Essential survival tips and beginner tools for 7 Days to Die.
Professional server setup, optimization, and administration guides.
Advanced info for V2.6, including seeds and console commands.
Browse all 7 Days to Die mods for V2.6 - Darkness Falls, Undead Legacy, Ravenhearst, plus 20+ QoL modlets.
What's new: V3.3.0 Stable has been the current build since October 5, 2026, adding the Bigger Backpack system (what it changes). The V3.x line began with V3.0 "Dead Hot Summer", stable on 29 June 2026, which added 60+ new POIs and moved the gameplay rules into the SandboxCode: server admins coming from V2.6 should read the SandboxCode serverconfig change before updating. V3.1 "Henpocalypse" followed on 27 July and V3.2.0 on 26 August (see the V3.2.0 Server Admin Patch Notes). Behaviour Interactive acquired The Fun Pimps on March 24, 2026; for the full arc from the 2013 Kickstarter onward, read the complete history of 7 Days to Die. See also our notes on underground bases. Brush up on XML server settings and performance tuning, or browse all 7 Days to Die mods with the game version each one targets.
The 7DTD wiki (wiki.7d2d.net) is a community-maintained reference for 7 Days to Die, kept current with V3.3, the stable build since October 5, 2026. It covers player-side basics (first night, crafting, zombie bestiary, base defense), server hosting (setup, hardware, performance tuning, DDoS), the game reference (admin commands, world seeds, XML server settings), and the mod ecosystem (Darkness Falls, Undead Legacy, Ravenhearst, War of the Walkers, War3zuk, plus the 7D2D Mod Launcher).
Yes. The wiki is maintained against V3.3.0, the stable build since October 5, 2026. Many big overhauls still run on an older game build, so mod pages state the game version each mod targets: Darkness Falls, for example, targets game version 1.4.
The /mods/ section of this wiki lists the notable mods and modpacks with install guides and the game version each one targets. Top picks: Darkness Falls (largest community overhaul), Undead Legacy (RPG-style progression), Ravenhearst (hardcore survival), War of the Walkers (combat overhaul), War3zuk AIO (all-in-one). For installation, use the 7D2D Mod Launcher or follow the manual install guide.
Two paths. Self-host: SteamCMD install of app 294420, edit serverconfig.xml, open port 26900 (TCP and UDP) plus UDP 26901-26902, run. Since V3.0 the gameplay rules (loot, XP, blood moons and the rest) are set with the SandboxCode rather than separate serverconfig.xml properties. Managed: rent through a 7DTD-focused host like 7d2d.net (pack-aware, supports Darkness Falls / Ravenhearst / Undead Legacy out of the box). See /hosting/ for hardware specs and /guides/server-setup-checklist.html for the full first-boot flow.
Yes, between PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Legacy PS4 and Xbox One are not crossplay. A dedicated server needs ServerAllowCrossplay set to true (it ships false), EACEnabled true, IgnoreEOSSanctions false and ServerMaxPlayerCount at 8 or lower, and it must run vanilla (no mods), with ServerVisibility=2 (Public) and the LiteNetLib network protocol enabled. See /guides/crossplay-setup-guide.html for the full setup.
Essential admin commands: admin add <player> 0 (grant top admin), kick <player> <reason>, ban add <player> <duration> <unit>, giveselfxp <amount>, spawnentity <player> <entity id>, settime <day> <hour> <minute>, listplayers (alias lp). Full reference at /game/commands/. Cheat menus are console commands too: open the console with F1, then cm toggles the creative menu and dm the debug menu.
Fandom (7daystodie.fandom.com) is item-and-recipe focused, community-edited. wiki.7d2d.net is server-admin focused: hosting, performance tuning, mod administration, and what each game version changed. They are complementary; pick Fandom for 'what does X recipe do' and wiki.7d2d.net for 'how do I make my server stable for 100 players'.