How to set a Project Zomboid server password

By default, your Project Zomboid server is open to the public. You can change this by setting a password. This guide will show you how to do that in a few simple steps.

Setting a password

1. Start your server
2. Pause your server
3. Open your server's files
4. Edit the Zomboid/Server/servertest.ini file
5. Put your desired password after Password=
6. Save the file
7. Restart your server

Example config file

Here is an example of how the Password= line in your valheim_config file could look like:

Password=YourSuperSecurePassword