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ZA-Z server updates and patch notes

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These are ZA-Z's patch notes: every change to the server you will notice in game, from new mods and loot to settings, fixes and the odd world event. Each update has its own page, dated the day it went live, that says what changed in plain survivor terms and links to the full guide for each item. The newest update sits at the top of the list, and the wiki's home page always shows the latest ones.

Game patches from The Indie Stone appear here when they changed something on ZA-Z, such as a day when joins failed. For the whole story of the server in one list, in-game days included, see the server timeline. Every current setting, with its real value, is on Server settings.

  1. Smoker's Pack, Tracers and mythic lootZA-Z's 30 September 2026 update: Smoker's Pack and Tracers join, mythic gear drops as loot, Rosewood becomes a safe zone and the parlour opens.
  2. Build 42.21 and the Gold Desert EagleBuild 42.21 reached ZA-Z on 28 September 2026 and every mod downloaded again; the Gold Desert Eagle, 30-magazine holsters and the Micro Torch arrived.
  3. Mythic gear, Ink 4.0 and boss zombiesZA-Z's 27 September 2026 update: mythic bags, boots and gloves arrive, Ink 4.0 adds new tattoos, two boss zombies appear and the Huey's hold grows to 500.
  4. The mods go liveMods went live on ZA-Z on 26 September 2026, days before the vote closed: KI5 vehicles, the Huey, more guns, food, music and ZA-Z's own mods.
  5. Sleep skips the nightFrom 20 September 2026 the night skips on ZA-Z when every survivor online sleeps, the mods vote opened, and safehouses now last 14 days without a visit.
  6. The power grid is restoredOn 13 September 2026 three survivors ran generators in the Rosewood South substation and ZA-Z's power grid came back for good. Water ran to Day 100.
  7. South African food and the Knox cureSouth African food started turning up on ZA-Z on 10 September 2026, then the Knox Antidote zombie cure, staged weather events and hotbar reordering.
  8. Zazomboid.com goes livezazomboid.com went live on 7 September 2026 with server status, the leaderboard, a map and the armoury, then the radio ticker and the KY-60 highway board.
  9. ZA-Z opens to the publicZA-Z opened on 23 August 2026: a public Project Zomboid Build 42 server in Johannesburg with no password, protected safehouses and the world on Day 1.