Mint

Mint

Class	Herbs
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.MintHerb`

Mint is a fresh garden herb used to flavour hot drinks. It is a herbal tea plant. It also eases stress a little when eaten.

A fresh sprig barely touches hunger, so it is a flavouring rather than food. It stays fresh for under a week. The dried form, Mint (Dried), keeps far longer and helps recovery from the flu.

Mint is grown from Mint Seeds on a farm plot. Fresh mint also turns up now and then in restaurant kitchen fridges. The best occupations for herbs are the Fishing Guide and the Park Ranger. Each starts with the same Foraging skill.

Eating

Eating mint lowers hunger by 1 and stress by 1. It holds almost no calories, carbohydrates, protein or fat. It does nothing for body weight. Its worth is the flavour it brings to a hot drink.

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
Mint	-1	0.1	0	0	0

Cooking

Mint counts as a spice in evolved recipes. A spice adds flavour without taking one of the dish's ingredient slots.

It goes into a hot drink, adding 1 hunger. Drying the herb keeps it from spoiling and gives it a use against the flu.

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

Dish	Hunger Restored	Note
Hot Drink	1	-

Farming

Mint grows from Mint Seeds. A plant takes about 20 days to grow and gives 4 to 6 sprigs at harvest. The sowing season runs from February to April, and March is the best month to plant. Mint planted from June 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
Mint Seeds		20 days	4-6	February, March, April	March	`/additem Base.MintSeed`

Storage

Fresh mint stays fresh for 6 days and is fully rotten by day 10. A fridge slows both counts down. Drying it is the way to keep a harvest for a long time.

Locations

Fresh mint is a rare find. Restaurant and fancy restaurant kitchen fridges hold it only now and then. Growing it from seed is the reliable way to get a supply.

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