7 Days to Die V2.1 patch notes: Zombie changes, POI updates, and more

The 7 Days to Die V2.1 patch notes have been released, and the latest update is set to bring some major changes to the game. Serving as a stability patch for the V2 update, it aims to improve the quality-of-life experience for players with the addition of new features.

In this article, we list all the changes and additions in the latest 7 Days to Die V2.1 patch notes.

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All changes in the 7 Days to Die V2.1 patch notes

Here are all the new additions and changes in the 7 Days to Die V2.1 patch notes:

All new additions in 7 Days to Die V2.1 patch notes

• Storm affected zombies have increased hearing
• Changing the 24 Hour Cycle setting will recalculate weather
• Log serverconfig settings not compatible with consoles when ServerAllowCrossplay is set to true
• Wedge60 Tip 1/2 Ramp Tip 1/2 Corner Left and Right to the shape menu
• Wedge60 Tip 1/2 Ramp Tip 1/2 Corner Incline Left and Right to the shape menu
• Missing localization for several POIs
• Curtains and Drapes Variant Helper and recipe
• Hanging Log 1 and 2
• XML conditional function "has_entitlement", allowing to check whether the user has the named entitlement
• Game Event Action for completing challenges.

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Changes

• Improved behaviour related to console cross play when server config is non standard
• Reduced storm durations and how often they happen and less variations between biomes
• Increased storm warning time
• Increased storm fog and it now blends in as the storm builds
• Storm fog and particles decrease when inside
• Removed clothing and armor tags from dyes
• Updated serveradmins.xml header comment
• Factory_02 sleepers should no longer spawn in view
• Apartments_06 zombies no longer spawn in view
• Updated game event game_on_respawn_permanent to remove biome badges and reset hazard timers to default
• Hanging Corpse Log 1-3 now downgrades to Hanging Log 1 or 2
• Update localization for Shepherd’s Pie
• Removed "Animation queue full" warning
• Storm particles no longer fall into the inside of POI's

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All bug fixes in 7 Days to Die V2.1 patch notes

• Clients hit by projectiles now play specters grace audio
• Storm duration was incorrectly affected by the 24 Hour Cycle setting
• Sound now plays when last user leaves a party
• Trader Bob will no longer teleport you multiple times
• Further server login overhead reduction to reduce impact of potential DDoS attacks
• Clients on dedi can now heal each others broken or sprained limb
• Save would be corrupted if you repeatedly went near the same active scripted sleeper volume and then left the area
• Hoarder helmet no longer babyfaces your character
• Hazard Screen Effect for Wasteland and Snow Biomes do now stretch properly at ultra-wide resolutions
• Permadeath is again dropping player backpack.
• Hotswapping item consumable exploit
• Miner's Mending perk repeatedly halves critical injury when swapping mining tools
• Xbox series X/S lighting issue
• Modding Bug: Lootable zombies no longer have localized names
• Setting storms to 0% would not cancel a biome's current storm until the next random weather change
• Zombies dying from old age are no longer dropping bags
• Adjusted colliders on iron and wooden cellar doors to remove the thin gap that allowed a wallclip exploit
• Players can once again report POI placed signs as the sign has no author
• AI run away task did not respond to player noise

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That's everything that you need to know about the 7 Days to Die V2.1 patch notes. For more related news and guides, check out:

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• 7DTD: All armor sets
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