Any way to make the game actually be survival?

[Dandelion]

Ngl i really wanna play once again cause I recently played Generation Zero and the base building there made me want a FPS, survival base building game with coop

Only one i have found like that online is the one I already own 7DtD

My problem is tho that this game completely forgets its survival aspect once the mid game is reached

You’ll have more food, ammo, meds than you could ever spent and the only challenge after a certain point is the bloodmoons which also fall off drastically with time

Is there anything to make 7 days actually stay survival 100% of the time?
Or are there games that are like it?

[...👑 JOST AMMAN 👑...]

Check this: https://7daystodiemods.com/true-survival/

[Darren]

After the last update we quit 7Days sadly and tried another really early state Game, but it makes fun. Maybe take a look at no one survived, with food spoiling its more like survival and you can rescue people from bandit camps and somehow build up a new settlement in a similar setting with zombies and after apocalypse etc.

its much more survival than 7days to die, without dungeons and such.

[God Bless The Dead]

Yes, horde night every night. And if you're brave make zombie block damage do twice as much. Also I like always run, a real challenge early to mid game, especially when you play perma death.

[Crater Creator]

I reduce the loot setting; it really makes a difference on accumulating too much food/ammo/meds. Also, where you reside makes a difference, with living in the snow, the wasteland, and/or the city being (in broad strokes) more challenging with more enemies. But I sympathize that some areas of survival, e.g. surviving the elements, are underdeveloped.

[Warlock]

You should install the modlauncher and check out some of the total conversions.

but in the base game - permadeath and higher difficulties

[westrud]

Look at all of the rage when they made water harder to get, can you imagine what would happen if they made food, water and medicine more difficult.

[Kryzx]

You could try some harder settings to make it a bit more "hardcore" with the vanilla game, like turning loot respawn off, no airdrops, decreasing player block damage, & increasing zombie block damage. Then try to play it without taking any quests at all from the traders (but can still buy & sell with them). Change settings to permadeath & "drop on death" to Delete All. If you want, change zombie speeds to a faster setting and/or increase the difficulty up another notch from what you're comfortable playing at.

There's several overhaul mods that slow the game's progression, where the game is generally the most fun & challenging. Darkness Falls, Undead Legacy, etc. there's a bunch to try out!

Originally posted by ...👑 JOST AMMAN 👑...:

Check this: https://7daystodiemods.com/true-survival/

I'm going to give that a shot once I'm satisfied with my Undead Legacy run. Seems interesting!

[zombygunner]

thats easy just play like all the people who die of thirst..seems easy to do or hard not too

[CatPerson]

Kinda depends on what you mean by survival, or which aspect of survival is the one you want more change from.

For over abundance of resources, as others have said, stuff like no loot respawn, lower loot abundance, or minimizing to no trader quests, any other self-imposed gameplay rules you can think up, etc can all help.

If combat side is more desired, outside of default difficulty options/perm death I'd probably look at mods as well - either smaller more specific ones or total overhauls. Lots swear by some of those overhauls re: challenge, survival, and more variety.

[James]

Considering that everyone has different exceptions of what survival should be in the game, I would suggest modding the game yourself that fit YOUR particular expectations and style of play. For what you're looking for, modding this game is so simple a caveman can do it. It is literally as simple as editing one or two xml files.

As far as other true survival games. I would suggest The Long Dark or Fallout 4 (there are a plethora of survival mods).