In 7 Days to Die, players will find themselves in a post-apocalyptic styled world that had been infested by the undead, turning most of the population into zombies. Players will need to scavenge their way through various locations to survive, picking up a range of different items t keep themselves going.

Many of these items are reliable resources that can be put to use through crafting new weapons, medicines, or other handy items. For this reason, knowing each resource in the game and some basic information about them will go a long way when it comes to attempting to survive each day. If players are seeking this information, they can find all they'll need in the guide below.

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7 Days To Die: How To Fly The Gyrocopter

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All Resources & Their Uses in 7 Days to Die

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There are several different categories of resources in 7 Days to Die. These categories include basic resources, intermediate resources, components, and useless items - which often are just there to sell for a bit of monetary gain. Every resource has been listed by category below:

Basic Resources

7dtd basic resources

Resource Name

Maximum Capacity

Used to Make/Power

How to Obtain

Bone

  • 1200
  • Looting

Brass

  • 6000
  • Bullet casings
  • Looting
  • Scrapping
  • Smelting

Broken Glass

  • 6000
  • Scope 2x Mod
  • Scope 4x Mod
  • Scope 8x Mod
  • Looting
  • Breaking glass items
  • Smelting

Clay Soil

  • 6000
  • Anvil
  • Buckshot
  • Bullet Casing
  • Bullet Tip
  • Bulletproof Glass Block
  • Cobblestone Rocks
  • Cooking Grill
  • Cooking Pot
  • Crucible
  • Dirt
  • Farm Plot
  • Glass Block
  • Industrial Glass Centered
  • Industrial Glass 2 Centered
  • Iron Arrowhead
  • Iron Bars
  • Iron Dart
  • Mushroom Spore Seed
  • Nails
  • Potted Plant
  • Rocket Casing
  • Rocket Tip
  • Shotgun Breaching Slug
  • Steel Arrowhead
  • Top Soil
  • Wrought Iron Fence
  • Digging

Coal

  • 6000
  • Looting
  • Mining
  • Chopping burnt trees

Cotton

  • 500
  • Cloth Fragment
  • Cotton Seed
  • King Sized Bed
  • Office Chair
  • Puffer Coat
  • Harvesting Cotton Plants

Crushed Sand

  • 6000
  • Asphalt
  • Bulletproof Glass Block
  • Concrete Mix
  • Glass Block
  • Gravel
  • Industrial Glass Centered
  • Industrial Glass 2 Centered
  • Plaster Cast
  • Sandbags
  • Stone

Feather

  • 250
  • Iron Arrow
  • Iron Crossbow Bolt
  • Puffer Coat
  • Stone Arrow
  • Stone Crossbow Bolt
  • Looting
  • Butchering animals
  • Harvesting bird nests

Iron

  • 6000
  • Anvil
  • Barbed Wire Fence
  • Bulletproof Glass Block
  • Cooking Grill
  • Cooking Pot
  • Iron Arrowhead
  • Iron Bars
  • Iron Dart
  • Knuckle Wraps
  • Metal Trussing / I-Beams
  • Nails
  • Old Chair
  • Reinforced Iron Blocks
  • Reinforced Metal Siding
  • Robotic Turret Ammo
  • Rocket Casing
  • Scrap Armor Pieces
  • Spotlight
  • Steel Arrowhead
  • Timed Charge
  • Tin Land Mine
  • Wrought Iron Fence
  • Crafting
  • Looting
  • Destroying certain objects

Lead

  • 6000
  • Buckshot
  • Bullet Tip
  • Bulletproof Glass Block
  • Glass Block
  • Industrial Glass Centered
  • Industrial Glass 2 Centered
  • Lead Car Battery
  • Robotic Turret Ammo
  • Rocket Tip
  • Scrapping
  • Looting
  • Mining

