You need to monitor how much food you’ve had with different levels of hunger and levels of thirst. Interested in playing Skyrim as if it were a survival game where you had to monitor your food and drink levels? The Realistic Needs and Diseases mod by Perseid9, who credits several other mods that inspired them to make this one. Realistic Needs and Diseases Image via perseid9, mod page The best way to change things up is to introduce mods to the game, and the community surrounding those mods has been working on them since the game initially released. After having played it so many times, things can feel a bit stale. Since it came out in 2011, it’s been a stand out RPG title and has come to nearly every modern console in the past decade, such as the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and the PC. The adventures in Skyrim continue to live on for returning players, and those jumping into for the first time.