7 Days to Die A21.2 Patch Notes: Death Penalty Mode and New Twitch Actions

If you enjoy losing weeks of progress to a single zombie bite, the A21.2 update for 7 Days to Die was practically made with you in mind. The new patch introduces a configurable Death Penalty system, a batch of fresh Twitch bit actions, and a generous helping of bug fixes. Below is a clean breakdown of what changed and how to get it running on your server.

What's New in A21.2

The headline feature is the Death Penalty setting. It lets each server or save decide how harshly dying should sting. At the lowest end, death costs nothing: no XP loss, no hunger drain, no setback. Crank the slider up and the consequences scale, all the way to a true hardcore mode where dying wipes your character completely. Losing your progress and starting fresh is now an option you can actually opt into, rather than a glitch to avoid.

Alongside the new difficulty knob, A21.2 expands the Twitch integration with several new bit actions. Streamers and their chats can now trigger `#cacti`, `#mixup`, `#spoil_boxes`, and more. Some are mildly inconvenient. Others, like a wipe of all map waypoints, are openly hostile. Pick your audience accordingly.

A21.2 is still tagged as experimental, so expect a few rough edges. Back up your saves before patching anything you care about.

How to Install the A21.2 Update

Getting the new build is straightforward through Steam:

1. Open Steam and head to your library.
2. Locate 7 Days to Die in the list.
3. Click the Update button in the game's panel to download A21.2.

Dedicated server admins should redeploy the build through SteamCMD after the client update is live. The full Steam announcement is available in the official patch notes.

Full A21.2 B14 Patch Notes

Added

• New Death Penalty settings with multiple intensity levels.
• Twitch bit actions: `#cacti`, `#ember_piles`, and `#spoil_boxes`.
• `#mixup` action that shuffles items between backpack and toolbelt.
• Three Twitch teleport actions added as Extras.
• `#blind` action that blinds the target and their party for 10 seconds.
• `#destroy_toolbelt` action that wipes everything in a target's toolbelt.
• Dismantle Vehicle action that breaks a vehicle into parts.
• Rename_signs action that renames every sign and container in a land claim.
• Unload Ammo action that empties weapons in the toolbelt and backpack.
• Lost Twitch action that strips map data, deletes waypoints, and randomly teleports the player.
• Player Inventory Preference System.
• Bottom cap added to tall cacti.
• Players inside a fully trader-protected zone are now teleported out when a blood moon starts.

Changed

• Max particles per entity increased to 3 per type.
• AdminTools queries are now locked during reload to prevent invalid states.
• Teleport descriptions display the distance involved.
• Land Claim Blocks set to `AllowedRotations = No45` to stop clipping.
• Convex mesh colliders enabled on several doors so players stop getting stuck inside them.
• Collider on `modularFireWoodStackC` adjusted so projectiles pass cleanly.
• Bird nest material and max damage tuned to match harvest particles and audio.
• Updated collider on `brick_half_destroyed04`.
• Collider tweaks on `couchModernCorner` for cleaner projectile pathing.
• Grandpa's Moonshine and Pain Killers no longer grant Damage Mitigation, fixing buff stacking past 100%.
• WaterChangeOT values reworked for Pain Killers, Steroids, Recog, and Fort Bites to fit new durations.
• Fort Bites Damage Mitigation reduced from 50 to 40.
• Fort Bites water loss reduced from 30 to 20.
• Physician ranks 2 and 4 localization updated to reflect the 20% and 40% chem station crafting time reductions.
• Critical hits journal tip localization updated.
• `zombieBurntFeral` tag list now includes `walker`.
• Mod loading log output cleaned up for readability.

Fixed

• Double Barrel Shotgun no longer zooms when hip firing. Repulsor mod AoE knockback range raised to 1.3 to match its shock radius.
• Downgrade, destroy, and death particles no longer disappear due to origin issues.
• Particles no longer track non-entity IDs or trigger forced creation.
• Reloading the toolbelt window group no longer throws exceptions when picking up or dropping items.
• Player names in persistent data refresh correctly on re-login.
• Server permissions file only reloads on real external changes, not on its own writes.
• AssetBundle load errors now include the requested filename again.
• Buried Supplies quests no longer leave the Twitch Quest Cooldown active after completion.
• Reading a treasure map or using glass inside the modification menu no longer breaks the UI.
• Prefab editor first launches no longer let you build without creating a new prefab, preventing unsaved work loss.
• `#setbitpot` shows the correct localization.
• Food no longer fails to fill fully when moving during respawn.
• World creation default size corrected from 8 to 4096.
• World creation combobox now lists all valid sizes from 1024 to 10240.
• Random Teleports respect POI bounds.
• Opening a container directly above a treasure cache no longer auto-completes treasure quests.
• Mixup now works on vehicles.
• Players no longer get stuck in closed commercial doors v1 and v3.
• Rain particles now collide with glass.
• Curing sprained arm and leg at the same time works correctly.
• Goldenrod Tea and Pure Mineral Water no longer play sick sounds after use.
• Camping chair harvesting fixed.
• Switching from ADS to hands with number keys no longer stretches arms.
• `Roadside_checkpoint_05` rollup door no longer flips between open and closed on chunk load.
• Generator-powered switches behave consistently in non-power-restore quests on dedicated servers.
• POI triggers no longer silently break after a POIReset.
• Switch triggers no longer load in a broken state tied to a player save.

Worth Updating?

If you run a hardcore group or stream 7 Days to Die with chat-driven chaos, A21.2 is an easy yes. For everyone else, the bug fixes alone are worth installing. Just remember that it is still flagged experimental, so a backup of your world before patching is the cheap insurance you will not regret.