Mods / Skills

• HHas Been Readby 76561199151439614Overview : Adds clear, customizable marks to books and other media, helping you identify unread, unfinished, and personally marked items at a glance. Confirmed to work with Build 41 and Build 42 Stable, including multiplayer. Find what matters before you carry it home. Vanilla shows what you have...4.0M downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• FFitness & Workout Overhaulby Codename280Tired of grinding fitness for hours? Want workouts that actually feel rewarding? This mod overhauls fitness/strength XP and adds 2 equipment-based exercises with realistic mechanics. ✅ SUPPORTED GAME VERSIONS 41.78.20 — legacy41 42.19.1 — 42.19 beta / old Build 42 saves 42.20.x — current Stable B...1.5M downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• [[B41/B42SP] SOTO (Simple Overhaul: Traits and Occupations)by 76561199005857620FOR NOW MOD DOES NOT WORK FINE IN B42 MULTIPLAYER! PLEASE AVOID TO USE IT IN B42 MULTIPLAYER! FOR B42 SINGLEPLAYER MOD WORK COMPLETELY FINE Features: - Making vanilla occupations and traits viable. - Adds more than 40 new balanced and necessary traits. - Adds 26 new vanilla-friendly occupations:...1.3M downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• 442.20 | Every Texture Optimizedby 76561199090520622Supports Mid-Game, Multiplayer and Safe to Remove: The main work is done, all textures have been optimized. Future updates will focus on improving the mod. Expect major and minor updates. Latest Update: - Added a restriction that prevents users from activating both features at the same time. - In...999.0k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• DDynamic Traits and Expanded Moodles [B41 & B42]by 76561198856518799Your character changes with the way you play. Dynamic Traits and Expanded Moodles expands Project Zomboid's trait, profession and moodle systems with traits that can be gained or lost during a playthrough, new gameplay effects, profession rebalancing and additional survival mechanics. Build 42 —...925.7k downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
• NNamed skill VHS tapesby LäderlappenCompatible with B41 and B42.20+ Renames skill-related VHS tapes so they show which skill they train. No more checking the wiki or Steam guides to find the right tape. Safe to add or remove from an existing save and contains no scripts. Support Development I maintain this mod in my spare time. If...874.1k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• PProject Cook [B42]by 76561199485575276Compatible with Project Zomboid Build 42.10–42.20 — SP / MP Project Cook adds a dedicated cooking interface for Project Zomboid while keeping the underlying cooking rules as close to vanilla as possible. Its main focus is Base Cooking: evolved recipes where you start with a base item and add comp...768.0k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• LLifestyle: Hobbiesby Angry⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 0.1 Update - Music ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 0.2 Update - Disco ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 0.3 Update - Homestead ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 0.4 Update - Art Check out the wiki (currently WIP) Images broken or blocked in your country? VIEW THEM HERE! For changelogs please visit: CHANGE NOTES Short FAQ: Ga...652.7k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• [[B42.20] Detailed Descriptions for Occupations and Traitsby Jetmax937This mod provides more detailed descriptions for Occupations and Traits with values obtained directly from the game files and wiki. Original base game descriptions have been kept on the first lines. Added information/values, knowledge (innate/recipes/magazines) and foraging bonuses have been adde...636.6k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• EEvolving Traits World (ETW) + More Traits continuationby MusicManiacRunning ETW+MT You have to install Starlit Library, enable submod and disable all ETW analogues of MT traits in sandbox. No, there won't be a toggle to disable all MT traits (you still can disable them 1by1 like the rest of ETW traits). No, MT wont be getting update. Yes, if there was a bug in MT...520.9k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• FFirst Aid VHS Tapesby MrSteveeContents First Aid VHS Tapes Adds 4 VHS tapes that can be found in VHS stores. Each VHS tape teaches the player how to treat a different type of injury. Episode 1 - Lacerations Episode 2 - Deep wounds Episode 3 - Bone Fractures Episode 4 - Burns Watching these VHS tapes will also increase the Fir...479.6k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• CCedar Hill B41 & B42 Alphaby Try HonestyMap can be played in singleplayer and multiplayer, but the NPCs wont work, they do work in singleplayer though. Be patient while I work on the mod, I'll try to do regular updates...however I'm mostly