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7 Days to Die: Time and weather commands

In 7 Days to Die, you set the time with settime. The safest form gives the day, hour and minute together, so settime 8 6 0 means 6 in the morning on day 8. According to the game's own help text, the short forms settime day and settime night move the clock to day 1 or day 2. For weather there are weather Rain and weather Fog, and weather d resets every weather setting.

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Enter the day, hour and minute, and the settime command is ready.

settime {day} {hour} {minute}

On default settings, a blood moon starts every 7 days at 22:00. Moving the clock forward also shifts timers tied to the game clock, so back up your save first.

Time and weather commands

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Sets the day and time

settime 8 6 0

The numbers are day, hour and minute: This example takes you to 6 in the morning on day 8. It is the safest form if you want to keep the day count.

Quest, bedroll and land claim timers and the blood moon schedule also run off the game clock. Back up your save before a big jump.
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Sets the time to noon on day 1

settime day

According to the game's own help text, the clock goes to 12:00 on day 1.

In a world you have played for a while, the day count goes back too. Use the form with day, hour and minute instead.
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Sets the time to midnight on day 2

settime night

According to the game's own help text, the clock goes to 00:00 on day 2.

In a world you have played for a while, the day count changes too. Use the form with day, hour and minute instead.
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Shows the day and time

gettime

Prints which day it is and what time it is in the console. The short form is gt.

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Sets rain to full strength

weather Rain 1

The number at the end is rain intensity from 0 to 1. A 0 stops the rain and -1 returns it to default.

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Sets the fog

weather Fog 0.5

The number at the end is fog density, 0 is clear and 1 is the thickest fog. Type -1 to return to default.

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Resets the weather settings

weather d

Undoes every weather change you made with commands, and the weather goes back to the game's own settings. The long form is weather defaults.

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Time and weather commands: Common questions

What is the time cheat in 7 Days to Die?
Type settime followed by the day, hour and minute in the console: settime 8 6 0 takes you to 6 in the morning on day 8. To see the current day and time, type gettime.
Why did the day count change when I set the time to day?
According to the game's help text, settime day sets the time to noon on day 1 and settime night to midnight on day 2. To keep the day count in a world you have played for a while, give the day, hour and minute together.
Can I start a blood moon right away?
The command list has no command that starts a blood moon directly. On default settings, a blood moon starts every 7 days at 22:00, and you can move the clock to that day and hour with settime. Timers tied to the game clock shift as well, so back up your save first.
How do I turn off rain or fog?
Typing weather Rain 0 in the console stops the rain. To undo every weather change you made with commands, type weather d and the weather goes back to the game's own settings.

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