Paradise Lost - Survival Simulator
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- 🏆 #10 of 17 Overhauls mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
A hardcore overhaul survival sandbox simulator inspired by DUST & FROST for PC & PS3
This mod is being released for testing and feedback, this mod is in BETA, it is fully playable in its current state but will be updated and evolve. Help it get there by trying it out, giving feedback, and contributing to the project with assistance and donations.
The PS3 version is for Sony Playstaion 3 versions of FO3 GOTY being run on PS3s running Custom Firmware. PS3s on Official Firmware CANNOT utilize this file OR mods because there is no way to change the files of the game on Official Firmware.
Description:
Paradise Lost is a complete overhaul of Fallout 3 in the style of DUST for New Vegas and FROST for Fallout 4. Similarly, Paradise Lost removes all NPCs and quests, leaving you with a challenging sandbox to try and survive in. The only way to heal is Stimpaks, beds are for sleep, there's no way to kick addictions (no doctors) except cold turkey for enough time. Brush up on your melee skills because ammo and firearms are scarce and will be a luxury reserved for what you can afford to use them on. Enemies have limited ammo too so if you want it you better get it before they use it. Block has been improved to take no damage on successful blocks but even this only helps so much, you're gonna be losing precious hp in nearly every battle. NPCs can block like this too so don't feel special. Special points, carry weight, and item weights are lower. Traps do much more damage and you'll have a hard time even seeing them because nights and interiors are now realistically lit. At night it's pitch black, inside if there's no light source there's no light. But with detection overhauled to take into account lighting you can use your own inability to see against your enemies, as they'll have trouble spotting you too, so creep in the shadows to gain an upper hand. By the way, statuses have been removed so keep your eyes peeled, NPCs pips are planned to be removed from your compass in an update. So don't get used to that helping you.
Since you won't be able to get to Raven Rock the bobblehead has been relocated to somewhere in the wasteland. New games start like normal so make sure to grab the Medicine bobblehead before you leave Vault 101 because you're never getting back in. If you're on PC and want to use an alternate start it should be fine, report in with success or failure. I couldn't get the existing ones to work on this project. Since you can't get most of the schematics anymore they've been moved to a place in the wasteland. Take them one at a time, if you take all not all of them will upgrade properly. No one can train you to use Power Armor so it's been made a perk requiring Science 25, but how much of it will you find? With no NPCs you're the only one that repairs your stuff so plan accordingly. The good news is repair lists have been revamped to allow more items to fix others, you can even fix a baseball bat with Wonderglue or a blade
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 3 Mods
- Author
- yaktoast
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Downloads
- 90
- Endorsements
- 3
- Category
- Overhauls
- Created
- 1/11/2026
- Updated
- 1/11/2026
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