Cereal
| Cereal | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Ingredients |
| Type | - |
| Hunger | -40 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 2360 |
| Fresh | - |
| Rotten | - |
| Cook Time | - |
| Weight | 0.2 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Cereal
|
Cereal is a boxed breakfast food that keeps without spoiling. A full box packs a huge amount of energy into a light package. It lowers hunger by 40 and holds 2360 calories, yet weighs only 0.2.
The box can be eaten dry or poured into a bowl with milk. It also works as trap bait for squirrels and birds. Cereal turns up in kitchens, break rooms and offices across the map. The Chef is the best occupation for ingredients. It starts with the most Cooking skill. The Burger Flipper also starts with some Cooking skill.
Eating
A full box of Cereal lowers hunger by 40. It holds 2360 calories, almost all of it carbohydrates, with 52 grams of protein and 26 grams of fat. That makes it an excellent way to put on weight or stop a character from losing it.
The box can be eaten in parts, so a single box covers several small meals. Its light weight makes it a strong choice for a long trip away from base. A survivor who is already overweight should eat it with care. The calorie count is very high for the hunger it fills.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cereal | -40 | 2360 | 572 | 52 | 26 |
Cooking
The Pour Bowl of Cereal recipe makes a Bowl of Cereal. It takes a Bowl, 5 units of Cereal and 0.3 units of Cow's Milk or Sheep's Milk. It can be made anywhere, straight from the box.
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Cereal as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pour Bowl of Cereal | Bowl of Cereal | 
|
- | Cooking: 0 | /additem Base.CerealBowl
|
Farming
As trap bait, Cereal gives a 45 percent chance to attract both a squirrel and a bird.
Trapped animals it lures as bait.
| Animal | Attraction |
|---|---|
| Squirrel | 45% |
| Bird | 45% |
Locations
Cereal is a common find in kitchens and break rooms. Break room shelves and metal shelves hold it about one time in five. Living room and kitchen counters and overhead cupboards are good places to look. Office cupboards, survivor caches and survivor safehouses can hold a box too. Grocery stores and cafeteria kitchens carry it only rarely.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Break room | Metal shelves | 20.8% |
| Break room | Shelves | 20.8% |
| Break room | Counter | 12.1% |
| Break room | Overhead cupboard | 12.1% |
| Detective office | Counter | 12.1% |
| Nolans office | Overhead cupboard | 12.1% |
| Office | Overhead cupboard | 12.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Food cache1 | Food box | 19% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 9% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 9% |
| Survivor cache (large building) | Counter | 9% |
| Survivor safehouse | Counter | 7.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Living room | Counter | 17.2% |
| Living room | Overhead cupboard | 17.2% |
| Kitchen | Counter | 13.7% |
| Kitchen | Overhead cupboard | 13.7% |
| Kitchen | Metal shelves | 9% |
| Kitchen | Shelves | 9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | Other | 4.8% |
| Grocery storage | Other | 4.8% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Metal shelves | 1% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Other | 1% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Shelves | 1% |
Notes
- A full box holds 2360 calories, which makes it ideal for gaining weight.
- Cereal never spoils, so it can sit in a cache for the whole game.
- Pouring it into a bowl with milk turns part of the box into a Bowl of Cereal.
- It doubles as squirrel and bird bait in traps.
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