After years of Early Access on Steam, The Indie Stone is dropping the big one for Project Zomboid, with its long awaited major update ‘Build 42’ on July 29. Two years in the making, Build 42 represents a substantial evolution of Project Zomboid’s bleak, brilliant, and uncompromising zombie sandbox. The update expands and refreshes Knox Country with new places to explore, deeper long-term survival systems, and of course, plenty of new ways to tell the story of how you died.

The latest update expands Project Zomboid with a wide range of new and improved features, including deeper crafting and building systems, animal husbandry, new and updated map content, improved lighting, expanded lore, and a host of quality-of-life improvements.

“Build 42 has been a huge undertaking for the team, and we are all incredibly grateful to the community for sticking with us: testing, surviving, dying, and then doing it all again, while providing valuable feedback all along the way,” said Christian Allen, Design Director at The Indie Stone. “Project Zomboid has always been about creating a world where the player tells their own story, and this update gives them even more areas, systems, and tools to create the memories of How They Died.”

You can read the full slate of additions, improvements, and fixes here.