What is AFTERLIFE Mod: Review | 7 Days to Die

[@SnowBee]

Afterlife is a challenging mod, but if you do conquer it, a worthwhile and awesome experience! My Tips and Tricks video for Afterlife will be out in a few days.

[@OnlyCloud7]

Man your videos are always TOP NOTCH Snowbee. Absolutely god-tier editing and structuring. Nicely done man!

[@SnowBee]

Onlycloud! Thanks a ton! I appreciate your most wonderful words :)

[@melissamew3979]

Wow, awesome deep video. Not just a review, but quite poetic at times. I love you voice and tone.

[@SnowBee]

Thanks Melissa :)

[@codeyo.mobile]

Started playing this mod with my wife a couple weeks ago after watching your mod list video. Been having an absolute blast. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@SnowBee]

That is most interesting. Do you think it easier with two people?

[@yvels3685]

@@SnowBee as long as second one is slower that you so it's sure is easier... when you get chased by a wolf.

[@SnowBee]

lol

[@j-p4194]

Afterlife is a BEAST!!

[@SnowBee]

It is! :)

[@certainwords6400]

5:30 one thing to note, is that the z virus doesnt appear as a visible percentage until you use a test kit. You will show visible symptoms at 60% regardless of having tested or not.

[@SnowBee]

Thanks, yes, it is some info I plan to add into my tips/tricks video. In particular the info related two what actually happens with the virus, death and turning.

[@damyanexssessgeorgiev6]

the absolute perfect mod showcase! Thanks!

[@SnowBee]

Excellent, thanks Damy :)

[@Slingblade2040]

Awesome video. I'm on another play through for After Life but this time i actually went with vitality perks at the start instead of loot goblin and it made a massive difference. Having high vitality made the mod alot easier especially since it not only helps stamina regen but also slow down the rate of infection. Also same as before i focused on certain crafting goals. Currently on day 11 and got the minibike, baseball bat, forge, work bench and map which i highly recommend folks focus on getting since blue berries can be found easily. Water was never much of an issue if you make a few campfires and take empty jars out when raiding PoIs to collect the fresh water from the coolers or barrels. Same goes for food since eggs and sham sandwhiches make great eatly game meals and with so many animals meat isnt much of an issue. Can't wait to see the tips video.

[@SnowBee]

Ahh, excellent to hear. Awesome comment! Yes, my first playthrough I was played like normal, dumping stuff into whatever I thought would be good... better weapons, power attacks.... wrong move. Priority is very important in this mod. Thanks for the comment Slingblade. :)

[@GamingAfter50]

Thanks SnowBee! This is a great look at this mod. I tried it, briefly, my character is still starving to death at the end of a dark upstairs hallway in some lonely wilderness POI. Looking forward to your tips and tricks video, could certainly use some of those!

[@SnowBee]

Hi GA50, certainly, thanks :)

[@pinkyswear543]

OMG, awesome intro snowbee! 😁 You should do trailers for mods.

[@SnowBee]

Haha, thanks :)

[@yvels3685]

definitely amazing quality.. traders paintings with a tree background made me say "wow" out loud.

[@travishunt2794]

Love your work snowbee

[@SnowBee]

Thanks Travis :)

[@KevinSY]

Great vid Snowbee, I did play a bit of afterlife, but struggled. I will likely play it again once some more updates are out for it.

[@SnowBee]

Great to hear :)

[@asbjrnprimdal6650]

I cant help feeling joy, when I see another of your uploads. 😊

[@SnowBee]

lol, I feel joy when someone comments. So... thanks very much :D

[@peanuts4breakfast121]

Cool video snow

[@RIP-ld6yp]

Dude! Thanks, was planning on starting this weekend on AL. Thks SB.

[@King-O-Hell]

I'm loving Afterlife. I've had a great time in my playthroughs. That intro is great👍👍

[@SnowBee]

Ah, my good friend Crowley, thanks :)

[@azirus]

Good stuff. Certainly looking for another one from the world of Afterlife.

[@SnowBee]

My old spiffing top hat friend, glad to have you wandering through. :)

[@dgthunderer]

I've been loving this mod recently. I think it managed to supplant UL as my favorite mod for 7 Days. Thanks for covering it, this video was well put together.

[@SnowBee]

I am quite interested to know who players will react when UL releases. Mainly has the grind in that is lower compared to AL. I think a lot will be relieved and find UL quite easy. :)

[@bennyblack1560]

what a great video. thx for that :)

[@SnowBee]

Thank you benny! :)

[@krulerwest-oz7364]

Thanks Mr Bee, enjoying this MOD a lot, only downside was the constant game save breaking updates, but that is also a good thing, Redbeard is working hard on this Mod and it shows.

