Compounded Knowledge - Research Overhaul

Overview

• Compounded Knowledge overhauls the research system in Starfield, expanding progression across multiple universes. Each time you pass through Unity, you gain access to new, advanced research that builds upon projects you've already completed.

• This mod introduces long-term progression, encourages resource gathering, and rewards exploration in each universe.

• Also included are game setting to disable the new research projects (Commercial Recipes and Advanced Mods) and added recipes.

Core Features

Unity-Based Progression:

• After each passage through Unity, new Mastery Research options unlock for already completed research projects.

• Each research project includes three mastery branches, each with 10 levels.

• You may choose only one mastery branch per project in each universe.

• Only one level within that branch can be researched per Unity traversal.

• Resource costs increase per level, encouraging resource farming and full universe engagement.

Chem Research Mastery

• Innovative Synthesis - Adds synthesized Chasmbass Oil (can be disabled).

• Medical Treatment - Adds recipes for previously uncraftable medical items (can be disabled).

• Performance Enhancement - Adds missing craftable chems (can be disabled).

Equipment Research

• Backpack - New mods: Combat Injector (+chem strength), Impact A.I. (reduce fall damage), Fuel Regulator (decrease pack fuel used), Fuel Recycler (increase jetpack fuel restore rate) (optional).

• Helmet - New mods: Light Shielding and Assisted Targeting (+Critical hit chance) (optional).

• Spacesuit - New mods: Bracers (increases damage blocked), Exo Servos (increase melee damage), Light Shielding, Ballistic Padding (increase defense, extra defense vs ballistics), Stripped (increase speed/jump), additional Pocketed slots (optional).

Food Research

• Beverage Development

• Exotic Recipes

• Mixology

• Old Earth Cuisine

• Commercial Recipes - New branch that allows crafting of unique foods sold in bars and restaurants. Recipes require trying the item at least once (optional).

Outpost Research

• Decoration - Increase storage capacity of decorative containers and mannequin build limit, reduce construction costs or repair costs.

• Domestication - Increase builder storage capacity, production speed, or chance to produce rarer resources.

• Horticulture - Increase builder storage capacity, production speed, or chance to produce rarer resources.

• Manufacturing - Increase storage capacity of industrial storage containers, transfer containers, and automated builders.

• Outpost Defense - Increase health and defense of security robots and turrets, increase turret build limit.

• Power Generation - Increase power output of windmills, solar panels, or reactors.

• Resource Extraction - Increase builder storage capacity, production speed, or chance to produce rarer resources.

• Robots - Increase health and defense of support robots, increase robot build limit, robots and turrets gain slow autoheal.

Weapon Research - Provides minor bonuses to weapons using the mod in one way or another.

• Ammo - Increases amount crafted, decreases resource cost of ammo crafting, chance to output double ammo.

• Barrel

• Blades

• Grip

• Handle

• Internal

• Magazine

• Muzzle

• Optics Sights

• Receiver

• Advanced mods - Unlocks rare, epic, and legendary mods (optional).

Old Earth Cuisine Mastery

• Mastery A: Increases health restored by default craftable food items and recipes unlocked by Old Earth Cuisine by 10% per rank.

• Mastery B: Increases the magnitude of the bonus effect on default craftable food items and recipes unlocked by Old Earth Cuisine by 3% per rank.

• Mastery C: Increases the duration of the bonus effect on default craftable food items and recipes unlocked by Old Earth Cuisine by 4% per rank.

Outpost Robots Mastery

• Mastery A: Increase health of outpost support robots by 10% per level.

• Mastery B: Increase defense of outpost support robots by 4% per level.

• Mastery C: Robots and turrets regenerate 0.25 health per second. Each level increases robot limit by 1.

COMPATIBILITY The mod touches a number of vanilla records, efforts were taken to minimize conflicts, but mods editing the following forms should be loaded before this mod to allow this mod priority or after to use that mods edits. Mods/Mod enchantments/mod perks Recipes related to mods and a couple of aid items.

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