The BEST Project Zomboid Mods In 2024 So Far! Top Project Zomboid Mods, April 2024!

[@whoknows8223]

1:28 More Zombie Death Animations 2:18 Standing Items (for decoration) 3:08 Multiple Generators 3:56 Navigation 5:27 More immersive vehicles 6:30 Jay's Building Expansion (base defense) 7:34 Blackouts (random power outages) 8:36 Grim Light (add flashlights to headgear) 9:40 Where am I? (Tells you in which town you are in the map even many modded maps) 10:35 Machines! 11:32 SHELTERS 12:50 Til Death Do Us Part

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

Mr Duck, could you maybe pin this list?

[@Zarviya]

[@standard0stuff]

Where Am I starts at around 9:17, not 9:40

[@FakeSchrodingersCat]

Honestly I find the open doors on vehicles more realistic to the panic of a zombie apocalypse.

[@n3tw0rk_n3k0]

Exactly my thought process.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

For sure, it's a great mod if realism is what you're after.

[@anthonywolf943]

almost hyper realistic looking at the clips, that's how it would be not just rows of closed doors.

[@thesedgeman9863]

and yet we never find vehicles in garages. or loot on the back seat.

[@lorenzmaut3708]

Well it depends, i find silly that someone perfectly parked their car in a store but decided to leave the door open.

[@kittymeowmeow93]

It's such a small thing, but I really appreciate you leaving the name of the mod up the whole time you're talking about it. It gives a chance to hear what it's about first and still have time to screenshot it. So thank you!!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

You're very welcome!

[@cerealbox7872]

I love the blackout mod. I set the power shut off to 2-6 months so I get a lot of time to play with it. I also make the blackouts last very long with rare recoveries to allow fridges to rot food if I dont get a generator fast enough and it makes the power coming back on a huge relief for you. I wish there was a setting to also turn off and on the water. to make my rain collectors a major priority as well.

[@johndeeregreen4592]

GPS first arrived in cars in 1990. However, I am doubting we would encounter it often in rural KY in the early 1990s, that's for sure.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Yeah :) Was around just not typical. It's a great mod regardless.

[@squirrelsinjacket1804]

It's a little anachronistic but still works if you ignore that there probably would be functioning gps sats available anymore.

[@Outworlder]

@@squirrelsinjacket1804the GPS satellites will quickly drift and become inaccurate in a matter of weeks without the land stations. Half a km after two weeks. 10km in six months.

[@russoatomico681]

WOWww this is amazing, I'm so happy. Thanks for sharing my mod

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Awesome to hear! Thanks for the comment, and keep up the great work.

[@JediJawn]

Heck yeah brotha!!! U need any hep testing your mods?

[@raiyiar]

those zombies biting you through car doors are just zombified, but very motivated salespeople for extended car warranties... i dont think that should be modded out of the game

[@MrAtomicDuck]

You make a good point... Speaking of, we've been trying to reach you about something...

[@JoyTomaro]

My friend just told me my mod (Blackouts) was featured in this video! Thanks for showcasing my mod! I started modding this game with no coding experience and I am really proud of this one! I am on a period of burnout but I'm motivated to improve the mod and fix some important bugs once I'm done with this semester in school. To anyone using my mod: don't be hesitant to let me know if there is anything I can improve, but please be patient and understanding of a baby modder who is trying their best! Thank you again for showcasing my mod and thanks to everyone who uses my mod and helped in its production!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Awesome work. We all experience burnout sometimes! Keep doing what you love and chasing new passions. All the best 😊

[@citricdemon]

NUGGET!! FUN FAIR! LILY'S BIRCH DAY!

[@SebutoSenpai]

From a french player, it's always a pleasure to see your daily videos about mods. Nicely edited, with subs and links : pro stuff right here ! =) See you on build 42 ! Love & Strength !

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Thanks! Glad to provide 😊

[@LastNameTom]

The two things I really want are 1. Dryer lint. You find this by searching dryers and is a great fire starter. 2. Take a knee. When using guns, you can take a knee to greatly increase your accuracy.

[@freakoffer]

Thanks atomic duck my game already takes 10 mins to load with all my mods, now i got like 5 more to add on xD I always wondered about the car door animation mod and now I know! Keeping us informed is a great way to keep the community engaged, thanks buddy!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Always here to make your load times longer 😎

[@Capitan83es]

Waiting for the video for some time! Keep the great job, mister.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Thanks, will do!

