Bouillon Cube
| Bouillon Cube | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Ingredients |
| Type | Stock |
| Hunger | -3 |
| Thirst | 5 |
| Calories | 16 |
| Fresh | - |
| Rotten | - |
| Cook Time | - |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.BouillonCube
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A Bouillon Cube is a small dried cube of stock used to flavour soups, stews and hot drinks. It weighs only 0.1 and keeps without spoiling. On its own it is a poor snack, but it works well as a seasoning for a whole pot of food.
Bouillon Cubes are a common pantry item. They sit on grocery and general store shelves, in house kitchen cupboards and in survivor food caches. The Chef is the best occupation for ingredients. It starts with the most Cooking skill. The Burger Flipper also starts with some Cooking skill.
Eating
Eating a Bouillon Cube on its own lowers hunger by only 3. It also raises thirst by 5, so a dry cube leaves the character thirstier than before. It holds just 16 calories, with tiny amounts of carbohydrate, protein and fat.
Adding the cube to a dish or a drink removes the thirst penalty. That makes cooking with it the best way to use it.
The table shows the game figures for one serving. Negative hunger and thirst fill the character up, and negative unhappiness and boredom cheer them up.
| Item | Hunger | Thirst | Calories | Carbs | Protein | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouillon Cube | -3 | 5 | 16 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
Cooking
A Bouillon Cube goes into Soup and Stew, adding 3 hunger to each. It also goes into a hot drink, where it adds 1. The game counts it as a spice, so it adds flavour to the dish as well as a little food.
A cube of stock suits a soup or stew made from beans or vegetables. Since the cube never rots, a few in the pantry suit a long term food store.
These dishes take the Bouillon Cube as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Soup | 3 | - |
| Stew | 3 | - |
| Hot Drink | 1 | - |
Locations
Bouillon Cubes are a common find. Gigamart and grocery store shelves hold them more than a quarter of the time. The food boxes in survivor food caches and general store shelves hold them a little less often. House kitchens and living rooms keep them on counters, shelves and overhead cupboards about one time in nine. Grocery storage rooms and cafeteria kitchens turn one up only rarely.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Gigamart | Shelves | 27.8% |
| Grocery store | Shelves | 27.8% |
| General store | Shelves | 16.7% |
| Grocery store | Other | 4.8% |
| Grocery storage | Other | 4.8% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Metal shelves | 1% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Other | 1% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Shelves | 1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Food cache1 | Food box | 23.8% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 11.2% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 11.2% |
| Survivor cache (large building) | Counter | 11.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen | Counter | 11.2% |
| Kitchen | Metal shelves | 11.2% |
| Kitchen | Overhead cupboard | 11.2% |
| Kitchen | Shelves | 11.2% |
| Living room | Counter | 11.2% |
| Living room | Overhead cupboard | 11.2% |
Notes
- Eating a Bouillon Cube dry raises thirst, so it belongs in a dish or a hot drink.
- The game treats it as a spice, so it seasons soups and stews.
- Bouillon Cubes never spoil, which makes them a good item to stockpile.
- House kitchen cupboards are a reliable place to find a few cubes.
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