Infected & hordes
Five infected variants that hunt by sight and sound. Crouch to slip past, or watch a monument boil over into a full outbreak.
Read the guide →Project Lazarus Original · DayZ × Rust
The zombie survival Rust server.
Rust is about crafting. We're not playing that game. Original drops DayZ's soul into Rust: the dead walk the towns, infection follows you through death, nightfall turns the whole island hostile — so you scavenge, patch your wounds, hit monuments, run heists and move cash through outposts to stay one step ahead.
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Online now
4
Max team
Weekly
Thursday wipes
2×
Resources
EU
Hosted · since 2021
How it plays
A scavenger economy,
not a crafting grind.
Instead of chopping trees for hours you scavenge the map for loot, raid monuments and players for high-tier gear, and run events to bank cash. That cash spends at NPC outposts — explosives, weapons, armour, medical.
Scavenge
Ground loot spawns on a huge variety of world objects, so exploration always pays out. Loot bodies, crates and towns — and watch for infected.
Raid & heist
Crack keycard puzzles at custom monuments, rob banks for gold bars, or counter another team mid-robbery.
Event → cash
Control zones, plane crashes, treasure wrecks, cash-crate drops and infected outbreaks. Every spawn attracts a fight.
Spend at outposts
Carry cash to NPC vendors, sell what you scavenged, buy what keeps you dangerous. Then bank it before raiders take it.
Signature systems
What makes Original
Original.
Nineteen custom systems, all documented in the player wiki. The ones below are what you'll feel in your first hour.
Monuments & bank heists
Custom monuments, keycard puzzle routes, fuse boxes and vault doors. Bank heists pay in gold bars — and draw the loudest fights.
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Cash, outposts & banking
Everything has a price at NPC outposts. Sell scavenged loot, buy explosives and meds, then bank your cash before someone takes it off your body.
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Combat events
Control zones, plane crashes, treasure wrecks, cash-crate drops, explosive caches, patrol helis. High-risk engagements across the whole map.
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Schematics that never wipe
Collect schematic pieces that survive every wipe. Upgrade, trade or redeem them for Rust skins, items, weapons, crates — even VIP.
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Lazarus Pass & skills
Daily, weekly and VIP quests progress the pass. Spend skill points across Farmhand, Smuggler, Ninja and Guerrilla trees.
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Drug trade
Grow a variety of strains, process them, and move product at outposts for serious cash. The most profitable path is also the most dangerous.
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Infection & medical
Infection that follows you through death, plus bleeding, blood loss and broken legs. Field dressings, blood bags, splints and anti-viral keep you breathing.
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Night Surge & distress calls
Sunset means richer loot and hotter military crates, paid for with more infected and darker weather. Roadside SOS wrecks drop caches and a wave of walkers.
Read the guide →More in the wiki: Redemption Points for killing geared players, custom gear, vendors, vehicles, base building & tiered tool cupboards and the in-game phone & marketplace.
Wipes & first hour
Weekly wipes.
Progress that sticks.
Original resets every Thursday so there's always a fresh race, but the systems below are built to make each wipe move your next one forward.
Wipe schedule & what carries over
- Weekly wipe every Thursday; force wipe on the first Thursday of the month. The live countdown on the homepage stays current.
- Schematic pieces never wipe — collect, upgrade, trade or redeem them across wipes.
- Lazarus Pass quests, skill points and unlocked rewards give every session a reason to log back in.
- Hard 4-player cap, no alliances. Fair fights are the product — read the rules before you connect.
Getting started
- Connect. Press the Connect button, or in Rust press F1 and type
client.connect eu.theprojectlazarus.com:24015. - Grab the free kit. Link your Discord and type
/claimkitin game. - Read the fresh-spawn guide. The wiki's Getting Started page covers the phone, outposts, infected and your first cash.
- Find a crew. LFG, patch notes, trade and staff support all live in the Discord.
Prefer careers, cops and city crime over zombie survival? Project Lazarus Life is Rust built like GTA Online — same community, different pace.
Is Project Lazarus Original a Rust zombie server?
Yes. Original is a modded Rust server built around DayZ-style survival: five infected variants that hunt by sight and sound, monument outbreaks, infection and medical mechanics, and a scavenger economy instead of the vanilla crafting grind.
When does Original wipe, and what carries over?
Original wipes weekly on Thursdays, with a monthly force wipe on the first Thursday. Schematic pieces never wipe, and Lazarus Pass progress, skills and unlocked rewards are built to give you a reason to come back next wipe.
What is the team limit on Original?
A hard 4-player cap, enforced by staff. No zergs, no alliances between groups.
How do I join Project Lazarus Original?
Open Rust, press F1 and type client.connect eu.theprojectlazarus.com:24015, or use the Connect button on this page. Join the Discord and link your account to claim the free starter kit with /claimkit.
Where is the server hosted and how many slots does it have?
Original is EU-hosted with 200 slots and 2× resource rates.
Survive the outbreak.
Wipe day is Thursday. Bring three friends, grab the free kit, and see how far you get before the night surge.
eu.theprojectlazarus.com:24015