No Time to Grind mode is really great, and I think is my new favorite way of playing. But playing an Alchemy-and-Staves spellcaster until Dungeon Level 7, the smaller number of bookshelves (and thus recipes) was a huge problem. Alchemy weapons are a lot more linear than Smithing weapons or Tinkering crossbows. If you don't find the Metal Orby Staff recipe, or find the staff itself, you can't make any staves above Alchemy level 3. -- Maybe bookshelves in No Time to Grind mode should give 2 recipes? Or an average of 1.5? -- Make the Metal Orby Staff recipe non-secret. -- Make a few more staff recipes? (This might require making a few more staves, the wikis don't have the latest items on them). For what it's worth, having enough crafting items wasn't a huge problem for Alchemy.