Tree Planting Guide

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Home VHS: Tree Planting Guide

General

Overview

The player can reduce boredom by -5 for each line of dialog when in the vicinity of a television playing the VHS.

The VHS can be used with an appropriate television to play the monologue of a recording from one of the company's employees, named Jacob Manuku. He explains the process by talking about how to plant seeds, what pot to use, how often to water the plant, what kind of soil to grow the tree in, and much more.

Transcript

Jacob Manuku:
Hi, I'm Jacob Manuku from McCoy logging.

Here at McCoy, we don't just cut down trees. We plant and grow them too.

Whether you want a forest, or just an apple tree in your backyard...

...the techniques are the same.

If starting from seed, plant in a small pot, and transplant to bigger pots as your tree grows.

Potted trees can be planted at any time, but bare root stock can only be planted in winter.

Ensure the soil is not saturated or your tree's roots may rot.

Remove surrounding grass or plants if they will overshadow your tree...

...then dig a hole wider than the rootball, and three times deeper.

Plant your tree at the same depth in the ground as it was in your pot.

Step firmly on the earth around the base of the tree when you fill the soil back in.

Any air pockets in the soil around the roots will greatly harm its chances.

Leave an adequate distance around your trees, five to ten yards...

...depending on how high the tree will grow.

Plant well away from nearby structures and power lines...

...and remember to plant the right trees in the right place.

Use the local species as a guide to what thrives and what doesn't.

Mark your trees if they're not visible from a distance...

...and protect them from rabbits, deer or livestock...

...with adequate piping or fencing.

And finally, remember the proverb:

"The best time to plant trees is twenty years ago. The second best time, is now."

Location

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

VHS_Home distributionShow / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default 'apocalypse' loot settings, with no luck modifier, and average zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits. Duplicate entries do exist, but have been removed for clarity.

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
closet	cardboardbox	11.21%
closet	smallbox	11.21%
garagestorage	cardboardbox	11.21%
garagestorage	smallbox	11.21%
joanstudio	shelves	11.21%
kitchen	cardboardbox	11.21%
kitchen	crate	11.21%
kitchen	smallbox	11.21%
livingroom	cardboardbox	11.21%
livingroom	crate	11.21%
livingroom	shelves	11.21%
livingroom	smallbox	11.21%
livingroom	wardrobe	5.77%
SafehouseLoot	shelves	23.67%
SafehouseLoot	shelves	11.21%
SafehouseLoot_Late	shelves	23.67%
SafehouseLoot_Late	shelves	11.21%
SafehouseLoot_Mid	shelves	23.67%
SafehouseLoot_Mid	shelves	11.21%
shed	smallbox	11.21%
storageunit	cardboardbox	11.21%
storageunit	crate	11.21%
storageunit	metal_shelves	11.21%
storageunit	smallbox	11.21%
studio	shelves	11.21%

This VHS will only spawn once and only in living room shelves, making it incredibly rare.

Trivia

The proverb mentioned is a Chinese proverb.
The only other farming XP giving recorded media is Exposure Survival E3.

Code

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_entertainment.txt

Retrieved: Build 42.0.2

item VHS_Home
	{
		DisplayName = VHS - Home,
		DisplayCategory = Entertainment,
		Type = Normal,
		Weight = 0.5,
		Icon = Cassette3,
		MediaCategory = Home-VHS,
		WorldStaticModel = VHSBox3,
		Tags = IgnoreZombieDensity;IsFireFuel,
		FireFuelRatio = 0.25,
	}