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Onion (Powdered)

Onion (Powdered)
Onion (Powdered)
Class Ingredients
Type NoExplicit
Hunger -10
Thirst 20
Calories -
Fresh -
Rotten -
Cook Time -
Weight 0.2
Location Containers
Spawn ID /additem Base.PowderedOnion

Onion (Powdered) is dried, ground onion used as a seasoning. It counts as a spice in cooking. It is meant for flavouring dishes, not for eating on its own.

The powder is a dried food and keeps for as long as needed. It cannot be frozen. It weighs 0.2.

Powdered onion is a found item. Restaurant kitchen counters are the best places to look, and household kitchens hold it now and then. 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

Eating the powder plain lowers hunger by 10. It also adds 20 thirst and 20 unhappiness. That makes the character thirstier and sadder, so plain powder is a poor snack.

Fresh Onion is a better choice for eating. A fresh onion also lowers hunger by 10, with none of the thirst or mood penalty. The powder's value lies entirely in the kitchen.

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 Thirst Unhappiness
Onion (Powdered) -10 20 20

Cooking

Powdered onion is a spice in evolved recipes. A spice adds flavour without taking one of the dish's ingredient slots.

It adds 1 hunger to a Pizza, Soup, Stew, a Pie, Stir Fry, a Burger, a Salad, Rice, Pasta, a Sandwich, a Taco or a Burrito. That range makes it a flexible seasoning to keep on hand. The Cooking skill makes ingredients go further in evolved dishes.

These dishes take the Onion (Powdered) as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.

Dish Hunger Restored Note
Burger 1 -
Burrito 1 -
Pasta 1 -
Pie 1 -
Pizza 1 -
Rice 1 -
Salad 1 -
Sandwich 1 -
Soup 1 -
Stew 1 -
Stir Fry 1 -
Taco 1 -

Locations

Powdered onion is a fairly common find in restaurant kitchens. Mexican kitchen counters hold it about a third of the time. Pizza and cafeteria kitchen counters carry it about a quarter of the time. Italian, burger, deep fry, Western, Chinese and restaurant kitchen counters hold it now and then. Grocery store and Gigamart shelves stock it at lower odds. Household kitchens, living rooms and survivor caches turn it up only rarely.

The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.

Location Container Chance
Mexican kitchen Counter 32%
Italian kitchen Counter 18.3%
Deepfry kitchen Counter 13.7%
Western kitchen Counter 12%
Kitchen Counter 4.5%
Kitchen Metal shelves 4.5%
Kitchen Overhead cupboard 4.5%
Kitchen Shelves 4.5%
Living room Counter 4.5%
Living room Overhead cupboard 4.5%
Location Container Chance
Pizza kitchen Counter 27.3%
Cafeteria kitchen Counter 21.6%
Burger kitchen Counter 13.7%
Restaurant kitchen Counter 13%
Fancy restaurant kitchen Counter 13%
Chinese kitchen Counter 11.3%
Gigamart kitchen Counter 6.9%
Gigamart Shelves 5.8%
Grocery store Shelves 5.8%
Diner kitchen Counter 5.6%
Location Container Chance
Survivor cache Counter 4.5%
Survivor cache Counter 4.5%
Survivor cache (large building) Counter 4.5%

Notes

  • Powdered onion keeps indefinitely, unlike fresh onion.
  • Eating it plain makes the character thirsty and unhappy.
  • As a spice, it flavours a dish without using an ingredient slot.
  • It works in a wide range of savoury dishes.


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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