The 7 Days to Die 3.1 Experimental update introduces the new Chicken Coop, but the game leaves out a lot of important details. I dug through the XML files, tested the mechanics in-game, and broke down exactly how the new system works. In this video we'll cover: • How to unlock the Chicken Coop and its upgrades • How chicken production actually works • Chicken Stress events and how they work • Brooding Lamp, Chicken Run, and Nesting Box upgrades • Every new chicken recipe and when they unlock • New 3.1 Sandbox Settings you may have missed Whether you're trying to optimize your base, decide if the Chicken Coop is worth building, or just want to know what's actually changed in 3.1, this guide has you covered. If you found the video helpful, I'd appreciate you leaving a like and sharing your own discoveries in the comments. If you've uncovered anything different during your testing, I'd love to compare notes. Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #7daystodie #tfpcreator #7daystodie3.1 #ZombieSurvival #HordeBase #SurvivalGames #BaseBuilding #TipsAndTricks
7 Days 3.1 Chicken System Broken Down: XML Files Don't Lie
This 7 Days to Die 3.0 playthrough is built around exploring many of the biggest additions in 3.0. We'll be experimenting with the new sandbox settings system, learning how the new degradation mechanics impact long-term survival, and hunting for the best possible gear using the new Magnitude system and Combine Station. Finding a Tier 6 item is no longer the finish line—now the goal is building the best possible version of every weapon, tool, and piece of equipment we can find. FIELD JOURNAL — Day 64 The new winter horde base survived its first real test. It wasn't perfect, but it proved the idea works. The pits slowed the horde, the defenses bought me time, and every damaged block showed me where the design still needs work. That's a better outcome than watching the whole thing fail. Black Hollow keeps teaching the same lesson: no plan survives first contact unchanged. Today starts with repairs and reinforcing the weak points before they become bigger problems. After that, it's back into the wasteland. I still need gun parts to finish the turret network, along with more mechanical and electrical components to keep expanding the base. The beacon still stands, and every improvement brings this place one step closer to becoming a refuge someone else might actually survive in. GOALS • Repair & Reinforce the Winter Horde Base • Upgrade Weak Points Identified During the Horde • Raid the Wasteland for Better Gear • Find Gun Parts for Additional Turrets • Gather Mechanical Parts for Base Expansion • Gather Electrical Parts for the Defense Network • Continue Strengthening the Beacon Safe Haven What Is the Signal? Months after the outbreak, Black Hollow has gone quiet. Survivor camps sit abandoned. The radios are silent. Most days it feels like there's nobody left but the dead. But every now and then I find something that doesn't add up—a building already looted, a campfire where there shouldn't be one, signs that someone passed through not long before I arrived. So instead of settling down, we're going searching. The goal of The Signal is simple: explore Black Hollow, uncover the new 3.0 POIs, and every seven days construct a beacon visible for miles across the wasteland. Towers. Floodlights. Fortresses. Whatever it takes. When the blood moon arrives, we light it up and send another signal into the darkness. Maybe nobody sees the signal. Maybe nobody is left. But if someone is still out there, eventually they'll know they're not alone. Black Hollow Map Download https://drive.google.com/file/d/1URG3Jfe0KKhDRIFC0_nQhhpev32EZwU1 Settings Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DJUu7BX9lNpB-NgQGIro_AT6Sg0mKCRVfy4FFkuvofA Settings Code: AAAEABEACEADEARKAWBAYCAUBAMGBUEBIBBNEBOACJBCDACVDBZICCFCFACHCCXADJFDXIDOIEKBEXGEWAFEBFDFFADFBFFFCFKAEPAETKFOG • Enemy Density: High • 64 Blood Moon Zombies • Loot Respawn: Off • Trader Economy Severely Nerfed • Resource Yield Increased • Ammo Abundance Reduced • Item Degradation Enabled • Death Penalties Enabled This run is designed to reward exploration over shopping, scavenging over trading, and building over hiding while showcasing some of the biggest gameplay changes coming in 7 Days to Die 3.0. Let's see what 3.0 has waiting for us! Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #7daystodie #tfpcreator #7daystodie3.0 #streamerweekend #ZombieSurvival #HordeBase #SurvivalGames #BaseBuilding #TipsAndTricks
