7 Days to Die console commands work in the current V3.4 build on PC. Press F1 to open the console, type dm to switch on debug mode (god mode, fly and the debug panel) and cm to unlock the creative menu, then spawn items with giveself <itemName>. Using any of these turns achievements off for that session. Below is the full command table, item ID examples, the debug mode keys and the V3.x changes that break older lists. Checked November 1, 2026 UTC against The Fun Pimps’ patch notes up to V3.4.0 Stable (b9 hotfix, October 26, 2026).
Table of Contents
Quick answer
- Open the console: F1 on PC. On some layouts the second key is “ (US), @ (EU), Ö/Ø/F2 (Scandinavian) or Ñ (Spanish).
- God mode and fly: type
dm(short fordebugmenu), close the console and press Esc. The debug panel has God Mode and Fly Mode toggles. - Spawn items:
cmopens the creative menu (press U), or usegiveself gunMGT1AK47. Item IDs are names now, not numbers. - Change the time:
settime day,settime nightorsettime <day> <hour> <minute>. - Achievements: cheat mode, creative mode and debug mode all block achievement progress, but only for the session in which you use them.
- Consoles: the F1 command console is a PC feature. We found no official command console for PS5 or Xbox Series X|S.
A horde at a wall of wooden spikes. God mode from the dm debug panel keeps you alive while you test defences like this. Image: The Fun Pimps
How to enable console commands in 7 Days to Die
- Load your single-player world, or join a server where you have admin rights.
- Press F1 to open the command console.
- Type
helpto list every command your build supports, orhelp <command>for the syntax of one command. That in-game list is always the final word for your version. - For god mode and fly, type
dmand press Enter. For free items, typecm. Type either one again to switch it off.
On a dedicated server you are not an admin just because you rent it. GameServerKings’ command reference (checked against V3.2.0, updated September 28, 2026) explains that permission levels run from 0 (full power) to 1000 (default player), that giveself and cm need level 0 by default, and that you grant it with admin add <platform + user id> 0. You can lower a single command’s requirement with cp add <command> <level>.
7 Days to Die console commands list (V3.4)
Command names and aliases below are cross-checked between the in-game help lists published by Game Host Bros (updated April 2, 2026) and GameServerKings (V3.2.0), plus The Fun Pimps’ patch notes for anything added since. Some commands are case sensitive. Arguments in <angle brackets> are required, arguments in [square brackets] are optional.
Cheats and your character
| Command | Alias | What it does |
|---|---|---|
debugmenu |
dm |
Turns debug mode on or off: god mode, fly, the Esc debug panel and the F6 entity spawner |
creativemenu |
cm |
Turns the creative menu (item browser) on or off |
giveself <itemName> [quality] [count] [putInInventory] [spawnWithMods] |
Spawns an item for you. Quality defaults to 6, count to 1, items drop at your feet unless putInInventory is true |
|
give |
Gives an item to a player (entity id or name). Back since V3.3.0, see below | |
listitems <text> |
li |
Lists every item whose name contains that text. The fastest way to find an item ID |
giveselfxp <amount> |
Adds experience to your character, for example giveselfxp 10000 |
|
givexp |
Gives experience to another player | |
givequest <questname> |
Gives you a quest by its internal name (names are in Data/Config/quests.xml) |
|
buff <name> / debuff <name> |
Adds or removes a buff on yourself (names are in Data/Config/buffs.xml) |
|
buffplayer / debuffplayer |
Adds or removes a buff on another player | |
starve / thirsty / exhausted |
hungry |
Makes your character hungry, thirsty or exhausted (useful for testing food and drink) |
spectatormode |
sm |
Turns spectator mode on or off |
switchview |
sv |
Switches between first and third person |
kill / killall |
Kills one entity, or every player and entity |
World, time, spawning and teleporting
| Command | Alias | What it does |
|---|---|---|
settime day / settime night / settime <day> <hour> <minute> |
st |
Sets the game time and day. The community wiki warns that jumping days can break timers in your save |
gettime |
gt |
Prints the current day and time |
shownexthordetime |
Shows the wandering horde timer | |
spawnentity <playerId> <entity#> [count] |
se |
Spawns zombies, animals or NPCs. Type se alone to print the entity numbers |
