Forsaken Trail is a complete overhaul of the game and is the successor of Gnamod. The mod focuses on wilderness survival, exploration and improving the overal survival experience. This mod changes most of the game systems in an attempt to create something unique and it does not try to hold the player’s hand that much, making it quite challenging for anyone new to it. The world mostly decides the gamestage so going into higher level POIs or biomes may not be the wisest strategy because of this. You can find any item from the first day due to the unique way loot is generated where player level and gamestage only influence the amount you find.
The mod also comes with a unique character creation system where you select your attributes, skills and background before you spawn into the game. You will begin the game with gear and technology unlocked based on these choices. This gear in addition to a number of tutorial challenges will help you survive your first day and first week.
The zombies and animals in the world are all randomized, their walk, abilities and sizes will be decided the moment they spawn and are further influence by their type. You will encounter zombies that can puke or walk on all four legs. In the more natural biomes animals are more prevalent, while near cities and destroyed areas you will see a lot more zombies. Be careful around buildings as zombies will be awake and roaming around and they have keen ears.
Features
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.
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.
Media
(Will be updated further in the neat future)
Changelog
Forsaken Trail 1.1.1.3 for 7 Days to Die v1.3
- Fixed: Vehicles could be duplicated from picking up
- Fixed: Show lock icons again on tools, ammo, engines, batteries etc
- Fixed: Added extra null checks on container empty checks to avoid issues when TI is enabled
- Changed: Removed vehicle spawners from POI roads to avoid vehicles spawning multiple times there
- Fixed: SMG turret now uses Reloaded 9mm, Shotgun turret uses Reloaded 12 GA (this fixes being able to add anything)
- Fixed: Hatches no longer upgrade in unusable blueprint block
- Changed: Wooden Bears, Bearpelts and Mannequins can be picked up
- Changed: Reduced effectiveness of infection cure (it was 10x to high)
- Fixed: Error when breaking a cop car and no horde spawning
- Changed: Increase GS increase from Aviator Shades
- Fixed: Use shovel model for Iron Hoe (was using a default one)
- Fixed: Armor schematic properly showing when you read 25 books
- Fixed: Localization for Dumpster variant and GameStage property on items
- Changed: Removed T5 unlock for melee weapons as there was no recipe for Stun Baton. When T5 weapons exist for all weapon classes it will return
Previous Updates
Forsaken Trail 1.1.1.2 for 7 Days to Die v1.3
- Fixed: Issue where your character would grow when riding a vehicle
- Added: New tip window backgrounds
- Changed: Tip backgrounds cycle randomly when a clicking to a new tip
Forsaken Trail 1.1.1.1 for 7 Days to Die v1.3
- Changed: Vehicles can only be picked up with empty hands and go to that slot
- Fixed: Item output modifiers are no longer lost when leaving a workstation to craft
- Changed: Held items when they break lose quality if above 5 and break into scrap components at 5 or lower
- Changed: Mod items on breaking held items lose quality and may turn to scrap or be returned
- Fixed: Issue where trying to place waypoints could sometimes crash the map window
- Fixed: Restore T2 loot boxes back into POIs
- Changed: Upgrade hit count set to 4 for all upgrades
- Changed: Blocks do not upgrade back to blueprints anymore
- Fixed: Blade trap can be picked up, no longer offers support (so corpse blocks do not stick to it)
- Fixed: Porcupine traps being invisible and improved repair and hp
- Changed: Zombies get a small random HP boost between 0-50 to make the lower level zombies a bit tougher
- Changed: Rebalanced skill challenges to spawn specific zombies, some animals and more at the same time, always spawns more than needed to complete
- Fixed: Auto mod can be used on machineguns and always adds ammo capacity
- Fixed: Water purifier mod was not preventing damage from drinking
- Changed: Research papers cannot be scrapped and stack to 3
- Changed: Vehicle health increased for all vehicles
- Fixed: Impact Wrench can be used on all metal like other wrenches
- Fixed: Display issue for Toughness showing the wrong damage resist value (perk worked normally)
- Changed: Rebalanced loot for blueprints and magazines
- Fixed: Display issue for books being in the wrong categories
- Fixed: Recipe unlock display for several items
- Added: Recipes for Yucca, Can (from Bent Cans) and Drones
- Fixed: Repeater Crossbow and Knives recipes not getting correct quality bonus
- Fixed: Several motor tools recipes not using the correct tags, not getting the right bonuses
- Fixed: Storage Pockets and Packs get correct tier bonus and always require a worktable to craft
