7 Days to Die

7 Days to Die Animals

ByYurii LuzhkoSource: 7 Days to Die V3.3 game files
16 animals12 spawn in biomes4 passive4 zombie animals

7 Days to Die has 16 animals besides its 4 zombie animals. 12 spawn in the open world — chicken, rabbit, doe, stag, snake, coyote, wolf, boar, mountain lion, little bear, bear and dire wolf; 4 of them (chicken, rabbit, doe and stag) never attack. The toughest of those is the Dire Wolf at 3,000 HP.

Animals compared

Sort by any stat; bars share one scale. Meat is the Raw Meat butchering gives (the Dire Wolf and the Grace give Rotting Flesh instead).

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  • Chicken — the game's sleeper-block icon

    Chicken

    PassiveTracker rank 1
    HP
    10
    XP
    130
    Damage
    —

    Butchering gives

    • 10 Raw Meat
    • 23 Feather
    • 5 Bone

    Where

    Can be picked up as the "Wild Chicken" item.

    Also placed in POIs by sleeper blocks (blocks.xml SpawnGroup).

  • Rabbit — the game's sleeper-block icon

    Rabbit

    PassiveTracker rank 1
    HP
    10
    XP
    130
    Damage
    —

    Butchering gives

    • 10 Raw Meat
    • 2 Leather
    • 5 Bone

    Where

    Also placed in POIs by sleeper blocks (blocks.xml SpawnGroup).

  • Doe in 7 Days to Die

    Doe

    PassiveTracker rank 2
    HP
    100
    XP
    245
    Damage
    —

    Butchering gives

    • 20 Raw Meat
    • 6 Leather
    • 2 Animal Fat
    • 15 Bone

    Where

  • Stag in 7 Days to Die

    Stag

    PassiveTracker rank 2
    HP
    100
    XP
    245
    Damage
    —

    Butchering gives

    • 30 Raw Meat
    • 9 Leather
    • 3 Animal Fat
    • 25 Bone

    Where

  • Snake — the game's sleeper-block icon

    Snake

    AttacksTracker rank 1
    HP
    10
    XP
    130
    Damage
    10

    Butchering gives

    • 10 Raw Meat
    • 2 Leather
    • 5 Bone

    Where

    Also placed in POIs by sleeper blocks (blocks.xml SpawnGroup).

  • Coyote in 7 Days to Die

    Coyote

    AttacksTracker rank 3
    HP
    100
    XP
    206
    Damage
    10

    Butchering gives

    • 12 Raw Meat
    • 5 Leather
    • 2 Animal Fat
    • 8 Bone

    Where

  • Wolf — the game's sleeper-block icon

    Wolf

    AttacksTracker rank 3
    HP
    200
    XP
    400
    Damage
    14

    Butchering gives

    • 25 Raw Meat
    • 10 Leather
    • 3 Animal Fat
    • 15 Bone

    Where

    Also placed in POIs by sleeper blocks (blocks.xml SpawnGroup).

  • Boar — the game's sleeper-block icon

    Boar

    AttacksTracker rank 2
    HP
    250
    XP
    400
    Damage
    14

    Butchering gives

    • 30 Raw Meat
    • 7 Leather
    • 4 Animal Fat
    • 15 Bone

    Where

    Also placed in POIs by sleeper blocks (blocks.xml SpawnGroup).

  • Mountain Lion in 7 Days to Die

    Mountain Lion

    AttacksTracker rank 4
    HP
    750
    XP
    400
    Damage
    22

    Butchering gives

    • 25 Raw Meat
    • 10 Leather
    • 4 Animal Fat
    • 15 Bone

    Where

  • Little Bear

    AttacksTracker rank 4
    HP
    800
    XP
    1,000
    Damage
    30

    Butchering gives

    • 25 Raw Meat
    • 7 Leather
    • 3 Animal Fat
    • 12 Bone
    • 1 Testosterone Extract

    Where

  • Bear — the game's sleeper-block icon

    Bear

    AttacksTracker rank 4
    HP
    2,500
    XP
    2,000
    Damage
    40

    Butchering gives

    • 50 Raw Meat
    • 15 Leather
    • 5 Animal Fat
    • 25 Bone
    • 2 Testosterone Extract

    Where

    Also placed in POIs by sleeper blocks (blocks.xml SpawnGroup).

