Resources are obtained by salvaging items in the Survivors' camp or in your inventory. There are 3 types of resources; "Materials", "Food", and "Misc". Materials are used to build camp structures or create things from recipes you've obtained (sometimes from salvaging). "Misc" materials are things like water which don't show up in your stock.
Salvaging
You can salvage items in two ways:
- By accessing your stock in your camp; resources here will be stored directly in your stock and can be used in the camp.
- By salvaging items in your inventory by clicking the hammer icon and dragging them into it. You can craft items from here if you have the resources in your inventory. These resources cannot be used in the camp unless you first deposit them into your stock.
Note that you cannot salvage poor, expired, or legendary quality items. Higher quality items have a higher chance to give resources for that item that aren't 100%. You can salvage items that are about to fall apart (low durability), and this will have no penalty.
As you both salvage and craft items, your efficiency in creating those items will go up.
Buying/selling/trading resources
You can directly obtain or sell resources in the following ways:
- You can buy resources from Jeffrey once a day.
- You can sell one specific kind of resource to Antonio a day.
- Trade with other players.
Trading resources between players was introduced in V1.19. Before this, the only way to trade resources was by creating items and then trade those. This was very inefficient however, as it often required twice the resources to make the item, and required other resources to make the item.
List
Below you can find information on various resources as well as how to get them.
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Sources
The best way to get scrap metal is to find Industrial metal pieces, since they salvage into so much and are fairly common. The best way to find them is by looking at various set locations (see page) although it is also fairly commonly found by checking the trash / recycling, desks, and lockers.
Uses
Research projects - random values
-
Crafting table - 40 -
Assembling table - 30 -
Laboratory - 40 -
Water tank - 40/60 -
Materials storage - 20/60/100/140 -
Food storage - 20/80/140/200 -
Fuel tank - 40/80/120/160 -
Storage - 100/300/500/700 -
Research workshop - 150 -
Solar panel - 100/300 -
Battery - 80/320/560/800 -
Strategy table - 15 -
Engine-generator set - 400 -
Forge - 300
Recipes:
-
Butterfly knife - 2 -
Pickaxe - 10 -
Iron bar - 10 -
Skewer - 2 -
Saw - 1 -
Hunting knife - 2 -
Electrical Nightstick - 4 -
Pitchfork - 6 -
Steel sword - 4 -
Mace - 8 -
Katana - 10 -
Axe - 5
Wood is a common resource that is used in many useful recipes, as well as needed in a lot of camp buildings in large amounts.
Sources
Salvaging chairs and stools is the leading means of obtaining wood resource because of their wide availability in certain maps and they cost a relatively small amount of Rest/Stamina/Fire points to pick up, compared to other items made with wood.
A great zone for collecting wood giving items is Mazon College due to the large amount of chairs. The same applies for the Sacramento Public Library in the «South district», the Bibi-Too Café in «The alley of settlements» of the Sacramento Suburbs (north of Amber Reid) and the Perfume of the Past preschool directly under the Condemned car dealership in Downtown Santa Rosa. Another good, though not so reliable, source of chairs is the Auction House Secret Passage in Arizona Jurassic Museum. Another great source is logs, which can be found searching the trash/recycling, desks, and shelves.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 10 + 5 (x0-1) |  Log
|
| 10 |  Materials crate
|
| 6 |  Bar stool
|
| 5 |  Baseball bat
|
| 5 |  Broom
|
| 5 |  Studded baseball bat
|
| 4 |  Axe
|
| 4 |  Guitar
|
| 4 |  Mace
|
| 4 |  Pitchfork
|
| 3 |  Fishing rod
|
| 3 |  Fireman axe
|
| 3 |  Paddle
|
| 3 |  Rake
|
| 3 |  Spear
|
| 3 |  Stool
|
| 3 |  Temporary wood protection
|
| 3 |  Wooden plank
|
| 2 |  Advanced fire starter
|
| 2 |  Billard cue
|
| 2 |  Bow
|
| 2 |  Coat rack
|
| 2 |  Flute
|
| 2 |  Modern painting
|
| 2 |  Plunger
|
| 2 |  Rolling pin
|
| 2 |  Skateboard
|
| 2 |  Spiked club
|
| 2 |  Table
|
| 2 |  Torch
|
| 2 |  Wooden cane
|
| 2 |  Wooden chair
|
| 1 |  Bar chair
|
| 1 |  Basic fire starter
|
| 1 |  Boomerang
|
| 1 |  Bowling skittle
|
| 1 |  Chair leg
|
| 1 |  Coat hanger
|
| 1 |  Fire starter
|
| 1 |  Hairbrush
|
| 1 |  Hammer
|
| 1 |  Hatchet
|
| 1 |  Machete
|
| 1 |  Maracas
|
| 1 |  Matches
|
| 1 |  Mop
|
| 1 |  Nature painting
|
| 1 |  Pickaxe
|
| 1 |  Saw
|
| 1 |  Screwdriver
|
| 1 |  Scrub
|
| 1 |  Shovel
|
| 1 |  Sickle
|
| 1 |  Skewer
|
| 1 |  Violin
|
Uses
Kitchen stove - Add to cook fire for 10 
fire.
- Crafting table - 80
- Assembling table - 60
- Laboratory - 40
- Materials storage - 50/150/250/350
- Food storage - 70/200/560/800
-
Sewing workshop - 20 -
Vegetable garden - 1/8/150/290/360/430 - Storage - 150/450/750/1050
-
Bed - 150 -
Chicken coop - 1000 -
Goat pens - 1000 - Strategy table - 40
-
Dressing table - 100 -
Doghouse - 400
Recipes:
-
Skewer fish - 1 -
Skewer vegetables - 1
-
Temporary wood protection - 6 -
Shovel - 4 -
Basic fire starter - 2 -
Fishing rod - 5 -
Torch - 3 -
Fire starter - 3 -
Advanced fire starter - 4
-
Wooden plank - 5 -
Bow - 6 -
Wooden cane - 3 -
Baseball bat - 10 -
Guitar - 8 -
Spear - 5 -
Hatchet - 3 -
Spiked Club - 5 - Pickaxe - 5
- Skewer - 5
- Saw - 2
- Hunting knife - 1
-
Kukri - 1 - Pitchfork - 8
-
Machete - 4 -
Sickle - 3 - Mace - 8
- Axe - 10
-
Studded baseball bat - 10
Tools are an important resource that can seem uncommon unless you know where to look. Many camp buildings require them to be built, and they are also required to harvest resources when farming. It is also used in a few recipes.
