Reduced Item Upgrade Costs

[size=5][b]Reduced Item Upgrade Costs - 30% of Vanilla[/b][/size]

Tired of spending a fortune just to keep a favorite weapon or piece of equipment relevant as you level up?

This mod reduces equipment upgrade costs to [b]30% of the original vanilla price[/b].

That means upgrades are approximately [b]70% cheaper[/b], while the game's original upgrade scaling system remains intact.

[size=4][b]Features[/b][/size]

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[]Reduces equipment upgrade costs to [b]30% of vanilla[/b].[/]
[]Preserves the original level-based cost scaling.[/]
[]Preserves rarity differences between Common, Superior, Master, Epic and Unique equipment.[/]
[]Preserves the original cost differences between weapons, armor, rings and amulets.[/]
[]Does not give the player additional money.[/]
[]Does not modify item stats or upgrade strength.[/]
[]No UE4SS required.[/]
[]Works with Vortex or manual installation.[/]
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[size=4][b]What exactly was changed?[/b][/size]

The mod modifies:

[code]/Game/_Dawnwalker/Inventory/DA_ItemUpgradeCostData[/code]
The vanilla rarity cost multipliers were changed to 30% of their original values:

[code]
Common:    3.00  -> 0.90
Superior:  4.50  -> 1.35
Master:    7.20  -> 2.16
Epic:    17.00  -> 5.10
Unique:  26.00  -> 7.80[/code]
The base upgrade cost, level multiplier and equipment slot multipliers are left unchanged.

This keeps the original progression and relative differences between equipment types and rarities while making it much more practical to continue upgrading equipment you actually want to use.

[size=4][b]Installation[/b][/size]

[b]Vortex[/b]

Install the archive normally with Vortex, enable the mod and deploy.

[b]Manual Installation[/b]

Extract the included .pak, .utoc and .ucas files into:

[code]
The Blood of Dawnwalker\Dawnwalker\Content\Paks\~mods[/code]
Create the [b]~mods[/b] folder if it does not already exist.

[size=4][b]Uninstallation[/b][/size]

Disable or uninstall the mod through Vortex.

For a manual installation, remove:

[code]
zzz_CigoUpgradeCosts30_P.pak
zzz_CigoUpgradeCosts30_P.ucas
zzz_CigoUpgradeCosts30_P.utoc[/code]
from the ~mods folder.

[size=4][b]Compatibility[/b][/size]

This mod may conflict with other mods that modify:

[code]
DA_ItemUpgradeCostData[/code]
If another mod changes the same asset, whichever version loads last will take priority.

No UE4SS installation is required.

[size=4][b]Technical Information[/b][/size]

This is a native UE5 IoStore asset replacement consisting of a .pak, .utoc and .ucas file.

Only the equipment upgrade cost rarity multipliers are modified. Item stats, upgrade effects, rarity distribution, loot and player money are untouched.

[size=4][b]Credits / Tools[/b][/size]

Created using FModel, retoc and UAssetGUI.

Development workflow and mod page text were created with AI assistance.