- Changed: Improved party members display on the HUD to use clearer colors
- Added: Mod will start with an error screen and only a quit button if the Harmony mod is missing or wrong version is used
Forsaken Trail 1.1.1.0 for 7 Days to Die v1.3
- Updated: Updated entities and blocks to v1.3 changes
- Fixed: Game freeze when crafting in a workstation and it would overflow/fill up slots
- Fixed: Reworked crafting output to properly halt when no space for any output item
- Changed: Sealed crates can be opened with a hammer and return wood/nails or scraps when broken
- Fixed: Old chair no longer sinks into the ground
- Fixed: Lanterns can be picked up now
- Fixed: Entity ragdolls flying off fast and far by adding more mass to them
- Changed: Rebalanced blueprint prices and availability at traders (now sold per piece)
- Changed: How much blueprints are gotten from scrapping books/mags and their weight
- Fixed: Incorrect durability and stamina use on building tools
- Fixed: Higher level tools/weapons being worse than primitive due to high durability loss (all is the same now)
- Fixed: Losing bowl when adding cooked water to a container
- Fixed: Some descriptions/localization errors
- Changed: All recipes using glue return a can now per glue used
- Changed: Making scrap leather in campfire more efficient and returns can
- Balance: Loot amount to match the decreased difficulty of the temperate biomes
- Balance: Increase chance for multiple armor pieces
- Balance: Increase chance for finding rarer workstation tools
- Balance: Rebalance higher level weapons/firearms to not show up as often in temperate zone
- Balance: Trader vending machines restock every 7 days now matching the trader
- Changed: Traders sell primitive weapons now of decent quality
- Balance: Traders have a lower chance to sell the better weapons/tools/firearms
- Fixed: Snubnose mod models
- Changed: Player spawn protection improved to limit instant attack if a POI is close
- Fixed: Ovens to be properly installed in kitchens again
Forsaken Trail 1.1.0.5 for 7 Days to Die v1.2
- Changed: Remove spawning in different climate zones on higher difficulties (will return as spawn choice later)
- Changed: Reduced sound effect spam on Crispy zombies
- Changed: Toned down initial regen on Radiant and Mutant zombies
- Changed: Lowered base HP slightly on Radiant and Mutant zombies to make them a bit easier to kill
- Fixed: Floating scope on Marksman rifle variants
- Fixed: More localization and description fixes
- Changed: Increased resource drops in Working Stiff boxes and increase chance for processed steel items
- Fixed: Can of Meat Soup and Can of Golden Rod Tea not unlocking from tech
- Fixed: Crossbows not getting the quality bonus from tech skills
- Fixed: Recipes not returning buckets
- Fixed: Recipes not giving secondary items on workbenches (does not yet fix extra output being lost)
- Fixed: Prevent incorrectly generated maps from showing up for new games
- Changed: Not putting in any seed will result in default name
- Changed: Allow lanterns to be picked up
- Changed: Allow large engines in the world to be collected
- Fixed: Candles giving an extra different candle when broken
- Changed: Vehicles now drop a part of their pipes as steel pipes
- Changed: Increased chance of getting engines and batteries from vehicles
- Fixed: Food max buff was overwriting the regeneration of the Recovery perk
- Added: Water max buff now adds a bit of extra stamina regen
- Changed: Food/Water loss penalties now always fill 2nd bar first
- Changed: Any general cure now treats Fatigue, vitamins no longer insta cure it
- Changed: Increase base buff protection for Coagulation and Tolerance
- Changed: Rebalanced enemy hitpoints, damage and critical chances
- Fixed: Enemies with prob 0 were still spawning (causing strong enemies to spawn incorrectly), removed all of them
- Changed: Rebalanced spawning to be a bit less intense in the lowest gamestage
- Fixed: Issue where adding a short barrel to single barrel shotguns caused issues (also changed the icon for short barrel mod)
- Fixed: Sawzall should no longer cause explosive blocks to detonate
- Fixed: Scrap items from pristine ammo to give cordite instead of gunpowder
- Changed: Renamed Hardwood blocks to Wood blocks as there are no other wood blocks to build anymore
- Added: Steel pipes to trader strocks
- Fixed: Tools name title for workstation tool slots being named Basics accidentally
Forsaken Trail 1.1.0.4 for 7 Days to Die v1.2
- Changed: Decreased bleed chance against players from most sources
- Changed: Further tuned random zombie sizes to be distributed better
- Fixed: Broken fluid containers no longer drop the liquid items
- Changed: Bloodmoon uses different formula for gamestage (more player level focused)
- Fixed: Naked brutality start really starts with nothing now
- Fixed: Issue where you could not get 2 starter attributes if you sticked with Weary Survivor
- Fixed: Issue where choosing a new background would not reset point count display
