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7 Days to Die guides

7 Days to Die: 7 server guides on joining, worlds, mods, admins and console commands, from Play Your Way, in plain English.

Getting Started

How to make a 7 Days to Die server

Start your 7 Days to Die server, get friends in by name or IP, pick Navezgane or a random world, add mods and keep your saves backed up.

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Server Management

7 Days to Die game version and experimental

Keep your 7 Days to Die server on an older version while a mod catches up, try the experimental build, and match your game's version in Steam.

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Settings & Admin

7 Days to Die admins, bans and whitelist

Make players admins on your 7 Days to Die server, kick and ban troublemakers, and keep strangers out with a password or a whitelist.

Updated 31 Oct 20263 min read

Settings & Admin

7 Days to Die console commands

The 7 Days to Die admin commands worth knowing, typed straight into your dashboard's Console: players, bans, chat, time, weather, items and saves.

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Settings & Admin

7 Days to Die server settings

Change your 7 Days to Die server's name, description, password, visibility, PvP, Sandbox code difficulty and more from the Startup and Server Settings tabs.

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Mods & Plugins

How to install mods on a 7 Days to Die server

Add mods to your 7 Days to Die server from the Mods tab, know which ones players need too, and turn them off or remove them safely.

Updated 31 Oct 20263 min read

Files & Backups

7 Days to Die worlds and saves

Pick Navezgane, a ready-made world or a new random world for your 7 Days to Die server, start fresh, keep several saves and bring your own world over.

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Get a 7 Days to Die server

Your choice of location, online in minutes, and these guides are a click away from the panel.

7 Days to Die servers here start on Navezgane or a random world made from your own seed and size, and players find the server by name or connect by IP address and port. Mods upload as a zip on the Mods tab, and the Console tab takes the game's own commands.

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