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Ladybug

Ladybug
Ladybug
Class Ingredients
Type -
Hunger -1
Thirst -
Calories 1.5
Fresh 14 days
Rotten 21 days
Cook Time -
Weight 0.01
Location -
Spawn ID /additem Base.Ladybug

A Ladybug is a small spotted beetle that can be eaten as emergency food. It is about the smallest meal in the game. One ladybug barely touches hunger and makes a character noticeably unhappier.

Eating insects is a last resort for a starving survivor. A ladybug keeps for about two weeks before it starts to spoil, and it weighs almost nothing. 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 Ladybug lowers hunger by 1 and raises unhappiness by 20. It holds only 1.5 calories, with a trace of protein and fat. That is far too little energy to matter for body weight.

The mood cost is the real problem. One ladybug makes a character much sadder while doing almost nothing for the stomach. Eating several in a row stacks that unhappiness quickly.

Other insects carry far more food value for the same mood cost. A Cricket also lowers hunger by 1 and raises unhappiness by 20, but it holds 20 calories and 3.6 grams of protein. A Grasshopper holds 25 calories and a Cockroach holds 30.

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
Ladybug -1 1.5 0 0.25 0.05 20

Storage

A Ladybug stays fresh for 14 days and is rotten by day 21. A fridge slows both counts. A ladybug is best eaten within those first two weeks.

Notes

  • A ladybug is emergency food only; the mood cost outweighs its tiny hunger value.
  • Crickets, grasshoppers and cockroaches give far more calories for the same unhappiness.
  • Pair any insect with something that cheers a character up, such as candy.


