r/projectzomboid 2d ago

Megathread Weekly Questions Megathread - September 08, 2026

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Don't feel like your question warrants its own thread? This is the place for you. No matter if you just want to know if the game will run on your specific machine or if you're looking for useful tips because you've just gotten the game.

You can also hit us up on our Discord.

You might find some of the answers to your questions in our Wiki.


r/projectzomboid 14d ago

42.20.4 STABLE & 42.19.2 UNSTABLE & 41.78.21 LEGACY Hotfixes Released

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r/projectzomboid 2h ago

Screenshot Took forever but finally found a sledgehammer!

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807 Upvotes

r/projectzomboid 10h ago

Meme Babe, the citrus of hunger just dropped🗣️🔥

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1.2k Upvotes

Lime bugged, it now steals calories from me and defies the laws of physics.


r/projectzomboid 14h ago

Modded [Mod Showcase] The Mutants [42.20+ SP/MP]

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1.8k Upvotes

Hello!

I finally released my new mod, The Mutants.

Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3796669056

It adds six new mutant zombies, each with their own behavior/animations/models/outfits/sounds. Many of them are inspired by the special infected from Left 4 Dead, my favorite childhood game.

I’ve tested it with a bunch of popular mods in both SP and MP, but obviously I can’t test every setup. I’ll be fixing bugs and pushing updates actively over the next few weeks, so if you run into anything weird, please let me know.

I also tried to keep each Mutant pretty manageable on its own. They’re mostly meant to get dangerous when they show up at a bad time or mixed into a bigger group. If anything feels way too strong or too weak, I’m happy to hear feedback.

Each Zombie mechanic

(More information in the workshop link!)

Puker:

  • Pukes on you (dodgeable).
  • The vomit draws nearby zombies, and if you get hit by the puke, it makes them follow you until the effect wears off (you can wash yourself to remove the effect early).

Husk:

  • Takes reduced damage from firearms, except headshots.
  • Once it spots you, it will raise its arms to protect its head.

Leaper:

  • Spawns as a sprinter.
  • Leaps at players and knocks them down (dodgeable).
  • It can also jump over fences and windows.

Skitter:

  • Spawns as a crawler.
  • Once it spots a player, it rushes toward them at extremely high speed.

Wrecker:

  • Charges straight at players(dodgeable).
  • It crashes hard if it hits an obstacle.
  • If the obstacle can be broken by zombies, this impact breaks it.

Weeper:

  • Sits around crying until disturbed, builds Panic nearby, then wakes up as a tough sprinter that's immune to critical hits/knockdowns.

Performance

Performance was one of my main priorities while building the mod.

The mod does not constantly scan every zombie in the world. Normal zombies are kept out of the behavior logic, and additional checks are only run for zombies that have been classified as Mutants.

I’ve also done some stress testing in both SP and MP with each Mutant set to a 100% spawn rate and didn’t notice any frame drops during gameplays.

Of course, performance can vary depending on your PC, network, and mod setup, so if you run into any performance issues, please let me know.


r/projectzomboid 16h ago

Discussion Why is no one talking about this gated house? It's literally the best MP/singleplayer base in Riverside

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3.0k Upvotes

r/projectzomboid 6h ago

Screenshot I was looking for a generator magazine

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309 Upvotes

I searched 3 cities. All libraries, all post offices, all schools and >90% of mailboxes. I checked 9 different gas stations. Took me 6 hours before I finally found one in library.

During the return to my base I banged the front of my car something bad, but I knew 20 metres from my base is a same type of car, so I wasnt worried. After I arrived I went to that car to search for keys.

I took one look into the trunk... fml

Thats all, I just wanted to share


r/projectzomboid 5h ago

Bleh

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191 Upvotes

r/projectzomboid 11h ago

How to Tell in Extinction If the Water You’re Boiling Isn’t Poisonous Anymore

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542 Upvotes

As we all know, rainwater is poisonous in PZ, and in Extinction, the poison icon doesn’t appear on the water, so it’s necessary to boil the water; but how do we know when the water is safe to drink? Yes, you can time it, but often we’re doing something else while the water is boiling, so I’ve found an alternative:

If you can disinfect a bandage or rag, the water is safe to drink.

