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Project Zomboid: install a mod without the Workshop
Two steps, and people usually miss the second: upload the mod's folder into /Zomboid/mods/, then add its mod ID to the Mods= line in…
Project Zomboid: Game Updates, Builds, and Your World
When Project Zomboid patches, Steam updates your players' games within minutes, but your server keeps running its current build until it restarts. Until…
Project Zomboid: Enable Safehouse Claiming and Tune Safehouses
Project Zomboid ships with safehouse claiming turned off on dedicated servers, so on a fresh server nobody gets a Claim Safehouse option. Turning it on is…
Project Zomboid: Join Your Server (IP, Port, and Account Fields)
Your server card shows one address, like medic.squalltower.haptic.game:16261. Project Zomboid wants it in two boxes: everything before the colon goes in…
Project Zomboid: Your Players Get the Mods Automatically
Adding Workshop mods in the Mods panel of your server dashboard is the whole job. When players join your Project Zomboid server, the game downloads any…
Project Zomboid: Change the Zombie Population on Your Server
Zombie numbers are a regular setting on your server's dashboard, and changing them never touches your world, your bases, or your characters. Pick a Zombie…
Project Zomboid: Speed Up Leveling With the XP Multiplier
Skill leveling speed is one slider on your dashboard: XP Multiplier. Set it anywhere from 0.1 to 20, hit Save, and it applies on the next restart. Nobody…
Project Zomboid: Choose When Water and Electricity Shut Off
The blackout is a planned part of Project Zomboid, and you control it. Water Shutoff and Electricity Shutoff pick when each utility dies (or Disabled to…
Project Zomboid: Tune Vehicle Spawns, Condition, and Gas
Four settings on your dashboard decide how kind the roads are: Car Spawn Rate, Starting Gas in Cars, Car Condition, and Easy Vehicle Use. Changing them is…
Project Zomboid: Let Players Sleep (or Make Them)
Two dashboard toggles control sleep: Allow Sleep (can players sleep at all) and Require Sleep (do characters get tired and need it). Change them freely;…
Project Zomboid: Turn PVP On or Off (and Keep It Fair)
Three settings on your server's dashboard decide how players treat each other: PVP (can players hurt players at all), PVP Safety System (players opt into…
Project Zomboid: Turn the Minimap and World Map On or Off
Two dashboard toggles: Allow Minimap (the small live map window) and Allow World Map (the full map screen). Flip them any way you like; no map progress or…
Project Zomboid: Make Loot More (or Less) Common
Loot rarity is ten dropdowns on your dashboard, one per item category, each running from None to Abundant. Changing them is safe: nothing is deleted, and…
Project Zomboid: Control the Helicopter and World Events
The helicopter is a built-in event that flies over and pulls zombies toward whoever it hovers above. One dashboard setting controls it: Helicopter Events,…
Project Zomboid: Control Food Spoilage and Refrigeration
Four dashboard settings control the whole food game: Food Spoilage Speed, Refrigeration Effectiveness, the Nutrition System toggle, and Rotten Food Removal…
Project Zomboid: Set the Day Length and Start Date
Day Length controls how much real time one in-game day takes, and you can change it on an existing world any time without losing anything. The Start Month,…
Project Zomboid: Become an Admin on Your Server
Find your Project Zomboid Admin Password, log in as the built-in admin account, and grant admin powers to friends from the Admins & Whitelist tab.
Project Zomboid: Mod Load Order and Custom Maps
Project Zomboid loads mods top to bottom, and order matters: libraries and frameworks need to load before the mods that use them, and when two mods change…
Change Any Project Zomboid Sandbox Setting
Change any Project Zomboid sandbox setting from your dashboard: zombie population, loot, food spoilage, day length, and mod settings via Sandbox Overrides.
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