Sources
Since every map has at least one rake and shovel somewhere, they are the easiest items to find, although they are often poor quality.
Good zones for salvageable tool items are:
| Zone | Salvageable | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Bodega Bay | Often | The house in the north west most corner of the map has 2 hammers, a crowbar, and an abstract sculpture; At the south beach, the «Coastal Cave» has a shovel and a pickaxe. |
| Shopping Sunset | Often | The construction area (next to toy room, north of golf course) has 2 hammers, 2 shovels, and some other items. |
| Arizona Jurassic Museum | Often | The «Excavation site» has 6 shovels, 5 pickaxes, a hammer by the southwest corner and some tool boxes around the location. |
| Arizona Jurassic Museum | Sometimes | The area where Louise is next, the «Cairn Field», has a shovel and a pickaxe. |
| Arizona Jurassic Museum | Sometimes | The building where Wanahton is next, the «Unsteady power plant», has a shovel, a pickaxe and 2 tool box. |
| Blue Mesa | Often | Various locations; lots of shovels on the way to the helipad. |
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 3 | Hammer
|
| 2?% | Materials crate
|
| 2 | Shovel
|
| 2 | Upgrade kit |
| 0-1 |  Abstract sculpture
|
| 1 |  Blowtorch
|
| 1 |  Busted microwave oven
|
| 1 |  Compass
|
| 1 |  Crowbar
|
| 1 |  Fire extinguisher
|
| 1 |  Monkey wrench
|
| 0-1 |  Frying pan
|
| 1 | Mace
|
| 1 | Pickaxe
|
| 1 | Rake
|
| 0-1 | Screwdriver
|
| 1 |  Toaster
|
| 0-1 |  Weapon modifier
|
| 1 |  Wheel brace
|
Uses
Farming - harvesting crops - 1
- Crafting table - 5
- Assembling table - 5
- Sewing workshop - 3
- Research workshop - 20
- Vegetable garden - 1/8/15/29/36/43
- Chicken coop - 60
- Goat pens - 50
- Solar panel - 20/60
- Battery - 10/40/70/100
- Engine-generator set - 15
- Dressing table - 15
- Forge - 50
- Doghouse - 50
Recipes:
- For the item, see Rope (item).
Rope is a fairly common resource that is mostly used to create weapons and fishing rods.
Sources
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 3 |  Tennis racket
|
| 2 | Materials crate
|
| 2 | Fishing rod
|
| 2 + 1 (x0-1) |  Rope
|
| 2 | Spiked club
|
| 1 + 1 (x0-1) | Bow
|
| 1 (x2) | Guitar
|
| 1 | Abstract sculpture
|
| 1 |  Child creation
|
| 1 |  Candle
|
| 1 |  Electric guitar
|
| 1 |  Splint
|
| 1 | Temporary wood protection
|
Uses
- Goat pens - 100
Recipes:
-
Splint - 1
- Temporary wood protection - 1
- Fishing rod - 2
- Bow - 2
-
Kitchen knife - 1 - Guitar - 2
- Hatchet - 1
- Spiked Club - 3
- Pitchfork - 2
- For the item, see Paper (item).
Paper is a very easy to collect resource due to the large amount books give. It's main use is for making 
handmade blueprints. Beyond making blueprints, it has very little use in recipes, and is mostly used in research projects or fueling the kitchen stove's fire.
Sources
The best source for paper is books, and great sources for books are:
- Mazon College - the main building has a stack of books in the hallway by the lockers on the ground floor, and there are also many books to be found around the building.
- Sacramento Suburbs - the library near the south corner, across the bridge and on the west side of the map.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 8?% + 2?% + 2?% |  Dictionary
|
| 8 |  Bible
|
| 8 |  Math book
|
| 8 |  Role Play Book
|
| 4 + 4 |  Novel
|
| 5 |  Board game
|
| 5 |  Survivor's notes
|
| 4 |  Comics
|
| 4 |  Kitchen roll
|
| 4 |  People magazine
|
| 2 |  Chocolate box
|
| 2 |  Tissue box
|
| 1 |  Newspaper
|
| 1 |  Survivalism handbook
|
| 150% |  Cereal box
|
| 1 |  Dog food
|
| 1 |  Firecrackers
|
| 1 |  Fish and Chips
|
| 1 |  Paper
|
Uses
Kitchen stove - Add to cook fire for 1 fire.
- Strategy table - 20
- Doghouse - 200
Recipes:
-
Handmade blueprint - 20 -
Firecrackers - 2 - Fire starter - 1
Plastic is a common resource mostly used for weapon recipes (especially flare guns and combat knives).
Sources
A great zone for collecting plastic items is the Sunset Mall, specifically the toy shop (large amount of board games and 2 plastic swords). The mall also has a good amount of watering cans and other plastic items, but they take some wandering around to find. Screen can also be a consistent source of plastic with 4 each.
Uses
Kitchen stove - Add to cook fire for 2 fire.
- Water tank - 75/120
- Research workshop - 50
- Solar panel - 120/360
Recipes:
-
Flare gun - 5
- Kitchen knife - 1
-
Combat knife - 4 - Electrical Nightstick - 6
-
Shears - 8 -
Taser - 5 -
Plastic Sword - 20
- For equipable clothing, see clothing.
Fabric is a semi-common resource.
Sources
Many good fabric items can be found in 
lockers. Some good zones for collecting fabric are:
- Mazon College - the lockers in the main building (both floors). Secret passage are the best source, especially the SP - Stadium (both around the field as well as the lockers). The SP - Store also has a lot of fabric items on the shelves in the first room.
