7 Days to Die Glossary – Terms & Abbreviations Explained

Game terms

• 7DTD / 7D2D – short for 7 Days to Die.
• Blood moon (BM) – the horde night, every 7 days by default. See the blood moon guide.
• Horde base – a base built only to survive the blood moon.
• POI – point of interest: any building or location you can explore and loot.
• Sleepers – zombies that wait inside POIs until you wake them.
• Gamestage (GS) – how hard the zombies you meet are, based on your level, days survived and difficulty.
• Lootstage – how good the loot you find is; it rises with your level and the biome you are in.
• Biome progression – harder biomes with hazards and storms you need gear for. See the biomes guide.
• Trader – NPCs who sell gear and give quests. See the trader quest guide.
• Quest tier – the difficulty level of trader quests.
• Quality / tier (Q1–Q6) – how good a weapon, tool or armor piece is.
• Magnitude – a random stat boost on weapons and tools since V3.0. See item magnitude.
• Magazines – books that unlock and improve crafting recipes.
• Dukes – the in-game currency (casino coins).

Zombie types

• Ferals – tougher zombies with glowing eyes.
• Radiated – green, glowing zombies that regenerate; common in the wasteland.
• Charged / Infernal – elite variants with electric or fire attacks.
• Screamer – calls more zombies when she sees you or smells heat from forges and campfires. Kill her fast.
• Demolisher – a big zombie with a bomb on his chest. Don't shoot the bomb near your walls.
• Cop – a bloated zombie that spits acid from range. Keep cover between you and him.
• Spider – jumps and climbs; hard to keep out of bases.

Server terms

• PvE / PvP – player versus environment (players can't hurt each other) or player versus player.
• LCB – land claim block, protects your base from other players. See land claims explained.
• Wipe – a reset of the world and everything in it.
• EAC – Easy Anti-Cheat.
• Sandbox / SandboxCode – the V3.0 system of 150+ game options servers use to tune the game.
• Overhaul mod – a big mod that changes the whole game (not used on vanilla+ servers like NASTY Z).