Box of Canned Potato
| Box of Canned Potato | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Canned Food |
| Weight | 4 |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.CannedPotato_Box
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A Box of Canned Potato is a shop box that holds 6 cans of Canned Potato. It is a bulk way to carry and store a starchy vegetable that keeps far longer than fresh potatoes. The box weighs 4.0, which is less than the 4.8 that six loose cans weigh.
The Open Box of Canned Food recipe empties the box into 6 cans. Six loose cans can go back into a box with the Pack 6 Cans of Food in Box recipe. Boxes of canned potato are a rare find in grocery stores, cafeteria kitchens and survivor caches.
Eating
The food is in the cans inside the box. Each can needs a Can Opener, a Sharp Knife or a Chipped Stone to open. An opened can of potato lowers hunger by 18 and thirst by 7. It holds 175 calories, almost all from carbohydrates.
The potatoes are good hot, so a warmed can gives a small mood lift. They also work as a cooking ingredient. An opened can adds 18 hunger to a Soup, a Stew, a Pie or a Stir Fry. It adds 9 to an Omelette or a Salad.
How to Craft Box of Canned Potato
Each recipe that makes the Box of Canned Potato is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Pack 6 Cans of Food in Box
The Pack 6 Cans of Food in Box recipe makes the Box of Canned Potato. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canned Potato | 
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6x | No | /additem Base.CannedPotato2
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Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Box of Canned Potato as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Box of Canned Food | Canned Potato |
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- | None | /additem Base.CannedPotato2
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Storage
Sealed cans keep without spoiling, so a box of canned potato suits a long term food store. Once a can is opened, the potatoes stay fresh for 2 days and are fully rotten by day 4. A fridge slows both counts down. The cans are best opened one at a time, only when they will be used.
Locations
A Box of Canned Potato is a rare find. Grocery stores and grocery storage rooms hold one now and then. Cafeteria kitchen shelves, general stores and the shelves at Gigamart turn one up a little less often. Survivor food caches, survivor crates and house kitchens hold one only once in a long while.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | Other | 0.3% |
| Grocery storage | Other | 0.3% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Metal shelves | 0.2% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Other | 0.2% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Shelves | 0.2% |
| General store | Other | 0.2% |
| Gigamart | Shelves | 0.2% |
| Grocery store | Shelves | 0.2% |
| General store | Shelves | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Food cache1 | Food box | 0.1% |
| Survivor cache | Survivor crate | 0.1% |
| Survivor cache | Survivor crate | <0.1% |
| Survivor cache (large building) | Survivor crate | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen | Other | 0.1% |
Notes
- Packing six loose cans into a box saves 0.8 weight.
- An opened can adds 18 hunger to a soup or stew, twice what it adds to a salad.
- The thirst relief of each can helps when water is short.
- A Can Opener, a Sharp Knife or a Chipped Stone is needed for each can.
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