Base building and crafting up a storm is a big part of the gameplay cycle in7 Days to Die.

This is crucial when you get to higher game stages and start encountering the most difficult hordes.

You don’t want to use wooden tools forever.

A forge with a diner in the background in 7 Days to Die.

Learn how to start smelting metals and upgrading your arsenal with a Forge.

The Crucible is an important item to retrieve for this, and it’s quite difficult to obtain.

Small Stone

1,200

Picked up and mined fromrock veins.

Player character holding a Wrench in front of a Forge and a Workbench in a player home in 7 Days To Die.

Clay Soil

900

Dug up fromregular groundusing a shovel.

Oil

Often found intrash and in cars, and can be obtained by salvaging cars too.

Can also be crafted at a Chemistry Station using Oil Shale.

A crucible being sold by a trader in 7 Days to Die.

Frequently running out of water and not sure to get more without getting lucky?

Find out how to start collecting it.

Three Dew Collectors sitting on the grass and collecting water next to a player house in 7 Days To Die.

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7 Days to Die