Wild Garlic
| Wild Garlic | |
|---|---|
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| Class | First Aid |
| Treats | Infection |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Hunger | -1 |
| Fresh | 6 days |
| Location | - |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.WildGarlic2
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Wild Garlic is a forageable herb used in first aid and cooking. Its main value is the Wild Garlic Poultice, which fights infection in a wound.
An infected wound gets worse over time until something fights it. Disinfectant from loot runs out, but Wild Garlic can be foraged and grown. A survivor with the Herbalist trait can keep a steady supply of infection treatment. No pharmacy has to be looted for it.
Its strength is that it can be foraged, dried and even farmed. Its cost is the knowledge needed to find it. Only a character with the Herbalist trait, or one who has read The Herbalist magazine, can forage it. The Doctor is the best occupation for first aid. It starts with the most First Aid skill. The Nurse and the Park Ranger also start with some First Aid skill.
How to Use Wild Garlic
Wild Garlic is crushed into a poultice with the Grind Up Wild Garlic recipe. Five pieces of fresh or dried Wild Garlic make one Wild Garlic Poultice. A Mortar and Pestle or a Ceramic Mortar and Pestle is needed and is kept. The finished poultice is applied through the Wild Garlic Poultice option on the health panel.
The poultice fights infection, while the Plantain Poultice helps wounds heal and the Comfrey Poultice helps broken bones. Only one poultice can sit on a body part at a time.
Fresh Wild Garlic can also be dried into Wild Garlic (Dried). Dried garlic keeps far longer, which suits a store of poultice herbs.
In the kitchen Wild Garlic counts as a spice. It goes into soups, stews, salads, sandwiches, pasta, stir fries and many other dishes. As a spice it does not take up one of the dish's ingredient places. It can also be eaten on its own as a tiny snack.
Upkeep
Fresh Wild Garlic stays good for about six days before it starts to go stale. It rots fully a few days after that. Drying it or grinding it into a poultice soon after foraging saves it from going to waste.
Used in Crafting
These recipes accept the Wild Garlic by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grind Up Wild Garlic | Wild Garlic Poultice | 
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- | /additem Base.WildGarlicCataplasm
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Locations
Wild Garlic comes from foraging, two to eight pieces at a time. Deep forest is the best ground, but forest, vegetation, farmland and farm zones can hold it too. It cannot be found in winter. Park Rangers have a far better chance of finding it. Several other occupations, including Doctor and Nurse, get a small boost.
Wild Garlic can also be planted. Sowing works from July to September, and August is the best month. Each plant gives two to four bulbs at harvest.
Notes
- The in-game tooltip says it helps fight infection when applied as a poultice.
- Five pieces and a mortar and pestle make one Wild Garlic Poultice.
- The Herbalist trait or The Herbalist magazine is needed to forage it.
- Dry spare garlic so it keeps for later poultices.
- In cooking it counts as a spice and leaves ingredient places free.
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