working on the mod alone and that takes time. New updates will likely require you to start a new...463.9k downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• TTrees Have Loot [B41 & B42]by 76561198856518799Build Support: B41.78 and B42.12 to B42.20 B42.20 compatibility reviewed. SP / MP Host tested on recent builds. Dedicated server feedback is welcome. Trees Have Loot Trees Have Loot adds contextual interactions to trees, letting you search them for small foraging loot or cut branches from large t...359.9k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• VVideo Meisterby 76561199151439614Overview : Add the skill information in the "Training Materials" list, and Item's Tooltip. Confirmed to work with Build 41/42 Stable and in MP. Features : Some VHS allow you to gain EXP and learn recipes by watching them. For those VHS, skill information will be displayed in the "Training Materia...304.6k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• RReactive Sound Eventsby JulianFVMA complete overhaul of the meta-event system. Sounds now react to the world, spawn physical scenes you can investigate, and tell a story through a new survivor radio station. The sounds adapt to time, weather, location, and your playstyle. When you hear a distant sound, something actually happene...252.3k downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• BBurd's Survival Journals (B41/42)by BurdBurd's Survival Journals Welcome to BSJ, a journal mod with plenty for players and server owners to chew on (before the zombies do). Record progress in crafted journals, or learn from loot journals found in containers and on corpses. Player journals preserve skills, traits, recipes, stats, and pe...250.4k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• LLethal Stealthby retbenwinWhat does this mod do? Adds two new tactical postures to Project Zomboid. Each postures grants an aiming bonus, allowing you to stay stealthy and dominate combat in any situation. Crouch: Slightly improves your aiming. Prone: Significantly improves your aiming, just watch your back or you might g...228.7k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• EEfficiency Skill Mod 2by GersonRessB42 STABLE FIXStill compatible with B41 Enhance your survival experience with Efficiency! Now with sandbox options! This mod introduces a powerful new skill: Efficiency. It's designed to make your character faster and more effective at completing timed actions, adding more depth and realism to yo...228.1k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• TThis Is Your Life [B42 Stable] WIPby N3WOWho were you before the world ended? READ ME - DISCLAIMER This mod is a WIP. as new features are introduces there is always a likelihood you might lose your saves or they might become corrupted. As much as is possible i will attempt to avoid this from happening but as I work on it, it cannot be g...189.5k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• [[B41/B42] Toughness Skillby FishLordAdds a new skill in the survival category called toughness. This is your character's mental resilience to the hardships of the apocalypse, with each level reducing the amount of panic, pain and discomfort they'll feel. Toughness XP can be earned by killing zombies. It will take about 4450 total z...177.6k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• RResponsive Pivoting: Configurable Turn Speed [B41/B42+]by 76561198378787939Characters turn way too slowly in this game. Enabling this mod applies tweaked speed & angle variables that change how your character turns, overall buffing your mobility and combat. It is near-instant pivoting. This mod aims to increase the control given to the player. Overall it's pretty balanc...175.6k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• [[b42.20/B41]Gas mask breathing soundby 76561199140301824"Wearing the gas mask is so comfortable! Why? Now there's a rough breathing sound!" -------------------------------------------------- What is Dynamic sound? Let me explain! Depending on your stamina and the level of panic, your breathing also becomes faster and louder! What is vanilla Out of bre...174.5k downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
• [[B42] OSRS Exp Dropsby CourvixUPDATED FOR BUILD 42 FROM ORIGINAL Adds an Oldschool Runescape styled experience bar, including experience drops whenever you earn experience to give you those sweet, supple dopamine hits as you grind your carpentry skill up. ------------------------------- The bar can be moved anywhere on screen...171.3k downloadsupdated 22 mo ago
• [[B42] OSRS XP Drops Retexturedby FishLordCURRENTLY DOES NOT WORK FOR B42 MULTIPLAYER Retextured version of the original XP Drops - Old School Runescape mod made to better match the aesthetic of Project Zomboid. Each skill icon has been replaced with existing sprites from within the game and the UI panels have been made to look more cons...160.0k downloadsupdated 17 mo ago
