Ravenhearst Mod

Welcome to Ravenhearst a place where your nightmares grow and fester and the world around you is trying to kill you at every turn. Ravenhearst is a full overhaul mod that uses the amazing 7 Days to Die and turns expectations in its head. Every aspect of the vanilla game has been tweaked or tuned to increase challenge and difficulty. Ravenhearst has often been called the mod that is not for everyone. It is best played by those that have a basic understanding of the vanilla 7 Days to Die experience, and for those looking to challenge themselves.

Below you will learn just a little bit about what they have to offer. Keep in mind that Ravenhearst, just like the actual 7 Days to Die game, is nowhere a near finished experience and it’s development is ongoing, and as such should be played with the open mind that there can be major updates that will cause save breaks and resets to your game. Pride is taken in using a team of testers to thoroughly play and bug test in order to provide the most solid gaming experience possible. But also keep in mind as with anything, things can happen, and efforts are made to reduce these “things”.

All the Worlds a Stage

The ENTIRE game is now gamestaged. Until gamestage 5, you will see slightly weaker versions of zombies in the world, helping to bridge the gap into Ravenhearst. The incredibly talented Yakov and Redbeardt has enabled him the chance to gamestage every aspect of the game. Wilderness Spawns, Wandering Hordes, Biome Spawns, Night Time Spawns ALL of it is now set according to your gamestage. Night Terrors do not spawn pre Gamestage 50. Gamestage tiers are as follows:

• GS1 – Normal Zeds
• GS100 – Tier 2
• GS500 – Tier 3
• GS700 – Tier 4

This ensures you do not get overwhelmed and also that the challenge increases as your level increases.

The Night Bleeds

The nights in Ravenhearst are full of disgusting creatures and terrifying sounds. Night Walkers are zombies who seek blood and are faster than a normal zombie. But fear not they disappear by morning… until you grow stronger. As your gamestage increases so do the chance that they will remain in the world!

Yakov and Redbeard’s Suite of DLL Harmony Tweaks

It goes without saying that Redbeard and Yakov has been a major driving force behind Ravenhearst. They have designed a host of dll tweaks to game mechanics to increase difficulty and functionality. Here is a sampling of what They have done:

Anti Nerd Poling

No longer can you jump and place frames. You have to plan out your builds with ladders and other blocks now. More realistic and challenges people to come up with new ways of overcoming challenges.

Recipe Ingredient Limit Removal

Recipes can now have dozens of ingredients, so the previous restriction of 5 no longer applies. If a recipe has more than 5 there will be an arrow below the description you can click. It will scroll through the pages of ingredients.

Blood Moon Vehicle Disabled

The mod introduces challenges expected to be faced by players. Vehicles will become disabled on Horde Night. Bicycles will still work. Think of red moon and horde night like an EMP bomb, electricity is whacked during it.

Recipe Count Memory

A configurable option in the menu allows you to remember the last amount of a crafted recipe quantity. So if you made 100 wood, the next time you open it it will read 100. This can be turned off via options…

Skill Points Bonus

You will now gain 2 Skill Points every 10 levels as a boost to your perks. You can use these points just like any other and they are automatically added. So every 10 levels you have something to look forward to!

Gamma Limiter

This may cause some controversy, but a Gamma limit has been set to 75. The reason for this is that players jacking their gamma up so they can see inside houses and at night. Some of these pois were designed with shadowy dark corners in mind. A little gamma bump is ok, but bumping to 100 defeats the work put in by the POI makers. This is till open to some editing and tuning.

Trader XP Removal

You will no longer level your Player by selling items. This is a gameplay decision made by the creator. The intent is for actions to count toward level progression, not selling to traders. Other aspects of traders are the same… for now.

Shared XP Limiter

When shared party XP first released they all assumed that it would be for questing and groups who work together. Recently it is accounting for people who do not level their weapons or skills but gain levels from party XP. This has led to complaints of tough zombies and unfair gamestages. XP sharing has been hardcoded to 200M. The reason is gamestage related. Too many undergeared, under powered players who don’t go questing with their partners are getting killed by zombies at the gamestage when their skills are not ready.

Modified Descriptions

Now the station something is crafted in and the tool you need are automatically displayed at the end of every description. Descriptions will also display the number of slots an item has.

Airdrop Spawning

Zombies will now spawn dependent on gamestage at airdrops. You will have to fight your way to the airdrop through a horde of undead.

The Final Stand

After you finish your Class and Journal Quests, you will start a long final stand against the Undead. This includes special spawns, Blood Moons and more surprises. Do not start this undergeared!

Quest Crafting Warning

A message will display if you leave a table while crafting an item needed to complete a quest.

Reverse Rotation

QoL addition that allows you to reverse a rotation on blocks placed using LeftShift and LeftMouseClick.

Stash Backpack

The original stash backpack you know and love designed. Click “X” to lock any slot you want in your backpack and move same items to boxes with a simple click. These options save on exit unlike Vanilla.

Vehicle Pickup Disable

Realistic weights on vehicles. You can no longer pick up and store your heavy vehicles. Bicycles can be picked up. Be careful while driving and prepare to dig a vehicle out if it is stuck.

All New Game Options

You can set quest fetches to show indicators on the map, enable headshots only mode, control the size and frequency of wandering hordes, increase range zombies can see you at and enable or disable rage. These settings work on servers as well and a config.yaml file is included in the Mods/0-RHCore Folder.

POI Zombie Multiplier

Zombies will now spawn around groups of pois, making cities dangerous. You can control the multiplier in settings.

City Zombie Multiplier

Zombies will now spawn around groups of pois, making cities dangerous. You can control the multiplier in settings.

