[B42] Nellis Air Force Base – 【Project Zomboid】

Information

Thank you for downloading my map! It’s my first map and any feedback is appreciated. Nellis will continue to receive updates. I already plan to add a huge city under the AFB along Highway 31 and huge underground complexes.

Nellis is located under March Ridge.

The entire map is 4×5 cells, the AFB itself covers 4×3 cells. It is very huge, and I plan to add underground complexes next, along with an adjacent city.

Also, if you like the map please give this mod a star or like or whatever, it would mean a lot to me since I sunk a lot of man hours into this.

Cells Used: 35,47; 36,47; 37,47; 38,47; 35,48; 36,48; 37,48; 38,48; 35,49; 36,49; 37,49; 38,49; 35,50; 36,50; 37,50; 38,50; 35,51; 36,51; 37,51; 38,51

Compatibility

While I listed it as required, VMZ is optional. However it is highly recommended you use Vehicle Military Zones so military vehicles spawn around the map at the motor pool, checkpoints, administrative building, and checkpoints.

KI5 and Filibuster’s military vehicles are supported. Any vehicle that has a ‘military’ zone is supported.

You should probably start a new save if you download this map. If you want to add it mid save you need to do some weird chunk loading stuff that you can find online with a quick google.

It’s compatible with any map mod that does not occupy any of the cells I listed.

Pharmacy’s Guide:
For anyone wanting to add this mid save (WARNING: THIS ONLY WORKS IF YOU’VE BEEN NOWHERE NEAR NELLI’S BASE COORDINATES ON THE MAP!!!)

1. Backup your main save folder before doing any of this just in case.
2. Create a new save in Zomboid with Nelli’s enabled, load into the game (preferably spawning in Nelli’s Base as it’s an option) wait until you spawn in, give the game a few seconds.
3. Once you’ve given it a few seconds, close PZ completely, go to where your PZ saves are located, something like: ]C:\Users\name\Zomboid\Saves\Sandbox\2026-08-21_20-46-42\
4. Within that folder, look for a file called map_ver.bin
5. Copy map_ver.bin from your temporary save to your main save folder, overwrite when prompted.
6. Enable Nelli’s and all of it’s requirements within your main save.
7. Load your main save, Nellis should now be where it needs to be.

Updates

August 22nd – Increased zed distribution and spawns, should make the airbase a lot more dangerous and risky to balance out the high loot yields. Expect future updates for custom weaponry exclusive to the airbase. Such as RPGs, mounted machine guns, maybe even mortars. A new save isn’t required for this update, it only touches zombie spawns. If you haven’t loaded the chunks with Nellis yet, you will have the new distributions.

MULTIPLAYER

This map has been tested in both local and dedicated multiplayer hosting. If the map is not loading, ensure your .ini is configured correctly, and you have no conflicting mods and are testing on a fresh save. This map is not compatible with Falcon Ridge or other maps below March Ridge.

Make sure the mod is listed in your mods= and workshopitems= and make sure the map is loaded before Muldraugh, KY

Example:
Map=Nellis Air Force Base;Muldraugh, KY
mods=YAPZLib;UnofficialMappersCommunityTilePack;melos_tiles_for_miles_pack;VMZNEW;NellisAFB;
WorkshopItems=3783433804;3628736763;2879745353;3436499337

Lore/Background

Established during World War II, Nellis Air Force Base was constructed near Fort Knox as a strategic United States Air Force installation.

During the Cold War, the base became home to a number of highly classified programs and facilities, many of which remained unknown even to personnel stationed at Nellis.

Following the outbreak of the Knox Event, Nellis was repurposed into a major military evacuation and refugee processing center. As the crisis worsened, thousands of civilians were directed toward the installation under the protection of the U.S. military.

It didn’t last.

The perimeter eventually collapsed. Sections of the installation were abandoned or quarantined one by one, forcing surviving military personnel and refugees toward the airfield as Nellis was overrun.

The base now sits abandoned. Rumor has it that the airbase is filled with enough weaponry, medical supplies and tools to start a new country.

Credits

Caçador – Various military vehicles and props, vehicle interiors and teleportation script. (check their stuff out) https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199468186338/myworkshopfiles/

ALEXSI – Radar buildings and signal tower

Conan – Military housing template

Seven (7) – 2 military building templates

dirkiedirk – all his PZ mapping tutorial videos

PZ Mapping discord community – helping me troubleshoot stuff Also,

huge thanks to Kraz who made Fort Redstone, while I didn’t talk to them or anything, their map served as a huge inspiration for this project and as a bit of a reference or whatever I used 2 of the same central buildings as him, albeit facelifted to work with B42.

Also, please credit me or ask me for permission if you plan to use this map for anything.

Workshop ID: 3783433804
Mod ID: NellisAFB
Map Folder: Nellis Air Force Base

Workshop ID: 3783433804
Mod ID: NellisAFB
Map Folder: Nellis Air Force Base