Project Zomboid 42.4.0 (Build 42 Unstable) patch notes

What changed

• CHANGEGeneral

  Added research progression for metal armor, both scrap welded and proper blacksmithed

  Metal armor now has research progression, for both scrap welded and properly blacksmithed pieces.

  Added research progression for metal armor, both scrap welded and proper blacksmithed.

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• NEWGeneral

  Added two new biomes depending if close to a lake or river

  The world has two new biomes, which appear depending on whether you are close to a lake or a river.

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• CHANGEWeapons

  Rebalanced Tableleg weapons

  Weapons made from table legs have been rebalanced.

  Rebalanced Tableleg weapons.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Limited some actions such as drinking and cleaning bandages to fluid sources that contain only water or tainted water

  Drinking, cleaning bandages and some other actions now only work with fluid sources that hold plain or tainted water, not other liquids.

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• NEWGeneral

  Added a Crafted Baseball Bat item and the craftRecipe to make it

  The new Crafted Baseball Bat needs Carving 9 and has to be learned, either from the recipe or by researching wooden baseball bats, large branches or short bats.

  Added a Crafted Baseball Bat item and the craftRecipe to make it.

  • Added a Crafted Baseball Bat item and the craftRecipe to make it. It requires Carving 9, and has to be learned. But also you can research it from wooden Baseball Bats, Large Branches, and Short Bats.
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• CHANGEDoors

  Any ground floor locked doors will be destroyed

  Locked ground floor doors in looted and trashed buildings are now destroyed.

  Any ground floor locked doors will be destroyed.

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• CHANGEBuildings

  Halved the maximum size of buildings that can be trashed & looted

  The maximum size of a building that can be looted and trashed is halved, so bigger buildings are left alone.

  Halved the maximum size of buildings that can be trashed & looted.

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• CHANGEWeapons

  Rebalanced the weapons that can be produced by welding, generally strong reductions in durability

  Welded weapons now lose much more durability, and they deal a bit less damage and land fewer criticals.

  Rebalanced the weapons that can be produced by welding, generally strong reductions in durability, and lesser reductions in damage and criticals.

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• CHANGEWeapons

  Rebalanced several Cudgel type weapons in regards to their damage and criticals

  Several cudgel-type weapons now have rebalanced damage and critical hits.

  Rebalanced several Cudgel type weapons in regards to their damage and criticals.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Rebalanced the skill level requirements of several improvised weapon recipes involving Carpentry or Maintenance

  Several improvised weapon recipes that use Carpentry or Maintenance now have different skill requirements, spread over a longer progression, which leaves more room for blacksmithing to be the better option.

  Rebalanced the skill level requirements of several improvised weapon recipes involving Carpentry or Maintenance.

  • Rebalanced the skill level requirements of several improvised weapon recipes involving Carpentry or Maintenance. This is to make the weapon recipes, less bottom heavy, skill level requirement wise, with a more drawn out progression, and providing more room for blacksmithing to be a superior option (assuming materials and workstations).
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• BUFFGeneral

  Spiked bone clubs can be crafted

  You can now craft spiked bone clubs.

  Spiked bone clubs can be crafted.

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• NEWKnapping

  Added the item and craftRecipe for a Flint Saw

  You can now knap a Flint Saw with a new crafting recipe.

  Added the item and craftRecipe for a Flint Saw.

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• CHANGERadios

  Added researchable progression to radio type items

  Radio type items now have progression you can unlock by researching them.

  Added researchable progression to radio type items.

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  NEWMultiple systems

  Added craftRecipe for forging the Jawbone Morningstar weapon

  The Jawbone Morningstar can now be forged.

  Added craftRecipe for forging the Jawbone Morningstar weapon.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Iron and Steel Scrap can be rendered into Iron and Steel Pieces and can be forged into chunks or bar quarters

  Iron and Steel Scrap can now be turned into Iron and Steel Pieces, which can then be forged into chunks or bar quarters.

  Iron and Steel Scrap can be rendered into Iron and Steel Pieces and can be forged into chunks or bar quarters.

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• CHANGESkills

  Removed XP from researching items

  Researching items no longer gives any XP.

  Removed XP from researching items.

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• CHANGESkills

  This is because previously, with tile dismantling enabled, xp-wise it was far more productive to destroy tiles than to make them, by a high degree

  Building things now gives XP closer to what dismantling gives; before, with tile dismantling on, destroying tiles earned far more XP than building them.

  This is because previously, with tile dismantling enabled, xp-wise it was far more productive to destroy tiles than to make them, by a high degree.

  • This is because previously, with tile dismantling enabled, xp-wise it was far more productive to destroy tiles than to make them, by a high degree. The xp awards for building stuff were remarkably low compared to dismantling mechanics.
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• NERFMoodles

  Raised unhappiness and drunkenness effects so actions take two times longer to finish if you're at max moodle level in one of them

  Maxed-out unhappiness or drunkenness now makes actions take twice as long, so these moodles slow you down more at their worst.

  Raised unhappiness and drunkenness effects so actions take two times longer to finish if you're at max moodle level in one of them.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  RMC on a 3D item on the ground to move it precisely

  You can now right-click a 3D item lying on the ground to move it precisely where you want it.

  RMC on a 3D item on the ground to move it precisely.

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• MS

  CHANGEMultiple systems

  Build Window and HandCraft Window are now usable with a controller

  The Build and HandCraft windows now work with a controller; hold the right shoulder button and use the D-pad to switch between their panes.

  Build Window and HandCraft Window are now usable with a controller.

  • Build Window and HandCraft Window are now usable with a controller. To navigate between the different panes in these windows, press and hold the right shoulder button and use the D-pad.
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• CHANGEController

  Added controller support to crafting stations that use ISCraftBenchPanel

  Crafting stations that use the standard crafting bench panel can now be used with a controller.

  Added controller support to crafting stations that use ISCraftBenchPanel.

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• CHANGEAnimals

  D-pad up radial menu displays the animal radial menu (with pet, pick up etc)

  On a controller, pressing D-pad up now opens the animal radial menu, with options like pet and pick up.

  D-pad up radial menu displays the animal radial menu (with pet, pick up etc).

