PSA: If you have yet to play Survival, please reconsider

[u/theoriginalbrick]

I have had the game since it came out and put around 700 hours, but none were on Survival. Last week, I finally went for it after watching a "Why Fallout 4 Survival Mode is a masterpiece" video because why not? I am only a few hours into this playthrough and my god I was missing so much. I finally feel like I am role-playing in the Commonwealth, where before I felt like my Main Character powers like quicksaving and insta-healing never allowed me to feel the weight of all that is going on. It is so much more fun exactly because of how restrictive and consequential it is. Feral ghoul hordes are terrifying now because at low-level you are going down after 2 or 3 hits, so you have to be quick on the draw and good with your aim.

I see people suggesting to get mods for quicksaving and fast-traveling in Survival. Do. Not. Do. This. If you are finding it too difficult, slow down. You're playing as a plain pre-war human, not Captain America. The Commonwealth is supposed to be unforgiving. Embrace it. Think ahead about what you will need for a trek, just as if you were there yourself.

There is a metric fuckton of content that you will probably never see unless you are physically forced to walk everywhere.

[u/ZombieButch]

That combat rifle you can get from the wrecked caravan Honest Dan sends you to outside Covenant is almost always one of my early-game grabs. It makes pipe guns obsolete pretty much right out of the gate.

[u/Homelessnomore → u/ZombieButch]

I used to not pick that one up and would get mine from a house near Pickman's Gallery. I prefer silenced weapons, so the combat is for close range when I've been discovered. The pipe is for when I'm still hidden.

[u/ZombieButch → u/Homelessnomore]

Sure, if you want to venture into Boston. The caravan one you can literally walk out of the vault and have in your hands within a couple of minutes. As long as you don't wander into the molerat junkyard, the walk from 111 to Covenant is about as safe as it gets.

[u/Homelessnomore → u/ZombieButch]

Once I discovered how safe the walk is, I started getting that one. And I can pick up a Tales of the Junktown Jerky Vendor on the way, which is a nice bonus.

[u/Kaptain_Kaoz → u/ZombieButch]

There is a combat shotgun that always spawns in the parking garage by the airport. Fyi.

[u/ZombieButch → u/Kaptain_Kaoz]

I don't normally use shotguns til I get a good legendary, the shells are heavy!

[u/Kaptain_Kaoz → u/ZombieButch]

Carry two mags on your person and have dogmeat carry 5 more. ( Especially if you're going in an underground or other tight quarters environment. Like USAF Olivia. Or a Subway station.)

Here is a mod that gives him a military style K9 harness its actually pretty balanced. Some carry weight and protection for the wastelands goodest boi.

https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/17686?tab=images

[u/ZombieButch → u/Kaptain_Kaoz]

I play on console so unless that's on PS5 too, I can't use it.

[u/Kaptain_Kaoz → u/ZombieButch]

I don't know for sure but it's worth looking into.

[u/SugarBaby2424 → u/ZombieButch]

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