How to use the Workshop tab for Project Zomboid mods

The Workshop tab is where you manage mods for your Project Zomboid server. It has three lists, Workshop items, Enabled mods and Map folders, a switch Restart when a mod updates, and a report card Did they load? (last start). Open the tab at the top of your server page, next to Settings.

The three lists

• Workshop items is what the server downloads. Adding an item here fetches it and nothing more. You can paste a Steam collection too.
• Enabled mods is which of the downloaded mods actually load, in the order they load. These are mod names, not numbers, and a mod that is downloaded but not named here does nothing. This is the most common reason a server looks unmodded.
• Map folders is for map mods only: How to add a map mod to your Project Zomboid server.

Add, Browse and Save

1. In Workshop items, paste the mod's Steam Workshop address, or just the number at the end of it, and click Add. Or click Browse to search the Workshop for popular and recently updated Project Zomboid mods and add one from there.

   

2. Anything you type waits for you to click Save under that list (Discard throws it away). Anything added with Browse is saved at once.

3. A yellow notice says Saved, and not applied yet: "The server picks this up the next time it starts." Click Restart to apply.

   

You need the permission to change settings for this. The server downloads and updates the listed items itself each time it starts, so a start after a change takes longer than usual.

The badges

The panel looks each item up on Steam. A row shows the mod's name, picture and size, and a badge when something is wrong:

Warnings under the lists

• These two lists do not agree: one list has mods and the other is empty, so the mods will download but stay switched off, or are switched on but nothing downloads them.
• A library loads after a mod that needs it, with Move the libraries up: How to fix the mod load order on your Project Zomboid server.
• required mods are missing, with Add all.

Below the lists

The switch Restart when a mod updates: How to restart your Project Zomboid server when a mod updates. Then the card Did they load? (last start): How to check that your Project Zomboid mods loaded.

If Steam does not answer

The page says Could not check these against Steam. Your mods are untouched and listed by number. Names and badges return when Steam answers again.

Back to the overview: How to add mods to your Project Zomboid server. Need a server for your mod pack? See Project Zomboid server hosting.