Requires:
Sekiro Mod Engine

Inspired by the many GameParam edits here on the Nexus. I just wanted to fix my main grievances with the game without changing the difficulty or gameplay too much. If you have any suggestions that align with this goal please leave feedback as I just made this on a whim since I wanted to do a playthrough with the Art of Battle mod.

Includes compatibility patches for No Tutorials/Popups and Sekiro Retranslation (incl. MinimalHud). I only made ones for the options I use personally due to how tedious it is. If you want to make your own custom version I included every edit I made at the bottom of this page.

Features

• Spirit Emblems never increase in price (stays at 10 Sen instead of scaling to 50)
  

• Prosthetic upgrades no longer cost Sen
  

• Skills that add baseline functionality are automatically unlocked
  

Mid-air Deflection
Mid-air Combat Arts
Mid-air Prosthetic Tool
Run and Slide
Grappling Hook Attack

• All skills that cost 2 or more skill points now cost 1 less
  

Mikiri Counter 2 -> 1
Vault Over 2 -> 1
Shadowrush 6 -> 5
Fang and Blade 2 -> 1
Living Force 4 -> 3
Nightjar Slash 2 -> 1
Nightjar Slash Reversal 3 -> 2
Ichimonji 2 -> 1
Ichimonji: Double 3 -> 2
Ashina Cross 5 -> 4
Praying Strikes 2 -> 1
Praying Strikes - Exorcism 3 -> 2
Senpou Leaping Kicks 3 -> 2
High Monk 4 -> 3
Shadowfall 6 -> 5
Spiral Cloud Passage 9 -> 8
Empowered Mortal Draw 5 -> 4
Suppress Presence 2 -> 1
Suppress Sound 3 -> 2
Virtuous Deed 3 -> 2
Most Virtuous Deed 4 -> 3
Emma's Medicine: Potency 4 -> 3
Emma's Medicine: Aroma 5 -> 4
A Shinobi's Karma: Body 2 -> 1
A Shinobi's Karma: Mind 3 -> 2
Sculptors Karma: Blood 2 -> 1
Sculptors Karma: Scars 3 -> 2
Breath of Life: Light 5 -> 4
Breath of Nature: Light 2 -> 1
Flowing Water 3 -> 2
Devotion 3 -> 2
Flowing Water 3 -> 2
Ascending Carp 2 -> 1

• Skills that boost spirit emblem capacity now give +2 instead of +1
  

A Shinobi's Karma: Body
A Shinobi's Karma: Mind
Sculptor's Karma: Scars
Sculptor's Karma: Blood
A Beast's Karma

• Combat Arts that cost 2 or more spirit emblems require 1 less to use (Mortal Draw and Spiral Cloud Passage still cost 3)
  

Ashina Cross 2 -> 1
Dragon Flash 2 -> 1
One Mind 3 -> 2
Shadowrush 2 -> 1

• Some Prosthetic Tools have reduced spirit emblem cost
  

Finger whistle/Mountain echo 3 -> 2
Golden Vortex 4 -> 3

• Quest reward consumables are now restored upon resting similar to the healing gourd or ceremonial tanto
  

Mibu Pilgrimage Balloon
Jinza's Jizo Statue

• The quest reward from Dojun's story is now a reusable item that costs emblems to use similar to spiritfalls
  

Academic's Red Lump 0 -> 4

• Some spiritfall items have reduced emblem cost
  

Gachin's Spiritfall 3 -> 2
Ungo's Spiritfall 2 -> 1
Yashiraku's Spiritfall 3 -> 2

• Increased number of Lapis Lazuli per playthrough to allow for all prosthetics to be upgraded in a single run
  

Shichimen Warrior in F.Palace drops 1 -> 2
Demon of Hatred drops 2 -> 4
Pot Noble in F.Palace sells 2 -> 4, cost changed from 6 -> 3 scales


List of GameParam edits:
Spirit Emblem cost - ShopLineupParam - 1010,1020,1030 - PriceRate
Prosthetic upgrade cost - EquipParamWeapon - 701000 to 792000 - Unk78
Skill upgrade cost - EquipMtrlSetParam - 200300,200600,211000,301100,301300,310000,310100,310100,410000,410100,411000,510000,510100,511000,511100,610100,611100,612100,620000,620100,630000,630100,640000,640100,650000,650100,650200,650300,660000,660200,660400,660500,660600,660800 - ItemNum01
Emblem skill buff - SkillParam - 75,76,175,176,603 - Unk10
Combat Art Costs - EquipParamWeapon - 5400,5500,5700,6000,6100,7300,7600,211000,411000,610100,612100,670000,671000,673000 - Unk83
Prosthetic Costs - EquipParamWeapon - 77200,79000,79100 - Unk83
Red Lump - EquipParamGoods - 3053 - isConsume,isDeposit,maxNum,sellValue,fpConsume
Refillable items - EquipParamGoods - 3640,3721 - refID1,sellValue,behaviorId,iconId,isDeposit,isFullSuppleItem
Refillable items (empty) - EquipParamGoods - 3641(new),3722(new) - refId1,sellValue,behaviorId,sortId,goodsUseAnim,isConsume,isDeposit,isSuppleItem,GoodsUseFFXId1,GoodsUseFFXId2
Spiritfall Costs - EquipParamGoods - 3360,3370,3390 - fpConsume
Lapis Lazuli Drops - ItemLotParam - 2040,10801000 - NewLotItemNum1,NewLotItemNum2
Lapis Lazuli Shop - ShopLineupParam - 1000006,2500001 - mtrlId,sellQuantity

List of Event script edits:
Grant Baseline Abilities - common.emevd.dcx
Line 274 - Runs custom event
Line 5088 - Script to grant baseline skills to the player

List of msg edits:
Refillable item names and descriptions - item.msgbnd.dcx
アイテム名.fmg - Lines 435,448
アイテム説明.fmg - Lines 966-987,1020-1041


Other mods I suggest for a "Vanilla Plus" experience:
Sekiro Fps Unlock And More
Minimal Hud
Unlock All Outfits No Tutorials No Item Pop-ups
Sekiro Retranslation - Translation fixes from japanese
Official DualShock 4 (PS4) Button Prompts
The Art of Battle

Tools Used:
GameParam Editor - Yapped
Event Script Editor - DarkScript 3
Extraction tools - Yabber, UXM
Souls Modding Discord (translated param row names)

Mods used as references:
Sekiro Debug Menu
Reusable Jizo Statue
Sekiro QoL changes
Unlock All Outfits. No Tutorials. No Item Pop-ups. Less Combat Music. Increase LOD.
Free Spirit Emblems
No skill unlocking and upgrade requirements
Completed Max NG All Bosses and Minibosses Save File Collection