Rebirth Mod (7 Days to Die V2.6): Install, Classes, Witch Doctor, Multiclass, Moonlock Protocol & Purge Tips
Current build: REBIRTH EXPERIMENTAL 2026.07.02 2300 for 7 Days to Die V2.6 (b14) (the author's download is named 2026.07.02 2245; in the game it shows as 2026.07.02.2300), plus a fix for
zzz_REBIRTH__Utils posted on 17 July 2026. There is no V3.x build yet: the author is rewriting Rebirth for 3.0 with no release date, and 2.6 gets critical fixes only.Rebirth is a total conversion mod that fundamentally changes how you progress. It focuses on a significantly slower early game, making every found item and unlocked skill feel like a major achievement.
Core Features
- Slower Progression: Skills take longer to earn, making specialization vital.
- New Zombie AI: Zombies are more relentless and have improved pathing logic.
- Resource Scarcity: Basic survival items are rarer, encouraging thorough scavenging.
Community Tips & Insights
- Don't rush into Tier 2 POIs too early; Rebirth zombies will punish under-geared players.
- Invest in 'Survivalist' perks early to manage hunger and thirst, which drop faster in this mod.
What is new in the 2026.07.02 build
From the author's release notes of 3 July 2026. The build is not save friendly: start a new random world.
- Armor bonuses: armor can roll bonuses that scale with quality, from loot, quest rewards and end loot containers, managed through crafting, scrapping and modification kits.
- Armor set swapping: loadouts you switch with ALT plus a number key.
- Custom paint: new textures and tinting that persist in multiplayer.
- Vehicle part quality: better parts improve acceleration, torque, fuel efficiency, handling, braking and hill climbing.
- One-block crouch: optional and off by default.
- More game options: player and zombie damage multipliers, a headshot bonus, zombie digging, horde night repair rules, and separate pathing for sleepers, blood moon hordes and wandering zombies.
- Performance: a reworked fire manager, optional entity warming that preloads zombie, animal and trader assets, and lower VRAM use from texture and asset bundle work.
- Persistent crate markers: boss event and supply crates keep their map markers, with owner names, across restarts.
A fix posted on 17 July 2026 addresses robot, wraith and mind control issues. It replaces RebirthUtils.dll and RebirthUtils.pdb in Mods/zzz_REBIRTH__Utils.
How to Install
| Step | Instruction |
|---|---|
| 1 | Download the full build, 10.4 GB. The overhaul is distributed through the Rebirth Discord, where the author links the current build, REBIRTH EXPERIMENTAL 2026.07.02 2245, which shows in the game as 2026.07.02.2300. |
| 2 | Remove the existing mod folders from your Mods folder; the author asks for a clean extract. |
| 3 | Extract the archive into the Mods folder of 7 Days to Die V2.6 (b14). |
| 4 | Copy the two files from the 17 July fix over the ones in Mods/zzz_REBIRTH__Utils. |
| 5 | Set EAC (Easy Anti-Cheat) to OFF in the 7D2D launcher. |
| 6 | Start the game and check that Rebirth shows in the main menu (or in the F1 log) before you join anyone. |
| 7 | Start a new game on a new random world generated with Rebirth installed. Random maps generated without Rebirth miss its POIs and the Moonlock scenario. |
Running Rebirth on a dedicated server
Rebirth ships code, textures and prefabs that a server cannot send to players, so everyone who joins needs the same build on their own PC, and the server must run with EAC off. That also rules out console crossplay, which requires EAC.
On 7d2d.net, Rebirth 2026.07.02 with the 17 July fix is a one-click install on plans L and XL. EAC is turned off for you, the exact build your players need is on our download mirror, and choosing Random map in Settings has the server generate a new world with Rebirth installed.
Plan for memory. Players on the Rebirth Discord have reported about 12 GB with one player connected, growing by roughly 2 GB for each player who joins, and 17 to 18 GB with three players out questing.
If players hang at "Connecting to server" and the server log shows Parsed data size (...) does not match expected size (...) in NetPackagePlayerLogin, the client and the server disagree about the login data. Check that the client shows Rebirth in its main menu, so it really loaded the mod, and that it runs V2.6 (b14).