[@SnowBee]

Yeah, I played most of my playthrough on 0.2.3 I think. So it was quite an early version. Only got the recent version when i started to make my video. He is a very hard working dev, that I can say is correct! :)

[@marie-eagle]

Nice, thx bee

[@SnowBee]

Thanks Marie

[@craighackenmueller9345]

Excellent video!

[@SnowBee]

Thanks Craig :)

[@dyne322_gaming]

Good coverage, how I wish this came out before I started playing! 🤣 Good information here and hopefully others find it before they start playing. Looking forward to seeing the tips and tricks video next, maybe I'll finally update to the newer version and start all over again... maybe not though 🤣

[@SnowBee]

Thanks dyne! Yeah, I wish I was not working as much, it is a pain as it delays my videos. I wish it did come out sooner :)

[@dyne322_gaming]

@@SnowBee Keep doing you, your pace is just fine. I just dove in without waiting for other videos thinking I could be trusted to make good decisions... turns out, I was at least half right! :D

[@iam-v8498]

I like how players love Immersion as long as it makes the game harder but okay with a cup of water taking 40 minutes to boil

[@SnowBee]

Haha... errr, 37 minutes, not 40 ;) Yeah, I hear you. I think we can be pretty selective in what we moan about. We do talk crap quite often. I know one Mod Dev who hates the word "immersion", and his mod is one of the least "immersion" friendly mods around for a typical 7 days to die theme. I think very often immersion, or at least the idea of it, goes hand in hand with trying to make stuff closer to reality. A cup of water taking "40 minutes to boil" is only a problem as you don't have enough of it when you need it. If you were easily boiling water at 40 minutes a pop, I don't think we would moan. Also, we have a vanilla game that boils water already at a lightening speed. If there was no vanilla, then we would not think the water is too slow as there would be no benchmark. In fact the mod taking 40 minutes would be the default. When someone made a mod that took 20 seconds, some players would congratulate the modder, while others would condemn the person for making it too easy. Like the dew collector pulling jars out of the sky. So, yes, I think the illusion of immersion does go hand in hand with a game that is more difficult. Actually did you have a question, sorry for waffling on :)

[@BLACK_GUBBINS]

I think you forgot to say that Scout Zombies can also climb walls and if you get infected you are permanently infected until you die from it and no It doesn't help that you build suicide and to get rid of it you will still be a effect when you return again

[@SnowBee]

Yeah, I must admit I talk too much, so my video could have more points in it. So I leave stuff out as I waffle on about things I could say in one sentence, but will likely get to more practical "how-to's" in the next one. :)

[@SoldierSnakeVS]

I'm on day 60 of AfterLife, a very promising mod with unique and enjoyable mechanics. My only criticism would be the crafting system, any tier 6 armor or weapon takes forever to make, we're talking about a lot of magazine fragments. I to complete the level 100 shotgun today, but to my surprise, when I crafted it on my workbench, its quality was low....even with all the Meticulous points, then I created a save and tested the magazines in creative mode and noticed that even if you reach level 100, you still need thousands of magazines to raise the quality level of all the weapons, that is... the grind is insane.

[@SnowBee]

Yes, that is correct. It is quite a shock to many once they get to that realisation. I think you can get way with 200 to 300 magazines for a pretty high quality on a particular track. Have you tried making paper and crafting your own magazines? I never got to that point, but the ratio doesn't look that bad for making your own magazines.

[@yvels3685]

​@@SnowBee I figured you're better of just crafting fake money and buying a weapon near perfect quality at vending machine at that point.

[@SnowBee]

Hmm, I have not tried the fake money option. I quit buying as I wasn't able to get enough money. Maybe if I had found more buried treasure, but yeah, fake money... that sounds promising.

[@Cyboorg99]

been waiting for this vedeo for ages

[@SnowBee]

Cyboorg! Good to see you :) Yeah, took ages with work and other stuff. Some mods are releasing at the end of the month, so it is going to be busy over the next week.

[@saskiawillems9435]

Great review. Gives better insight before download. More other mods in the future? Hope so. Good work.

[@SnowBee]

Thanks Saskia. Yes, after my Afterlife tips and tricks, it will be Rebirth mod. That is a very popular mod releasing for the first time since Alpha 20. So, looking forward to that.