- Sunset Mall - the toy shop, the kindergarten just north of it (lots of pillows and a few plushes and dolls), and the lockers of the bowling alley as well as the «Jellyfish Public Swimmingpool» (fifth room on the left of the spawn) contains fabric.
- Arizona Jurassic Museum - there is a house south of spawn (down the hill) that has a shelf with multiple plushes.
You can also get a decent amount of fabric from farming (being the only non-food resource you can actually get from farming).
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 15 (x0-1) |  Humanitarian goods
|
| 4 |  Umbrella
|
| 3 |  Boxing gloves
|
| 3 |  Football
|
| 3 |  Pompon
|
| 3 |  Teddy Bear
|
| 2 | Bar stool
|
| 2 |  Base ball
|
| 2 |  Baseball glove
|
| 2 |  Dinosaur plush
|
| 2 |  Foam hand
|
| 2 |  Octopus plush
|
| 2 + 1 |  Panda plush
|
| 2 | Splint
|
| 2 | Torch
|
| 0-1 | Baseball bat
|
| 1 |  Bedside Lamp
|
| 1 (x1-3) |  Bandage
|
| 1 |  Canteen
|
| 1 |  Doll
|
| 1 |  High heel
|
| 1 |  Golf flag
|
| 1 |  Large black lamp
|
| 1 | Modern painting
|
| 1 | Mop
|
| 1 | Nature painting
|
| 1 |  Pillow
|
| 1 |  Steel sword
|
| 1 | Tissue box
|
Uses
Kitchen stove - Add to cook fire for 1 fire.
- Food storage - 50/100/210/300
- Bed - 200
Recipes:
-
Molotov cocktail - 1 - Torch - 2
- Baseball bat - 2
- Steel sword - 2
- Plastic Sword - 2
- Studded baseball bat - 2
Trivia
- In the early release of the game fabric was used along with
sewing kits to upgrading clothing.
- For the item, see Screw (item).
Screws are a common resource use in various buildings and weapons.
Sources
Best way to obtain is by finding Screw items, which are commonly found in trash/recycling, desks, and lockers.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 5 + 250% |  Screw
|
| 4?% | Materials crate
|
| 2 | Axe
|
| 2 | Skateboard
|
| 2 |  Magnum
|
| 2 |  Semi-automatic pistol
|
| 2 | Spiked club
|
| 1?% |  Alarm clock
|
| 1?% | Bar chair
|
| 1 | Bar stool
|
| 1 |  Chair
|
| 1 | Coat rack
|
| 1?% |  Combat knife
|
| 1 |  Dart gun
|
| 1?% |  Earth globe
|
| 1 | High heel
|
| 1?% |  Iron chair
|
| 1 |  Silencer gun
|
| 1?% | Stool
|
| 1?% |  Taser
|
| 1 |  Tiny revolver
|
| 1 |  Shears
|
| 1 | Studded baseball bat
|
| 1 |  Hoover stick
|
| 1?% |  Liquid nitrogen handgun
|
| 1 | Machete
|
| 1?% | Mace
|
| 1 |  Mannequin leg
|
| 1 |  Pot
|
| 1 |  Wolf trap
|
| 1 (x0-1) | Wood chair
|
Uses
- Water tank - 15/25/35
- Materials storage - 10/30/50/70
- Food storage - 10/40/70/100
- Sewing workshop - 40
- Fuel tank - 5/10/15/20
- Storage - 10/30/50/70
- Bed - 10
- Goat pens - 20
- Solar panel - 20/60
- Engine-generator set - 20
- Doghouse - 30
Recipes:
-
Wolf trap - 2
- Spiked Club - 5
- Combat knife - 1
- Shears - 1
- Machete - 2
- Taser - 1
- Axe - 4
- Studded baseball bat - 1
Fertilizer is a resource that is mainly used for farming.
Sources
The two main ways to collect fertilizer is by fishing and collecting bones. The best source of bones is killing infecteds, but some maps such as Walker River have a lot around the map (although many are unsalvageable).
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 15 |  Farmer's Basket
|
| 2 |  Algae
|
| 2 |  Bone
|
| 2 |  Skull
|
| 2 |  Infected meat
|
| 1?% |  Brick
|
| 1 |  Crab
|
| 1 |  Cooked chicken
|
| 1 + 1?% |  Pet food
|
| 1 |  Salmon
|
| 1 |  Shrimp
|
| 1 |  Gudgeon
|
| 1 |  Trout
|
Uses
Research projects - random values
Farming - fertilizing crops - 1
- Vegetable garden - 4/32/60/116/144/172
Sources
The best source of precious ore is 
Jewelry; while it has no 100% locations, it's an uncommon item found in normal containers such as trash/recycling, desks, shelves, boxes, and 
lockers. While they don't give ore reliably, 
Dumbbells are a decent source of ore as they have set locations in various zones making them farmable. 
Fountain pens are very common, and have a respectable chance to give ore. 
Kukri aren't terribly uncommon to find in containers, so these are also a good source when found (always give 1 ore), and 
Trophies can be found fairly easily (especially in the lockers). Guns are also a good source, and are commonly found in 
gun bags.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 2 (low %) |  Hard drive
|
| 2 | Liquid nitrogen handgun
|
| 2 | Materials crate
|
| 2 |  Military Goods
|
| 1 + 1 (50%) | Jewelry
|
| 1-2 | Upgrade kit |
| 1 (50%) | Abstract sculpture
|
| 1 (10%) | Blowtorch
|
| 1 (good %) | Busted microwave oven
|
| 1 (50%) | Dart gun
|
| 1 (50%) | Dumbbell
|
| 1 (?%) | Fountain pen
|
| 1 (low %) |  Golf ball
|
| 1 |  Katana
|
| 1 | Kukri
|
| 1 (50%) | Magnum
|
| 1 (50%) | Semi-automatic pistol
|
| 1 (50% chance) | Silencer gun
|
| 1 (high %) | Steel sword
|
| 1 (low %) | Taser
|
| 1 (?%) |  Taser gun
|
| 1 (50%) | Tiny revolver
|
| 1 (low %) | Trophy
|
| 1 (low %) |  Trumpet
|
| 1 (low %) | Fireman Axe
|
| 1 (low %) | Pot
|
Uses
- Fuel tank - 2/4/6/8
- Storage - 40/120/200/280
- Research workshop - 10
- Solar panel - 30/90
- Battery - 10/40/70/100
- Engine-generator set - 20
- Forge - 40
Recipes:
-
Crowbar - 1 -
Compass - 1 - Kukri - 2
- Steel sword - 2
- Katana - 1
Glass it a fairly common and largely unused resource. While common, it can be a pain to purposefully collect when you need high amounts for research projects.
