How to Get Bone in 7 Days to Die

ByYurii LuzhkoUpdated October 16, 2026Source: 7 Days to Die V3.3 game files

Raw materials

“An ordinary bone from an animal. Probably.”

You get Bone by harvesting or breaking 6 kinds of block, butchering 19 kinds of animal, looting 55 kinds of container and scrapping a Bone Knife. The most per block comes from Decaying Animal Corpse (5–10).

Farm itDecaying Animal Corpse5–10 per block · 6 block sources
Loot it55 containers
Used in3 recipes
Buy itNot sold

Most per block

Decaying Animal Corpse5–10
Decaying Human Bones5–10
Body Bag Black6–10
Decaying Human Corpse5–9
White Hanging Corpse Log 15–9
Cow Skull1–4

All 6 blocks ↓

Stack size: 1,200
Base value, each: 5

Item ID resourceBone — for the giveself console command. All item IDs

Blocks that drop Bone

Sorted by the largest amount per block. “Harvest” drops come from working the block; “Destroy” drops from breaking it.

Block	Amount	How
Decaying Animal Corpse	5–10	Destroy
Decaying Human Bones	5–10	Destroy
Body Bag Black	6–10	Harvest
Decaying Human Corpse	5–9	Destroy
White Hanging Corpse Log 1	5–9	Destroy
Cow Skull	1–4	Harvest

Animals that give Bone

Harvest drops on the animal's carcass (entityclasses.xml), the most first.

Grace50
Bear25
Stag25
Zombie Bear25
Zombie Boar25
Boar15
Dire Wolf15
Doe15
Mountain Lion15
Wolf15
Zombie Dog15
Little Bear12
Coyote8
Murder Chicken8
Radiated Vulture8
Zombie Vulture6
Chicken5
Rabbit5
Snake5

The amount depends on the tool. items.xml sets the butchering harvest to 1 for Bone Knife, Candy Cane Knife, Hunting Knife, Machete, Steel Knuckles or Stun Baton and to 0.7 for Iron Fireaxe, Steel Axe, Stone Axe or Taza's Stone Axe.

Containers it can be looted from

55 containers can roll Bone; chances depend on loot stage, so none are shown.

Army Truck
Bathtub... filled
Cabinet
Cardboard Box
Casket
Charcoal Grill
Commercial Cooler
Cooler
Dishwasher
Domed Trash Can
Dumpster
Fancy Garbage Can
Farm Truck
Footlocker
Freezer
Gas Grill
Lockers
Metal Desk
Metal Shelves
Metal Trash Bin
Microwave
Mortician's Drawer
Nightstand
Pig Trough
Police Car
Refrigerator
Retro Refrigerator
Rolling Trash Bin
Rotten Chest
School Bus
Shelf
Shopping Basket White
Sink Cabinet
Tent
Tilt Truck
Toilet
Trash
Trash Can
Trash Pile
Utility Cart
Weathered Backpack
White Armoire Drawer
White Box Truck
White Minivan
White Pickup Truck
White Plastic Trash Bin
White SUV
White Sedan
White Semi Truck
White Service Truck
White Shopping Cart
Wild West Coffin Closed
Wood Desk
Wood Shelves
Wooden Chest

Scrap these for Bone

Scrapping this item gives Bone — same scrap category in materials.xml. The amount is not in the files.

Bone Knife

Used in 3 recipes

With how many one quality-1 craft takes, where the recipe index has it.

Bone — FAQ

How do you get Bone in 7 Days to Die?

By harvesting or breaking 6 kinds of block, butchering 19 kinds of animal, looting 55 kinds of container and scrapping a Bone Knife.

What gives the most Bone?

Decaying Animal Corpse (5–10), Decaying Human Bones (5–10), Body Bag Black (6–10) — the largest amounts per block in the game files.

What can you scrap for Bone?

1 item, including Bone Knife.

Can you buy Bone from traders?

No — no trader list in traders.xml carries it.

What is Bone used for?

It goes into 3 recipes, including Can of Sham, Bone Knife and Glue.

More raw materials

Read from the 7 Days to Die V3.3 game files (blocks, entity classes, loot, recipes, materials, traders, quests). PinDrop is fan-made and not affiliated with The Fun Pimps.