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Refined Hotwiring

by ShadowSWilliam · for Project Zomboid

Ever regretted hotwiring that sweet sportscar? Ever got your hotwired car stolen by your friend and who then (somehow) managed to flip it? Or do you just want to become a local car key salesman,…

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Ever regretted hotwiring that sweet sportscar? Ever got your hotwired car stolen by your friend and who then (somehow) managed to flip it? Or do you just want to become a local car key salesman,…

Ever regretted hotwiring that sweet sportscar? Ever got your hotwired car stolen by your friend and who then (somehow) managed to flip it? Or do you just want to become a local car key salesman, perhaps a famed car keysmith?

Then you're in the right place!

Refined Hotwiring allows you to un-hotwire your hotwired car or, with a little metalworking knowledge, create keys for them, all from the comfort of your vehicle radial menu. Completely works and supports your favourite (vehicle radial menu-using) mods: - Better Lockpicking - Harry's Functional Tow Truck - Autotsar Trailers and more!

Features and skill requirements: - Now featuring Custom Sandbox options, made singlehandedly by albion! Change the skill requirements of un-hotwiring and keycrafting to better fit your playstyle!

- Un-hotwiring! Removes the hotwiring from the car, allowing it to be started using a key. Requires Electrical 2 and Mechanics 3 and takes 500 units of time to complete.

- Key crafting! Gain a key to the car you're sitting in. Requires Electrical 1, Mechanics 2 and Metalworking 3, and takes 1250 units of time to complete.

- Base hotwiring is unchanged! It still requires Electrical 1, Mechanics 2 or the Burglar skill, and takes 200 units of time to complete.

The time needed to complete these tasks get shorter the higher your Electrical knowledge is!

Does something not work as it should? Please visit the mod's github page and open an issue under the "Issues" tab, or comment below using the Steam Workshop comments system. I will do my best to help!

Please give feedback on the mod! For now, the Burglar trait does not allow you to bypass skill requirements for un-hotwiring or crafting car keys, because in my mind, Burglars learnt to break into homes and cars, but not how to delicately craft car keys or undo their damage. If you think this should be changed, please make yourselves heard!

Mod's github page: https://github.com/VilcsiTH/refinedhotwiring

Originally based on raz's "Harder Hotwire" mod, it has been completely rewritten to better follow vanilla skill requirements and better compatibility for Build 41.65+ aswell as other mods.(This means it also works for 41.78!) This rewrite is, in no small part, thanks to raz and other talented people such as iBrRus and Aiteron, whose mods helped shape this mod into what it is today.

Please check them out and give them lots of love! Harder Hotwire by raz: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2164926937 Autotsar Trailers by iBrRus: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2282429356 Better Lockpicking by Aiteron: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2368058459

Special thanks to these awesome people for translating the mod! Turkish by zizaderien: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198056212111 Português Brazilian by ZL18k: https://steamcommunity.com/id/deibig

Workshop ID: 2687515849 Mod ID: refinedhotwiring

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 4 yr ago.

Refined Hotwiring on Nxeon

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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
2022-12-02, released 2022-12-02

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From 1 recorded build of Refined Hotwiring.

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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

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

Refined Hotwiring, answered

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Is it free?

Yes. Refined Hotwiring is free to download from Steam Workshop.

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