FarmSense - Crop Info and Harvest with E

Crop growth info and one-key harvesting for 7 Days to Die v3.x (PC / Linux).

FarmSense shows the growth stage, the percentage and the remaining time for every crop you aim at, adds a Harvest action on E for ripe crops and wild plants, and lets corn, potatoes, blueberries and pumpkins grow wild in the pine forest.

An independent development by Eltern vs Zombies, released under the MIT License.

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Features

Feature	Description
📈 Growth info	Stage (for example 2/3), growth percentage of the whole growth from seed to ripe, and the time remaining until the plant is ripe
⏳ Live progress bar	Green fill while the plant grows, so the state is readable at a glance
🖐 Works with empty hands	The info appears while aiming, with or without an item in your hand
⚡ Instant	Appears as fast as the vanilla name line and disappears again when you look away
🌿 Wild plants too	Wild crops are marked as such in the display
⚠️ Warnings	Tells you when a plant cannot grow here (light, soil) or has died
🌳 Trees	Optional: multi-stage plants such as trees, including the overall time left and the tree's own name (for example Tree Planted Oak), since the vanilla name line does not name a tree
⛏ Harvest with E	Ripe crops and wild plants offer a Harvest action on E. Trees are excluded: a grown tree is still felled by hitting it, as in vanilla
🎁 Vanilla yields	Amounts, seed chance, perk and outfit bonuses come from the game's own drop tables
🔁 Wild crops that return	Wild plants reappear over time, similar to vanilla goldenrod or cotton
🌲 Pine forest crops	Corn, potatoes, blueberries and pumpkins grow wild in the pine forest
⚙️ Configurable	Display mode, warnings, trees, harvest sounds and the wild growth system

FarmSense does not change crop yields, growth speed or recipes. It reads the game's crop data and adds one interaction command. A planted crop, a fully skilled farmer and the farmer outfit produce exactly the amounts you would get from hitting the plant yourself.

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Usage

1. Look at any crop, planted or wild. The info field appears below the vanilla interaction prompt.
2. Read the stage, the percentage and the remaining time. A ripe plant shows ready.
3. Press E on a ripe plant to harvest it, or hit it with a tool as usual.

The field stays visible with an empty hand, so you can inspect a field before deciding what to harvest.

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Installation

1. Download FarmSense-Crop-Info-and-Harvest-with-E-<version>.zip from the Releases page (or build from source, below).

2. Extract the FarmSense folder into your mods directory:

   .../7 Days To Die/Mods/FarmSense/
   

   After extracting you should see FarmSense.dll, ModInfo.xml, Config.xml and Config/ in that folder. Do not add 0Harmony.dll here: the game ships Harmony itself in <Mods>/0_TFP_Harmony/ (Harmony 2.13) and an extra copy inside a mod folder can produce errors at startup.

3. Disable EAC (Easy Anti-Cheat) for the game - required for any Harmony mod.

4. Start the game. [FarmSense] Version 1.0.0 wird geladen ... appears in the client log.

Multiplayer: client and server must run the same mod version. The harvest request is sent from the client to the host or server and the wild growth system runs on the hosting side.

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Configuration

FarmSense reads Config.xml inside its own mod folder:

.../7 Days To Die/Mods/FarmSense/Config.xml

Setting	Default	Meaning
HarvestByE_Enabled	true	Harvest ripe plants with E
Harvest_PlaySound	true	Play the vanilla plant break sound
Harvest_PlayCollectSound	true	Use the vanilla collect popup and pickup sound
Harvest_YieldMultiplier	1.0	Multiplier for the harvested amount, 1.0 = vanilla values
Hud_Mode	window	window = own info field, prompt = vanilla prompt only, off = disabled
Hud_UseVanillaPrompt	true	Add the info to the vanilla interaction prompt as well
Hud_ShowTrees	true	Also show growth info for multi-stage plants such as trees
Hud_ShowWarnings	true	Show warnings for light, soil and dead plants
Hud_UpdateInterval	0	0 = update every frame, higher values slow the display down
WildGrowth_Enabled	true	Regrow wild crops in existing worlds
WildGrowth_IntervalSeconds	120	Check interval in seconds
WildGrowth_Radius	40	Radius in blocks around every player
WildGrowth_AttemptsPerInterval	12	Attempts per interval and player
WildGrowth_ChancePerAttempt	0.25	Chance per attempt
WildGrowth_MaxPerChunk	2	Upper limit per 16x16 chunk since server start
WildGrowth_MinLight	11	Minimum light level at the target position
WildGrowth_Biomes	pine_forest	Biome where wild crops appear
WildGrowth_Blocks	the four crops	The wild crops that can appear

After editing the file, restart the game.

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Building from Source

The mod is plain C# compiled against the game's own assemblies. Nothing is bundled from the game - you compile against your own local installation.

