You can get water from snowbanks, wells, rivers, or the ocean – although it may have to be boiled for hygiene’s sake – and many NPCs are happy to share or sell water, if you ask nicely. Thankfully, these resources can be obtained from many sources.

You will need to maintain a supply of water (or alcohol!) and fresh or salted food in order to survive. You will also need to keep track of your hunger, thirst, and fatigue, thanks to SunHelm Survival and needs. Finally, your character’s survival skills will improve over time, unlocking various survival-themed perks available at a campfire. Mages will have various options to escape the cold (all compatible with Librum’s Spell Research mechanics!): summoning cloaks or various tents and shelters, transmuting or summoning materials, summoning a Fire Atronach for heat, or teleporting to safety, among others. Your character will be subject to Skyrim’s harsh climate, and you will need to bundle up, set up camp frequently, and avoid frigid water and inclement weather in order to survive. Along with some more resource-adding mods (notably, Tentapalooza), these mods add a complete cold-weather survival system to Skyrim. The core of this, of course, is Campfire and Frostfall. On the flip side, you have to appropriately react to Skyrim’s environment.

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