Skyrim survival.

[NecroMaster]

Doing my first survival run with one of my 8 characters.

How exactly can I combat cold?

I have to get to high hrothgar next and windhelm instantly puts me into the highest levels of cold on arrival when I travel by wagon.

I read eating soup can reduce the freeze a little but I don’t know where to get soup.

[hawklaser]

So different clothes & armors give differing warmth values. So Steel Plate armor might not protect you from the cold as much as Fur armor would.

On the soup bit, you will need to find a cooking pot or spit to make them. Can usually find them inside the various inns. Though the ones that help with staying warm require fire salts to make.

Torches and the flame cloak spell can help too. Same with moving near other sources of fire.

[deckerdave1973]

There is a mod called high hrothgar shelters and hotsprings. It will give you 2 warming huts on the way up to the throat of the world.

One 3/4 of the way to the monastary and one just before you get to the word wall at the top.

I was amazed at how many times I had to hike up and down from there in the course of a playthrough.

Another rough part is skuldufn. Make sure you bring plenty of hot soup with you. You will be moving from brazier to brazier trying to lure enemies to you. Alduin was en esier enemy to deal with than the cold.

[Luminary]

Hey, I started survival like a year ago and I have done multiple play throughs, it really adds to the game.

Soups are the way to go... but if you do want more help, backpacks can add a bit more protection. There are a couple necklaces that add more protection. A mod that has capes can add more. For me it was the advance planning, like start early when the sun comes out. Going back down does not have to be the way you cam up.

Good luck!

[NecroMaster]

Seems we’re somewhat limited in the early game with how we can combat it.

Fire salts are hard to come by at this stage.

I’ll keep an eye out for other gear that can make colder areas more survivable thanks for the help.

[steventirey]

If you have the Camping Creation Club thing (it is part of the Anniversary Upgrade), you can carry camping supplies that let you set up a small camp. It comes with a place to sleep (though outdoors, so not as good as a bed) and a fire to keep yourself warm and cook some soups. Though I think the Anniversary Upgrade messes up the soup part. If you weren't in Survival Mode, it works as a fast travel point as well. However, you are limited to having a single one in the world at a time, the camping supplies are kind of heavy (9 weight each) and they are consumables so only function once so you may need to carry several.

Really, the Creation isn't all that great. But it does let you set up a point to warm yourself up, get some sleep, and get some food. Somewhat useful in an area you are going to keep coming back to for a bit.

[NecroMaster]

Originally posted by steventirey:

If you have the Camping Creation Club thing (it is part of the Anniversary Upgrade), you can carry camping supplies that let you set up a small camp. It comes with a place to sleep (though outdoors, so not as good as a bed) and a fire to keep yourself warm and cook some soups. Though I think the Anniversary Upgrade messes up the soup part. If you weren't in Survival Mode, it works as a fast travel point as well. However, you are limited to having a single one in the world at a time, the camping supplies are kind of heavy (9 weight each) and they are consumables so only function once so you may need to carry several.

Really, the Creation isn't all that great. But it does let you set up a point to warm yourself up, get some sleep, and get some food. Somewhat useful in an area you are going to keep coming back to for a bit.

I might have to look into this feature I can see this being real useful for the colder areas.

[NecroMaster]

Lmfao the cold wasn’t even the biggest threat that frost troll destroyed me.

Do companions have permanent death cause when Lydia dropped she wasn’t limping on the ground like companions usually do she was dead.

[Fitness Lauch]

Getting a mount also really helps in my opinion because you reduce the time that's needed to travel through these dangerous areas.

[Ilja]

Not all gear from mods or creations gets detected properly. If you are using SkyUI, then you might want to try these files.

Survival Control Panel
To control Survival mode features and gear warmth values from MCM.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/41891

moreHUD SE
To see values (and other beneficial things) from extended UI.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/12688

moreHUD Inventory Edition
To see values and most of the added information from inventory view.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/18619

I am personally using Sunhelm instead of Survival mode and camping with Campfire mod. (+ fix.) Sunhelm is based on Survival mode and works with mods mentioned above.

Note that soups will be considered as warm foods. This is why I am personally using Campfire: I can build a fire to warm myself and boil a soup to keep going in the middle of the Pale.

Edit:

Originally posted by Fitness Lauch:

Getting a mount also really helps in my opinion because you reduce the time that's needed to travel through these dangerous areas.

Yep. Using either Convenient Horses or Immersive Horses is also recommended, so that horses will have proper inventories to store stuff - like extra tents, firewood, cold survival gear, Serana's extra hoods (patched bug :p) etc.

[NecroMaster]

Originally posted by Fitness Lauch:

Getting a mount also really helps in my opinion because you reduce the time that's needed to travel through these dangerous areas.

I didn’t even think of using mounts never really had a reason to until now.

[steventirey]

Originally posted by NecroMaster:

Lmfao the cold wasn’t even the biggest threat that frost troll destroyed me.

Do companions have permanent death cause when Lydia dropped she wasn’t limping on the ground like companions usually do she was dead.

Most companions can die. The enemy isn't supposed to keep targeting them once they go down, but any damage over time effect (like poison) will keep ticking and can kill them. So can things like stray arrows or spells, or area attacks.

(The Protected status active followers get in Skyrim does not work the same way as the Fallout version. Fallout Protected status prevents damage from enemies, but not from you, when the follower is down. Skyrim Protected status does not do that, but instead just causes the enemy to ignore the follower. This means they can still take damage when down.)

[Sabeth33]

Do companions have permanent death cause my dog died im sad

[Ilja]

Originally posted by Sabeth33:

Do companions have permanent death cause my dog died im sad

Companions are protected. Only you, or external massive damage, can kill them while they are kneeling.

If they die, their death script runs and game will consider them as dead from there on. That cannot be undone with console, even if character would get resurrected.

Edit: Fixed one severe typo.

[smr1957]

Originally posted by Ilja:

Originally posted by Sabeth33:

Do companions have permanent death cause my dog died im sad

Companions are protected. Only you, or external massive damage, can kill them while they are kneeling.

If they die, their death script runs and game will consider them as dead from there on. That can be undone with console, even if character would get resurrected.

Last sentence should read "That cannot be undone..." not can be.

[Un1k0rn]

Quick search of the text in this thread hasn't got it so I'll chuck this in as well:

Clear Skies shout. In Survival it has a practical use as it clears the weather. This in turn will slow down the rate at which you freeze.