Sources
These best source is probably 
screens as there are a few spots with many of them all in one spot. However it's also advised to keep an eye out for 
Blue vases and 
Flower pots as they have a few set locations on various maps.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 5 |  Liquid nitrogen
|
| 4 | Blue vase
|
| 4 | Flower pot
|
| 2 |  Empty bottle
|
| 2 | Liquid nitrogen handgun
|
| 2 |  Plate
|
| 2 | Screen
|
| 1 | Abstract sculpture
|
| 1 |  Baby Food
|
| 1 |  Camera
|
| 1 |  Cereal bowl
|
| 1 | Child creation
|
| 1 |  Formula X
|
| 1 |  Jar of vegetables
|
| 0-1 | Taser gun
|
| 1 |  Teapot
|
| 1 |  Tesson bottle
|
| 1 |  Whiskey
|
| 1 |  Wine bottle
|
Uses
Research projects - random values
Recipes:
-
Tesson bottle - 4
Sources
One of the best sources of electronic components are screens, as there are many zones where they can be found in groups, and give a fair amount of components each. Screen locations can be found here.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 5 | Military Goods
|
| 2 | Screen
|
| 2 |  Game console
|
| 2 | Electric guitar
|
| 2 (x0-1) |  Ice machine
|
| 2 | Taser gun
|
| 1 |  Air conditioning
|
| 1 | Alarm clock
|
| 1 | Camera
|
| 1 (50%) |  Electrical Nightstick
|
| 1 | Hard drive
|
| 1 |  Keyboard
|
| 1 |  Remote control
|
| 1 | Taser
|
| 1 | Toaster
|
Uses
- Research workshop - 50
- Solar panel - 20/60
- Battery - 40/160/280/400
- Engine-generator set - 40
Recipes:
- Electrical Nightstick - 1
- Taser - 2
- For the item, see Razor blade.
Blades are a common resource used in recipes for numerous strong weapons, also sometimes needed for research projects.
Sources
The best source of blades is razor blades, which can be found semi commonly in the trash/recycling, desks, and shelves.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 4 + 2?% | Katana
|
| 3 + 250% |  Razor blade
|
| 2 | Axe
|
| 2 | Fireman axe
|
| 2 | Machete
|
| 2 | Saw
|
| 2 |  Saw blade
|
| 2 + 1?% | Steel sword
|
| 1 |  Butterfly knife
|
| 1 |  Canned peaches
|
| 1 | Combat knife
|
| 1 | Hatchet
|
| 1 |  Hunting knife
|
| 1 |  Kitchen knife
|
| 1 | Kukri
|
| 1 |  Scalpel
|
| 1 | Shears
|
| 1 | Sickle
|
| 1 | Spear
|
| 1 | Weapon modifier
|
Uses
Recipes:
- Wolf trap - 1
- Butterfly knife - 2
- Kitchen knife - 2
- Spear - 1
- Hatchet - 2
- Saw - 4
- Hunting knife - 2
- Kukri - 1
- Combat knife - 2
- Shears - 2
- Machete - 3
- Sickle - 5
- Steel sword - 5
- Katana - 12
- Axe - 5
- Studded baseball bat - 5
Medicinal herbs are a semi-uncommon resource with currently very few uses.
Sources
An easy source of medicinal herbs is algae / pain killers, which can be found in wall 
medicine cabinets (common), 
red trashcans (semi-common), and Peruvian infected drops (common, only algae).
While a bit of a cheat, a great source of herbs is by doing Sylvia Bluth's side mission in Downtown Santa Rosa (keep in mind she is not always there). During this side mission all medical zombies and containers in and around the nearby store will have greatly increased odds of dropping antibiotics (average quality). You can then drop or salvage these in your inventory to prevent finishing the quest (as this will decrease the collection counter) until you have all the herbs you need.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 2 |  Antibiotic
|
| 2 |  Painkillers
|
| 1 (x1-3) | Algae
|
| 1 |  Homemade remedy
|
| 1 |  Vitamines
|
Uses
Research projects - random values
- Laboratory - 25
Recipes:
-
Homemade remedy - 4
Trivia
- During beta, there used to be two medical resources, with the second being "Powdered medicine". It never had an icon, and after removal all the items that gave it as a resource now give medicinal herbs.
- For other uses, see Blueprint (disambiguation).
Blueprints are an important and somewhat unique resource as they have a singular purpose of combing weapons together using a 
Forge (see this page for specifics on weapon combination). Nothing else uses or requires it.
The amount of blueprints required to combine weapons together varies based on the weapons used, but often is between 3-4.
Sources
You can also earn 15 
blueprint through research projects in 
Research workshop, after the purchase Handmade blueprint from Lynn Durand.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 1 + 1 + 1?% + 1?% | Blueprints
|
| 1 + 150% + 1?% | Handmade blueprint
|
Uses
Making combined weapons on a Forge.
Meat is a resource that is used in various cooking and research projects.
Sources
The best zones for collecting meat are:
- Sunset Mall - The "supermarket" (and to a lesser extent "apartment") secret passage has a lot of meat. The supermarket has various beef rib and steak locations, as well as a chicken and hamburger. Apartment has 3 steak and one beef rib location. With both being secret passages the meat item are very likely to be salvageable.
- Jurassic Museum - it has various barbecues with decent chance to find steaks or sausages, but the best spot is the red fast food building at the south east most area of the map; it has a definite chicken and pizza (sometimes salvageable though not always) as well as a high likelihood to find meat while searching other things in the building.