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• NEWAnimals

  Animal designated zones can be created by selecting start and end squares with the D-pad

  Controller players can now create animal designated zones by picking start and end squares with the D-pad.

  Animal designated zones can be created by selecting start and end squares with the D-pad.

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• NEWAnimal husbandry

  Livestock trailer ui

  The livestock trailer now has its own interface.

  Livestock trailer ui.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Added missing recipe Forge Spade Head, this item had no recipe to create it

  The Spade Head can now be forged, since there was no recipe to make it before.

  Added missing recipe Forge Spade Head, this item had no recipe to create it.

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• FIXBuildings

  The ShopLooted story will no longer occur in single-room buildings

  The looted shop story no longer appears in single-room buildings, so police and bandit zombies stop spawning inside small utility buildings that used shop room types.

  The ShopLooted story will no longer occur in single-room buildings.

  • The ShopLooted story will no longer occur in single-room buildings. Some utility buildings used "electronicstore" or similar roomdefs for their single room, which means that police and bandit zombies could spawn inside them as a looted shop story.
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• FIXGeneral

  Added missing craftRecipe allowance for making nailed broken planks

  Nailed broken planks can now be made, because the crafting recipe was missing the allowance it needed.

  Added missing craftRecipe allowance for making nailed broken planks.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Chopping Logs and Large Branches into Firewood will produce Splinters

  Chopping logs and large branches into firewood now also gives splinters, so chopping firewood always leaves you with something to use as tinder.

  Chopping Logs and Large Branches into Firewood will produce Splinters; this is so chopping Firewood always produces a tinder item.

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  CHANGEMultiple systems

  Nails can be used to research the Forge Heading Tool craftRecipe

  You can now research the Forge Heading Tool recipe from nails.

  Nails can be used to research the Forge Heading Tool craftRecipe.

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• NEWTools

  Added the following items: Improvised Screwdriver; Firewood

  The Improvised Screwdriver, Firewood, the Firewood Bundle and Firewood with Nails are now in the game.

  Added the following items: Improvised Screwdriver; Firewood; Firewood Bundle;Firewood with Nails.

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• NEWCrafting recipes

  Added recipes to make an Improvised Screwdriver; Chop Firewood from Logs and Large Branches

  New recipes let you make an Improvised Screwdriver, chop firewood from logs and large branches, and bundle or unbundle firewood, and Firewood with Nails now uses the general nails weapon recipe.

  Added recipes to make an Improvised Screwdriver; Chop Firewood from Logs and Large Branches; Bundle Firewood; Unbundle Firewood; Firewood with Nails can be made using the general nails weapon craftRecipe.

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• CHANGEFuel

  Firewood burns for longer than other wooden items by weight; by chopping Logs and Large Branches

  Firewood burns longer by weight than other wooden items, so chopping Logs and Large Branches into Firewood makes them last longer as fuel for campfires.

  Firewood burns for longer than other wooden items by weight; by chopping Logs and Large Branches into Firewood you increase the length of time that they can be used as fuel for campfires, etc.

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• CHANGELoot

  Firewood and Firewood Bundles were added to some loot and story clutter tables

  Firewood and Firewood Bundles can now turn up in some loot and as story clutter.

  Firewood and Firewood Bundles were added to some loot and story clutter tables.

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• NERFTools

  Nerfed Wooden Spade stats, it is supposed to be an improvised, primitive tool

  The Wooden Spade has weaker stats, so it sits further below a standard spade to match how easy it is to craft.

  Nerfed Wooden Spade stats, it is supposed to be an improvised, primitive tool and stats were still too close to a standard spade for how easy it can be crafted.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Updated recipes that use crucibles so that they need to be empty

  Recipes that use a crucible now need the crucible to be empty.

  Updated recipes that use crucibles so that they need to be empty.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Updated Melt Sand and Melt Glass recipes to need a lighter or other way to start the fire

  Melt Sand and Melt Glass now need a lighter or another way to start the fire.

  Updated Melt Sand and Melt Glass recipes to need a lighter or other way to start the fire.

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• MS

  CHANGEMultiple systems

  The MakeScrewdriver craftRecipe can be learned from melee weapon schematics and the Escaping Captivity recipe magazine

  The screwdriver recipe can now be learned from melee weapon schematics and from the Escaping Captivity recipe magazine.

  The MakeScrewdriver craftRecipe can be learned from melee weapon schematics and the Escaping Captivity recipe magazine.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Characters will no longer autodrink from a bottle that is being filled, the action has to be completed first

  Your character no longer drinks automatically from a bottle while it is still being filled; the filling has to finish first.

  Characters will no longer autodrink from a bottle that is being filled, the action has to be completed first.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Added recipe research allowances for Forging Spade Heads to relevant items

  Researching the right items can now teach you how to forge Spade Heads.

  Added recipe research allowances for Forging Spade Heads to relevant items.

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• MS

  NEWMultiple systems

  Added a craftRecipe for sewing a Leather Tool Roll

  You can now sew a Leather Tool Roll with a new crafting recipe.

  Added a craftRecipe for sewing a Leather Tool Roll.

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• BUFFFire

  Increased Campfire capacity to allow use of Buckets for water purification/cooking

  Campfires can hold more, so you can now use Buckets on them to purify water or cook.

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• CHANGEWindows

  Ground floor locked windows in looted/trashed buildings will be unlocked

  Locked ground floor windows in looted and trashed buildings are now unlocked.

  Ground floor locked windows in looted/trashed buildings will be unlocked.

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• CHANGECorpses

  Corpses will now sometimes spawn outside of Trashed & Looted buildings

  Corpses can now sometimes appear just outside looted and trashed buildings, though only in the narrow strip of ground around each building.

  • Corpses will now sometimes spawn outside of Trashed & Looted buildings; this is RNG dependant, and also "buildings" don't really have much of a outside footprint, it's basically a row a squares surrounding the building in most cases, so there's not much real estate to work with.
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• CHANGEBuildings

  Trash will also spawn outside of Trashed & Looted buildings on ground squares

  Trash now also appears on the ground just outside looted and trashed buildings.

  Trash will also spawn outside of Trashed & Looted buildings on ground squares.

