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Farming changes in Project Zomboid

Latest change 42.19.0 (Build 42 Unstable) ·

  • 24documented changes
  • 15patches
  • 15fixes

Every documented change to Farming

24 changes across 15 patches, newest first

42.19.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Monday, 1 June 2026

  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: players being able to dig furrows and plant seeds on occupied tiles

    Fixed players being able to dig furrows and plant seeds on occupied tiles

    Official source

42.18.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Monday, 11 May 2026

  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: Gardening Interactions from displaying incorrect growth phase for crops

    Fixed Gardening Interactions from displaying incorrect growth phase for crops

    Official source

Build 42 Multiplayer (42.13.0) Thursday, 11 December 2025

  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: undesired exploitable behaviour with packing food-seeds in packets

    An exploit that came from packing food seeds into seed packets has been fixed.

    Fixed undesired exploitable behaviour with packing food-seeds in packets

    Official source
  • CHANGEFarming

    Crop Farmer and Livestock Farmer renamed to Farmer and Rancher

    Crop Farmer is now called Farmer, and Livestock Farmer is now called Rancher.

    Crop Farmer and Livestock Farmer renamed to Farmer and Rancher.

    Official source

42.12.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Thursday, 25 September 2025

  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: Mint Seeds returning an empty bag after packaging

    Fixed Mint Seeds returning an empty bag after packaging

    Official source
  • CHANGEFarming

    Added Large Hooks to the pools of surface clutter items for Barns and Garages

    Large Hooks can now turn up as surface clutter in barns and garages as well as in farm storage.

    Added Large Hooks to the pools of surface clutter items for Barns and Garages; they already spawn as surface clutter in Farm Storage.

    Official source
  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: planting seasons being incorrect in crops' RMC when using agriculture cheat

    The planting seasons shown in a crop's right-click menu are now correct when using the agriculture cheat.

    Fixed planting seasons being incorrect in crops' RMC when using agriculture cheat

    Official source

42.11.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Monday, 4 August 2025

  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: the amount of wheat seeds required for packing

    Packing wheat seeds now needs the correct number of seeds.

    Fixed the amount of wheat seeds required for packing.

    Official source
  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: farming magazine not teaching Create Flies Cure recipe

    Fixed farming magazine not teaching Create Flies Cure recipe.

    Official source

42.10 (Build 42 Unstable) Monday, 30 June 2025

  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: issues with food seed packing requiring more individual seeds than seeds returned

    Packing seeds into seed packets no longer takes more seeds than you get back.

    Fixed issues with food seed packing requiring more individual seeds than seeds returned.

    Official source

42.9.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Tuesday, 10 June 2025

  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: duplication exploit with packing seeds that are also food, such as Sunflower Seeds

    Fixed duplication exploit with packing seeds that are also food, such as Sunflower Seeds.

    Official source
  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: plant health not factoring into farming XP gain when harvesting plants

    The farming XP you get from harvesting plants now depends on how healthy each plant is.

    Fixed plant health not factoring into farming XP gain when harvesting plants.

    Official source

42.8.1 (Build 42 Unstable) Tuesday, 20 May 2025

  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: plants not being highlighted properly when the "Wind Sprite Effects" option is enabled

    Plants now highlight properly when the Wind Sprite Effects option is turned on.

    Fixed plants not being highlighted properly when the "Wind Sprite Effects" option is enabled.

    Official source

42.7.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Monday, 7 April 2025

  • CHANGEFarming

    QOL updates to farming when using a controller -combined mouse

    Controller farming gets a big cleanup: it stays in the selected mode between actions and gets a tooltip and button prompts on the cursor, plus new cursors for removing many plants or curing many plants of pests and mildew at once.

    • QOL updates to farming when using a controller -combined mouse and joypad farming modes to use the same methods. -farming with a controller now stays in the selected mode when harvesting, watering, checking plant info, etc. -fixed issues with submenu options staying open when selected. -added farming tooltip following the farming cursor when using a controller. -added button and trigger prompts to the farming cursor. -added "Remove" farming cursor for removing multiple plants with a shovel using gamepad or mouse. -added farming cursors for multiple aphid, mildew, slug, pest flies curing with joypad or mouse.
    Official source
  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: farming water options menu stuck on screen when deselected in joypad mode

    Fixed farming water options menu stuck on screen when deselected in joypad mode.

    Official source

42.6.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Monday, 24 March 2025

  • CHANGEFarming

    Zones `Farm` and `FarmLand` now have the biome `farmmix_forest`

    Farm and farmland zones now use a farm-mix forest biome, which cuts unwanted trees there to nearly none.

    Zones `Farm` and `FarmLand` now have the biome `farmmix_forest`.

    • Zones `Farm` and `FarmLand` now have the biome `farmmix_forest`. This reduce the number of unwanted trees to nearly 0.
    Official source

42.5.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Tuesday, 11 March 2025

  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: Some plants have missing Best Month/Poor month/Min water

    Some plants now have the best month, poor month and minimum water values they were missing.

    Fixed Some plants have missing Best Month/Poor month/Min water

    Official source
  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: issues with seeds produced by crops

    Fixed issues with seeds produced by crops

    Official source

42.4.0 (Build 42 Unstable) Tuesday, 4 March 2025

  • 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.

    Official source

42.1 (Build 42 Unstable) Tuesday, 21 January 2025

  • CHANGEFarming

    Double barrel shotguns can spawn as farm storage clutter

    Double barrel shotguns can now show up as clutter in farm storage.

    Double barrel shotguns can spawn as farm storage clutter.

    Official source
  • CHANGEFarming

    Dead farm plants now display mouse-over tooltips and the Plant Information window

    Dead farm plants now show mouse-over tooltips and can be viewed in the Plant Information window.

    Dead farm plants now display mouse-over tooltips and the Plant Information window.

    Official source
  • CHANGEFarming

    Adjusted the farming xp code so a player cannot get less than 0 xp from harvesting their own crop

    Harvesting your own crops can no longer give you negative Farming xp.

    Adjusted the farming xp code so a player cannot get less than 0 xp from harvesting their own crop.

    Official source

41.78.13 (Build 41) Tuesday, 29 November 2022

  • FIXFarming

    Fixed: the farming menu that limited squares watered after the first to 50 water units maximum instead of 100

    Fixed an error in the farming menu that limited squares watered after the first to 50 water units maximum instead of 100.

    Official source

41.67 (Build 41) Friday, 4 March 2022

  • CHANGEFarming

    Square must be valid to roll the item type (cannot be used to find plants on roads)

    Search Focus only rolls an item type on ground where that item could be found, so you cannot use it to find plants on roads.

    • square must be valid to roll the item type (cannot be used to find plants on roads)
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