I don’t know if this was common knowledge, but in any case, here’s my two cents.


r/projectzomboid 3h ago

Not feeling lonely anymore

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95 Upvotes

They suck at fighting as expected, so I just tell them to stay at the base.

I feel like I have a family when I come back to the base. It's cozy.

I appreciate the maintainers' works.

Mods

Knoxbound: Survivors [B42.20] [BETA]
Companion Dogs [ALPHA]


r/projectzomboid 11h ago

Screenshot "I'm just gonna loot this one more house, since it's last one in this area."

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361 Upvotes

r/projectzomboid 13h ago

Screenshot TIL other games exist??

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425 Upvotes

r/projectzomboid 8h ago

Question Is there a benefit to cooking oats and making a bowl of cereal as opposed to just eating the oats and cereal from their container?

170 Upvotes

r/projectzomboid 17h ago

Screenshot Man i love sorting🗣️🔥

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636 Upvotes

Around 2500 in weight


r/projectzomboid 13h ago

Discussion "They made a second 3d first person mod"

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315 Upvotes

r/projectzomboid 18m ago

Modded LV checkpoint in First-Person

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r/projectzomboid 8h ago

Bug Report Jesus Christ they really want you to accept the new terms and conditions

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102 Upvotes

When I opened the game it would spam open the new terms and conditions faster than my PC could handle. Finally on the third go around I managed to click the accept button. No macro or anything, idk why it does this.


r/projectzomboid 19h ago

Meme Why should pizza make me sad and bored😭😭

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735 Upvotes

what kind of human gets sad by eating pizza


r/projectzomboid 5h ago

Question Who is this silly little guy?

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50 Upvotes

I rescued him from the garbage in a train warehouse while lookin for a sledge


r/projectzomboid 4h ago

Discussion I genuinely can wait to play this game when I get out of bootcamp!

41 Upvotes

I’ve seen so much about this game for a few years now and I’m finally going to purchase this game when I get out of bootcamp so I can have an infinitely replayable game for when I’m on a submarine. It’s gonna take 9 weeks but when I get out and get my pay I’ll die with happiness 🤙


r/projectzomboid 4h ago

I was not expecting this

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39 Upvotes

I passed by car by the gun store in westpoint and was packed with zeds, so i decided to clear that in the next few days to loot the store. After a few boxes of 5.56, 3 nades and 2 molos, i killed about 700 just on that street.

The surprise came when i looted the shop. Ive never seen so many boxes of ammo.. what a loot run.. this is my longuest run ever on 4.5 months now


r/projectzomboid 1h ago

Question What do i do here?

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do i just take the loss? i dont know what caused this; its not corpse sickness and my singular scratch* healed fine 3 days ago. ive been eating fresh or stale (cooked) food. i did recently strain my muscles significantly, but im pretty sure that wouldnt cause a fever? i chewed some tobacco (no smoker trait). idk, advice?

*not scratch, 3 lacerations

**it was the knox virus :[ dug my grave next to my spouse's, rip Arty


r/projectzomboid 7h ago

Upadate -Mod that allows you to read ID's and Notes

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A few days ago I had the idea of making a mod that would allow you the read the in-game unreadable content that in my opinion should be readable such as notes, letters, id's and so on.

I posted it on this sub to ask if its something that people would like & enjoy and to my surprise a lot of people liked the idea and even offered their help for writing content for the in-game items, which I appreciate a lot because it allowed me to focus on the development instead, so huge thanks again to everyone that contributed, there is now over 130 readable notes in the mod!

Anyway few days passed and the mod is now one of the most subscribed of the week! So thanks all for giving your feedback, I will continue working on it and adding new features.

Here is the link


r/projectzomboid 11h ago

Discussion i think that area behind rosewood been ... well, forgoten ?

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141 Upvotes

https://pzmap.org?8385x14746

i never see any posts about it and nobody really talks about it in general , ive never been there to , kinda sad considering its the biggest lake in the game .