Essential survival tips and beginner tools for the V2.6 Stable release.
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: V2.6 Stable dropped on April 28, 2026 - fresh patch notes are on Steam. Behaviour Interactive acquired The Fun Pimps earlier in April 2026. For the full arc from the 2013 Kickstarter to V3.0, read the complete history of 7 Days to Die. The next major update, V3.0 "Dead Hot Summer", has shipped: V3.0 went stable in July 2026 and V3.1 "Henpocalypse" is now the current stable release. Early streamer-build coverage says underground bases are back and previews 60+ new POIs. Server admins should read the SandboxCode serverconfig change before updating. Brush up on XML server settings and performance tuning, or browse all 7 Days to Die mods for V2.6 in the meantime.