Every Resource in 7 Days to Die: Locations, Stats, Recipes, and Sell Prices

Navezgane will eat you alive if you ignore your inventory. Resource farming is the difference between sleeping in a stone shack with a club and rolling around in a 4x4 truck with full steel armor. This guide breaks down every resource in 7 Days to Die: where it spawns, how to craft it, what trader prices it commands, and whether the forge can do anything useful with it.

How resources are tiered

The game groups resources into three rough tiers based on rarity and recipe complexity.

• Basic resources are the raw materials you pick up by hitting the world: wood, stone, fibers, ore. Loot containers and mining nodes drop these by the hundreds.
• Intermediate resources are refined or crafted at workstations like the Forge, Workbench, Cement Mixer or Chemistry Station. Some are scavenged with tools (the Wrench is your friend).
• Component resources are the chassis, accessories and parts that build vehicles and other late-game contraptions. Recipes get expensive fast.

Each entry below lists how to obtain the resource, max stack size, whether it burns or smelts, the smelt output, and trader sell/buy prices in Duke Coins when applicable.

Basic resources

Bone

• How to get: Harvest gore blocks and animal corpses.
• Max stack: 1,200
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Brass

• How to get: Pull from containers or smelt Duke Coins, radiators and brass items.
• Max stack: 6,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Brass
• Sell price: 0
• Buy price: 6

Broken glass

• How to get: Scrap glass items, smash glass objects, or loot containers.
• Max stack: 6,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Glass
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Clay soil

• How to get: Dig most ground dirt with a shovel.
• Max stack: 6,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Clay
• Sell price: 0
• Buy price: 0

Coal

• How to get: Mine coal ore, chop burnt trees and wooden debris, or loot ovens.
• Max stack: 6,000
• Combustible: Yes
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Cotton

• How to get: Harvest cotton plants in the wild.
• Max stack: 500
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Crushed sand

• How to get: Run Small Stones through a Cement Mixer, or pick it up directly in the Desert or Wasteland biomes.
• Max stack: 6,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Glass
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Feather

• How to get: Loot containers, especially bird nests.
• Max stack: 250
• Combustible: Yes
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Iron

• How to get: Smash metal-like objects such as vehicle frames, air vents and metal ladders.
• Max stack: 6,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: 0
• Buy price: 3

Lead

• How to get: Mine lead ore nodes or loot containers.
• Max stack: 6,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Lead
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Leather

• How to get: Butcher animal carcasses (including their zombie variants) with a sharp tool, or harvest leather furniture like office chairs and couches.
• Max stack: 250
• Combustible: Yes
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Nitrate powder

• How to get: Mine stalactites, stalagmites or Potassium Nitrate nodes.
• Max stack: 6,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Oil shale

• How to get: Mine oil deposits in the Desert biome.
• Max stack: 6,000
• Combustible: Yes
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Plant fibers

• How to get: Punch or break tall grass.
• Max stack: 6,000
• Combustible: Yes
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Small stone

• How to get: Pick them off the ground or break boulders.
• Max stack: 6,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Stone
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Snowball

• How to get: Dig snow with a shovel or your fists.
• Max stack: 6,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Wood

• How to get: Chop trees, loot containers, or break wooden objects.
• Max stack: 6,000
• Combustible: Yes
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Intermediate resources

Most items in this tier require a workstation, a tool, or both.

Bottle of acid

• How to get: Loot sinks, trash piles, cardboard boxes, wooden desks and construction crates.
• Max stack: 100
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Brass radiator

• How to get: Wrench-harvest sedans, air conditioners or radiator fixtures.
• Max stack: 5
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Brass
• Sell price: 40
• Buy price: 600

Buckshot

• How to get: Craft at the Forge with 3x Lead and 1x Clay Soil.
• Max stack: 1,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Lead
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Bullet casing

• How to get: Loot zombie bags and containers, or Forge with 6x Brass and 1x Clay Soil.
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Brass
• Sell price: 0
• Buy price: 3

Bullet tip

• How to get: Forge using 2x Lead and 1x Clay Soil.
• Max stack: 500
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Lead
• Sell price: 0
• Buy price: 3

