Enable Creative & Debug Mode in 7 Days to Die

How to unlock the Creative Menu, Debug Mode, God Mode, and Fly Mode on your 7DTD server.

7 Days to Die has several cheat/debug tools useful for building, testing, and server administration.

The Creative Menu gives access to every item and block in the game at maximum quality.

Run in the server Console or press F1 in-game:

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Then press U to open the Creative Menu. Items spawn directly into your inventory.

In serverconfig.xml:

<property name="BuildCreate" value="true" />

⚠️ Warning: Setting BuildCreate to true flags the server as "Modded" in the server browser and enables creative mode for everyone.

Debug Mode

Debug Mode unlocks additional development tools and movement abilities.

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Key	Function
G	Toggle God Mode (invincibility)
H	Toggle Fly Mode (noclip flight)
Q	Additional debug options
F6	Open the Entity Spawn Menu — spawn up to 25 zombies, animals, NPCs, or vehicles at once
ESC	Debug options appear on the right side of the pause menu

These work independently without enabling full Debug Mode:

Command	Effect
`god`	Toggle invincibility
`ghost`	Toggle invisibility + noclip flight (zombies ignore you)
`creativemenu` or `cm`	Toggle Creative Menu
`debugmenu` or `dm`	Toggle Debug Mode

You must be an admin (permission level 0 or 1) to use these commands on a multiplayer server
See Admin Setup to grant admin access
The cm and dm commands require ConsoleCommands permission