New Video Options

Field of view setting, show crosshairs, change the color of crosshairs or completely disable activation texts for a true clear Hud.

Enable/Disable Custom Font

Redbeard has selected a gorgeous font for the mod, but as some may find it hard to read so you can now enable or disable it in options.

PermaDeath Mode

You can now enable and disable a perma death mode from the RH menu. This adds a permanent death using Wellness.

Wellness

Wellness makes it’s return to 7 Days. Eat the right foods and water to increase your stats. Dying will reduce your Maxes down to 50. Build it back up by consuming better food and drink.

Active Ingredients

You can now click an ingredient in the recipe list to link you to how to make that ingredient. He has also created a fantastic transparent paper doll that pops up to let you know you have armor that needs to be repaired (below 50%).

Crop Damage

Zombies will now trample your crops and plants. So make sure you protect them at all costs.

Sphereiicore is also used as is his Take and Replace and disable trader protection. That’s right, traders are always open but no longer are invulnerable!

Living Off The Land

Farming has received an overhaul. Farm plots are now an end game goal and allow you to grow underground. Water is required for the plots to grow. The Farm Table is where you can craft seeds from crops or from seed packs you find out in the world.

Fertilizer, the Composter, and yes, Turds have been added back in. Fertilizer made from the compost can be used on existing crops to increase yield. When destroyed, the crop returns to an unfertilized state, to be fertilized again.

Ground farming with a hoe has been brought back! Water will now deplete as your crops grow. You can work towards an irrigation pipe system. Irrigation will prevent water from being depleted.

Multiple new crops have been added like wheat, tomatoes, lettuce and more and these crops have been integrated into recipes new and old.

Infection Matters

When you are infected it will now kill you within 3 days. You MUST find a cure for your infection. It will persist through death. If you do not find a cure it will kill you. Chewing glass no longer represents a cure. Beehives can be made once the schematic is found. Tree stumps in the world have a chance to drop honey combs which can be crafted into honey to lower infections. This zombie apocalypse is very real and very dangerous.

Too Much Too Soon

Loot has undergone a complete rebalance (and may again in future versions) so that you are not swimming in loot early game. Scavenging and exploring now matters as you hunt for the best weapons and tools. Loot lists have been readjusted so they make more sense to what you would find in them.

From My Cold Dead Hands

In the ongoing quest to preserve what is loved about 7 Days, some pulled game mechanics have been readded. Parts for guns are as they were with each firearm having specific parts you need to find to assemble a weapon like frames, handles and cylinders. More returns to former mechanics loved by many is ongoing for future updates.

Progression That Means Progressing

Levelling has been slowed down quite a bit to give the old way of doing things more prominence. You need to get out there and work those quests and use those weapons. All main attributes are now Player Level dependent. Perks have been rebalanced so as not to give the appearance of a character becoming Superman by Perk 5 of everything.

Progression becomes way more exciting with the addition of unlockable recipes for every Action Skill. Every 20 levels of a skill will offer an unlock of a tool and weapon to that specific skill. So as you level and increase your Action Skills you will learn more recipes from the skill you are perfecting.

Actions Speak Louder Than Perks

Action Skills have returned. You will receive a slight bonus in stats every time you level an Action Skill. This is Learn by Doing. Use axes and picks to level Construction, Bows to level Archery, Blades to level…. well Blades. You can keep track of your Action Skills progress on the skills screen.

Quality Control

Quality has been returned to 7 Days to Die. Each tool and weapon now has a quality level. 1-1000.

Each 20th level is considered next tier and every single item has had stats attached to them so that finding new weapons and tools is no longer a boring process. Loot is exciting again! Find level 72 pickaxe, but know there are better out there. This will promote leveling as well as scavenging.

But beware. You will need to increase your main Construction Skill because every repair will cost you 100 Quality Points. Every 20 levels of Construction Skill will drop that by 20 points. So Construction Level 20 will drop the penalty to 80 QP. Const Level 40 will drop it to 60 QP Loss and so on.

Better Watch That Weapon Boy

Along with Quality returning, Degradation has returned as well! Your weapon and tool will now degrade by 100 Quality Levels each time you repair it at the start.

On top of this, any mods that are in your item or weapon have been taken care of. If when repairing a weapon the quality reduction results in a lose of a mod slot any mod in that lost slot will be placed in the players inventory. Be careful to have a spare slot though as a full bag and inventory will result in the mod falling on the floor!

So how do you salvage this? By leveling Construction Tools. Each 20th level of Construction Tools after level 20 reduces that number by 20. So level 21 in Const Tools you will lose 80 Durability and so on. A true progression system.

The Home You Have Always Dreamed Of

Ravenhearst likes to pride itself on being a builders dream mod. Dozens of new deco items have been added for crafting and decorating, along with a number of new player storage options, collectible movie posters, collectible art, TVs, holiday items, playable radios and record players. Previously unavailable vanilla deco items have also been made accessible for crafting in the Decor Table. New items are constantly being added.

Apart from over 50 new deco blocks, several new block placeholders have also been created for POI makers. From new corpses to arcade and slot machines to miscellaneous trash decos like liquor bottles and posters and potted plants, new mail box and trash can placeholders, now POI builders who wish to make RH specific pois can design them with variety in mind.

Film Buff

You will find many collectible posters in the world, ranging from movies to TV shows to art pieces. The selection is ever changing ad growing and fit perfectly in the basement of your shelter!

Backpacks

The backpack perk is now gone. In its place are backpacks that you can find in the world that unlocks three slots at a time to your inventory. These can be found in dressers, semis and other clothing related loot spots.