- Highway 99 - The are various
grills spread around the map.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 10 | Humanitarian goods
|
| 5 | Cooked chicken
|
| 4 |  Beef rib
|
| 3 |  Sausage
|
| 2 |  Meatballs
|
| 1 |  Carbonara
|
| 1 |  Chicken sandwich
|
| 1 |  Hamburger
|
| 1 |  Hot Dog
|
| 1 |  Pizza
|
| 1 (x1-2) |  Steak
|
| 1 |  Steak tartar
|
Uses
Research projects - random values
- Doghouse - 150
Recipes:
-
Meatballs - 4 -
Beef rib - 8 -
Hamburger - 2 -
Hot Dog - 2 -
Steak tartar - 2 -
Chicken sandwich - 2 -
Carbonara - 2 -
Cooked chicken - 10 -
Pizza - 2
Fish are a somewhat uncommon resource to find in most containers, but are easy to obtain by fishing. Primarily used in cooking and research projects.
Sources
The best source for fish is by fishing (preferably with Fishing rod), with Bodega Bay (specifically the large lake to the north of spawn) and Walker River being a great source for fishing spots . You can also find fish in 
fish tanks (actual fish) such as in the Sacramento Suburbs SP - Apartment and Arizona Jurassic Museum SP - Oasis Diner Entrance - «Ravaged survivor's base».
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 4 + 2 (x0-2) | Salmon
|
| 3 |  Bouillabaisse
|
| 2 | Crab
|
| 2 | Fish and Chips
|
| 2 + 1 | Trout
|
| 2 | Shrimp
|
| 1 (x2) |  Skewer fish
|
| 1 | Gudgeon
|
| 1 |  Breaded Fish
|
| 1 |  Smoked fish
|
| 1 |  Sushi fish
|
Uses
Research projects - random values
Recipes:
-
Breaded Fish - 2 - Skewer fish - 3
-
Sushi fish - 2 -
Fish and Chips - 4 -
Bouillabaisse - 6
Vegetables are a common resource primarily used in cooking and research projects.
Sources
While fairly common, it is a hard to purposefully collect resource since it has very few set locations (many of which are commonly expired) and most of these spread out. The best way to collect items that give it is to search everything in a map since food items are somewhat common. Bodega Bay is a good zone for this (especially since it has lots of mushrooms).
While it would seem farming would be a great source of vegetables, it's a fairly mediocre source as even when you are lucky enough to get the right plant, each one will at most give you 5, and commonly only gives 3. It's still advised to grow vegetable plants however to slowly build up your vegetable reserves.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 15 | Farmer's Basket
|
| 10 | Humanitarian goods
|
| 2 | Bouillabaisse
|
| 2 |  Brown mushrooms
|
| 2 + 1 (x0-2) |  Canned vegetables
|
| 2 |  Carrot
|
| 2 |  Cucumber
|
| 2-3 | Jar of vegetables
|
| 2 |  Leek
|
| 2 |  Onion
|
| 2 |  Rice salad
|
| 2 |  Salad
|
| 2 + 1 |  Skewer vegetables
|
| 2 |  Tomato
|
| 1 | Baby Food
|
| 1 | Fish and Chips
|
| 1 (x1-2) |  French fries
|
| 1 | Hamburger
|
| 1 |  Hot pepper
|
| 1 |  Mixed salad
|
| 1 | Pizza
|
| 1 |  Red mushroom
|
| 1 |  Small fried vegetables
|
| 1 |  Yellow mushroom
|
Uses
Recipes:
-
Small fried vegetables - 6 -
Mixed salad - 2 -
French fries - 4 -
Jar of vegetables - 10 -
Rice salad - 4 - Hamburger - 2
-
Salad - 5 - Skewer vegetables - 4
- Fish and Chips - 3
- Pizza - 2
- Bouillabaisse - 5
Fruits is a common but some hard to purposefully collect resource since it has very few set locations (many of which are commonly expired) and most of these spread out.
Sources
The best way to collect items that give it is to search everything in a map since food items are somewhat common.
Probably the best source of fruit is from farming as a strawberry bush can give 7-10 fruits.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 3 + 1 |  Fruit salad
|
| 2 |  Banana
|
| 2 |  Grapes
|
| 2 |  Lemon
|
| 2 |  Melon
|
| 2 |  Orange
|
| 2 |  Peach
|
| 2 |  Pear
|
| 2 |  Pineapple
|
| 2 |  Apple
|
| 1 (x2) | Canned peaches
|
| 1 | Mixed salad
|
| 1 | Salad
|
| 1 |  Strawberry cake
|
Uses
Recipes:
-
Apple juice - 5 -
Lemonade - 1 -
Fruit salad - 5 -
Orange juice - 5 - Mixed salad - 2
-
Tomato juice - 5 -
Pear juice - 5 -
Grape juice - 5 -
Peach juice - 5 -
Banana juice - 5 - Salad - 2
-
Wine bottle - 4
Sources
The easiest ways to get chocolate are:
- By finding chocolate boxes (see here).
- By farming (random if you get the plant, and requires lots of water and time to grow).
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 5?% | Humanitarian goods
|
| 2 + 1?% + 1?% | Chocolate box
|
| 2?% | Strawberry cake
|
| 1low % |  Chocolate cake
|
| 1 |  Cupcake
|
| 1low% |  Biscuit
|
| 1?% |  Hot chocolate
|
| 1?% | Stash of food
|
Uses
Recipes:
-
Cupcake - 3 -
Hot chocolate - 2 -
Chocolate cake - 2 -
Chocolate box - 8
Cereals are a resource mostly used for cooking.
