Food Mod
⚪ Last updated 2022⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #115 of 153 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Newest News: New ESL version.
New news: Console versions. (Don't thank me, thank ChuckSteel and franzKline.)
XB1 version https://bethesda.net/en/mods/fallout4/mod-detail/4089769
XB1 + Simple Sorting https://bethesda.net/en/mods/fallout4/mod-detail/4089763
PS4 version bethesda.net/en/mods/fallout4/mod-detail/4089770
PS4 + Simple Sorting bethesda.net/en/mods/fallout4/mod-detail/4089767
Food Mod removes (almost) all healing effects from food and drink, makes fresh wasteland foods radioactive, and removes radiation effects from 200 year old packaged foods. It also adjusts the caps values and weights of some foods, and a few other small changes.
Everything still works normally in regard to hunger and thirst in Survival mode.
The purpose is to increase realism, make Survival mode a little more interesting, and make pre-war food more interesting and valuable, like treasure. Salisbury Steak > Grilled Radroach.
This mod incorporates everything from my previous mod 'Food Don't Heal' http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/13118? So you shouldn't use both mods. Use this one instead.
Other small changes include: More / better pickup and drop sounds. More food items now have bounding boxes. Bubble Gum gives you +1 CHA while the flavor lasts. Gum Drops give you +1 LCK. Potato Chips make you thirsty. Tarberries and Mutfruit cure thirst. (Or was that already in vanilla?) Beer too. Raw Meats now make you feel sick (-1 STR), unless you have Cannibal perk. (Lukowsky's) Potted Meat now causes stomach pain (-1 END) and offensive flatulence (-3 CHA). And a few more small things like that.
Beer, booze, herbs, chems, Perfectly Preserved Pie and Nuka-Cola products, and some other stuff, are not affected.
You can thank Muxz for the Valdacil's Item Sorting compatible version (PC).
You can thank franzKline for enlisting chucksteel to port the console versions.
You kan dank BockworschtSoldier for the Deutsche language version.
Requirements:
Far Harbor and Nuka World DLC
Compatibility:
This mod makes small edits to all of the food items in the game. It does not use scripts or make changes in worldspace or cells. New foods added by other mods will not be affected at all by this mod. It's compatible with texture mods. It should be extremely compatible in general, except with mods that edit the sam
Food Mod rebalances Fallout 4's food system by stripping healing from most foods, making fresh wasteland foods radioactive, and removing radiation from pre-war packaged foods. It's a small, focused gameplay tweak with 364 endorsements, last updated in May 2022.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 364 endorsements and nearly 10k downloads.
- Adds meaningful survival challenge by making food a risk, not just a heal.
- Works across platforms (VIS, XB1, PS4), so console players can join in.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in May 2022, so it may not be fully compatible with the latest game patches.
- Could conflict with other gameplay overhauls that tweak food or radiation mechanics.
- Niche appeal—if you're not into survival-style rebalancing, this won't change much for you.
For Fallout 4 survivalists who want food to feel dangerous and pre-war goods to be a precious resource. If you're a casual player who just wants to eat without worrying about rads, skip this—it's purely a difficulty tweak.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you're on PC, use a mod manager like Vortex to install and manage load order easily.
- Pair this with a survival overhaul mod to get the full experience—food becomes a real decision.
- On console, make sure you download the correct version for your platform (XB1 or PS4).
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Fallout 4 Mods
- Author
- PaddyGarcia
- Version
- 1.3
- Downloads
- 9,858
- Endorsements
- 364
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 9/22/2017
- Updated
- 5/24/2022
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