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Getting Started
The Hollow is a harder 7 Days to Die: tougher zombies, hungrier survivors and new things in the dark. The first days follow a short story chain, "First Night in The Hollow", on the Challenges page.
How it works
- Open Challenges (top bar) and redeem The Broadcast to start the chain.
- Work down the entries: gather by hand, craft a stone axe, pick a class, light a fire, place a bedroll.
- Redeem each entry as it completes, then follow Find the Trader to the nearest trader.
- At the trader: sell loot for Dukes, take quests, and pick up Hunter's Contracts later on.
Tips
- Zombies have more health and hit harder than vanilla; fight in doorways, not in the open.
- Hunger and thirst drop about 40% faster: carry water and food from day one.
- Nights are darker and foggier. A torch or a helmet light is worth more than it looks.
- Every top bar page has its own button; this wiki is the one with the notice icon.