Leather

  • 250
  • 4x4 Truck Chassis
  • Advanced Bellows
  • Baseball Bat
  • Bicycle Chassis
  • Bicycle Handlebars
  • Claw Hammer
  • Compound Bow
  • Compound Crossbow
  • Cowboy Boots
  • Cowboy Hat
  • Dress Shoes
  • Firefighter's Helmet
  • Forge
  • Gyrocopter Chassis
  • Hunting Knife
  • Iron Boots
  • Iron Chest Armor
  • Iron Crossbow
  • Iron Fireaxe
  • Iron Gloves
  • Iron Helmet
  • Iron Knuckles
  • Iron Leg Armor
  • Iron Tools
  • Iron Weapons
  • Knuckle Wraps
  • Leather Armor Pieces
  • Minibike Chassis
  • Mining Helmet
  • Motorcycle Chassis
  • Office Chair
  • Paint Brush
  • Pipe Baton
  • Running Shoes
  • Scrap Armor Pieces
  • Steel Weapons
  • Steel Armor Pieces
  • Steel Shovel
  • Stun Baton
  • Wooden Bow
  • Worn boots
  • Killing certain animals
  • Harvesting

Nitrate Powder

  • 6000
  • Antibiotics
  • Farm Plot
  • Gun Powder
  • Herbal Antibiotics
  • Mining
  • Looting

Oil Shale

  • 6000
  • Asphalt
  • 2x Gas Can
  • Oil
  • Mining

Plant Fibers

  • 6000
  • Bedroll
  • Candle
  • Cigar
  • Cloth Fragment
  • Ghillie Suit Pieces
  • Grass Seed
  • Hay Bale
  • Pipe Bomb
  • Plant Fiber Armor Pieces
  • Potted Plant
  • Primitive Bone
  • Sod
  • Stick of Dynamite
  • Stone Tools
  • Harvesting grass

Small Stone

  • 6000
  • Asphalt
  • Bulletproof Glass Block
  • Campfire
  • Cement
  • Cobblestone Rocks
  • Concrete Mix
  • Crucible
  • Crushed Sand
  • Destroyed Stone
  • Gravel
  • Land Claim Block
  • Stone
  • Stone Tools
  • Crafting
  • Harvesting

Snowball

  • 6000
  • Yucca Juice Smoothie
  • Shovel snow

Wood

  • 6000
  • Advanced Bellows
  • Barbed Fence Wire
  • Baseball Bat
  • Building Block
  • Burning Barrel
  • Claw Hammer
  • End Table Lamp
  • Farm plot
  • Hunting Knife
  • Iron Tools
  • King Sized Bed
  • Leather Couch
  • Machete
  • Modern Chair
  • Old Chair
  • Old Couch
  • Paintbrush
  • 10x Paper
  • Pipe Weapons
  • Primitive Bow
  • Reinforced Drawbridge
  • Secure Storage Chest
  • Sinks and Toilets
  • Sofa Chair
  • Split
  • Steel Tools
  • Stone Tools
  • Storage Box
  • Torch
  • Trip Wire Post
  • Wood Block
  • Wood Door
  • Wood Furniture
  • Wood Hatch
  • Wood Log
  • Wood Spikes
  • Wooden Bow
  • Wooden Club
  • Wooden Ladder
  • Wooden Sign
  • Wooden Storage
  • Workbench
  • Writable Storage Bench
  • Harvesting
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Intermediate Resources

7dtd intermediate resources

Resource Name

Maximum Capacity

Used to Make/Power

How to Obtain

Bottle of Acid

  • 100
  • Chemistry Station
  • Grandpa's Learn'n Elixir
  • Grandpa's Moonshine
  • Lead Car Battery
  • Recog
  • Wheel
  • Looting

Brass Radiator

  • 5
  • Vehicle Super Charger Mod
  • Harvesting

Buckshot

  • 1000
  • Shotgun Ammo
  • Smelting Lead

Bullet Casing

  • 500
  • Firearm Ammo
  • Looting
  • Trading
  • Forging

Bullet Tip

  • 500
  • Firearm Ammo
  • Forging

Car Air Filter

  • 500
  • Cloth Fragment
  • Cotton Seed
  • King Sized Bed
  • Office Chair
  • Puffer Coat
  • Harvesting Cotton Plants