Sources
While there is arguably no "best" item to try to find for this resource, grabbing various pastries from vending machines is a somewhat dependable source. In general just keep an eye out for all the items listed below as most of them are common or slightly uncommon. The best source of this resource however is likely not from salvaging but instead from farming.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 10 | Humanitarian goods
|
| 5 | Stash of food
|
| 4 |  Mac and cheese
|
| 4 |  Pasta package
|
| 4 | Pizza
|
| 3 | Rice salad
|
| 2 + 1 | Cereal box
|
| 2 |  Bread
|
| 2 | Cereal bowl
|
| 2 | Chicken sandwich
|
| 2 | Chocolate cake
|
| 2 |  Croissant
|
| 2 |  Donut
|
| 2 | Strawberry cake
|
| 2 |  Yogurt cake
|
| 1 | Biscuit
|
| 1 | Breaded Fish
|
| 1 | Hamburger
|
| 1 | Hot Dog
|
| 1 |  Potato
|
| 1 | Sushi fish
|
Uses
Recipes:
- Breaded Fish - 2
-
Cereal bowl - 4 - Rice salad - 4
-
Beer - 1 -
Bread - 4 - Hamburger - 2
- Hot Dog - 3
-
Mac and cheese - 8 - Sushi fish - 2
- Cupcake - 4
-
Croissant - 4 - Chicken sandwich - 4
- Carbonara - 8
-
Yogurt cake - 4 - Pizza - 8
-
Donut - 4 - Chocolate cake - 4
Butter is a rare resource that is used in various cooking recipes and research projects.
Sources
The easiest way to get butter is by find strawberry cake. There are 4 main ways to do this:
- Pastry Stands - These are located in certain buildings such as the Supermarket and the Cybercafé in Sunset Mall. They can drop pastries including the strawberry cake, donuts and cupcakes.
- Vending machines - There's a decent chance to find various types of cakes/pastries, including strawberry cake (grab any other pastries listed below as well).
- Lockers - all lockers may have, but especially those in the mazon stadium/field Secret passage, as it's not uncommon to find multiple there (also check the vending machines in that secret passage!).
- André Patisserie - There is a pastry shop in the Grey alley of the mall to the west of spawn (directly southwest of the Black Mages cybercafé; inside this pastry shop is a cake slice sitting on the counter (decent chance to be salvageable). Warning: shop has a lot of higher level mobs.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 5?% | Farmer's Basket
|
| 1 | Carbonara
|
| 1 | Croissant
|
| 0-1 | Cupcake
|
| 1 | Strawberry cake
|
Uses
Research projects - random values
Recipes:
- French fries - 1
- Cupcake - 2
- Croissant - 2
- Carbonara - 2
- Yogurt cake - 2
-
Fondue - 2 - Chocolate cake - 2
Salt is a resource most used in cooking.
Sources
The easiest way to collect it is to go fishing.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 0-1 | Crab
|
| 0-1 | Pasta package
|
| 0-1 | Salmon
|
| 0-1 | Shrimp
|
| 0-1 | Stash of food
|
| 0-1 | Gudgeon
|
| 0-1 | Trout
|
Uses
Recipes:
- Breaded Fish - 1
- French fries - 1
- Meatballs - 2
- Mac and cheese - 1
- Sushi fish - 1
- Fish and Chips - 2
- Bouillabaisse - 2
Trivia
- During much of beta, salt was the hardest resource to collect as only pasta packages and crabs gave it, and even then at a fairly low chance.
Milk is a semi-uncommon resource unless you have a goat pen, as very few items give the resource, although the amount of milk most items give is decently high and most of the items are decently common (other than Milk bottle and Farmer's Basket).
Sources
There are a couple set Milk bottle locations which are worth checking out if you need milk since they are somewhat rare to find in most containers and give a large amount of milk.
It is recommended to get a goat pen as soon as possible if you need milk, as it makes collecting it much easier.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 10 | Farmer's Basket
|
| 5 |  Milk bottle
|
| 3 |  Powdered Milk
|
| 2 |  Small milk bottle
|
| 1 | Cereal bowl
|
| 1 | Hot chocolate
|
Uses
Research projects - random values
- Goat pens - 50
Recipes:
- Cereal bowl - 2
- Cupcake - 2
- Croissant - 1
- Yogurt cake - 4
- Donut - 1
- Hot chocolate - 2
Spices are an uncommon resource that is used in cooking (most commonly for 
energy drinks).
Sources
While it's hard to purposefully find spices, almost all items that give it are at least semi common and can be found in the trash. A good source of spices is from farming (although what plant you get is random).
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 2 |  Vinegar
|
| 1 |  Garlic
|
| 1 | Hot pepper
|
| 0-1 | Meatballs
|
| 1 (x2) | Onion
|
| 0-1 | Stash of food
|
| 0-1 | Steak tartar
|
| 1 | Teapot
|
Uses
Recipes:
- Meatballs - 2
- Hamburger - 1
- Salad - 1
- Steak tartar - 1
-
Energy drink - 1 -
Raclette - 3 - Fondue - 2
- Bouillabaisse - 4
Sources
Some good locations to find pizza items are:
- Downtown Santa Rosa - You can find 2 pizzas and 1 hamburger (usually salvageable) and a milk bottle near the "office" secret passage, except instead of going in, go east out onto the deck.
- Museum - There is also a pizza and hamburgers in the red fast food restaurant at the north east most corner of the map. Note that fast food restaurant has a lot of infecteds with high level. However, the pizzas and hamburgers are usually salvageable.
While not cheap, the easiest way to get cheese is to buy them from Jeffrey in the camp. You can also buy fondue from Henry Collins in Lakeview, although each one costs 
6 Marks.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 4 |  Raclette
|
| 3 |  Fondue
|
| 2 | Carbonara
|
| 2 | Pizza
|
| 1 |  Cheese omelette
|
| 1 (low %) | Hamburger
|
| 1 | Mac and cheese
|
| 1 (low %) | Milk bottle
|
Uses
Research projects - random values
Recipes:
- Hamburger - 1
- Mac and cheese - 2
- Chicken sandwich - 1
- Raclette - 8
- Carbonara - 4
-
Cheese omelette - 2 - Pizza - 4
- Fondue - 5
Sugar is a resource mostly used in cooking. It's most common use is to make drinks (especially energy drinks).
