How to Find Clay on 7 Days to Die [2023]

For gamers who want to get ahead in 7 Days to Die, one of the most important things you can do is find clay.

It is a valuable resource that can be used for crafting, construction, and other more purposes. But how do you finding it in the game? Here are some of the best methods for locating it:

What Are the Best Methods to Find Clay?

Clay is a particularly important commodity since it is a material that is utilized in a lot of crafts, and where. The method of how you can get it varies on the platform you play.

Clay is required for the forges and is heated to create enhanced tools.

Digging

Digging is the most popular method on the PlayStation platform, as well as on Steam if you do not have Alpha 17 or above.

Make a shovel (a stone shovel will do). Unless you come upon a steel or iron shovel.
The basic resource is a stone shovel.
Iron shovels provide you more resources.
Steel provides the most resourcing amounts.
Keep an eye out for goldenrod and cotton. A clay patch is indicated by the plants in a cluster.
Look around large boulders since there may be clay under or surrounding them.
Clay patches are typically 4 to 6 blocks deep and 6 blocks broad.
After that, you may have to look for another location or go deeper.
Clay may be found via mining beneath the grass, snow, and other zones.

To find clay in Alpha 17, simply dig anywhere. It appears as clay soil and may be found all over the world.

While doing so in Alpha 17, we recommend not digging too close to your base because zombies can dig and consequently attack your base.

Potted Plants

Collect potted plants [1], then shred them to get clay soil. This method is only supported in Alpha 17 and above. This is not true of the PlayStation format.

There are potted plants in several areas, but the childcare center has the most clay pots.
Potted plants can also be found in hotels and apartments.
There is at least one in virtually every other building.
Potted plants can only be scrapped if they are not damaged, so try not to damage them when fighting zombies.

Traders

Traders may occasionally have clay available for purchase using tokens. To obtain tokens, you can do one of these:

Blocks

You may obtain clay by demolishing specific blocks. The most frequent are the blocks seen on military sites across the world. You can use any of the following axes to demolish blocks:

The higher the axe, the greater the resource, hence using a steel pickaxe will yield more resources than using a stone or iron one.

The different pickaxes that you may make are listed above. Steel pickaxes are a late-game item, so you’ll usually utilize stone and iron to begin with.