The Journal

A quest based player journal has been introduced that will take you on a questline all while teaching you the basic added mechanics of Ravenhearst. If you complete all the chapters of this journal you will receive exclusive recipes to craft some pretty cool items. The journal is not meant to be rushed through, rather it is meant to compliment your journey so do not worry too much about finishing it immediately.

Starvation

Food and water have undergone a major rework. Food values have been rebalanced, new food added, animals rebalanced for their meat yields and now they give red or white meat. Water is also now contaminated and you will need to build a water filtration unit to decontaminate it before you can drink it safely.

POI Wonderland

Many new POIs from around the 7 Days community have been added to fill the world with unique buildings. From zoos to parks to airports and police stations there is always something new to find in the world!

You Have Some Red on Ya

Zombies come in many forms. Additional looks have been added to zombies. Higher tiered zombies will sound and look different so you can tell them apart. Night Terrors make their return as well, with favorites such as The Butcher, The Prisoner and the Mechanic haunting the nights and preparing to drink your blood. Terrors Have Been Removed for Now But Will Return In a Future Update.

Complex Crafting

Ravenhearst has always been about more realistic crafting and this version is no exception. At start you are given a Personal Workbench. This is your hub for all things crafting. The backpack has very limited recipes, just the absolute basics. You will need to carry this table with you. It can be picked up easily by destroying it.

Workbenches and stations such as the Farm Table, the Armor Bench, the Ammunition Table, the Water Filtration Unit, Survival Campfire, Mechanic Bench, Research Table, and the Decor Table have been added, all with its own uses and recipes. This will help you find what you are looking for better and also spice up that basement work area.

Along with the stations, there are complex recipes such as tool heads for crafting tools, molds for forge crafting and vehicle parts. Vanilla recipes have all been changed to reflect new materials such as screws, tarps, twine and recipes like concrete and cobblestone have been made more complex.

Vehicular Homicide

The process for how vehicles are made has been completely reworked. You will need to find engine parts and more from harvesting vehicles with the crowbar. There is now an Mechanic Bench and those are used to construct parts. You will have to build chassis from scratch using parts like car seats, alternators, sparkplugs and more.

Over a dozen new vehicles have also been added to collect such as community favorites from bdubya like the Box Truck and Jeep! All of these vehicles have their own unique assemblies and parts.

Barnes and Noble? Where!

All schematics now scrap into Knowledge Points, which can be used with Ink found in the world in the Research Desk to craft any missing recipes and perk books.

There is also a set of limited edition novels you can find in the world made by sinder that scraps into some paper for you to use. True collectors may find value in finding all of the novels left in the world. Some book stores or Research Facilities may have remnants of working Research Desks so make sure to search all of them.

Radiation

You will notice green smoke filled areas on your journey. This represents a Tier 5 POI that is radiated.

There is no way to explore these without a hazmat suit, which can then be upgraded to an Wasteland hazmat suit that will allow you to explore the Wastelands! Inside you will find military crates and chests that house end game weapons, tools, schematics and resources that can not be found in normal areas. Do not tackle these pois too early though. They are extremely dangerous.

Ravenhearst has always been a labor of love for JaxTeller718, but it also has been a labor of love for many others as well, without whom this mod would not be possible.

Development Team

JaxTeller718
shortypants1976
Yakov
godjen99
Constip
jakuba

Testing Team

romper83273
Ryper
jakuba
Ayla2656
Constip
godjen99
MisterE001
Nightmaaron
PonyoGal2

Dev Hall of Fame

Redbeard
sinder
Fox
romper
dancapo
FallenDice
2ndRecon
Bradmin
Makabriel
KnightRath
Robear
Shades
WookieNookie
VvRaynevV

Server Config REQUIRED for Server Owners

Server Installation Instructions for Custom Settings

In the 0-RHCore folder inside Mods you will see three .yaml files. those are your server configs (SP too) open those with notepad+ or any text editing program and edit what you desire.

Save them and upload them to the server. They should read automatically from that 0-RHCore folder on your server.

You can also start a SP instance of 7 days and configure your settings in there. They will save in your 0-RHCore folder and you can copy them directly from there and upload them to the same folder on your server.

Mod Credits

Even though Ravenhearst is written by hand and contains a lot of original content, some fantastic modlets from the community are also utilized. All modlets used listed below are specifically balanced to utilize within the mod, but the original work can be found below for use in your own games.

sphereii – AnimationSDX/Zombie Transmogrifier/AnimationsSDX/Legacy Distant Terrain/Food Spoilage
FreakUK – Chicken Coop/Beehive
Guppycur – Hospital Decor/Commercial Decor /Fire Mod
xyth/sphereii/Guppycur – Creature Pack Zombies
CTVI – Treasures
BlackRabbit – Additional Firearms
Geoffrey Ruis – Wire Relays
Saminal – Expanded Deco and Storage Vanilla
ocbMaurice/Zilox – Map Icons, Crooked Deco
Oakraven/Arramus – Cooking Stations
RussianDood – Magbow
Khaine – Log Spikes
DirkillerGaming – Ground Treasures
BobbyLee298 – Vehicle Mods (edited)
Scomar – Colored Text
bdubyah – Additional Vehicles
kHzMuzik – Zombies and Food Spoilage System
arramus – Old West POIs
ZZTong – POIs
Laydor – Quartz

Changelog

Ravenhearst 10.4.1b1 for 1.4b8 Stable has Released.

Server Owners – To implement their settings go inside config .yaml setting file with Notepad in 0-RHCore and change your settings and save. Then upload to your server. Please remove the .xmls you used to use.

Patch Notes 10.4.1b1

Mod Version Number: 10.4.1b1
7 Days Version Number: 1.4b8 Stable
Wipe Needed: No

• Updated to Stable v1.4b8 – Yakov
• Updated Score – Sphereii
• Removed Water Logic from Vanilla Pipes causing massive POI frame drops
• Created new set of Irrigation Pipes
• Added Over 40 New POI including several Tier 5’s. Some POIs will be familiar to Horror Fans – FNS
• Added Dismember Tags to Katana and Kukri
• Bread can now be properly made in all stoves
• Adjusted Values on Reinforced Axe
• Removed Reinforced Knife Component from Reinforced Spear Recipe
• Fixed Enemy Versions of Chicken and Rabbit Models Being Invisible
• Cleaned up Challenges and Rewards to Hopefully fix the reward null
• Major rework on zombie spawning system. Added more of a delay and reduced respawn counts
• Added OCB Density/Levelling Tool which helps even out and flatten land
• Fixed Dirty Bandage Recipe
• You can now scrap Empty Fertilizer Sacks
• Recycler Can Now Be Properly Used to Scrap Plastic Items
• Added the Following POIS
  • oldwest_survivor_site_01
  • oldwest_survivor_site_02
  • oldwest_survivor_site_03
  • oldwest_survivor_site_04
  • oldwest_diner_02
  • oldwest_survivor_site_06
  • oldwest_survivor_site_07
  • oldwest_survivor_site_08
  • oldwest_survivor_site_09
  • oldwest_survivor_site_11
  • rh_cannibal_trailer_park_ElWabblo
  • rh_construction_site_residential_01_ElWabblo
  • rh_cramped_parkhouse_high_ElWabblo
  • rh_Infested_playground_ElWabblo
  • rh_mining_encampment_ironlead_ElWabblo
  • rh_wilderness_filler_22_ElWabblo
  • rh_wilderness_filler_23_ElWabblo
  • rh_wilderness_filler_24_ElWabblo
  • rh_wilderness_filler_25_ElWabblo
  • rh_wilderness_filler_lake_01_ElWabblo
  • vb_FNS_Beverly_BMX_Park
  • vb_FNS_entrance_VerySmallSinkhole
  • vb_FNS_Exham_Priory
  • vb_FNS_Gas_Water_Power
  • vb_FNS_Goblin-Os_Factory
  • vb_FNS_Hamilton_Greenbelt
  • vb_FNS_Hestias_Hot_Spring
  • vb_FNS_Ipswich_Quarry_Stockpile
  • vb_FNS_Johns_Johns
  • vb_FNS_Old_Brick_Schoolhouse
  • vb_FNS_Sinking_Suspicion
  • vb_FNS_Redcrown_Residence
  • vb_fns_small_hive
  • vb_FNS_Spiral_Cave
  • vb_FNS_Spook_Central
  • vb_FNS_The_Gauntlet
  • vb_FNS_The_Winchester
  • vb_FNS_They_All_Float_Down_Here
  • vb_FNS_Wenham_Fish_and_Game
  • vb_FNS_UneedaMedicalSupply
  • vb_Swope25_Abandoned_Bunker
• Updated the Following POIS
  • Multiple oldwest POIS

Previous Updates

Patch Notes 10.3.1b1

Mod Version Number: 10.3.1b1
7 Days Version Number: 1.3b9 Stable
Wipe Needed: No

• Updated to Stable v1.3b9
• Updated Score – Sphereii
• Updated and revised spawning.xmls to fit new standard and better balance zombies
• Water Filters can now be sold to traders
• Increased Animal Spawning Staging in each biome
• Changed Fishing Challenge from Use Item to Gather Item
• Added Farmer Set Food Bonuses to Junk Food
• Balanced Cheez Its
• Cleaned up and added storage slot info to Storages
• Updated Torch
• Added Constip Toilet in as base item. Will balance and implement.
• Fixed Grace Corn Seed Not Craftable
• Ammo Disassemble can now be repeated
• Fixed Hostile Chicken and Small Bear Giving Wrong Meat
• Fixed Strawberry Stage 1 Model Not Showing
• Fixed Stove Recipes Not Showing
• Fixed T5 Weapons Quality Issues
• Increased Entity Damage on 44 and 45 Ammo
• Fixed Telescopic Baton Sounds and Scrap Material
• Fixed All High Metal Weapon Scrapping to Wrong Materials
• Fixed Incorrect Gun Safe Info Display
• Fixed Hops Planted Model
• Fixed Hazmat Suits Repair Descriptions
• Removed Secure Lock feature from trash bags and cardboard box
• Added Craft From Containers
• Removed Door Knob from Hatches
• Fixed Fishing Catch Yield Icon
• Adjusted Re-Inforced Chain Link Recipes
• Added Machete Head to Machete Recipes
• Fixed not being able to dismantle more than 1 of same ammo type
• Fixes and Optimizing for Plant Code – Yakov

Added the Following POIS

• oldwest_survivor_site_01
• oldwest_survivor_site_02
• oldwest_survivor_site_03
• oldwest_survivor_site_04
• oldwest_diner_02
• oldwest_survivor_site_06
• oldwest_survivor_site_07
• oldwest_survivor_site_08
• oldwest_survivor_site_09
• oldwest_survivor_site_11
• rh_cannibal_trailer_park_ElWabblo
• rh_construction_site_residential_01_ElWabblo
• rh_cramped_parkhouse_high_ElWabblo
• rh_Infested_playground_ElWabblo
• rh_mining_encampment_ironlead_ElWabblo
• rh_wilderness_filler_22_ElWabblo
• rh_wilderness_filler_23_ElWabblo
• rh_wilderness_filler_24_ElWabblo
• rh_wilderness_filler_25_ElWabblo
• rh_wilderness_filler_lake_01_ElWabblo

