Skills of the Wild - New Campfire Survival Skill Trees

     

— INTRODUCTION —

Thank you for showing interest in Skills Of The Wild (SOTW). If you are a fan of Campfire, Frostfall and Simple Hunting Overhaul, this mod might be worthy of a ESP slot in your load order. SOTW adds 4 new campfire skills related to survivality. The mod comes with a lot of new abilities, new gameplay mechanics and lots of new perks, all without interferring with the core aspects of Skyrim and without running constant script loops in the background.

That means it should play nicely with gameplay overhauls, no matter if you're a Requiem veteran or a purist vanilla player. However, take into account that the mod takes a hardcore/survival approach in some aspects, like making you rely on your actual orientation skills at the beginning to find your way around as you'll have no compass during the first levels, but it also gives you other tools so you can overcome these obstacles in a very immersive manner.

Here's a quick video showcasing some of the aspects this mod introduces. I still recommend reading at least the intro in full, and the whole description if you want to know all the details.

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Quick overview of the new perk trees:

[]WAYFARER : The more places you visit, the longer you stay outdoors and the more you read about Skyrim and the people inhabiting this harsh cold land, the quicker you will level up this tree. You will unlock abilities to sense your surroundings, abilities to fortify your stamina while you're out of combat, the ability to resist a percentage of damage while underwater, or the damage you take from falls, unlocking the default compass and lots more.

[]ART OF THE HUNT: You will level up this perk tree as you develop your hunting skills: either by taking the pelts of animals or simply by killing animals and creatures, reading about animals, hunting tales, etc. This perk tree will allow you to pick up, craft and place traps, it will allow you to create certain items on the spot without the need of crafting equipment, it will allow you to track down your prey, be a better hunter while outdoors, obtain different bonuses against certain types of enemies as you learn about them and also let you bury and pay respects to your fallen enemies. (Including support for certain... bosmer ritual).

[*]CULINARY ARTS: Without any cooking knowledge, you will only be able to cook the simplest of dishes. All meats can be cooked even without any perk, but more advanced dishes will require unlocking the respective perk. Besides unlocking dishes, you can learn to cook more meals without using extra ingredients, and get a small experience bonus simpl