Impact Driver in 7 Days to Die
“Great for disassembling mechanical devices like cars, air conditioners and more. Repair with a Repair Kit. Scrap to Motor Tool Parts.”
The Impact Driver is a tier 3 salvage tool with 110 block damage and 16.5 damage per hit, +10% to blocks at quality 2 rising to +50% at quality 6. It is the step after the Ratchet in the game's tech line. Craft it at the Workbench once Salvage Tools reaches 51 (Scrapping 4 Fun magazines), or loot it from 8 kinds of container or buy it from traders.
- Block damage
- 110
- Damage per hit
- 16.5
- Attacks per minute
- 50
- Durability, Q1 → Q6
- 1450 → 2450
- Mod slots, Q1 → Q6
- 3 → 4
- Stamina per hit
- 20
- Range
- 2.4
Bars: against the highest of all 16 tools.
What the Impact Driver is for
- Against materials: wood −50%, earth −75%, stone −50% (DamageModifier, as the file writes it)
- Salvage harvest: set to 1
- Repaired with: Repair Kit
- Scraps into: Motor Tool Parts
The Impact Driver is one of the 3 tools (Impact Driver, Ratchet and Wrench) that set the salvage harvest — block drops tagged salvageHarvest pay out only with one of them. The resources with the most such sources:
- Mechanical Parts 110 blocks
- Electrical Parts 101 blocks
- Short Iron Pipe 50 blocks
- Spring 48 blocks
- Brass 26 blocks
- Forged Iron 23 blocks
- Iron 18 blocks
- Headlight 13 blocks
Impact Driver recipe
At the Workbench, unlocked at Salvage Tools level 51 — raised by reading Scrapping 4 Fun.
| Ingredient | Quality 1 | Quality 6 |
|---|---|---|
 Motor Tool Parts | 1 | 6 |
 Forged Steel | 16 | 21 |
 Mechanical Parts | 6 | 11 |
 Spring | 3 | 8 |
 Legendary Parts | — | 1 |
Where to find the Impact Driver
8 containers can roll it, traders can stock it.
8 of the containers are common to every tier 3 tool — listed on the tools page.
Perks named in its tags: Salvage Operations (Perception).
Impact Driver vs Ratchet
Its neighbours in the game's tech line (PreviousTechItem). Damage is per hit; hits per minute are attacks for hand tools, rounds for motor tools.
| Impact Driver | Ratchet | |
|---|---|---|
| Block damage | 110 | 70 |
| Damage per hit | 16.5 | 16.5 |
| Hits per minute | 50 | 50 |
| Durability at Q6 | 2450 | 1450 |
| Mod slots at Q6 | 4 | 4 |
| Unlock level | 51 | 26 |
| Base value | 2000 | 900 |
Mods that fit the Impact Driver
12 mods fit, by the install tags in item_modifiers.xml: the 12 every tool takes, and nothing beyond them. Cosmetic dyes fit too. What each mod does
Impact Driver — FAQ
What mods can you put on the Impact Driver?
How much block damage does the Impact Driver do?
Other salvage tools
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