Patch Notes 10.1.1b1 Hotfix 2

Mod Version Number: 10.1.1b1 Hotfix 2
7 Days Version Number: 1.1b14 Stable
Wipe Needed: No

• Fixed Crossbow Repeater Swapped Model
• Fixed missing video options that were added in 1.0. FSR3 – Yakov
• Fixed typo in Excavator description
• Fixed Limestone melting exploit
• Reverted some lockpick settings to vanilla

Note – For players having any issue with Sprint Locking on Controllers please navigate inside Mods folder and delete this Folder name = SprintToggleFix

Patch Notes 10.1.1b1 Hotfix

Mod Version Number: 10.1.1b1 Hotfix
7 Days Version Number: 1.1b14 Stable
Wipe Needed: No

• Performance Optimizations for Farming and Crops – Yakov
• Increased Durability on Auto Rifles and Knuckles
• Adjusted Volume Down on Sprinklers – Yakov
• Buffed Lucille (Giggity)
• Fixed Capitialization in ModInfo for Linux users
• Possible Fix for Music Combat Clip Overlap Null That Randomly Pops – Yakov
• Lowered Amount of Armor Skill Books in Loot
• Fixed Stove and Oven Repair Kits not Working
• Fixed Exploit of Coolers with Loot being given twice in Backpack
• Frozed Water can now Be Thawed in Microwaves
• Increased Damages on Scrap Tools
• Updated Score – sphereii
• Fixed High Tier Arrows and Bolts Models
• Fixed Hybrid Cam Crossbow Model
• Fixed Appliances Variant Block Shape Null
• Buffed Kukri and Katanas Stats

Note – For players having any issue with Sprint Locking on Controllers please navigate inside Mods folder and delete this Folder name = SprintToggleFix

Patch Notes 10.1.1b1

Mod Version Number: 10.1.1b1
7 Days Version Number: 1.1b14 Stable
Wipe Needed: Yes

• Fixed Server Crashing Issues With Farming Code that resulted in lag, zombie freezes and nulls – Yakov
• Fixed Smoker nulling on open
• Added Tier 5 smoke and crates to Jails R Us
• Added the Following POI
  • rh_Zombite_zozoman

Patch Notes 10.1.0b13

Mod Version Number: 10.1.0b13
7 Days Version Number: 1.1b14 Stable
Wipe Needed: Yes