Cement

  • 1000
  • Crafting

Cloth Fragment

  • 250
  • Awning Red Blocks
  • Awning Wedge 1
  • BDU Bottoms / BDU Top
  • Bandage
  • Bandanna
  • Baseball Cap
  • Demin Pants
  • Duct Tape
  • Flaming Arrow
  • Flaming Crossbow Bolt
  • Flannel Shirt
  • King Sized Bed
  • Modern Couch
  • Molotov Cocktail
  • Old Chair
  • Old Couch
  • Overalls
  • Padded Armor Pieces
  • Plaster Cast
  • Puffer Coat
  • Sandbags
  • Shorts
  • Skirt
  • Skull Cap
  • Splint
  • Sweatshirt
  • Tank Top
  • T-Shirt
  • Torch
  • Harvesting
  • Crafting

Cobblestone Rocks

  • 1000
  • Cobblestone Rocks
  • Forge
  • Harvesting
  • Crafting

Concrete Mix

  • 1000
  • Concrete Blocks
  • Mining
  • Crafting

Duct Tape

  • 500
  • Firearm Weapons
  • Advanced Bellows
  • Baseball Bat
  • Bicycle Parts
  • Claw Hammer
  • Compound Bow
  • Compound Crossbow
  • Dew Collector
  • End Table Lamp
  • Various Arrows/Bolts
  • Firefighter's Helmet
  • Flashlight
  • Forge
  • Gyrocoptor Chassis
  • Various Land Mines
  • Hunting Knife
  • Iron Armor Pieces
  • Iron Tools
  • Iron Weapons
  • Leather Armor Pieces
  • Machete
  • Military Armor Pieces
  • Minibike Chassis
  • Mining Helmet
  • Motorcycle Pieces
  • Nailgun
  • Padded Armor Pieces
  • Ratchet
  • Repair Kit
  • Robotic Sledge
  • Robotic Turret
  • Rocket Frag
  • Rocket Launcher
  • Scrap Armor Pieces
  • Splint
  • Spotlight
  • Steel Armor Pieces
  • Steel Tools
  • Stick of Dynamite
  • Stun Baton
  • Wooden Bow
  • Workbench
  • Wrench
  • Looting

Electrical Parts

  • 1000
  • Vehicle Pieces
  • Basic Light Bulb
  • Battery Bank
  • Beverage Cooler
  • Various Traps
  • Electric Fence Post
  • Electric Timer Relay
  • Electric Wire Relay
  • End Table Lamp
  • Various Lights
  • Speaker
  • Steel Hatch (Powered)
  • Stun Baton
  • Switch
  • TVs
  • Timed Charge
  • Trigger Plate
  • Trip Wire Post
  • Scrapping
  • Harvesting

Forged Iron

  • 500
  • Various Firearms
  • Air Filter Land Mine
  • Baseball Bat
  • Battery Bank
  • Beverage Cooler
  • Various Vehicle Parts
  • Various Traps
  • Bucket
  • Burning Barrel
  • Cement Mixer
  • Chemistry Station
  • Claw Hammer
  • Various Mines/Grenades
  • Crucible
  • Desk Safe
  • Electric Fence Post
  • Electric Timer Relay
  • Electric Wire Relay
  • Firefighter's Helmet
  • Various Lights
  • Generator Bank
  • Hunting Knife
  • Iron Armor Pieces
  • Iron Tools
  • Iron Door
  • Iron Hatch
  • Iron Ladder
  • Lockpick
  • Metal Furniture
  • Motion Sensor
  • Office Chair
  • Reinforced Drawbridge
  • Reinforced Drawbridge (Powered)
  • Repair Kit
  • Short Iron Pipe
  • Speaker
  • Stun Baton
  • Switch
  • Trigger Plate
  • Wall Safe
  • Wheel
  • Workbench
  • Wrench
  • Crafting

