Vitality - Sustenance Overhaul
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 2.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #521 of 531 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Starfield's sustenance system is a letdown after Fallout 4's great version. It's too linear, with either a huge buff or debuff, with nothing in between, and sleep isn't handled at all. This mod replaces it with a more granular version.
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You now need to eat, drink and sleep. For eating and sleeping, your hunger and thirst rise by one per hour. Different food and drink items give various amounts of satiation, six hours worth for simple food and drink, nine for quality items, and twelve for the best-homecooked meals. If you go six hours without eating/drinking you will receive a warning that you are slightly hungry/thirsty. This doesn't actually change anything, you still keep your buffs, it's just to let you know to eat lunch soon. After ten hours you get another warning and lose your buffs. After twelve hours you gain a debuff instead.
For sleeping, you get a warning after twelve hours, lose your buffs after twenty, and gain a debuff after a day. Sleeping restores two and a half hours of fatigue, so eight hours of sleep will basically always be enough. Hunger and thirst rise by half the rate while you are sleeping. Drinking Coffee or Tea will lower your fatigue by two hours.
Buffs/Debuffs
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[]Hunger < 10: Max carry weight + 10
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]Hunger > 12: Max carry weight - 20[]Thirst < 10: Oxygen + 5%
[]Thirst > 12: Oxygen = 10%
[]Fatigue < 20: Exp + 15%
[]Fatigue > 24: exp - 10%
To make this mod work, disable sustenance in the game settings menu. You will still get the exp boost from the fatigue buffs.
Let me know if there are any features you would like me to add.
Vitality - Sustenance Overhaul replaces the base Sustenance system with a more gradual approach and adds sleep mechanics. It's a gameplay mod for players who want a slower, more realistic survival pace. With 172 endorsements and recent updates, it's a niche but active choice.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 172 endorsements and over 6,300 downloads
- Recent update (November 2024) shows active maintenance
- Adds a fresh layer of survival depth with sleep mechanics
⚠️ Cons
- Only two features listed, so it might feel thin for players expecting a full overhaul
- Potential compatibility issues with other gameplay mods that touch the Sustenance system
- No detailed documentation on how the new mechanics interact with existing game systems
For survival enthusiasts who find the vanilla Sustenance system too punishing or arcade-like and want a more gradual, realistic approach. Also for players who enjoy adding sleep cycles to their survival experience. Skip if you prefer fast-paced gameplay or don't want to manage additional survival mechanics.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check if the mod is compatible with your game version before installing, as updates may affect it.
- If you use other gameplay mods, test this one in a new save to avoid conflicts.
- Consider pairing with a needs mod for a more comprehensive survival experience.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Starfield Mods
- Author
- Gothos25
- Version
- 1.3.0
- Downloads
- 6,356
- Endorsements
- 172
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 7/12/2024
- Updated
- 11/1/2024
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