Survival is a difficult task in 7 Days To Escape. You have to buy water and heat from shops because you cannot find it while scavenging, and food, while it is possible to find it while scavenging, it is very rare and is usually purchased from a shop.

In 7 Days To Escape, everything is centred around exploration. You must explore to find shops, money, food, and intersting places that are necessary to survival.

Shop's are an essential part of survival in 7 Days To Escape. Some meter's are only taken care of by buying the necessary items from shops. There is usually only one item for sale in a shop, so you'll make long trips to get to shop to shop to buy what you need.

Do quests for unique people you may find while exploring. In reward for finding items for NPC's, you will get money.

The world has got so cold that campfires don't warm people up but, stop them from freezing. In order to get your heat up, you must buy lighter's from shops to warm up.