It is one of those rare mods that is so deftly woven into the game it makes you wonder why it wasn’t included right out of the box. It is a detailed bundle of survival mechanics centred around staving off hypothermia. If you only get one mod from this list, get Frostfall. It will be worth it when you find yourself freezing to death under a rocky outcrop with no wood to start a fire. Getting all this architecture in place is a minor frustration compared to the improvements you’ll see in the end. (You will also have to register to join the Nexus community to download these files). Before you grab them, it is best to have their Nexus Mod Manager installed, as well as something called SKSE. Most of them come from a single source, the Nexus modding community. If you want to plod through the winter wastelands of Skyrim's Tamriel with the same ‘survival mode’ in mind yourself, these are the mods you’ll want to add.

You may have already read my Skyrim survival diary and if not, why not? It sees me struggling to ward off frostbite with wine and adopting the game’s most lovable dog just to keep my feet warm. Over the course of Survival Week we'll highlight a few of those games and i) write a diary of our experience playing with it ii) explain how to do it yourself. There are lots of survival games, but there are also lots of games which could be survival games with the right mods installed.

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