Project Zomboid Server Hosting

Pick a plan and a location above and check out. The server is live 60 seconds later. Then set a server name and an admin password in Basic Settings, restart, and share the IP and port from your dashboard.

Small vanilla group: 5 GB. Bigger group or a few mods: 10 GB, our most popular plan. Modded world or map mods: 16 GB. Custom plans run 5 to 26 GB. The Indie Stone publishes no per-player figure, so these sizes are our suggestion, and support can help you pick.

On six continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa. The live map above shows every location, the checkout shows your ping to each one, and every location costs the same.

In the game, open Multiplayer from the main menu and enter the IP and port from your dashboard, plus any username and password you like. Save it and the server sits in your Favorites. If the map download times out, turn on Steam Relay. How to connect.

Find the mod on the Steam Workshop and note its Mod ID (the name) and its Workshop ID (the number in the URL). Add both in Basic Settings under Mods and Workshop Item, separated by semicolons with no spaces. On Build 42, put a backslash before each Mod ID. Click Update Server, then restart from Actions. Mods guide.

Shut the server down, open servertest_SandboxVars.lua in File Manager or over FTP, edit the values and save, then restart. Changes made in game go back to the file values after a restart, so edit the file. Sandbox guide.

Yes. Upload the map folder to media/maps over FTP, add its names in Basic Settings (Mods, Map and Workshop Item), and create a spawn regions file in Config Manager so players spawn on the new map. Custom map guide.

While you are in the game, open the Console tab in your panel and type setaccesslevel, then your username, then admin. Or join with the username Admin and the admin password from Basic Settings. Admin guide.

Yes. The server runs on its own hardware, covered by our 99.9% uptime SLA, so anyone in the group can join when they like. By default, Project Zomboid pauses game time while nobody is online: that is the PauseEmpty line in servertest.ini.

No. The Indie Stone has said Build 41 saves are not compatible with Build 42, and the same goes for Build 41 mods. Start a fresh world and check that each mod supports Build 42.

Yes, free on every plan. Our engineers copy your saves, mods and configs, check them and hand you the new IP, and your old server keeps running until then. How free migration works.

The Indie Stone added support for up to 254 players in a Build 42 hotfix, along with admin access when a server is full. A bigger group needs more memory, so size the plan to your group and mods.

New builds usually go to the Unstable branch first and reach stable after testing. Players need the same game version as the server, mods included, so check your mods for updates before you restart. If a mod stops loading, ask support.

Every plan comes with a 24-hour money-back guarantee. If the server is not right for your group, talk to support on live chat or email.

In My Servers, open the three dots on the server card, choose Billing, then View options next to Renewal settings and cancellation, and click Cancel Subscription. The server stays active until the end of the period you paid for.

Yes, with SharePay. After signup the panel gives you a link, and your group pays their share without making an account. It works on any plan, for any group size.

Yes, and switching is free on games your plan has the memory for. Ask support before you switch so you know what happens to your Project Zomboid files.