[@Macil2018]

Woa. This list was super impressive! I think this has been the first list of mods I've wanted almost every single mod from. What a find! Thanks for posting!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Hey my pleasure! I do a lot of stuff like this, so hopefully we'll see you again 😁

[@Hermes3xGreat]

Some mad lad recently added a plumbing/piping mod that lets you pump water or fuel around. Haven't tried it yet, but it looks promising and probably would pair well with the machinery mod.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Ah yes, this was in my last mods video! Works pretty well for irrigation of crops.

[@RandomGuy-qr5jw]

Standing Items is exactly what I always wanted!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

I love highlighting little mods like this for the base builders and home-makers :D

[@BloodDraco122]

Have you ever covered SecretZ: Pandemic? It's similar to the Shelters mod in that it adds numerous checkpoints and Evac zones to make it seem like the Military did at least TRY to evac and contain the outbreak before everything fell through. I believe it modifies 4 vanilla areas of the map, adds 4 hidden bunkers and 8 checkpoints all throughout the major towns. I found it works best with the Insurgent mod but I've also found it gives an almost dayz vibe to some areas too, being able to raid a checkpoint for military gear instead of having to out of the way for 'em.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

I have! Great mod.

[@spacedreamer9055]

5:32 - Alternatively Car Door Open Indicator gives a chime when a door, Bonnet or Hood is opened (without the animation). Player's choice.

[@GuilleVQ]

The more zombies' death animations is one of the greatest mods I've added to the game. If you didn't mention it in this video, I was going to recommend it in the comment section. I'm glad you did!

[@snapturtle3253]

one of my personal favorite is "Bard Interactive Music" allow you to play music instrument using keyboard

[@Dragoon778]

About navigation, Fuel Side Indicator arrows were invented in 1986. It's realistic that the majority of cars you find in rural Kentucky wouldn't have it, especially since it became standard in the early 90s, but you're not going to catch me playing without that either.

[@MartinFinnerup]

I would LOVE to see the original Tech Demo scenario make an official return, once we get NPCs.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Yeah, me too! Maybe after Build 43 we'll see it return. Who knows.

[@twit3537]

@@MrAtomicDuck maybe bob and kate will be NPCs or we can find the two of them as an easter egg in the world

[@MyMike004]

the game is super amazing but for people who spent a lot hours, it feels stale cause we have no goals after surviving. I wanna clear missions like kill some zombies in that area so you have a reason to travel, burn a specific building, gather some resources at the urban or forest area, defend an area, dungeons that are located in underground, or fight a big boss zombie that is in uncommon place and npc ask your help to clear it

[@JasonLihani]

Standing Items is great and I'll always run it, but there is a single quirk I've found: the utility truck vehicle story where you can find a sledgehammer, pickup truck, and four roadcones means that the tool by the manhole will be freestanding in the middle of the road lol

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Haha 😂 Thats hilarious.

[@jbp4532]

The multiple generators mod requiring electrical levels could give this underused imo skill, more use. Maybe a few resources But overall I love these! Build 42 cannot come soon enough.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Thanks for watching! Think we're all looking forward to B42

[@fuchsmichael93]

check out the solarpanel mod if you want a Reason to grind Electricity. Takes a while to set up but its pretty cool

[@clagoeiro]

Stellar content as always. Been away for a while, will have to watch all your brilliant videos to catch up. Thanks for sharing your content with us!

[@aldvier]

and again with the beautiful list from great modders. Chef kiss~

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Thanks again!

[@harbringar828]

Commenting and liking the video the second you said you added Links, even if I dont use any of the mods stated after this that was enough.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Appreciate that dude!

[@ClanHawkins]

Thank you so much for chapters! much appreciated

[@leolecerf]

Hi! You could talk about the mod "Tile Man". Basically you unlock 1 meter everytime you kill a zombie. It's more like a fun mod and it offers a very different experience!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

I'll put it on my list!

[@TheRetroReaper]

Bro i didnt even realize i wasnt subscribed yet and ive been watching these videos for months

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Well I appreciate your support regardless!

[@noiz1762]

these are great, im about to play for the first time and i definitely dont want to be bitten through a car..... and im for sure gonna be making use of the standing items lol i love decor

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Good luck! Happy to help.

[@Brigand231]

Good stuff as usual, thanks Duck!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

My pleasure!

[@BEanz911]

GPS mod better then navigation ,you gotta find them and there kits and stuff it’s pretty cool and there’s specific ones for cars or handheld

[@JeyVGaming]

When Build 42 comes out, I'm anxious that it will break all of the 100+ mods I've installed for it.. especially all the map mods and I have to redo it all over again..