The Wasteland Has What We Need. Getting It Is the Problem. | 7 Days to Die 3.0
This 7 Days to Die 3.0 playthrough is built around exploring many of the biggest additions in 3.0. We'll be experimenting with the new sandbox settings system, learning how the new degradation mechanics impact long-term survival, and hunting for the best possible gear using the new Magnitude system and Combine Station. Finding a Tier 6 item is no longer the finish line—now the goal is building the best possible version of every weapon, tool, and piece of equipment we can find. FIELD JOURNAL — Day 61 The snow base is finally starting to look like more than an idea. The frame is standing, the main paths are taking shape, and I can finally picture how the next horde will move through it. The old design carried us farther than I expected, but every blood moon exposed another weakness. Repairing it again would only delay the inevitable. Black Hollow has taught me that survival means changing before the world forces you to. I spent yesterday scavenging the wasteland for better gear, gathering more legendary parts, and patching the equipment that keeps this mission alive. Time is short now. The horde arrives on Day 63, and this new base has to be ready. After that, I'll return to the wasteland, finish repairing what remains, and build the shotgun I'll need for whatever comes next. GOALS • Finish the Winter Horde Base for Day 63 • Raid the Wasteland for Legendary Parts • Repair and Upgrade Degraded Gear • Craft the New Shotgun • Gather Materials for the Final Horde Base Push • Survive the Day 63 Blood Moon What Is the Signal? Months after the outbreak, Black Hollow has gone quiet. Survivor camps sit abandoned. The radios are silent. Most days it feels like there's nobody left but the dead. But every now and then I find something that doesn't add up—a building already looted, a campfire where there shouldn't be one, signs that someone passed through not long before I arrived. So instead of settling down, we're going searching. The goal of The Signal is simple: explore Black Hollow, uncover the new 3.0 POIs, and every seven days construct a beacon visible for miles across the wasteland. Towers. Floodlights. Fortresses. Whatever it takes. When the blood moon arrives, we light it up and send another signal into the darkness. Maybe nobody sees the signal. Maybe nobody is left. But if someone is still out there, eventually they'll know they're not alone. Black Hollow Map Download https://drive.google.com/file/d/1URG3Jfe0KKhDRIFC0_nQhhpev32EZwU1 Settings Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DJUu7BX9lNpB-NgQGIro_AT6Sg0mKCRVfy4FFkuvofA Settings Code: AAAEABEACEADEARKAWBAYCAUBAMGBUEBIBBNEBOACJBCDACVDBZICCFCFACHCCXADJFDXIDOIEKBEXGEWAFEBFDFFADFBFFFCFKAEPAETKFOG • Enemy Density: High • 64 Blood Moon Zombies • Loot Respawn: Off • Trader Economy Severely Nerfed • Resource Yield Increased • Ammo Abundance Reduced • Item Degradation Enabled • Death Penalties Enabled This run is designed to reward exploration over shopping, scavenging over trading, and building over hiding while showcasing some of the biggest gameplay changes coming in 7 Days to Die 3.0. Let's see what 3.0 has waiting for us! Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #7daystodie #tfpcreator #7daystodie3.0 #streamerweekend #ZombieSurvival #HordeBase #SurvivalGames #BaseBuilding #TipsAndTricks
We Have 48 Hours. The Snow Base Has to Be Ready. | 7 Days to Die 3.0
Three creators. One Navezgane map. Five hours. One bingo card that nobody agreed was fair. GNS, WaywardEko, and IzPrebuilt drop fresh on the same server with a single goal: complete as many bingo objectives as possible before the clock runs out. Alliances are allowed. Betrayal is encouraged. The player with the most completed objectives wins. This was IzPrebuilt's idea. We probably should have asked more questions before agreeing. Guns, Nerds & Steel: https://www.youtube.com/@GunsNerdsandSteel IzPrebuilt: https://www.youtube.com/@IzPrebuilt Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #7daystodie #tfpcreator #7daystodie3.0 #streamerweekend #ZombieSurvival #HordeBase #SurvivalGames #BaseBuilding #TipsAndTricks
GNS vs. Wayward Eko vs. IzPrebuilt — Legends of Navezgane
