Primitive Survival is a Vintage Story mod by SpearAndFang. Primitive Survival expands early wilderness living in Vintage Story with traps, fishing, irrigation, smoking, snakes, and other survival systems.
Why this mod is worth installing
This mod suits players who want a more demanding, hands-on start with practical wilderness skills, while also offering extra activities for established settlements.
What Primitive Survival adds
Primitive Survival adds several ways to obtain food before advanced technology becomes available. You can make deadfalls and snares for animals, construct concealed spike pits, and use stakes and cordage for fishing equipment.
Fishing is divided into baskets, weir traps, limb lines, and trotlines. Hooks can be knapped, carved from bone, or cast, while bait and lures improve the chance of a catch. Fish can be cooked directly, used in soups and stews, or processed into fillets, eggs, and caviar.
The mod also broadens settlement management with irrigation, smokers, and other survival-oriented tools. Fish populations can be restored by returning suitable eggs or small fish to water, helping prevent nearby fishing grounds from becoming permanently unproductive.
Some additions make the wilderness less predictable, including snakes and relic-related encounters. The in-game handbook provides a dedicated quick-start guide explaining the required stakes, cordage, traps, and fishing methods.
Where to download Primitive Survival
The official Vintage Story Mod DB page is the right place to get the current release through the in-game mod manager.