spawnwandering |
spawnw |
Spawns a wandering horde (replaces the old spawnwh) |
spawnscouts |
Spawns screamer scouts that head for your position | |
spawnairdrop / spawnsupplycrate |
Spawns an air drop, or a supply crate at your position | |
teleport <x> <y> <z> / teleport <player> / teleport offset <x> <y> <z> |
tp |
Teleports you. Use -1 as the height to land on the ground, for example teleport 1000 -1 1000 |
teleportplayer |
tele |
Teleports another player to coordinates or to another player |
weather |
Controls the weather. V2.0 added a storm command for debugging; type help weather for the options |
|
showhits damage |
Shows floating damage numbers on anything you hit (added in V2.0) | |
getsandboxoptions [true] |
gso |
Prints your world’s sandbox settings; true shows all of them, not just changed ones (added in V3.0) |
getgamepref / setgamepref |
gg / sg |
Reads or changes a game preference |
saveworld |
sa |
Saves the world now |
Server and admin commands
| Command | Alias | What it does |
|---|---|---|
admin add <id> <level> / admin remove |
Gives or takes admin permission levels (0 = highest) | |
commandpermission add|remove|list |
cp |
Sets which permission level a command needs |
listplayerids / listplayers |
lpi / lp |
Lists players and the IDs other commands need |
kick / kickall / ban add / whitelist add |
Moderation. One whitelist entry locks out everyone not on the list | |
version |
Prints the game version and loaded mods |
Leave resetallstats alone: Game Host Bros’ help list describes it as resetting all achievement stats, and achievements too when you add true.
Debug mode: god mode, fly and the debug panel
After dm, press Esc. According to Game Host Bros’ cheat mode guide (updated September 10, 2026), the debug panel lets you turn on God Mode, Fly Mode and Invisibility and use the POI teleporter. The Fun Pimps’ V2.0 patch notes refactored the debug menu tabs, made the POI teleporter window show biome names and allowed ignoring chest locks while debug mode is on. That last one is the no-lockpick way into a locked chest.
| Key (debug mode on) | What it does | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Esc | Debug panel (god mode, fly, invisibility, POI teleporter) | Game Host Bros, 2026 |
| F6 | Entity spawner menu | Game Host Bros, 2026; wiki |
| U | Creative menu (after cm) |
Game Host Bros, 2026; wiki |
| Q | God mode on/off | Wiki, confirmed for Alpha 21.1 |
| H | Fly on/off (Space up, C down, Shift faster) | Wiki, confirmed for Alpha 21.1 |
| Shift + Q | Teleport to where you aim (turn god mode on first or take fall damage) | Wiki, Alpha 15 page |
| F3 | Debug info overlay; V2.5 lets you copy a shape or prefab name with Shift + Right Ctrl | Wiki; V2.5 notes |
The hotkeys come from the community 7 Days to Die Wiki’s Cheat Mode page (marked accurate for Alpha 21.1 as of October 2023) and its older Debug Mode page. Neither is versioned for V3.x, so if a key does nothing in V3.4, use the toggles in the Esc panel instead.
Flying the gyrocopter over the city. With debug mode on, Fly Mode gets you airborne without a vehicle. Image: The Fun Pimps
7 Days to Die item IDs for giveself
Item IDs are internal names such as gunMGT1AK47. The numeric IDs that many older lists still show date from the Alpha builds and no longer work, according to GameServerKings’ item ID list, taken from the V3.2.0 items.xml and checked September 27, 2026. Names are not case sensitive. Some common ones:
| Item | giveself ID |
|---|---|
| AK-47 Machine Gun | gunMGT1AK47 |
| Forged Iron | resourceForgedIron |
| Stack of Wood (6,000) | resourceWoodBundle |
| Stack of Iron (6,000) | resourceScrapIronBundle |
| Stack of Gas Cans (5,000) | ammoGasCanBundle |
| Box of 9mm Ammo (100) | ammoBundle9mmBulletBall |
| Lockpick / Stack of Lockpicks (50) | resourceLockPick / resourceLockPickBundle |
| First Aid Kit | medicalFirstAidKit |
| Nomad Outfit (armor) | armorNomadOutfit |
Two details save a lot of trouble:
- Use bundles for bulk materials. GameServerKings found that
countcreates that many separate items one at a time, sogiveself resourceWood 1 5000drops 5,000 single pieces of wood and can stall the game.giveself resourceWoodBundlegives one bundle that opens into 6,000. - Some items are only in giveself. In V3.2.0 the creative menu hides every piece of armor and every skill book, so spawn those by name. To put an item straight into your backpack, fill in the earlier arguments too:
giveself medicalFirstAidKit 1 10 true.
