Cedar Hill B41 & B42 Alpha

Map can be played in singleplayer and multiplayer, but the NPCs wont work, they do work in singleplayer though.

Be patient while I work on the mod, I'll try to do regular updates...however I'm mostly working on the mod alone and that takes time. New updates will likely require you to start a new run to see the changes due to how zomboid handles modded maps. It has always been the case even in b41.

Feel free to give constructive criticism and feedback, if you have concerns about something - it's better to ask rather than expect me to already know about bugs/issues. I test my mod a lot, but there may always be some unintended interactions, especially as the mod grows in size and new content gets added.

What is this mod about?

Cedar Hill adds a story that follows Serevine, a Valerian scholar who came to the island searching for the source of the calamity that has overtaken the dead. As you explore Cedar Hill, you'll be sent to the Callas Estate to follow her investigation, uncover what happened to the family that once resided there, and discover the secrets and heresies hidden within the estate.

Features

- Large handcrafted island with many unique locations to explore. - Original story, lore, quests and many voiced NPCs. - Custom gameplay mechanics, events and interactive locations. - Unique weapons, clothing, relics, collectibles and other items. - Custom crafting and progression systems. - Custom tiles, UI and other original handcrafted assets. - Original music, ambience and sound design.

Difficulty

Cedar Hill is primarily designed with seasoned Project Zomboid players in mind. Some of its locations and content are significantly more dangerous than the base game and are not intended for new players.

Settings

Set randomized building chance to: "Never" due to the story areas getting randomly burnt out at the start of the game. Other than that, you can do whatever.

Whenever you subscribe to the mod for the first time, enable it in main menu then re-launch the game completely to be able to see the animated menu and spawn point paper map. The game unfortunately loads these on boot.

Recommended: In the game options set your "UI Rendering FPS" to 120, otherwise some UI elements might be choppy, mod has been designed with this setting in mind.

Cells used by the mod:

15x18, 16x18, 17x18, 15x19, 16x19, 17x19, 15x20, 16x20, 17x20, 15x21, 16x21, 17x21, 15x22, 16x22, 17x22, 15x12, 16x12, 17x12, 15x13, 16x13, 17x13, 15x14, 16x14, 17x14.

CREDITS

TRANSLATIONS

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IMPORTANT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you want to have the NPC dialogue translated as well for a language that's not English, you have to go to "Options" in the menu (usually when you hit ESC ingame), then up top find "Mods" category and toggle "Use Translation UI".

Simplified Chinese by: 爱看歌剧的长颈鹿

Czech by: Try Honesty

VOICE ACTING

Cynthia: Blondie, Elias: Robert, Silas: DavidB, Melora: Veda, Curator: Raxdeg, Lyra: Alis, Maid: Lauren, TryHonesty: Try Honesty.

MUSIC & AUDIO DESIGN

Try Honesty, [R]ay.

3D MODELING

[R]ay, Try Honesty.

And a few models contributed by Ash.

2D ART

Avatars, Loading Screens, Tiles, UI, Stylized Portraits, Cards, Icons and other 2D aspects:

Try Honesty.

MAP

Try Honesty.

ADDITIONAL CREDITS

People who contributed with ideas, troubleshooting or have been helpful/have helped, gave feedback in any way over the span of this mod creation:

Raxdeg, Fanare, [R]ay, Ash, SimKDT, Alis, Alree, Pabbiqo, Girth, Petrovick, Jamithy, Melo, Squirrel, Spooky, Paddlefruit, Kitten, Pertominus, Haley.

If you'd like to support my work, buy me a coffee! <3

This mod is © 2025 Try Honesty. Reuploads, edits, or redistributions are not permitted without explicit permission. Only the Steam account "Try Honesty" is authorized to host this mod on the Steam Workshop.

Workshop ID: 2915656059 Mod ID: CedarHill Map Folder: Cedar Hill Map Folder: Cedar Hill Sanctum