7 Days to Die just had a huge free upgrade released with the Dead Hot Summer 3.0 update, bringing with it lots more gameplay customization.
In terms of general gameplay and what you can tweak – it’s probably one of the biggest updates to the game.
The biggest addition to the game is the new sandbox customization options, giving you 150 different features you can tweak to entirely change the gameplay.
It’s your world – it should be your rules, and so they’re giving you the tools to finally play it how you actually want to.
For those players who don’t want to tweak everything they’re also including classic difficulty presets along with a bunch of extra pre-sets to play the game in specific ways like having slower zombies that’s more melee focused.
A lot more came with this update including a new sign system for points of interest, new Magnitude variants for looted weapons / tools / mods and more, new points of interest to find and explore and a lot more.
7 Days to Die has typically been pretty buggy – with this update also fixing up lots of issues.
Take Command of the Sandbox
The Arms Race Begins with Magnitude
Signs for the End of Times
Points of Interest (POIs)
A Fresh Interface for a Brutal World
In your Crosshairs
Sun’s Out, Guns Out!
Modding
Sandbox Options
Here is the complete list of the 150 sandbox options in our Dead Hot Summer release.
Each setting includes at least two unique variables, resulting in billions of possible permutations of preset game modes in the 7 Days Universe.
The complete list is as follows:
Server Admin notes for Sandbox Options and legacy property removal
Currently Known Issues with V3.0 we are working on addressing:
Changelog for up to b259:
Added
Changed
Fixed
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**📚 Original Source:**
[The big Dead Hot Summer 3.0 update for 7 Days to Die is out now](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/the-big-dead-hot-summer-3-0-update-for-7-days-to-die-is-out-now/)
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