- Changed: Add a small amount of ore to the forest biomes of each climate zone
- Changed: Reduced mines spawning in the world
- Fixed: Candles and Torches can be picked up again properly
- Fixed: Changed pathing of some blocks so zombies hopefully will not go into destroy mode all the time when inside
- Changed: Removed attribute modifiers from most difficulty settings, adventurer only gets +1 to each, insane -1 to each
- Changed: Improved effect of Stealth perk
- Fixed: Bicycle challenge now only requires you to collect one
- Changed: Reduced sound sensitivity of sleepers
- Changed: Reduced speed bonus of higher level and special zombies
- Changed: Reduced size of dropped arrows/bolts
- Fixed: Localization errors
- Added: Stealth perk level 5+ now let you walk silently over trash
- Changed: Recipe for pockets to always use leather instead of scrap
- Fixed: Pumpkin soup to use clean water
- Fixed: Placing picked up lockers gave an error instead of placing
Forsaken Trail 1.1.0.3 for 7 Days to Die v1.2
- Added: Markers for starter challenge collection (wildberries, eggs, honey etc)
- Fixed: Enemies would favor being large over small (size should be less extreme for most)
- Fixed: Stumps regrowing incorrectly, making the disappear the 2nd harvest
- Changed: Reduced amount of spitting zombies for normal enemies
- Changed: Slightly reduced the speed of snakes
- Changed: Removed undead animals from temperate and wet forests
- Fixed: Flashlight and laser sight not working correctly on all guns
- Fixed: Storage pack not increasing backpack slots
- Changed: Backpack mod adds at least 4 slots
- Changed: Rebalanced weight of ammo and components, adding weight to some ammo that had none
- Fixed: Some typo’s and incorrect descriptions
- Changed: Improved loot found in police cars
- Changed: Rebalanced bounties to favor clears vs infested/restore power
- Fixed: Restored power tool recipes to Electronics and added missing Sawzall recipe
- Changed: Slightly increased max size of mountains in temperate zone
- Changed: Reduced undead animals in temperate / wet cities
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The forum topic of the mod is here.
Credits: Haidrgna
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too glitchy needs updating
Unfortunately, having tried the mod, I can say it’s a vast improvement on the main game, but still not very fun. Doing things isn’t interrupted by mandatory distractions – that are never much more than that – as in the base game screamers, but almost every action has a timer, and schools that reduce those timers offer a pittance. I’m half in the grave already, I don’t need to wait 10 seconds to watch Progress Quest Two load up.
There are a lot of cool ideas here, and I think for those looking for the best 7 Days mods have to offer, this’ll be one to keep an eye on. What I’d consider objectively bad – the timewasters, the fact its often optimal to IGNORE pretty much every in-game system and mechanic and just adventure with only the skin on your back, if death finds you, so what; just keep grinding those skills until you can start having fun –
Might be somebody else’s big thing.
For me, it didn’t feel very survival-oriented, or rewarding. Dangers feel designed to inconvenience, not cause fear. New things often went unused because the resource costs for them made them entirely useless, it was better to just ignore building entirely and rely on whatever you found, which – again – felt like the opposite of ‘surviving’ to my mind.
Gun mechanics make a lot more sense, but repair mechanics make everything a chore.
I’m grousing, but a lot of effort went into this so if you read this and go ‘that kind of sounds cool’ you go for it. My thanks for the devs for putting it together, even if it wasn’t my cup of tea.
Hello, I got 7 Days To Die due to an acquaintance advertising it to me as ‘the game you can slowly build yourself a huge mountain bunker.’ What I got was a tower defence simulator where zombies can tunnel through metal or spawn in random areas, and living off grid was largely impossible. The world feels too big, too cartoony, and too populated, even with towns set to few.
Now, I still enjoy it, I think the base systems are interesting – but I’m curious about your mod. Does it de-emphasise the role of zombies as a threat, and place more emphasis on environmental danger? I guess, in addition to the very promising FAQ, do you think it’d be more in line with the series I hoped I’d have; where gradually building a post-apocalyptic shelter provides a safe haven, but the outside is increasingly resource/pre-fab item sparse, and hostile?
Cheers.
Есть один большой недостаток! Там где можно все собирать, время сбора аж 4 секунды на открытие и сбор ресурсов. 15 раз открыл, и уже минута, ЭТО ужас, ЗАЧЕМ??? ЗАЧЕМ ЭТО НУЖНО? Затянуть геймплей? Так разработчики и так из кожи лезут это сделать, а еще тут все время игры состоит из времени бега стрельбы, а все остальное это ожидание открытия ящика!
