Fallout 4's revamped Survival Mode update now in beta on Steam

News by Stephany Nunneley-Jackson Former News Editor

Published on April 20, 2016

The next update for Fallout 4, which revamps Survival Mode, has landed on Steam in beta form.

Fallout 4's revamped Survival Mode update now in beta on Steam

Update 1.5 also features support for the upcoming add-on Far Harbor along with gameplay optimizations.

The revamped Survival Mode features a number of changes based on beta feedback. The update will be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, the Creation Kit and Bethesda.net Mods are still in closed beta and the team hopes to add support for mods to the 1.5 Steam Beta soon. Console support for will come in updates that follow.

Patch notes for beta update version 1.5.151 are below.

New Features

New Survival difficulty
Survival adds additional challenges including no fast travel, saving only when you sleep, increased lethality, diseases, fatigue, danger and more. See the in-game Help menu for more details.
Characters set to Survival difficulty appear under their own Character Selection filter
Please Note: Survival difficulty characters are not backward compatible with the 1.4 version of Fallout 4. If you opt out of the Beta, do not use Survival character saved games.
Third person camera movement improvements when player is close up against walls and other objects

Fixes

General stability and performance improvements
Fixed rare crash related to reloading a save that relies on Automatron
Fixed issue with the robot workbench camera not moving properly immediately after canceling out of the menu
Fixed issue with perks being repeatedly added when reloading a saved game while in robot workbench
Fixed issue with Ada not properly traveling to an assigned settlement
Robots can now be assigned as settlement vendors
Fixed issue with "Appropriation" where blueprints would not appear properly if the container had already been looted prior to getting the quest
In "The Nuclear Option," entering the Institute using the targeting helmet on Power Armor no longer inadvertently causes the player to go into combat, and become stuck in the Institute
Fixed distance check with Robotics Expert perk
While in Workshop mode, if the Jump button is remapped, the Y or Triangle button can still be used to jump
Ability to delete downloadable content via the Add-Ons menu (PS4)
Fixed issue with "Defend the Castle" where speaking to Ronnie Shaw would not properly complete the quest
During "The Nuclear Option," fast traveling away from the Institute immediately after inserting the relay targeting sequence holotape will no longer block progression
Fixed issue where Workshop placed light bulbs would occasionally not light properly