perk-rewards (buffs) in a lorefriendly and vanilla-consistent way. - EZ jumps 1/2 strata if: unique item, named enemy, artifact quest. E.g: Halted Stream Camp min lv jumps from 6 to 9 --because of Poacher's Axe. - EZ jumps 1 strata if: shares 2 or more of the aforementioned conditions. E.g.: Raldbthar min lv jumps from 23 to 32 --and not to 36-- even if unique (Aegisbane) + named enemy (Alain Dufont) + artifact quest (Lost to the Ages). - Now you can take risks exploring dungeons at all lvs knowing that you will never get too weak enemies --something already solved by Arena-- nor too high ones. Menta stretches the lv-range of Skyrim EZ without over-buffing them, in such way that every build or path --even non mix-maxed-- will always be capable of exploring new dungeons and quests in harder difficulties or using combat/AI mods. (We all hate being dungeon-locked with our Healer or dagger-Thief for days in Bandit/Forsworn dungeons because the Dwemer/Falmer ones keep spawning those 24 and 30 Dwarven Centurions). - Organic compability with vanilla-like unique/artifact overhauls like RoM. (Future Flora Project mods will overhaul uniques and quest rewards in the same that RoM does --other mods, such as ArteFakes, will require a nerf-patch). ###MENTA EZ LEVELS -06: Bandits - Reavers - Horkers - Wolves - Skeevers ----09: Ghosts/Skelletons - Sabre Cats - Bears - Pirates/Corsairs/Silver Hands/Alik'r Warriors - Rieklings -12: Sprigan - Trolls - Ice Wraiths ----16: Necromancers/Mages/Spellblades - Forsworn - Thieves/Assasins/Thalmors/Vigilants of Stendar -19: Draugr - Hagravens - Ash Spawns ----23: Dwarven stuff - Vampires/Dawnguards - Falmer - Wispmothers -27: Giants - Dragons - Lukers ----32: Dragon Priests - Dremora -36: ----41: -46: S O V N G A R D E ###CFR. ARENA & WAFR [spoiler] ###MENTA ACTOR VALUE MULT [SAME AS SE-ARENA] - Easy: 0.75 - Medium: 1 - Hard: 1.25 - Very Hard: 1.5 E.g.: PC-lv 1 enters a lv 12 dungeon: It will spawn enemies at lv 8 [12*0.75]; lv 12 [12*1]; lv 16 [12*1.25]; a lv 18 boss [12*1.5] E.g.: PC-lv 12 enters a lv 12 dungeon: It will spawn enemies at lv 8 [12*0.75]; lv 12 [12*1]; lv 16 [12*1.25]; a lv 18 boss [12*1.5] E.g.: PC-lv 20 enters a lv 12 dungeon: It will spawn enemies at lv 15 [20*0.75]; lv 20 [20*1]; lv 25 [25*1.25]; a lv 30 boss [20*1.5] *Enemy lv depends on Skyrim enemy leveled lists: If you enter a lv 19 Draugr dungeon at PC-lv 24, the dungeon boss will be a lv 40 "Draugr Deathlord" --and not a lv 36 one (24*1.5=36). The reason: there is no lv 36 Draugr-boss in vanilla Skyrim, but only lv 30 and lv 40 "Draug Deathlords", and lv 35 "Draugr Death Overlords". There is no mayor problem between a lv 35 and a lv 40 Draugr-boss (same with most of Vanilla bosses). But a problem arises when some enemies --like non-boss vampires-- jump 10 levels at mid-game --from 28 to 38-- making loot rewards and boss-fights kind of awkward (vampire-bosses share the same lv partition that non-boss vampires [from 28 to 38]). Menta EZ lv-stretching makes that even if you can't complete a dungeon because of this, you will have plenty of other dungeons --everywhere-- with equal EZ-lv that will be worth exploring without punishing loot rewards --nor making enemies weak or boring. ###ARENA EZ LEVELS -05: Bandits -10: Draugr, Animals, Spriggans -15: Mages, Forsworn -20: Falmer, Dwarves -25: Vampires, Giants, Dragon Lairs -30: Dragon Priest Dungeons, Daedra ###WAFR LEVELED LIST DISTRIBUTION -01: Steel -06: Dwarven -12: Elven -19: Orcish -27: Glass -36: Ebony -46: Daedric [/spoiler] ###DETAILED INFORMATION Abandoned Prison 9 Alftland 32 Angarvunde 19 Ansilvund 27 Arcwind Point 27 Autumnshade Clearing 12 Avanchnzel 23 Azura's Star Interior 36 Bannermist 6 Bileguch Mine 6 Blackreach 27 Bleakcoast Cave 12 Bleak Falls Barrow 12 Bleakwind Basin 27 Bleakwind Bluff 19 Blind Cliff Cave 27 Blizzard Rest 27 Bloated Man's Grotto 19 Bloodlet Throne 27 Pelagius Wing 36 Bonechill Passage 12 Boulderfall Cave 16 Brinewater Grotto 9 Brittleshin Pass 16 Broken Fang Cave 23 Broken Helm Hollow 6 Broken Limb Camp 27 Broken Oar Grotto 9 Broken Tower Redoubt 19 Bronze Water Cave 9 Brood Cavern 9 Bruca's Leap Redoubt 19 Bthalf 6 Bthardamz 32 Chillwind Depths 23 Cidnha Mine 23 Clearpine Pond 12 Clearspring Tarn Cave 16 Cold Rock Pass 12 Cracked Tusk Keep 12 Cradlecrush Rock 27 Cradle Stone Tower 19 Cragslane Cavern 9 Cragwallow Slope 16 Cronvangr Hall 23 Crystaldrift Cave 12 Dainty Sload 12 Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary 23 Darklight Tower 27 Darkshade 12 Darkwater Pass 23 Dawnstar Sanctuary 23 Dead Crone Rock 27 Dead Men's Respite 23 Deep Folk Crossing 12 Deepwood Redoubt 19 Dragon Bridge Overlook 16 Drelas Cottage 19 Driftshade Sanctuary 9 Druadach Redoubt 19 Duskglow Crevice 23 Dustman's Cairn 12 East Empire Company Warehouse 9 Eldergleam Sanctuary 12 Embershard Mine 6 Evergreen Grove 12 Faldar's Tooth 6 Falkreath Watchower 16 Fallowstone Cave 16 Fellglow Keep 19 Folgunthur 27 Forellhost 32 Forsaken Cave 23 Fort Amol 16 Fort Dunstad 6 Fort Fellhammer 6 Fort Greenwall 6 Fort Greymoor 6 Fort Hraggstad 6 Fort Kastav 16 Fort Neugrad 6 Fort Snowhawk 16 Fort Sungard 16 Four Skull Lookout 6 Frostflow Lighthouse 20 ******Frostmere Crypt 32 (patch review) Gallows Rock 12 Geirmund's Hall 27 Giant's Grove 36 Glenmoril Coven 19 Gloomreach 23 Goldenglow Estate 6 Guldun Rock 27 Graywinter Watch 19 Greenspring Hollow 9 Greywater Grotto 9 Guldun Rock 27 Haemar's Shame 27 Hag Rock Redoubt 19 Hag's End 23 Halldir's Cairn 27 Hall of the Vigilant 19 Halted Stream Camp 9 Hamvir's Rest 12 Harmugstahl 19 Hela's Folly 9 Helgen Keep 6 High Gate Ruins 32 High Hrothgar 19 Hillgrund's Tomb 23 Hob's Fall Cave 16 Honeystrand Cave 9 Honningbrew Meadery 9 Wreck of the Icerunner 9 Ilinalta's Deep 19 Irkngthand 32 Ironback Hideout 6 Ironbind Barrow 27 Journeyman's Nook 9 Kagrenzel 23 Karthspire Camp 19 The Katariah 23 Killkreath 32 Kjenstag Ruins 9 Knifepoint Ridge 12 Korvanjund 19 Labyrinthian 41 Largashbur 23 Liar's Retreat 27 Lost Echo Cave 23 Lostknife 23 Lost Valley Redoubt 19 Mara's Eye Den 23 Abandoned House 23 Cacelmo's Laboratory 19 Cacelmo's Tower 23 (Also Dwemer Museum during the "Hard Answers" quest) Mistwatch 9 Mor Khazgur 19 Morvunskar 23 Moss Mother Cavern 16 Mount Anthor 27 Movarth's Lair 32 ******Mzinchaleft 27 (patch review) Mzulf 27 Narzulbur 19 Nchuand-Zel 27 Nightcaller Temple 32 Nightingale