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How to Change Sandbox Settings on a 7 Days 2 Die Server

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This guide is going to cover how you can change the sandbox settings on your 7 Days 2 Die server. Sandbox settings are preset difficulties that you can select from a list or import your own custom setup. You are also able to generate a custom code if you don’t want to use one that is already available on the panel or that you have sourced elsewhere. 

Setting a Code

  1. Open your Dashboard

  2. Locate your 7 Days 2 Die server and click on the Panel button. 

  3. Once on your panel, click on Game Settings.

  4. Once on the game settings page, click on Sandbox.

    The Sandbox tab selected within the Nodecraft 7 Days to Die Game Settings page, where server owners can configure sandbox difficulty presets and custom sandbox codes.

  5. You can now click on the dropdown and select one of the many available options or you can enter your own generated code.

    The Sandbox Code dropdown menu displaying available 7 Days to Die sandbox presets, including difficulty options and gameplay modifiers that can be applied to a server.

  6. Once selected or you have entered a code, click on Submit.

    The Sandbox Code field populated with a selected preset and the Submit button highlighted, ready to apply new sandbox settings to a 7 Days to Die server.

  7. Restart your server. 

Generating a custom code. 

To generate a custom code, open the game client, go to Play Game -> Sandbox Options, adjust your settings, and click Copy Code to paste into the Sansbox code box on your panel. Custom codes look like a string of letters (e.g., AAAJABJACJADJARFBNC).

The 7 Days to Die Sandbox Options menu highlighted from the in-game pause screen, where players can access preset difficulty settings and generate custom sandbox codes.The Sandbox Options screen in 7 Days to Die showing a generated custom sandbox code that can be copied and used to recreate a specific set of gameplay settings.

Conclusion

You have now changed the sandbox settings on your 7 days 2 die server. This is an excellent way to be able to customize and get your server gameplay to be exactly as you want using a predefined set of settings or your own custom generated code. 

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