Car air filter

• How to get: Find in trash piles and similar containers, or craft at the Workbench using 15x Iron.
• Max stack: 250
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Cement

• How to get: Forge 12x Small Stone, or harvest pallets carrying blue cement bags.
• Max stack: 1,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Stone
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Cloth fragment

• How to get: Harvest rubbish, trash piles, awnings and curtains.
• Max stack: 250
• Combustible: Yes
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Cobblestone rocks

• How to get: Shovel-harvest pallets.
• Max stack: 1,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Stone
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Concrete mix

• How to get: Cement Mixer recipe: 1x Crushed Sand, 1x Small Stone and 1x Cement.
• Max stack: 1,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Stone
• Sell price: 25
• Buy price: 375

Duct tape

• How to get: Loot containers, or craft by hand with 1x Glue and 10x Cloth Fragment.
• Max stack: 500
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Electrical parts

• How to get: Wrench-harvest electrical fixtures: sedans, stoves, refrigerators, cash registers, streetlights.
• Max stack: 1,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Forged iron

• How to get: Forge using 12x Iron and 6x Clay.
• Max stack: 500
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Forged steel

• How to get: Forge with a Crucible attached, using 31x Iron and 15x Clay.
• Max stack: 500
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Gas can

• How to get: Chemistry Station recipe with 1x Oil Shale, or harvest vehicles and gas pumps.
• Max stack: 10,000
• Combustible: Yes
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Glue

• How to get: Loot zombie bags and containers, or craft at the Campfire with a Cooking Pot using 7x Bone and 1x Water. The Chemistry Station accepts 5x Bone (or 3x Ear of Super Corn) with 1x Water.
• Max stack: 500
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Gun powder

• How to get: Hand-craft with 2x Nitrate Powder and 2x Coal, or use the Chemistry Station for 1x of each.
• Max stack: 1,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: 0
• Buy price: 3

Hub cap

• How to get: Wrench-harvest from cars, or Workbench-craft with 10x Iron.
• Max stack: 250
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Iron arrowhead

• How to get: Loot containers, or Forge with 2x Iron and 1x Clay Soil.
• Max stack: 500
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Mechanical parts

• How to get: Harvest office chairs, file cabinets, shopping carts, gas pumps and wrecked vehicles.
• Max stack: 1,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Nails

• How to get: Forge with 1x Iron and 1x Clay Soil.
• Max stack: 1,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Oil

• How to get: Harvest sedans and trash piles, or Chemistry Station with 24x Oil Shale.
• Max stack: 50
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Paint

• How to get: Campfire with a Cooking Pot using 1x Chrysanthemum Flower and 1x Water, or the same recipe at the Chemistry Station (which doubles the yield).
• Max stack: 1,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Paper

• How to get: Loot rubbish and trash bins, or Chemistry Station with 10x Wood, 1x Glue and 1x Water.
• Max stack: 250
• Combustible: Yes
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Raw diamond

• How to get: Read The Art of Mining Volume 1: Lucky Strikes, then keep mining any ore node and hope the dice fall your way.
• Max stack: 250
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: 300
• Buy price: 4,500

Repair kit

• How to get: Hand-craft with 1x Forged Iron and 1x Duct Tape.
• Max stack: 25
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Rocket casing

• How to get: Forge with 62x Iron and 37x Clay Soil.
• Max stack: 50
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Rocket tip

• How to get: Loot containers, or Forge with 62x Lead and 37x Clay Soil.
• Max stack: 500
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Lead
• Sell price: 10
• Buy price: 150

Scrap polymers

• How to get: Wrench-harvest microwaves, ovens, refrigerators, school desks, trash piles and battery banks.
• Max stack: 1,000
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Short iron pipe

• How to get: Forge with 12x Iron and 6x Clay, or loot various containers.
• Max stack: 500
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Spring

• How to get: Harvest beds, control panels, broken cement mixers and disabled vehicles. (Pre-Alpha 18, Springs could be crafted from 4x Forged Steel and 2x Coal. No longer.)
• Max stack: 500
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Steel arrowhead

• How to get: Forge with a Crucible, using 7x Iron and 1x Clay Soil, or loot containers.
• Max stack: 500
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Testosterone extract

• How to get: Use a Bone Knife on dead bears. Yes, really.
• Max stack: 10
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Component resources

The endgame stuff: vehicle parts, engines and chassis. Recipes here assume you already have stacks of Forged Steel and Mechanical Parts on hand.

