Last Reins of Knox
Requires Java LoaderHorses that are yours to earn. Last Reins of Knox is an original horse mod for Project Zomboid 42.21: eight horse varieties across three builds, native care and riding, persistent tack and cargo, and three craftable horse-drawn carriages. Version 0.4.0 is a development alpha.
Eight varieties, three builds
Knox Stock bay, Bluegrass chestnut, Cumberland buckskin, Ohio River black, Appaloosa leopard, Red Roan, Silver Creek dapple grey and Overland tobiano mares, stallions and foals. Stock, ranger and draft builds change pace, endurance cost and pulling effort.
Earn a keeper bond
Ownership, names, trust, groundwork training, stamina, coat care and hoof care. Feed, reassure, groom, dress injuries, lead, call, stay and release to roam. Only the keeper can rename, direct or ride an owned horse.
Ride
Walk, trot and gallop, checked by the server, with fatigue and training limits and an original rider pose. Foals get care but cannot be ridden.
Horse-drawn carriages
Farm freight, open passenger and covered trail carriages with native physics, four animated wheels, normal vehicle seats and real vehicle cargo. Load, health, care and endurance affect the team, and no fuel or engine is needed.
Tack, cargo and crafting
Original leather trail saddle, canvas saddlebags and leather driving harness, with crafting recipes and rare farm loot. Craft wooden carriage wheels and three assembly kits. Horse cargo keeps exact items and nested containers across saves.
Journal, API and NPCs
A scrollable horse journal, riding HUD and searchable keeper's field guide in a ClearView/CSR-inspired style. Public API 1.0.0 lets other mods query horses and carriages; optional Echoes of Humanity 0.20.0 support lets NPCs ride and drive carriages.
What's new in 0.4.0
- Cooperation API 1.0.0 — stable horse and carriage identities, protected queries and events, validated player requests, and renewable native NPC riding and carriage-driver leases.
- Echoes of Humanity support — optional cooperation with Echoes 0.20.0: NPCs can ride and drive carriages, and Echoes keeps its health, perception and emergency behavior.
- Dedicated-server carriages — carriage physics now reach clients through native vehicle update packets; player input stays server validated.
- Save and identity fixes — saved hitches, numeric-ID reuse, provider handoff rollback and horse/carriage ID collisions are fixed.
- From 0.3.0 — eight varieties across stock, ranger and draft builds, the three carriages, the driving harness, and craftable wheels and carriage kits.
Your first ride
- Right-click a nearby horse through its normal animal context menu to open its journal.
- Build trust with care: reassure, hand feed, groom and groundwork. At 10 trust you can become its keeper.
- At 15 trust (the default), press Interact (normally E) to mount an owned adult horse.
- For a carriage, reach 15 trust and 10 training, carry a Leather Driving Harness, lead the horse between the shafts and choose Fit harness & hitch from the Carriage menu.
Requirements
Project Zomboid Build 42.21.0+. Requires Faded Java Loader 0.6.4+ on clients and server, with the same mod package everywhere; on servers add LastReinsOfKnox to Mods=. Fully restart after installing or updating. No donor horse mod or Viewpoint patch is required. Optional: Echoes of Humanity 0.20.0 for NPC riders and drivers. Development alpha: connected testing used localhost, and WAN play and full-world restarts are not yet measured.
| File | Size | SHA-256 | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| LastReinsOfKnox-v0.4.0.zip | 72.3 MB | 245c8c694a3c704c63dfe3a205cb60687f40a5556dd7dfdc8050ea89829b906f |
Workshop access
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