  • Trash will also spawn outside of Trashed & Looted buildings on ground squares. Again, not much real estate to work with here.
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• CHANGEBasements

  The basements of trashed & looted buildings will be less trashed and looted

  Basements under looted and trashed buildings are less looted and trashed, and the deeper the floor, the less damage it has.

  The basements of trashed & looted buildings will be less trashed and looted, proportional to how deep below ground level the individual basement floors may be.

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• CHANGEBuildings

  Additionally sometimes trashed buildings will have one

  Trashed buildings can rarely hold zombies or corpses of bandits, survivalists or militia, and their outfits can carry good loot.

  Additionally sometimes trashed buildings will have one or more zombies or corpses of bandits/survivalists/militia in them; this is rare, but as those outfits can have good loot, it will serve as "finding some of the missing loot.

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• CHANGEDoors

  Additionally more attention is paid to doors and windows, and locked closed garage doors should be broken

  Doors and windows in trashed buildings get more attention, and locked closed garage doors should now be broken.

  Additionally more attention is paid to doors and windows, and locked closed garage doors should be broken.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Added recipe research progression for several "tool" category items: masonry trowels

  More tools can now teach recipes through research, including masonry trowels and chisels, sickles, tweezers, files, whetstones, buckets and crowbars.

  • Added recipe research progression for several "tool" category items: masonry trowels; masonry chisels; (more) fleshing tool; (more) sickles; tweezers; forceps; files; whetstones; nails and heading tools from nail-spiked weapons; buckets; crowbars; trowels; etc.
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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  The CarveBat recipe was added to the pool of recipes that can be on a melee weapon schematic

  Melee weapon schematics can now teach the recipe for carving a baseball bat.

  The CarveBat recipe was added to the pool of recipes that can be on a melee weapon schematic.

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• CHANGETools

  Added the Improvised Screwdriver items to some attached weapon definitions

  Bandits, survivalists and later game zombies may now have an Improvised Screwdriver attached to them or stuck in them.

  Added the Improvised Screwdriver items to some attached weapon definitions.

  • Added the Improvised Screwdriver items to some attached weapon definitions. Bandits, Survivalist, and later game zombies may have them attached to or impaled within them.
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• CHANGEGeneral

  Iron and Steel Bars, Bar Halves, Rods and Rod Halves will break into halves when they break

  Iron and steel bars and rods, including their halves, now break into halves when they break, like many other melee weapons.

  Iron and Steel Bars, Bar Halves, Rods and Rod Halves will break into halves when they break, like many other melee weapons.

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• CHANGEWeapons

  Rebalanced the skill level requirements for the welded weapons

  Welded weapons have rebalanced skill requirements, so fewer of them are packed into the lowest skill levels.

  Rebalanced the skill level requirements for the welded weapons as they were too "bottom heavy".

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Changed MakeSmallScrapWeapon to MakeSawbladeHatchet

  The small scrap weapon recipe now only makes the Sawblade Hatchet; it used to make a scrap cleaver as well, but the scrap cleaver already has its own recipe.

  Changed MakeSmallScrapWeapon to MakeSawbladeHatchet; it was a multi-recipe that could also make a scrap cleaver, but also there was already a scrap cleaver recipe.

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• BUFFCrafting recipes

  Halved the time required for the recipe research action

  Researching recipes now takes half as long.

  Halved the time required for the recipe research action.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Added research progression for pots, cutlery and pans

  Pots, pans and cutlery now have research progression.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Increased the burn time of the firewood bundle to match unbundled firewood

  A firewood bundle now burns as long as the same firewood unbundled, so you lose no fuel time by bundling it.

  Increased the burn time of the firewood bundle to match unbundled firewood.

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• MS

  BUFFMultiple systems

  A players relevant highest skill level can reduce how long

  Crafting is now faster when your relevant skill is higher than the recipe needs, with 5% less time for every level above the highest requirement.

  • A players relevant highest skill level can reduce how long craftRecipes can take to perform; for every level the highest skill level is higher than the highest recipe skill requirement the time required to perform the craftRecipe will be reduced by 5%.
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• FIXWeapons

  Fixed: times repaired not transferring from the weapon to the blade when dismantling blades

  Taking the blade off a weapon now carries over its times repaired count, though repair counts on weapon parts may still have bugs.

  Fixed times repaired not transferring from the weapon to the blade when dismantling blades.

  • Fixed times repaired not transferring from the weapon to the blade when dismantling blades. The times repaired inheritance for weapon parts is probably going to have more gremlins to flush out.
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• CHANGEWeapons

  Rebalanced some weapons produced by knapping in regards to durability and damage output

  Some knapped weapons have rebalanced durability and damage.

  Rebalanced some weapons produced by knapping in regards to durability and damage output.

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• CHANGESkills

  The knapp stone awl craftRecipe requires no skill level to perform

  The knapped stone awl recipe no longer needs any skill level, so you can make one right from the start.

  The knapp stone awl craftRecipe requires no skill level to perform.

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• NEWGeneral

  Added craftRecipe for making an improvised knife from a machete blade

  You can now craft an improvised knife from a machete blade.

  Added craftRecipe for making an improvised knife from a machete blade.

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• CHANGEAmmunition

  Applied placeholder values to crafted metal armor for Bullet Defense

  Crafted metal armor now gives some protection against bullets, though the values are low placeholders that may change later.

  • Applied placeholder values to crafted metal armor for Bullet Defense; this isn't very realistic as-is, and is subject to change, but despite being quite low ranging from 5% to 20, ; ideally we will have better handling of armor types versus specific calibers of ammunition at some point, so this is to acknowledge that we aren't ignoring the matter in the meantime.
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• CHANGETraits

  The Baseball trait teaches the Carve Baseball Bat craftRecipe

  Characters with the Baseball trait now start out knowing the Carve Baseball Bat recipe.

  The Baseball trait teaches the Carve Baseball Bat craftRecipe.

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• CHANGEBooks

  Added new display string for WeaponMag7 "Magazine: The Louisville Bruiser"

  A new magazine, "The Louisville Bruiser", teaches the recipe for carving a baseball bat.

  Added new display string for WeaponMag7 "Magazine: The Louisville Bruiser", which teaches the Cave Baseball Bat craftRecipe.

