For Skyrim fans who feel they may be using fast travel a little too much, a mod for the game adds some limitations to the feature which can force the Dragonborn to stop and smell the digital roses. With its high fantasy setting, complete with a vast open world for exploration, not to mention affording the chance to fight ancient dragons, TES5 is truly one for the ages and is even considered an RPG suitable for newcomers to the genre.
Part of what makes the game so accessible is that it gives players the option to fast travel, whereby they can instantly move between already discovered locations at whim. While fast travel is important in many open-world titles, there are some who feel it can interrupt the more immersive role-playing elements. As such, there are a number of players who choose to not use it, but for those who can't help themselves and don't want to switch to Survival Mode, there is a way to stem this temptation.
As spotted by PC Gamer, Nexus Mods user digitalApple released "Regional Fast Travel," a mod for Skyrim that changes the way this travelling feature works. According to the description, fast travel can be disabled if the location a player wants to travel to is in a different region, is not considered a "habitation or dwelling," or the area has not been assigned any data that makes it a "location" as such. There are also some additional rules that can be enabled, such as not being able to fast travel to the College of Winterhold until completing the "First Lessons" quest, as well as stipulations for other guilds and factions.
Given such limitations, it almost puts Skyrim on par with the third entry in the Bethesda franchise, Morrowind. That game too had limitations when it came to fast travel, such as having to use transportation to and from settlements, forcing players to wander the land by foot as the game had no horses to speak of. Fortunately, as Morrowind is one of the smallest Elder Scrolls releases in terms of map size, this was less daunting than in other entries in the series.
In any case, it shows that people like digitalApple are still giving a lot of love to TES5. Over the years, modders have attempted to improve on Skyrim's vanilla format, adding so much more to the already expansive title. It's one of the reasons the epic RPG is still going strong to this day.
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - Anniversary Edition is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: PC Gamer, Nexus Mods