Churn Bucket
| Churn Bucket | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Workstation |
| Type | Workstation |
| Build Menu | Farming |
| Build Skill | Carpentry: 0 |
| Build XP | Carpentry: 10 |
| Build Tools | Claw Hammer |
| Recipes | 1 |
| Crafts | Farming |
| Location | Built |
The Churn Bucket is a wooden butter churn for turning milk into Butter. The in-game tooltip says it is used to turn Milk into Butter.
It belongs to animal husbandry and Farming. A survivor who keeps cows or sheep can collect milk from them, and the churn turns that milk into Butter. Butter is a useful cooking ingredient for both baking and everyday meals. It comes after the first animals are penned and milked. Cows and ewes give milk once they have had young, so breeding comes first. The churn is built from a few planks and nails.
How to Build Churn Bucket
The build is called Butter Churn and sits in the Farming build menu. It takes two Plank and two Nails. A hammer is needed for the work, and it is kept afterwards.
The build gives 10 Carpentry XP. It is open to any survivor, and the recipe is known from the start. Any survivor with a hammer and some scrap wood can put one up early on.
Placing the churn near the animal pen keeps the walk short between milking and churning.
The Butter Churn recipe is in the Farming build menu. It needs Carpentry level 0.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claw Hammer | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
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| Plank | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.Plank
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| Nails | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.Nails
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How to Use Churn Bucket
Churning works from a container of milk. The Churn Butter recipe draws five units of Cow's Milk or Sheep's Milk from a container held by the survivor. The result is one Butter.
Milk from either animal works the same way. A bucket or other fluid container filled at milking time is the easiest way to carry it to the churn. Milking itself needs an empty container in the inventory to catch the milk.
Churning is a slow job compared with most kitchen crafts. It is worth doing in a batch once enough milk has been stored.
Milk can also be drunk straight from the container. It eases both hunger and thirst. The churn is the way to turn a surplus into something that cooks well.
Crafting Recipes
Churn Butter is the job done at the churn. Any survivor can do it from the start. It is a good way to use spare milk. The Butter then goes into cooking and baking recipes.
In baking, Butter counts as a baking fat. Prepare Pie Dough takes Butter, Lard or Margarine. Prepare Shortbread Cookies uses several Butter at once. Cake batter, biscuits, muffins and the other cookie recipes also accept it as their fat.
In everyday cooking, Butter can be added to many dishes. It goes into pancakes, sandwiches, stir fries, pasta, tacos, burritos, oatmeal, soups and stews. It also works as a spread on Toast from a Toaster. Butter is very high in calories, so a little goes a long way in a hungry winter.
Every recipe made at the Churn Bucket is listed with what it uses up, the tools it hands back and the skill it asks for. A "Yes" under Learned means the recipe has to be learned before it shows up.
| Name | Image | Recipe | Crafting Materials | Tools | Skill | Learned | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butter | 
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Churn Butter | 5 L Bottle | - | None | No | /additem Base.Butter
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Notes
- The tooltip says it turns Milk into Butter.
- Cow's Milk and Sheep's Milk both work.
- Each churning takes five units of milk from a container.
- The hammer used for the build is kept.
- The build gives a little Carpentry XP.
- Cows and ewes give milk after they have had young.
- Butter is a baking fat, so it can stand in for Lard or Margarine in pie dough.
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