4x4 Truck accessories

• How to get: Workbench with 49x Electrical Parts, 8x Headlight, 75x Short Iron Pipe, 6x Spring and 24x Mechanical Parts.
• Max stack: 1
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: 1,800
• Buy price: 27,000

4x4 Truck chassis

• How to get: Workbench with 375x Forged Steel, 60x Mechanical Parts, 30x Duct Tape, 60x Leather and 24x Electrical Parts.
• Max stack: 1
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: 1,800
• Buy price: 27,000

Bicycle chassis

• How to get: Workbench with 7x Forged Iron, 3x Mechanical Parts, 3x Duct Tape, 3x Leather and 3x Spring.
• Max stack: 1
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Bicycle handlebars

• How to get: Workbench with 3x Duct Tape, 3x Leather, 1x Mechanical Parts, 9x Short Iron Pipe and 3x Spring.
• Max stack: 50
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Engine

• How to get: Wrench-dismantle sedans, buses or trucks.
• Max stack: 1
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: No
• Smelt result: N/A
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Gyrocopter accessories

• How to get: Workbench with 49x Electrical Parts, 8x Headlight, 75x Short Iron Pipe, 15x Mechanical Parts and 6x Spring.
• Max stack: 1
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Gyrocopter chassis

• How to get: Workbench with 187x Forged Steel, 60x Mechanical Parts, 37x Duct Tape, 60x Leather and 30x Electrical Parts.
• Max stack: 1
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Headlight

• How to get: Wrench-dismantle sedans, or loot stores and garage storage.
• Max stack: 50
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Lead car battery

• How to get: Chemistry Station with at least 180x Lead, 1x Bottle of Acid and 10x Scrap Polymers, or loot sedans.
• Max stack: 1
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Lead
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Minibike chassis

• How to get: Workbench with 15x Forged Iron, 6x Mechanical Parts, 6x Duct Tape, 6x Leather and 1x Electrical Parts.
• Max stack: 50
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Minibike handlebars

• How to get: Workbench with 6x Mechanical Parts, 3x Spring, 1x Headlight, 3x Electrical Parts and 9x Short Iron Pipe.
• Max stack: 50
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Motorcycle chassis

• How to get: Workbench with 37x Forged Steel, 15x Mechanical Parts, 15x Duct Tape, 15x Leather and 4x Electrical Parts.
• Max stack: 1
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Motorcycle handlebars

• How to get: Workbench with 15x Mechanical Parts, 15x Duct Tape, 1x Headlight, 9x Electrical Parts and 7x Forged Steel.
• Max stack: 1
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Wheel

• How to get: Loot garages and gas station containers, or hand-craft with 3x Forged Iron, 24x Scrap Polymers, 2x Oil, 15x Coal and 1x Bottle of Acid.
• Max stack: 50
• Combustible: No
• Smeltable: Yes
• Smelt result: Iron
• Sell price: N/A
• Buy price: N/A

Bonus: trash that still pays

Two resources in 7 Days to Die exist mostly to clutter your bag, but they have a redeeming quality: traders will buy them. Old Cash and Silver Nugget have no meaningful crafting role, yet both can be scrapped, burned as fuel, or sold off. The Silver Nugget alone goes for 50 Duke Coins at a trader, which adds up if you keep finding them on quest rewards.

Quick farming priorities

If you are still early in a save, focus on these in order:

1. Plant Fibers, Wood, Small Stone, Clay Soil. Everything else gets built on top of these.
2. Iron and Coal. The Forge wants both immediately.
3. Brass, Lead, Nitrate Powder. Ammo production starts here.
4. Mechanical Parts and Electrical Parts. Required for almost every late-game craft.
5. Forged Steel. The bottleneck for vehicles, traps and steel weapons.

Stack up, sleep through horde nights, and remember: in Navezgane, the only thing scarcer than a working car is a survivor who actually farmed enough Iron.