How to install mods on a Project Zomboid server

Project Zomboid Mod Installation

The Project Zomboid Steam Workshop contains thousands of mods. This guide will show you how to install them on your server.

Pick mods

  1. Go to the Project Zomboid Steam Workshop
  2. Pick the mods you want to install
  3. Note down the Steam Workshop IDs and the Mod IDs
  4. In case it's a map, also note down the Map Folder names

Hint: The Steam Workshop ID, Mod ID and Map Folder name, can usually be found in the mods description.

Install mods

  1. Start your server
  2. Pause your server
  3. Open your server's files
  4. Edit the Zomboid/Server/servertest.ini file
  5. Locate WorkshopItems= and append the Steam Workshop IDs separated by semicolons
  6. Locate Mods= and append the Mod IDs separated by semicolons
  7. If you installed a map mod, locate Map= and add the Map Folder name
    • Separate multiple map names with semicolons
    • Make sure maps from mods are listed before default maps
  8. Save the file and restart your server

Finding Map Folder names

Sometimes the Map Folder names are not mentioned in the mod description. In that case, you can find them in the mod files under the following path:

gameserver/steamapps/workshop/content/108600/<Mod ID>/mods/<Mod Name>/media/maps/

Example config file

Here is an example how the WorkshopItems=, Mods= and Map= lines in your Zomboid/Server/servertest.ini file would look like with two mods installed, one of them being a map:

WorkshopItems=2875848298;3475754603
Mods=BB_CommonSense;WestPointExpansionB42
Map=West Point Expansion_B42;Muldraugh, KY