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  NEWMultiple systems

  Added craftRecipes for sawing Wooden Rods from Long Sticks, Tree BRanches from Saplings

  With a saw you can now make wooden rods from long sticks, tree branches from saplings and small handles from wooden rods, so you can get rods and handles without carving skill.

  Added craftRecipes for sawing Wooden Rods from Long Sticks, Tree BRanches from Saplings, and Small Handles from wooden rods.

  • Added craftRecipes for sawing Wooden Rods from Long Sticks, Tree BRanches from Saplings, and Small Handles from wooden rods. If you have a saw, and a source of Long Sticks/Saplings/Brooms/Mops/Hockey Sticks/etc, you will be able to produce Wooden Rods and Small Handles without any carving beyond carving Saplings and Hockey Sticks into Long Sticks, which doesn't have any skill level requirement.
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• BUFFCrafting recipes

  Allow players to use liquids from different containers in craft recipes

  Crafting recipes that need liquids can now take them from different containers.

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• NEWKnapping

  Added the item and craftRecipe for a Flint Saw and Scraper

  You can now knap a Flint Saw and Scraper with a new crafting recipe.

  Added the item and craftRecipe for a Flint Saw and Scraper.

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• CHANGETools

  This functions as a "crude saw" for some, but not all, craftRecipes (it can so simple/crude work but not fine work), as well as a fleshing tool

  The Flint Saw and Scraper works as a crude saw for simple crafting but not for fine work, and it also works as a fleshing tool.

  This functions as a "crude saw" for some, but not all, craftRecipes (it can so simple/crude work but not fine work), as well as a fleshing tool.

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• BUFFFurniture

  Saws and Crude Saws can be used to make Log Furniture in addition to Axes that can chop down trees

  Log Furniture can now be made with a Saw or Crude Saw, not only with an axe that can chop down trees.

  Saws and Crude Saws can be used to make Log Furniture in addition to Axes that can chop down trees.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Made the recipe for making rope from dogbane the recipe

  Making rope from dogbane now uses the same recipe as making it from hemp, and the twine recipes for dogbane, hemp and flax now use the same tools and crafting times.

  Made the recipe for making rope from dogbane the recipe for making it from hemp, and the recipes for making twine from dogbane and the recipe for making it from hemp or flax consistent in regards to their tools, durations, etc.

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• CHANGEButchering

  Balanced butchering meat given

  The amount of meat you get from butchering has been rebalanced.

  Balanced butchering meat given.

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• NEWTraits

  Added the Trait "Mason" which provides 2 levels in the Masonry skill

  The new Mason trait gives 2 levels in the Masonry skill.

  Added the Trait "Mason" which provides 2 levels in the Masonry skill.

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• CHANGETraits

  Characters with the Mason trait know several workstation building recipes that involve bricks or stone and concrete

  Characters with the Mason trait start out knowing several workstation building recipes that use bricks, stone or concrete.

  Characters with the Mason trait know several workstation building recipes that involve bricks or stone and concrete.

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• NERFMasonry

  Adjusted the Masonry skill bonus provided by the Construction Worker profession from +3 to +2

  The Construction Worker profession now gives a smaller Masonry bonus, matching the Mason trait.

  • Adjusted the Masonry skill bonus provided by the Construction Worker profession from +3 to +2; it's probably still too much for the point cost of the profession, but it should at least be consistent with the Mason trait, which is consistent with other Skill traits.
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• CHANGEMasonry

  The Masonry craftRecipe for making Stone Blocks from Stones now requires Masonry 1

  Making Stone Blocks from Stones now requires Masonry 1 and gives XP to match that level.

  The Masonry craftRecipe for making Stone Blocks from Stones now requires Masonry 1 and provides XP equivalent with it's level requirement.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Similarly the recipe for making Small Stone Wheels, Large Stone Wheels and Stone Anvils requires Masonry 2

  Small Stone Wheels, Large Stone Wheels and Stone Anvils now require Masonry 2 to make.

  Similarly the recipe for making Small Stone Wheels, Large Stone Wheels and Stone Anvils requires Masonry 2.

  • Similarly the recipe for making Small Stone Wheels, Large Stone Wheels and Stone Anvils requires Masonry 2. Some of these arguably should be greater, to provide progression and more XP, but this is the initial rebalancing pass.
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• NEWCrafting recipes

  Added stonemasonry recipes for making Stone Maul and Large Axe Heads using a Club Hammer and Masonry Chisel

  Stone Mauls and Large Axe Heads can now be made through stonemasonry with a Club Hammer and Masonry Chisel; this needs a much higher skill level than knapping them but does not have to be learned.

  Added stonemasonry recipes for making Stone Maul and Large Axe Heads using a Club Hammer and Masonry Chisel.

  • Added stonemasonry recipes for making Stone Maul and Large Axe Heads using a Club Hammer and Masonry Chisel. These have a much higher skill level requirement than the knapping versions, and also don't need to be learned. This is to provide some high level options for the stonemasonry skill, and it doesn't seem unreasonable as well when using proper tools.
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• CHANGEGeneral

  This functions as a "crude saw" for some, but not all

  The Flint Saw works as a crude saw for some simple crafting recipes, but it cannot do fine work.

  This functions as a "crude saw" for some, but not all, craftRecipes (it can so simple/crude work but not fine work).

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• BUFFGeneral

  Boosted the durability of the spears made using proper forged spear heads

  Spears made with properly forged spear heads are now more durable, so they last longer before breaking.

  Boosted the durability of the spears made using proper forged spear heads.

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• NERFGeneral

  Made the CopyBuildingKey craftRecipe not-researchable

  You can no longer learn the recipe for copying building keys by researching keys, so it is now much harder to get.

  Made the CopyBuildingKey craftRecipe not-researchable; it was too easy for any player to learn it from building keys, and is supposed to be more of a "criminal"/heist type thing.

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• NEWGeneral

  Added crafted bone and wood knitting needle items

  You can now craft knitting needles from bone or wood.

  Added crafted bone and wood knitting needle items.

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• NEWCrafting recipes

  Added recipe magazine "Pioneering Carvers" that teaches the Carve Knitting Needles recipe

  The new Pioneering Carvers recipe magazine teaches Carve Knitting Needles, and the bone Awl and Sewing Needle carving recipes have moved to it from another magazine.

