Full Server Guides

Advanced renewable power system with automatic routing, batteries, solar, wind, and smart generator backup.

FULL HOW-TO GUIDE

1. Place the Energy Routing Controller — this is the brain of your entire power system. Put it inside or right next to your base.
2. Build at least one power source: Solar Panel, Wind Turbine, or Hydraulic Turbine (must be placed in moving water).
3. Place one or more Battery Banks to store power.
4. Connect everything with Energy Cables (right-click the controller → “Connect Device” or use the cable tool).
5. Turn on the Controller and open its menu to see real-time power status, storage levels, and device groups.
6. Vanilla generators now act as automatic backup — they only turn on when your batteries are low.

Tip: Group your devices (lights, fridges, machines) in the controller menu so power is prioritized correctly.

Repair real-world power plants and substations to bring electricity and water back to entire regions.

FULL HOW-TO GUIDE

1. Wait for the vanilla power & water shutoff (usually day 30–60).
2. Travel to the Louisville Power Plant first (it must be repaired before anything else works).
3. Right-click any control panel at the facility to see what needs repairing.
4. Gather the exact parts and tools listed (Electrical skill and Welding skill required).
5. Repair every component one by one.
6. Once all parts are fixed, start the facility from the main control panel and defend it from the huge zombie horde it attracts.
7. After it’s online, the entire zone gets power and water again.

Facilities slowly degrade over time — you must go back and maintain them or they will fail again.

Amputate a bitten limb to survive the Knox Infection.

FULL HOW-TO GUIDE

1. As soon as you get bitten, run to a safe room and barricade the door.
2. Have a Saw or Garden Saw ready.
3. Right-click the Saw in your inventory → choose the bitten limb to amputate (or drag the saw directly onto the red wound in the Health panel).
4. Have bandages, stitches, and a tourniquet ready — the mod will automatically use them to increase survival chance.
5. After amputation, keep the wound clean and bandaged until it heals.
6. Later you can craft or find prosthetic limbs.

Warning: Amputating an upper arm means you can never equip a prosthetic on that side.

Turn crops into alcohol, ethanol, and finally biofuel for generators.

FULL HOW-TO GUIDE (Step-by-Step)

1. Build or find a Press → make mash from corn, potatoes, wheat, etc.
2. Put mash into a Fermentation Barrel + add yeast → wait 48 in-game hours.
3. Move fermented liquid to the Still + add fuel and light a fire → distill for 6 hours.
4. Re-distill the alcohol to make pure Ethanol.
5. Put Ethanol in an Industrial Tank + add sunflower/olive oil from your inventory → refine into Biofuel.
6. Use the Biofuel exactly like regular gas in generators.

Craft your own fuel pumps anywhere on the map.

FULL HOW-TO GUIDE

1. Check the sandbox settings for exact crafting cost (usually high Metalworking + Mechanics skill).
2. Craft the Buildable Fuel Pump at a workbench.
3. Place it anywhere you want (inside base, near farm, etc.).
4. It works exactly like vanilla gas pumps — fill jerry cans or vehicles from it.