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Pocket Kittens

by Orc · for Project Zomboid

BUILD 42 NOW AVAILABLE COURTESY OF FROSTYRED https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3568029240 Wake up, scavage for food, kill your neighbors, go to bed, cry. Wake up, scavage for…

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BUILD 42 NOW AVAILABLE COURTESY OF FROSTYRED https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3568029240 Wake up, scavage for food, kill your neighbors, go to bed, cry. Wake up, scavage for…

[h1]BUILD 42 NOW AVAILABLE COURTESY OF FROSTYRED[/h1] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3568029240

Wake up, scavage for food, kill your neighbors, go to bed, cry. Wake up, scavage for food, kill your family, go to bed, cry. Wake up... day after day after day. It's mundane, it's depressing and it's every so lonely until one day.... a little furball shows up on your door. He's hungry, he's desperate, he NEEDS YOU. Life has a purpose, Mr Mittens needs you, he needs your food, your love and your attention. Things don't seem quite as gloomy anymore.

Pocket Kittens adds several different breeds of kitties for you to trap and give a "furever home" to. They roam mostly in cities and trailer parks but can sometimes be found in the forest. Set up traps with the appropriate bait and wait. Eventually you'll find yourself a new friend. Once you do, take them home for cuddles or maybe put some effort into making a safe pocket for them to join you on your travels.

Having a companion with you can help reduce your boredom and unhappiness in this gloomy world with death creeping around every corner.

Pocket Kitten Breakdown

  • Adds several different kitten breeds
  • [list]
  • Black, Calico, Gray, Gray Striped, Orange, Tuxedo, White
  • Modeled and placeable in-world

[*] Adopted kittens can be permanently renamed (right-click in inventory) [*] Adopted kittens can be placed into a pocket and worn as jewelry

  • When worn reduces boredom and unhappiness periodically
  • Useful for those long days spend boringly organizing your base
  • Reduction can be configured through sandbox settings

[*] Kittens in Pockets can be attached to Authentic Z and Noir's Attachments backpacks

  • Utilizes the "Plushie" Slot with Authentic Z
  • Utilizes the "Utility" Slot with Noir's Attachments
  • Functions the same as wearing a kitten (reduce boredom/unhappiness)

[*] Utilizes standard game trapping mechanics

  • Best to Worst: Cage Trap, Box Trap, Crate Trap, Snare

[*] Utilizes a variety of bait

  • Best to Worst: Open can of tuna, open can of milk, open can of sardines, fish fillet, dead bird, bait fish, dead mouse, and cat toys

[*] Collect all the Kitties and earn yourself the "I Love Kitties" Achievement shirt [/list] Safe to add/remove mid-game. Works in Single player and multiplayer

Pocket Kitten IDs

All Kittens are in the "PocketKitten" module. Therefore their IDs are prefixed with PocketKitten. For example KittenBlack is referenced as PocketKitten.KittenBlack

[table] [tr] [th][/th] [th]STRAY ID[/th] [th]KITTEN ID[/th] [th]POCKET ID[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]Black[/td] [td]KittenBlack[/td] [td]PetKittenBlack[/td] [td]PocketKittenBlack[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Calico[/td] [td]KittenCalico[/td] [td]PetKittenCalico[/td] [td]PocketKittenCalico[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Gray[/td] [td]KittenGray[/td] [td]PetKittenGray[/td] [td]PocketKittenGray[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Gray Striped[/td] [td]KittenGrayStriped[/td] [td]PetKittenGrayStriped[/td] [td]PocketKittenGrayStriped[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Orange[/td] [td]KittenOrange[/td] [td]PetKittenOrange[/td] [td]PocketKittenOrange[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Tuxedo[/td] [td]KittenTuxedo[/td] [td]PetKittenTuxedo[/td] [td]PocketKittenTuxedo[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]White[/td] [td]KittenWhite[/td] [td]PetKittenWhite[/td] [td]PocketKittenWhite[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Zombie[/td] [td]KittenZombie[/td] [td]-[/td] [td]-[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Sandbox Variables

When a Pocket Kitten is worn, it reduces loneliness by lowering boredom, unhappiness and stress values on an hourly basis. You can adjust (or even disable) these values by manipulating the Sandbox Variables listed below. Set this to suit your personal preferences or server's needs.

[table] [tr] [th]Setting[/th] [th]Description[/th] [th]Range[/th] [th]Default[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]PocketKitten.ReduceBoredom[/td] [td]Amount of boredom removed hourly[/td] [td] 0 - 100[/td] [td]12[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]PocketKitten.ReduceUnhappiness[/td] [td]Amount of unhappiness removed hourly[/td] [td] 0 - 100[/td] [td]12[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]PocketKitten.ReduceStress[/td] [td]Amount of stress removed hourly[/td] [td] 0 - 100[/td] [td]5[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Optional Submod

Though I really did not want to do this, there has been quite a bit of requests for it so I finally caved in and created "Pocket Kittens (Psycho Recipes)". This optional addon will allow you to slaughter stray kittens (and only strays) and harvest their meat. The meat can be used in a variety of regular zomboid recipes (stirfry, rice, etc) and even used as bait to trap rats.

You can not slaughter adopted animals because it ends up just being too over powered. Adopted cats never become rotten or stale, so if you could harvest meat from them, you would find yourself an infinite source of perfect meat. Therefore only Strays (who can be stale and rotten) can be harvested.

If you don't like it, don't enable it. I sure won't be.

Translations

Read the full description on Steam Workshop →

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 4 yr ago.

Pocket Kittens on Nxeon

From our catalogue
One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Project Zomboid servers. We download it from Steam Workshop, place it, and restart the server.
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Project Zomboid — 6 GB (6 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
2023-03-20, released 2023-03-20

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Workshop

From 1 recorded build of Pocket Kittens.

Run Pocket Kittens on a Project Zomboid server

Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Steam Workshop as “QoL”

Quality of life & UI

Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.

Compatibility

Game
Project Zomboid

Verified at the source

  • ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorOrc, as published on Steam Workshop
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Pocket Kittens, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Is it free?

Yes. Pocket Kittens is free to download from Steam Workshop.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

NxLabs

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