  Added recipe magazine "Pioneering Carvers" that teaches the Carve Knitting Needles recipe; the recipes for carving bone Awls and Sewing Needles were also moved to this magazine from another one.

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• CHANGEWeather

  Extend rain fluid dilution mechanics to dilute all fluid types/work on barrels

  Rain now dilutes every fluid type, and this also works on barrels.

  Extend rain fluid dilution mechanics to dilute all fluid types/work on barrels.

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• NEWTraits

  Added the Trait "Inventive" which provides a benefit with learning recipes from items or the autoLearn mechanic by reducing the required level; it still needs an icon

  Inventive is a new trait that lowers the skill level you need to learn recipes from items or through auto-learning, so you pick up recipes sooner.

  Added the Trait "Inventive" which provides a benefit with learning recipes from items or the autoLearn mechanic by reducing the required level; it still needs an icon.

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• BUFFCrafting recipes

  Added the Flint Saw as a valid input for several crafting and building recipes

  The Flint Saw can now be used as a tool in several crafting and building recipes.

  Added the Flint Saw as a valid input for several crafting and building recipes.

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• NEWGeneral

  Added a craftRecipe to saw wooden Baseball Bats and nail-spiked Baseball Bats into Short Bats

  Wooden and nail-spiked Baseball Bats can now be sawn down into Short Bats, which also restores their condition if they were damaged.

  Added a craftRecipe to saw wooden Baseball Bats and nail-spiked Baseball Bats into Short Bats, which will also reset their condition if damaged.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Rakes can be dismantled for a Rake Head and broken Long Stick

  Rakes can now be taken apart into a Rake Head and a broken Long Stick.

  Rakes can be dismantled for a Rake Head and broken Long Stick.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  The Siberian Bear Hunting recipe magazine also teaches the recipes for forging spear heads

  The Siberian Bear Hunting magazine now also teaches the recipes for forging spear heads.

  The Siberian Bear Hunting recipe magazine also teaches the recipes for forging spear heads.

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• CHANGEFishing

  Filleting fish provides Butchering XP and not Cooking XP

  Filleting fish now gives Butchering XP instead of Cooking XP.

  Filleting fish provides Butchering XP and not Cooking XP.

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• CHANGEButchering

  Balanced butchering further

  Butchering has been rebalanced again, so what you get from carcasses may differ from before.

  Balanced butchering further.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Rebalanced several carving recipe time requirements; they should be more consistent and sensible

  Several carving recipes now take more consistent crafting times, and in many cases more generous ones.

  Rebalanced several carving recipe time requirements; they should be more consistent and sensible, as well as more generous in many cases.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Several carving recipes, including forks, buckets, goblets and spades, require being learned

  Several carving recipes, including forks, buckets, goblets and spades, now have to be learned before you can make them.

  Several carving recipes, including forks, buckets, goblets and spades, require being learned.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Appropriate traits teach these recipes and appropriate recipe magazines teach them

  These carving recipes are taught by the matching traits and recipe magazines.

  Appropriate traits teach these recipes and appropriate recipe magazines teach them.

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• BUFFSkills

  Wood Spoons can be used to carve Wood Forks and Boon Spoons and be used to carve Bone Forks

  Wood Spoons can now be carved into Wood Forks and Bone Spoons into Bone Forks, so you can earn carving XP twice from the same tableware.

  Wood Spoons can be used to carve Wood Forks and Boon Spoons and be used to carve Bone Forks.

  • Wood Spoons can be used to carve Wood Forks and Boon Spoons and be used to carve Bone Forks. This just makes sense but also allows for cunning XP goblins to double down their gains when crafting carved tableware.
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• BUFFMasonry

  The Wooden Trowel can now be used like a Hand Trowel alongside being able to be used as a Plaster Trowel and a Masons Trowel

  The Wooden Trowel now also works as a Hand Trowel, on top of working as a Plaster Trowel and a Masons Trowel.

  The Wooden Trowel can now be used like a Hand Trowel alongside being able to be used as a Plaster Trowel and a Masons Trowel.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Tires and Tires Pieces both provides less Tire Armor research recipes, only teaching Shin

  Researching Tires and Tire Pieces now only teaches Shin and Forearm tire armor, but crafting and researching those pieces unlocks more tire armor recipes.

  Tires and Tires Pieces both provides less Tire Armor research recipes, only teaching Shin and Forearm Armor; however crafting those and researching them will teach additional tire armor recipes.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Consolidated the metal mask craftRecipes by material into one recipe

  Metal masks now use one crafting recipe per material instead of several separate ones.

  Consolidated the metal mask craftRecipes by material into one recipe.

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• CHANGEAmmunition

  Ammo Straps, Double Holsters and Crafted Hide Holsters can be cut

  Ammo Straps, Double Holsters and Crafted Hide Holsters can now be cut up for a leather strip and buckle, just like Belts.

  Ammo Straps, Double Holsters and Crafted Hide Holsters can be cut up for a leather strip and buckle alongside Belts.

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• BUFFGeneral

  The durability of stone, bone, and simple/crude metal spears was boosted

  Stone, bone and simple or crude metal spears last longer before breaking, easing earlier nerfs to these proper spears.

  The durability of stone, bone, and simple/crude metal spears was boosted; these all comprise "proper" spears, and as such are being slightly de-nerfed.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Several disassembly recipes for long and longer type implements were consolidated into one craftRecipe; it's outputMapper should produce the correct head and broken handle for the dismantled object

  Taking apart long and longer tools and weapons now uses a single recipe that should give you the right head and broken handle for whatever you dismantle.

  Several disassembly recipes for long and longer type implements were consolidated into one craftRecipe; it's outputMapper should produce the correct head and broken handle for the dismantled object.

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• CHANGEWeapons

  Rebalanced Animal Bone club-type weapons

  Animal Bone club-type weapons have been rebalanced, so their stats may differ from before.

  Rebalanced Animal Bone club-type weapons.

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• NEWGeneral

  Added craftRecipes for processing Copper, Gold and Silver scrap, sheets, and bars

  Copper, Gold and Silver scrap, sheets and bars now have crafting recipes for processing them.

  Added craftRecipes for processing Copper, Gold and Silver scrap, sheets, and bars.

