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Instant Popcorn

Instant Popcorn
Instant Popcorn
Class Snacks and Sweets
Type -
Hunger -10
Thirst 10
Calories 120
Fresh -
Rotten -
Cook Time 5 min
Weight 0.3
Location Containers
Spawn ID /additem Base.Popcorn

Instant Popcorn is a bag of microwave popcorn kernels. It can be eaten straight from the bag or popped first, and popping makes it more filling. A bag weighs 0.3 and never spoils.

Popcorn is a light snack that keeps forever in a cupboard. Its main drawback is that it makes the character thirsty. It is also good bait for squirrel traps.

Bags are found in theatres, arena kitchens, break rooms and office cupboards. Theatres almost always have some.

Eating

A bag of instant popcorn lowers hunger by 10. It also raises thirst by 10, so a drink should be close at hand. Cooking the bag first makes it lower hunger by more.

It holds 120 calories, mostly from about 20 grams of carbohydrates. Protein and fat are low, at under 4 grams each. That makes it a light snack that does little for body weight.

The thirst cost matters most when clean water is short. With plenty of water around, popcorn is a handy shelf stable snack.

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 Thirst Calories Carbs Protein Fat
Instant Popcorn -10 10 120 20.41 3.57 2.69

Cooking

Popcorn pops in 5 minutes and burns after 10. That is a very short window. A microwave is the safest choice, because its timer can be set to the minute. The bag needs to come off the heat on time.

Farming

Instant popcorn works as trap bait. It gives a 40 percent chance to attract a squirrel. That makes a spare bag a useful way to catch small game.

Trapped animals it lures as bait.

Animal Attraction
Squirrel 40%

Storage

Instant popcorn never spoils. A bag can sit on a shelf for the whole game.

Locations

Instant popcorn is a common find in places that show films or games. Theatres, theatre kitchens, theatre storage and arena kitchen counters almost always hold a bag. Break rooms carry it on shelves, counters and cupboards about a fifth of the time. Office cupboards and detective office counters hold it fairly often. General store, grocery store and Gigamart shelves stock it now and then. House kitchens and living rooms turn up a bag less often. Survivor food caches can hold it too.

The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.

Location Container Chance
Arena kitchen Counter 100%
Theatre kitchen Counter 100%
Theatre kitchen Other 100%
Kitchen Counter 6.7%
Kitchen Metal shelves 6.7%
Kitchen Overhead cupboard 6.7%
Kitchen Shelves 6.7%
Living room Counter 6.7%
Living room Overhead cupboard 6.7%
Location Container Chance
Theatre Other 100%
Theatre storage Other 100%
Break room Metal shelves 20.8%
Break room Shelves 20.8%
Break room Counter 16.2%
Break room Overhead cupboard 16.2%
Detective office Counter 16.2%
Nolans office Overhead cupboard 16.2%
Office Overhead cupboard 16.2%
Location Container Chance
Food cache1 Food box 19%
Survivor cache Counter 6.7%
Survivor cache Counter 6.7%
Survivor cache (large building) Counter 6.7%
Survivor safehouse Counter 3.6%
Survivor safehouse (mid game) Counter 1.6%
Location Container Chance
General store Shelves 14.1%
Gigamart Shelves 9.4%
Grocery store Shelves 9.4%
General store Other 5.9%
Grocery store Other 4.8%
Grocery storage Other 4.8%
Cafeteria kitchen Metal shelves 1%
Cafeteria kitchen Other 1%
Cafeteria kitchen Shelves 1%

Notes

  • Pop the bag in a microwave, since it burns after only 10 minutes.
  • Cooked popcorn is more filling than raw kernels.
  • Keep water nearby, because popcorn raises thirst by 10.
  • A bag gives a 40 percent chance to lure a squirrel into a trap.


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Crackle Bar Crackle Bar -20 - 230 - - 0.2 /additem Base.Chocolate_Crackle
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Gum Gum -1 - 30 - - 0.1 /additem Base.Gum
Gummy Bears Gummy Bears -5 - 40 - - 0.1 /additem Base.GummyBears
Gummy Fish Candy Gummy Fish Candy -5 - 110 - - 0.1 /additem Base.CandyGummyfish
Gummy Worms Gummy Worms -5 - 40 - - 0.1 /additem Base.GummyWorms
Halloween Candy Halloween Candy -5 - 160 - - 0.1 /additem Base.CandyMolasses
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Jellybeans Jellybeans -5 - 40 - - 0.1 /additem Base.JellyBeans
Jujubes Jujubes -5 - 40 - - 0.1 /additem Base.Jujubes
Licorice Licorice -2 - 22 - - 0.1 /additem Base.LicoriceBlack
Licorice Allsorts Licorice Allsorts -10 - 16.6 - - 0.2 /additem Base.Allsorts
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Novapops Candy Novapops Candy -5 - 120 - - 0.1 /additem Base.CandyNovapops
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Croissant Croissant -8 - 180 3 5 0.1 /additem Base.Croissant
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Danish Danish -7 - 263 3 5 0.1 /additem Base.Danish
Donut Donut -7 - 180 3 5 0.1 /additem Base.DoughnutPlain
Frosted Donut Frosted Donut -7 - 180 3 5 0.1 /additem Base.DoughnutFrosted
Fruit Muffin Fruit Muffin -7 - 120 5 8 0.1 /additem Base.MuffinFruit
Jelly Donut Jelly Donut -7 - 180 3 5 0.1 /additem Base.DoughnutJelly
Jelly Roll Jelly Roll -7 - 230 3 5 0.1 /additem Base.JellyRoll
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Fudgee Pop Fudgee Pop -15 - 100 1 2 0.2 /additem Base.FudgeePop
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