Getting help
Guide · Community
The Dawn of the Dead community lives on Discord: support tickets, restart notices, the rules, and more than 5,000 players.
Our Discord
You don't need Discord to play, but it is where the server is run from. The channels worth knowing:
| Channel | Go there for |
|---|---|
| #📜｜rules-and-policy | The server rules. They apply on this wiki too. |
| #📄｜connect-guide | How to connect, as posted by staff. |
| #🛠️｜help-chat | Quick questions to other players that do not require admin assistance to reduce ticket load, occasionally viewed by staff. |
| #📞｜support | Opening a support ticket — see below. |
| #🔔｜announcements | Server news. |
| #🔔｜update-log | Server additions and changes. |
| #🕷｜dotd-mods | Suggestions or bug reports related to custom Dawn of the Dead mods e.g. Casino, Companion Adoption, Ki5 Recipes, Chat UI, Special Undead, Economy Shop. |
| #🐛｜bug-reports | Bugs don't go in tickets, report them here instead. If the bug is related to a specific mod, try contacting the mod author via the workshop page for the mod instead. |
| #📝｜submit-feedback | Suggestions, ideas, or anything else non-support related. |
| #＋｜roles | Gain roles to be notified of updates, events, server status and more. |
| #💬｜general | Chat with the community. |
Opening a ticket
A ticket is a private conversation with the Moderation Team. Before opening a ticket, check the in-game Admin Services tool or available server commands don't cover your request.
- Join our Discord and open #📞｜support.
- Under 🎫 Open a Support Ticket, open the menu Open a ticket — choose a category…
- Pick the category that fits and fill in the short form.
- A private ticket channel opens for you. The team replies there as soon as they can.
- When you are sorted, press 🔒 Close, then Confirm close.
Which category?
| Category | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Access Issues | You can't log in or connect, VPN or whitelist problems, or perks not arriving. |
| Accident & Restore | Lost items, progress, tiles or animals to a game error — a car stuck in a tree, a bad fall, a desync death. Footage or screenshots are required. |
| Report Player | Someone breaking the rules. Please read the rules first. |
| In-Game Help | Anything the other options don't cover. Low priority, and not for bug reports. |
There are also categories for donators and for applying to join the team.
What to include
- Your in-game name.
- What happened and when — server time is UK time.
- The exact message you saw, if there was one.
- Screenshots or a clip. Required for restores, and they speed up every other ticket too.
Not a ticket
- Bugs go in #🐛｜bug-reports.
- Quick questions go in #💬｜help-chat — or search this wiki.
- Kicked while joining? Try Failed checksum and Connection problems first; they fix most cases in minutes.