{"id":22016,"date":"2026-06-11T08:30:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xgamingserver.com\/blog\/7-days-to-die-traders-quests-guide\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T08:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:30:40","slug":"7-days-to-die-traders-quests-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xgamingserver.com\/blog\/7-days-to-die-traders-quests-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Days to Die Traders & Quests Guide: Rewards and Tiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The five traders of 7 Days to Die are the backbone of the early-to-mid game economy. They buy your loot, sell gear you cannot craft yet, and hand out quests that pour experience, Duke’s Casino Tokens, and hand-picked item rewards into your pack. In 1.0, the quest system runs on a tier ladder from Tier 1 to Tier 6, and understanding how points, tiers, and rewards interlock is the difference between scraping by and snowballing. This guide breaks down every trader, every quest type, and how the rewards scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet the Five Traders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are five named traders, each living in a different biome and specializing in a different category of goods. You will usually meet Rekt first, because the tutorial questline points you to the nearest trader. As you grind quests for one trader, you eventually unlock a special “go visit another trader” quest that reveals the next one on the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trader<\/th>Specialty<\/th>Notes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Rekt<\/td>Food & Seeds<\/td>Usually your first trader; infamously rude<\/td><\/tr>
Jen<\/td>Medical supplies<\/td>Bandages, first aid, healing items<\/td><\/tr>
Bob<\/td>Tools & Vehicle parts<\/td>Your go-to for mobility upgrades<\/td><\/tr>
Hugh<\/td>Weapons & Ammo<\/td>Combat loadout supplier<\/td><\/tr>
Joel<\/td>Armor<\/td>Found in the Wasteland; best armor stock<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All traders share the same operating hours: their compounds are open from 04:05 to 21:50<\/strong> in-game time. Outside those hours the doors seal and you are locked out (and exposed), so plan your supply runs around the clock. Trader inventory restocks every three days<\/strong>, and the in-game interface shows a countdown to the next restock while you are talking to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the Quest Tier System Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Trader jobs are organized into six tiers. You do not jump tiers by completing a fixed number of quests at the same level. Instead, each quest awards points equal to its tier<\/strong>, and you must accumulate a points threshold to unlock the next tier. The threshold for each tier is ten times the tier number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tier<\/th>Points per quest<\/th>Points to advance<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Tier 1<\/td>1<\/td>10<\/td><\/tr>
Tier 2<\/td>2<\/td>20<\/td><\/tr>
Tier 3<\/td>3<\/td>30<\/td><\/tr>
Tier 4<\/td>4<\/td>40<\/td><\/tr>
Tier 5<\/td>5<\/td>50<\/td><\/tr>
Tier 6<\/td>6<\/td>60<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The practical upshot is that completing roughly ten quests at a given tier advances you to the next one. You can also mix tiers: doing lower-tier quests still adds their (smaller) point value toward the next threshold. Tier progression is tracked per trader, and finishing a tier eventually unlocks the cross-trader referral quest that reveals a new trader location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Quest Types<\/h2>\n\n\n\n