• Adjusted Menu Tips
• Planks now made in Table Saw
• Changed Icon On Ravenhearst Challenges
• Fixed Cash Register Hitboxes
• Items can now break if not repaired when they hit 0
• You now receive a Working Toaster when destroying an in world toaster
• Fixed Coffeemaker model offsets
• Complete Armor Stat Rework
• Adjusted Nut and Berry Bush Appearance
• Added Nut and Berry Bush to an additional sub biome of the forest
• Fixed Coffeemaker Vanilla Models
• Fixed Stone and Scrap Shovel and Pickaxe Harvesting Tags
• Added Multiple Car Paint Items
• Added OCB Crooked Deco
• Blood Moons last until dawn after day 14
• Fixed On Screen Day and Date
• Shortened Zombie Reaches
• Recycle Bins now downgrade
• Added Storage Progression
• Added Localization to New Storage Options
• Added New Storage
• Added Cans of Nuts and Berries with better stats you can craft in Campfire with an Empty Can
• More tiles will now spawn on RWG
• Model changed for Barricades
• Barricade health lowered to 150
• Fixed Icon for Taza Stone Pickaxe
• Seeds no longer scrap
• Removed Aluminum from Wasteland
• Removed Coal from Snow
• Fixed Nitrate not spawning in one Snow biome
• Added Dysentery to Moldy Bread
• Adjustments to Outdoor Night Light and Indoor Lighting for a more natural darkness
• Fixed Loading Screen Tip Localization
• Crops give an 80 percent chance of seed back
• Added New Challenges – Yakov
• Added time back to hud
• Seed Packs are now a bundle. Open for random seeds
• Removed seed pack crafting
• Farmer Class now gets schematic for Hoe
• Hoe added to loot
• Removed Grills from loot
• Sap no longer scraps
• Removed Steel and Iron Crates from Craft. Must upgrade Wooden one
• Added Wood Writeable Crate to Progression
• Moved Wood Crafts to Table Saw
• Scrap Axe no longer repairs/upgrades
• Fixed Book Reading Animations
• Removed LOTL bonus from nuts and berries
• Added New Zombies by Double G
• Added Treasures and Trinkets that you can find while digging you can sell to the traders
• Increased Leather made from Hides
• Reduced Craft Time of Dried Jerky
• Increased Brighntess of Survival Campfire, Campfire and Tanning Rack Icons
• Moved Around Vanilla Challenges to make sense for the Basic Journal Quest
• Updated Score
• Fixed nut and berry harvests
• Fixed Tags and Model on Dirty Bandage
• Added Reinforced Repair Kits for Reinforced Tools and Weapons
• Reinforced Tools are now Locked Properly
• Fixed description on Bowl of Honey
• Ammo Loot Rebalance. Less ammo found in the world
• RWG Edits – Towns and cities can now spawn in Forests
• Traders can now spawn roadside in the Wilderness
• Various scope and iron sight tweaks and fixes to better align them
• Extended Old Building Upgrading to include Aluminum and Tungsten Paths
• Added Grass Cutter
• Removed Cardio Perk as it is now integrated into Athletics
• Removed Mother Lode as it is now integrated into Construction and Mining Tools Skills
• Added Version Check to Mod Load – Yakov
• Adjusted Animal Spawning
• Added Sprint Toggling Fix
• Added Startup Optimizer – OCBMaurice
• Added Stop Fuel Waste – OCBMaurice
• Added New Map Waypoint Icons – OCBMaurice
• Adjustments to Interior Lighting
• Adjustments to Night Time Exterior Lighting
• Reduced Amount of XP Given for Harvesting, Repairing and Upgrading Blocks
• Reduced chances of perk and skill books in mailboxes
• Removed Junk Drone from loot
• Added Multiple New Vehicle Mods for Speed, Gas Consumption, Light Intensity
• Commented out Water Valve Block Model making water sounds in POIs
• Added expanded firearms. Most are vanilla values, we will need to adjust them in the future. Schematics to make them can be found in Wasteland and Tier 5 loot crates. Have not decided on weapon loot only or to allow crafting.
• Added Chance of Hazmat to Military Lockers and Army Trucks
• Adjusted backpack loot in military lockers and laundry
• Removed Sprains and Strains as Splint now heals Sprains
• Gas can no longer be drinkable
• Added Sounds to All Ravenhearst food and water
• Added proper perk bonuses to Ravenhearst medical items
• Added a Supply bundle to the starter kit so you can open the item portion at a later date
• Removed Backpacks except for one type due to way action skill works for backpack
• Updated RH Core – Yakov
• Adjusted Skill Point Rewards for Basic Questline and Challenge Redemption to 5 total down from 8
• Armor Tier Stat Fixes to Match our Quality
• Fixed Armor Display Bug creating False Stat Displays – Redbeard + Yakov
• Updated Active Ingredients – Redbeard
• Fixed Air Drop Crates Not Despawning – Yakov
• Fixed Boiled Water in Cans and Jars crafting in the Stove
• Changed Icon Type on Backpacks
• Removed Unused Craft Skill Books from Loot and Bundles
• Raised Health on All Workstations
• Increased cost to make Lockpicks
• Added Wasteland Lockpick that unlocks Tier 5 and Wasteland Crates. Craftable at Advanced Engineering 5. Lootable where Hazmat is found.
• Added Missing Perk Books to Research Desk (Fireman 7, Mining 7, Heist 3, Hunter Books, Looter Books)
• Lowered Bee Hive Timer to 120 from 180
• Changed Research Desk Ingredient to Office Chair Variant Block
• Fixed Tomato Plant Hitbox
• Vehicle Craft Skill now set to 200. Vehicle unlocks spaced put more
• Mechanic now receives 5 vehicle skill books to craft a bicycle but no bicycle parts and a Wrench
• Removed Buggy Action0 Left Click Actions from Sacks and Buckets
• Increased and balanced HP on later tier building blocks
• Increased resources needed to craft steel and concrete shape blocks
• Increased Price of Water Filter
• Removed Water Filter from craft of Dew Collector
• Waster Filter now gives Murky Water and 1 jar as a mod in Dew Collector. Still doubles speed
• Removed Water Filter from Chef Class
• Adjusted haziness to radiation – Yakov
• Updated pick up sounds for antibiotics, custom vehicles, books and magazines
• Increased Health on trees
• Fixed 1970 Refrigerator Harvest
• Improved Wellness Death Logic – Yakov
• Moved Death Wellness Buff to C# to make it more reliable switching Permadeath on and off – Yakov
• Added Carbon Fiber Crafted
• Added Resin Bottle Crafted
• Added Treasure Maps – CTVI
• Added Scrap Club, Spear and Sledgehammer
• Rebalanced Scrap Tools
• Added improved hordes game option. Off by default. – Yakov
• Added improved hordes to config yaml – Yakov
• Added Pick up Sounds to Repair Kits, Resources, Crops, Medicine, Ores, Bars
• Added Pick up Sounds to Repair Kits, Resources, Crops, Medicine, Ores, Bars
• Updated all of Bdubyah vehicles
• New Onion Plant Asset Added
• Updated Improved Hordes Localization with More Accurate Info – Yakov
• Added Torch Framework from Laydor for Performance, Lighting and Config – Yakov
• Fixed Working Gas and Charcoal Grill Models
• Removed BBQ Grill Food Recipes from Stoves
• Added and Removed Categories Needed and no Longer Needed from Grills and Stoves
• Began Adding Back Vanilla Food Hand Models
• Added More Arcade Machines
• Added Slot Machines – 50,100,500 Denominations to Craft through Final Stand Reward
• Added Arcade Machines to Craft through Final Stand Reward
• Added Berries to Spoilage
• Removed Moldy Bread from Spoiling
• Scrap Weapons Now Repair with Reinforced Repair Kit
• Wood Club Now Requires Primitive Repair Kit
• Removed Scrapping from Primitive Weapons
• Increased Random Chances of Getting Vehicle Part or Skill Books as Random Roll
• Added Frozen Water and Stew to Chef Class heated up in Microwave When Needed
• Added Craftable Freezer
• Added Fridges and Cooler to Electrician Skill
• Forging Tunnel scraps to Iron
• Added Scrollable 63 slot backpack after going insane
