7 Days to Die Knowledge Base
Complete guides for your WDC GameGrid 7 Days to Die server. Learn how to set up your server, configure world generation, use admin commands, install mods and overhauls, and fix common issues.
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Setup and Configuration
7 Days to Die Server Setup Guide
Set up your 7 Days to Die server: the settings that matter, the world options, the Sandbox Code, and how players connect.
7DtD World Generation and Maps
Navezgane, RWG and the pregenerated maps - which to pick, what each option does, and how to start a fresh world.
7 Days to Die SandboxCode System Guide
What the Sandbox Code holds, where to set it on GameGrid, the official preset codes, and what it does not control.
Important serverconfig.xml Settings Reference
Every setting the panel exposes for 7 Days to Die: defaults, ranges, which ones are read-only, and where the live config file actually is.
7 Days to Die Port Configuration
What each port in your server's block does, which one your players use, and why the port is not something you set.
How to Connect to Your 7 Days to Die Server
Connect to your GameGrid 7DtD server using the address the panel gives you, or find it in the in-game server browser.
7 Days to Die Difficulty Settings Explained
Difficulty, blood moons and loot are one setting now - the Sandbox Code. Here are the official codes and what stays separate.
Configuring Blood Moons on Your 7DtD Server
Blood moon frequency and horde size live inside the Sandbox Code. Here is how to change them, and what to tune on the server side when horde night lags.
Configuring PvP on Your 7 Days to Die Server
Turn PvP on, choose who can hurt whom, and tune land claims for a raiding server.
Land Claim Blocks and Base Protection
How land claim blocks work, every land claim setting in the panel with its real default and range, and how to balance protection against raiding.
Administration
7 Days to Die Admin Commands
In-game and Console tab commands for managing players, spawning items and controlling the server.
7 Days to Die Command Manager
Schedule 7 Days to Die console commands to run on their own - hourly saves, blood-moon warnings, airdrops, giveaways and buffs for everyone online - with all 46 schedulable commands, checked against the running V3.2 server, and the ones that behave differently unattended.
7 Days to Die Permission Levels Guide
How permission levels work, the levels the panel offers, where serveradmin.xml actually lives, and how to reach the console.
How to Become Admin on Your 7 Days to Die Server
Add yourself as an admin from the panel, find your SteamID64, and use the console once you have it.
Managing Players on Your 7DtD Server
List, kick, ban and whitelist players from the panel or the console - and how the whitelist is actually switched on.
Scheduling Automatic Restarts for Your 7DtD Server
Why regular restarts help, where the automatic restart setting is, and how to restart by hand without dropping players mid-fight.
Mods and EAC
7DtD Mods and Overhaul Guides
Mod types, where mod files go on your server, and how overhauls differ from modlets.
EAC Settings and When to Disable It
What Easy Anti-Cheat does, when you have to turn it off, and what it actually costs you on GameGrid.
Installing Mods on Your 7DtD Server
Where mods go, how to install them from the Mods tab or by hand, and the EAC setting you have to change first.
Crossplay
Economy and Live Map
7 Days to Die Economy and Item Delivery
Running a currency and shop on a 7 Days to Die server: item ids from items.xml, Telnet delivery, chat-based account linking, and what auto-earn does not do here.
7 Days to Die Live Map
Turn on map rendering, read exact coordinates, switch on the zombie, animal, land-claim, bedroll and marker layers, click a cell to see what is in it, and teleport, spawn or measure from any point on the map — all without mods, so crossplay keeps working.
Backups and Worlds
7 Days to Die Backup and Restore Guide
How to back up and restore your world, what a backup contains, and how to recover a corrupted save.
7 Days to Die Save File Locations
Where your world, player profiles, config and logs live on a GameGrid server, and which folders are shared rather than yours.
How to Import a World to Your 7DtD Server
Move a single-player or existing dedicated-server world onto your GameGrid 7 Days to Die server.
Performance
Troubleshooting
7DtD Common Issues
Fixes for connection errors, world generation failures, missing blood moons and performance problems.
7 Days to Die Connection Troubleshooting
Server not showing? Players cannot join? Here is what to check, in order.
7DtD Server Not Showing in Browser
Why your server does not appear in the in-game browser, what to check, and the address that always works.
Fixing 7DtD Version Mismatch
When players see "version mismatch", the fix is an update from the Admin tab - not a restart.
How to Update Your 7 Days to Die Server
Where game updates actually happen on GameGrid, what the platform does during one, and why restarting is not an update.
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