Burger Flipper

Burger Flipper

Class	Occupations
Type	Occupation
Points	+2
Skill Boosts	Cooking: +2 Maintenance: +1 Short Blade: +1
Free Traits	Keen Cook

The Burger Flipper brings a cook's start with a little knife work and weapon upkeep. It suits a survivor who wants to stretch food supplies from the first day.

The occupation adds 2 points to the trait budget. It starts with two levels of Cooking, one level of Maintenance and one level of Short Blade. It also grants the Keen Cook trait for free. That trait means the character knows the cooking recipes from the start.

The Burger Flipper is one of the few occupations that adds points instead of costing them. Those points can go toward traits that cover combat, stealth or survival. The cooking start then quietly pays off over a long run, as fresh food runs short and every meal matters more.

Burger Flipper Skills

Two levels of Cooking mean every ingredient goes a little further. Each level reduces how much of an ingredient goes into a dish. Dishes also give a little more nutrition, because each level raises what an ingredient adds. The head start shortens the climb toward level 7, where small amounts of rotten food become usable.

Cooking skill matters for poison as well. Evolved recipes with three or more ingredients can be poisoned. A higher level makes poison easier to spot in food.

One level of Maintenance helps every melee weapon last a little longer. It lowers the chance that a weapon loses condition on a hit. It also opens the level 1 weapon recipes such as stone, bone and improvised weapons. Repairs with tape or glue work better and restore a little more condition.

One level of Short Blade makes knife fighting faster and stronger. Kitchen knives and other short blades are a natural weapon for this occupation. The skill also makes jaw stabs a little more likely, and it helps push off a zombie that grabs from the front.

At character creation, the starting levels show as experience boosts. Cooking shows a doubled rate, while Maintenance and Short Blade show a strong boost. Those boosts speed up training in each skill.

A new Burger Flipper starts with these skill levels.

Skill	Levels	Skill Group
Cooking	+2	Crafting
Maintenance	+1	Combat - Melee
Short Blade	+1	Combat - Melee

Burger Flipper Free Traits

Keen Cook comes free with the occupation. It teaches the cooking recipes that other characters must learn from magazines. Cake batter, pie dough, bread dough, baguettes, biscuits and several cookies are among them. Pizza, breaded onion rings, breaded shrimp, cabbage rolls and guacamole are known too.

The most useful of these in a long run is the Jar of Preserved Food. Preserved jars keep crops and meat edible long after fresh food would spoil.

The trait also helps foraging. It adds a small boost to finding junk food, mushrooms, animals, berries, wild plants and herbs. The search area grows a little as well.

A Burger Flipper gets these traits for free.

Name	Image	Type
Keen Cook		Positive Trait

Burger Flipper Recipes

A Burger Flipper knows these recipes from the start, with no book or magazine needed.