• Removed Old Jukebox due to deprecated Asset
• Added Lemon Tree and Lemons. Recipes and Fixes to come
• Added New Dew Collector. Place and Upgraded with 2 Tarp. Wait some time then loot the filled collector. Fix with Tarps again.
• Collapsed Dew Collectors Now have a chance for a water filter and a tarp when harvested
• Fixed sack holdtype for a few items – Yakov
• Fix vanilla issue of zombies dropping loot on despawn. Now only drops loot on kill – Yakov
• Removed Can and Jar of Insects from Spoiling
• Special Enemies will Now Start to Appear after Gamestage 250 on Blood Moons, and in the world after GS 500
• Air Drop Zombies Now run and are tiered to be more difficult and faster as gamestage increases
• Added 2 Bottles of Acid to Mechanic Class
• Tinkered With Spoilage Timers All Around to Last a Bit Longer
• Lockpick Skill Matters. Lockpicking More Difficult and Slower but buying Perks in it Makes it Better
• Added 45 and 556 ammo to ammo lootlists
• Added Water to Trail Mix
• Moved Hazmat Suit Loot to Infested Tier 4 and 5
• Replaced Nude Female Zombie
• Removed Harvestable Corpses for Performance and Balance
• Increased Rotting Flesh and Bones Given from Certain Animals
• Removed Male Nude Zombie
• Doors Now Require a Door Knob to Be repaired
• Cook those eggs boys and girls
• Updated AGFHUD
• Added Preloader – Redbeard
• Added Rain Collector. Works like a Vanilla Dew, unlocked at Workstation 90 gives infected water. For now it does NOT have a filter but it may in next update
• Added Proper Repair Kits to Class Weapon Selections
• Removed Quad Armor Pocket Mod
• Increased Craft Skill to 150-200 depending on the craft skill
• Added a new Attribute Page for Tier 5 Books
• Fixed All Action Skill Buffs (Bleed, KO)
• Removed Incorrect Storages from Advanced Engineering
• Added Painted Storage Boxes to Workstation Skill
• You now get 5 Fertilizer per Craft
• Fixed Fertilizer Sack Descriptions
• Adjusted All Ingredient Counts To Our Action Skill Levels – Jax & Yakov
• Increased Chance of Workstation Skill Magazines in Workbench and Chemistry Station
• Removed Item Variation Rolls for Stats
• Updated tagging on Axes and Tools so the custom Action Skill bonuses are tagged properly
• Stone Hammers are no longer sellable
• Storages can be picked up to tier 4 only. After they will destroy and you will need to make new ones.
• Fridges and Coolers can be Taken via 15 second delays
• Added Throwable Items and Perk
• Reduced Compost needed to make ground fertile from 10 to 7
• Reduced Fertilizer needed to fertilize crop from 5 to 4
• Fixed Bleeding Particle – Yakov
• Removed 200m Limit from Sharing Option – Yakov
• Honeycomb no longer cures Infection
• Reduced Action Skill Mailbox Loot
• Increased Tier 8 Storage to 100 slots
• Tier 8 Storage requires Forged Tungsten
• Added RWG Modifications that will force a spawn of every poi at least once on a map
• Fixed up Tier 7, 8 ,9 Storages so they flow better
• Added some Wilderness Decor
• Fixed Baton Unlock Order
• Building Supply Loot Balance
• Zombie Loot Bag Looting Adjustments
• Added New Supply Pick Ups to Final Stand Satchels and Chests
• Moved Icee to Special Drinks Category in Vending
• Removed Socket tool from Motorcycle Handlebar Craft
• Removed Propane Tank Harvest from Working Grills
• Rain Collector Now Accepts Industrial Grade Tarp Mod to Convert Infected Water to Dirty
• Fixed Tier 5 Painted Loot Container Size
• Increased Health on Night Walkers
• Fixed Loot Container cancel instant looting – Yakov
• Fixed Final Stand Bloodmoon cancelling early – Yakov
• Changed buff duration of questbloodmoon to 8 ingame hours – Yakov
• Removed loot delay from player storage – Yakov
• Fixed inconsistencies in Radios
• Fixed Tags and name of Telescopic Baton to match Proper Perks
• Renamed Pistols Skill to Handguns for Clarity
• Weapons and Tools now have the correct Ingredient Cost Increases in Recipes, including Legendary Parts
• Bow Parts and All Weapon Parts should start showing up in loot
• Concrete and Cobble stacks increased to 500
• Increased Hazmat Chance in Army Trucks
• Added Tool and Weapon Parts to all RH Tools and Weapons
• Fixed Crafting Ingredient Counts from base adds to percent adds to match vanilla increases
• Changed Chromium Ore Texture
• Added Pallets for Carbon, Chromium, Tungsten and Aluminum
• Increased Recipe for Reinforced Chain Link Fencing
• Increased Probability on 44 Ammo
• Added Mods Category to Mechanic Bench
• Added Farmer Set Health Bonuses to all RH food and veggies
• Added Station Pickup Sounds to UI
• Added Bucket Pickup Sounds to UI
• Swapped Icons for Charred Red and White Meats
• Added Missing Slot Info to Storages
• Streamlined Furniture Blocks
• Increased Toolbox, Fish Tackle and First Aid Storages in Loot
• Moved Tier 1 Storage to Workstation Skill 20
• Removed Safes from Workstation Skill, Schematic Only Now
• Removed Health Bar Option from Menu
• Updated Descriptions on Classes to reflect actual rewards
• Fixes for Some Janky Animations and Sounds on Custom Zombies that could lead to dismemberment nulls
• Removed Stone Tool Clutter from Traders and Loot
• Removed Spoilage from Can of Berries
• Removed Unneeded Farming Control Panel
• Diggie holes have a range of 5 blocks from water to seed, placing pipes in the water and putting a sprinkler on TOP of the pipe has a 10 meter range! the range is from sprinkler to crops not pipe so keep that in mind.
• Added the Following POIs
• Added Old West Migration POI Set, adds more Old West towns and POIs to tiles and biomes
• Added ZZTongs Prefab Pack which adds over 100 pois, decos and filler stamps for a lively world – ZZTong with edits by Jax
  • rh_factoryraid_xtiericee
  • rh_forestcamp_xtiericee
  • rh_warehouse_xtiericee
  • rh_junkyard_xtiericee
  • rh_farm_house_Lazy_Turtle
  • rh_LakeView_Lazy_Turtle
  • rh_LazyCafe_Lazy_Turtle
  • rh_LazyFarm_01_Lazy_Turtle
  • rh_LazyShops_Lazy_Turtle
  • rh_Red_Rocket_Lazy_Turtle
  • rh_barricaded_house_1_Officecats5
  • rh_Petting_Zoo_FluffyPanda
  • rh_Red_Rocket_01_FluffyPanda
  • rh_Stus_Zoo_Officecats5
  • rh_super_prison_max_Officecats5
  • rh_advanced_junkyard_02_Officecats5
  • oldwest_store_gun_01
  • oldwest_abandoned_house_01
  • oldwest_abandoned_house_02
  • oldwest_country_junkyard_01
  • oldwest_homesteader_01_arramus
  • oldwest_mixstrip_01_arramus
  • oldwest_25x50_corn_01_arramus
  • oldwest_rural_church_01
  • rh_TheAfterLife_Duhwolf
  • rh_Nuketown2024_Camabis
  • rh_airstrip_SurvivorAndy
  • rh_ultrascans_clinic_SurvivorAndy
  • rh_woodbury_SurvivorAndy
  • rh_tesko_supermarket_SurvivorAndy
  • rh_malibu_club_SurvivorAndy
  • rh_busty_beers_stripclub_SurvivorAndy
  • rh_bigbluebox_SurvivorAndy
  • rh_take_four_film_studio_SurvivorAndy
  • rh_wilderness1_SurvivorAndy
  • rh_wilderness2_SurvivorAndy
  • rh_wilderness3_SurvivorAndy
  • rh_wilderness4_SurvivorAndy
  • rh_wilderness5_SurvivorAndy
  • rh_Alamo_Level50Unlocked
  • rh_Data_Center_Level50Unlocked
  • oldwest_cran5000soda_01_arramus
  • rh_Cedar_Creek_Officecats5
  • rh_Club_Hotel_SG1o9
  • rh_Epidemic_Playland_old_SG1o9
  • rh_Harold_Fetchkick_Asylum_SG1o9
  • oldwest_ekoguns_01_arramus
  • oldwest_gas_station_07
  • oldwest_gas_station_08
  • oldwest_ranger_station_02
  • oldwest_remnant_bookshop_business_03
  • oldwest_remnant_mill_01
  • oldwest_store_book_04
  • oldwest_store_grocery_04
  • oldwest_store_grocery_05
  • oldwest_store_grocery_06
  • oldwest_survivor_site_05
  • oldwest_apper_01_arramus
  • oldwest_meatloaf_01_arramus
  • oldwest_ranger_station_02
  • oldwest_store_book_04
  • oldwest_store_grocery_05
  • rh_Jails_R_Us_zozoman

