The Mods showcase tells the story of the pack. This page answers the practical questions players ask once they are inside the world: Where does this drop? Which chest do I need? What workstation makes it? What is it for?
This guide uses the current gameplay XML as the source of truth and resolves internal IDs into the names shown in game. It deliberately avoids burying you in exact zombie damage values and other balance minutiae. If a system is backed by a DLL or server administration tooling, it is outside this compendium.
The useful answer is the source, not the internal item ID.
Target ST7D Warrior Chests. The TouchGrass is an ultra-rare Warrior Chest reward. Its active crafting recipe is disabled, so this is a chest hunt rather than a normal Workbench craft.
Golden Feathers can turn up in bird nests, buried treasure, Warrior Chests and custom zombie loot. Harvesting chickens or zombie vultures can also produce one.
Your strongest targets are high-tier Infested rewards and Hardened Chests. Ancient gear can also appear more rarely in weapon-focused world loot such as gun safes, weapon bags, military loot and reinforced chests.
Look in Tier 4 and Tier 5 Hardened Chests and the custom zombie-loot system. Keep these if you use Ancient equipment — they are not ordinary spare repair kits.
The Grasscutter can appear in custom zombie loot bags and in ST7D supply drops. Those are the two XML-backed acquisition routes shared across the six PvE worlds.
Full FAQ answer →Steel Polish is craftable in a Forge with a Crucible. Titan Polish is made at a Workbench using Steel Polish and Forged Steel. Both can also appear in custom zombie loot and supply drops.
Full FAQ answer →Several ST7D reward loops feed into one another. These are the containers worth recognising.
Costs a Warrior Token and gives multiple reward draws. The pool includes rare ores, treasure-map chances, Golden Feathers, custom consumables and the ultra-rare ST7D The TouchGrass.
Made using Golden Feathers. Its reward pool focuses on powerful utility potions including Bone Mending, Underwater O2, +100 Health and +100 Stamina.
Uses a Fantasy Token and gives mixed rewards. Fantasy Tokens also have an XML-backed route through Duke Stacks.
Uses Dirty Money and leans into the darker custom-loot ecosystem: gore/body props and a chance at an ST7D Heart, which feeds several expensive custom recipes.
Fishing can produce more than fish. Rare catches can include Fantasy Chests, Halloween Chests, Warrior Chests, Dream Chests and ST7D A message in a bottle..
See the fishing loop →Dream, Warrior, Fantasy and Dirty Money Chests are configured as destroy on close. They are reward containers, not permanent storage.
Supply drops use an expanded reward pool that can include quality-6 vanilla gear, named ST7D equipment, ammo, mods, books, custom medical items, food/drinks, Duke Stacks, Steel/Titan Polish and bulk resource bundles.
Depending on tier, custom loot bags can contain Steel/Titan Polish, Ancient ammunition, Hearts, Brains, tokens, Golden Feathers, custom consumables, special ammunition, rare equipment and Ancient Repair Kits.
Full FAQ answer →Open it — do not throw it away. It returns a Fishing Rod and gives Warrior/Fantasy/Halloween Token rewards, plus an additional random reward from a small high-value pool.
Full FAQ answer →Forge OS is one of the main junctions connecting ST7D progression, custom gear and specialist recipes.
A major custom workstation with a broad recipe catalogue covering ST7D recipes plus progression-related crafting. If a custom recipe feels too specialised for a vanilla bench, Forge OS is one of the first places to check.
Forge OS FAQ →These are crafted at Forge OS. They are specialist equipment mods rather than normal vanilla mod-crate finds, using high-end ST7D materials and reward currencies.
Where they are made →The defensive/immunity mod family is also crafted at Forge OS. Their recipes sit in the late-game ST7D material economy rather than ordinary early progression.
Where they are made →The Auto Miner turns fuel into bulk resource bundles. An Iron Drill Bit is required to run it; Steel and Diamond bits improve the system and open higher resource tiers.
Automates the crop cycle using ST7D Fertilizer and the Hydroponic Brains Of The Operation control item. It supports a broad set of normal crops including super corn, mushrooms, coffee, hops, potatoes and more.
Hydroponics FAQ →Craft an Unbaited Fishing Rod at Forge OS, make Fishing Bait at a Campfire or Working Oven, combine them, then cast into water. Catches range from fish and scales to rare custom reward containers.
The late-game building path extends beyond normal steel: Steel Polish upgrades steel into Reinforced Steel, then Titan Polish upgrades that into Titanium.
Building upgrade FAQ →A custom ST7D casino system with themed machines, its own currency and a broad reward loop.
Use the Lucky7 Casino Cashier to exchange Dukes for Casino Chips, then spend those chips at the casino machines. Better Luck Tokens from losing results can be used at the Player Rewards Desk, while win tokens and vouchers are redeemed through the Prize Counter.
Casino Chips FAQ →Play themed machines including Classic Slots, Ammo Avalanche, Survivor's Stash, The Cluckpot, Wasteland Arsenal, Motor Mayhem, Boss Bounty, Blood Moon Bonanza, High Roller and Dealer's Choice.
The wider reward system includes high-end gear, supply caches, vehicle rewards, Duke payouts and prize redemption.
Lucky7 FAQ →The compendium is the browsable guide. The FAQ remains the full question-led knowledge base and includes more specific answers.