Rebirth server settings: all 126 options and their defaults
Rebirth adds 126 options of its own to the New Game screen, from the scenario to horde night, tornados and zombie digging. They are not serverconfig.xml settings, so a dedicated server reads them from a file instead: RebirthData/CustomGameOptions.xml in the server's user data folder, the one that holds the Saves and GeneratedWorlds folders. The first time the server starts with Rebirth, it writes that file with every default below. To change an option, stop the server, edit the value of its <config name="..." value="..."/> line and start it again. At startup the server log lists every option as Custom Game Option NAME: VALUE, which is the quickest way to confirm a change took.
Read from the files of the Rebirth 2026.07.02 build we host. Setting is the name used in that file and Choices the values it accepts.
▸ All 126 Rebirth options: setting, default and choices
| Setting | Option | Default | Choices |
|---|---|---|---|
CustomScenario | Scenario | none | none, purge, hive |
CustomMLPDarkness | MLP Darkness | true | true, false |
CustomInfestedHives | Infested Hives | no | yes, no, random |
CustomHiveBuffers | Support Zombies in Hives | true | true, false |
CustomPurgeBiomeThreshold | Purge Biome Threshold | 75% | 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90% |
CustomSkipSpawnConfirmation | Spawn Confirmation | false | true, false |
CustomBiomeSpawn | Initial Biome | random | random, randomtrader, forest, desert, snow, burnt, wasteland |
CustomJumpstart | Jumpstart | none | none, classbook, classbookessentials |
CustomProtectTraderArea | Protect Traders | true | true, false |
CustomLootTraderArea | Loot Traders | false | true, false |
CustomTornados | Tornados | hordenightonly | biomesonly, hordenightonly, always, never |
CustomTornadosMultiplier | Tornado Multiplier | 100% | 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, 200%, 250%, 300% |
CustomMaxJobs | Max Jobs | 13 | 0, 5, 13, 20 |
CustomShareParty | Share Job Progression | true | true, false |
CustomAutoParty | Automatic Groups | true | true, false |
CustomJobsToNextTier | Jobs to Next Tier | 10 | 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 |
CustomRepeatPOI | Repeat POI Jobs | true | true, false |
CustomMaxSamePOI | POI Job limit | 1 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
CustomInfested | Infested Jobs | hidesurprise | default, hide, hidesurprise |
CustomSleeperSpawnMultiplier | POI Spawn Multiplier | 1 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
CustomInfestedSleeperSpawnMultiplier | Infested POI Spawn Multiplier | 2 | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
CustomFeelingLucky | Feeling Lucky? | false | true, false |
CustomOverrideOpacity | Override Opacity | true | true, false |
CustomConsolePopUp | Console Pop-up | true | true, false |
CustomCrosshairHUD | Crosshair HUD | true | true, false |
CustomCrosshairTexture | Crosshair Shape | default | default, crosshair1, crosshair2, crosshair3, crosshair4, crosshair5, crosshair6, crosshair7, crosshair8, crosshair9 |
CustomCrosshairColor | Crosshair color | default | default, red, green, blue, yellow, purple, gray, transparent |
CustomPartyXPMultiplier | Party XP Multiplier | 0% | 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 100% |
CustomClassXPMultiplier | Class XP Multiplier | 100% | 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 110%, 120%, 130%, 140%, 150%, 160%, 170%, 180%, 190%, 200% |
CustomGeneticsXPMultiplier | Genetics XP Multiplier | 100% | 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 110%, 120%, 130%, 140%, 150%, 160%, 170%, 180%, 190%, 200% |
CustomPlayerDamage | Player Damage | default | 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, default, 100%, 120%, 140%, 160%, 180%, 200%, 225%, 250%, 275%, 300%, 325%, 350%, 375%, 400%, 425%, 450%, 475%, 500% |
CustomZombieDamage | Zombie Damage | default | 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, default, 100%, 120%, 140%, 160%, 180%, 200%, 225%, 250%, 275%, 300%, 325%, 350%, 375%, 400%, 425%, 450%, 475%, 500% |
CustomAmmoMultiplier | Ammunition Loot Multiplier | 100% | 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 110%, 120%, 130%, 140%, 150%, 160%, 170%, 180%, 190%, 200%, 210%, 220%, 230%, 240%, 250%, 260%, 270%, 280%, 290%, 300% |
