Like any survivor from almost any zombie-related media, you’ll want to have at least one gun or bow on hand for emergencies, and7 Days To Dieis no different. From a regular Pistol to a Shotgun or even the famed Magnum, you’ve got a fairly wide selection of guns to pick from, but they’ll all need ammo.

Each type of gun, bow, and crossbow has a particular type of ammo that goes with it, several of which overlap. That means you’ll need a pretty large stock of ammo if you plan to use multiple ranged weapon types, especially for certain guns.

Player character at their Workbench and seeing a list of ammo types they can make in 7 Days To Die.

How To Craft Ammo

You’ll first need toget yourself a Forgeto start crafting ammo, which is wheremost of the bullet recipes are, but you have tocraft and assemble several piecestomake a full bullet: Bullet Tips, Bullet Casings, and Gunpowder.

Almost every type of ammocan be purchased from a trader, but Trader Hugh is more likely to carry a wider variety as he specializes in Ammo and Weapons.

Player character looting a trash can and finding salvaged Brass in 7 Days To Die.

BothBullet Casings and Tips, as well as Gunpowder, are allused to make three different typesof ammo:

9mm

Player character about to craft Gunpowder at their Chemistry Station in 7 Days To Die.

7.62mm

You can increase the number of bullets, bullet pieces, and other gun-archetype-specific parts you find in loot byinvesting in their associated crafting magazines, such as Handgun Magazines for handguns or Shotgun Weekly for shotguns.

Player character looking at the list of Pistol Pete volumes in the skill book list of their inventory in 7 Days To Die.

How To Make Bullet Tips And Bullet Casings

For both Bullet Tips and Bullet Casings,smelt down some Brass, Lead, and Clayinside the Forge, then look at theAmmo/Weapons tab.

TheClay Soilcan be obtained bydigging up the groundwith anytype of shovel, but bothBrass and Leadare most oftenfound via looting and scraping items.

Player character standing above an untouched Bird Nest on the ground in 7 Days To Die.

Obtained fromlooting trash cans, trash piles, or boxes.

Obtained from looting trash cans,trash piles, or boxes.

Player character crafting AP Shotgun Ammo at their Workbench in 7 Days To Die.

Scrapping Brass Radiators.

you’re able to also get around 40 Brass when breaking down doors if you’ve read theWasteland Treasures Vol.5 skill book.

How To Make Gunpowder

With Gunpowder, yourinitial way of obtainingit will bebuying or looting ituntil you’veread at least 50 Forge Aheadskill books tounlock the Chemistry Station.

As far as looting it, Gunpowder is ararer resource, and you’ll find it more frequently insideDestroyed Chemistry Stations, different sizes ofDestroyed Chemistry Sets,trash piles, any type of vehicle, and Shotgun Messiah crates.

Player character finding skill book that lets them craft Armor Piercing 7.62mm ammo in 7 Days To Die.

If you dohave a Chemistry Station, Gunpowder can be crafted withone Nitrate Power and one Coalper Gunpowder.

Nitrate Powder can be obtained fromNitrate Rocks, smashingpurple or blue stacked bagsinside different buildings, as well astrash pilesandcorpses, while thebest way to get Coalisfrom the Burnt Forest.

Player character looking at the recipe for Rocket HE Ammo at a Workbench in 7 Days To Die.

While the text is generally faded, you can stillcheck the labels on the bagsto see what type of material it is before you break them.

How To Unlock Advanced Ammo Types

Eachgun archetype– Shotgun, Rifle, Automatic, Pistol, Magnum, and Sniper – and the one forbows and crossbows, has aset of books that enhances and gives you perksfor its type.

There areseven main volumes for eacharchetype, withspecific onesgiving you the ability to make anadvanced type of ammofor that type of gun.

Player character crafting Robotic Turret Ammo at a Workbench in 7 Days To Die.

There’s also afinal eighth volumefor all of them that gives you either afinal special perk, the ability to bulk-craft ammo, or both.

Gives you the ability to craftexplosive arrows and bolts.

Gives you the ability to craftarmor-piercing arrows and bolts.

Gives you the ability to craftflaming arrows and bolts.

Gives you the ability to craftRobotic Turret Shells.

How To Craft Arrows And Bolts

Like bullets, you’ll need toassemble piecesto makeammo for your Bows and Crossbows, but this time you’ll need atype of Arrowhead for eitherammo type, either Iron or Steel, as well asseveral other materialsdepending on which type you’re making.

Feathers can befound inside Bird Nests, found randomly on the ground in every biome, or looted from trash piles, trashcans, and trash.

You canmakeIron or Steel Arrowheadsfrom theAmmo/Weapons tab in the Forge. Both of these takesmelted Iron and smelted Clayto make, but theSteel Arrowheadsspecificallyneed a Crucible to be craftedand require more materials.

Iron Arrows and Bolts

Flaming Arrows and Bolts

Exploding Arrows and Bolts

Steel Arrow and Bolts

You canswitch the ammo typeyour Bow or Crossbow is using by holding the Reload button.

How To Craft Shotgun Ammo

For shotguns, they have asimilar methodto other ammo crafting, but with somedifferent parts and materials.RegularShotgun Shells, the most common ammo type for Shotguns,need Buckshot and Paperas special ingredients.

Buckshot ismade at a Forge from smelted Lead, whilePaper can be lootedfrom things liketrash and toilets, obtained whendisassembling paper-based itemslike skill books, orbreaking old magazineson the ground.

Other types of shotgun ammo, likeShotgun AP SlugsandShotgun Breaching Slugs, havesimilar recipes to other bulletsand alsoneed specific skill book volumesto unlock.

How To Craft Armor-Piercing And HiPower Ammo

Besides the base type of ammo, there aretwo different upgraded variants, each of which has its own particular use and alsoneeds the Forgeandthe Workbench: Armor-Piercing and HiPower.

Tobe able to craft eitherof these ammo variants, you’ll also need toread specific skill booksto get their recipes, witheach gun archetypegetting avolume that unlockseither theArmor-Piercing or HiPower variants.

Both variants of ammoneed the standard materialsto craftregardless of the caliber or gunthey go with –Bullet Tips,Bullet

Casings, andGunpowder– theonly differenceis theirrecipes are more difficult to unlock, as they’re a mid-to-late game ammo type.

7.62mm (HiPower)

7.62mm (AP)

9mm (HiPower)

9mm (AP)

.44 Magnum (HiPower)

.44 Magnum (AP)

How To Craft Rocket Launcher Ammo

For Rocket Launchers, their ammoisn’t unlocked via the specialty skill books, but by justreading at least 45of the normal skill magazine,Explosive Magazine.

Theyneed some of the same materialsas the different bullets, butboth types needeither the specialRocket Casing component, butonly the Rocket HEneeds theRocket Tip.

How To Craft Robotic Turret Ammo

In return for Robotic Turrets being amid-to-late game acquisitionand rather expensive to make, theirammo is cheapto craft, especially since they’ll be going through a lot of it.

They havethree types of ammo availablethey can use, one of which is unlocked initially, while the othertwo require specialty skill volumeslike other advanced ammo types.

Lead x3

Iron x2

Lead x1

Buckshot x1