Fallout 4 Survival Mode Details Revealed

[simula67]

via reddit. Looks to be pretty challenging. I wonder if they'll add a trophy for it.

 

Saving
Manual and quicksaving are disabled. To save your game, you'll need to find a bed and sleep for at least an hour.

 

Combat
Combat is more lethal for everyone. You now deal, but also take, more damage. You can increase the damage you deal even further with "Adrenaline" (see below).
 

Fast Travel
Fast Travel is disabled. If you wish to be somewhere, you'll have to physically travel there.
 

Weighted Ammo
Bullets and shells now all have a small amount of weight, which varies by caliber. Heavier items such as fusion cores, rockets, and mini-nukes can really drag you down.
 

Compass
Be sure to keep your eyes peeled, as enemies will no longer appear on your compass. As well, the distance at which locations of interest will appear has been significantly shortened.

 

Adrenaline
Survival automatically grants the Adrenaline perk, which provides a bonus to your damage output. Unlike other perks, the only way to increase your rank of the Adrenaline perk is by getting kills (hostile or otherwise). The higher your Adrenaline rank, the higher the damage bonus. Sleeping for more than an hour, however, will cause your Adrenaline rank to lower. You can check your current Adrenaline rank at any time in the Perks section on the Stat tab in your Pip-Boy.

 

Wellness
You'll find it difficult to survive without taking proper care of yourself. You must stay hydrated, fed, and rested to remain combat-ready. Going for extended periods of time without food, water, or sleep will begin to adversely affect your health, hurting your SPECIAL stats, adding to your Fatigue (see "Fatigue" below), lowering your immunity (see "Sickness" below), and eventually even dealing physical damage to you.

 

Fatigue
Fatigue works like radiation but affects your Action Points (AP) rather than your Hit Points (HP). The more Fatigue you've built up, the less AP you'll have for other actions. The amount of Fatigue you've accumulated is displayed in red on your AP bar.

 

Sickness
A comprised immune system and a few questionable decisions can end up getting you killed. Eating uncooked meat, drinking unpurified water, taking damage from disease-ridden sources, such as ghouls and bugs, or using harmful Chems all put your body at increased risk for various ill effects. When you are afflicted with an illness, a message will appear onscreen. You can view specifics about your current illnesses by navigating to the Status section on your Pip-Boy's Data tab and pressing [RShoulder] to view your active effects.
 

Antibiotics
Antibiotics, which can be crafted at Chem Stations or purchased from doctors, heal the various effects of sickness.

 

Bed Types
The type of bed you're sleeping in determines the length of time you are able to stay asleep. A sleeping bag will save your game and may help save your life when you're desperate, but it will never allow for a full night's rest and the benefits that come with it.

 

Crippled Limbs
Crippled limbs will no longer auto-heal after combat and will remain crippled until healed by a Stimpak.

 

Carry Weight
Exceeding your carry weight reduces your Endurance and Agility stats and periodically damages your legs and health. Think of your back!

 

Companions
Companions will no longer automatically get back up if downed during combat and will return home if abandoned without being healed.

 

Enemy and Loot Repopulation
Locations you've cleared will now repopulate enemies and loot at a significantly slower rate.

Edited February 24, 2016 by simula67

[BlueFireReaper]

So I see were going back to Fallout 3 on that crippled limbs part.

[Evil_Joker88]

I'm really happy to see this mode coming... was one of the best parts of New Vegas for me...

 

But sadly they erase Fast Travel

 

I'd keep that if i can, the rest seems great

 

Edit: oh, i almost forgot... how much $$$$$$ is it?

Edited February 24, 2016 by Evil_Joker88

[simula67]

I believe it's a free update coming with the next patch.

[Saltyie]

A trophy for beating the game in this mode would be great, this looks awesome. I hope enemy repopulation is insanely slow, like 3 in game months slow. Cant wait to play half the game with blurred vision due to a crippled head and no stimpacks!

[ShadowStar83x]

Looks like a fun challenge.

[Redgrave]

While it's nice to see Bethesda going for a more realistic post-apocalyptic experience, the no manual or auto-saving and no fast travel system is probably going to be the hardest thing about Survival Mode simply because the game can crash before you even get to a bed. I feel like you should at least be able to walk around with a sleeping bag in your inventory to remedy that. Even limited use could work.

[Kavatus]

Map is way too big for no quick travel in my opinion. Other than that mode seems interesting, bit like hardcore in Fallout New Vegas, but with some new twists. Shouldn't be overly hard mode if you still can put easy difficulty for it like in F:NV.

[Mayhem91032]

Sounds fun ! Can't wait to try it !