CustomArmorLootProgression | Biome-Based Armor Progression | true | true, false |
CustomAuraRange | Aura Sharing | partyrange | partyrange, always, never |
CustomVehicleDensityMultiplier | Vehicle Density Multiplier | 200% | 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 125%, 150%, 175%, 200%, 225%, 250%, 275%, 300%, 325%, 350%, 375%, 400%, 425%, 450%, 475%, 500% |
CustomVehicleRespawn | Vehicle Respawn ([72cf8a]days[-]) | 0 | 0, 3, 7, 14, 21 |
CustomVehiclePickUp | Pick Up Vehicles | true | true, false |
CustomVehicleSecurity | Secure Vehicles | false | true, false |
CustomRestrictiveHealing | Restrictive Healing | true | true, false |
CustomRespawnPenalty | Respawn Penalty | true | true, false |
CustomRestrictHires | Restrict NPC Hires | default | none, default, progression, playerLevel, nofollowers |
CustomCompanionInventory | Companion Inventory | always | none, noautoloot, always |
CustomQualityOfLife | Quality of Life | default | none, default, quickstackonly |
CustomShiftToolbelt | Toolbelt SHIFT | true | true, false |
CustomPathSmoothing | Path Smoothing | true | true, false |
CustomOneBlockCrouch | One Block Crouch | false | true, false |
CustomSleeperLedgeAI | Sleeper Pathing AI | saferoute | default, jumpclear, saferoute |
CustomHordeLedgeAI | Blood Moon Pathing AI | default | default, jumpclear, saferoute |
CustomWorldLedgeAI | World Pathing AI | jumpclear | default, jumpclear, saferoute |
CustomZombieNonDropRouteMaxExtraBlocks | Path Detour Limit | 24 | 0, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 40, 48, 64 |
CustomTargetBarVisibility | Health Bar Visibility | default | none, default, always |
CustomDamageNumbers | Damage Numbers | false | true, false |
CustomAlwaysStagger | Always Stagger | headshotsonly | true, false, headshotsonly |
CustomTeleportToBackpackRecipe | CustomTeleportToBackpackRecipe | true | true, false |
CustomInstaLoot | Insta Loot | false | true, false |
CustomInstaPickup | Insta Pick Up | default | none, default, always |
CustomLockPick | Lockpick Minigame | true | true, false |
CustomFireManager | Blocks Catch Fire | false | true, false |
CustomProtectCrate | Protect Supply Drops | true | true, false |
CustomHeadshot | Zombie [dcde78]Headshots[-] | false | true, false |
CustomHeadshotMultiplier | Headshot Bonus Multiplier | 100% | 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 125%, 150%, 175%, 200%, 225%, 250%, 275%, 300%, 325%, 350%, 375%, 400% |
CustomScreenShake | Screen Shake | true | true, false |
CustomLightFlicker | Light Flicker | true | true, false |
CustomVisuals | Visual Style | default | default, celshaded |
CustomRebirthWeather | [a480b0]REBIRTH[-] Weather | true | true, false |
CustomWeatherFog | Fog Density | default | none, lower, default, higher, highest |
CustomDarkerNights | Pitch Black | true | true, false |
CustomUniformAtmosphere | Uniform Atmosphere | false | true, false |
CustomTreeDensityMultiplier | Tree Density Multiplier | 100% | 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 125%, 150%, 175%, 200%, 225%, 250%, 275%, 300%, 325%, 350%, 375%, 400%, 425%, 450%, 475%, 500% |
CustomReplantTrees | Auto-replant Trees | false | true, false |
CustomAdvancedFarming | Advanced Farming | true | true, false |
CustomAdvancedFarmingTime | Crop Cycle Time ([72cf8a]minutes[-]) | 90 | 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 |
CustomEventsNight | [a2baba]EVENTS[-] At Night | true | true, false |
CustomEventsHordeDay | [a2baba]EVENTS[-] on Horde Day | true | true, false |
CustomEventRestrictions | [a2baba]EVENT[-] Restrictions | on | on, onlyquesting, notquesting, notinside, notquestinginside, off |
CustomEventsFrequency | [a2baba]EVENT[-] Frequency | 100% | 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 110%, 120%, 130%, 140%, 150%, 160%, 170%, 180%, 190%, 200% |
CustomEventsDifficulty | [a2baba]EVENT[-] Difficulty | normal | less, normal, more, random |
CustomEventsZombieAnimals | Zombie Animal [a2baba]EVENTS[-] | true | true, false |
CustomEventsBandits | Bandit [a2baba]EVENTS[-] | true | true, false |
CustomEventsNotification | [a2baba]EVENT[-] Notification | true | true, false |
CustomEventsLoot | [a2baba]EVENT[-] Loot | true | true, false |
CustomScreamerNights | [9b74c4]Screamer[-] Nights | none | none, lower, default, higher |
CustomScreamerMax | Max Screamer Spawns | 6 | 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