[@WhiteHeartBlanc]

my only problem with AL was too many zombies everywhere, there is also bit too much of a grind needed but i guess anyone who likes that its fine

[@SnowBee]

This was actually my only negative. Not even water and stamina, which was a pain in the butt, was as bad as the continuous zombies being everywhere, hardly a break at times.

[@yvels3685]

@@SnowBee def dont forget to add into your tips to craft a boneknife (so you preserve your shiv quality) AND harvest ALL zombies corpses you kill. tons of skills involved in corpses harvesting + can scrap bones and use as arrow or bolt tips. to save on stamina do a regular action harvest but looks up, left mouse click then fast look at corpse. easy on stamina and faster harvest. I was annoyed a LOT with zombies all over the place till I noticed I could harvest those and level bunch of stuff at the same time. I had no problem with zombies numbers after that.

[@SnowBee]

Yeah, when I started playing I thought I HAD to harvest the zombies, so for the first week or so I harvested them all, ended up with so many bones. Unfortunately, I should have gone the bow direction, but never capitilised on all the bones. I know what you mean about the harvest method, I have seen others do it, just it seems so awkward, I haven't tried it. :)

[@KNGER1988]

Snowbee you are a beast at video creation 💪

[@SnowBee]

Thanks :)

[@potato8780]

Thanks for the information, SnowBee.😊

[@SnowBee]

Awesome, thanks for watching potato :)

[@ORBrunner]

Mod - the Grind It is the only problem i have with this mod but other than that everything is quite good and well thought Overall mod actually feels fresh. I wish TFP could move into such direction and think about both mechanics and animation improvements + gunplay instead of useless armor-perk system Awesome review, Bee

[@SnowBee]

Thanks :)

[@norad6067]

Good video, ty for sharing

[@SnowBee]

Thanks for watching :)

[@yvels3685]

Im playing insane permadeath (day run) and it's a struggle like no other overhaul. on my 25ish restart; so many stupid deaths to a pig or a wolf :(. zombies everywhere; like 10x more compared to default difficulty. must have 3x cooking pots on 1st day if not water is a big issue. making a hole in a roof near a fire and drinking as much as I can while it rains def helps a lot. biggest tip I got is shift+craft to make it priority no1; insanely important when you craft 1 water for 20mins irl. another huge tip: screamers and heat is no more. burn fire as long as you want as many as you need; theres some random screamers spawns but not many. for a horde base: it easy to avoid bulder throwers by staying on a roof and just moving left and right while sniping from a distance; a fence all around and spikes def helps. another tip: repairs, only repair when your item is about to break so you wont lower your item quality too much unnecessarily. another tip: DO NOT make your base inside town; mud zombies spawn quite often and I noticed that when you take over a POI with no POIs around you'll have way less spawns = less zombies to clean for better rest. honey: equip and axe and go to town; cut trees and leave stumps for future honey production. white meat is better than red meat early game so kill ALL chickens. most useful tip for mid-end game: stun batton locks in-place rads; you can only loot it so use it on rads only or hard to kill ferals. very op. DO NOT read fist 5? forge ahead books: destroy workbenches with axe. read magazines after. same for tailoring; save magazines and scrap clothing..etc..

[@SnowBee]

Yes, I was leaving a few things for my tips/tricks guide. I tend to waffle a lot in my "what is" videos, but hopefully I will more quick and spew out some tips in the next video. Thanks for the comments. This mod was by far the toughest mod I have played. I nearly rage quit at one point after my second death on day three or four. Glad I stuck with it and have learnt a lot. Honestly, DF and Rebirth are a breeze compared to Afterlife. There is no way in hell I would play permadeath, though you always tend to do the impossible :)

[@yvels3685]

@@SnowBee high stakes = huge satisfaction reward and when its permadeath you learn fast. I sure died a couple times to stupidity like not realoded pistol to a zombie dog.. 2 bites and dead.. I had to take a walk outside haha. Also died to my own spikes I placed for a feral white lol that one hurt.. especially that I got almost 15k dukes from a treasure map just hours prior. I spent a couple of minuted facepalming lol

[@Maxwell13780]

I wish this on the Xbox and PlayStation😢

[@SnowBee]

I agree, it would be great to have all the console players onboards as well.

[@Sobso1998]

At least trader Bob and trader Rekt can be found dead at Bobs trader compound in the desert biome. Not sure about the others...

