TV Dinner
| TV Dinner | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Cooked and Prepared |
| Type | - |
| Hunger | -23 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 670 |
| Fresh | 3 days |
| Rotten | 5 days |
| Cook Time | 10 min |
| Weight | 0.4 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.TVDinner
|
A TV Dinner is a packaged frozen meal, made to be heated and eaten. It is a full meal in one item, packed with calories. It must be cooked first, and even then it leaves the character a little unhappy.
A TV dinner spoils within days once it thaws, so it is best kept in a freezer until needed. TV dinners turn up in microwaves, in shop and house freezers, and in break room fridges. The Chef is the best occupation for cooked and prepared. It starts with the most Cooking skill. The Burger Flipper also starts with some Cooking skill.
Eating
A TV dinner lowers hunger by 23. It holds 670 calories, with 81 grams of carbohydrates, 30 grams of protein and 25 grams of fat. That makes it an excellent meal for keeping weight up or putting it back on.
Eating it raises unhappiness by 20, even when cooked. A raw TV dinner is dangerous and can make the character sick, so it must always be heated. It is better hot and worse cold, so it should be eaten straight after cooking.
The mood cost can be offset with something cheering eaten alongside it. For its 0.4 weight, it carries a great many 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TV Dinner | -23 | 670 | 81 | 30 | 25 | 20 |
Cooking
A TV dinner cooks in 10 minutes and burns after 15. That short gap between cooked and burnt means it needs watching. A microwave, an oven or a fire can all heat it. Cooking it removes the risk of sickness, though the unhappiness remains.
Storage
A TV dinner stays fresh for 3 days and is fully rotten by day 5. A fridge slows both counts down, and a freezer keeps it far longer. A TV dinner found in a working freezer can stay there until it is needed.
Locations
TV dinners are a fairly common find. A microwave in any building holds one about a third of the time. Freezers in Gigamart and grocery stores, including their storage rooms, hold them a little less often. Break room and daycare fridges turn them up about one time in eight. A house kitchen or living room freezer holds one now and then.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Microwave | 33.3% |
| Kitchen | Freezer | 7.1% |
| Living room | Freezer | 7.1% |
| Hoarder kitchen | Freezer | 4.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Gigamart | Freezer | 28.6% |
| Grocery store | Freezer | 28.6% |
| Grocery storage | Freezer | 28.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Break room | Fridge | 12.7% |
| Daycare | Fridge | 12.7% |
Notes
- A TV dinner must be cooked, because it is dangerous to eat raw.
- Check the microwave in every house, since TV dinners are often left inside.
- It burns only 5 minutes after it finishes cooking, so stay close to the heat.
- Eat it with something cheering to cancel out the unhappiness.
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