Night of the Dead: Resources Guide (Harvesting and Crafting)

Natural Objects
Natural Objects are generally anything that isn’t “man-made” like a Boulder or Tree; found throughout the world outside of Points of Interest (POIs). Tools like the Woodcutter Axe and Jackhammer cause more damage to Natural Objects, making it easier to harvest and mine with the right tool.

Different regions of the map will have different versions of Natural Objects, with their own materials; aside from Iron Deposits found in the open, Metal Ores can only be harvested in Mines. Mines cause passive Chemical Gas damage upon entering, you will need Chemical Gas Resistance via Gas Mask or Purification Coil.

Synthetic Objects
“Man-made” items like Cars, Vending Machines and Loot containers are considered Synthetic Objects. Found all throughout the world map, but mostly inside POIs. Paper Boxes and Broken Barrels require nothing to harvest, but breaking down more complicated objects like Cars and Lamp Posts will need a Wrench.

Special Loot Containers are the only way to obtain certain objects like Coils or Weapon Mods and each type has their own container.

Coil Box

 

Wooden Crate (Various Construction materials)

 

Equipment Locker (Weapons, Tools and Armor)

 

Weapon Mod

 

Reward Box (One of a couple different types that contain Vehicle Materials)

Resource Production
In addition to looting and harvesting resources from the world, you can also produce many resources using structures from the build menu.

Extractors
Found in the Build tab alongside the Research Table, Extractors help gather rock, ore, and fuel materials and are reloaded with Fuel and Maintenance Kits; unlocked with Mechanic in the Research Table, crafted in the Electronics Workbench.

 

The other form of resource production is Farming, whose relevant structures can be found in the Build Menu alongside the Cooking Table:

 

While most of the “Farms” can offer copies of Natural Objects found in the world, only the Farm is upgradable. Similar to the extractors, the Farm will need to “reloaded” between harvests.

Before upgrading, the Farm will need to have Seeds Sown: