Fallout 4 Survival Mode is out now on PS4 and Xbox One

UPDATE ONE: Bethesda has confirmed that Fallout 4 Update 1.5 is now available to download on PS4 and Xbox One.

Fans have been waiting to try out the new revamped Survival Mode which comes with the new patch.

The studio had confirmed that the new update would arrive this week on May 6, it also includes support for the new Far Harbor DLC that arrive May 19.

"Two of our designers, Josh Hamrick and Jon Paul Duvall, used our internal Game Jam to visualize what an overhauled Survival Mode might look like in Fallout 4," a message from Bethesda explains.

"Thanks to their Game Jam success, we then added several programmers, and they built out many of the ideas we’d all been setting aside while playtesting."

The new Survival Mode comes with some tough new rules, including the removal of Fast Travel and quick saving options - fans will need to find a place to sleep if they want update their progress.

Bethesda has also confirmed that those wanting to start the Far Harbor DLC later this month will need to have completed “Getting a Clue” on the Fallout 4 main quest.

This is the questline that unlock Nick Valentine as a companion, so it will come as no surprise that you need him to unlock his next mystery missings person case.