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Creating a new world

The world your 7 Days To Die server loads is set by four startup settings: Game World, World Seed, World Gen Size and Game Name.

Choose a new world​

  1. Open the Fragnet dashboard, go to My servers and select your 7 Days To Die server.
  2. Open the Configuration tab and select General in the list on the left. The settings are in the Startup group.
  3. Set Game World to the world you want the server to load, for example Navezgane, RWG (a randomly generated world), PREGEN6k, PREGEN8k or PREGEN10k.
  4. If you chose RWG, also set:
    • World Seed: the seed the new world is generated from. If a world with the resulting name already exists, the server loads that world instead.
    • World Gen Size: the width and height of the generated world, between 2048 and 16384.
  5. Set Game Name to a name for this save. It also affects the seed used to place decoration, such as trees.
  6. Select Save in the bar at the bottom of the page.
  7. Restart the server: open ⋯ More actions at the top of the page and select Restart. The server generates or loads the world while it starts.

See Change a setting under General for more on saving these settings.

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A random world can take a long time to generate. The larger the World Gen Size, the longer it takes to generate, and the longer players take to download and load the map the first time they join.

Remove old worlds​

Deleting a world's save makes the server start that world from scratch.

  1. If you might want the world back, make a backup first.
  2. Stop the server with Shut down.
  3. Open the Files tab and go to the .local/share/7DaysToDie/Saves folder.
  4. Delete the world folders: open a folder's ⋯ menu and select Delete, or tick several folders and select Delete in the bar that appears.
  5. For a random world, you can also delete its folder in .local/share/7DaysToDie/GeneratedWorlds, so the map is generated again.
  6. Start the server with Start.
Only delete folders

Delete only the folders in Saves. Leave the files there, such as serveradmin.xml, which holds your admin list.

Wipe the whole server​

A wipe deletes every file on the server, including worlds, mods, config files and your admin list, and then installs the game fresh. Make a backup first if you want to keep anything.

  1. Open the Configuration tab and select General.
  2. In the Danger zone, select Wipe server.
  3. Type your server's name to confirm and select Wipe server now.

See Danger zone: wipe the server for details.