How to Reset or Wipe Your 7 Days to Die Server World

Published June 9, 2026 · By Host Havoc Technical Support Team

Resetting your 7 Days to Die server world starts the map fresh: all builds, dropped items, player positions, and world modifications are removed. You can choose a quick method that keeps the old save on disk, or a full deletion. Player profiles (skills, level, inventory) are stored separately and can be preserved either way. Before wiping, make sure you have Random World Generation configured if you want a new procedurally generated map after the reset.

Warning: This is destructive. All world data will be lost. Download any backups you want to keep before proceeding.

Before you start: Stop your server completely before making any file changes.

Method A: Quick reset by renaming the save

This is the fastest approach. The old save stays on disk and can be restored later.

  1. Log into the Game Control Panel and stop your server.
  2. Click Configuration Files and open serverconfigfull.xml in the Config Editor.
  3. Change the Game Name value to a new name (for example, change MyServer to MyServer2).
  4. Click Save and start the service. The server generates a fresh world using the existing Game World and World Generation Seed settings.

Tip: To restore the old world later, change Game Name back to the original value and restart.

Method B: Full deletion

This permanently removes the save folder from disk.

  1. Log into the Game Control Panel and stop your server.
  2. Click File Manager and navigate to userdata/Saves/<Game World>/<Game Name>/.
  3. Delete the entire <Game Name> folder. This wipes the world and all player profile files stored in that save.
  4. Start the service. A new save is generated with the same name.

Preserving player profiles during a full wipe

Before deleting the save folder in step 3 above, download the Player/ subfolder from within <Game Name>/ using File Manager. After the world regenerates, re-upload the Player/ folder into the new save directory. Players will keep their skill points, levels, and inventories but start in a fresh world.

Generating a different map layout

For RWG worlds, change the World Generation Seed in serverconfigfull.xml before restarting. A new seed produces a completely different map rather than regenerating the same layout.