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 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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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 rain collector capacity: crate vs. barrel
A crate holds 400 units and needs carpentry 3; a barrel holds 600 and needs carpentry 5. A connected sink drains one collector at a time, not the combined total
Project Zomboid fertilizer dose: what each use actually does
The first fertilizer use adds 10 health and cuts 40 growth hours (20 with weeds); later uses remove 25 health each and can curse it. Compost never does either.
Songs of Syx: the Embassy's output, and what doubles it
One Embassy worker makes 1 emissary point. 40 Fabric, 2 Jewelry, or 2 Sithilon each double that — but only Argonosh staff lose output, at 10% skill.
Project Zomboid Blacksmithing: what each level actually unlocks
Blacksmithing's own crafting table tops out at level 4; the forge chain behind it is gated by magazines and Pottery, not by your Blacksmithing level.
Every ESIC, Valve and tournament CS sanction, in one table
37 rulings, 2014 to 2026: ESIC's 33, Valve's 3 and one tournament organiser's, each row checked against the issuer's own statement.
Dota 2 and StarCraft II match-fixing rulings, by who issued them
15 Dota 2 and StarCraft II match-fixing rulings from six issuers, checked against primary statements: who banned whom, how long it held.
How many finished Blood of Dawnwalker in its first 11 days?
19.4% of Blood of Dawnwalker owners finished the story eleven days after launch, up from under 1% on day two, and every achievement now has at least one unlock.
Dawnwalker: Russian Steam reviews gained ground, Japanese did not
Eleven days after launch, Russian Steam reviews for The Blood of Dawnwalker tripled and rose 16 points, closing most of the gap we flagged at launch.
Songs of Syx V71: 94 patch notes, and law gets five
The update named Reign of Terror gives five of its ninety-four notes to law. The full section breakdown, and the three costs the release post states.
Dawnwalker's minimum GPU is a decade old. That is deliberate
A September 2026 AAA release shipped a 2016 card as its floor, and lowered its specs once already. Beside X4 raising its floor, the two say opposite things.
X4 is raising its GPU floor. Can you check if you're under it?
Egosoft cites Steam Hardware Survey data for its Vulkan 1.4 minimum-spec change — but the survey never reports Vulkan. What you can verify yourself.
Project Zomboid's 2026 security year, branch by branch
Four disclosed security events between March and August 2026, which branch each one patched, and the two Lua methods deleted from the modding API.