ZA-Z update, 23 August 2026: the South African Project Zomboid B42 server opens

ZA-Z opened to the public on 23 August 2026. A Project Zomboid Build 42 server hosted in Johannesburg, it went up with no password and no whitelist, and its world started on Day 1: 9 July 1993, the first morning of the Knox Event. Every day since is counted in the server's name.

#How did the server start?

• Open to all: listed in the in-game server browser, no password, up to 100 players.
• Safehouses: claim a building and nobody outside your group can walk in, loot it or burn it, and you can respawn there.
• Deaths are announced in chat, and the world saves every 15 minutes.
• Loot raised from the game's scarce Apocalypse setting to Normal, with guns a notch richer.
• Zombies with random toughness, multi-hit melee and a low zombie respawn; loot respawn on.
• Comforts: the minimap on, the map readable in the dark, easy climbing, corpses cleared after 72 in-game hours, and skill books read 5 times faster.

#What has changed since?

Every current value, and what it means for you, is on Server settings. New here? Start with Getting started. Everything that happened in between is on the server timeline.