Living Off the Land - A Hunting-Gathering Mod SSE
⚪ Last updated 2017⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.9% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #74 of 113 Immersion mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Xbox One version: https://bethesda.net/en/mods/skyrim/mod-detail/4037345
I always thought that Skyrim should have an option for people with hunter characters who didn\\\'t want to have to constantly make trips into town to buy materials, or scavenge in dungeons. Hunter-gatherer characters should be able to collect all the materials they need to survive out on the road.
So here I\'ve added a lot of crafting recipes (and plan to add many more) to make collecting wild plants and materials worthwhile not only to hunter characters, but also to the average wandering Dovakiin.
****************** UPDATE 0. 3 *******************
Known bugs:
- Wooden arrows are invisible (help) when aiming but they work at other times. They're also weaker than iron so hopefully you won't have to use them much.
- Sometimes hare/goat items won't always drop.
- When placing the craftable hunter crafting table, it will often place unrealiably and in completely another direction, sometimes floating. Because of this, there is a hunter table in Whiterun next to the forge, and all recipes can be made at leather tanning racks and cooking pots. I recommend finding a mod that allows you to place leather/cooking stations, as I can't get it to work.
- All recipes craftable at either leather/cooking stations. Can craft hunter stations but the placement is buggy (see above).
- Seeds are nerfed, but they can be used to make oil.
- Fat added on many animals
- Oil and fat can be crafted from each other at a cooking pot
- Oil/fat can be used to create tallow candles
- Fat and charcoal dust can be used to make soap, which cures disease
- Slaughterfish, foxes, skeevers, mudcrabs, mammoths, goats, hares all drop meat now which can be cooked
- Mammoths drop skulls which can be crafted to form 2 tusks, or sold as one skull for more sweet, sweet cashmoney. They are very heavy.
- Hares drop fur and lucky feet (rarely)
- Lucky feet up your speech skill/sneek for 20 seconds
- Elk and deer drop tendons, used for bows
- Roots can be collected from some trees (namely, aspen) and used to make salt piles
- Dragons drop a hide which can be made into a dragon leather bandage, which heals fully
- Clam soup can be made from clam meat
- Lavender tea can be made
- Kelp soup can be made, allowing you to breath underwater for short periods of time
- Jazbay wine now translucent
- Bones can be used to make marrow and cooked marrow
- Wood, bones, flint, and obsidian can be us
Living Off the Land adds new crafting recipes, harvestables, weapons, and armor for hunter/gatherer characters in Skyrim Special Edition. It uses existing materials plus new ones to support off-grid living, such as craftable bandages. With 220 endorsements and 5,633 downloads, it's a modestly popular immersion mod last updated in 2017.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Solid community backing with 220 endorsements and over 5,600 downloads
- Fills a niche for survival-focused players who want to live off the land
- Adds practical items like craftable bandages that fit the theme
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2017, so it may have compatibility issues with newer Skyrim SE versions or mods
- Limited to crafting and items, so it won't overhaul hunting mechanics or AI
- Potential conflicts with other mods that alter crafting recipes or add similar survival items
For Skyrim SE players who enjoy survival and immersion playthroughs, especially those who want to roleplay as a hunter or hermit. If you're looking for deeper hunting mechanics or gameplay overhauls, this isn't it—it's purely about adding craftable gear and items.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to install and manage load order easily.
- Check for compatibility patches if you use other survival or crafting overhaul mods.
- In-game, look for new harvestables in forests and wilderness areas to start crafting.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- aviform and Martimius
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 5,633
- Endorsements
- 220
- Category
- Immersion
- Created
- 4/18/2017
- Updated
- 5/3/2017
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