Instantiate new instance of Scriptable Object in List

I have a List of Scriptable Objects:

Code (CSharp):

1. public List<VillagerCooldown> cooldowns = new List<VillagerCooldown>();

I have hundreds of villagers, and with this setup it seems the Scriptable object asset in the list is edited, which I do not want. I want to create a new instance of the SO, as if I did:

Code (CSharp):

1. public VillagerCooldown cooldown;
2. cooldown = Instantiate(cooldown);

The above code will not edit the actual SO.

 

Assuming I understood you correctly, you want to do something like this?

Code (CSharp):

1. for( var i = 0; i < cooldowns.Count; i++ ) {
2.   cooldowns[ i ] = Instantiate( cooldowns[ i ] );
3. }