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7 Days to Die help

Answers for running your 7 Days to Die server: admin, settings, mods and moving your world over. Each one is checked against the developers' own docs.

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Getting started

Getting started
How do I make myself admin on my 7 Days to Die server?
Join your server, then run admin add with your name or ID and level 0 in the live console. The game saves it in serveradmin.xml for you.

Game settings

Game settings
Where did the difficulty and blood moon settings go on my 7 Days to Die server?
Since V3.0 they're sandbox options. Pick them in the game, copy the code it makes, and paste it into SandboxCode in serverconfig.xml.

Mods and plugins

Mods and plugins
How do I add mods to my 7 Days to Die server?
Upload each mod's folder, with its ModInfo.xml, into the server's Mods folder and restart. Mods with code or new models need installing by players too.

Files and backups

Files and backups
How do I bring my 7 Days to Die world over to my HavoNode server?
Upload Saves/<GameWorld>/<GameName>/, plus GeneratedWorlds/<GameWorld>/ for a random world, then set GameWorld and GameName to match exactly.

Support

Still stuck?

Ask the assistant in your Game Panel. It can read your server's console, logs and config to find what's wrong, and changes nothing until you approve it. For anything that needs a person, email us.

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Getting started

How do I make myself admin on my 7 Days to Die server?

Game settings

Where did the difficulty and blood moon settings go on my 7 Days to Die server?

Mods and plugins

How do I add mods to my 7 Days to Die server?

Files and backups

How do I bring my 7 Days to Die world over to my HavoNode server?

Still stuck?

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