Btw its possible to make this mod compatible with IZY weapon pack mod? please, vanilla weapons are kinda boring for me
https://7daystodiemods.com/izy-all-in-one-gun-pack/
Otherwise fine mod but it is buggy and firearms cannot even be reloaded with ammo so I can’t shoot with firearms. There is fixes still needed.
I guess you crafted the gun and no the parts. Each weapon need 4 parts to be useable, you install them like weapon mods, even the wooden bow needs them, this only applies to ranged weapons and nothing else tho
i cant play past day 5 or 6 and game just continuously crashes. same thing from mod launcher. get to day 5 or 6 and crashes once and wont stop
Spent many real hours and many in game days on this mod. This mod is really unplayable and isn’t versatile. Don’t waste your time. The mod is a bug and should be removed from existence immediately until it’s fixed.
What you say is contradictory.. you spent a lot of time on this mod but it is a waste of time? You would think it would be the opposite.
Hey there,
When I am crafting something with the character, the crafting progress advances only if I keep the crafting menu open. If I close it and continue to play, the progression stops.
Is this a feature of the mod or a bug?
Thanks.
It’s a feature, it’s basically saying that if you are doing something with your hands, it requires your full attention.
there are no zombies or animals in my game. any fix?
Hey man, I cant launch the mod because after creating a new random generated world, at the point when I must choose my character skills and spawn into the world, the buttons from the UI dont take change between options. Everywhere I;d press on the UI screen it would change the text blocks at the bottom of the screen.
I had this problem. I was on 7D2D 1.1. and I got a heap of errors and the same issue, I could only click the spawn button and clicking on the UI option boxes just scrolled the hints. Clicking spawn loaded the game but I died in 3 seconds from nothing. The answer for me was to update to 7D2D V1.2 stable, the ” verify install files” option did not work.
I get the following error when trying to start the game: https://gyazo.com/02820a0088e7b7c98c2b8b3b71d17f04.png – and then when I get past that, I can’t select anything, it just goes through the tips on the bottom instead.
I actually figured out my issue.. I had to make a clean version of the game for this overhaul to work. I was using a previously modded version (even though I removed the mods).. once I did a clean version, everything worked.
When anyone tries to access the wooden writable storage it crashes our server. 3 of us playing on dedicated server and it happens to everyone. We’ll use other storage options in the meantime, but def something to look into.
Otherwise we’re having a fun time with this mod. Appreciate all the work you put into this!
Looks like Meirick reached out on the Discord for a solution and the issue is only on the dedicated server. The wooden storage seems to work fine on SP. I know you are aware and will work on it. Looking forward to a fix but will use other storage until then.
Whenever I start a game, it gives me an option to change some stats on the load screen. I can’t seem to click any of the arrows, though. And then once I spawn in game, I take 4 major health hits immediately, and then die. Is this a common error?
Happens to me too
Same with me as well… rather annoying. wanted to try this mod out.
Hi, would it be possible to have it compatible with the mods: Quickstack and Craft from container please ?
How long will it take for the subsequent version to be released
Ah, so XML delimiters are breaking the comments.
Great job 7daystodiemods.com!
Oh well, I did my best trying to help others, but I cannot fix this world.
Back to playing my fixed game!
Hello. The issue has been fixed. You can now add XML to your comments using the rich text editor.
Thank you for your understanding.
Best regards.
Regarding Worktable being destroyed on placement (for me). Sorry, I cannot edit my original post, it is “awaiting moderation”, SMH.
I have modified one value in blocks .xml and was able to place Worktable on the floor in pre-existing building.
Could be a coincidence, take it for what it’s worth:
GameDir –> Mods –> Forsaken Trail –> Config –> mods.xml –> –>
Change the “.5” to “0” and save.
It will not update value for the current game session, so start a new session for new value to take effect.
This is a great mod BTW! Kudos to author for such an original take on it!
Does anyone else experience the issue when trying to place Worktable?
I have tried to place it 3 times: on regular ground (somewhat sloped on one block), on “flattened” ground (placed and then removed two blocks that evened height for both), and on the flat undamaged floor inside pre-existing building.
Every time I finish upgrading its blueprint with the hammer, worktable appears to drop from small height and slightly to the side from intended position and then disappears, like some of the falling blocks after you destroy their support.
I would try to build a floor using new game’s blocks, but there are no generic blocks in it, just “palisade”, which does not look like a right way to go.
If there is a trick to it, please share. This issue is blocking the game’s progression, can’t do much without worktable, right?
Nice mod! Thank you!
so you dont want feed back wow
mod crashed null reference error un Handled exception. no other mods just yours icrashed on load screen