Name	Recipe	Crafting Materials	Tools	Skill	Station	Learned	Spawn ID
4x Cabbage Roll	Make 4 Cabbage Rolls	1x Cabbage 1x Ground Beef 1x Rice 1x Onion 1x Marinara	-	None	Any Surface	Yes	`/additem Base.CabbageRoll`
Cake Batter	Make Cake Batter	1x Bowl or Bowl 2x Flour 1x Lard 2x Brown Sugar 2x Egg 1x Yeast 1 L Bottle	Fork	Cooking: 0	Any Surface	Yes	`/additem Base.CakeBatter`
5x Guacamole	Make Guacamole	1x Avocado 1x Onion 1x Tomato 1x Jalapeno 1x Salt or Seasoning Salt	Bowl or Bowl Large Knife Fork	Cooking: 0	Any Surface	Yes	`/additem Base.Guacamole`
Jar of Bell Peppers	Make Jar of Preserved Food	1x Jar 1x Jar Lid 6x Bell Pepper or similar 2x Vinegar 1x Salt or Seasoning Salt 0.5 L Water Bottle	Bread Knife	Cooking: 0	In Hand	Yes	`/additem Base.CannedBellPepper`
2x Fried Onion Rings	Prepare 2 Breaded Onion Rings	1x Onion 2x Baking Soda 1x Flour	Large Knife Fork Bowl or Bowl	Cooking: 0	Any Surface	Yes	`/additem Base.FriedOnionRings`
Baguette	Prepare Baguette	10x Flour 2x Salt or Seasoning Salt 1x Yeast 1 L Water Bottle	Rolling Pin Fork Bowl or Bowl	Cooking: 0	Any Surface	Yes	`/additem Base.Baguette`
Biscuits	Prepare Biscuits	1x Muffin Tray 1x Flour 2x Salt or Seasoning Salt 1x Baking Soda 1x Lard 2 L Dispenser Bottle	Fork Bowl or Bowl	Cooking: 0	Any Surface	Yes	`/additem Base.Muffintray_Biscuit`
Bread	Prepare Bread Dough	10x Flour 2x Salt or Seasoning Salt 1x Yeast 1 L Water Bottle	Fork Bowl or Bowl Rolling Pin	Cooking: 0	Any Surface	Yes	`/additem Base.Bread`
Fried Shrimp	Prepare Breaded Shrimp	1x Baking Soda 3x Flour 1x Shrimp	-	Cooking: 0	Any Surface	Yes	`/additem Base.ShrimpFried`
Baking Tray with Chocolate Chip Cookies	Prepare Chocolate Chip Cookies	1x Baking Tray 2x Lard 5x Brown Sugar 2x Egg 1x Baking Soda 6x Chocolate Chips 3x Flour 1 L Water Bottle	Rolling Pin Fork Bowl or Bowl	Cooking: 0	Any Surface	Yes	`/additem Base.CookieChocolateChipDough`
Baking Tray with Oatmeal Cookies	Prepare Oatmeal Cookies	1x Baking Tray 2x Lard 5x Brown Sugar 2x Egg 1x Baking Soda 10x Can of Oats 3x Flour 1 L Water Bottle	Rolling Pin Fork Bowl or Bowl	Cooking: 0	Any Surface	Yes	`/additem Base.CookiesOatmealDough`
Pie Dough	Prepare Pie Dough	10x Flour 1x Butter or similar 2x Salt or Seasoning Salt 2 L Dispenser Bottle	Rolling Pin Fork Bowl or Bowl	Cooking: 0	Any Surface	Yes	`/additem Base.PieDough`
Pizza	Prepare Pizza	6x Flour 1x Salt 15x Cheese 15x Tomato Paste 1x Yeast 0.5 L Water Bottle	Rolling Pin Fork Bowl	Cooking: 0	Any Surface	Yes	`/additem Base.PizzaRecipe`
Baking Tray with Shortbread Cookies	Prepare Shortbread Cookies	1x Baking Tray 4x Butter 10x Brown Sugar 3x Flour 1 L Water Bottle	Rolling Pin Fork Bowl or Bowl	Cooking: 0	Any Surface	Yes	`/additem Base.CookiesShortbreadDough`
Baking Tray with Sugar Cookies	Prepare Sugar Cookies	1x Baking Tray 2x Lard 10x Brown Sugar 2x Egg 1x Baking Soda 3x Flour 1 L Water Bottle	Rolling Pin Fork Bowl or Bowl	Cooking: 0	Any Surface	Yes	`/additem Base.CookiesSugarDough`

How to Play Burger Flipper

The Burger Flipper is a cheap occupation that adds points to the budget. Those points can buy useful positive traits elsewhere. Cooking skill stretches every food supply, which matters most in long runs.

A short blade such as a kitchen knife is a good first weapon. Kitchens are full of knives, so a replacement is rarely far away. Maintenance keeps the knife in working order longer. Short Blade trains with every strike that lands, so steady fighting against small groups pushes it up.

Cooking trains in three ways. Cooking food over heat gives experience. Crafting cooking recipes gives experience. Adding ingredients to a soup, stew, salad or sandwich gives experience too. Making bread dough, a baguette, cake batter or guacamole gives a good amount, and Keen Cook already knows them all.

The Cook Show on Life and Living TV gives a large Cooking boost in the first days. Watching it early helps push the skill past the starting levels. Reading the Cooking skill books helps push the skill higher.

The occupation also has foraging bonuses. Junk food stands out, and mushrooms, animals, berries and medicinal plants get smaller boosts. Keen Cook adds to the same categories. A Burger Flipper can supplement meals by searching the area.

Early goals include finding a good knife, a cooking pot and a stove or campfire. Spices reduce boredom and unhappiness in cooked dishes, so they are worth collecting. Jars and lids are needed for preserving, so they are worth taking from every kitchen.

The Hunter trait suits this start. It adds a level of Short Blade on top of the occupation's own level. A Burger Flipper with Hunter therefore starts with two levels of Short Blade.

Notes

Cooking two levels in stretches every ingredient from the start.
Keen Cook teaches cooking recipes without magazines.
Kitchen knives suit the Short Blade start.
Preserve food in jars before fresh food spoils.
The occupation adds points for other traits.

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