How to Get Iron in 7 Days to Die
“A core resource for crafting, forging, and repairing. Next to wood there's nothing more useful.”
You get Iron by harvesting or breaking 377 kinds of block, looting 7 kinds of container, crafting at the Forge, scrapping any of 107 items and buying from traders. The most per block comes from Roll Up Security Gate 3x3 (1000). 18 of the 377 block sources need a salvage tool (Impact Driver, Ratchet or Wrench).
Most per block
Roll Up Security Gate 3x31000- Roll Up Security Gate 4x31000
- Roll Up Security Gate 5x31000
- White Steel Garage Door 3x3750
- White Steel Garage Door 4x3750
- White Steel Garage Door 5x3750
- Stack size
- 6,000
- Base value, each
- 1
- In the forge
- Iron (forge material)
Item ID resourceScrapIron — for the giveself console command. All item IDs
Blocks that drop Iron
Sorted by the largest amount per block. “Harvest” drops come from working the block; “Destroy” drops from breaking it.
| Block | Amount | How |
|---|---|---|
| Roll Up Security Gate 3x3 | 1000 | Harvest |
| Roll Up Security Gate 4x3 | 1000 | Harvest |
| Roll Up Security Gate 5x3 | 1000 | Harvest |
| White Steel Garage Door 3x3 | 750 | Harvest |
| White Steel Garage Door 4x3 | 750 | Harvest |
| White Steel Garage Door 5x3 | 750 | Harvest |
 Reinforced Drawbridge | 400 | Harvest |
 White Forklift 01 | 140–360 | Harvest |
 White Forklift 02 | 140–360 | Harvest |
 Cement Mixer | 300 | Harvest |
| Destroyed Cement Mixer | 300 | Harvest |
 Workbench | 200 | Harvest |
 Destroyed Workbench, Empty | 200 | Harvest |
 Generator Bank | 192 | Harvest |
 Destroyed Generator Bank | 192 | Harvest |
 Small Quest Generator | 192 | Harvest |
 White Sedan | 70–180 | Harvest |
 Burnt Sedan | 70–180 | Harvest |
 White Minivan | 70–180 | Harvest |
 White SUV | 70–180 | Harvest |
 White Pickup Truck | 70–180 | Harvest |
 White Semi Truck | 70–180 | Harvest |
 Semi Truck Modular Rear End Only | 70–180 | Harvest |
 Police Car | 70–180 | Harvest |
 White Fire Truck | 70–180 | Harvest |
 School Bus | 70–180 | Harvest |
 Solar Bank | 120 | Harvest |
| Destroyed Solar Bank | 120 | Harvest |
 Battery Bank | 120 | Harvest |
| Destroyed Battery Bank | 120 | Harvest |
 Iron Ore | 105 | Harvest |
 Iron Ore Boulder | 105 | Harvest |
 Trigger Plate 1x5 | 20–100 | Harvest |
 Dart Trap | 20–100 | Harvest |
 Blade Trap | 20–100 | Harvest |
 White Iron Garage Door 3x2 | 100 | Harvest |
 White Roll Up Door 3x3 | 100 | Harvest |
 White Roll Up Door 5x4 | 100 | Harvest |
 White Roll Up Door 7x4 | 100 | Harvest |
 Steel Door | 96 | Harvest |
Showing the top 40 of 377 block sources.
Salvage drops pay out only with a Impact Driver, Ratchet or Wrench in hand — the three items that set the salvage harvest in items.xml.
Containers it can be looted from
7 containers can roll Iron; chances depend on loot stage, so none are shown.
Construction Site Box
Destroyed Forge- Destroyed Generator Bank
Destroyed Workbench
Dishwasher
Shelf
Toilet
Buying Iron
- General list: on the list all 5 traders share, so any of them can have it in stock.
- Stack of Iron (6000): packed in the backpack.
Lists are what a trader can roll at restock, not guaranteed stock. All traders
Scrap these for Iron
Scrapping any of these 107 items gives Iron — same scrap category in materials.xml. The amount is not in the files.
4x4 Truck
4x4 Truck Accessories
4x4 Truck Chassis
AP Robotic Turret Ammo
Anvil
Armor Crafting Kit
Bicycle
Bicycle Chassis
Bicycle Handlebars
Bottle of Acid
Box of .44 Magnum Ammo (100)
Box of 7.62mm Ammo (100)
Box of 9mm Ammo (100)
Box of AP .44 Magnum Ammo (100)
Box of AP 7.62mm Ammo (100)
Box of AP 9mm Ammo (100)- Box of AP Robotic Turret Ammo (1000)
Box of Exploding Arrows (75)
Box of Exploding Crossbow Bolts (75)
Box of Flaming Arrows (100)
Box of Flaming Crossbow Bolts (100)
Box of HP .44 Magnum Ammo (100)- Box of HP 7.62mm Ammo (100)
Box of HP 9mm Ammo (100)
Box of Iron Arrows (100)
Box of Iron Crossbow Bolts (100)
Box of Robotic Turret Ammo (1000)
Box of Robotic Turret Shell Ammo (1000)
Box of Shotgun AP Slugs (100)
Box of Shotgun Breaching Slugs (100)
Box of Shotgun Shells (100)
Box of Steel Arrows (100)
Box of Steel Crossbow Bolts (100)
Box of Stone Arrows (100)
Box of Stone Crossbow Bolts (100)
Bucket
Showing 36 of 107, alphabetically.
Crafting Iron
Two versions, one per setting of the “Smelter Type” world option: “Controls how forge crafting works. Smelt items into the forge or craft directly using materials from your backpack.”
- Forge · Smelt into the forge — 1 from 1 Iron (forge material) · 1s
Used in 31 recipes
With how many one quality-1 craft takes, where the recipe index has it.
Stack of Iron (6000)6000 × · Backpack
AP Robotic Turret Ammo2 × · Backpack- Box of AP Robotic Turret Ammo (1000)1600 × · Workbench
Iron Dart (Ammo)3 × · Forge
Barbed Wire Fence10 × · Backpack
Combine Station50 × · Backpack
Mailbox 015 × · Backpack
Mailbox 025 × · Backpack
Mailbox 035 × · Backpack
Curtains and Drapes5 × · Backpack
Bulletproof Glass Block20 × · Forge
Iron Bars100 × · Forge- Iron Bars Centered100 × · Forge
Iron Bars Corner100 × · Forge
Knuckle Wraps6 × · Backpack
Metal Trussing / I-Beams40 × · Forge
Tin Land Mine4 × · Backpack
Old Chair5 × · Backpack
Iron Arrowhead2 × · Forge
Steel Arrowhead5 × · Forge
Forged Iron10 × · Forge
Forged Steel20 × · Forge
Short Iron Pipe10 × · Forge
Nails1 × · Forge
Rocket Casing50 × · Forge
Spotlight50 × · Workbench
Timed Charge (Ammo)20 × · Workbench
Anvil1000 × · Forge
Cooking Grill25 × · Forge
Cooking Pot25 × · Forge
Metal Fences and Railings15 × · Forge
Iron — FAQ
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