Knox Country · KentuckyWelcome to the
Dawn of the Dead
Established in 2022 and running ever since — a community-run Project Zomboid server. One world, one long story, and a few hundred people who would rather die together than alone.
Dawn of the Dead is a community-run server. Not affiliated with or endorsed by The Indie Stone, or by any film, studio or brand of a similar name.
Right now
Waiting for the roster — this fills in once the server answers.
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What this server is
Dawn of the Dead is a PVE Project Zomboid server for Europe and the UK, online since 2022 and running Build 42. It is one persistent world rather than a fresh start every few weeks — Season 2 began on 30 July 2026, and everything standing in it was built by the people playing. There is no whitelist, no application and no password: find it in the in-game server browser and walk in.
- Mode
- PVE — player damage off
- Region
- EU / UK, online 24/7
- Build
- Build 42 · Season 2
- Mods
- More than 250, auto-downloaded
- World
- Knox Country + eleven added regions
- Days
- Two hours long, loot respawns
- Access
- Free, no whitelist
- Community
- 5,000+ in Discord
Common questions
How do I join?
You need your own copy of Project Zomboid. Open the in-game server browser, search for Dawn of the Dead, and connect — there is no whitelist, no application and no password. The mods download automatically the first time you join.
Is it PVP or PVE?
PVE. Player-versus-player damage is switched off, so nobody can kill you for your bag. The zombies are quite enough.
Which build does it run?
Build 42 — currently 42.20.2, shown live at the top of this page. Season 2 started on a fresh world on 30 July 2026.
Do I need to install the mods myself?
No. The server runs more than 250 mods, including eleven map regions beyond Muldraugh, and Project Zomboid downloads them for you when you connect.
When does the server restart?
Three times a day — 03:00, 09:00 and 16:00 server time — with warnings in-game beforehand and notices posted in Discord. It is otherwise online 24/7.
Is it good for new players?
Yes — a lot of people learn the game here. Days run two hours, loot respawns, vehicles can be claimed and skills recover after death, so a bad night costs you less than it would elsewhere. Over 5,000 people are in the Discord if you get stuck.
Knox Country
Season 2 · Knox CountryLeaderboard
Everyone who has stood in this world since it began on 30 July 2026. Fifty deep in each of four categories, counted from the server's own save.
Waiting for the board — this fills in once the server's latest save has been read.
Where these numbers come from. The server writes a world save every 30 minutes, and this board is rebuilt from it. Kills, deaths and balances are therefore up to half an hour behind the moment they happened — the reading's own age is shown above.
Banked is not wealth. It counts money deposited in the in-game bank. Cash carried in a rucksack is not counted, and a great deal of the money on this server never touches an account — so this is a ranking of depositors, not of the rich.
Survived is your longest single life this season, in in-game hours, whether that life is still running or already ended. Dying does not erase it.
Banned accounts are excluded, and anyone who has asked to be left off this site is left off this too — open a ticket in 📞｜support.
Support · Failed ChecksumChecksum check
Kicked with “Failed Checksum”? Put in your SteamID or the name you play under, and this will tell you which mod caused it and what to do about it. The lookup runs in your browser — what you type is never sent anywhere or written down.
What this reads. The server keeps a security log of every file a joining client reported that did not match the server's own copy. This page looks up the most recent such record for one account and nothing else — no history, no IP address, no ban status, no play data.
Why the raw file list is useless on its own. The server logs paths like /media/lua/client/… with no mod attached, so the same line can mean “a mod you have is out of date” or “a base-game file you must never delete”. Telling those apart is the entire job of this page.
Still stuck? Open a ticket in 📞｜support on Discord and say what this page told you. If it says there are no failures on record and you are still being kicked, that is worth reporting — it means something else is wrong.
CommunityMod requests
Paste a Steam Workshop link, and vote for what you want to see on the server. We read this board before every mod pass — the top of it is where we start.
Voting is briefly unavailable — the bot is restarting. The board below is up to date and you can keep reading it.