A Caffeinated Revolution (Mod Request)

[TINSTAAFL42]

As the new Automatron DLC and Wasteland Workshop DLC have arrived, I've noticed in many reviews one single frustration; to get to the cool meaty stuff, the player must first acquire specific perks. This dilemma becomes even more difficult for certain builds of characters, who haven't invested their time into certain SPECIAL stats.

This mod idea has been influenced into fixing this problem, while not entirely breaking Fallout 4 using a mod overhaul, and still keeping to the Fallout Lore.

 

Slocum Joe's coffee tins are found all throughout the wasteland, and are already used as an ingredient in Buzz Bites. Most likely meaning there's something already inside the Coffee Tin.

• Find Coffee Tins throughout wasteland. Requires 6 coffee cups, 3 purified waters, and 1 Coffee Tin. To make coffee, player must craft it at a cooking station.
• Effects: Once used, will give well rested perk for a short time. If used more often, will give character an addiction to caffeine.
• The Party Boy and Party Girl perk now effects Coffee Mod.
• If suffering from withdrawals from caffeine, it will occasionally create the screen to blur (simulating a headache) as well as a decrease in Agility x3.
• Can recover from addiction using an Addictol, by visiting a doctor, or by getting 8 hours of consecutive rest.

It is true that this is not the first time Coffee has been introduced as a consumable item in the Fallout Universe. In the Honest Hearts DLC from Fallout: New Vegas, Black Coffee was introduced.

 

 

Something else that could be implemented into the mod is a caffeine addiction to an over-consumption of Nuka Cola Products.

[Jeffman12]

I say instead of well rested, it should give a separate status effect that may stack with well rested, while the effect of withdrawal detracts from well rested, the effect could be called "Haven't had my coffee."

I'd go so far as to argue that the vault dweller should start out with this effect.

[steve40]

From memory (after checking with FO4EDIT), there are only about 14 coffee tins spawned in the ENTIRE game, and they do not respawn.

 

I made a small private mod a while ago that adds coffee tins to more of the rare item formlists. I haven't tested it though, been too busy modding to actually play the damn game, lol.