Planned features

This is the place to find all potential future features that the developers have spoken publicly about adding to Project Zomboid. To see a list of what has been added to the game please check the version history page.

Locations

• Sewers, as an alternative way to travel.

• A gun store.

• The ability to build your own fortress.

• Randomly generated maps as an alternative to set map.

• Additional areas such as the city, rural farms and coastal areas.

• Balconies on second floor apartments.

NPCs

• Dogs!

• Companions.

• Feral animals.

• Future for Baldspot and Kate.

• NPC relationships.

• NPC infection.

PCs

• Skills planned.

• Perks planned.

Items

• Weapon degradation. Weapons will degrade and eventually break.

• Generators as a way of producing electricity.

• Curtains to stay hidden and prevent light from passing through windows.

• Chainsaw.

• Armor.

• Ability to drop items directly onto the floor.

• Bags to increase what the player can carry.

• Plank bridges planned.

• Different strength medications and alcohol.

• Car batteries.

• Traps.

Game Mechanics

• Farming planned.

• Windows fully destructible planned.

• Illness/Disease other than zombification planned.

• Barricade with furniture planned.

• Unarmed Combat planned.

• Random content, fixed map planned.

• Up to 16 story buildings possibly planned.

• Amputation possibly planned.

• Lower risk of NPC friendly fire planned.

• Water possibly planned.

• Only tired to sleep implemented.

• Infection chance for scratches and bites implemented.

• Exhaustion, but not from walking implemented.

• Sneaking implemented.

• Save function planned.

• Dead body interaction planned.

• No cure implemented/planned.

• Difference in quality of sleep between beds/chairs planned.

• Passing out planned.

• Migrating zombies planned.

• Inventory changes planned.

• Aiming implemented.

• Full body damage planned.

• Cauterizing wounds planned.

• No toilet use required planned.

General

• Community dialogue possibly planned.

• Language translations planned.

• Sadist Zombie Movie Director planned.

• Profanity filter planned.

• Zombie attack animations planned.

• Sneaking animations planned.

• No special zombies implemented/planned.

• Use of Joypad planned/implemented.

• No voiceover implemented/planned.

• In-game console planned.

• Casual mode possibly planned.

• Multiplayer planned.

• No zombies eating babies implemented/planned.

• Vehicles possibly planned.

• Key remapping planned.

• Downloadable version planned.

• Modding support planned.

• Narrative summaries/Scoreboards planned.

• No portable device port planned.

• Desura (paypal) planned.

• No meters planned.