Not sure of a name? Type li plus part of it, for example li lockpick.
What changed in V3.x (why older command lists fail)
- give and listitems are back (V3.3.0). The V3.3.0 experimental b18 notes (September 24, 2026) say “give and listitems commands are available again”. GameServerKings’ V3.2.0 reference found no server-side give command, so on V3.0 to V3.2 those two were missing. V3.3.0 reached the stable branch on October 5, so current builds should have both again.
- Sandbox options replaced old server settings (V3.0). V3.0 “Dead Hot Summer” added 150 sandbox options plus preset modes such as “Almost Creative Mode”, and moved settings like loot, blood moon and XP multipliers out of
serverconfig.xmlinto aSandboxCode. The V3.0.0 b259 notes addedgetsandboxoptions(gso) to read them. Want more skill points without cheating? There is a “Base Skill Points” sandbox option. - Removed or renamed commands. GameServerKings lists
spawnwh,staticmap,sounddebug,exportitemicons,clear,waterandlistlandclaim(llp) as missing from the V3.0 command list. Usespawnwanderinginstead ofspawnwh.llpcomes from a server mod, not the base game. - V3.4.0 has no command changes. The V3.4.0 Stable notes (b9 hotfix, October 26, 2026) cover backpack search and filters, drone recovery from traders and fixes, with nothing about console commands.
Do console commands disable achievements in 7 Days to Die?
Yes, for the session. The game has 43 Steam achievements, according to its Steam store page. Shurenai, whose Steam forum replies devtrackers.gg tracks as official 7 Days to Die posts, explained in 2022:
| What you do | Effect on achievements |
|---|---|
| Turn on Cheat Mode in the world settings | Blocked for that session |
Use cm (creative) or dm (debug) in game |
Blocked for that session |
| Quit, turn cheat mode off and reload without using cm or dm | Achievements work again |
| Turn off Easy Anti-Cheat | No effect on achievements |
That statement predates 1.0 and V3.x, and The Fun Pimps have not published a newer rule, so treat it as the best available guidance. Game Host Bros’ 2026 guide gives the same warning. To be safe, make a copy of your save before cheating.
The wasteland at night. spawnentity and spawnwandering bring enemies like these to you on demand. Image: The Fun Pimps
Console commands not working? Common fixes
- “Cannot execute giveself on dedicated server”.
giveselfruns on your client. Type it in the F1 console in game, not in the server panel’s console. - Nothing happens on a server. You probably lack permission level 0. Ask the owner to run
admin addfor you, or to lower the command withcp add. - Unknown item. You used a numeric ID or a misspelled name. Search with
li <text>. - give or listitems missing. You are on V3.0 to V3.2. Update to V3.3.0 or later.
- F1 does nothing. Try your layout’s second key from the Quick answer list.
Can you use console commands on PS5 or Xbox?
Not the F1 command console. We found no Fun Pimps documentation of a command console on PS5 or Xbox Series X|S. The community wiki’s Cheat Mode page says console versions have no cheats beyond access to the creative menu, but that page dates from Alpha 21, so check your world settings for current options.
Playing other single-player PC games? Our other command guides cover Valheim console commands for 1.0, Cyberpunk 2077 console commands, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 console commands, Oblivion Remastered console commands and Fallout 4 console commands and item codes.
FAQ
How do I turn on god mode in 7 Days to Die?
Press F1, type dm, close the console and press Esc to use the God Mode toggle in the debug panel. The community wiki also lists Q as the god mode key while debug mode is on (confirmed for Alpha 21.1).
How do I give myself items in 7 Days to Die?
Use cm and press U to open the creative menu, or type giveself <itemName>, for example giveself resourceWoodBundle. Armor and skill books only spawn with giveself.
How do I change the time in 7 Days to Die?
Type settime day or settime night, or settime <day> <hour> <minute> for an exact time. Save first: big jumps can upset timers in your world.
Sources: The Fun Pimps on Steam (V3.4.0 Stable, V3.3.0 EXP b18, V3.0.0 b259, V3.0 “Dead Hot Summer” release notes, V2.5 and V2.0 patch notes), Steam store page, 7 Days to Die Wiki (Command Console, Debug Mode, Cheat Mode pages), GameServerKings (September 2026), Game Host Bros (April and September 2026), devtrackers.gg. Checked November 1, 2026 UTC.
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