How to Set Up Scheduled Restarts on Your Project Zomboid Server

 

    A Project Zomboid server left running for days slowly drifts — memory climbs, performance hitches, and tiny glitches accumulate. The simplest fix is a scheduled restart: a clean reboot at a quiet hour that clears all of that automatically. Your gamever server has a Schedules tab for exactly this. This guide shows you how to use it.

 

Why schedule a restart

 

• Clears accumulated memory — a fresh process runs smoother than one up for a week.
• Smooths out hitches that build up over long sessions, especially with mods.
• Applies pending updates/config cleanly on the reboot.
• Hands-off — set it once and it happens every day without you.

 

    A daily restart at a time your group is usually offline is a good baseline for any survival server.

 

Setting it up on the Schedules tab

 

1. Open the Schedules tab on your server.
2. Add a new scheduled task to restart the server.
3. Pick a time when your group is least likely to be online (for example early morning in your players' timezone).
4. Set it to repeat daily.
5. Save the schedule — it now runs on its own.

 

    Because the server comes straight back up after the restart, players are only disconnected for the moment it takes to reboot.

 

Pairing it with other settings

 

• Pause on empty (see server settings) saves CPU while no one is online; a scheduled restart complements it by clearing memory periodically.
• If you run mods, a daily restart is especially worthwhile — modded servers accumulate load faster. See install mods.
• Restarts don't replace backups — keep those too, see backup & restore.

 

Additional Tips

 

• Pick a quiet hour so the brief disconnect bothers no one.
• Daily is a good baseline; busy modded servers can go more often.
• Warn your group of the restart time so no one's surprised mid-looting.
• Restarts aren't backups — keep backing up separately.
• Restart manually too (Overview → Restart) any time you notice slowdown.

 

Conclusion

 

    A scheduled daily restart is the easiest way to keep a Project Zomboid server fast over the long haul — it clears memory and smooths out the hitches that build up, all on its own. Set one on the Schedules tab for a quiet hour, pair it with Pause on empty and regular backups, and your server stays healthy with zero effort.

 

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