Grasshopper
| Grasshopper | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Insects |
| Type | Insect |
| Hunger | -1 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 25 |
| Fresh | 14 days |
| Rotten | 21 days |
| Cook Time | 5 min |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Location | - |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Grasshopper
|
A Grasshopper is a wild insect caught while foraging. It is bait first and food second. It works as fishing bait, trap bait for birds and as chum. A grasshopper weighs only 0.1.
Eating one is a last resort, since it fills almost nothing and makes the character unhappy. Grasshoppers are found by foraging in grass and woodland outside winter. The best occupations for insects are the Fishing Guide and the Park Ranger. Each starts with the same Foraging skill.
Eating
Eating a grasshopper lowers hunger by just 1. It raises unhappiness by 20, which is a heavy price for so little food. It holds 25 calories and about 5 grams of protein.
Cooking makes it more filling, but the unhappiness stays. A Cricket is almost the same, lowering hunger by 1 and raising unhappiness by 20. Both are emergency food only.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grasshopper | -1 | 25 | 3 | 5.55 | 0.24 | 20 |
Cooking
A grasshopper cooks in 5 minutes and burns after 25. Cooking it gives no Cooking experience.
Its main kitchen use is as chum for fishing. The game lists it as an ingredient for the Add Bait to Chum dish.
These dishes take the Grasshopper as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Chum | 1 | - |
Farming
As trap bait, a grasshopper gives a 50 percent chance to attract a bird. It is used in a stick trap to catch small birds.
As fishing bait, a grasshopper can catch bass, catfish, crappie, perch, sunfish and trout.
Trapped animals it lures as bait.
| Animal | Attraction |
|---|---|
| Bird | 50% |
Storage
A grasshopper stays fresh for 14 days and is fully rotten by day 21. A fridge slows both counts down. That long shelf life makes it easy to keep a supply of bait.
Locations
Grasshoppers are found by foraging on natural ground, such as grass, sand and gravel. They are most common in forests and vegetation areas. They are found only outside winter and away from snow.
The Fisherman occupation and the Angler trait both make grasshoppers easier to find. They belong to the Animals foraging category.
Notes
- A grasshopper is far more useful as bait than as food.
- It gives a 50 percent chance to attract a bird to a stick trap.
- The Fisherman occupation and Angler trait help find them while foraging.
- Eating one raises unhappiness by 20 for almost no hunger relief.
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