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True Survival

Enhanced survival by removing modern food, drink & meds plus rebalancing hunting, traps & plants.

OhMyJeeves Quality of Life Version:v2.0.0 Updated Jul 17, 2024

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Overview

True Survival by OhMyJeeves

Removed Modern Food, Drink & Medicine

  • Medicine
  • Drink Cans
  • Ramen
  • Energy Bars
  • MRE Packs
  • Cereal Boxes
  • Canned Food

Increased Inventory For Meat, Fish & Plant Mixes

  • Fish: Increased to 6 from 3
  • Meat: Increased to 10 from 7
  • Bacon, Steak & Brain Bites: Increased to 5 from 1
  • Health Mix (& +): Increased to 10 from 3
  • Energy Mix (& +): Increased to 10 from 3

Increase Flask Usages

  • Increased Flask Usage: 4 uses instead of 2 to balance removed drinks

Improved Spear For Hunting

  • Thrown Damage: Boosts damage to make it effective for hunting (e.g. one hit kills a deer)
  • Melee Damage: Increases melee damage a small amount to make it a more viable early game weapon

Rebalance Animal Traps & Hutches

  • Fish Traps: Hold 1 fish instead of 5 and slower spawn rate as default is OP
  • Small Rabbit Hutch: Hold 3 rabbits instead of 2 to allow for breeding (10% each sleep)
  • Rabbit Hutch: Increase breed rate to increase viability (50% each sleep)

Rebalance Drops From Animals

  • Squirrels: Drop brain bites to reduce effectiveness of small animal trap and ease of getting meat
  • Raccoons: Drop 1 meat instead of 2 to balance small game hunting
  • Turtles: Drop 2 meat instead of 3 to increase viability of traps / hutches
  • Deer: Drop 2 meat instead of 3 to increase viability of traps / hutches
  • Moose: Drop 4 meat instead of 5 to increase viability of traps / hutches

Rebalance Planters

  • Reduce time for plants to grow from 2 days to 1 day
  • Fix mushrooms so they produce a positive yield on harvest

Field notes

All 3 versions
  1. v2.0.0

    Latest

    Remove meds and rebalance planters

  2. v1.0.1

    Bug fixes to enable support for multiplayer

  3. v1.0.0

    First release

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5 comments

  1. SasSquash

    OMG I need to be flogged, drawn and quartered. The issue is with another mod LootRespawnControl, which in theory works well with this one. I wanted to be forced to grow my own plants for healing, so I turned that on such that I could only collect aloe in the wild once. Well, when I tell it not to respawn aloe in the wild, this is the result. Sorry, it's not this mod with the problem.

  2. SasSquash

    Okay, sorry for flip-flopping but it's a real bug. I plant aloe during spring... It looks like it's growing fine, but at the very moment it's fully mature exactly 24 hours after planting the seed, the plant disappears and it can't be harvested. The reason I retracted my previous report is those were different plants. This seems to be specific to aloe. Yarrow works fine.

  3. SasSquash

    Disregard the bug report. The plants which I could harvest were ONLY the ones where the planters were "inland enough" and all others disappeared immediately at the 24 hour mark. Still, plants shouldn't grow in the first place if they can't be harvested later. (Or grow brown and withered like where it's cold.) That part may be a glitch in the game itself.

  4. SasSquash

    Found a bug Plants "disappear" moments after they're mature enough to harvest. I planted 7 aloe plants and checked the time I sowed seeds. After exactly "24 hours" as soon as the green pacman showed up, but I was only fast enough to harvest 2 plants out of 7. I'm planting aloe on a platform just offshore.

Frequently asked questions

Does True Survival work in multiplayer?
The author has not stated multiplayer support yet. Check the comments and the field reports of other players.
How do I install True Survival?
Install RedLoader (RedManager can do it for you), download True Survival 2.0.0 from this page and put it in the _RedLoader/Mods folder inside your game directory. Launch the game and press F1 to confirm it loaded.
What does True Survival need?
Only Sons of the Forest on Steam and RedLoader. It has no other dependencies.
Does True Survival work on the current game patch?
There are no compatibility reports yet. If you try it, add a field report.

At a glance

Game build
Not verified
RedLoader
Not declared
Platform
Unknown
Multiplayer
Unknown
Dedicated server
Unknown
Remove mid-save
Unknown
Dependencies
None
Conflicts
None known
Version
2.0.0
Updated
Published

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How to install this mod

Five minutes, no manager required. These steps are for True Survival.

This mod needs RedLoader, not BepInEx. BepInEx mods and guides don’t apply to Sons of the Forest.

  1. Install RedLoader

    RedLoader is the mod loader of Sons of the Forest. Install it once and every mod works.

    How to install RedLoader
  2. Download True Survival v2.0.0

    Download v2.0.0
  3. Extract the ZIP into the Mods folder

    On your PC, extract it into the game’s Mods folder:

    Steam/steamapps/common/Sons Of The Forest/Mods

    Keep the folder structure of the ZIP. Don’t put the ZIP itself in the folder.

  4. Launch the game

    RedLoader loads the mod on start. Press F1 in the main menu to see the list of mods.

Prefer one click? RedManager installs and updates mods and their dependencies for you.

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