Sources
The easiest way to collect sugar is by salvaging soda and juice from 
vending machines. You can also get sugar from farming. SP - Dailyneed Supermarket Freezer in 
Sunset Mall has two fridges filled with drinks that can be salvaged for sugar.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 5 |  Candy dispenser
|
| 5?% | Farmer's Basket
|
| 2 | Orange
|
| 0-1 | Apple
|
| 1 |  Soda can
|
| 1 |  Apple juice
|
| 0-1 | Banana
|
| 1 |  Banana juice
|
| 1 | Canned peaches
|
| 1 | Chocolate cake
|
| 1 | Cupcake
|
| 1 | Donut
|
| 0-1 | Fruit salad
|
| 1 |  Grape juice
|
| 0-1 | Grapes
|
| 1 |  Ice cream
|
| 1 |  Ketchup
|
| 0-1 | Lemon
|
| 0-1 |  Lemonade
|
| 1 (x1-2) |  Orange juice
|
| 0-1 | Peach
|
| 1 |  Peach juice
|
| 0-1 | Pear
|
| 1 |  Pear juice
|
| 0-1 |  Soda bottle
|
| 0-1 | Stash of food
|
| 1 | Strawberry cake
|
| 0-1 |  Tomato juice
|
| 1 | Wine bottle
|
| 1 | Yogurt cake
|
Uses
Recipes:
- Apple juice - 2
- Lemonade - 1
- Orange juice - 2
- Pear juice - 2
- Grape juice - 2
- Peach juice - 2
- Banana juice - 2
- Energy drink - 1
- Cupcake - 1
- Carbonara - 3
-
Champagne bottle - 2 - Yogurt cake - 2
- Donut - 1
- Fondue - 2
- Chocolate cake - 2
- Chocolate box - 5
- For the item, see Egg.
Eggs are a rare resource (at least without a chicken coop) mostly used for cooking and research projects.
Sources
The best way to farm eggs is by finding, well, an egg! You can occasionally find eggs in nests. It's also possible to find eggs (as well as mayonnaise) uncommonly as a random item that can be found occasionally. The best source of eggs are the farmer's basket resource crate and cheese omelets, although both are rare to find. While not cheap, the easiest way to get eggs is to buy them from Jeffrey in the camp. You can also buy cheese omelets from Henry Collins in Lakeview, although they are fairly expensive.
You can find a list of nest locations here.
Due to the rarity of eggs, it is recommended to not use eggs on research projects until after you build a chicken coop. This is because chicken coops allow you to collect 2 eggs an hour after you last collected, but requires a large amount of eggs to actually build.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 10 | Farmer's Basket
|
| 2 (100%) | Cheese omelette
|
| 0-1 | Carbonara
|
| 1 |  Egg
|
| 0-1 |  Mayonnaise
|
| 0-1 | Steak tartar
|
Uses
Research projects - random values
- Chicken coop - 30
Recipes:
- Mac and cheese - 2
- Steak tartar - 1
- Cupcake - 1
- Croissant - 1
- Carbonara - 4
- Cheese omelette - 4
- Donut - 1
- Bouillabaisse - 2
Seeds are a resource who's primary use is for farming, although it's also used in a few food recipes, and semi commonly required for research projects.
Sources
While many items have a chance to give seeds and none of these items are strictly uncommon, it can be difficult to purposefully find items to salvage into seeds. The best source of these items is mostly fridges, picnic baskets, the trash, and various locations around maps (such as trees).
The best source of seeds is actually from farming. While this seems a bit counterintuitive at first (since it costs seeds to farm), all plants when harvested have at least a chance to give 1 seed, with many having a chance to give even more! The best plant for seeds is wheat as it not only gives the most seeds (5) but also has a 100% chance to always give them! Just note that pulling out plants that give less seeds isn't always advised, as you will often find the seeds lost from replanting aren't worth the seeds gained from plants that give more of them when grown.
The square garden in Sunset Mall is a good source of fruits.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 4 (x0-1) | Stash of food
|
| 0-1 | Apple
|
| 0-1 | Banana
|
| 0-1 | Carrot
|
| 1 | Cucumber
|
| 1 | Hot pepper
|
| 0-1 | Leek
|
| 0-1 | Lemon
|
| 1 | Melon
|
| 1 | Mixed salad
|
| 1 | Orange
|
| 0-1 | Peach
|
| 0-1 | Pear
|
| 1 (50%) | Pineapple
|
| 1 (x2) | Potato
|
| 1 | Salad
|
| 0-1 | Tomato
|
| 0-1 | Garlic
|
| 0-1 | Grapes
|
Uses
Research projects - random values
Farming - plant a crop - 1
- Chicken coop - 50
Recipes:
- Mixed salad - 2
- Hamburger - 8
- Salad - 3
Alcohol is an uncommonly used resource as most recipes that use it aren't currently very useful (as the "pain killer" effect doesn't work when simply drunk). It's main uses are for upgrading certain clothing and research projects.
Sources
One of the best locations for alcohol is Mazon College's field secret passage; directly north of the crate are 2 wine bottles and 3 wine cups, which have a high chance of being salvageable.
Another good location is the Mall's Palm Tree area. There is a bar with a pool table there and lots of alcohol.
As most alcoholic beverage locations are often expired, probably the best source of alcohol is actually from molotov cocktails as they are somewhat common and are always salvageable.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 5low% | Formula X
|
| 5?% | Military Goods
|
| 3 | Wine bottle
|
| 2 |  Molotov cocktail
|
| 2 | Whiskey
|
| 1 |  Beer
|
| 1 |  Champagne bottle
|
| 1 |  Glass of wine
|
| 0-1 | Grapes
|
Uses
Kitchen stove - Add to cook fire for 2 fire.
- Dressing table - 20
Recipes:
- Beer - 2
- Wine bottle - 8
- Raclette - 2
-
Whiskey - 5 - Champagne bottle - 4
- Fondue - 1
- Molotov cocktail - 3
-
Bandage - 1
Fire is unlike any of the other resources in that it is not obtained from salvaging as a primary source, but instead from feeding it other resources. However, it can be salvaged from Formula X, although nothing else. This gives the ability to cook things that require fire from your backpack if desired.
