Bowl of Oatmeal
| Bowl of Oatmeal | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Cooked and Prepared |
| Type | - |
| Hunger | -10 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 300 |
| Fresh | 1 days |
| Rotten | 2 days |
| Cook Time | 5 min |
| Weight | 0.8 |
| Crafting Skill | Cooking: 0 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Oatmeal
|
| Crafting XP | 3 XP (Cooking) |
A Bowl of Oatmeal is oats mixed with water in a bowl and served as a warm breakfast. It is a cheap, high energy meal made from pantry oats. It is also the base of an evolved dish, so fruit, jam, honey or sugar can be stirred in to make it more filling.
The oatmeal spoils within a day or two, so it is best made just before eating. It is good hot, so it is worth a few minutes on the stove. The bowl is made with the Pour Bowl of Oatmeal recipe, and a microwave now and then holds one already made. The Chef is the best occupation for cooked and prepared. It starts with the most Cooking skill. The Burger Flipper also starts with some Cooking skill.
Eating
A plain Bowl of Oatmeal lowers hunger by 10. It holds 300 calories, with 81 grams of carbohydrates, 15 grams of protein and 9 grams of fat. That is a lot of energy for a small bowl, which helps keep body weight up.
The plain bowl is a modest filler. Its value grows with each ingredient that is added. Every fruit, jam or condiment adds its own hunger to the bowl. The finished oatmeal is good hot, so eating it warm gives a small mood lift.
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 | Calories | Carbs | Protein | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowl of Oatmeal | -10 | 300 | 81 | 15 | 9 |
Cooking
The Pour Bowl of Oatmeal recipe takes one Bowl, 0.3 litres of water and 10 units from a Can of Oats. No skill is needed. The bowl then cooks in 5 minutes and burns after 30.
Oatmeal is an evolved dish that takes up to 3 ingredients. Condiments and spices do not count toward that limit. Frozen ingredients cannot go in. Apples, bananas, pears and pineapple each add 4 hunger. Berries, cherries, mangoes, peaches and strawberries add 5, and dried apricots add 8. Canned fruit and yogurt add 5, while jam and marmalade add 3.
Butter, honey, maple syrup, margarine, cinnamon and sugar act as condiments. They add a little hunger each without using up an ingredient slot. The Cooking skill makes each ingredient go further, so a trained cook gets a fuller bowl.
Recipes
Oatmeal takes up to 3 ingredients. Every ingredient the game allows is listed with the hunger it restores, one kind of food per tab.
| Name | Image | Hunger Restored | Note | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apricots (Dried) | 
|
8 | - | /additem Base.DriedApricots
|
| Berries | 
|
5 | - | /additem Base.BeautyBerry
|
| Canned Fruit Cocktail (Open) | 
|
5 | - | /additem Base.CannedFruitCocktailOpen
|
| Canned Peaches (Open) | 
|
5 | - | /additem Base.CannedPeachesOpen
|
| Canned Pineapple (Open) | 
|
5 | - | /additem Base.CannedPineappleOpen
|
| Cherry | 
|
5 | - | /additem Base.Cherry
|
| Mango | 
|
5 | - | /additem Base.Mango
|
| Peach | 
|
5 | - | /additem Base.Peach
|
| Strawberries | 
|
5 | - | /additem Base.Strewberrie
|
| Apple | 
|
4 | - | /additem Base.Apple
|
| Banana | 
|
4 | - | /additem Base.Banana
|
| Pear | 
|
4 | - | /additem Base.Pear
|
| Pineapple | 
|
4 | - | /additem Base.Pineapple
|
| Name | Image | Hunger Restored | Note | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butter | 
|
4 | - | /additem Base.Butter
|
| Margarine | 
|
4 | - | /additem Base.Margarine
|
| Maple Syrup | 
|
3 | - | /additem Base.MapleSyrup
|
| Honey | 
|
2 | - | /additem Base.Honey
|
| Brown Sugar | 
|
1 | - | /additem Base.SugarBrown
|
| Cinnamon | 
|
1 | - | /additem Base.Cinnamon
|
| Sugar Cubes | 
|
1 | - | /additem Base.SugarCubes
|
| Sugar Packet | 
|
1 | - | /additem Base.SugarPacket
|
| White Sugar | 
|
1 | - | /additem Base.Sugar
|
| Name | Image | Hunger Restored | Note | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yogurt | 
|
5 | - | /additem Base.Yoghurt
|
| Fruit Jam | 
|
3 | - | /additem Base.JamFruit
|
| Marmalade | 
|
3 | - | /additem Base.JamMarmalade
|
| Canned Evaporated Milk (Open) | 
|
2 | - | /additem Base.CannedMilkOpen
|
Best Oatmeal Recipes
Each recipe fills every slot with a different ingredient, which gives the most hunger and the full variety bonus. A spice can go on top without using a slot. A higher Cooking skill adds more from every ingredient.
This oatmeal uses the most filling ingredients the dish takes. Its 3 ingredients restore 18 hunger in all. They are all different, so each one also takes about 5 off boredom and unhappiness.
| Name | Image | Hunger Restored | Note | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apricots (Dried) |
|
8 | - | /additem Base.DriedApricots
|
| Berries |
|
5 | - | /additem Base.BeautyBerry
|
| Canned Fruit Cocktail (Open) |
|
5 | - | /additem Base.CannedFruitCocktailOpen
|
This oatmeal uses only canned, dried and packaged food that keeps. Its 3 ingredients restore 18 hunger in all. They are all different, so each one also takes about 5 off boredom and unhappiness.
| Name | Image | Hunger Restored | Note | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apricots (Dried) |
|
8 | - | /additem Base.DriedApricots
|
| Canned Fruit Cocktail (Open) |
|
5 | - | /additem Base.CannedFruitCocktailOpen
|
| Canned Peaches (Open) |
|
5 | - | /additem Base.CannedPeachesOpen
|
How to Craft Bowl of Oatmeal
Each recipe that makes the Bowl of Oatmeal is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Pour Bowl of Oatmeal
The Pour Bowl of Oatmeal recipe makes the Bowl of Oatmeal. It needs Cooking level 0.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowl | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Bowl
|
| Water Bottle | 
|
0.3 L | No | /additem Base.WaterBottle
|
| Can of Oats | 
|
10x | No | /additem Base.OatsRaw
|
Storage
A Bowl of Oatmeal stays fresh for only 1 day and is fully rotten by day 2. A fridge slows both counts down. A Can of Oats keeps for months, so pouring a bowl only when it will be eaten wastes the least food.
Locations
A Bowl of Oatmeal is sometimes found already made inside a microwave. A microwave in any building holds one about a third of the time.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Microwave | 33.3% |
Notes
- Cook a Bowl of Oatmeal before eating, as it is good hot and takes only 5 minutes.
- Fruit, berries and dried apricots turn plain oatmeal into a far more filling meal.
- Honey, sugar, butter and cinnamon add flavour without using an ingredient slot.
- Check microwaves in houses, as they often hold a bowl of oatmeal.
- The empty Bowl comes back after eating.
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