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Cast-Iron Colonist (No Survival Needs)
"Never stop to eat, drink, breathe, wash, or worry. Just build."
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How do I install Cast-Iron Colonist (No Survival Needs)?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Cast-Iron Colonist (No Survival Needs) for Stationeers in one click.
</>What does Cast-Iron Colonist (No Survival Needs) do?
Cast-Iron Colonist takes the daily chores of staying alive off your plate so you can focus on the fun part: engineering. Switch on any combination of Never Hungry, Never Thirsty, Never Suffocate, Always Clean, and Always Happy, and those needs stay pinned at full no matter how long your project runs. Want a pure engineering sandbox but still enjoy managing food? Leave Never Hungry off and flip the rest. Every toggle is independent, so you get exactly the amount of survival you are in the mood for. All five options work in solo games and in any world you host. Turn one off and that need starts ticking again like normal.
</>What is Cast-Iron Colonist (No Survival Needs)?
Cast-Iron Colonist hands you five independent switches for Stationeers survival needs: Never Hungry, Never Thirsty, Never Suffocate, Always Clean, and Always Happy. Flip on any combination to build a pure engineering sandbox, or leave a need or two ticking for the challenge you still enjoy. Every toggle works solo or hosted and reverses instantly. Free on ProjectMods.
</>Common questions about Cast-Iron Colonist (No Survival Needs)
What does Cast-Iron Colonist do in Stationeers?
Cast-Iron Colonist takes the daily chores of staying alive in Stationeers off your plate so you can focus on engineering. It gives you five independent switches, Never Hungry, Never Thirsty, Never Suffocate, Always Clean, and Always Happy, and any one you enable pins that need at full no matter how long your session runs. Because the toggles are separate, you decide exactly how much survival to keep: skip food and water but still manage oxygen, or freeze everything for a pure build sandbox. All five work in solo games and in any world you host, and each one reverses the moment you switch it off, letting that need start ticking again like normal. Cast-Iron Colonist is a free mod on ProjectMods.
What are the five needs Cast-Iron Colonist can freeze?
Cast-Iron Colonist covers the five survival meters that normally interrupt your Stationeers projects. Never Hungry keeps your food bar full so hunger never slows you down. Never Thirsty holds your water bar up so thirst is never a problem. Never Suffocate keeps your breath topped up so you stay conscious even in a vacuum. Always Clean holds your hygiene at its best so grime never builds. Always Happy keeps your mood maxed so your colonist stays cheerful. Each one is its own toggle, so you can run all five for a chore-free sandbox or pick just the couple that get in the way of the session you have in mind. Turn any of them off and that single need goes back to behaving normally.
Can I keep some survival needs on while turning others off?
Yes, and that is the whole point of Cast-Iron Colonist. Every one of its five options in Stationeers is fully independent, so you are never forced into an all-or-nothing survival toggle. Want a pure engineering sandbox but still enjoy running a farm and cooking? Leave Never Hungry off and switch the other four on. Prefer to manage atmosphere and oxygen as your real challenge while ignoring the smaller stuff? Turn Never Suffocate off and enable the rest. You can change your mind mid-session too, flipping any single need on or off without touching the others. This mix-and-match design lets you dial in precisely the amount of survival pressure you are in the mood for on any given save.
Does Cast-Iron Colonist work when I host a game for friends?
Cast-Iron Colonist works in solo Stationeers games and in any world you host yourself. All five needs, hunger, thirst, oxygen, hygiene, and mood, are held at full for your own colonist wherever the game runs the world, which covers your single-player saves and the co-op session you run as host. If you are joining another player server as a client, the behaviour depends on that session, so the mod is most dependable when you are hosting or playing alone. A good habit is to set the toggles you want before you go into a long build, then adjust them on the fly if you decide you want a particular need back. Each switch is instant, so there is no waiting for a change to take effect.
Why would I want to turn off all my survival needs in Stationeers?
The most common reason is that you want Stationeers to be an engineering puzzle rather than a survival grind. Freezing hunger, thirst, oxygen, hygiene, and mood with Cast-Iron Colonist lets you spend an entire session on atmospheric systems, wiring, and base layout without pausing to eat, drink, breathe, or wash. It is also great for learning: a brutal new planet becomes a place you can study instead of a death spiral, and creative builders can plan enormous stations without the clock running out on them. Because every toggle is independent and reverses instantly, you are never locked in, so you can enjoy a chore-free stretch and then switch survival back on when you want the tension. Cast-Iron Colonist is free on ProjectMods.
What options does Cast-Iron Colonist (No Survival Needs) include?
Never Suffocate
Keeps your breath topped up so you never choke, even in a vacuum. Turn off to breathe like normal again.
Never Hungry
Keeps your food bar full so hunger never slows you down. Turn off to eat like normal again.
Never Thirsty
Keeps your water bar full so thirst is never a problem. Turn off to drink like normal again.
Always Clean
Keeps your hygiene at its best so grime never builds up. Turn off to get grubby like normal again.
Always Happy
Keeps your mood maxed out so your colonist stays cheerful. Turn off to let mood swing like normal again.
Cast-Iron Colonist is a Stationeers mod from ProjectMods that lets you pin any mix of hunger, thirst, oxygen, hygiene, and mood at full, so the survival needs you choose stop slowing you down.
System Requirements
What features does Cast-Iron Colonist (No Survival Needs) include?
- Freezes any need you choose at full, so hunger, thirst, oxygen, hygiene, and mood are all separate switches
- Mix and match freely: keep cooking if you enjoy it, but never suffocate in a vacuum again
- Pins your breath topped up, so a cracked visor or a blown airlock stops being a death sentence
- Every toggle stands on its own, so you dial in exactly how much survival you're in the mood for
- Runs in solo saves and any world you host; flip a need off and it starts ticking again like normal
Best For
- Engineering-first players who want a pure build sandbox but still enjoy stocking the pantry, so leave Never Hungry off
- Anyone learning a harsh new planet who wants oxygen and temperature off their plate while they crack atmospherics
- Builders deep in a marathon project who don't want a hunger or thirst bar dragging them back to base
- Players who hate the hygiene chore but like the rest of survival, so flip Always Clean and leave the others be
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