Forged Steel

  • 500
  • Various Firearms
  • Auger
  • Blade Trap
  • Chainsaw
  • Compound Crossbow
  • Gun Safe
  • Various Vehicle Parts
  • Impact Driver
  • Jail Door
  • Machete
  • Nailgun
  • Ratchet
  • Robotic Drone
  • Robotic Sledge
  • Robotic Turret
  • Robotic Launcher
  • Various Turrets
  • Shotgun Breaching Slug
  • Steel Tools
  • Steel Blocks
  • Steel Armor Pieces
  • Steel Club
  • Steel Door 01
  • Steel Hatch
  • Steel Hatch (Powered)
  • Steel Knuckles
  • Steel Ladder
  • Steel Stairs
  • Wire Tool
  • Crafting

Gas Can

  • 10,000
  • Auger
  • Chainsaw
  • Minibike
  • Motorcycle
  • 4x4 Truck
  • Gyrocopter
  • Crafting
  • Looting

Glue

  • 500
  • Duct Tape
  • 10x Paper
  • Pipe Machine Gun
  • Pipe Pistol
  • Pipe Rifle
  • Pipe Shotgun
  • Wooden Bow
  • Looting
  • Crafting

Gun Powder

  • 1000
  • Various Ammunitions
  • Air Filter Land Mine
  • Blackstrap Coffee
  • Contact Grenade
  • Cooking Pot Mine
  • Exploding Arrow
  • Exploding Crossbow Bolt
  • Flaming Arrow
  • Flaming Crossbow Bolt
  • Grenade
  • Hub Cap Land Mine
  • Pipe Bomb
  • Rocket Frag
  • Rocket HE
  • Stick of Dynamite
  • Timed Charge
  • Tin Land Mine
  • Crafting

Hub Cap

  • 250
  • Iron
  • Looting

Iron Arrowhead

  • 500
  • Iron Arrow
  • Iron Crossbow Bolt
  • Crafting
  • Looting

Mechanical Parts

  • 1000
  • Various Vehicle Parts
  • Various Traps
  • Cement Mixer
  • Various Grenades
  • Crucible
  • Desk Safe
  • Garage Door Metal
  • Generator Bank
  • Gun Safe
  • Impact Driver
  • Iron Knuckles
  • Jail Door
  • Lockpick
  • Motion Sensor
  • Nailgun
  • Office Chair
  • Ratchet
  • Reinforced Drawbridge
  • Reinforced Drawbridge (Powered)
  • Sinks / Toilets
  • Steel Door 01
  • Steel Hatch
  • Steel Hatch (Powered)
  • Switch
  • Trigger Plate
  • Wall Safe
  • Wire Tool
  • Workbench
  • Wrench
  • Looting
  • Salvaging

Nails

  • 1000
  • Advanced Bellows
  • Cooking Pot Mine
  • Hub Cap Land Mine
  • Leather Couch
  • Modern Couch
  • Old Couch
  • Sofa Chair
  • Storage Box
  • Tin Land Mine
  • Wood Furniture
  • Wooden Sign
  • Wooden Storage
  • Workbench
  • Writable Storage Box
  • Looting

Oil

  • 50
  • Blade Trap
  • Crucible
  • Dart Trap
  • Lantern
  • Molotov Cocktail
  • SMG Auto Turret
  • Shotgun Auto Turret
  • Steroids
  • Wheel
  • Looting
  • Harvesting

Paint

  • 1000
  • Decorating blocks with a Paintbrush
  • Crafting

Paper

  • 250
  • Cigar
  • Shotgun Shell
  • Stick of Dynamite
  • Harvesting
  • Scrapping

Raw Daimond

  • 250
  • Diamond Blade Tip Mod
  • Looting

Repair Kit

  • 25
  • Repair Vehicles, Weapons, or Tools
  • Crafting
  • Looting

Rocket Casing

  • 50
  • Rocket Frag
  • Rocket HE
  • Crafting
  • Looting

Rocket Tip

  • 500
  • Rocket HE
  • Crafting
  • Looting

Scrap Polymers

  • 1000
  • Various Firearms / Weapons
  • Battery Bank
  • Cowboy Boots
  • Dew Collector
  • Dress Shoes
  • End Table Lamp
  • Various Arrows/Bolts
  • Flashlight
  • Lead Car Battery
  • Military Armor Pieces
  • Recog
  • Robotic Drone
  • Robotic Sledge
  • Various Turrets
  • Running Shoes
  • Shotgun Breaching Slug
  • Shotgun Slug
  • TVs
  • Wheel
  • Worn Boots
  • Harvesting

