Food

Food dictates your survival in 7 Days to Die. Without it you die, with too little of it, life can be tedious and slow but with a lot of it, many new options and styles of play are available to the character. (Everything updated to 13.6 stats/recipes)

Early Game

• In the early game you will want to mainly use the canned food and bottled water you can find to survive.
• The Empty Cans you get can be scrapped into Scrap Iron.
• Keep your empty jars and fill them up when you find water. Water is crucial to survival early.
• You will find yourself needing a campfire for warmth no matter what, so the bottles of murky water will be able to be purified later and you can purifie cans of murky water without cooking pot .
• The harvesting system in place now (A13.6) allows you to harvest animals for meat. You need either a Bone Shiv, Machete, or a Hunting Knife to harvest an animal. Axes also work, but not as well.
• Collect seeds while looting as they are very important to establishing yourself later on.

Mid to Late Game

• As you start to establish yourself you can stop worrying about the canned food and save them for when you desperately need food.
• Start a garden near your base or at a spot that's convenient for you and plant seeds on tilled dirt and wait for your plants to grow.
• With your garden going and some animals harvested you can start focusing on Wellness-increasing foods to increase your power. These foods include Goldenrod Tea, Meat Stew, Bacon and Eggs, and Corn Bread.