What I would love to see is some form of dynamic hair growth for the PC. In The Witcher 3 you saw Geralt’s beard grow from clean shaven to a bit of a five o’clock shadow (I have to check that as I haven’t played it for a few months and I left him with a beard) to a trimmed beard to a bit scraggily, there were more beard lengths but they were cut to accommodate the free Beard and Hair Style DLC, I do not know if his hair grow before the DLC.

It would be cool to see your character’s hair and beard (or just hair if it’s a woman) grow. Now there would have to be some limits not everyone can grow a ZZ Top but it would be good to start off with a clean cut character and by the end of the game he looks like Grizzly Adams.

No thanks. Haircuts are annoying enough in real life, I don't want to pick a style I like just to have it messed up after a few hours of playing time.

Not likely.

It could be fun but I don't think we'll get that feature unless someone makes a mod for it.

I think my preferences for realism in games stops at hunger pains. I don't think I'd ever play on hardcoe personal hygiene mode. I can see a mod coming now. Someone's going to add a hygiene bar that decays over time.

Beard/Hair growth is easy to do when theirs virtually no character customization to worry about...

Beth only just added physics based rendering (hair movement etc), so keep hoping...

I dig what you are saying OP, but the real question is how fast are we talking?

I mean, we all grow hair at different rates. I look like a burly hobbit after a month without a haircut.

Sounds like a good mod, if anything.

It would be a nice thing. Nothing I would expect to see in the actual game, though.

Eh, mostly I'd just like a way to change hairstyles in-game without needing to use showracemenu via console. As well as, of course, a plentiful array of options to choose.

If I feel my character would be growing a beard or longer hair, then I'd just be able to change it to something more suitable.

The Hygiene bar get low enough you get a special stink kill ability. Mind you it would be good to see your character’s clothes get dirty.

A day or two (game time) for a five o’clock shadow if your character has a goatee or something the growth happens around it.
A week game time a bit of a growth.
Two weeks it starts to fill out.
Three weeks it’s a short beard.
To maybe two months game time Grizzly Adams.

Or separate pedal controls to make sure you breathe and blink

Make it so Bethesda!

Awww my secret mod plans revealed!

Also adding "mood", "bladder" and "stimulation" by the way

Come on imagine the hilarity!

*the solver survivor walks a lonely road, the sun bearing down, the horizon holding deadly surprise, who knows what secrets await-*

*fart sfx*

SS "Ah damn, ruined a perfectly clean vault suit AGAIN!"

*dog meat looks up at the sole survivor, pondering the sudden strong odor*

Personal hygiene, hair growth with havoc, and bodily functions related to Realistic Needs (I really mean you know) all of this has already been done as a mod.

Lol it could have negative effects on your charisma that progressively increase until it reaches the point where people attack you on sight

I would like something along those lines. As a man who gets a full beard within a week if I don't shave, it'd be very immersive to have your character get at least a 5 o'clock shadow after a few days. Since this wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea perhaps it would be possible with a mod.

"Dirty human will probably blame me for it."- Dogmeat

Nah. Just give us the option to get a "haircut", aka change hair style.

Good mod. Call it "Fresh Cut". Have it function the same as the Witcher 3 and when the SS gets a haircut/shave they get a temporary Speech/Charisma bonus called Fresh Cut. Once it's grown to the next phase or size then you lose the temporary C buff.

I would only go for that if there was an NPC readily available to barber the hell outta that hair.

Would be cool, but I usually make scraggly bearded elderly characters with bald heads, so maintaining style would not be a huge issue for me.

I love TW3. Although in my experience, hair growth - though nicely implemented and with decent variety - is not really a mechanic that is necessary in my game. In TW3, hair growth makes more sense than in FO/TES because Geralt isn't a very customizable character in terms of natural appearance so having a different hairstyle and beard is great in order to break from the monotony of Geralt's iconic appearance.

I would rather see in FO4 Hairworks; hair/fur that moves realistically or, better yet, visible dynamic object/armor deformation that you can repair - something that really has more practical use than hair growth.

i know that from the TW3 but that only work if u never change your hair cut, as soon as u choose any other hair style the hair stop growing. So as u can see the whole feature have their limitation, not to mention that the hair growth was ridiculous only need 1 or 2 days in game to get full grow.

This, because very true.

This.

It irritated me that Geralt's beard kept growing. I just wanted it to stay short and trim, not haggardly after a single day.