Knox Dao - Cultivation of the dead

Knox Dao: Cultivation of the Dead

B41 single-player cultivation/litRPG survival layer for Project Zomboid.

Current Build

0. 4. 42Built for Project Zomboid Build 41 single-player. B42 and multiplayer support are not claimed for this release.

Features

• []Persistent cultivation state on the player.[/] []Qi, corpse qi, meridian integrity, heart demon, karma noise, buffs, cooldowns, manuals, logs, and cultivation stats.[/] []Character creation trait: Qi Awakened.[/] []Qi Awakened starts with cultivation unlocked, starter qi, Qi-Wrapped Fists, Ki Focus, a Meditation Mat, Torn Breathing Manual, and County Coroner's Rot Notes.[/] []Level-1 perk: Whole-Body Ki Armor adds 0. 2% bite/scratch Protection per cultivation level to the vanilla character Protection panel, reduces fresh body damage by the same amount, and uses current qi plus cultivation pressure for slow passive hunger/thirst/fatigue/wellness recovery.[/] []100 authored cultivation levels, followed by endless procedural post-100 breakthroughs and hidden high-level realm unlocks.[/] []Level 101+ breakthroughs keep scaling qi max, stats, carry, fatigue relief, karma quieting, costs, cooldowns, and technique effects. Version 0. 4. 22 keeps the level-200 cooldown feel but lets cooldown/cost reduction caps keep improving toward extreme high-level values.[/] []Level 20 Steady Breathing toggles a qi/sec hyper-reflex breath with stronger time compression, stronger player movement, and a nearby zombie qi-drag field so enemies visibly lag while active.[/] []Level 5 Chi Shroud toggles a trivial qi/sec stealth veil that only hides the sneaking player, clears nearby zombie pursuit, and drops while aiming, running, attacking, or using a vehicle.[/] []Level 400 secretly opens High Mortal, adding passive qi generation at 10 qi/sec that scales upward with further cultivation.[/] []Level 500 secretly opens Scatter Focus, retuning the Ki Focus into a suppressed qi shotgun pattern with several qi-damage targets per paid trigger.[/] []Level 1000 secretly opens Lower Immortal, changes the realm title, and unlocks KI as a scaling death field that starts by killing zombies within 3m and credits the vanilla zombie-kill counter.[/] []Meditation action time falls with level, Breath Control, and breath perks, while post-100 breakthrough action time rises as endless rites deepen.[/] []Active cultivation techniques have bindable hotkeys under the Knox Dao keybinding section; Ki Focus Light defaults to F.[/] []Core tools in levels 1-10: meditation, CUT Breathing, Ki Strike, Ki Blast, Meridian Step, Burden-Less Body, Flowing Combo, Chi Shroud, Still Guard, Inner Sense, Qi-Wrapped Fists support, Flow Step, and Crude Inner Domain.[/] []Ki Blast uses a rapid suppressed custom Ki Focus firearm with an internal qi magazine. The current build includes a brighter toggleable aimed teal qi light, default bound to F, that drains 1 qi/sec before cultivation reductions only while toggled on and aiming. It keeps the 300 RPM target and one paid blast per trigger, quiets the report, auto-attaches a hidden Qi Suppressor part for the held model path where B41 renders it, and upgrades to Scatter Focus shotgun mode at level 500. Existing saved or broken focuses can be repaired with the Restore Ki Focusinventory action. It starts at 100 qi per shot before reductions and scales cost/damage with cultivation.[/] []Foundation tools in levels 11-20: Corpse-Core Extraction, Mend Flesh, Sustain Body, Foundation path choice, Foundation Mantle, Piercing Palm, Rooted Breath, Step Thread, Corpse-Core Refining, Corpse Siphon, and Foundation Domain.[/] []Meditation repairs meridians and reduces fatigue, panic, stress, fear, gloom, karma noise, and heart demon pressure without replacing sleep.[/] []Meditation Mats work while carried, placed, or dropped nearby; Enter Breath Cycle shows current estimated gains and scales with cultivation level and Breath Control.[/] []Still Guard, Foundation Mantle, and Still Heart provide sustained panic/combined-stress caps and mood discipline for cultivators under pressure.[/] []Right-click Ki Strike Door lets cultivators spend qi to force doors open at the cost of noise and spiritual pressure.[/] []Mend Flesh can seal bleeding, close light wounds, and repair raw vanilla body damage such as "Minor damage", but does not cure bites or zombie infection.[/] []Cleanse Body unlocks at level 30, starts at 500 qi and a 24-hour cooldown, and can purge bites, zombie infection, sickness, poison, wound infection, and other body damage. At very high post-100 cultivation, its cooldown can disappear.[/] []Sustain Body can reduce hunger and thirst and directly stabilize body temperature during its active window, but does not restore calories or body weight.[/] []Long-range right-click Step To with exact qi cost tooltip and no cooldown.[/] []System UI shows current Technique scale, Cost cut, and Cooldown cut for easier testing.[/] []System UI and meditation tooltips show current action-time estimates.[/] []Fast corpse extraction as a risky combat tradeoff.[/] []Loot injection, recipes, pills, talismans, sandbox tuning, hotkey, and System UI.[/]

Installation

Extract the archive and copy the

KnoxDaofolder into:

C:\Users\<you>\Zomboid\mods\Enable

Knox Dao: Cultivation of the Deadin the in-game Mods menu.

Recommended First Test

Create a character with the

Qi Awakenedtrait. Open the System panel with

K, equip Qi-Wrapped Fists or the Ki Focus, meditate, and test Ki Strike or Ki Blast on a zombie.

Known Limits

• []B41 single-player target.[/] []Multiplayer authority is not implemented.[/] []B42 package support is not claimed yet.[/] []Late-game authored mechanics beyond the current playable slice are planned, but post-100 procedural scaling is already active for the baseline techniques.[/]