Three creators. One Navezgane map. Five hours. One bingo card that nobody agreed was fair. GNS, WaywardEko, and IzPrebuilt drop fresh on the same server with a single goal: complete as many bingo objectives as possible before the clock runs out. Alliances are allowed. Betrayal is encouraged. The player with the most completed objectives wins. This was IzPrebuilt's idea. We probably should have asked more questions before agreeing. Guns, Nerds & Steel: https://www.youtube.com/@GunsNerdsandSteel IzPrebuilt: https://www.youtube.com/@IzPrebuilt Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #7daystodie #tfpcreator #7daystodie3.0 #streamerweekend #ZombieSurvival #HordeBase #SurvivalGames #BaseBuilding #TipsAndTricks
GNS vs. Wayward Eko vs. IzPrebuilt — Legends of Navezgane
Three creators. One Navezgane map. Five hours. One bingo card that nobody agreed was fair. GNS, WaywardEko, and IzPrebuilt drop fresh on the same server with a single goal: complete as many bingo objectives as possible before the clock runs out. Alliances are allowed. Betrayal is encouraged. The player with the most completed objectives wins. This was IzPrebuilt's idea. We probably should have asked more questions before agreeing. Guns, Nerds & Steel: https://www.youtube.com/@GunsNerdsandSteel IzPrebuilt: https://www.youtube.com/@IzPrebuilt Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #7daystodie #tfpcreator #7daystodie3.0 #streamerweekend #ZombieSurvival #HordeBase #SurvivalGames #BaseBuilding #TipsAndTricks
GNS vs. Wayward Eko vs. IzPrebuilt — Legends of Navezgane
This 7 Days to Die 3.0 playthrough is built around exploring many of the biggest additions in 3.0. We'll be experimenting with the new sandbox settings system, learning how the new degradation mechanics impact long-term survival, and hunting for the best possible gear using the new Magnitude system and Combine Station. Finding a Tier 6 item is no longer the finish line—now the goal is building the best possible version of every weapon, tool, and piece of equipment we can find. FIELD JOURNAL — Day 58 The horde came and went, and the new defenses did their job, but only just. By dawn the damage was impossible to ignore. Too many weak points, too much maintenance, and too much ammunition spent holding together a design that won't survive another blood moon without becoming a full rebuild. That settled the question for me. Repairs can wait. It's time to start over. A trip into the wasteland paid off with legendary parts and a reminder that every step forward comes with a higher cost. Black Hollow doesn't reward comfort; it punishes complacency. I think I finally have an idea worth building, something that might carry this mission further than the last design ever could. The next three days belong to the snow, where the next horde base will either prove itself... or fail before it ever matters. GOALS • Begin Construction of the New Snow Horde Base • Test a Brand-New Horde Base Design • Raid the Wasteland for More Legendary Parts What Is the Signal? Months after the outbreak, Black Hollow has gone quiet. Survivor camps sit abandoned. The radios are silent. Most days it feels like there's nobody left but the dead. But every now and then I find something that doesn't add up—a building already looted, a campfire where there shouldn't be one, signs that someone passed through not long before I arrived. So instead of settling down, we're going searching. The goal of The Signal is simple: explore Black Hollow, uncover the new 3.0 POIs, and every seven days construct a beacon visible for miles across the wasteland. Towers. Floodlights. Fortresses. Whatever it takes. When the blood moon arrives, we light it up and send another signal into the darkness. Maybe nobody sees the signal. Maybe nobody is left. But if someone is still out there, eventually they'll know they're not alone. Black Hollow Map Download https://drive.google.com/file/d/1URG3Jfe0KKhDRIFC0_nQhhpev32EZwU1 Settings Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DJUu7BX9lNpB-NgQGIro_AT6Sg0mKCRVfy4FFkuvofA Settings Code: AAAEABEACEADEARKAWBAYCAUBAMGBUEBIBBNEBOACJBCDACVDBZICCFCFACHCCXADJFDXIDOIEKBEXGEWAFEBFDFFADFBFFFCFKAEPAETKFOG • Enemy Density: High • 64 Blood Moon Zombies • Loot Respawn: Off • Trader Economy Severely Nerfed • Resource Yield Increased • Ammo Abundance Reduced • Item Degradation Enabled • Death Penalties Enabled This run is designed to reward exploration over shopping, scavenging over trading, and building over hiding while showcasing some of the biggest gameplay changes coming in 7 Days to Die 3.0. Let's see what 3.0 has waiting for us! Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #7daystodie #tfpcreator #7daystodie3.0 #streamerweekend #ZombieSurvival #HordeBase #SurvivalGames #BaseBuilding #TipsAndTricks
