Getting Started - How to Access Your 7 Days to Die Server and Control Panel
Have you purchased your 7 Days to Die server at GGServers? Here’s how to get started!
First, GGServers offers full access to your game server control panel, where users can manage everything that happens on the server.
This article will show the first steps for joining your 7 Days to Die server and using the game server panel to manage your server.
✔️ How Do I Find My Game Server Panel and Server Connection Details ✔️
To access your game server panel, you need to follow the next steps:
Log in to your billing account here.
Click on your customer's profile button, then on Email History.
Click on the first option, Your Game Server Details, and you'll see your server information and the game server panel credentials as well.
Note your panel credentials and server connection details, then go here to log in. You can find the game server panel link in the welcome email as well.
⚠ NOTE ⚠: Your server connection details will be used to join your server further in the guide.
Use the credentials from the last step and log in.
Now, you've just logged in to your 7 Days to Die game server control panel, where you can see and manage your server.
After logging in, you will be able to find all your instances (game servers). Click on the 7 Days to Die instance to see the connection details or to start or stop it. You can also click on Manage to customize and make changes to your server.
Before you start playing, you will have to click on the Manage button mentioned in the last step, then on the Update button.
If you click on the 7 Days to Die instance, then on the Manage button, a new page will open where you can fully manage your 7 Days to Die server. Also, a new menu will pop up where you can select between multiple options, such as Console to see the server logs or File Manager to access your server files.
🚀 How Do I Join My 7 Days to Die Server 🚀
To join your 7 Days to Die server, you will have to use the server connection details that you noted in step number four.
💠 Join Using the Connection Details (IP and Port)
To join your server in-game, you will have to:
Start 7 Days to Die, then click on JOIN A GAME.
Click on the CONNECT TO IP... button.
Type your server IP and port, then click on CONNECT.
⚠ NOTE ⚠: From your server connection details, the part before the colon is the IP and the part after the port. In the example shown below, the connection details were given as 167.114.1.157:2357, so the IP is 167.114.1.157, and the port 2357.
Now, you've just connected to your 7 Days to Die server!
💠 Steam
You can join your server through Steam using your game server panel, or add the server manually.
Game Server Panel
To join your server via Steam using your game server panel, you will have to:
Log in to your game server panel here.
Click on the 7 Days to Die instance, then click on the Manage button.
Click on the icon located after the View Connection Details, then click on Open Link.
Click on Join Game.
Manually
To manually add your server to Steam, you need to follow the next steps:
Open your Steam client and click on View, then on Servers.
Click on FAVORITES.
Click on Add A Server and put your server connection details (IP:Port) there in the address box. Then click on ADD THIS ADDRESS TO FAVORITES.
Now click on REFRESH, select the server you added, and click on Connect.
💠 Server List
To connect to your server via the in-game server list, you will have to:
Launch 7 Days to Die and click on JOIN A GAME.
Find your server using the search function or the filters, then click on it.
⚠ NOTE ⚠: Here you can add a server to Favorites by clicking the star icon. You can then find them by clicking the temple with the pillars icon. You can also find servers that you have visited in the past in this section.
Click on CONNECT.
Now, you've just connected to your 7 Days to Die server!
If you find any issues, contact us on live chat or via the ticket system.
❕ Useful Links ❕
- How to Join Your ARK Game Server
- How To Open a Support Ticket
- How to Reset Your Billing Area password
Updated on: 08/31/2023
Thank you!