Maggots
| Maggots | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Insects |
| Type | Insect |
| Hunger | -1 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 1.5 |
| Fresh | 14 days |
| Rotten | 21 days |
| Cook Time | 5 min |
| Weight | 0.01 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Maggots
|
Maggots are fly larvae that gather on rotting flesh. They are fishing bait first and desperate food second. Eating them makes a character much unhappier for almost no food value.
As bait, maggots catch bass, catfish, crappie, perch, sunfish and trout. They can also go into chum. Maggots appear on and around dead zombies, and they turn up in bins and in the kitchens of abandoned late game safehouses. The best occupations for insects are the Fishing Guide and the Park Ranger. Each starts with the same Foraging skill.
Eating
A portion of Maggots 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 to matter for body weight.
Maggots can be cooked, but cooking them gives no Cooking experience. Either way, they are a meal of last resort.
Other bait creatures carry more food for the same mood cost. A Worm holds 3 calories, a Cricket 20 and a Leech 90.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maggots | -1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.05 | 20 |
Cooking
Maggots cook in 5 minutes and burn after 25. A stove, an oven or a fire will do.
In fishing, maggots add 1 to a batch of chum. A Leech adds 2 and a Little Bait Fish adds 5.
These dishes take Maggots as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Chum | 1 | - |
Storage
Maggots stay fresh for 14 days and are rotten by day 21. A fridge slows both counts. That long life makes them a handy bait to keep in a tackle box.
Locations
The main way to get maggots is from killed zombies, depending on the world settings. They spawn on and around corpses. They are less common in spring and autumn, and absent in winter. As loot, late game survivor safehouses hold them on stoves more than one time in four, and on counters, in bins, freezers and fridges less often. Bins in any building hold them about one time in ten.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Stove | 27.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 10.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Bin | 6.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Freezer | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Fridge | 4.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Bin | 11.1% |
Notes
- Maggots are good fishing bait for bass, catfish, crappie, perch, sunfish and trout.
- Cooking maggots gives no Cooking experience.
- Check around dead zombies outside winter for a free bait supply.
- They stay fresh for two weeks, longer than a leech or a worm.
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