Project Zomboid fracture healing: what actually speeds it up
A splint heals fractures roughly 10x faster, First Aid level multiplies it, comfrey halves what remains. No absolute day count exists, only relative math.
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Project Zomboid, broken down into numbers.
Project Zomboid taken apart with numbers. Every article ships a calculator, table or dataset — and says what it was checked against.
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Choose the question first. Each page states the build, evidence and limits behind its tool.
Project Zomboid Build 42: why you can't craft that recipe
What Build 42's 'requires a surface' message actually means, plus the five crafting gates hidden behind one greyed-out recipe and the order to check them in.
Project Zomboid chickens not laying: check these 5 things first
No eggs usually means a full nest box, no hutch, an immature bird, no water, or a dirty hutch. Check them in this order before assuming a bug.
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Healing times, repair odds, crafting gates and other numbers Project Zomboid never writes down — turned into calculators and tables you can run against your own character.
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Water shuts off day 0-30 and power day 14-30 on default Apocalypse, both day-based. Convert your own modifier into a calendar date, not a guaranteed prediction.
Project Zomboid Build 42: why you can't craft that recipe
What Build 42's 'requires a surface' message actually means, plus the five crafting gates hidden behind one greyed-out recipe and the order to check them in.
Project Zomboid chickens not laying: check these 5 things first
No eggs usually means a full nest box, no hutch, an immature bird, no water, or a dirty hutch. Check them in this order before assuming a bug.
Project Zomboid generators: how long a full tank actually lasts
A generator idling with nothing plugged in burns 0.002 L/h. Add a fridge, a TV and six lamps and pzwiki's own math gives 18.7 days from a 10-liter tank.
Project Zomboid B42: what each pottery station can actually make
A version-stamped reverse index of Build 42 pottery wheel, kiln and grindstone recipes listed in the cited pages, sorted by skill, research and magazine gates.
Project Zomboid first week: what to do in what order
Two hidden clocks decide your first week in Build 42: the water shutoff and the power shutoff. Order your first seven days around them instead of around loot.
Project Zomboid occupations: what each one costs in points
Every Build 42 occupation with the trait points it leaves you, its starting skills, and the XP multiplier that makes level 1 worth four of level 0.
Project Zomboid traits: which points are actually worth it
Eight points, forty-odd traits, no in-game explanation of what any of them cost. Here is what each buys per point, and which negatives are near free.
Project Zomboid: how zombies actually see and hear you
Sight and sound are two separate systems in Build 42 with two separate sets of modifiers. Here is which of your choices moves which number, and by how much.
Project Zomboid broken leg: what to do first
A fracture far from base is an ordering problem, not a knowledge problem. Build a triage sequence from your bleeding, the crowd, the light and the distance.
Project Zomboid corpse sickness: rank your base and clear it
Where the bodies are matters more than how many. Weigh your own pile, get an ordered clearance plan, and stop the doorway heap from rebuilding itself.
Project Zomboid fracture healing: what actually speeds it up
A splint heals fractures roughly 10x faster, First Aid level multiplies it, comfrey halves what remains. No absolute day count exists, only relative math.
Project Zomboid Knox Infection: bite, scratch, laceration odds
A zombie bite is 100% lethal. A laceration infects 25% of the time, a scratch 7% — the exact numbers pzwiki lists, plus what changes them and what doesn't.
Project Zomboid: why am I dying with no visible wound?
Five different things produce the same queasy moodle in Build 42. Feed in what you can actually see and get the one test that separates them.