Canned Potato

Canned Potato

Class	Canned Food
Type	-
Hunger	-
Thirst	-
Calories	175
Fresh	-
Rotten	-
Cook Time	-
Weight	0.8
Crafting Skill	None
Crafting	See How to Craft
Location	Containers
Spawn ID	`/additem Base.CannedPotato2`

Canned Potato is a sealed tin of new potatoes that keeps without spoiling. It is more filling than canned corn, peas, carrots or tomato, and it eases thirst a little as well. It needs a Can Opener, a Sharp Knife or a Chipped Stone to open.

Once opened, the can becomes Canned Potato (Open). The potatoes can be heated and eaten, or added to soups, stews, pies, stir fries, salads and omelettes. Canned Potato is a common find in grocery stores, general stores and kitchens.

Eating

The potatoes are eaten once the can is open. The opened can lowers hunger by 18 and thirst by 7. It holds 175 calories, mostly from 35 grams of carbohydrates, with 2.5 grams of protein. That is filling for its weight but only modest on energy.

The potatoes are good hot, so heating them before eating gives a small mood lift. Canned Corn (Open) and Canned Peas (Open) lower hunger by 16 but hold more energy, at 315 and 280 calories. Canned Carrots (Open) lowers hunger by just 12.

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	Calories	Carbs	Protein	Fat
Canned Potato	175	35	2.5	0

Cooking

An open can of potatoes cooks in 10 minutes and burns after 30. It adds 18 hunger to Soup, Stew, Pie and Stir Fry. It adds 9 to an Omelette or a Salad. A soup, stew or pie gets the full value of the can.

How to Craft Canned Potato

Each recipe that makes the Canned Potato is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.

Open Box of Canned Food

The Open Box of Canned Food recipe makes the Canned Potato. It needs no skill level.

Name	Image	Amount	Kept	Spawn ID
Box of Canned Potato		1x	No	`/additem Base.CannedPotato_Box`

Used in Crafting

These recipes take the Canned Potato as an ingredient or a part.

Recipe	Output	Station	Skill	Spawn ID
Open Canned Food	Canned Potato (Open)	-	None	`/additem Base.CannedPotatoOpen`
Open Canned Food with Blade	Canned Potato (Open)	-	None	`/additem Base.CannedPotatoOpen`
Pack 6 Cans of Food in Box	Box of Canned Potato	-	None	`/additem Base.CannedPotato_Box`

Storage

A sealed can of potatoes keeps without spoiling, so it can wait on a shelf for as long as needed. Once opened, the potatoes stay fresh for 2 days and are fully rotten by day 4. A fridge slows both counts down. The best plan is to open a can only when it will be eaten or cooked right away.

Locations

Canned Potato is a common find. Grocery stores and grocery storage rooms hold it about a third of the time. The shelves at Gigamart, grocery stores and general stores carry it fairly often. Cafeteria kitchens stock it too. House kitchens and living rooms turn up a can now and then. Survivor caches, survivor crates and hoarder kitchens hold it less often.

The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.

ShopsHomesCachesWork and Storage

Location	Container	Chance
Grocery store	Other	31.7%
Grocery storage	Other	31.7%
General store	Other	17.6%
Gigamart	Shelves	17.6%
Grocery store	Shelves	17.6%
Cafeteria kitchen	Metal shelves	15.8%
Cafeteria kitchen	Other	15.8%
Cafeteria kitchen	Shelves	15.8%
General store	Shelves	3.5%

Location	Container	Chance
Kitchen	Other	9.6%
Kitchen	Counter	5.9%
Kitchen	Metal shelves	5.9%
Kitchen	Overhead cupboard	5.9%
Kitchen	Shelves	5.9%
Living room	Counter	5.9%
Living room	Overhead cupboard	5.9%
Hoarder kitchen	Counter	2.4%
Any building	Military crate	0.1%

Location	Container	Chance
Food cache1	Food box	9.5%
Survivor cache	Survivor crate	7.1%
Survivor safehouse (mid game)	Counter	6.4%
Survivor cache	Counter	5.9%
Survivor cache	Counter	5.9%
Survivor cache (large building)	Counter	5.9%
Survivor cache	Survivor crate	3.6%
Survivor cache (large building)	Survivor crate	3.6%
Survivor safehouse	Counter	1.8%
Survivor safehouse (late game)	Counter	1.1%