Slug

Slug

Class	Insects
Type	Insect
Hunger	-1
Thirst	-
Calories	90
Fresh	4 days
Rotten	8 days
Cook Time	5 min
Weight	0.1
Location	-
Spawn ID	`/additem Base.Slug` `/additem Base.Slug2`

A Slug is a small insect food found while foraging. It is barely filling and makes a character unhappy when eaten. Its real use is as fishing bait and as chum to draw fish.

Slugs turn up on grass, sand and gravel in forests, deep forests and farmland. They are easier to find in the rain and at night. They spoil within a few days, so they are best used soon after they are picked up. The best occupations for insects are the Fishing Guide and the Park Ranger. Each starts with the same Foraging skill.

Eating

A Slug lowers hunger by only 1 and adds 20 unhappiness. Eaten raw, it is dangerous and can make a character sick. Cooking makes it safe, but the unhappiness stays.

A slug holds 90 calories, with 17 grams of protein and very little fat or carbohydrates. For its tiny weight of 0.1 that is a fair amount of protein. Still, the mood cost makes it an emergency food only.

A Snail has exactly the same values. A Cricket and a Worm also lower hunger by 1 and add 20 unhappiness, but they hold far fewer calories.

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
Base.Slug	-1	90	2.11	17.41	1.9	20
Base.Slug2	-1	90	2.11	17.41	1.9	20

Cooking

A Slug cooks in 5 minutes and burns after 25. Cooking it on a stove or a fire makes it safe to eat.

In evolved recipes, a slug can be added to chum as fishing bait, where it counts for 1.

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

Dish	Hunger Restored	Note
Chum	1	-

Storage

A Slug stays fresh for 4 days and is rotten by day 8. A fridge slows both counts. Slugs kept for bait are best used before they rot.

Variants

The game holds the Slug under more than one item id. Each one is listed here.

Image	Hunger	Calories	Weight	Spawn ID
	-1	90	0.1	`/additem Base.Slug`
	-1	90	0.1	`/additem Base.Slug2`

Locations

Slugs come from foraging, not from loot. They are found on natural ground such as grass, sand and gravel. They are most common in forests, deep forests and wild vegetation, and also turn up on farms and farmland.

They can be found from March through November, but rarely in March and April. Rain and night make them easier to find. Finding them needs a fair level of Foraging skill. The Fisherman occupation and the Angler trait make slugs easier to spot.