Survival automatically grants the Adrenaline perk, which provides a bonus to your damage output. As well, the distance at which locations of interest will appear has been significantly shortened. Heavier items such as fusion cores, rockets, and mini-nukes can really drag you down.īe sure to keep your eyes peeled, as enemies will no longer appear on your compass. If you wish to be somewhere, you'll have to physically travel there.īullets and shells now all have a small amount of weight, which varies by caliber.
You can increase the damage you deal even further with 'Adrenaline' (see below).įast Travel is disabled. You now deal, but also take, more damage. To save your game, you'll need to find a bed and sleep for at least an hour.Ĭombat is more lethal for everyone. To enable Survival, press, select 'Settings,' then 'Gameplay' and choose 'Survival' from the 'Difficulty' options. For a full list of these changes, see below.
Survival upends many of the rules of life in the Commonwealth for maximum challenge. If you answered 'Yes and yes!', then Survival difficulty is for you! Is the struggle of this world merely a pleasant game for you? Do you long for a more brutal take on a life lived post apocalypse?