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• FIXBlacksmithing

  Restored craftRecipes for forging copper Kettles and Saucepans

  Copper Kettles and Saucepans can be forged again.

  Restored craftRecipes for forging copper Kettles and Saucepans.

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• NEWGeneral

  Added craftRecipes for processing copper items into Copper Scrap

  Copper items can now be broken down into Copper Scrap, which can be made into Copper Sheets to craft new copper items.

  Added craftRecipes for processing copper items into Copper Scrap; Copper Scrap can be made into Copper Sheets to craft Copper Items.

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• NEWGeneral

  Added craftRecipes for producing Gold and Silver scrap by processing Gold and Silver jewellery

  Gold and Silver jewellery can now be processed into Gold and Silver scrap.

  Added craftRecipes for producing Gold and Silver scrap by processing Gold and Silver jewellery.

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• BUFFBlacksmithing

  With this players should be able to generate Blacksmithing XP by producing Gold and Silver tableware

  You can now level Blacksmithing by scrapping gold and silver jewellery, turning the scrap into sheets and making gold and silver tableware, goblets, cups and masks.

  With this players should be able to generate Blacksmithing XP by producing Gold and Silver tableware, goblets, cups and masks, by scrapping Gold and Silver jewellery and producing Gold and Silver sheets from the scrap.

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• NEWCrafting recipes

  Added recipe for rendering Metal Baseball Bat type weapons into Aluminum Scrap

  Metal Baseball Bat type weapons can now be broken down into Aluminum Scrap.

  Added recipe for rendering Metal Baseball Bat type weapons into Aluminum Scrap.

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• CHANGEWeapons

  Aluminum Scrap can be used for the Scrap Sheet Metal Weapon craftRecipes

  Aluminum Scrap now works in the Scrap Sheet Metal weapon recipes, giving you another material option for them.

  Aluminum Scrap can be used for the Scrap Sheet Metal Weapon craftRecipes.

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• BUFFCrafting recipes

  Aluminum Scrap can be further rendered into Aluminum Fragments

  Aluminum Scrap can be broken down further into Aluminum Fragments, which work alongside Aluminum Foil in some bomb and radio recipes.

  Aluminum Scrap can be further rendered into Aluminum Fragments, which alongside Aluminum Foil, can be used for some Bomb and Radio recipes.

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• CHANGEVehicles

  Adjusted how the yields work for scrapping vehicles

  Scrapping vehicles now gives a more useful mix of crafting materials.

  Adjusted how the yields work for scrapping vehicles; a more useful spread of crafting materials should be produced.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Adjusted the Carve Short Bat recipe to require a higher skill level, and to be learned

  Carve Short Bat now needs a higher skill level and has to be learned first, through the right professions, traits, magazines or research.

  Adjusted the Carve Short Bat recipe to require a higher skill level, and to be learned, based on feedback; this is taught by appropriate professions, traits and magazines, and can be researched.

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• NERFCrafting recipes

  Adjusted the Carve Wooden Spade recipe to require skill level 4 and not 3 also based on feedback

  Carve Wooden Spade now needs a higher carving skill level, so you can make it later in your progression.

  Adjusted the Carve Wooden Spade recipe to require skill level 4 and not 3 also based on feedback.

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• CHANGEBlacksmithing

  The Forge Buckle recipe needs to be learned

  Forge Buckle now has to be learned first, through the right professions, traits, magazines or research.

  The Forge Buckle recipe needs to be learned; this is taught by appropriate professions, traits and magazines, and can be researched.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Adjusted the weights of some metal scrap items for better consistency with crafting

  Some metal scrap items weigh different amounts now, to line up better with how they are used in crafting.

  Adjusted the weights of some metal scrap items for better consistency with crafting.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Rebalanced nutrition values for alcoholic beverages

  Alcoholic drinks have new nutrition values, so drinking them affects your nutrition differently.

  Rebalanced nutrition values for alcoholic beverages.

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• CHANGESkills

  Removed XP for sub-dividing Fish Fillets

  Cutting Fish Fillets into smaller pieces no longer gives XP, which closes an XP exploit; the option exists so oversized fillets fit in smaller containers.

  Removed XP for sub-dividing Fish Fillets; this was just so oversize Fish Fillets could be made to fit smaller containers, but players were using it as an XP generating exploit.

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• CHANGEFood

  Opening canned food with a knife or sharp stone is now AnySurfaceCraft and not InHandCraft

  Opening a can with a knife or sharp stone now needs a surface instead of being done in your hands, so you are less likely to pick it by accident, and it can break the knife or hurt your hand.

  Opening canned food with a knife or sharp stone is now AnySurfaceCraft and not InHandCraft; this is to make it less likely for players to unintentionally select this option when opening cans.

  • Opening canned food with a knife or sharp stone is now AnySurfaceCraft and not InHandCraft; this is to make it less likely for players to unintentionally select this option when opening cans. Additionally with right-clicking you cannot both select the can and knife, and you can break a knife (or your hand) performing this craftRecipe. You should use a surface when stabbing a can open anyways.
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• CHANGEWeapons

  This doesn't affect Spiked clubs and Maces, both of which are made from Short Bats

  Spiked Clubs and Maces made from Short Bats keep their damage, because the Short Bat nerf does not apply to these endgame Blacksmithing weapons.

  This doesn't affect Spiked clubs and Maces, both of which are made from Short Bats; these are endgame Blacksmithing weapons and as such should be meta weapons.

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• NERFKnapping

  Increased the Knapping skill level requirement by 1

  The Large Stone Axe Head and Stone Maul Head now need one more Knapping level to craft, so these strong weapons take longer to reach.

  • Increased the Knapping skill level requirement by 1 for the Large Stone Axe Head and Stone Maul Head craftRecipes
  • looking over community feedback, they have acquired a meta-weapon reputation, their statistics have already been nerfed but as-is they also had remarkably low skill level requirements compared to weapon crafts in general, so this may need to be increased further.
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• NEWGeneral

  Added Survival Schematics; they are like other Schematics

  Survival Schematics are a new schematic type that teaches wilderness and post-apocalypse survival recipes.

  Added Survival Schematics; they are like other Schematics but teach wilderness and post apocalypse type survival craftRecipes.

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• CHANGEKnapping

  Leather Drying Racks can be built using the Flint Saw item

  Leather Drying Racks can be built using the Flint Saw item.

