How to Choose a Map for Your 7 Days to Die Server

Your “map” in 7 Days to Die is really two things: which world generates or loads (Navezgane, RWG, or custom), and which save (World Name) stores player progress.

Navezgane (fixed map)

The hand-crafted default map. Good for learning the game or running a vanilla server without surprise terrain.

1. Startup → set World Map to Navezgane
2. Set World Name to a new name for a fresh save, or an existing name to continue
3. Restart

Random world generation (RWG)

A new procedural map every time you use a new world name. See the full walkthrough: Randomly generated world.

• World Map → RWG
• World Gen Seed — optional; same seed = same terrain
• World Map Size — multiples of 2048 up to 16384
• World Name — must change to generate a new map

Changing world size only applies to new RWG worlds. It will break an existing save.

Uploaded or single-player save

Moving a save from your PC or another host:

• Upload a map or world
• Upload a generated world — when you built the terrain locally first

After upload, match GameWorld, seed, size, and World Name on Startup to the save you copied.

Switching maps without wiping

To hop between two saves you already have:

1. Stop the server
2. Change World Map and World Name on Startup to the other world’s values
3. Start the server

Each World Name is its own folder under .local/share/7DaysToDie/Saves/.

When you need a new world instead

• Removed mods that touched world generation
• Save corrupt or will not load — reset guide
• Changed sandbox or world size mid-campaign