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PZ Mods - Survival & Crafting

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The Survival & Crafting Mod was created to bring more freedom to the game, giving a broader survival experience in terms of having more to do. It will give the game a more open ended feel in regard to resources. Offering certain tweaks to make start time and location less relevant. This mod is highly recommended for high difficulty and low loot servers. If it's mixed with the partner mod - Soul Filchers "Farming Time", additional special Z loot will be found on Special Z types listed further down.

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Mod Version PZ Versions Supported Multiplayer Customisation
v5.0.3 B41 Only 🟢 🔴

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Playing B41 extensively posed a few questions such as... 'Where the hell do I get more nails?' and 'Where do I get more booze?'... As always, we've got you covered. From scrap recipes for nails, through to a whole new and unique vehicle scrapping system, this mod adds some much needed extras to the crafting options. This mod will make things like late MP server joining or tarzan playthroughs a lot more feasable in B41.

S&C Scrap Feature

New Vehicle Scrapping System

Scrapfeature Vehicle Scrapping can be used on any vehicle below 50% condition, including burnouts and wrecks, offering an evolved feature in terms of returns. The process requires you to be wearing a welding mask and have 1 Full Propane Torch.

- Firstly, we have a much larger loot pool in terms of things that can be returned.
- Secondly, we made huge changes to the calculations for XP rewards behind the scenes.

You can expect to receive pools of Metal, Electrical and Tailoring Loot. The total amount of loot generated will depend of your Mechanics Skill. The category of the loot generated and XP awarded will depend on your skills in those specific categories, for example:

- If you have Mechanics 10, Metal Working 1, Electrical 10, Tailoring 10. You'll generate a lot of Electrical scrap and Tailoring Scrap from the Vehicle.
- If you have Mechanics 3, Metal Working 10, Electrical 10, Tailoring 10. You'll generate a very small amount of every category and XP.

S&C Z Loot

New Z Loot

The Z-Loot Element is designed to remove the stress/pressure of new server spawns and spawn timing. It no longer matters if you start a few weeks or months after the server was launched... It also no longer matters if you've decided to set up Safe-House several miles from the nearest town... Essentially, you now have a lot more freedom in where you start and what you do!

Here's a quick snap shot on what you can expect to find... if you kill enough Z's!
- Level 1 + 2 Essential Skill Books
- How to use Gens & The Herbalist
- Low Level Food (Edible and Rotten)
- Empty Tins & Junk
- Soap, Glue, WoodGlue
- Empty Jars / Lids

The Z-Loot levels are set to an ideal amount for a more challenging/hardcore server where some grind is required. It's important to note at this point how loot works in PZ, as there are several heavy modifiers that make it very difficult to trim drop chances for. For example, there is a huge booster on Z loot the closer to a Town Centre or POI you are. There's boosters depending on what Tiles you're stood on (can have a huge effect with modded towns...). So there are a lot of factors at play which may effect the outcome. This is primarily why we designed and tested on more hardcore servers... Less is definitely more for us!

S&C Fermenting

Fermenting

Cooking is a key part of the game. Everyone gets those moments on PZ where you think, "Wow, I could use a strong drink." If you play on Servers with Sprinters for example, this can also be serious stress and trauma to achieve, especially hearing that lovely chomping sound trying to take down the 300 strong horde in the car park of the Local Bar. Our community Chef takes his supplies and stock quite seriously, and rightly so, especially being visited by a crew of hungry survivors every now and again. So having renewable food sources is key for a whole bunch of play styles.

With this in mind, this mod will enable you to ferment your own Yeast (via a Potato Slurry), Fruit-Wine (via a Fruit & Berry Jar) and more Vinegar (Provided you've already found some!). Start with either Potatoes, Vinegar or any kind of wild berry and right click if you have the "Craft Helper" Mod, this will give you a breakdown on what you need. Tooltips are turned on for these items as well which will also tell you what to do. In-case you here for that reason, heat a pot of water and add the other ingredients! Once the slurry mix is made and "fed", leave to rot - Once rotten, the product can be extracted usually using some simple kitchen tools - spoons, dishcloths etc. - Enjoy!

**Side Note** - The Fruit-Wine is rather strong stuff (don't spill on your clothes...). If you have a weak stomach, it can also make you a little rough. Great for disinfecting wounds, but will cause some serious pain doing so!

Other Bits...