Short Iron Pipe

  • 500
  • Various Vehicle Parts
  • Advanced Bellows
  • Beverage Cooler
  • Chemistry Station
  • Dew Collector
  • Forge
  • King Sized Bed
  • Pipe Baton
  • Pipe Bomb
  • Sinks and Toilets
  • Looting
  • Crafting

Spring

  • 500
  • Various Firearms/Weapons
  • Air Filter Land Mine
  • Various Vehicle Parts
  • Cement Mixer
  • Compound Bow
  • Various Grenades
  • Desk Safe
  • Garage Door Metal
  • Gun Safe
  • Impact Driver
  • Jail Door
  • King Sized Bed
  • Nailgun
  • Ratchet
  • Reinforced Drawbridge
  • Reinforced Drawbridge (Powered)
  • Robotic Sledge
  • Robotic Turret
  • Steel Door 01
  • Steel Hatch
  • Steel Hatch (Powered)
  • Wall Safe
  • Harvesting

Steel Arrowhead

  • 500
  • Various Arrows/Bolts
  • Crafting
  • Looting

Testosterone Extract

  • 10
  • Cigar
  • Steroids
  • Harvesting
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Component Resources

7dtd component resources

Resource Name

Maximum Capacity

Used to Make/Power

How to Obtain

4x4 Truck Accessories

  • 1
  • 4x4 Truck

4x4 Truck Chassis

  • 1
  • 4x4 Truck
  • Looting
  • Crafting
  • Trading

Bicycle Chassis

  • 1
  • Bicycle
  • Crafting

Bicycle Handlebars

  • 50
  • Bicycle
  • Craftung

Engine

  • 1000
  • 4x4 Truck
  • Auger
  • Cement Mixer
  • Chainsaw
  • Gyrocopter
  • Minibike
  • Motorcycle
  • Looting

Gyrocopter Accessories

  • 1
  • Gyrocopter
  • Crafting

Gyrocopter Chassis

  • 1
  • Gyrocopter
  • Crafting

Headlight

  • 50
  • 4x4 Truck Accessories
  • Basic Light Bulb
  • End Table Lamp
  • Gyrocopter Accessories
  • Lantern
  • Minibike Handlebars
  • Motorcycle Handlebars
  • Spotlight
  • Harvesting

Lead Car Battery

  • 1
  • 4X4 Truck
  • Gyrocopter
  • Minibike
  • Motorcycle
  • Looting
  • Crafting

Minibike Chassis

  • 50
  • Minibike
  • Crafting

Minibike Handlebars

  • 50
  • Minibike
  • Crafting

Motorcycle Chassis

  • 1
  • Motorcycle
  • Crafting

Motorcycle Handlebars

  • 1
  • Motorcycle
  • Crafting

Water Filter

  • 50
  • Dew Collector
  • Looting
  • Trading

Wheel

  • 50
  • Various Vehicles
  • Crafting
  • Looting

Useless Items

7dtd useless resources

Resource Name

Maximum Capacity

Used to Make/Power

How to Obtain

Old Cash

  • 10,000
  • N/A - Sell for monetary gain
  • Looting

Silver Nugget

  • 250
  • Looting
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Released
June 28, 2016
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ESRB
M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Violence
Developer(s)
The Fun Pimps
Publisher(s)
Telltale Games
Engine
Unity
Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer, Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op
Number of Players
8 (PC), 4 (Consoles)
Platform(s)
Linux, macOS, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Genre(s)
Survival, Horror
How Long To Beat
N/A
File Size Xbox Series
3 GB (November 2023)
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