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Lemongrass

Lemongrass
Lemongrass
Class Fruits and Vegetables
Type Herb
Hunger -1
Thirst -
Calories 0.1
Fresh 6 days
Rotten 10 days
Cook Time -
Weight 0.1
Location Containers
Spawn ID /additem Base.LemonGrass

Lemongrass is a tall grassy herb with a lemon scent. It is a medicinal herb first and a food second. The item tooltip says to eat it to treat minor food poisoning.

Each stalk eases sickness, which makes it a valuable herb after eating something bad or drinking tainted water. It also flavours soups, stews, stir fries, rice and hot drinks as a spice. Lemongrass is mostly foraged in forests, and a farm can grow it from Lemongrass Seeds. A few stalks also sit in restaurant fridges. The Farmer is the best occupation for fruits and vegetables. It starts with the most Agriculture skill.

Eating

A stalk of Lemongrass lowers hunger by 1 and holds almost no calories. Its value is medical. Eating it reduces sickness by 12.

The effect has a cooldown of 2 to 4 in-game hours. Eating several stalks in a row does not stack the effect. The best use is one stalk, then another a few hours later while the sickness lasts.

That makes lemongrass a strong herb to carry when eating doubtful food. It weighs only 0.1, so a few stalks cost nothing to bring along.

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
Lemongrass -1 0.1 0 0 0

Cooking

Lemongrass counts as a spice, so it does not count toward a dish's ingredient limit. It adds 1 hunger each to Soup, Stew, Stir Fry, Rice and a Hot Drink. Its herbal tea tag marks it as a tea herb for hot drinks. The Cooking skill makes each ingredient go further.

These dishes take the Lemongrass as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.

Dish Hunger Restored Note
Hot Drink 1 -
Rice 1 -
Soup 1 -
Stew 1 -
Stir Fry 1 -

Farming

Lemongrass grows from Lemongrass Seeds. A plant takes about 20 days to grow and gives 2 to 4 stalks at harvest. Like most plants that bear no fruit, it keeps growing after a harvest. The sowing season runs from March to September. Lemongrass planted in October, November, December or January does poorly.

Seeds turn up in places such as hardware stores, sheds, garages and grocery stores.

How the crop grows, from the game's farming data.

Seed Image Grow Time Harvest Sowing Months Best Months Spawn ID
Lemon Grass Seeds Lemon Grass Seeds 20 days 2-4 March, April, May, June, July, August, September - /additem Base.LemonGrassSeed

Storage

Fresh Lemongrass stays fresh for 6 days and is rotten by day 10. A fridge slows both counts. A small growing patch keeps a fresh supply on hand.

Locations

Foraging is the main way to find wild lemongrass. It is most common in deep forest, and it also grows in forest, vegetation, farmland and farm zones. Foraging for it works in every season except winter. The Herbalist trait and the Wilderness Survival magazine greatly improve the odds of spotting it. Park Rangers have a much better chance of finding it. As loot, restaurant and fancy restaurant kitchen fridges hold it rarely.

The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.

Location Container Chance
Restaurant kitchen Fridge 2.1%
Fancy restaurant kitchen Fridge 2.1%

Notes

  • Eat one stalk to ease sickness, then wait a few hours before the next.
  • Carry a few stalks when eating food of doubtful freshness.
  • The Herbalist trait makes wild lemongrass much easier to find.
  • A garden patch gives a steady supply, since the plant regrows after harvest.


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