All Food and Drinks Categories


All Ingredients


Name Image Hunger Thirst Calories Fresh Rotten Weight Spawn ID
Bagel Bagel -10 - 177 1 6 0.1 /additem Base.BagelPlain
Barley Sheaf Barley Sheaf -5 - - 7 14 1 /additem Base.BarleySheaf
Barley Sheaf (Dried) Barley Sheaf (Dried) -5 - - - - 1 /additem Base.BarleySheafDried
Cereal Cereal -40 - 2360 - - 0.2 /additem Base.Cereal
Dough Dough -15 20 532 3 6 0.3 /additem Base.Dough
Dry Ramen Noodles Dry Ramen Noodles -10 40 52 365 730 0.2 /additem Base.Ramen
Gingerbread Man Gingerbread Man -5 - 160 - - 0.1 /additem Base.Gingerbreadman
Hotdog Bun Hotdog Bun -10 - 177 3 6 0.1 /additem Base.BunsHotdog_single
Pack of Hotdog Buns Pack of Hotdog Buns - - 532 3 6 0.3 /additem Base.BunsHotdog
Pasta Pasta -60 60 3360 - - 2 /additem Base.Pasta
Poppy Bagel Poppy Bagel -10 - 177 1 6 0.1 /additem Base.BagelPoppy
Rice Rice -60 - 2880 - - 2 /additem Base.SugarBeetPulpPot
Rice Paper Rice Paper -4 - 10 - - 0.1 /additem Base.RicePaper
Rye Sheaf Rye Sheaf -5 - - 7 14 1 /additem Base.RyeSheaf
Rye Sheaf (Dried) Rye Sheaf (Dried) -5 - - - - 1 /additem Base.RyeSheafDried
Sesame Bagel Sesame Bagel -10 - 177 1 6 0.1 /additem Base.BagelSesame
Tortilla Tortilla -5 - 40 3 5 0.1 /additem Base.Tortilla
Wheat Sheaf Wheat Sheaf -5 - - 7 14 1 /additem Base.WheatSheaf
Wheat Sheaf (Dried) Wheat Sheaf (Dried) -5 - - - - 1 /additem Base.WheatSheafDried
Yeast Yeast - - - - - 0.2 /additem Base.Yeast
Name Image Hunger Thirst Calories Fresh Rotten Weight Spawn ID
Cheese Cheese -15 - 113 14 20 0.2 /additem Base.Cheese
Milk Powder Milk Powder - - - - - 1.3 /additem Base.AnimalMilkPowder
Processed Cheese Processed Cheese -5 - 70 6 10 0.1 /additem Base.Processedcheese
Sour Cream Sour Cream -16 - 420 3 5 0.2 /additem Base.SourCream
Turkey Egg Turkey Egg -10 - 71 14 21 0.1 /additem Base.TurkeyEgg
Wild Eggs Wild Eggs -7 - 63 14 21 0.1 /additem Base.WildEggs
Yogurt Yogurt -10 - 30 10 15 0.3 /additem Base.Yoghurt
Name Image Hunger Thirst Calories Fresh Rotten Weight Spawn ID
Barbecue Sauce Barbecue Sauce -20 - 980 - - 0.2 /additem Base.BBQSauce
Fruit Jam Fruit Jam -30 - 550 - - 0.2 /additem Base.JamFruit
Gravy Mix Gravy Mix - - - - - 0.1 /additem Base.GravyMix
Honey Honey -20 - 660 - - 0.4 /additem Base.Honey
Hot Sauce Hot Sauce -16 - 430 - - 0.2 /additem Base.Hotsauce
Icing Icing -10 - 110 4 8 0.1 /additem Base.Icing
Ketchup Ketchup -20 - 1480 - - 0.2 /additem Base.Ketchup
Maple Syrup Maple Syrup -45 - 1100 - - 0.2 /additem Base.MapleSyrup
Marinara Marinara -10 - 350 - - 0.2 /additem Base.Marinara
Marmalade Marmalade -30 - 550 - - 0.2 /additem Base.JamMarmalade
Mayonnaise Mayonnaise -30 - 3000 10 13 0.5 /additem Base.MayonnaiseFull
Mustard Mustard -20 - 510 - - 0.2 /additem Base.Mustard
Nacho Cheese Nacho Cheese -16 - 630 60 75 0.2 /additem Base.Dip_NachoCheese
Peanut Butter Peanut Butter -25 - 2660 - - 0.3 /additem Base.PeanutButter
Ranch Ranch -16 - 867 60 75 0.2 /additem Base.Dip_Ranch
Remoulade Remoulade -10 - 150 8 11 0.5 /additem Base.RemouladeFull
Salsa Salsa -16 - 140 60 75 0.2 /additem Base.Dip_Salsa
Soy Sauce Soy Sauce -10 40 20 - - 0.2 /additem Base.Soysauce
Tomato Paste Tomato Paste -15 - 120 - - 0.2 /additem Base.TomatoPaste
Wasabi Wasabi -10 20 - 4 8 0.2 /additem Base.Wasabi
Name Image Hunger Thirst Calories Fresh Rotten Weight Spawn ID
Bouillon Cube Bouillon Cube -3 5 16 - - 0.1 /additem Base.BouillonCube
Cocoa Powder Cocoa Powder -30 50 60 - - 1 /additem Base.CocoaPowder
Onion (Powdered) Onion (Powdered) -10 20 - - - 0.2 /additem Base.PowderedOnion
Pepper Pepper -10 20 - - - 0.2 /additem Base.Pepper
Salt Salt -10 20 - - - 0.2 /additem Base.Salt
Seasoning Salt Seasoning Salt -10 20 - - - 0.2 /additem Base.SeasoningSalt
Name Image Hunger Thirst Calories Fresh Rotten Weight Spawn ID
Lard Lard -24 - 4095 - - 0.3 /additem Base.Lard
Olive Oil Olive Oil -30 - 2480 - - 0.2 /additem Base.OilOlive
Sesame Oil Sesame Oil -10 40 120 - - 0.2 /additem Base.SesameOil
Name Image Hunger Thirst Calories Fresh Rotten Weight Spawn ID
Cat Treats Cat Treats -5 - 70 365 547 0.1 /additem Base.CatTreats
Dry Cat Food Dry Cat Food -60 - - 365 547 2 /additem Base.CatFoodBag
Dry Dog Food Dry Dog Food -60 - - 365 547 2 /additem Base.DogFoodBag
Grass Cutting Grass Cutting -7 - - - - 0.1 /additem Base.GrassTuft
Hay Hay -12 - - - - 0.1 /additem Base.HayTuft
Hemp Hemp -5 - - 7 14 1 /additem Base.HempBundle
Hemp (Dried) Hemp (Dried) -5 - - - - 1 /additem Base.HempBundleDried
Hops Hops - - - 7 14 0.3 /additem Base.Hops
Hops (Dried) Hops (Dried) - - - - - 0.3 /additem Base.HopsDried
Name Image Hunger Thirst Calories Fresh Rotten Weight Spawn ID
Ladybug Ladybug -1 - 1.5 14 21 0.01 /additem Base.Ladybug
Leech Leech -1 - 90 2 4 0.1 /additem Base.Leech
Tadpole Tadpole -1 - 90 2 4 0.1 /additem Base.Tadpole