# Project Zomboid 42.6.0 UNSTABLE Released

- Product: Project Zomboid (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/project-zomboid)
- Vendor: The Indie Stone
- Date: 2025-03-24
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/108600/view/498316689831624936
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/project-zomboid/releases/2025-03-24-42.6.0-unstable-released

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- **added** — Added missing foraging zones to WorldMapRenderer.lua
- **added** — Added Bendable Fences framework for Wire Fences
- **added** — Added sandbox options FenceThumpersRequired and FenceDamageMultiplier
- **changed** — Show crafting inputs by Uses if whole item is not consumed
- **added** — Pickaxing Ore, Limestone or Flint deposits now generates Masonry XP at 5 XP per item produced
- **changed** — Knee-Length Hide Skirt clothing item now has a patchwork crude hide texture
- **added** — Added item script file for crafted pants
- **added** — Added item and recipe for crafted Hide Pants
- **added** — Added custom item icons for Hide Boots, Coat and Jacket
- **changed** — Hide Coats and Jackets now require three Buttons or Large Bone Beads to craft
- **added** — Added items and craftRecipes for Hide Hooded Jackets and Tank Tops
- **added** — Added item and craftRecipe for Hide Dress
- **added** — Added Short, Normal-Length and Long Hide Skirt clothing items and their craftRecipes
- **added** — Added clothing items and craftRecipes for skirts in varying lengths made from Garbage Bags and Tarps
- **added** — Added IsoObject.setHighlightColor() and related methods that work independently for each splitscreen player
- **added** — Added icon fluid masks and filled models for all mug variations
- **added** — Added depth textures to fencing_damaged_02 sprites for bent fences
- **added** — Added item and recipe for Bone Whistle
- **added** — Added items and recipes for Forged, Gold, and Silver Key Rings craftable at 0 level Blacksmithing skill
- **added** — Added items and craftRecipes for Stone Mace Head and Long Stone Mace

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- Added the missing foraging zones to `WorldMapRenderer.lua`
- Added Bendable Fences framework. Only for Wire Fences (for now).
    - Added sandbox options FenceThumpersRequired, FenceDamageMultiplier.- Show crafting inputs by Uses if whole item is not consumed
- Pickaxing/etc Ore, Limestone or Flint deposits will generate Masonry XP; 5 XP per item produced.
- The Knee-Length Hide Skirt clothing item now has a patchwork crude hide texture instead of cow or deep fur patterns; although patterned clothing by fur type is planned, this item is a more crude affair.
- Added an item script file for crafted pants, as we have a fair amount of crafted pants, and moved the existing crafted pants items scripts into it.
- Added the item and recipe for crafted Hide Pants.
- Added custom item icons for Hide Boots, Coat and Jacket; they were using placeholder icons.
- Hide Coats and Jackets need three Buttons or Large Bone Beads to craft; the texture prominently features Buttons, we have Buttons as a long standing inventory item, and Large Bone Beads are a reasonable substitute for a proper Button which can be crafted.
- Added items and craftRecipes for Hide Hooded Jackets and Tank Tops.
- Added item and craftRecipe for a Hide Dress, welcome to Bedrock City.
- Added Short, Normal-Length and Long Hide Skirt clothing items and their craftRecipes.
- Added clothing items and craftRecipes for skirts in varying lengths made from Garbage Bags and Tarps.
- Added IsoObject.setHighlightColor() and related methods that work independently for each splitscreen player.
- Updated ad for The Irvington Gun Club
- Updated tutorial tooltip about aiming.
- Added icon fluid masks and filled models for all mug variations.
- Added depth textures to fencing_damaged_02 sprites (bent fences).
- Added item and recipe for a Bone Whistle item.
- Added items and recipe for Forged, Gold, and Silver Key Rings. These Key Rings can be made at 0 level Blacksmithing skill, and don't require knowing a recipe.
- Added items and craftRecipes for a Stone Mace Head and Long Stone Mace. The Stone Mace currently has the wrong weapon model, using the same one as the Long Mace, and will be replaced shortly.
- Stone Maces are slightly less durable than metal maces, but otherwise identical. A character with Masonry skill of 8 can craft a Stone Mace Head.
- Added clothing items and craftRecipes for a Rag Bandana and a Leather Strip Headband.
- Added some new clothing items to some zombie outfits.
- Added new icon & model variation of the Crystal item.
- Added Large Crystal item; this is a mineral specimen as opposed to the metaphysical crystals.
- Group Available and Assigned Elsewhere items by Item name
- Rename headers: Assigned Elsewhere, Available Items, Possible Items
- Adjust Possible Items expand arrow position to avoid overlapping text.
- Added recipe for making Guacamole, it can only be learned by leveling Cooking skill at the moment.
- Moved recipes to get Bacon Rashers and Bits from recipes_farming to recipes_cooking.
- Updated sound banks.
- New sounds for animals breaking down fences
- Ingredient icons in tooltips scale with font size.
- Several additions to forage loot, e.g. Stone Mace Heads, Metal artifacts, Coins, Forged Keyrings.
- Added Whistle_Bone and KeyRing_Forged to Artifacts forage loot.
- Added a tooltip line to display all item focus categories (if it is focusable) for forage items to help with which category should be focused to find more of that item.
- Updated forageSystem.statisticsDebug() to handle multiple category items when calculating exact chance to spawn.
- Optimised forageSystem.generateLootTable() function.
- Added activeZone reset for ISSearchManager sync in forageSystem.recreateIcons().
- Improved doSearchFocusCheck logic to allow it to overwrite items from non-rollable categories. This mildly increases the penalty focused searching as it may now miss or o

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