Hall 27 Nilheim 9 Northwatch Keep 16 Northwind Mine 9 Orotheim 6 Orphan's Tear 6 Peak's Shade Tower 12 Pilgrim's Trench 9 Pinefrost Tower 12 Pinemoon Cave 23 Pinepeak Cavern 12 Pinewatch 9 Potema's Catacombs 32 Wreck of The Pride of Tel Vos 6 Purewater Run 9 Ragnvald 32 Raldbthar 32 Rannveig's Fast 19 Ravenscar Hollow 19 Reachcliff Cave 27 Reachwater Rock 27 Rebel's Cairn 27 Red Eagle Redoubt 23 Redoran's Retreat 6 Red Road Pass 27 Refugees' Rest 9 ******The Ratway 12 (patch review) Rift Watchtower 6 Rimerock Burrow 23 Riverside Shack 9 White River Watch 12 Ruins of Rkund 23 Roadside Ruins 12 Robber's Gorge 6 Japhet's Folly 12 (Also Sea Cave) ******Saarthal 12 (patch review) Secunda's Kiss 27 Septimus Signus' Outpost 23 Serpent's Bluff 23 Shadowgreen Cavern 12 Shimmermist Cave 23 Shor's Watchtower 6 Shriekwind Bastion 23 Shrine of Boethia 32 Shrouded Grove 12 Shroud Hearth Barrow 23 Sightless Pit 23 Silverdrift Lair 19 Skuldafn 32 Skyborn Altar 27 Skybound Watch 12 Skytemple Ruins 19 Sleeping Tree Camp 27 Snapleg Cave 19 Snowpoint Beacon 6 Snow Veil Sanctum 19 Soljund's Sinkhole 19 Southfringe Sanctum 19 Sovngarde 46 Streamcrag Camp 27 Steepfail Burrow 9 Stillborn Cave 23 Stonehill Bluff 27 Stony Creek Cave 6 Sunderstone Gorge 16 Swindler's Den 12 Talking Stone Camp 27 Thalmor Embassy 19 The Throat of the World 36 Tolvald's Cave 23 Tower of Mzark 23 Traitor's Post 6 Treva's Watch 6 Tumble Arch Pass 27 Twilight Sepulcher 32 Ustengrav 19 Uttering Hills Cave 6 Lost Valkygg 32 *There is only Draugrs, but no matter pc-level you will always face an Ebony-equiped Draugr Deathlord. Valtheim Towers 6 Valthume 32 Volskygge 32 Volunruud 27 Wayward Pass 12 Weynon Stones 12 White River Watch 12 Widow's Watch Ruins 16 Windward Ruins 9 The Midden 23 Wreck of the Winter War 6 Witchmist Grove 23 Wolfskull Cave 23 Yngol Barrow 27 Yngvild 23 Yorgrim Overlook 9 Ysgramor's Tomb 32 ------ ###DAWNGUARD Arkngthamz 32 Darkfall Cave 16 Darkfall Passage 27 Dimhollow Crypt 19 Inner Sanctum 41 Forgotten Valle 32 Forebears' Holdout 27 Glacial Crevice 32 The Aetherium Forge 32 Moldering Ruins 23 Redwater Den 27 Ruunvald Excavation 19 Darkfall Grotto 27 Sharpslope Cave 27 Forgotten Vale Cave 27 Ancestor Glade 27 Soul Cairn 36 Volikhar Castle 27 ###DRAGONBORN Abandoned Lodge 16 Altar of Thrond 23 Ashfallow Citadel 19 Benkongerike 9 Bloodskal Barrow 6 Apocrypha Waking Dreams 41 Apocrypha Epistolary Acumen 32 Apocrypha Filament and Filigree 32 Apocrypha The Hidden Twilight 32 Apocrypha The Sallow Regent 32 Apocrypha Untold Legends 32 Apocrypha The Winds of Change 32 Bristleback Cave 9 Brodir Grove 9 Broken Tusk Mine 9 Castle Karstaag Ruins 9 (named npc [Karstaag]) Coldcinder Cave 20 Damphall Mine 6 Fahlbtharz 32 Fort Frostmoth 27 Frossel 9 Frostmoon Crag 27 Glacial Cave 9 Gyldenhul Barrow 41 Haknir's Shoal 16 Harstrad Cave 12 Highpoint Tower 23 Horker Island 16 Hrodulf's House 19 Kagrumez 27 Kolbjorn Barrow 36 Moesring Pass 9 Nchardak 27 Northsore Landing 19 Wreck of the Strident Squall 6 Ravenrock Mine 36 Saering's Watch 27 Snowclad Ruins 23 Stones (Beast, Earth, Sun, Water, Wind) 27 Tel Mithryn 19 Temple of Miraak 23 Thirsk Mead Hall 9 Vahlok's Tomb 32 White Ridge Barrow 36