Sources
Resources that feed the flames:
-
Wood: 10 -
Fuel: 5 -
Paper: 1 -
Plastic: 2 -
Fabric: 1 -
Electricity: 1 -
Alcohol: 2
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 30 low% |
Formula X
|
Uses
Research projects - random values
- Forge - 500
Recipes:
- Breaded Fish - 10
- Small fried vegetables - 5
- French fries - 20
- Rice salad - 5
- Bread - 10
- Meatballs - 15
- Beef rib - 20
- Hamburger - 15
- Hot Dog - 10
- Mac and cheese - 12
-
Sanitized water bottle - 10 - Skewer fish - 15
- Cupcake - 15
- Croissant - 20
- Skewer vegetables - 10
- Chicken sandwich - 5
- Raclette - 20
- Carbonara - 15
- Fish and Chips - 10
- Cooked chicken - 15
- Cheese omelette - 15
- Yogurt cake - 15
- Pizza - 20
- Donut - 10
- Fondue - 15
- Bouillabaisse - 20
- Hot chocolate - 2
- Chocolate cake - 20
- Chocolate box - 15
- Plastic Sword - 20
- Crowbar - 40
You need to own a water tank in order to store water.
Sources
The best sources of drinking water are vending machines and lockers (especially soda bottles and lemonade, although any soda / juice is good), especially in places where there are multiple together. Some good locations for water are:
- All vending machines.
- Mazon College - both the water coolers in the main building but especially the vending machines / lockers in the field secret passage (there's also some beverages sitting around that SP).
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 10 | Humanitarian goods
|
| 10?% | Military Goods
|
| 5 | Soda bottle
|
| 4 |  Drinking water bottle
|
| 4 | Lemonade
|
| 4 |  Plastic flask
|
| 3 | Canteen
|
| 3 |  Glass of water
|
| 3 | Energy drink
|
| 3 | Peach juice
|
| 3 |  Sanitized water bottle
|
| 2 | Apple juice
|
| 2 | Banana juice
|
| 2 | Grape juice
|
| 2 | Orange juice
|
| 2 | Pear juice
|
| 2 |  Small water bottle
|
| 2 | Soda can
|
| 2 | Tomato juice
|
Uses
Research projects - random values
Farming - watering crops - 2
Drinking water bottle - open water tank and click this resource when you have at least 5 water of this type.
- Vegetable garden - 20/160/300/580/720/860
Recipes:
- Apple juice - 3
- Lemonade - 6
- Orange juice - 3
- Tomato juice - 3
- Pear juice - 3
- Jar of vegetables - 5
- Bread - 4
- Grape juice - 3
- Peach juice - 3
- Banana juice - 3
-
Small water bottle - 5 - Energy drink - 5
- Croissant - 1
-
Canteen - 5 -
Drinking water bottle - 6 - Bouillabaisse - 5
You need to own a water tank in order to store water.
Sources
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 5 | Jar of vegetables
|
| 4 |  Bottle of dirty water
|
| 4 | Canned vegetables
|
| 4 (x0-1) | Ice machine
|
| 2 |  Water gun
|
| 0-1 | Leek
|
| 1 | Pineapple
|
| 1 (x0-1) | Canned peaches
|
Uses
Farming - watering crops - 3
Bottle of dirty water - open water tank and click this resource when you have at least 5 water of this type.
Recipes:
Sources
Toxic water is a bit hard to get purposefully. The best source of drinking water is toxic water bottles, which are most easily found in 
water coolers and in the white file cabinets in the Sacramento Suburbs delta 9 elevator room (upstairs). Fountain pens are also a decent source, as while they don't give much they are common and also have a chance to give precious ore. Dye is a decent source if you salvage a lot of food in your backpack, but is unpredictable to get.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 5 | Dart gun
|
| 3 + 1?% |  Toxic water bottle
|
| 2 |  Bleach
|
| 2 |  Dye
|
| 1 | Fountain pen
|
| 1 + 1?% |  Laundry detergent
|
| 1 |  Shampoo
|
Uses
Research projects - random values
Toxic water bottle - open water tank and click this resource when you have at least 5 water of this type.
Sources
A great zone for collecting fuel items is Walker River. Highway 99 also has various fuel spots (in this image see the area between the circle and the road; there's about 25 worth of fuel around the area (ignore the actual location of the circle).
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 10low % | Formula X
|
| 5 |  Gas bottle
|
| 5 |  Gas tank
|
| 5 | Military Goods
|
| 4 |  BBQ fuel
|
| 4 |  Gas canister
|
| 2 | Blowtorch
|
| 1 |  Flare gun
|
| 1 |  Lighter
|
Uses
Engine-generator set - Convert 10 fuel into 10 electricity.
Kitchen stove - Add to cook fire for 5 fire.
Recipes:
- Firecrackers - 1
- Torch - 5
- Flare gun - 3
- Advanced fire starter - 1
Gallery
You need a 
Battery built in your camp to store electricity.
Sources
The best source of electricity is laptop batteries, which is a common item found on desks, shelves, and the trash/recycling. You can also automatically get electricity from solar panels, although this is a very slow process.
If you really need electricity, you can also convert fuel into electricity at a 1:1 ratio using the engine-generator set.
| Num | Item |
|---|---|
| 20 + 10 (x0-1) |  Laptop battery
|
| 5 + 3 (x0-1) |  Battery
|
| 5 | Taser gun
|
| 3 (x0-1) + 2 (x0-1) |  Phone battery
|
| 2 | Busted microwave oven
|
| 1 | Bedside Lamp
|
| 1 | Camera
|
Uses
Kitchen stove - Add to cook fire for 1 fire.
- Engine-generator set - 30
Recipes:
- Electrical Nightstick - 50
- Taser - 50
Trivia
- In beta there used to be a resource named "Powdered medicine", which never had an icon. This was removed in V0.49, and all items that gave it instead gave medicinal herbs.
- There used to be a Sewing kit resource in the game that was used for upgrade resource, but this was removed in V1.18.
- In the game files there is a
stone resource which based on it's ID is the 4th newest resource, added after seeds but before alcohol. You could get it from stones, which were removed with the resource in beta.
