The V3.2.0 experimental build for 7 Days to Die is now available on Steam's latest_experimental branch. To opt in, right-click the game in Steam, open Properties, go to the "Game Versions & Betas" tab, and select latest_experimental from the drop-down.

Vehicle horns now open trader doors. All outer trader doors react to the horn, though not every doorway will fit the vehicle. An on-screen prompt tells you when you're close enough to honk. A new oldWoodDoorNoHonk door variant was added for trader interiors, and the interior oldWoodDoor in Trader Rekt, Hugh, and Joel was replaced with it.

The combine station interface now shows the result and its final stats more clearly. A plus marker indicates an item was combined, and combining now requires hitting a button.

Added

• New buff icons for chicken stress events
• Custom POIs are pushed from server to client as a minimal metadata package
• AllowDecorations property separates world decoration in POIs from the TraderArea setting

Changed

• Cooking pot, cooking grill, and anvil requirement logic updated so a held item no longer affects cook time
• Campfire IsTerrainDecoration set to false, allowing it to morph terrain like other blocks
• Auto turrets no longer support stability and can't be placed on walls
• Junk loot list provides cotton when Crop Yield is set to none; general trader inventory has a chance for cotton
• Timid animals have improved threat detection
• Optimized sleeper spawn checks for player visibility at distance
• Screamer spawns commented out in screamer scout groups to prevent screamers from calling other screamers
• Removed obsolete AllowTopSoilDecorations prefab property
• Updated some Chinese localization strings

Fixed

• Inability to craft lower-tiered items after they've been unlocked
• Demolition zombies not exploding from client damage
• Rabbits running too slow
• Permadeath not granting Base Skill Points upon death
• Loot Max Tier clamping user mods
• Entities causing blocks to collapse during chunk resets
• EOS server search failure popup

☣️ [RU] OUTBREAK | Project Z Server | 7 Days to Die ☣️
Server IP: 185.189.255.244:26900

Welcome to OUTBREAK — a unique survival server created for those who want to rediscover the world of 7 Days to Die! We use the large-scale Project Z mod, which turns the familiar apocalypse into a deep RPG survival experience without breaking the original spirit of the game.

🔴 MAIN FEATURE: All mods work exclusively server-side! You DON'T need to download anything or disable EAC — just join and play.

🔥 What awaits you on OUTBREAK with the Project Z mod:

Armor overhaul: Full rebalance of all equipment, unique bonuses for collecting full sets and half-sets.

Dangerous environment: Realistic radiation mechanics and aggressive biome effects — now the late game will throw a real challenge at you.

Improved quests: Completely reworked rewards for high-tier (3+) quests.

New threats: Elite zombies for the late game and dangerous custom bosses with their own mechanics.

Mastery and skills: Expanded system of passive abilities and character progression.Comfort of the game: Increased inventory (backpack), optimized economy and mechanics that expand vanilla.

Added: Auto-sorter for loot into your boxes within your territory. Airdrop: Ammo and meds.

The 7 Days to Die 3.1 “Henpocalypse” update is now live as v3.1.0 stable, and this build includes the hotfix for game invites not working correctly. If you’re on a dedicated server and can’t connect yet, select the Default Public Version branch, which is now v3.1.0 stable.

The apocalypse now has poultry. Catch a chicken by sneaking up on it, chase it if necessary, and protect it from zombies on the trip back to base. Place it in the Chicken Coop workstation and craft Rekt’s Chicken Feed from Corn and Rotting Flesh for a steady supply of eggs and feathers. The coop has three tool slots:

• Brooding Lamp: speeds up production and chicken maturation
• Chicken Run: chickens hunt bugs, cutting feed cost by 50%
• Nesting Box: unlocks breeding and adds nesting slots

A new Chicken Stress event triggers at 100% stress, making you drop the chicken and setting off a game-stage-based event that can involve angered zombies or angry chickens. A sandbox option tunes these events.

Four chicken recipes join the game:

• Chicken Nuggets: grilled meat, feathers, corn meal, and animal fat. Filling and temporarily removes encumbrance.
• Chicken Wings: chicken, corn meal, eggs, oil, and honey. Temporary melee damage boost and infection immunity.
• Ash Chicken Stew: chicken, mushrooms, corn, coal, and water. Plenty of food, with no smell to zombies.
• Roadrunner Chicken Jerky: chicken, yucca fruit, nitrate powder, and beer. Moderate food and a run speed boost.

Enemy and animal density/respawn options have been split into day/night and enemy/animal settings, so existing custom preset codes may need updating; invalid codes can default some or all settings. Official presets have been updated.

New options include Chicken Coop Time, Chicken Coop Yield, Chicken Coop Input, Chicken Stress Event, Infection Chance, Hunger Multiplier, Thirst Multiplier, and Stack Size Multiplier, which caps stacks at 30,000 for all items. Four new loading-screen images replace old tooltip screens.

Enemy density and respawn sandbox options do not increase rare biome spawns such as Chuck and Rancher.

Beyond the invite hotfix, the stable release includes:

• Solar Cells now appear in loot for players who disable trader options.
• Zombies can target and chase rabbits and chickens.
• Trader and loot lists now include the Diamond Blade Tip mod.
• Discord DM notifications can stay audible in-game, with a cancel option for blocking login prompts on Xbox and an unlink option for lost Discord access.
• Celebration Sandbox Option no longer blocks shared XP.
• A boar spawn was replaced by a bear in house_construction_02, with that area rebalanced.
• Fixes for v3.0 save conversion corruption, Dew Collector instant-fill, robotics breaking after combining, battery bank light bleed, turret/motion sensor cursor visibility, server browser totals and filters, workstation UI, controller icon options, audio option saving, Discord account linking, Russian/Chinese localization, and The Fireman’s Almanac Vol. 2 text alignment.

