Project Zomboid · Build 42
FADED MODS
Knox Country, rebuilt.
Project Zomboid Build 42 mods, an open workshop, and a one-click installer. No Steam required.
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Workshop
Featured mods
Echoes of Humanity
0.13.3Echoes of Humanity is Faded Mods' flagship living-world NPC system for Project Zomboid 42.20.4 — persistent people, working settlements, and company on the road. Version 0.6.2 adds native clinical treatments for Field Operations (consent-bound serums, fever relief, infection suppression), keeps earned Strength/Fitness through body restoration, and pairs with Faded Local Mod Installer 0.3.3 for correct…
Requires Java Loader
JustFaded: Tactical Faded
2.1.8A self-contained tactical Faded outfit for Project Zomboid Build 42.20.3. Version 2.1.8 treats the survival cloak as a static spine-attached garment with an opaque albedo so it no longer renders see-through. The Lynx long-sleeve shirt and full-protection carrier, Hound tactical helmet, cargo uniform, ArmorPK leg armor, attachment-ready vest, and field pack use a coherent gunmetal…
Faded's Armor Pack
2.2.1Standalone Build 42.20 tactical armor collection with native night vision support, zombie outfits, and sandbox-controlled loot rarity.
Faded's Weapon Pack
42.20.20260808.4Faded's Weapon Pack for Project Zomboid Build 42.20.2. Uses the Deadcode weapons framework with rebuilt archery, flame, casing, attachment, inspection, sound, and crafting systems.
Knox Reborn Lite
0.4.0Knox Reborn Lite 0.4.0 for B42.20. Same PZF map stack with pruned tile sheets, compressed (softer) tiles, a static spawn menu, bounce/glow lighting, no god rays, and Grapeseed terrain from workshop 3794413138. Optional FJL still runs the Tikitown power-restoration mission. Mod ID remains KnoxReborn.
Requires Java Loader
Common Sense Reborn
2.0.3Build 42.20.4 CSR QoL mega-mod. Version 2.0.3 repairs wash-station climate temperature and native outside-vehicle menus so a Celsius number and a player index no longer crash the client. Client require paths match B42 files. Includes the 2.0.0-2.0.2 medical, moodle, circle-bar, multiplayer and context-menu repairs. Faded Java Loader remains optional. 727 sandbox options. SP + MP.
Years Faded
0.32.0Years Faded v0.32.0 for Build 42.20: preservation-safe years-later world aging with aged surface and overgrowth texture packs, canopy maturation, fence weathering, a darkened world grade with lush mornings, geometry-safe blood and generators, overgrown/burnt vehicles, immersivity, wind sway, till-burnt-land, additive vegetation/screamer zombies, an optional Faded Java Loader sharpness layer, and CSR geometry-safety compatibility. Support: https://discord.gg/nQJS2ejkd Copyright…
Publishers
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Founder
Faded_One
Faded is a Project Zomboid modder, server owner, and community builder. After being banned from Steam's modding space, he built FadedMods as an independent home for mod distribution, collaboration, and long-term community-driven projects.
Vehicles and physics
IKappaID
KappaID is a Project Zomboid modder with a sharp eye for vehicle systems and server-friendly features. Mind behind IKappaID's True Real World Vehicle Physics, and helped bring new life to the Pink Slip vehicle-title system.
Build 42 survival
Yuminekogirl
Yuminekogirl focuses on Build 42 gameplay expansions: survival balance, animals, food, farming, fishing, trapping, and quality-of-life fixes. Her work adds variety to everyday survival for single-player and multiplayer.
Realistic gameplay
Yosef
Yosef is a developing modder focused on realistic, grounded gameplay. His background is Bethesda-game modding; he's building coding skills with an eye for survival, worldbuilding, and long-term depth.
Community
An open publishing platform
Faded Mods is more than a download site. It is an open, community-driven platform for Project Zomboid modders, server owners, and players who want a clean place to share, discover, and install mods outside of Steam Workshop.
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Modders looking for an unrestricted place to publish Project Zomboid work can submit for review, listing, and possible inclusion on this site and in the Faded Mod Installer. Submissions are checked before they go live:
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Workshop access
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