The Ladder Update Takes Forever

Pre-Release 42.22 (The Ladder Update) Pre-Release 42.22 (And Crowbar Update)

A Project Zomboid character slowly climbs an extremely tall ladder while the dramatic song “Snake Eater” by Cynthia Harrell plays. The final frame reveals the character standing by an opened door with a crowbar, parodying the exaggeratedly long wait for the ladder and crowbar updates; it works as a reaction to painfully slow progress or overhyped game updates. EN: A Project Zomboid character slowly climbs an extremely tall ladder while the dramatic song “Snake Eater” by Cynthia Harrell plays. The final frame reveals the character standing by an opened door with a crowbar, parodying the exaggeratedly long wait for the ladder and crowbar updates; it works as a reaction to painfully slow progress or overhyped game updates.

What a thrill With darkness and silence through the night What a thrill I'm searching and I'm melting to you What a fear in my- But you're so supreme I give my life not for honor But in my time

♪ Cynthia Harrell — Snake Eater

• @dustinthehead / 33343 2026-11-02