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Zens Music

by Zenarchist · for DayZ

What Is This? This mod adds music cassettes to the game, along with a boombox, a walkman, and the ability to play music in cars. Video Guide for Adding Your Own Music: https://youtu.be/nJ3ZXizvkaI My…

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About Zens Music

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What Is This? This mod adds music cassettes to the game, along with a boombox, a walkman, and the ability to play music in cars. Video Guide for Adding Your Own Music: https://youtu.be/nJ3ZXizvkaI My…

What Is This?

This mod adds music cassettes to the game, along with a boombox, a walkman, and the ability to play music in cars.

Video Guide for Adding Your Own Music: https://youtu.be/nJ3ZXizvkaI

My mod comes with a few copyright-free classical music tracks and some of my own music, but you will have to add your own music cassettes if you want to expand the list.

If you like any of my music, you can find my full album here: https://youtu.be/z5UxjL1RK4w

The cassettes are spawned in-game using the types.xml entries like any other item. You need to configure them yourself before adding them to the game.

The good news is this is pretty easy to do - there is a guide on my GitHub: https://github.com/ZenarchistCode/ZenModPack/wiki/Zen's-Music-Mod

Unlike other music mods on the workshop, playing music with this mod will sync to all clients (so if you drive up to a player or a player logs in mid-song, they'll hear what you're hearing).

Installation Instructions:

Note: ZenModCore is a dependency - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3702420204

Install this mod like any other mod - copy it into your server folder and add it to your mods list. Make sure to copy the .bikey into your server keys if you're not using a server management tool like OmegaManager which does that automatically.

This server must be run on both the client and the server.

A JSON config file for adjusting this mod's settings will be automatically created in server_profiles/Zenarchist/ZenMusicConfig.json

Here are some instructions for the config file: https://github.com/ZenarchistCode/ZenModPack/wiki/Zen's-Music-Mod

Repack & Source Code:

You can repack this mod if you like, and do anything else you want with it for that matter. The source code is on my GitHub at www.zenarchist.com

Learn Modding

Want to learn how to make your own mods? Check out my guides on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Zenarchist

Buy Me A Coffee / Contact Me:

All my mods are free and open source, but it takes an enormous amount of time to put some of these mods together. If I've helped you out, please consider helping me buy my next coffee! I don't expect it, but I very much appreciate it.

To contact me you can send me a message there too - I get an insane amount of messages so it's the best way for me to filter out the noise and focus on people who are willing to support my work with a coffee first:

https://buymeacoffee.com/zenarchist

Enjoy!

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 56d ago.

Zens Music on Nxeon

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One-click install
Not available. One-click install isn't available for this game's mods yet. Download it and upload it to your server in Files.
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
DayZ — 6 GB (6 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
2026-08-21, released 2026-08-21

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Workshop

From 1 recorded build of Zens Music.

Dependencies

Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.

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What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Steam Workshop as “QoL”

Quality of life & UI

Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.

Compatibility

Game
DayZ

Verified at the source

  • ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-10Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorZenarchist, as published on Steam Workshop
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Zens Music, answered

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Is it free?

Yes. Zens Music is free to download from Steam Workshop.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

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