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• NERFGeneral

  Road kills will now yield way less meat and of poor quality

  Road kills now give far less meat, and it is of poor quality.

  Road kills will now yield way less meat and of poor quality.

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• NERFAnimals

  Butchered meat numbers/value will be reduced with time passed since animal's death (start lowering at 12h)

  Butchering an animal gives less meat, and less valuable meat, the longer it has been dead, starting once 12 hours have passed.

  Butchered meat numbers/value will be reduced with time passed since animal's death (start lowering at 12h).

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• CHANGEFood

  This meat can be rotten if the animal stayed dead for too long before butchering

  Meat from butchering can now come out rotten if the animal lay dead too long before you butchered it.

  This meat can be rotten if the animal stayed dead for too long before butchering.

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• CHANGEAnimals

  Added animal bodies rotten version, it takes 50h by default (hours for corpse removal sandbox option) to change the animal rotting stage (fresh -> rotten -> bloody skel -> skel -> removed)

  Dead animals now visibly rot, moving from fresh to rotten to bloody skeleton to skeleton before they disappear, and each stage takes 50 hours by default.

  Added animal bodies rotten version, it takes 50h by default (hours for corpse removal sandbox option) to change the animal rotting stage (fresh -> rotten -> bloody skel -> skel -> removed).

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• CHANGEBuildings

  The time until maximum Trashed & Looted buildings has been changed from 56 days to 90 days

  Buildings now take longer to reach their most Trashed & Looted state, so they stay in better shape for longer into a run.

  The time until maximum Trashed & Looted buildings has been changed from 56 days to 90 days.

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• CHANGEAnimals

  The Maximum Rat Index sandbox value has been changed from a default value of 100 to 50 and is also hard capped to 50

  The Maximum Rat Index sandbox setting now defaults to 50 and cannot go higher, so rat levels top out lower.

  The Maximum Rat Index sandbox value has been changed from a default value of 100 to 50 and is also hard capped to 50.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Removed the ability to remove buckets from forges

  Buckets can no longer be taken out of forges once placed.

  Removed the ability to remove buckets from forges.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Adjusted values in ISBaseTimedAction.adjustMaxTime

  Being unhappy or drunk now slows your actions down more.

  Adjusted values in ISBaseTimedAction.adjustMaxTime so that unhappyness and drunkeness have a stronger effect.

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• BUFFSkills

  Boosted the xp, in general, for constructing tiles

  Building tiles gives more XP in general, so construction skills level up faster.

  Boosted the xp, in general, for constructing tiles.

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• CHANGESkills

  This should now be, minimum, 10xp/per level of skill requirement

  Building a tile now gives at least 10 XP for each level of skill it requires, and tiles with no skill requirement give between 1 and 6 XP.

  • This should now be, minimum, 10xp/per level of skill requirement
  • 1-6 xp for 0 skill tiles.
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• CHANGEFarming

  Sledgehammers can spawn as surface clutter in Farm Storage and Garage roomdefs

  Sledgehammers can now spawn lying on surfaces in farm storage rooms and garages, so they are easier to find.

  Sledgehammers can spawn as surface clutter in Farm Storage and Garage roomdefs.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Packing eggs in a carton sets the carton's freeze time to the average freeze time of the 12 eggs

  Packing eggs into a carton now sets the carton's freeze time to the average of the 12 eggs inside.

  Packing eggs in a carton sets the carton's freeze time to the average freeze time of the 12 eggs.

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• CHANGEWater

  Restore reserve water to plumbed items when mains is off

  Plumbed items now get their reserve water restored when the mains supply is off.

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• CHANGEZombies

  Mild reduction in the chance/amount of armor and weapons that spawn on Survivalist outfit zombies

  Survivalist zombies are a little less likely to carry armor and weapons, and they carry less of both.

  Mild reduction in the chance/amount of armor and weapons that spawn on Survivalist outfit zombies.

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• CHANGELoot

  Nerf to the amount and kind of loot in late-game Bandit outfit zombies backpacks

  Late-game Bandit zombies have less loot in their backpacks, and the loot is not as good.

  Nerf to the amount and kind of loot in late-game Bandit outfit zombies backpacks.

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• CHANGEVehicles

  Some appropriate vehicle types have the possibility of spawning a Sledgehammer as part of their trunk loot

  Some suitable vehicle types can now have a Sledgehammer in the trunk.

  Some appropriate vehicle types have the possibility of spawning a Sledgehammer as part of their trunk loot.

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• NEWClimbing

  Added raccoons, though currently there are issues with their fence-climbing

  Raccoons are now in the game, but they still have trouble climbing fences.

  Added raccoons, though currently there are issues with their fence-climbing.

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• CHANGEAnimals

  Chicken coop

  The chicken coop window now has tabs, so egg-laying nests and roosts are shown separately.

  Chicken coop. This is now a tabbed window separating the egg-laying nests from the roosts.

  Official source
• CHANGEAnimals

  Animal-info windows allowing renaming etc

  Animals now have info windows where you can do things like rename them.

  Animal-info windows allowing renaming etc.

  Official source
• CHANGEAiming

  Added specific sprint to aim anims for weapon types

  Going from a sprint into aiming now plays animations made for each weapon type.

  Added specific sprint to aim anims for weapon types.

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• CHANGEUser interface

  If the zone includes some waters tiles (lake, river..) it'll be shown in the zone UI

  The zone window now shows when a zone includes water tiles, such as a lake or river.

  If the zone includes some waters tiles (lake, river..) it'll be shown in the zone UI.

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• CHANGEAnimals

  Animals will try to drink from river they can access before anything else

  Animals now try to drink from a river they can reach before anything else.

  Animals will try to drink from river they can access before anything else.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Updated Smash Watermelon recipe to use its own timed action

  Smashing a watermelon now uses its own action, which lets its sound and animation issues be fixed.

  Updated Smash Watermelon recipe to use its own timed action, so sound and animation issues can be solved.

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• CHANGEBuildings

  The looted/trashed buildings should have more broken and open doors

  Looted and trashed buildings have more broken and open doors and more broken windows, so they are easier to spot.

  The looted/trashed buildings should have more broken and open doors, and more broken windows, to better signpost their status as looted & trashed.