• DDetailed Skill Tooltipsby EurymachusDetailed Skill Tooltips (Build 42.x) Thanks to Champy for the Original Idea - Descriptive Tooltips for Skill Levels Crystal-clear, data-rich skill tooltips for Project Zomboid. See exactly what each level does - no need to tab out. What it does Data-rich tooltips for every supported skill: shows...157.9k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• [[B42] Exercise With Corpsesby lectExercise With Corpses Grabbing and dragging a corpse will gain you fitness/strength xp for every 1 square distance you move. Fitness and strength gains scale linearly with your current fitness/strength level. For example, at level 1 you're getting 10xp for each square you travel and at level 5 yo...157.2k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• PPlumbing Expandedby Lightja42.3.0 status update - Vanilla plumbing is fixed. There are still a lot of improvements the mod makes and I plan on expanding plumbing further, so I will continue development on the mod. Latest mod version: 42.7.0a (advanced) (b42) New Features: easier & more flexible collector positioning all co...128.5k downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
• TThe Best Lockpicking aka Better Lockpicking [B42.15] [MP Ready]by NickFleimThe Best Lockpicking Old Mod, New Features! "The Best Lockpicking" is a mod for Project Zomboid that adds realistic lockpicking mechanics and vehicle hijacking, expanding your survival options in the zombie apocalypse world. Forget about simply finding keys — now you’ll need to use your skills, t...125.3k downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• CCheat Menu: Reloaded [B42 Fixed]by Stoneboi🎮 Cheat Menu: Reloaded ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ The ultimate all-in-one cheat and admin utility for Project Zomboid Build 42, fully fixed and working for Singleplayer, Co-op, and Dedicated Multiplayer servers. Based on the original Cheat Menu: Reloaded / Cheat Menu Phoenix series...113.9k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• MMultiplayer Weight Limit Breaker[42.20]by 76561198327185242This is an optimized version of the previous capacity expansion patch. To prevent potential issues caused by a direct overwrite, it has been re-released as a new file. This mod is designed exclusively for MP mode. It acts as a patch to ensure various capacity expansion mods function correctly in...111.5k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• BBeyond Ten - Level 15 Skills [B41/B42]by Silver (Brek)Beyond Ten The apocalypse does not stop teaching at level 10. Every trainable skill can continue from level 10 to level 15. The normal Skills panel expands to fifteen slots, with mastery levels 11-15 shown in gold and using the familiar XP tooltip. Build 41 + Build 42 One subscription contains se...99.4k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• SSpike's Patches + Padding! [B42]by Spike!1.1 UPDATE! NEW PATCH VARIANTS! Choose between basic or fancy patches! Also backwards compatability w/ B41! Hate patching up your favourite jacket only to cover it in weird diagonal patches? Worry no more! This mod retextures ALL tailoring patches to make it look less like someone has TP'ed you,...99.3k downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
• SSkill Book Expansionby JoskoAdds all the missing skill books: Axe Long Blunt Short Blunt Short Blade Spear Nimble Sneaking Lightfooted Sprinting Fitness Strength Also adds Aiming, Reloading, Long Blade and the new weapon skill books to spawn in Libraries. Spawn rate same as vanilla books. B42.15+ Workshop ID: 3557111695 Mod...99.1k downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• TTwisTonFire - Better Fishingby TwisTonFireBetter Fishing — Vanilla First, Fully Adjustable Made for Project Zomboid Build 42.20+ Better Fishing keeps vanilla fishing intact unless you explicitly change its Sandbox Settings. Important: Installing the mod does NOT rebalance fishing If you install Better Fishing and leave all Better Fishing...93.0k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• [[42.20MP] Tactical Sheaths Rebornby MarzUpdated for version 42.15 Please report if you find any bug! Changes to Gameplay Katana Update: The Katana will no longer be able to be equiped in the back without a sheath. This is a compromise needed to be done for them to fit in the Sheath. (compatible with Legendary Katana.) Katana can be equ...86.8k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• [[B42]Xixi's Weapon Packby 76561198836697027Updated mode version to B42.20,please feel relieved the use!! v3.0 In this update, I have added self-illumination and swing flash effects to the weapons in this mod. Now, your weapons will look incredibly cool. In Project Zomboid, from 8:00 PM to 8:00 AM (the in-game nighttime hours), your weapon...85.1k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• --# [B43] you're trial of Chuckleberry Finn's Error Fixifier™ have expired. please renew $1 per year plan or else. (REAL) #-by Chuckleberry FinnLadies and gentlesirs, gather 'round, for I bring tidings of a revolution in the realm of zomboid! Spiffo P. Worell, at your service, here to unveil my latest creation: the one, the only, the game-changer - the Error Fixifier mod! Now, I know what you're thinking. "Spiffo, old chum, what's all th...83.5k downloadsupdated 22 mo ago