[@SnowBee]

I heard about that, but was unsure. I never checked. That is excellent, certainly adds more to the conspiracy that something is brewing :)

[@Sobso1998]

@@SnowBee I saw it in GNS' playthrough, and they certainly didn't just get eaten either. Something is fishy there for sure... If you wanna see for yourself: It's in episode 12 at 2:10

[@lesnacke]

@@Sobso1998 have you actually seen them in game? I haven't seen the bodies but I wonder if GNS modded that in for roleplay purposes?

[@Sobso1998]

@@lesnacke Update: Just finally got to the desert biome, I actually did not find them there, so I suppose GNS did arrange for that somehow

[@hbcoconut2803]

Thanks bee, still watching, but very impressive video.

[@SnowBee]

Thanks :)

[@turgon99]

Knowing that Red Beard used to work on Ravenherst explains a lot. In my opinion Afterlife has the same problem that earlier versions of RH did, mistaking Tedium for Difficulty. Many of the changes the mod makes are very cool and superior to vanilla. That said, if the goal is for a play through to last 200+ hours then additional Content is preferable to Tedious Grind.

[@lesnacke]

have you written this feedback on their discord?

[@SnowBee]

Certainly as lesnacke said, add your opinion to the discord and add a few examples of the grind?

[@ALEXZANDER_YT]

After i met Afterlife, i dotn want to play puny vanilla again For me Afterlife - is type of game - 7 days must be!

[@yvels3685]

its missing wet concrete, weapons and vehicles parts from alpha16 I think

[@SnowBee]

Haha, a lot will disagree with you. After all the people finish playing Afterlife, once Undead Legacy arrives, no one will complain about the Undead Legacy grind. UL will be a breeze :)

[@SnowBee]

Honestly, I do miss wet cement as well. I think weapon parts will take a while to get in, if they ever do. I don't think any mod has brought back wet cement?

[@yvels3685]

@@SnowBee not I know of; I also loved the texture with rebars protruding.

[@MattDoesLife539]

The closest thing we will get to Starvation.

[@SnowBee]

Haha, indeed. Interestingly, I am curious to see what True Survival mod is going to throw in when it is released.

[@yvels3685]

@@SnowBee little tow broken while jumping over couch. 2 weeks irl time walking on crouches in the game. :)

[@avenguard9503]

Jen is gone 'cuz she is actually The Duke.

[@SnowBee]

Well, now... that could be an awesome twist :D

[@Nisa_Young]

Unfortunately doesn’t work well on my Mac 😢. It’s a great mod for sure hubby plays on pc and I just watch while I curl up in the corner 😢

[@SnowBee]

Oh noooo :( So sorry to hear. Yeah, I do wish there was just more support overall for Mac.

[@Pl4sm0]

Hmmm this mod looks so damn good, but I'm not sure if I will like to play without map/compass

[@SnowBee]

Unfortunately, you are correct. It looks good and if you do get through the grind and anguish, it is a great feeling to conquer the mod, but I understand your hesitation. However, the map is the main thing, not so much the compass. You can get the map by the end of the first week. It is mainly blueberries needed for the blue dye that can be a pain, but you can get lucky. The watch has a better chance to drop now since recent updates to the mod.

[@Pl4sm0]

@@SnowBee ahhh ok, well if I get it by the end of first week, no problemos, thanks for the reply :)

[@andonnikolov8559]

thank you

[@SnowBee]

You're welcome :)

[@darkage5]

I quit watching a lot of the KZbin channels that make their living doing 7 days to die videos. They all play in Vanilla which is beyond boring. Even the hardest setting is boring and way too repetitive. All of them should be branching out into mods like this. Yeah they can come up with all the challenges they want but why not just make videos in mods which give them both. I would go back to watching if they played Afterlife. One thing though. Do the glas jars disappear in this mod like they do in Vanilla? Oh did you know Kane was talking smack on you in his live stream about how quick you release Darkness Falls information? It was a couple videos ago between the 10-15 minute mark i think. I thought it was funny.

[@SnowBee]

The jars work quite realistically most of the time in Afterlife. So, boiling water or making a higher level drink you usually get the jar back. I think the only time I noticed a definite jar being lost was when I threw a molotov :) Yes I was watching Khaine's video :) Yeah, all good :)

[@lostsanityreturned]

If you want mod coverage nerds and steel is a solid youtuber. Good editing (cuts a LOT of busy work out) and covers lots of mods

[@yvels3685]

unfortunately highest difficulties are often vert unbalanced because those cater only to a tiny fraction of players. Im on insane permadeath (day run) in afterlife and I struggle af! on my 25ish restart already. But yeah I dont know noone that play Afterlife on higher than default settings.