[@citricdemon]

"anxious"? You think there's even a CHANCE that it won't? What planet are you on?

[@cottonysensation3723]

I don’t want the devs to stop making this game even better than it already is…but a small part of me wishes there was an alien invasion equivalent to this game as it would be pretty fun. Maybe a mod 🤔

[@WE_DONT_LIE]

There was a mod but it got smited by copyright to another game lol

[@minionsattack5700]

The problem with Jay's building expansiom is that it completely overrides the more builds mod which gives a ton of building options that will be gone if jay's mod is turned on

[@mojoe3131]

Hey MrAtomicDuck! Love your content as I always did. I've been off Project Zomboid for a little while and I feel kind of lost when looking at the mods currently. Any list of best QOL mods currently? Do you have an "old" video that is still applicable? Best regards!

[@affandede6412]

Just a minor correction, More Immersive Vehicles doesn't animate cars by itself (you need animated car mods for that, like Cyt's), it just makes cars have their trunks, doors etc open and it has options for customizing the rate of open doors and such.

[@anthonyamanda1163]

That and sharks vehicle mod as well. When you take a window off another vehicle to replace your smashed window, it goes into your inventory like normal (standard or heavy duty) but when you got to install it, it says you need that vehicles specific window (e.g 85 Chevy window). If you or anyone has had this problem y'all should comment. I wanna see if it can be fixed

[@jasperscheerlinck8170]

I am planning to use the shelters mod and the nuclear winter mod in my next playthrough, that would really give the feeling of the nuclear apocalypse, or would that not really fit in zomboid?

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Sounds like a great idea to me. Play whatever you want and try new things!

[@drespect6365]

Hey how do you use the mod manager mod? It never works for me

[@therealbahamut]

Multiple gens will be really nice especially for the solo players who have places to go and no one to watch the food while they're out. OOOH, you know what would be just as cool? Fuel tanks that could be plumbed like sinks so you set them, fill them and they just drain into the generator as needed.

[@KikiJynx]

Im still fixing my Rimworld list from the 1.5 update 😂 I cant survive fixing up my zomboid list too lmao

[@captainjonna1034]

Yeah i just had to add the machines mod to my playlist, i found it a month ago, I'm using the last minute prepper mod and the weather is really acting up, i wanted to build a series of green houses outside my bunker but when i did the required resources calculation, if i remember rightly to build 3 of them i'd need something like 460 + planks and ooooh boy i did not want to do that by hand and being able to make a my own circular saw bench would be of great help i just had too add it. Dam i've spent alot time browsing the workshop of late i recognised all the mods featured in this video and multiple generators mod has been a life saver for keeping my shelter powered while i was away on a hunting and wilderness learning trip......in an attempt to put all the skills my character has read about into practice. I've enjoying my playthrough, playing in a story orientated instead of meta gaming.....writing my character diary, it's been a real encouragement to work on my writing skills, English and flexing my vocabulary and slowing down that pace and just appreciating that live another life feel has been a fantastic new way to play Zomboid.

[@GeorgeNicola]

I play zomboid in my very rare spare time. How do you keep up with all these mods and what they do and how they work between them?

[@skengdaddy]

"closing in on build 42" lol nowhere near brother

[@TheyCallMeVincenzo]

The thing with the head flashlights, I think it was made because the Thursdoid teased the same thing. Might be invalidated by B42. Either way, great mod.

[@dirtymike-619]

I can only find Shelters tile set in the workshop, and individual towers/shelters

[@Cierbhal]

Thanks Mr. Duck!!!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

You got it!

[@Fairyhell]

THe mod i really want is to have my car driving straight on the road. IDK why for some reason it's hard to keep the car on the road especially on a long road.

[@sethpandas2527]

I sneezed in the middle of this

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Bless you

[@Omni0404]

I need to find a mod that lets me repair tires. I'm about to start my 3rd winter and use so many heavy-duty tires that I may have to start using less preferable vehicles.

[@Meganought]

Man you feature a mod made by braven every video lol Braven makes amazing mods

[@King_CreepaLot]

No way, a fellow horse. A familiar horse, at that.

[@bertoness77]

Im waiting for "ignore red box at the corner mod".

[@alyssinwilliams4570]

Uhm... can you not already hook up multiple generators to a building, and they'll power whatever is closest to you? IT seems to work in the MP games I play in.