Head to the Discord for bug reports, help, and information. Hope you enjoy this edition, but remember it is still unfinished so expect issues, bugs and possibly wipes.

Contacting Him and Development Team Interaction

A few have been looking for support and to have questions answered. Due to being swamped with work, real life, and work on RH, there is not frequently time to answer all questions. The best bet is to head over to Discord, where a number of very knowledgeable players and mods, including the creator, are always around to answer questions. It is a very active and great community.

Discord and Support

Not sure everyone is aware of the health struggles experienced over the past year, as it has been kept off the forums. For those who wish to read about what was faced by the mod creator and Shorty, a detailed diary is available on the Discord in the Jax and shorty updates channel. Version 9 was a labor of love and was released despite the difficulties of maintaining a workflow. Great pride is taken in this work, and in the team’s effort on this one.

Looking forward to hearing thoughts and using feedback to help shape the best experience possible. Time on the forums is very limited, and the majority of the development team has moved to Discord only. For quicker answers to questions, joining the Discord is recommended. There is an amazing community of fellow RH veterans and new players alike who are always willing to help and offer tips and advice, along with regular check-ins from the creator and the team.

Support

Paypal Donation: If the work on Ravenhearst is appreciated, feel free to use this link to show support. Donations go towards the acquisition of new Unity Assets as well as test servers etc, or even just a small show of appreciation with pizza! Pizza always makes smiles 😀

There is also a Patreon available for those who wish to offer ongoing support for development. You can check that out here.

Server Hosting

Host Your Own Ravenhearst Server

Bluefang currently hosts the 7 Day version and Streamer version of Ravenhearst! Just select the Ravenhearst option that is best for you! Their setup is flexible and offers everything you need. Want to upload your OWN XML edits and mods for others to play on your server? You can do that EASILY with full FTP Access.

If you decide to rent with Bluefang using this link 5 percent of the sale will go towards adding new assets into the mod and is a great way to support its development. Bluefang is offering Ravenhearst free of any additional charges to their customers.

Ravenhearst Launcher

The Ravenhearst Launcher is currently not working.

Streamers Who Have Streamed Ravenhearst

A Huge thank you to the following for getting immersed into the world of Ravenhearst!

• Mike Pope
• Grumbul
  • His IDOL has finally done a play of Ravenhearst! Please check it out.
• KnightRath
  • An amazing member of the Discord community. VERY entertaining and incredibly sexy 😉
• Nightmaaron
• Ramble_on_Rose

WARNING

This is an overhaul mod and as such is not intended to work well with modlets. If you use a modlet you do so at your own risk. There is a possibility your game may break or even your save. Troubleshooting cannot be provided for any errors related to the use of outside modlets. There are just too many core changes to guarantee any will work well within the mod.

EAC must be disabled to play this mod.

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The forum topic of the mod is here.

Credits: JaxTeller718 and community