Smart Building
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #47 of 382 Gameplay Mechanics mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod makes placing placeable items on your farm anywhere more convenient.
You can enter building mode to draw with your placeables on the ground, erasing mistakes as needed, and finally committing your drawing. At that point, everything will be instantaneously placed on the ground!
(This will also let you place floors and grass starters underneath existing fences!)
This mod is tested about as well as I can on my own, but I won't have caught every possible interaction or bug, so please report every oddity you find so I can get them sorted.
Newest features: An actual UI, instead of needing a ton of hotkeys!
1. 7. 11 -- Fixed a problem placing DengDeng Monogatari's chest opener.
1. 7. 10 -- New creative mode feature!
1. 7. 8 -- Hopefully fully fixed the item stowing issue, and added a workaround to recover from the previous glitched state. Added a PR from atravita adding support for their upcoming mod.
1. 7. 7 -- Possibly fixes the item stowing issue for some people. Also adds a new object counting command! Type sb_count into the console to see the usage.
1. 7. 4 -- Adds integration for Tap Giant Crops, and Toolbar Icons!
1. 7. 3 -- Small bugfix!
1. 7. 2 -- Added a Spanish translation courtesy of sergiomadd. Thank you very much!
1. 7. 1 -- Added support for aedenthorn's wonderful Prismatic Fire mod. Now you can insert its supported gems into torches using the insertion tool from a distance. Also added some safety compatibility for Better Chests, and hotkeys for confirming and cancelling the build.
1. 7. 0 -- There's a UI, and significantly fewer essential hotkeys.
1. 6. 0 -- Now you can draw a filled rectangle using the keybind (which is configurable, of course), place torches on fences as if you were drawing normally, and replace fences with gates without needing to manually destroy the fence first.
1. 5. 1 -- Now there's a "more lax object placement" setting, meaning you can place objects (fences, sprinklers, etc.) in more, stranger places than vanilla would typically let you.
1. 5. 0 -- Added support for all More Fertilizers fertilisers (thanks for that, Atravita!), as well as translation support, and Chinese translation thanks to Becks723.
1. 4. 0 -- Fixed a few bugs, and changed item pickup behaviour.
1. 3. 3 -- Fixed the bug with scaling the build queue UI.
1. 3. 2 -- Now you can insert items into machines using Smart Building! Also fixed some modded seeds from not working correctly.
1. 2. 0 -- Added the ability to place furniture in typically impossible places, including beds.
1. 1. 1 -- Hotfix release for the bug introduced with planting trees and fruit trees in 1. 1. 0.
1. 1. 0 -- Added the ability to remotely pick up objects and flooring. Fences will only be returned to your inventory if they're still undamaged, exactly
Smart Building streamlines placement of fences, floors, furnaces, and other structures in 7 Days to Die. With 4,239 endorsements and 348,407 downloads, it's a popular quality-of-life mod for builders. Last updated July 2026, it remains actively maintained.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust: 4,239 endorsements and 348k downloads show it's a go-to for builders
- Actively updated (July 2026) so it's likely compatible with current game versions
- Directly improves a core gameplay loop—placing structures—without overhauling the game
⚠️ Cons
- Only one mod author, so support might be limited if issues arise
For 7 Days to Die builders who spend hours on bases and want less fiddly placement. If you're tired of fighting the grid system, this is for you. Skip if you prefer vanilla mechanics or want a full overhaul—this is a focused QoL tweak.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's a gameplay mod, make sure EAC is disabled if you're playing on a dedicated server—otherwise it won't load.
- Test placement on a creative world first to see how it changes snapping and rotation before committing to a survival build.
- Check the mod's page for any compatibility notes with other building mods, as they might conflict.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Stardew Valley Mods
- Author
- DecidedlyHuman
- Version
- 1.9.5-controller-improvements
- Downloads
- 348,407
- Endorsements
- 4,239
- Category
- Gameplay Mechanics
- Created
- 2/28/2022
- Updated
- 7/4/2026
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