Requirements

• 7 Days to Die v3.x installed locally (used only as a compile-time reference)
• Mono (mcs) on Linux
• 0Harmony.dll from your own installation, at <Game>/Mods/0_TFP_Harmony/0Harmony.dll (Harmony 2.13, MIT-licensed). The build script picks it up automatically - never copy a Harmony DLL into a mod folder.

Linux (Mono)

# auto-detect the game directory
bash build.sh

# or point it explicitly
bash build.sh "/path/to/7 Days To Die"
GAME_DIR="/path/to/7 Days To Die" bash build.sh

The script checks its prerequisites (compiler, game assemblies, Harmony, netstandard.dll) and fails with a clear message if something is missing. It writes bin/FarmSense.dll and prepares the ready-to-copy runtime tree in dist/FarmSense/ (DLL, ModInfo.xml, Config.xml and Config/).

Windows

No MSBuild project is shipped yet - the compile line from build.sh maps directly to the .NET compiler:

csc -target:library -out:FarmSense.dll ^
    -lib:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\7 Days To Die\7DaysToDie_Data\Managed" ^
    -r:Assembly-CSharp.dll -r:LogLibrary.dll -r:UnityEngine.dll -r:UnityEngine.CoreModule.dll ^
    -r:UnityEngine.IMGUIModule.dll -r:UnityEngine.UI.dll -r:UnityEngine.UIModule.dll ^
    -r:UnityEngine.AudioModule.dll ^
    -r:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\7 Days To Die\Mods\0_TFP_Harmony\0Harmony.dll" ^
    src\*.cs

Then copy FarmSense.dll, ModInfo.xml, Config.xml and Config/ into .../7 Days To Die/Mods/FarmSense/.

After building

bash sync.sh "/path/to/Mods"     # dry run first, then deploy dist/FarmSense

sync.sh is a development helper. It resolves the mods folder from the argument or MODS_DIR, defaults to <Game>/Mods, and refuses to ship Harmony.

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Compatibility

FarmSense works with the vanilla farming system. It reads the crop blocks and their drop tables and adds one interaction command to plants.

Conflicts are possible with mods that rewrite the crop blocks, replace the plant drop tables, or heavily modify the interaction prompt and the block HUD. Overhauls with their own farming system are not supported. Universal compatibility with every UI or farming mod is not guaranteed.

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Known issues

• Multiplayer has not been play-tested yet. The harvest request is sent from the client to the host or server, and wild growth runs on the hosting side. Install the same version on the host or server and on every client.
• Experience and challenge progress for harvesting are not credited by the E harvest yet. Use the normal melee harvest if you need quest or challenge progress.
• Biome decoration for wild crops only applies to worlds generated with the mod installed. Existing worlds use the regrowth system instead.
• Creative menu: placing a plant places the wild variant, which yields the wild amounts (1 item instead of 2 for a planted crop).

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Project Layout

FarmSense/
├── src/FarmSenseMain.cs             Mod entry point + Harmony bootstrap
├── src/FarmSenseConfig.cs           Config.xml reader
├── src/CropRegistry.cs              Crop registry built from the game's own block data
├── src/HudSystem.cs                 Target detection and HUD text
├── src/FarmSenseHudController.cs    XUi controller (global namespace, resolved by reflection)
├── src/HarvestLogic.cs              Harvest from the vanilla drop tables
├── src/NetPackageFarmSenseHarvest.cs Client -> host/server harvest request
├── src/WildGrowthSystem.cs          Wild crop regrowth in existing worlds
├── src/HarvestDiagnostics*.cs       Diagnostics used while LogDebug is enabled
├── Config/                          Biome decoration, block tweak, XUi modlet, localization
├── Config.xml                       User settings
├── tools/build_nexus_media.py       Promo image generator (optional, needs Pillow)
├── build.sh                         Linux/Mono build script
└── sync.sh                          Development helper: deploy dist/ into a mods folder

Developer documentation (German working notes, analysis of the vanilla harvest mechanics) lives in PROTOKOLL.md and in the wiki of the author's modding workspace. The README you are reading is the authoritative source for users.

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License & Credits

MIT License - see LICENSE. Copyright (c) 2026 Eltern vs Zombies.

You may modify this mod and include it in other projects, including overhauls, as long as Eltern vs Zombies is credited as the original author.

• Author: Eltern vs Zombies - YouTube
• Third-party: the mod is compiled against the Harmony library by Andreas Pardeike (MIT). No Harmony binary is included in this repository or in the release ZIP - 7 Days to Die ships its own copy in <Mods>/0_TFP_Harmony/. 7 Days to Die game assemblies are not included and are referenced only at compile time.

Not affiliated with The Fun Pimps. 7 Days to Die is a trademark of The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC.