Ratchet in 7 Days to Die
“Great for disassembling mechanical devices like cars, air conditioners and more. Repair with a Repair Kit. Scrap to Steel Tool Parts.”
The Ratchet is a tier 2 salvage tool with 70 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 Wrench in the game's tech line. Craft it at the Workbench once Salvage Tools reaches 26 (Scrapping 4 Fun magazines), or loot it from 7 kinds of container or buy it from traders.
- Block damage
- 70
- Damage per hit
- 16.5
- Attacks per minute
- 50
- Durability, Q1 → Q6
- 700 → 1450
- Mod slots, Q1 → Q6
- 2 → 4
- Stamina per hit
- 18
- Range
- 2.4
Bars: against the highest of all 16 tools.
What the Ratchet 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: Steel Tool Parts
The Ratchet 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
Ratchet recipe
At the Workbench, unlocked at Salvage Tools level 26 — raised by reading Scrapping 4 Fun.
| Ingredient | Quality 1 | Quality 6 |
|---|---|---|
 Steel Tool Parts | 1 | 6 |
 Forged Steel | 8 | 13 |
 Mechanical Parts | 5 | 10 |
 Spring | 2 | 7 |
 Legendary Parts | — | 1 |
Where to find the Ratchet
7 containers can roll it, traders can stock it.
7 of the containers are common to every tier 2 tool — listed on the tools page.
Perks named in its tags: Salvage Operations (Perception).
Ratchet vs Wrench and Impact Driver
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.
| Ratchet | Wrench | Impact Driver | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block damage | 70 | 39 | 110 |
| Damage per hit | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 |
| Hits per minute | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Durability at Q6 | 1450 | 700 | 2450 |
| Mod slots at Q6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Unlock level | 26 | 4 | 51 |
| Base value | 900 | 400 | 2000 |
Mods that fit the Ratchet
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
Ratchet — FAQ
What mods can you put on the Ratchet?
How much block damage does the Ratchet do?
Other salvage tools
Read from the 7 Days to Die V3.3 game files (items, item modifiers, recipes, progression, loot, traders). PinDrop is fan-made and not affiliated with The Fun Pimps.