[@yvels3685]

@@lostsanityreturned its a good editing but a bit lacking tbh; he's on default settings and he's way too op for the difficulty he plays on; it's actually boring and it feels he's also over it.

[@SnowBee]

25+ restart... that is certainly persistence and dedication. Salute.

[@androjackson480]

is this possibly the new Undead Legacy?

[@SnowBee]

@androjackson480 Hmm, I would have agreed with you when I first looked at it. However, it has more Ravenhearst connections. I think players think UL as it has such a different and innovative interface. Add in some grind, and you think UL. So yeah, I would say Ravenhearst. After playing AL, will probably think UL is too easy :)

[@alexneov]

Top mod😎

[@SnowBee]

Great :)

[@TheMadDelirius]

The game crashes when I try to launch afterlife via Mod Launcher 🤷 what am I doing wrong?

[@primcrew]

make sure you get the v1 version not the old one

[@TheMadDelirius]

@@primcrew thanks for the advice, I have the 1.1 latest experimental. Do I have to downgrade to 1.0 stable?

[@primcrew]

@@TheMadDelirius is the base game the same version?

[@SnowBee]

Hey MadDelirius :) For the manual option you download the latest version from the AL discord, it is 0.2.9 if I recall. The latest version from your Steam 7 Days to die should be the 1.1 stable, so you don't choose any beta option. As you are using the mod launcher, it should work with the latest stable 7D2D that ML will use from your computer. Just don't choose the beta option.

[@TheMadDelirius]

@@SnowBee thank you so much now I understand the problem. I will rectify as soon as I get back from work 😃👍

[@NastyPasty1123]

Would love to give this mod a go but there is no controller support and I can’t play with a mouse n keyboard :(

[@undeadginge666]

It does have controller support

[@SnowBee]

I see someone said it does?

[@undeadginge666]

@@SnowBee been playing it through mod launcher with my switch controller and had no issues

[@SnowBee]

Good to know, thanks :)

[@NastyPasty1123]

@@undeadginge666 ok thanks, when I tried i couldn’t get it to work

[@alderoth01]

I don't even know what the story or meaning to basic 7 days to die is lmao! I keep trying to sit and play a full game, but I always end up resetting and starting over. I don't understand a lot of these types of games. ARK is another.

[@SnowBee]

Yeah, I think it is survival and progressing to when you get to the maximum level where you have conquered all monsters and the game doesn't have any thing to throw at you is really the only goal.

[@alderoth01]

@@SnowBee so it's essentially trying to reach the max level? Is that why they include so many options when you are generating the maps?

[@SnowBee]

Well, in this case I am referring to Afterlife in particular, as similar to vanilla there is no story as such. So yea, reaching max level and playing the game at that level. I don't think the RWG includes many options besides the size of various areas/biomes. Those options don't really effect obtaining your max level, however, they potentially give you more diversity when exploring or less with smaller maps. The larger maps also give you more options for potential loot.

[@kennelson1559]

Man I really wanted to like this mod but it slows down progression so much that it felt boring to me. Idk maybe I need to give it another try because it looks really cool and they are some aspects I really like.

[@SnowBee]

Yes, I understand your anguish. It is not for everyone. Maybe take a look at a later point when some tweaks are done. However, I know redbeard does have a particular vision and view of what he wants in the mod, and that won't change. So time will tell :)

[@Shashane874]

Sigh this is a team game but I don't have a teammmmmm😢😢😢😢

[@SnowBee]

Lots of people play it on single player. I did. I admit, I think it is easier in co-op, but you certainly can play it on sp.

[@ruiramos5951]

This mod probably one the worst i play, the "grind" takes way too long is not hard its just long to actually being enjoyable. U like to build? pointless most late game horde shot from range even if u are out of sight which make melee complete useless bases plus bases itself. 50% time spend mining other 30% waiting for the forges so u turn them off so u dont need to go back to mining cz u lacking fuel once again.

[@SnowBee]

Yes, many don't enjoy the grind.

[@ruiramos5951]

@@SnowBee oh dont get me wrong i love grind games most my library goes around that, problem is is not enjoyable in this mod. LIke afterwards the grind is kinda worthless idk if u know what i mean

[@SnowBee]

Yes, I understand. There are a few mechanisms in place that take the fun out of the mod. With the forges, I tended to try put the exact amount of fuel in so that I didn't waste the precious coal, etc. It was not great to just leave it smelting owing to the wasting of fuel. I also didn't bother with a base that much, owing to the maintenance of it.

[@primcrew]

i just turned off hordes, now it just needs a end game