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• CHANGECorpses

  Reworked the corpse spawning in trashed buildings to use the new corpse spawning code

  Corpses in trashed buildings now spawn using the new corpse spawning system.

  Reworked the corpse spawning in trashed buildings to use the new corpse spawning code.

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• CHANGEBlacksmithing

  It's possible that people may exploit this as a "materials processing" exploit

  You can still saw, forge or otherwise split broken rods and bars into halves, even though it could be used as a materials processing exploit.

  It's possible that people may exploit this as a "materials processing" exploit; you should still be able to saw/forge/etc. broken rods/bars into halves as is, and it is arguable that

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• CHANGEWeapons

  The intent of these weapons is to be "crappier" crude versions of "properly crafted" weapons

  Welded weapons are meant to be crude, weaker versions of properly crafted weapons, and a skilled blacksmith should make the real versions instead.

  The intent of these weapons is to be "crappier" crude versions of "properly crafted" weapons; under ideal circumstances a skilled blacksmith would produce properly crafted real weapons instead of the crude welded weapons.

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• FIXCrafting recipes

  Fixed: several recipes having duplicate condition fields

  Several recipes no longer have duplicate condition settings.

  Fixed several recipes having duplicate condition fields.

  Official source
• CHANGEKnapping

  Reorganized the knapping recipe file by skill levels requirements

  The knapping recipes are now grouped by the skill level each one requires.

  Reorganized the knapping recipe file by skill levels requirements.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Changed the category of some knapping-related weapon

  Several knapping weapon and tool recipes that stick heads onto sticks now sit in the Assembly crafting category instead of Survival, alongside almost all other assembly recipes.

  • Changed the category of some knapping-related weapon and tool assembly recipes from "Survival" to "Assembly" as almost all weapon and tool assembly recipes are in that category, especially ones involving sticking heads onto sticks like these ones.
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• CHANGEWeapons

  Some minor rebalancing of mace and morningstar type weapons

  Mace and morningstar weapons get minor balance tweaks.

  Some minor rebalancing of mace and morningstar type weapons.

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• CHANGEBuildings

  Added some checks to the other looted two building/store stories

  If the looted buildings option is off, the other similar looted building and store stories no longer appear either, and they now use the same room limit as the trashed and looted building story.

  Added some checks to the other looted two building/store stories so that if the looted building option is disabled, those other similar-but-different stories from the "trashed and looted buildings" shouldn't occur.

  • Added some checks to the other looted two building/store stories so that if the looted building option is disabled, those other similar-but-different stories from the "trashed and looted buildings" shouldn't occur. They will also use the same limit on room numbers that the trashed and looted building story uses.
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• NEWTraits

  Added the Trait "Artisan" which provides +1 to Pottery and Glassmaking

  The new Artisan trait gives +1 to Pottery and Glassmaking; it does not have an icon yet.

  Added the Trait "Artisan" which provides +1 to Pottery and Glassmaking; it also still needs an icon.

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• CHANGEAnimals

  Added rotting stage for animals, currently i only have bloodied skeleton

  Animal corpses now rot, currently only into a bloodied skeleton, with a rotten corpse stage before the skeleton still to come.

  Added rotting stage for animals, currently i only have bloodied skeleton, but rotten corpse (before skeleton) is coming.

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• NERFCrafting recipes

  The Wooden Bucket carving recipe requirement has been increased to 4 from 3

  The Wooden Bucket carving recipe now needs a higher skill level, so you can make it later in your progression.

  The Wooden Bucket carving recipe requirement has been increased to 4 from 3.

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• NERFWeapons

  Based on community feedback, mildly nerfed Short Bat class weapons

  Short Bat class weapons do slightly less damage now because their minimum damage roll is lower.

  Based on community feedback, mildly nerfed Short Bat class weapons; their minimum damage value was reduced by 0.1, which means that damage, before additional calculations, will be 0.05 less on average.

  Official source
• CHANGEWeapons

  All bomb/bomb-type weapon items have a maximum condition of 1

  Bombs and bomb-type weapons can no longer spawn in a Worn state because of a change to their maximum condition.

  • All bomb/bomb-type weapon items have a maximum condition of 1
  • this is to prevent them from ever spawning in a "Worn" state from having a condition of less than 1/3rd maximum.
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• BUFFWeapons

  Slight buff to brake-disc type weapons

  Brake-disc weapons get a slight buff because they were underperforming as heavy weapons.

  Slight buff to brake-disc type weapons; as heavy-type weapons they were under performing.

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• CHANGEFood

  Update the status of food for animal dead bodies (so it'll say Stale/Rotten if needed)

  Dead animal bodies now show as Stale or Rotten when they are, so you can check a carcass's freshness before butchering it.

  Update the status of food for animal dead bodies (so it'll say Stale/Rotten if needed).

  Official source
• CHANGEWeapons

  Weapons that do not generate Maintenance XP now have a tooltip warning the player as such

  Weapons that give no Maintenance XP now say so in their tooltip, so you can tell which ones will not train the skill.

  Weapons that do not generate Maintenance XP now have a tooltip warning the player as such.

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• CHANGELoot

  Mild nerf to the amount of loot in late-game Survivalist outfit zombies backpacks

  Late-game Survivalist zombies have a bit less loot in their backpacks.

  Mild nerf to the amount of loot in late-game Survivalist outfit zombies backpacks.

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• CHANGEZombies

  Both Bandits and Survivalist outfit zombies will have good stuff

  Bandit and Survivalist zombies still carry good gear, just slightly less of it.

  Both Bandits and Survivalist outfit zombies will have good stuff, they were just nudged to have slightly less good stuff.

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• CHANGEGenerators

  Slightly reduced Old and Cheap Generators sound radius and volume

  Old and Cheap Generators are slightly quieter and can be heard from a slightly shorter distance, but they are still louder than the good ones.

  Slightly reduced Old and Cheap Generators sound radius and volume; they are still louder than the good ones.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Added research progression for pots, cutlery, pans, and saucepans

  Pots, cutlery, pans, saucepans and kettles can now be researched, though their crafting recipes are still switched off.

  Added research progression for pots, cutlery, pans, and saucepans and kettles (although their craft recipes are commented out).

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