[@bearnaff9387]

Navigation Mod can also be justified as being the character's own familiarity with the region they live in.

[@xWickedxGamingx]

Whoever does the vehicle mod I'm pretty sure you can mess with the coding to make rain do damage kind of like how they're able to make gas? Make it to where vehicles take damage to rain if the door is left open like the battery n stuff

[@captaintofu4926]

I love these videos!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Thanks!

[@ixiahj]

Does the Imersive Vehicles work with Filibuster and Autotsar?

[@Boge42]

You mentioned Horde Night. Does that mod still work? The mod author has gone MIA and a lot of the comments say it doesn't work. From my own experience, the horde night comes, it plays the sound and shows the icon, but no zombies actually spawn.

[@manualuser]

How the hell have I gone this far without knowing about the cardoors.

[@nivocz769]

How does Imersive vehicle make geting a car easier... Its not like a simple rock or even an elbow to the window cant open a locked door

[@jean-sebastiengauthier4967]

So with the stand up items mod, you can actually decide if the items stand up or not?

[@RandomGuy-qr5jw]

yes, for the featured items

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Yeah, what this guy said! Not all items are included, but the ones that are, yes.

[@Torkkar]

so in regards to the Navigation mod the GPS was available starting in 1992 HOWEVER there was an inferior form of GPS Called a Sat. nav. available since 1979 HOWEVER worked from triangulating your position from a series of towers/sensors on land & buildings then reports your cars radio signal & transmitting hat information threw your radio. Though SAT. NAV. was not quite accurate as GPS but better than nothing.

[@pompeii_molotov]

why is so good to just watch a list of mods

[@KoloXD]

11:56 creator's been playing Tarkov I see :D

[@captainjonna1034]

Does anyone know of mod.....that when you place an item on a flat surface such as a coffee cup or a cooking pot, that when your character uses the item they put it back on the worktop or table after using it rather than dropping it at their feet, it'd be a real time saver and really up the immersion???

[@cierra3378]

Tidy up meister does that

[@MrBiggz_o7]

It's all lies, this "Duck" is actually the GOAT

[@MrAtomicDuck]

I see what you did there, you rascal you.

[@retrospear64]

2:05 does anybody know this base location or is it hand build

[@projectgg6730]

I'm a new player and I've never played anything like this game before in my life. I literally cannot survive for longer than a day lol. I've tried staying in my house and making it a safe house. I've tried making a beef tank character and clearing zombies as I go. I've tried sneaky. I just don't get it i guess? Any tips for a new struggling player?

[@feanorbadluck9693]

Turn on melee targeting outlines in the interface options. Knowing precisely who you will hit/push makes an insane difference. Also practice your animation timings, remember how much time a push or a single weapon swing will take, it'll help you manage groups and know when to step back. Don't try to engage big crowds at the start, find ways to separate zombies and kill them one by one so you can put them down and stomp heads safely. Stand on fallen ones so they can't get up, but be careful of the ones falling face first - they can crawl if not killed. If you are not sure that you can safely take down your enemies - run, break line of sight, they are zombies, they won't really look for you besides checking your last known location. Spears are OP if you have some carpentry skills so you can make them in good quality. They can oneshot with some chance and have massive range. The only problem is how fragile they are, but knives, screwdrivers and the like are abundant, so carry like three of those and you're golden to clear a street. Hope those help you same way they helped my friends. Also check out ThatGuyPredz on youtube, he has at least two tips and tricks videos, a lot of knowledge there if you're not afraid of spoilers.

[@dom5763]

2:08 where is this base?

[@kojijoki2224]

im playing vanilla but it would be nice to have mod that show my marks on minimap >.

[@Playerofmadness]

How do i enable the green outline for meeles?

[@maryamdear2122]

Combat text mod I believe

[@Laireso]

Multiple Generators seems like it solves the issue with generators, but it doesn't. You see it only affects the generator fuel consumption, a value you can already edit in the sandbox setting. Want your gens to last 5x longer? Set it to 0.2 and you're done. The problem is the condition. If you let the generator run on background with very low fuel consumption it will go from 100% to

[@Jerrywood111]

3:22 i cant believe they actually needed a mod for that, this bothered me so much all this time!

[@ALCA_PWNED]

i love what you said at 7:23

[@ABH-82]

Home body mods come with extra spoons or nah?

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Ashley this has to stop

[@ABH-82]

@@MrAtomicDuck only when there's more spoons

[@anthonywolf943]

I was bit in the hand getting into a car I was super clear on. It was bs.