• BBreak Big Rocksby 76561199116881450Break Big Rocks – Enhanced Mining & Crafting Update Break massive rocks, gather valuable resources, and experience a deeper and more immersive mining system in Project Zomboid. Giant Rock Crusher turns heavy tools into true mining equipment, introducing a balanced survival-focused mining loop bui...83.2k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• BBetter Daily Reportsby EurymachusBetter Daily Reports Track your survivor's journey, one day at a time. Better Daily Reports rebuilds the original Daily Report Journal mod for Project Zomboid Build 42, with modernized data handling, cleaner interfaces, detailed charts, and reliable file-based persistence. Overview Every in-game...82.1k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• [[B42/41] Keep Skill Levelby 76561198993860470Works correctly in both single-player and multiplayer on 42.20 and 41.78.19 Since the game needs a moment to save your data after your character dies, forcing the game to close immediately upon death may prevent the data from being saved. This mod keeps your skill levels even after your character...79.0k downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• WWorking Knowledge - Lootable Skill Documentsby breweriesThat filing cabinet isn't worthless. Somewhere between the expense reports and the insurance forms is a copy of the OSHA 1910 Electrical Safety in the Workplace. Or an Appalacian Folk Pottery Pamphlet. Or a Police Academy Handgun Manual. Working Knowledge adds 372 lootable workplace documents to...78.7k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• [[B42MP] Skill Book Courierby GanydeBielovzki***December 2025 Update*** NOW UPDATED TO B42.13 MULTIPLAYER! Backwards compatibility to B42.12 too! Loot tables of libraries, schools and bookstores diluted with dozens of new skill books? Tired of not being able to find that carpentry 3, or the new maintenance 1? Maybe this mod can help you! In...74.0k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
• AAtlas Underground Complexby 76561198361442868Muito abaixo da superfície existe uma instalação esquecida, selada e abandonada. O que antes era um centro de pesquisa e controle agora é um labirinto de corredores escuros, laboratórios destruídos e perigos desconhecidos. Há sinais claros de uma evacuação às pressas… mas algo não está certo. A m...69.2k downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• HHGO Expansion [B42 - MP]by KRACKENSmall patch with a few small fixes including visible plants and some texture updates in prep for the next addon to the mod Our next major update goes somewhere unexpected, But it's the first step in HGO becoming more than a drugs mod. Every module we add will be optional and will also eventually...67.2k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• VVac Mod Utilsby 76561198327185242Vac Mod Utils: A prerequisite mod that provides dependencies for all my other mods(vac_mod_b42_utils) Vac Playing Utils: a discontinued QoL mod. Installation is optional.(vac_playing_utils) Workshop ID: 355751564864.9k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• JJesters Franklin Va!uline 4x4by 76561198368739375Need something a little bit more built for the survival something that will last you for a while introducing the 4x4 variantof the Franklin Va!uline Enjoy Workshop ID: 3501800585 Mod ID: pzkJesterVan57.4k downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
• HHydeCo. Automatic Garage Doors! + Gates! 42.20.3by HydeTheBooty98Remote‑controlled garage doors, keypad hacking, and a fully‑implemented chain‑driven gate automation system. Includes polished UI, reliable timed actions, and modern management tools. Features Remote‑controlled garage doors — Open/close/lock/unlock paired garage doors from range (supports multi‑t...57.4k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• [[B42] Simple Player Stats Barsby whatahellThis mod adds a handy interface to display your character's stats, allowing for better management of their condition. The HUD is designed to be unobtrusive, fading out automatically to ensure it doesn't block your view during gameplay. Fully customizable, you can choose which information to show...54.2k downloadsupdated 22 mo ago

56 skills mods, most downloaded first. Each one has its own page here with what it needs to run and where its author publishes it; the files themselves stay with the author and are never re-hosted on this site.