The Big Beak cosmetic outfit, originally worn by Nana’s Famous Chicken Mascot, arrives Wednesday, July 29.

The experimental build of version 3.1.0 has been updated to b13. The following changes are included since b11.

• Discord: added button to unlink account when login fails in case user lost access to their Discord account.

• Updated trader inventories to include a chance to stock chicken feed, with a higher chance at Trader Rekt's.
• Set the economic value on chicken feed.
• Zombies can now target and chase rabbits and chickens.
• Implemented V3.1.0 localization support.
• Added a rare chance to find Solar Cells in loot to allow players a way to find them when Trader options are turned off.

• Chicken Coop sounds.
• Jumping while holding a chicken doesn't stress it out.
• Chicken stress doesn't transfer from player to player.
• Discord: cannot link to account on second system if already linked on another.
• Celebration sandbox setting no longer blocks shared xp.
• Dragging a chicken into the coop would not clear stress buff.

The version 3.1.0 Henpocalypse update is available in experimental form on Steam. The stable version will follow after critical bug fixes during the experimental phase.

Important notes:

• Sandbox options for enemy and animal density and respawn rates have been split into day and night settings. Check preset codes for validity; invalid codes may default settings. Official presets have been updated.
• A late localization update to the chicken coop input tooltip mistakenly mentioned chickens as an input value (the coop does require chickens for production). A localization update for additional languages will come in a future update.
• Game saves should be compatible, though new games are recommended. Saves can be backed up via the Manage Saves function.

• Chicken farming: Capture chickens by sneaking up or chasing, defend them from zombies back to base, place in Chicken Coop workstation for eggs and feathers.
• Chicken Coop tool slots:
  - Brooding Lamp: Speeds up production and chicken maturation
  - Chicken Run: Lets chickens hunt bugs, cutting feed cost by 50%
  - Nesting Box: Unlocks chicken breeding and adds nesting slots
• Feed chickens with crafted ‘Rekt’s Chicken Feed’ (Corn and Rotting Flesh).
• Chicken Stress event mechanic: At 100% stress, you drop the chicken and a special event triggers based on game stage (e.g., angered zombies or angry chickens). Sandbox option available.
• Four new chicken-centric recipes:
  - Chicken Nuggets: Grilled meat, feathers, corn meal, animal fat – temporarily removes encumbrance
  - Chicken Wings: Domesticated chickens, corn meal, eggs, oil, honey – temporarily boosted melee damage and infection immunity
  - Ash Chicken Stew: Domesticated chickens, mushrooms, corn, coal, water – no smell to zombies
  - Roadrunner Chicken Jerky: Domesticated chickens, yucca fruit, nitrate powder, beer – temporarily boosts run speed
• The Big Beak cosmetic outfit will come with the stable release.
• New Sandbox Settings (existing custom presets may require updating):
  - Chicken Coop Time (speed of production)
  - Chicken Coop Yield (amount per cycle)
  - Chicken Coop Input (feed per production cycle)
  - Chicken Stress Event (controls events)
  - Density and Respawn rates split into day/night options
  - Density and Respawn types split into enemy/animal
  - Infection Chance
  - Hunger Multiplier
  - Thirst Multiplier
  - Stack Size Multiplier (max capped at 30,000)
• 4 new loading screen images replacing old ones.

Added

• Sandbox options for ChickenCoopTime, ChickenCoopOutput, ChickenCoopInput, InfectionChance, HungerMultiplier, ThirstMultiplier
• New chicken attack SFX
• Option to keep Discord DM notifications audible while in game
• Discord login cancel button for Xbox Consoles

Changed

• BiomeRespawn and Biome Density Sandbox Options to day and night values
• Enemy Density and Respawn Sandbox Options did not increase desert or snow rare spawns (e.g., Chuck and Rancher)
• Localization sync for Russian language
• Adjusted Chinese localization
• Localization for The Fireman's Almanac Vol.2 to align with new mod quality levels
• Simplified Chinese localization sync
• Updated Official Sandbox Preset codes to include new day/night density and respawn settings
• Replaced animal Boar with animal Bear and balanced environment in house_construction_02

Fixed

• Dew Collector Time sandbox option could instantly fill collectors
• EndofStreamException and corrupted game from converting copies of saves to v3.0
• Clients unable to see results from getsandboxoptions console command
• EOS exception in TileEntityNetPackage during POI reset
• Serverside exception related to memory stream
• Battery Banks caused light bleed in adjacent rooms
• Robotics could break after being combined
• RequirementItemModTier did not check for null in slots
• Player inventory data sent to server when nothing changed
• Cursor now hidden on camera displays for Motion Sensors/All Turrets
• Could not change controller icon style without changing other options
• Workstation UI Turn On button on wrong layer
• Workstation slots not selectable after opening for a short time
• Server Filter would not show all available filtered games
• Filtering long paged lists no longer cause single null entry if item from later page selected before filtering
• Prefab Editor Help screen tab overflowing
• Null reference exception when saving audio options
• Server Browser list totals not adding up in some cases
• Corruption when rapidly loading/unloading multiple chunks
• Players unable to paste sandbox code when already in Unsaved preset
• Editing Tools UI could stick and overlap other UI