CustomGamestageMultiplier | Gamestage Multiplier | 100% | 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 110%, 120%, 130%, 140%, 150%, 160%, 170%, 180%, 190%, 200% |
CustomPOIRisk | POI Risk | default | none, low, default, high |
CustomAscension | [bec257]Ascension[-] | true | true, false |
CustomNaturalSelection | [b658c4]Natural Selection[-] | nohordenightcount | on, nohordenightcount, nohordenight, off |
CustomRebirth | The [8369bf]Rebirth[-] | true | true, false |
CustomHordeNightXPMultiplier | HN XP Multiplier | 25% | 0%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% |
CustomHordeNightLootDropMultiplier | Horde Night Loot | 70% | 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 110%, 120%, 130%, 140%, 150% |
CustomScreamerSignalXPMultiplier | Signal XP Multiplier | 50% | 0%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% |
CustomHordeNight | Horde Night Plus ([c25757]HNP[-]) | false | true, false |
CustomHordeNightTurbo | [c25757]HNP[-] [dcde78]Turbo[-] | false | true, false |
CustomRepairHordeNight | Horde Night Repairs | true | true, false |
CustomZombieParticles | Zombie Particles | on | on, nohordenight, off |
CustomNumZombieSpawns | Zombie Spawn Amount | default | none, gradualslower, gradual, gradualfaster, lower, default, higher, highest, random |
CustomFreqZombieSpawns | Zombie Spawn Frequency | default | gradualslower, gradual, gradualfaster, slowest, slow, default, fast, faster, fastest, relentless |
CustomCaveSpawns | Tunnel Spawns | default | slow, default, fast |
CustomDelayNPCSpawns | Delay NPC Spawns | gs10 | nodelay, gs10, gs20, neverspawn |
CustomBanditSpawnMultiplier | Bandit Spawn Multiplier | 100% | 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, 200%, 300%, 400% |
CustomSurvivorSpawnMultiplier | Survivor Spawn Multiplier | 100% | 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, 200%, 300%, 400% |
CustomRangedNPCAccuracyModifier | Ranged NPC Accuracy | 100% | 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100% |
CustomDistanceFullControl | Full Control Distance | 10 | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 |
CustomDistanceHunting | Hunting Distance | 40 | 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 |
CustomMutatedSpawns | Mutated Zombie Spawns | afterday14 | never, afterday21, afterday14, afterday07, always |
CustomKamikaze | Kamikaze | notpoi | never, notpoi, nothordenight, nothordenightpoi, always |
CustomDemos | Demolition Zombies | always | never, nothordenight, always |
CustomSeekers | Seekers | always | never, notquesting, nothordenight, always |
CustomZombieBuffers | Support Zombies | true | true, false |
CustomKnockdown | Player Knockdowns | true | true, false |
CustomZombieDigging | Zombie Digging | false | true, false |
CustomZombiesDestroyAreas | Zombies Destroy Areas | false | true, false |
CustomEntityEvents | Entity Event Spawns | always | never, notquesting, always |
CustomEntityWarming | Entity Warming | all | off, customtraders, customanimalstraders, all |
CustomXRayDetection | X-Ray Detection | false | true, false |
CustomFeralSense | [a480b0]REBIRTH[-] [dcde78]Feral Sense[-] | never | never, dayonly, nightonly, always, random |
CustomPOISense | [dcde78]Sleeper[-] Sense | never | never, dayonly, nightonly, always |
CustomAuraDefense | Trigger Aura When Hit | cooldown | on, cooldown, off |
CustomWanderingHordeFrequency | Wandering Horde Frequency | random | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, gradualslower, gradual, gradualfaster, random |
CustomWanderingHordeSizeMultiplier | Wandering Horde Size | random | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, gradualslower, gradual, gradualfaster, random |
CustomWanderingHordeDespawn | Wandering Horde Despawn | false | true, false |
CustomWanderingHordeHerdProb | [ae85c7]The Outbreak[-] Chance | 30% | 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100% |
CustomWanderingHordeHerdDuration | [ae85c7]The Outbreak[-] Duration | 5 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
CustomWanderingHordeHerdRestriction | [ae85c7]The Outbreak[-] Restriction | highest | low, normal, high, highest |
CustomWanderingHordeHerdHN | [ae85c7]Outbreak[-] after Horde Night | 50% | 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100% |
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