Even thoughStarfieldisn’t doing all too wellat this time, especially compared toSkyrim, it’s bound to jump back up again once itsCreation Kit releases in 2024. In the interim, modders have been making do, leading to the creation of an “immersive survival addon” forStarfield.
The aptly titled “Starvival” comes from a modder known as lKocMoHaBTl, and it successfully introduces a fairly important new gameplay mechanic intoStarfield: the so-called Needs. Needs are, essentially, a comprehensive set of counters, buffs, addictions, and other complimentary features that turnStarfieldinto a game where food is, in fact, necessary. In the simplest terms possible, Starvival allows yourStarfieldcharacter to get hungry and, if you’re persistent enough, addicted to alcohol, which turnsthe game’s core gameplay loopup on its head.
Starfield’s Starvival mod is the survival addon you’ve been waiting for
lKocMoHaBTl’s Starvival is now readily available for downloadvia theStarfieldNexus page, proving that you don’treallyneed an official Bethesda Creation Kit to set up deep, complex gameplay-changing mods. Once you install it, you’ll need to keep an eye on your nutrition (among other things), which may sound like just another annoyance, but it does help ground things a fair bit all on its own.
Starvival doesn’t just throw the nerf book at the player either, mind. Keeping your character well-fed sets you up with a slew of buffs, for example, and there’s even a special Adrenaline mechanic that triggers when you’re on a killing spree.
Moreover, while you might’ve been able to simply ignore the vast majority ofStarfield‘s status afflictionsbefore installing Starvival, the mod turns them into important considerations at last. They are “far more dangerous,” according to the mod’s description, and some of them include “maddening detrimental effects.”
This won’t necessarily sound enticing toeveryone, we appreciate that well enough, but if you’ve been waiting for something to makeStarfieldinto the hardcore space survival sim you knew it could be, Starvival may be the way to go.