We also added;
- New useful Z type to hunt (no spoilers... see if you can find them!)
- Some new clothes (Tribute to the original survivors of the [KYR] Community - 7 to find in total)
- Some useful recipes for crafting alongside the above have been added
- Some very small tweaks to the loot pools for more recyclable materials

Patch Notes
Version Number Date Notes
1.0.0 19/02/2023 - Launched!
- Recipe for Jackets and Nails added
1.0.1 21/02/2023 - New recipes added
- New clothing item added
1.0.2 23/02/2023 - New clothing item added
- Crafting sounds added
- Watering can recipe added
- Clothing craft requirements tweaked
1.0.3 26/02/2023 - New recipes added
- More crafting sounds added
- New weapon recipes
1.0.4 08/03/2023 - New recipes added
- New sounds added
2.0.0 11/03/2023 - New recipes added
- New sounds added
- Animation sound timing tweaks
- 2 new weapons added
2.1.0 17/03/2023 - Baton durability tweaked
- Fermentation system added
- Recipe for yeast
- Added salt rock foraging and recipe
- Tweaked recipe XP to prevent farming
- Added sickness to fermenting mix
2.2.0 19/03/2023 - Weapon fixing added
- Recipe Level Req. Tweaked
- Random Tool Damage Making Weapons
- Random Hand Injuries Making Weapons
- Vinegar Recipe Added
- Food Recipes and Nutrients tweaked
- Icon's reworked
2.3.0 20/03/2023 - All Items added to loot tables
- Survivor Zombies Added with Gear
- Batons Tweaked - More Damage, Higher Critical Damage
- Fixed Fermenting Fruit/Berry Jars
2.4.0 22/03/2023 - Tweaked Baton Durability
- Fixed Baton Repairing
- Recipe for Fruit & Berry Jars tweaked
- Recipe and Item Names Tweaked
- Performance tweaks in code
2.4.1 23/03/2023 - Blowtorch fix
2.5.0 26/03/2023 - Skill books and mags added to Trash foraging
- Special [KYR] TShirts Added
- Metal Recipes fixed for Authentic Z Users!
2.6.0 26/03/2023 - Random Z Loot Added
- Sound Tweaks
- Recipe Times Tweaked
2.7.0 30/03/2023 - Zombie Loot Code Rewrite
- Zombie Loot Tweaked
- Foraging Loot Tweaked
- More Items added to Z loot
- Added Partner Mod Special Content
- New Recipes Added
- Recipe Timing Tweaks
2.8.0 02/04/2023 - New Special Z - Farmer
- More Special Clothing Added
- Z & Foraging Loot Pools adjusted
2.9.0 08/04/2023 - Recipe added for Spare Engine Parts
- Fruit Wine Hunger Value Changed
- KSpoosch Special T-Shirt Added
- Other minor recipe and quality tweaks
- Loot Pool Balancing
2.10.0 13/04/2023 - Vehicle Repairs Added
- Loot Pools Tweaked
- Engine Parts Recipe Tweaked
3.0.0 16/04/2023 - Vehicle Scrapping Added
- Vehicle Scrapping Restricted 50% Condition or lower
- Batteries Added to Vehicle Repairs
- Metal Spear Added
- Weapon Icons Reworked
- Injuries for Crafting Metal Weapons with low Metalworking Skill
- ToolTips Added
3.1.0 03/05/2023 - Vehicle Part Scrapping Added
- ToolTips Fixed
3.1.1 26/06/2023 - Fixed Plated Vest Recipe
- Fixed Fruit Wine Longevity
3.5.0 01/09/2023 - Previous updates adding ViraMeds
- Meds Mod Seperated
3.5.1 19/09/2023 - Fixed plated vest texture
3.5.2 23/09/2023 - More Containers added for Boiling Glue
- Broken Vehicle Parts Allow Scraping
- Unusable Metal Recycling Recipe Added
- Car Battery Charger Recipe Added
3.6.0 14/10/2023 - Fixed Vehicle Scrapping
- Car Door Scrapping Added
- Cutting Leather Shoes/Boots Added
- Engine Parts Creation Recipe Tweaked
3.7.0 29/10/2023 - Numerous Scrap Metal Recipes Added
- Increase to Ciggarettes in Certain Foraging Areas
- Reduced Foraging Chances on all added items
- Reduced Z Loot Chances on all added items
- Special Z Loot Tables Fixed and Changed
- Special Z Loot Overhaul
- Recipe Tweaks and Fixes
3.7.1 30/10/2023 - Attached Weapons Tweak
- Recipe Fixes
4.0.0 29/11/2023 - Weapons and Armor Mod Seperated
- Recipe Tweaks and Balances
4.1.0 09/12/2023 - Mew Models for Fermenting Process
- Vinegar Fermenting updated
- New Icons for Jars/Ferments
- Nutritional Overhaul for added Food/Drink
- Compatibility Code Tweaks
4.2.0 11/12/2023 - New Models for FruitWine
- New Icons for FruitWine
- Nutrition Tweaks for FruitWine
4.2.2 08/01/2024 - Z Loot Tweaks
- Antique Oven Recipe Added
- Special Farmer Loot Tweaks
- Recipe Level Requirement Tweaks
- Antique Oven Recipe Tweaks
4.3.1 03/03/2024 - Bag Expansions Added!
5.0.0 25/04/2024 - Complete File Naming Overhaul
5.0.2 21/05/2024 - Fruitwine bug fix finalised
5.0.3 29/08/2025 - Logo and Brand Changes
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