Butter
| Butter | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Cooked and Prepared |
| Type | - |
| Hunger | -24 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 3200 |
| Fresh | - |
| Rotten | - |
| Cook Time | - |
| Weight | 0.3 |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Butter
|
Butter is a packaged block of dairy fat used for baking and for adding richness to meals. It counts as a spice in cooking, so it goes into a dish without using up an ingredient slot. It is one of the most calorie dense foods in the game.
Butter keeps without spoiling, so a block can wait in a pantry for a long time. It is found in bakery freezers, restaurant fridges and grocery fridges. A Butter Churn turns fresh milk into butter on a farm. 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
Eating a block of butter raw lowers hunger by 24 but adds 20 unhappiness. The block holds 3200 calories, almost all of it from 352 grams of fat. That is a huge amount of energy for a 0.3 weight item.
Raw butter is a poor snack because of the mood cost. As a cooking ingredient, those bad effects go away. Its real value is as a way to add calories to meals for a character who needs to gain weight. A character who is already heavy should use it sparingly.
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 | Unhappiness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butter | -24 | 3200 | 0 | 0 | 352 | 20 |
Cooking
As a spice, butter adds 4 hunger to Pancakes, a Sandwich, a Stir Fry, Pasta, a Taco, a Burrito, Toast, Oatmeal, a Soup or a Stew. It does this without taking one of the ingredient slots.
Butter is also a baking fat. The Prepare Pie Dough recipe takes one block of Butter, Lard or Margarine. Prepare Shortbread Cookies needs 4 blocks of butter. Any baking fat works in Make Cake Batter, Prepare Biscuits, Prepare Muffins and every other cookie dough recipe.
The Churn Butter recipe makes fresh butter at a Butter Churn. It takes 5 units of Cow's Milk or Sheep's Milk.
These dishes take the Butter as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Burrito | 4 | - |
| Oatmeal | 4 | - |
| Pancakes | 4 | - |
| Pasta | 4 | - |
| Sandwich | 4 | - |
| Soup | 4 | - |
| Stew | 4 | - |
| Stir Fry | 4 | - |
| Taco | 4 | - |
| Toast | 4 | - |
How to Craft Butter
Each recipe that makes the Butter is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Churn Butter
The Churn Butter recipe makes the Butter. It needs no skill level. It is made at a Butter Churn.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottle | 
|
5 L | No | /additem Base.JuiceCranberry
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Butter as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prepare Pie Dough | Pie Dough | 
|
- | Cooking: 0 | /additem Base.PieDough
|
| Prepare Shortbread Cookies | Baking Tray with Shortbread Cookies | 
|
- | Cooking: 0 | /additem Base.CookiesShortbreadDough
|
Locations
Butter is a common find in food businesses. Bakery and donut shop freezers almost always hold some. The catfish restaurant kitchen fridge holds it most of the time. Cafeteria and diner fridges and the Italian restaurant kitchen hold butter about one time in three.
Crepe kitchens, bakery fridges and western kitchens turn some up about one time in five. Gigamart and grocery store fridges hold butter about one time in ten. House fridges and restaurant kitchens hold it now and then.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Bakery | Freezer | 88.9% |
| Bakery kitchen | Freezer | 88.9% |
| Donut kitchen | Freezer | 88.9% |
| Donut kitchen storage | Freezer | 88.9% |
| Cafeteria | Fridge | 33.3% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Fridge | 33.3% |
| Diner counter | Fridge | 32.7% |
| Diner kitchen | Fridge | 32.7% |
| Kitchen crepe | Fridge | 24.6% |
| Bakery | Fridge | 21.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Catfish kitchen | Fridge | 72.7% |
| Italian kitchen | Fridge | 30.8% |
| Western kitchen | Fridge | 19.3% |
| Western kitchen | Counter | 12.1% |
| Any building | Fridge | 6.8% |
| Living room | Fridge | 6.8% |
| Hoarder kitchen | Fridge | 4.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Fridge | 3.7% |
| Survivor safehouse | Fridge | 2.9% |
Notes
- Butter never spoils, so it is a safe item to stockpile.
- Add butter to meals rather than eating it raw, as raw butter makes the character unhappy.
- At 3200 calories, butter is a fast way to help a thin character gain weight.
- A Butter Churn turns cow or sheep milk into fresh butter.
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