How do I upload a Generated World to my 7 Days to Die server?

This guide shows you how to generate a world on your own PC and upload it to your server. It has four parts: creating the world, preparing the files, uploading them and telling the server which world to load.

Make a note of the values you choose along the way. You will need them again in the last part.

Create your world

1. Start 7 Days to Die and click New Game.
2. Enter any name you like in the Game Name field. Write it down, because you will need it later.
3. Set World Generation to New Random World.
4. Choose the World Generation Seed and World Size you want. Write down both values.
5. Click Advanced Generation, then enter the same World Size and World Seed in the fields there.
6. Change any other settings you want to adjust.
7. When you are ready, click Generate World.
8. When the world finishes generating, click Back.
9. Set the Game World option to the world you just generated. Write down its name, because this is your Generated World Name. Then enter the same Game Name as before.
10. Click Start to create the save file.

Prepare the world files

You need to zip two folders: your save and your generated world.

1. Press Windows key + R, type %appdata%\7DaysToDie\ and press Enter.
2. Open the Saves folder. Right-click the folder named after your Generated World Name and choose Send to → Compressed (zipped) folder.
3. Go back to the %appdata%\7DaysToDie\ folder.
4. Open GeneratedWorlds.
5. Right-click the folder named after your Generated World Name and choose Send to → Compressed (zipped) folder.

You should now have two .zip files: one from Saves and one from GeneratedWorlds. Keep track of which is which.

Upload your world

1. Open the AleForge Panel.
2. Go to File Manager.
3. Open .local/share/7DaysToDie/GeneratedWorlds.
4. Drag the .zip file from your PC’s GeneratedWorlds folder into this folder.
5. When the upload finishes, right-click the .zip file and choose Unarchive.
6. Open .local/share/7DaysToDie/Saves.
7. Drag the .zip file from your PC’s Saves folder into this folder.
8. When the upload finishes, right-click the .zip file and choose Unarchive.

Caution

Upload each zip to the matching folder. The GeneratedWorlds zip goes in GeneratedWorlds, and the Saves zip goes in Saves. If they are mixed up, the server will not find your world.

Set the world to load

1. Open Startup.
2. Scroll down to GameWorld.
3. Set GameWorld, WorldGenSeed, WorldGenSize and GameName to the same values you used when you created the world and save.
4. Click Save Content.
5. Open the Console and start your server.

If the server creates a new world instead of loading yours, check that the GameWorld and GameName values match your folder names exactly, including capital letters and spaces.