  • Dire Wolf in 7 Days to Die

    Dire Wolf

    AttacksTracker rank 5Loot drop 50%
    HP
    3,000
    XP
    2,000
    Damage
    60

    Butchering gives

    • 35 Rotting Flesh
    • 12 Leather
    • 3 Animal Fat
    • 15 Bone

    Where

    Also placed in POIs by sleeper blocks (blocks.xml SpawnGroup).

  • Murder Chicken

    AttacksTracker rank 3
    HP
    100
    XP
    130
    Damage
    10

    Butchering gives

    • 5 Raw Meat
    • 12 Feather
    • 8 Bone

    Where

    Spawned by the game event "chicken_murder_chicken".

    The "Wild Chicken" item lists it as its alternative entity.

  • Grace

    BossLoot drop 100%
    HP
    3,000
    XP
    2,000
    Damage
    50

    Butchering gives

    • 100 Rotting Flesh
    • 70 Leather
    • 20 Animal Fat
    • 60 Bone

    Where

    Also placed in POIs by sleeper blocks (blocks.xml SpawnGroup).

  • Bee Swarm

    Swarm
    HP
    10
    XP
    50
    Damage
    5

    Where

    Can spawn from: Apiary (game event block_apiary_bees).

    Can spawn from: Tree Stump (game event block_tree_stump_bees).

  • Insect Swarm

    Swarm
    HP
    10
    XP
    50
    Damage
    3

    Where

    The Rancher zombie's hand item spawns it.

A moon marks a night-only spawn row; “towns” a row that fires only on town tiles. “Attacks” means the class has an attack — the game files mark the Boar as not an enemy, yet give it one.

Which tools butcher best

The yields above are the butchering harvest. Each tool takes a share of it (HarvestCount in items.xml):

  • Bone Knife100% of the yield
  • Candy Cane Knife100% of the yield
  • Hunting Knife100% of the yield
  • Machete100% of the yield
  • Steel Knuckles100% of the yield
  • Stun Baton100% of the yield
  • Iron Fireaxe70% of the yield
  • Steel Axe70% of the yield
  • Stone Axe70% of the yield
  • Taza's Stone Axe70% of the yield

Animal Tracker: which rank finds which animal

  1. Rank 1Trail Finder

    Crouch down and use your keen eyesight to find the tracks of small animals like chickens, rabbits, or snakes. Tracked animals are marked on your compass and map.

    First tracked at this rank: Chicken, Rabbit, Snake

  2. Rank 2Ranger

    Your hawk like senses can detect deer and boars.

    First tracked at this rank: Doe, Stag, Boar

  3. Rank 3Tracker

    Become the ultimate tracker. You can detect predators like coyotes, wolves, and zombie dogs.

    First tracked at this rank: Coyote, Murder Chicken, Wolf

  4. Rank 4Big Game Hunter

    When the tracks get bigger, so does the danger. Track bigger game like mountain lions and bears.

    First tracked at this rank: Mountain Lion, Little Bear, Bear

  5. Rank 5Predator's Instinct

    Dire wolves and zombie bears might rule the wasteland, but you can track them with ease.

    First tracked at this rank: Dire Wolf

Rank texts from the game; "first tracked" from each animal's perkAT tags in entityclasses.xml. 3 have no tracker tag: Grace, Bee Swarm and Insect Swarm.

Zombie animals

These count as zombies and have their own pages.

7 Days to Die animals — FAQ

What animals are in 7 Days to Die?
7 Days to Die has 16 animals besides its 4 zombie animals. 12 spawn in the open world — chicken, rabbit, doe, stag, snake, coyote, wolf, boar, mountain lion, little bear, bear and dire wolf; 4 of them (chicken, rabbit, doe and stag) never attack. The toughest of those is the Dire Wolf at 3,000 HP.
Which animal gives the most meat in 7 Days to Die?
The Bear: 50 Raw Meat when butchered, plus 15 Leather, 5 Animal Fat, 25 Bone, 2 Testosterone Extract. Knives take the full amount; axes take 70%.
Where do bears spawn in 7 Days to Die?
Little Bear: Snow; Bear: Snow. The Zombie Bear has its own page.

Read from the 7 Days to Die V3.3 game files (entity classes, entity groups, spawning, items, blocks, game events, localization). Animal pictures without a game icon: game imagery © The Fun Pimps; files from the 7 Days to Die Wiki (Fandom). PinDrop is fan-made and not affiliated with The Fun Pimps.