Caterpillar
| Caterpillar | |
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| Class | Insects |
| Type | Insect |
| Hunger | -1 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 27 |
| Fresh | 14 days |
| Rotten | 21 days |
| Cook Time | 5 min |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Location | - |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.AmericanLadyCaterpillar/additem Base.BandedWoolyBearCaterpillar/additem Base.MonarchCaterpillar/additem Base.SawflyLarva/additem Base.SilkMothCaterpillar/additem Base.SwallowtailCaterpillar
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A Caterpillar is a small insect that survivors can eat or use as bait. The game has six kinds, from the Monarch and the Swallowtail to the Silk Moth and the Sawfly Larva. Every kind shares the same food values.
Caterpillars are found by foraging. They fill almost nothing and upset the character who eats one. Their best uses are as bird bait in traps and as an addition to Chum. A caterpillar stays fresh for two weeks. The best occupations for insects are the Fishing Guide and the Park Ranger. Each starts with the same Foraging skill.
Eating
A Caterpillar lowers hunger by only 1. It holds 27 calories. Eating one adds 20 unhappiness, which is a heavy price for so little food.
Caterpillars are safe to eat raw. A Centipede is a close match in hunger and gloom, but it holds 60 calories and is risky to eat raw.
A survivor would need to eat many caterpillars to make a real meal. That would leave the character deeply unhappy. They only make sense when nothing else is left to eat.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base.AmericanLadyCaterpillar | -1 | 27 | 3 | 27.55 | 20.24 | 20 |
| Base.BandedWoolyBearCaterpillar | -1 | 27 | 3 | 27.55 | 20.24 | 20 |
| Base.MonarchCaterpillar | -1 | 27 | 3 | 27.55 | 20.24 | 20 |
| Base.SawflyLarva | -1 | 27 | 3 | 27.55 | 20.24 | 20 |
| Base.SilkMothCaterpillar | -1 | 27 | 3 | 27.55 | 20.24 | 20 |
| Base.SwallowtailCaterpillar | -1 | 27 | 3 | 27.55 | 20.24 | 20 |
Cooking
A Caterpillar cooks in 5 minutes and burns after 25. It cooks on any stove, in an oven or over a campfire.
Its one evolved recipe is Chum, where each caterpillar adds 1 to the mix.
These dishes take the Caterpillar as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Chum | 1 | - |
Farming
As trap bait, a Caterpillar gives a 50 percent chance to attract a bird. That makes it a handy use for insects picked up while foraging.
Trapped animals it lures as bait.
| Animal | Attraction |
|---|---|
| Bird | 50% |
Storage
A Caterpillar stays fresh for 14 days and is fully rotten by day 21. A fridge slows both counts down.
Variants
The game holds the Caterpillar under more than one item id. Each one is listed here.
| Image | Hunger | Calories | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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-1 | 27 | 0.1 | /additem Base.AmericanLadyCaterpillar
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-1 | 27 | 0.1 | /additem Base.BandedWoolyBearCaterpillar
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-1 | 27 | 0.1 | /additem Base.MonarchCaterpillar
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-1 | 27 | 0.1 | /additem Base.SawflyLarva
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-1 | 27 | 0.1 | /additem Base.SilkMothCaterpillar
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-1 | 27 | 0.1 | /additem Base.SwallowtailCaterpillar
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Locations
Caterpillars come from foraging. A forager picks them up from the ground in the wild.
Notes
- All six kinds of Caterpillar share the same food and bait values.
- A caterpillar is a good bird bait, at 50 percent attraction.
- A caterpillar cooks in just 5 minutes, so watch it closely before it burns at 25.
- Each one adds 20 unhappiness, so they are poor everyday food.
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