Ceramic Mortar and Pestle
| Ceramic Mortar and Pestle | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | First Aid |
| Weight | 0.8 |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.CeramicMortarandPestle
|
The Ceramic Mortar and Pestle is a fired clay bowl and grinding stick for crushing herbs. It does the same job as the store bought Mortar and Pestle.
It suits a survivor who forages for medicinal herbs but has found no mortar in loot. It grinds Plantain, Comfrey and Wild Garlic into poultices for wounds, broken bones and infection. Its strength is that it can be made at home, and it is kept after each use. Its cost is the work of shaping clay and firing it in a kiln.
The ceramic mortar is made in a kiln from an unfired clay one. It almost never turns up as loot. The Doctor is the best occupation for first aid. It starts with the most First Aid skill. The Nurse and the Park Ranger also start with some First Aid skill.
How to Use Ceramic Mortar and Pestle
The tool works in a set of grinding recipes and is kept every time. Grind Up Plantain makes a Plantain Poultice that helps wounds heal. Grind Up Comfrey makes a Comfrey Poultice that speeds the healing of broken bones. Grind Up Wild Garlic makes a Wild Garlic Poultice that fights infection. Each recipe takes five of the fresh or dried herb.
The tool also serves outside first aid. It goes into the Make Gas Mask Filter and Recharge Filters recipes, and into Make Aerosol Bomb.
Making it uses the Fire Mortar and Pestle recipe. It takes a Clay Mortar and Pestle (Unfired), something to start the fire, and a log or charcoal. The firing happens in a Primitive Kiln or an Advanced Kiln.
The Mortar and Pestle from loot weighs the same and works in every one of these recipes.
How to Craft Ceramic Mortar and Pestle
Each recipe that makes the Ceramic Mortar and Pestle is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Fire Mortar and Pestle
The Fire Mortar and Pestle recipe makes the Ceramic Mortar and Pestle. It needs no skill level. It is made at a Primitive Kiln or an Advanced Kiln.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Mortar and Pestle (Unfired) | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.CeramicMortarandPestleUnfired
|
| Lighter | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Lighter
|
| Log | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Log
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes accept the Ceramic Mortar and Pestle by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grind Up Comfrey | Comfrey Poultice | 
|
- | /additem Base.ComfreyCataplasm
|
| Grind Up Plantain | Plantain Poultice |
|
- | /additem Base.PlantainCataplasm
|
| Grind Up Wild Garlic | Wild Garlic Poultice |
|
- | /additem Base.WildGarlicCataplasm
|
| Make Aerosol Bomb | Aerosol Bomb | 
|
- | /additem Base.Aerosolbomb
|
| Make Gas Mask Filter | Gas Mask Filter - Crafted | 
|
- | /additem Base.GasmaskFilterCrafted
|
| Recharge Filters | Gas Mask Filter | 
|
- | /additem Base.GasmaskFilter
|
Locations
University storage rooms hold one only rarely. Firing one in a kiln is by far the more reliable way to get it.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| University storage | Other | 3.7% |
Notes
- The tool is kept after every grinding recipe.
- Either a Primitive Kiln or an Advanced Kiln can fire it.
- It works in all the same recipes as the Mortar and Pestle.
- Each poultice takes five fresh or dried herbs.
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