[@MrAtomicDuck]

You hate to see it.

[@H0und0fHircin3]

I JUST WANT TO TAKE SHELTER IN A TENT FROM RAIN

[@hagbardceline1674]

Kinda wish this had some time stamps :(

[@MrAtomicDuck]

I'll see what I can do when I'm home this evening :)

[@whoknows8223]

1:28 More Zombie Death Animations 2:18 Standing Items (for decoration) 3:08 Multiple Generators 3:56 Navigation 5:27 More immersive vehicles 6:30 Jay's Building Expansion (base defense) 7:34 Blackouts (random power outages) 8:36 Grim Light (add flashlights to headgear) 9:40 Where am I? (Tells you in which town you are in the map even many modded maps) 10:35 Machines! 11:32 SHELTERS 12:50 Til Death Do Us Part

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

@@MrAtomicDuck Never knew you worked under an alias as well :D

[@ModestEric]

im here because I forgot the 200+ mods I downloaded (im not kidding when I said 200 mods)

[@StolenPw]

I'm so saddened that zomboid still hasn't been updated they promised Q1 2024 and we are almost half way though the year

[@Medved-]

It’s not even ogdontovamber lol what do you mean halfway?!??

[@brandanreese19]

Real ladders is a great mod But doesn't operate with the more builds mod

[@iEdwinT]

In a zombie apocalypse, I doubt people will be taking the time to shut the door (and making noise) fleeing the car that has presumably run out of gas.

[@kiritomato2312]

In a apocalypse i doubt someone will disassemble the whole neighborhoods furniture just for sume nails and board s😂😂😂

[@adilch9793]

we missed twitch streams

[@ГерманДанковский]

🧡

[@OlegInTheDark]

first half of 2024 💀

[@zackbatcountry3361]

Subterranean Kentucky adds and entire underground metro/sewer system so suprised it hasn't hit the workshop top mods yet

[@HellaKazoo]

More Immersive Vehicles Doesn't add any animations to vanilla cars at all, it only spawns cars in with a chance the doors are open. if you have KCO or KI5 cars you'll see a change otherwise the same vanilla limitation is present. Read comments on the mod page by the author ie: "DaNiG [author] Mar 7 @ 7:15am @[CP]CockStyle The mod does not add animations. It doesn't interact with animations at all. If you have only vanilla cars, the mod will work, but you won't see open doors and trunks."

[@ojgfhuebsrnvn2781]

Are there still old fashioned people who still use lootable maps only with pencil? Good things most mods for digital map work on paper one. . P.s. Jay's building expansion is something i didn't know but needed. Still, i won't betray my principles of not playing zomboid until 42 is out.

[@kiritomato2312]

How is where am i usefull? Dont you,choose where to spawn?

[@skengdaddy]

"for a lot of us" didn't you admit to joining the game when the graphic update happened? which was around 2020? You werent playing this game in 2013

[@MrAtomicDuck]

I've owned the game for 10 years :) I just didn't play a huge amount, then got back into it with Build 41.

[@skengdaddy]

@@MrAtomicDuck fair enough I wasn’t a fan of the original iteration but love where it’s at now

[@patrickschutz8511]

❤❤

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Thanks for the support!

[@kraze1982]

beaver go quack

[@PersonaSlates]

I heart the Zomboid!

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Good to hear from you, Persona! We all heart the Zomboid 😌

[@kayniki1745]

Dev lied its still not out

[@cplson2706]

Awesome

[@lecobra418]

To be honest some of those are game breaking. Building furnace, and doing forging is something possible but constructing complex machinery or computers? Or like the past month with the plumber mod? Nah it way too much unrealistic for me. Game breaking but realist mods like trailers and citerns to transport fluids or industrial gennies is ok, it's realistic enough for me to not get out of the experience.

[@Medved-]

This may be what I need to bus

[@machielschreuders2256]

meanwhile.. creeping up on half 2024..

[@MrAtomicDuck]

Not long to wait now!

[@evilspyke5760]

the more mods i add the more errors i get. some, game breaking errors.

[@speggeri90]

Where is the obvious mod Im still waiting; where you actually need to pee and poo. Youd have to get some toilet facility, toilet paper or bidet, in panic pee and/or poo your pants that will make your all clothing below the waist 100% dirty. You could have dry toilets, use buckets or such as night bowls etc. An extra layer could be that as a doctor or nurse you could visually or with machine inspect the quality of poo for any sicknesses or worms. What do you guys think?