Marigold
| Marigold | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Herbs |
| Type | Herb |
| Hunger | -1 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 0.1 |
| Fresh | 6 days |
| Rotten | 10 days |
| Cook Time | - |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Location | - |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Marigold
|
Marigold is a fresh flowering herb grown on a farm plot. It is a herbal tea plant. Its main use is as a flavouring in salads and hot drinks.
A fresh marigold barely touches hunger and is not worth eating on its own. It stays fresh for under a week. Drying it with the Dry Marigold recipe turns it into Marigold (Dried), which keeps for good.
Marigold is grown from Marigold Seeds. Each plant gives several flowers at harvest. The best occupations for herbs are the Fishing Guide and the Park Ranger. Each starts with the same Foraging skill.
Eating
Eating a marigold lowers hunger by 1. It holds almost no calories, carbohydrates, protein or fat. It does nothing for body weight. Its value lies in cooking, where it flavours a dish without filling a slot.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marigold | -1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cooking
Marigold counts as a spice in evolved recipes. A spice adds flavour without taking one of the dish's ingredient slots.
It goes into a Salad and a hot drink, adding 1 hunger to each. The Dry Marigold recipe turns a fresh flower into Marigold (Dried). The dried herb works only in hot drinks, but it never spoils.
These dishes take the Marigold as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hot Drink | 1 | - |
| Salad | 1 | - |
Farming
Marigold grows from Marigold Seeds. A plant takes about 20 days to grow and gives 4 to 6 flowers at harvest. The sowing season runs from March to May, and April is the best month to plant. Marigold planted from August through January does poorly.
How the crop grows, from the game's farming data.
| Seed | Image | Grow Time | Harvest | Sowing Months | Best Months | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marigold Seeds | 
|
20 days | 4-6 | March, April, May | April | /additem Base.MarigoldSeed
|
Storage
A fresh marigold stays fresh for 6 days and is fully rotten by day 10. A fridge slows both counts down. Drying the flower is the way to keep it for a long time.
Notes
- Drying marigold turns a short lived herb into one that never spoils.
- Fresh marigold works in salads and hot drinks, while dried marigold works only in hot drinks.
- Spring is the season to sow, with April giving the best results.
- As a spice, marigold flavours a dish without using an ingredient slot.
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