To survive in 7 Days to Die you must know how to search and use your resources. Do that and you will outsmart the dead. Use resources to build a strong base that will keep zombies away. Find out how to collect resources, where to find them, and how to use them for your survival.

Basic Resources

These are the foundation of your survival:

Bone

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• How Much It Can Hold: 1200
• Used For: Crafting Bone Knives, Glue, and Can of Sham.
• How to Obtain: Loot from animal carcasses and remains scattered across the map.

Brass

• How Much It Can Hold: 6000
• Used For: Crafting bullet casings.
• How to Obtain: Smelt old trophies, doorknobs, and loot brass items.

Broken Glass

• How Much It Can Hold: 6000
• Used For: Crafting scope mods and smelting for other recipes.
• How to Obtain: Break glass objects like windows and drink jars.

Clay Soil

• How Much It Can Hold: 6000
• Used For: Crafting items like Cobblestone Rocks, Bulletproof Glass Blocks, and more.
• How to Obtain: Dig in grassy areas or anywhere with dirt.

Coal

• How Much It Can Hold: 6000
• Used For: Gunpowder, Pure Mineral Water, and crafting Wheels.
• How to Obtain: Mine coal veins or chop burnt trees.

Cotton

• How Much It Can Hold: 500
• Used For: Crafting cloth fragments, seeds, and puffer coats.
• How to Obtain: Harvest Cotton Plants in grassy areas.

Wood

• How Much It Can Hold: 6000
• Used For: Pretty much everything—from tools to furniture and base building.
• How to Obtain: Chop down trees or collect wood debris.

Nitrate Powder

• How Much It Can Hold: 6000
• Used For: Gunpowder and farm plots.
• How to Obtain: Mine nitrate deposits found in caves and snow biomes.

Lead

• How Much It Can Hold: 6000
• Used For: Crafting bullet tips and glass.
• How to Obtain: Mine lead veins or scrap lead objects.

Oil Shale

• How Much It Can Hold: 6000
• Used For: Crafting gasoline and oil.
• How to Obtain: Mine shale deposits in desert biomes.

Intermediate Resources

These require a bit more effort but open up advanced crafting options.

Bottle of Acid

• How Much It Can Hold: 100
• Used For: The 7 days to die bottle of acid can be used to craft wheels, Grandpa’s Moonshine, and Recog.
• How to Obtain: To obtain a bottle of acid 7 days to die you will have to loot sinks, chemistry stations, and medical cabinets.

Bullet Casings

• How Much It Can Hold: 500
• Used For: Firearm ammo.
• How to Obtain: Forge brass or trade with NPCs.

Cloth Fragment

• How Much It Can Hold: 250
• Used For: Bandages, molotovs, and armor.
• How to Obtain: Harvest cotton or scrap clothes.

Cobblestone Rocks

• How Much It Can Hold: 1000
• Used For: Reinforcing base walls.
• How to Obtain: Craft using clay soil and small stones.

Duct Tape

• How Much It Can Hold: 500
• Used For: Repairs and crafting high-end tools, weapons, and armor.
• How to Obtain: Combine glue and cloth fragments or loot toolboxes.

Electrical Parts

• How Much It Can Hold: 1000
• Used For: Crafting traps, generators, and lights.
• How to Obtain: Salvage electronics like TVs and air conditioners.

Forged Iron & Forged Steel

• How Much It Can Hold: 500 each
• Used For: Upgraded tools, weapons, and structures.
• How to Obtain: Forge iron/steel ingots or loot mechanical items.

Gunpowder

• How Much It Can Hold: 1000
• Used For: Ammunition and explosives.
• How to Obtain: Combine nitrate powder and coal at a chemistry station.

Mechanical Parts

• How Much It Can Hold: 1000
• Used For: Crafting vehicles, traps, and workstations.
• How to Obtain: Dismantle vehicles and appliances using a wrench.

Nails

• How Much It Can Hold: 1000
• Used For: Crafting storage and decorative items.
• How to Obtain: Loot or craft at a forge using iron.

Raw Diamond

• How Much It Can Hold: 250
• Used For: Diamond blade tip mods.
• How to Obtain: Rarely found while mining rocks or looting.

Scrap Polymers

• How Much It Can Hold: 1000
• Used For: You can use 7 days to die scrap polymer for diamond blade tip mods.
• How to Obtain: Rarely found while mining rocks or looting.

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Wrapping Up

Once you become a skilled survivor in this zombie apocalypse resources will come to you. Then all you need to do is know what to build and make your survival easier. With this guide you will have an edge so that you can build your base and craft weapons easily.

FAQs

How to get better loot in?

This depends on your player level. The more you make progress in the game and play it the more your chances of better loot keeps increasing.

What is the best skill to have in the game?

Parkour is the best skill to have in 7 Days to Die. This perk grants players many skills including the ability to jump higher, with less stamina, fall further before receiving an injury, and even eliminate the possibility of breaking a leg.

What armor should I use in 7 Days to Die?

The preacher set is one of the best armors in the game because it is not only good for combat but also gives you extra perks.