- Additional Requirements
- Harmony
v2.5 or v2.6
- Compatible Game Versions
- 2.0
Forsaken Trail changes a lot of things compared to the base game and not everything will be listed here. This is a selection of the most important gameplay features or changes that require additional explanation.
The main feature of the mod is a series of custom biomes (40 in total) that are divided into 5 climate zones (Temperate, Wet, Warm, Cold and Irradiated). These come with a totally overhauled RWG that adds these features. Vanilla maps will not work with the mod, create a new one before playing.
More realistic world temperature and weather system. Temperature follows day/night cycle and 21 day seasonal cycle. Player temperature effects build up based on exposure to the elements vs protection.
The mod focuses on wilderness survival, overhauling food and drink and making the world far more interesting to explore.
Zombies and animals are randomized in size and behavior. Zombies in the world will only spawn once and when killed not come back. There are no night spawns, but wandering hordes are fully gamestaged.
Zombies in POIs will start to wander when the player comes close and if alerted may break out. Biome and POI tier decide gamestage of most spawns.
New resource and crafting system with quality levels up to 120. Quality is not permanent and lowers on repair, items break when not repaired.
New progression system with 5 attributes chosen on spawn via a new spawn screen. You choose a background and starting skills as well there, which decide what gear you spawn into the world with.
Crafting skills can be obtained through magazines and research papers. The research papers are unlocked via the Research perk and allow you to turn blueprints into a chance to increase your skill without the need to loot.
All firearms and bows are made up of 5 parts (the weapon and 4 mod parts). These decide how strong your weapon is and can be replaced for better parts you loot, buy or take from other weapons.
There are new challenges that are a tutorial to replace the vanilla challenges. These guide new players and give a focus for survival.
Traders are scattered in the wilderness, they do not offer any quests, instead you find bounty notes that give you a quest that can be turned in at any trader for hard cash.
Building is mostly done via blueprint blocks crafted from blueprints. These blocks usually require multiple ingredients to upgrade. The construction perk allows easier and faster construction while reducing stamina and durability use.
Character weight and inventory system allows you to use more slots from the start but also adds weight to every item. You can carry a lot of small items, but only a few fridges before being weighed down.
Many blocks in the world can be harvested from, picked up or otherwise interacted with without the need to bash them. Produce can be harvested from plants, honey searched in stumps and water can be taken directly or added to containers.
Water can be found in containers in the world by inspecting them similar to looting. Water can be collected from there into held containers or added to some of them. Some containers are limited (like toilets) and others can be picked up when empty and refilled elsewhere.
The main feature of the mod is a series of custom biomes (40 in total) that are divided into 5 climate zones (Temperate, Wet, Warm, Cold and Irradiated). These come with a totally overhauled RWG that adds these features. Vanilla maps will not work with the mod, create a new one before playing.
More realistic world temperature and weather system. Temperature follows day/night cycle and 21 day seasonal cycle. Player temperature effects build up based on exposure to the elements vs protection.
The mod focuses on wilderness survival, overhauling food and drink and making the world far more interesting to explore.
Zombies and animals are randomized in size and behavior. Zombies in the world will only spawn once and when killed not come back. There are no night spawns, but wandering hordes are fully gamestaged.
Zombies in POIs will start to wander when the player comes close and if alerted may break out. Biome and POI tier decide gamestage of most spawns.
New resource and crafting system with quality levels up to 120. Quality is not permanent and lowers on repair, items break when not repaired.
New progression system with 5 attributes chosen on spawn via a new spawn screen. You choose a background and starting skills as well there, which decide what gear you spawn into the world with.
Crafting skills can be obtained through magazines and research papers. The research papers are unlocked via the Research perk and allow you to turn blueprints into a chance to increase your skill without the need to loot.
All firearms and bows are made up of 5 parts (the weapon and 4 mod parts). These decide how strong your weapon is and can be replaced for better parts you loot, buy or take from other weapons.
There are new challenges that are a tutorial to replace the vanilla challenges. These guide new players and give a focus for survival.
Traders are scattered in the wilderness, they do not offer any quests, instead you find bounty notes that give you a quest that can be turned in at any trader for hard cash.
Building is mostly done via blueprint blocks crafted from blueprints. These blocks usually require multiple ingredients to upgrade. The construction perk allows easier and faster construction while reducing stamina and durability use.
Character weight and inventory system allows you to use more slots from the start but also adds weight to every item. You can carry a lot of small items, but only a few fridges before being weighed down.
Many blocks in the world can be harvested from, picked up or otherwise interacted with without the need to bash them. Produce can be harvested from plants, honey searched in stumps and water can be taken directly or added to containers.
Water can be found in containers in the world by inspecting them similar to looting. Water can be collected from there into held containers or added to some of them. Some containers are limited (like toilets) and others can be picked up when empty and refilled elsewhere.
- Install / Usage Instructions
- - Navigate to the game's installation folder usually (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\7 Days To Die)
- Optionally use the Mods folder in %AppData%\Roaming\7DaysToDie\
- Remove any older installations if you installed the mod before
- Either Extract the contents of the zip directly here or extract them somewhere else and then copy them over here
- Make sure the folder 'Forsaken Trail' is in a folder called Mods in the install location, the zip comes with this folder
- Start the game, if you done it correctly a different background image and Forsaken Trail logo will appear in the menu
- IMPORTANT: Do not remove 0_TFP_Harmony from the base game's Mods folder, this is required to run the mod!
- IMPORTANT: EAC needs to be turned off!