Elden Ring survival mod provides starvation, thirst, region-specific ailments

For a sure sort of gamer, sprawling open worlds cry out for one factor: survival programs. Survival followers crave the prospect to not simply discover and conquer, however actually really feel like they inhabit their game worlds, and nothing accomplishes that like having to handle sure wants to your character: starvation, thirst, warmth and chilly, illness, and intensive useful resource administration and crafting programs.

Those programs are coming to the largest open world game in latest reminiscence, Elden Ring, courtesy of Dark Souls modder Grimrukh. You might know Grimrukh’s identify from the superb Dark Souls: Nightfall and Dark Souls: Daughters of Ash mods. Grumrukh launched a teaser for Elden Ring: Survival Mode on Twitter, which supplies a fast take a look at what seems to be a reasonably intensive survival mod:

In the video you may see some new weapon crafting choices (utilizing a metallic plate and metallic shards to create a dagger), plus a smith’s hammer that can be utilized for weapon upgrades (like turning your dagger into a brief sword, after which a longsword or a scimitar). There are practically 400 new weapon recipes within the mod, so you will not be wanting for choices.

Disease seems to be prefer it’ll play a giant half within the mod, too, and I really like the concept of those ailments being region-specific, such because the Plague of Limgrave proven within the trailer, which accelerates the results of thirst and starvation. Cures for illness will be crafted, and your character will be capable to construct up a resistance to the assorted sicknesses added by the mod: “Diseases cured are less likely to be caught a second time, and a second cure will bestow full immunity.”

I feel that is a terrific function and signifies that when you might wrestle with ailments early on, you will not get sick of getting sick.

Creatures will be hunted for meat to be cooked and consumed (a hunk of meat from a deer will be mixed with a smoldering butterfly for a seared steak, which could be very intelligent) and areas of the world with low temperatures will be combated by consuming sizzling soups. Just watch out with all the additional time you may be spending within the menus cooking and crafting: there isn’t any pausing Elden Ring (except Survival Mode is appropriate with this mod) so when you’re whipping up dinner you would possibly get stabbed within the again.

And as odd because it sounds contemplating The Lands Between is house to an unlimited glowing tree, nights can be made a lot, a lot darker. I’m not the sort of one who likes excessive darkness in video games—I choose to see as a lot and so far as doable, thanks—however I do know a variety of survival followers on the market love pitch-black nights. 

According to Grimrukh, the mod can be configurable and provides gamers “lots of options” relying on which options they wish to allow. If you’re keen on darkish nights however hate starvation and thirst programs, you can decide and select.

The Elden Ring Survival Mode is deliberate for launch Monday, June 6 following a “premiere stream” by Lobosjr. If you had been on the lookout for an excuse for a second (or third, or fourth) playthrough of Elden Ring, this mod seems to be like the proper ticket.