7 Days to Die V3.1.0 B11 Henpocalypse Experimental Update Released

7 Days to Die V3.1.0 “Henpocalypse” is now live as an experimental build on Steam. The Fun Pimps describe it as the chicken-farming update: catch fowl in the wild, defend them on the way home, and turn the new Chicken Coop into a steady source of eggs and feathers. Stable is expected soon, provided the experimental phase stays free of critical issues.

How to join the experimental branch (Steam)

1. Right-click 7 Days to Die in your library and open Properties
2. Switch to the Game Versions & Betas tab
3. Select latest_experimental from the dropdown and wait for the download

Before you update

• Sandbox codes: Density and respawn options for enemies and animals are now split into day and night. Existing custom presets and SandboxCodes may need updating — invalid codes can reset some or all settings. Official presets have already been revised.
• Saves: Existing worlds should remain compatible, but a new game is still recommended. Use Manage Saves to back up your world first.
• Localization: A late tooltip fix for the chicken coop (English) clarified that chickens are required for production. Additional languages will follow in a later update.

Headline features

Chicken farming is the centerpiece of V3.1.0. Capture chickens, carry them back to base, and place them in the Chicken Coop workstation. Keep them fed with crafted Rekt’s Chicken Feed (Corn and Rotting Flesh).

The coop supports three tool slots:

• Brooding Lamp — speeds up production and chicken maturation
• Chicken Run — lets chickens forage and cuts feed cost by 50%
• Nesting Box — unlocks breeding and adds nesting slots

A new Chicken Stress system adds risk and flavor: at 100% stress your bird can trigger game-stage-based events (from a simple drop to angry zombies — or angry chickens). The intensity is tunable via sandbox options.

Four new chicken-focused recipes join the cooking roster:

• Chicken Nuggets — filling; temporarily removes encumbrance
• Chicken Wings — temporary melee damage boost and infection immunity
• Ash Chicken Stew — solid food with no zombie smell
• Roadrunner Chicken Jerky — moderate food with a temporary run-speed boost

Sandbox sharing also gets a quality-of-life upgrade: players can now scan, copy, and share sandbox codes via QR code from a phone. Density/respawn controls are fully split (day/night and enemy/animal), and new multipliers cover infection chance, hunger, thirst, and stack size (capped at 30,000). Four new loading-screen images replace older tooltip screens.

The Big Beak cosmetic outfit is planned for the Stable release — not included in this experimental build.

• SandboxCode QR sharing did not ship in the game. The Fun Pimps announcement no longer lists an in-game QR feature for preset codes. On Curbolt we still provide a web QR for SandboxCodes on the server-config page so you can share or transfer codes outside the client.

Changelog — V3.1.0 B11

Added

• Sandbox options for ChickenCoopTime, ChickenCoopOutput, ChickenCoopInput, InfectionChance, HungerMultiplier, ThirstMultiplier
• New chicken attack SFX
• Option to keep Discord DM notifications audible while in game
• Discord login cancel button for cases where login would block all input on Xbox consoles

Changed

• BiomeRespawn and Biome Density Sandbox Options to Day and Night values
• Enemy Density and Respawn Sandbox Options do not increase desert or snow rare spawns like Chuck and Rancher
• Localization sync for Russian language
• Adjusted Chinese localization for clarification
• Localization for The Fireman’s Almanac Vol. 2 aligned with new mod quality levels
• Simplified Chinese localization sync
• Official sandbox preset codes updated for the new day/night density and respawn settings
• In house_construction_02, animal Boar replaced with animal Bear; environment balanced

Fixed

• Increasing Sandbox Option for Dew Collector Time could instantly fill collectors
• EndOfStreamException and corrupted games when converting copied saves to v3.0
• Clients unable to see results from the getsandboxoptions console command
• EOS exception in TileEntityNetPackage during POI reset
• Serverside EXC related to memory stream
• Battery Banks caused light bleed in adjacent rooms
• Robotics could break after being combined
• RequirementItemModTier did not check for null in slots
• Player inventory data could be sent to the server when nothing had changed
• Cursor is now hidden on camera displays for Motion Sensors/All Turrets
• Could not change controller icon style without changing another option
• Workstation UI Turn On button was on wrong layer
• Workstation slots were not selectable after opening for a short time
• Server filter would not show all available filtered games
• Filtering long paged lists no longer leaves a single null entry if an item from a later page was selected first
• Prefab Editor Help screen tab was overflowing
• NRE when saving audio options
• Server Browser list totals do not add up in some cases
• Corruption when rapidly loading/unloading multiple chunks
• Players were unable to paste sandbox code when already in Unsaved preset
• Editing Tools UI could stick and overlap other UI

Experimental builds can change quickly. If you play on experimental, keep an eye on the official thread for follow-up hotfixes before Stable lands.

Official announcement:
community.thefunpimps.com — V3.1.0 Henpocalypse Experimental Update