Trader Joe is dead

[Alabaster]

Someone on my server killed Trader Joe and now it won't let anyone into the compound and we can't use it. Does he respawn because everyone say's he isn't?

[Deus Vult]

How can you even kill the trader lol

[I can't spell]

Supposed to be impossible

[Shindoru]

I have tried to kill him out of boredome and he just stands there, so I think you broke it

[VinnyTheSavage]

probably the way the admin set it

[TeamKillingTard]

What about a rocket to the face, surely that would do it.

Was it "joe" that got blown up or that rude old fart that runs his burn't forest shop?

[Alabaster]

Apparently someone blew him up on our server, now whenever you try to enter the compound it makes a sound and you get teleported about 100 feet away.

[VinnyTheSavage]

lol hopefully the admin is able to fix it

[Alabaster]

I hope they can, someone went and killed the next nearest Traitor Joe, so now two are gone.

[Evil_Lee]

If thats how they did it they wasted the explosives. You only need to open the doors and let zombies in to kill him (you can even go find zombies and lure them in yourself if run isnt on). Fyi found this on google as 1 of top results while looking up shoot a trader (was hoping to find a mod that would let you rob them but no luck)

[YamaKami]

If you leave the door open, zombies can get in. Zombies can kill Traders. Always close doors behind you ;)

There is a way to use the console to spawn in another trader. You should be able to find out how searching the bug section of the forum. It's been handled there many times before. I haven't done it myself yet (not had any need to do so thus far). So off the top off my head I am not able to share the methodology with you.

[Hoxer]

Trader Joel is dead. Long live Trader Joel!

[xmoondockx]

R.i.p Joel :( You will always have a piece of my hearT

[lukasz]

Press LMB to pay respect.

[Ch53dVet]

go to youtube and search for trader joe under 7daystodie there is a short but easy guide to re-installing the trader.

[Red Eagle LXIX]

Closed / Missing / Vanished Trader

Vedui has done a video describing the workaround steps for restoring the missing trader while the issue is investigated.
Vedui's thread: [FIX] the Closed Trader Bug | Quick Tips N Tricks with Vedui
Common theory from many is that living close to the trader causes the issue.
My own personal observation is that it is the loading/unloading of the chunk a trader is in when the state is supposed to change. I have had traders I never lived near, or camped near, but that I did pass near when exploring around the time they should have closed who have ended up in this state in an SP game (thus no one else living near them either).