Zombie NationZombie Nation is a PvE server: other players cannot hurt you, the zombies can. This page gets you from the loading screen to your first base.
Joining
Search for ZombieNationRevamped in the Modded tab, or press F1 in Rust and paste client.connect main.znrust.com.
On a fresh wipe you spawn in the Town, the walled trade hub in place of Outpost. Your first spawn of the wipe comes with pants, a long t-shirt, a stone pickaxe and hatchet, a torch, two apples, a hunting bow with 20 arrows and 3 bandages. /welcome (also /info, /menu, /rules) opens the in-game guide any time.
Step one: set up your keys
The server's menus all open from chat commands. /binds turns the ones you use every few minutes into single keys, with one line pasted into F1.
Starter quests
Open /q (or press ` once your binds are set). Eight optional quests walk you through the server, in any order, and your progress stays across wipes.
| Quest | What to do | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Chop Down Trees | Fell 5 trees | 1,000 XP + 500 Blood |
| Claim a Base | Place a Tool Cupboard | 1,000 XP + 500 Blood |
| Set a Respawn | Place a sleeping bag or bed | 1,000 XP + 500 Blood |
| Break Barrels | Break 8 roadside barrels | 1,000 XP + 500 Blood |
| Kill Zombies | Kill 5 zombies | 1,000 XP + 500 Blood |
| Set a Home | /home add base in your base | 3,000 XP + 2,000 Blood |
| Choose Your First Perk | Buy any perk in /p | 500 XP |
| Bank Your Blood | Convert Blood with /blood | 500 XP |
Main article: Quests
Daily rewards
/daily (or /dr) pays you for time played: one reward is ready the moment you join (5,000 wood, enough for your first Tool Cupboard), then at 30 minutes and at 1, 2, 4 and 8 hours, from 2,000 Blood at 30 minutes up to 3,000 Blood and C4 at 8 hours. A 7-day login streak (15 minutes of play a day) adds RP on top, day 7 pays 1,000 RP and a Heli air supply, and one missed day is forgiven. Brought a friend along? On their first day they type /refer and your name: 2,500 RP for you when they reach 5 hours (and 2,500 more at 20) and 1,000 for them then, as long as you have played 10 hours yourself.
Where to go first
- Roadside barrels for scrap and components. About one in four wakes a barrel zombie, whose bite can infect you: you spawn with a bow and bandages for exactly that.
- Roads and monuments for zombie kills, with your bow and bandages.
- The Town to trade.
/towntakes you back there. - Your first event: once you have a base with a Tool Cupboard, throw a Normal Heli air supply signal inside it: buy one in
/s, or find one in high-tier loot and events. See Events.
Building your base: /remove takes down your own building parts for a small fee, and /bgrade 1-4 upgrades blocks as you place them. More in Quality of life.
/tips off hides them.