How to Get Rotten Flesh in 7 Days to Die and Why You Need It

Rotten flesh is one of the strangest yet most useful items in 7 Days to Die. As the name suggests, it’s the decaying flesh from zombie corpses and is key for crafting certain important items. Many new players wonder why they would ever need rotten flesh, but it has some valuable uses, especially for farming. This guide will explain where to find rotten flesh and how to farm it efficiently in 7 Days to Die.

What is Rotten Flesh?

Rotten flesh is exactly what it sounds like – the rotting flesh and gore left over from zombie corpses. After killing zombie dogs, bears, and vultures, you can harvest their bodies for rotten flesh using a stone axe You can also find rotten flesh in loot containers like garbage piles and body bags

The flesh itself looks pretty gross, being a lumpy red blob of decaying tissue. Eating it raw is a bad idea, damaging your health and giving you a chance of getting dysentery. So why would you ever want to collect this disgusting stuff?

Why You Need Rotten Flesh

While rotten flesh is unappealing on its own it’s a vital crafting component for some important items in 7 Days to Die

• Farm Plots – Used for farming, each one requires 10 rotten flesh to craft. You’ll need lots of farm plots for large crop fields.

• Hobo Stew – A basic food recipe requiring 10 rotten flesh. It also restores some health and hydration.

• Fort Bites – A medicinal food item that requires 20 rotten flesh. It restores a lot of health.

• Sham Sandwich – An odd “food” item that needs 5 rotten flesh to craft. It has unique effects.

So rotten flesh allows you to start farming for sustainable food production, make restorative medicines, and even create unusual edibles. Having a good stockpile is essential for survival in 7 Days to Die.

How to Get Rotten Flesh

There are a few ways to collect rotten flesh in 7 Days to Die:

Looting Zombie Bodies

The most direct way is looting the corpses of zombie animals like dogs, bears, and vultures. After killing them, hit the body with a stone axe to break it down and harvest 2-5 pieces of flesh each. Zombie wolves and bears spawn more frequently at night, especially during blood moons, so those are great times to hunt them and collect more flesh.

Checking Loot Containers

Search garbage piles, sinks, piles of gore, and especially body bags, which often contain rotten flesh. Hospitals, morgues, and funeral homes are good locations to find many body bags close together. This method provides a more passive way to gather flesh if you aren’t actively hunting zombies.

Harvesting Roadkill

Keep an eye out for dead animals on the roads like deer carcasses. Smack them with a stone axe to break them down and get 1-2 pieces of rotten flesh each. More roadkill tends to spawn over time, so you can return to the same roads and harvest more flesh.

How to Farm Rotten Flesh

Once you find a good source of rotten flesh, you can farm it by returning to the same area over time. Here are some tips:

• Build a base near zombie spawns and hunt them each night. The area around your base will become a farm for rotten flesh.

• Find a road with lots of roadkill and stop by regularly to check for respawns. Mark it on your map so you can easily return.

• Scout out hospitals, morgues, and funeral homes and frequently re-loot their body bags. These interiors often contain 10+ bags close together.

• During blood moons, go out hunting animals rather than staying in your base. The increased spawn rate leads to more zombie animals to kill.

• Increase your Butcher bounty quests at the trader. This boosts animal spawns so you can kill more zombies for flesh.

With some persistence and regularly visiting known spawn points, you’ll build up a steady supply of rotten flesh. Having multiples stacks in reserve will ensure you can craft farm plots, food items, and more whenever you need.

Using Rotten Flesh Effectively

Now that you’ve stockpiled a horde of rotten flesh, here are some tips for using it:

• Craft several farm plots at once and build a sizable farm quickly. Rotten flesh lets you scale up fast.

• Have some Hobo Stew or Fort Bites ready for emergencies. They restore lots of health and hunger for surviving desperate situations.

• Try crafting a Sham Sandwich if you want an unusual effect. It makes you drunk and gives you more melee damage!

• Build a second base or outpost near a rotten flesh source. That way you can farm it, use it for crafting, and avoid hauling it far.

• Don’t waste rotten flesh just to make regular food recipes. Save it for the important crafting recipes.

Rotten flesh may seem strange, but it has very practical uses in 7 Days to Die. Once you know where to collect it and how to farm it efficiently, you’ll begin to appreciate the value of this gruesome ingredient. Just try not to think too much about what you’re actually harvesting and crafting with!