I Found a Way to Control the Horde | 7 Days to Die 3.0
This 7 Days to Die 3.0 playthrough is built around exploring many of the biggest additions in 3.0. We'll be experimenting with the new sandbox settings system, learning how the new degradation mechanics impact long-term survival, and hunting for the best possible gear using the new Magnitude system and Combine Station. Finding a Tier 6 item is no longer the finish line—now the goal is building the best possible version of every weapon, tool, and piece of equipment we can find. FIELD JOURNAL — Day 58 The horde came and went, and the new defenses did their job, but only just. By dawn the damage was impossible to ignore. Too many weak points, too much maintenance, and too much ammunition spent holding together a design that won't survive another blood moon without becoming a full rebuild. That settled the question for me. Repairs can wait. It's time to start over. A trip into the wasteland paid off with legendary parts and a reminder that every step forward comes with a higher cost. Black Hollow doesn't reward comfort; it punishes complacency. I think I finally have an idea worth building, something that might carry this mission further than the last design ever could. The next three days belong to the snow, where the next horde base will either prove itself... or fail before it ever matters. GOALS • Begin Construction of the New Snow Horde Base • Test a Brand-New Horde Base Design • Raid the Wasteland for More Legendary Parts What Is the Signal? Months after the outbreak, Black Hollow has gone quiet. Survivor camps sit abandoned. The radios are silent. Most days it feels like there's nobody left but the dead. But every now and then I find something that doesn't add up—a building already looted, a campfire where there shouldn't be one, signs that someone passed through not long before I arrived. So instead of settling down, we're going searching. The goal of The Signal is simple: explore Black Hollow, uncover the new 3.0 POIs, and every seven days construct a beacon visible for miles across the wasteland. Towers. Floodlights. Fortresses. Whatever it takes. When the blood moon arrives, we light it up and send another signal into the darkness. Maybe nobody sees the signal. Maybe nobody is left. But if someone is still out there, eventually they'll know they're not alone. Black Hollow Map Download https://drive.google.com/file/d/1URG3Jfe0KKhDRIFC0_nQhhpev32EZwU1 Settings Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DJUu7BX9lNpB-NgQGIro_AT6Sg0mKCRVfy4FFkuvofA Settings Code: AAAEABEACEADEARKAWBAYCAUBAMGBUEBIBBNEBOACJBCDACVDBZICCFCFACHCCXADJFDXIDOIEKBEXGEWAFEBFDFFADFBFFFCFKAEPAETKFOG • Enemy Density: High • 64 Blood Moon Zombies • Loot Respawn: Off • Trader Economy Severely Nerfed • Resource Yield Increased • Ammo Abundance Reduced • Item Degradation Enabled • Death Penalties Enabled This run is designed to reward exploration over shopping, scavenging over trading, and building over hiding while showcasing some of the biggest gameplay changes coming in 7 Days to Die 3.0. Let's see what 3.0 has waiting for us! Help Support Me! ✨ Patreon || https://www.patreon.com/waywardeko 💀 Merch || https://waywardeko-shop.fourthwall.com 🚨10% off G-PORTAL Servers || https://g-portal.com/?ref=waywardeko Community: 🎮 Discord || https://discord.gg/YhQwdtWW5p 📱 Twitter || https://twitter.com/WaywardEko 🟣 Twitch || https://www.twitch.tv/waywardeko Building & Horde Base Tutorials: ⚒ https://youtu.be/H-v0oR6b1Rk ⚒ https://youtu.be/jEMnP7sHEzo ⚒ https://youtu.be/Bv4Lk7UkkV4 ⚒ https://youtu.be/D3K_oTpq3BI Charity: 💙 ExtraLife || https://www.extra-life.org/participant/Eko Music & Graphics 🎵 Music & SFX from Storyblocks.com 🎵 Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 🎨 Design & Art Support | Mumpfy | mumpfy.myportfolio.com/ ________________________________________ #7daystodie #tfpcreator #7daystodie3.0 #streamerweekend #ZombieSurvival #HordeBase #SurvivalGames #BaseBuilding #TipsAndTricks
I Found a Way to Control the Horde | 7 Days to Die 3.0
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