Vigor is a Vintage Story mod by chrisunfocused. Vigor adds a stamina bar to Vintage Story, linking sprinting, swimming, exhaustion, and food-based nutrition bonuses to survival.
Why this mod is worth installing
Choose Vigor if you want travel, combat, and water crossings to require more planning. It is especially useful for players who prefer survival pressure and meaningful food choices.
What Vigor adds
Vigor places a stamina bar on the HUD and spends it when the player runs or swims. After strenuous activity, recovery begins with a short delay; walking on land restores stamina slowly, standing still works better, and sitting is the most effective option.
Reaching zero causes Exhausted status. Movement becomes much slower, sprinting is disabled, and an exhausted player in water starts to drown, making long swims risky and giving boats and rafts a practical role.
The system uses Vintage Story’s five food groups. Keeping nutrition high grants scaling stamina benefits, including stronger recovery at full saturation, so a varied diet supports demanding travel and combat.
Where to download Vigor
The official Vintage Story Mod DB page is the right place to get the current release through the in-game mod manager.