7DTD Horde Night Event Planner

Plan a community Blood Moon competition for your 7 Days to Die server. Pick an event format, fill in your server settings, and export a Discord announcement embed, a server config snippet, and a ready-to-pin kill tracker — no mods required.

Event Details

Event name

Event format

Most kills wins. Tiebreaker by survival.

Horde night in-game day

Server day length (real-world min)

Used to calculate real-world horde context in the embed.

Prize / reward (optional)

Special rules (optional)

Server Settings for Event Night

BloodMoonEnemyCount

Zombies per player. Default: 8.

GameDifficulty (Warrior)

0 Scavenger 5 Insane

ZombieFeralSense

Forces all zombies into feral sprint behavior.

Discord Announcement Embed (JSON)

Paste into a Discord webhook POST body, or use a bot like MEE6 / Carl-bot with the embed command. The content field sends an @everyone ping.

{
  "content": "@everyone \u2014 A horde night event is being announced!",
  "embeds": [
    {
      "title": "\uD83D\uDD34 HORDE NIGHT EVENT: Blood Moon Event",
      "description": "Most zombie kills during the horde night wins. Tiebreaker is survival (last alive wins ties). Admin will monitor kills via the server console. Submit your kill count in this channel when the horde ends.",
      "color": 16711680,
      "fields": [
        {
          "name": "\uD83D\uDCC5 Horde Night",
          "value": "In-game Day 35",
          "inline": true
        },
        {
          "name": "\u23F1\uFE0F Server Day Length",
          "value": "1h per in-game day",
          "inline": true
        },
        {
          "name": "\uD83C\uDFC6 Prize",
          "value": "TBD",
          "inline": true
        },
        {
          "name": "\uD83D\uDCCB Format",
          "value": "Kill Contest",
          "inline": false
        },
        {
          "name": "\u2699\uFE0F Server Settings",
          "value": "Difficulty: 2 \u2014 Warrior | Zombie Count: 8/player | Feral Sense: Off",
          "inline": false
        },
        {
          "name": "\uD83D\uDCDC Special Rules",
          "value": "(none)",
          "inline": false
        },
        {
          "name": "\uD83D\uDCAC How to Participate",
          "value": "Join the server before horde night begins. Admin will announce in-game when the event starts. Good luck.",
          "inline": false
        }
      ],
      "footer": {
        "text": "Powered by DustBowl.Games Horde Night Event Planner \u2022 dustbowl.games/tools/7dtd-horde-event"
      }
    }
  ]
}

serverconfig.xml Snippet

Apply these lines to your serverconfig.xml before the event. Restart the server for changes to take effect.

<!-- 7DTD Horde Night Event Settings -->
<!-- Event: Blood Moon Event | Format: Kill Contest -->
<!-- Apply these before Day 35 and restart the server -->

<property name="BloodMoonEnemyCount" value="8" />
<property name="GameDifficulty"       value="2" />
<property name="ZombieFeralSense"     value="0" />

Kill Tracker Table (Discord pin)

Post this in a Discord channel and pin it during the event. Fill in player names and kills manually or via the listplayers server console command.

**🔴 Blood Moon Event — Kill Tracker**
Format: Kill Contest | Horde Night: Day 35
Prize: TBD

| Player           | Kills | Survived | Place |
|------------------|-------|----------|-------|
| Player 1          |       |          |       |
| Player 2          |       |          |       |
| Player 3          |       |          |       |
| Player 4          |       |          |       |
| Player 5          |       |          |       |
| Player 6          |       |          |       |
| Player 7          |       |          |       |
| Player 8          |       |          |       |

**Winner:** ___

*Admin: fill in player names and results during/after the horde. Pin this message.*

Event Format Reference

Kill Contest

Most zombie kills during the horde night wins. Tiebreaker: survival (last alive wins ties). Admin monitors kills via the server console kill feed.

Base Defense Survival

Everyone defends from one shared base. The team wins if no player dies through all horde waves. Scored by waves survived without any deaths.

Feral-Only Challenge

Admin sets ZombieFeralSense=1 before the event. All zombies run at full feral speed from the start. Survival-focused — last survivor or most waves cleared wins.

Nomad Night

No permanent base construction is allowed before the horde. Players must survive in the open or in natural world structures. First death is eliminated.

Custom

Define your own rules using the Special Rules field. The Discord embed will include your custom description verbatim.

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