How to Get Old Cash in 7 Days to Die
“This used to be legal tender. Now it is mostly valued for being made of paper.”
You get Old Cash by harvesting or breaking 43 kinds of block and looting 43 kinds of container. The most per block comes from Empty Laundry Cart (5–15). 1 of the 43 block sources need a salvage tool (Impact Driver, Ratchet or Wrench).
- Farm it
Empty Laundry Cart5–15 per block · 43 block sources - Loot it43 containers
- Used in0 recipes
- Buy itNot sold
Most per block
Empty Laundry Cart5–15
Tall Laundry Pile5–15
Suitcase5–15
Luggage, Open5–15
Car Seat Upright5–15
Office Chair Grey5–15
- Stack size
- 10,000
- Base value, each
- 7
- Scraps into
- Paper
Item ID oldCash — for the giveself console command. All item IDs
Blocks that drop Old Cash
Sorted by the largest amount per block. “Harvest” drops come from working the block; “Destroy” drops from breaking it.
| Block | Amount | How |
|---|---|---|
| Empty Laundry Cart | 5–15 | Destroy |
| Tall Laundry Pile | 5–15 | Destroy |
| Suitcase | 5–15 | Destroy |
| Luggage, Open | 5–15 | Destroy |
| Car Seat Upright | 5–15 | Destroy |
| Office Chair Grey | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Old Couch Middle | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Leather Couch Arm | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Ugly Chair | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Modern Couch Arm | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Theater Seat Down Full | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Theater Seat Down Tile | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Theater Seat Down Tile Arm Up | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Theater Seat Up Full Arms Up | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Theater Seat Up Tile Arm Up | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Church Pew Left | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Black King Size Bed | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Black Bunk Bed, Made | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Bunk Bed, Frame | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Bed No Frame, Made | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Bed No Frame, Messy | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Mattress Flat | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Gurney | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Hospital Bed | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Wheelchair | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Empty Shopping Cart | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Tipped Shopping Cart | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Empty Shopping Basket White | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Restaurant Booth Grey | 5–15 · 5% | Destroy |
 White Sedan | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Minivan | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White SUV | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Pickup Truck | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Semi Truck | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Semi Truck Modular Rear End Only | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Police Car | 5–15 | Destroy |
 White Fire Truck | 5–15 | Destroy |
 School Bus | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Army Truck, Open Back | 5–15 | Destroy |
 Farm Truck | 5–15 | Destroy |
Showing the top 40 of 43 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
43 containers can roll Old Cash; chances depend on loot stage, so none are shown.
ATM
Buried Food Stash- Buried Supplies
Cardboard Box
Cash Register
Casket
Domed Trash Can
Dumpster
Fancy Garbage Can
Footlocker
Hardened Chest
Hidden Stash
Laundry Basket
Lockers
Metal Desk
Metal Shelves
Metal Trash Bin
Nightstand
Purse
Rolling Trash Bin
Rotten Chest- School Bus
Shelf
Tilt Truck
Trash Can
Trash Pile- Treasure Cache
Utility Cart
Wall Safe
Washing Machine
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
Wild West Coffin Closed
Wood Desk
Wood Shelves
Wooden Chest
Old Cash — FAQ
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