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  • Byproducts: nearly every recipe now leaves waste behind, so recipe pages list byproducts alongside ingredients.
  • Garbage & recycling: waste sorts from mixed garbage down to pure materials, and can be recycled back into stock.
  • Pollution has four kinds: acid rain, chemical, soil and heavy mineral, each settling into the ground differently. Pollution guide →
  • Modules reworked: upgrades are now Basic / Advanced / Modern / Specialty, one per slot, driving the same bonus system as talents. Module guide →
  • Fresh water: machines need it — water drawn from the ocean has to be desalinated first.

The character calculator has been updated for these changes. Read the garbage & recycling guide →

Dried Meat

Dried Meat

Leaving it outdoors somehow made it more digestible.

Weight250 gMax stack100Food550 calCompostableSkillHunting Lv 2StationFish Rack

Notes

Dried Meat is a preserved food item made from raw meat via the Dry Meat recipe, offering 550 calories with moderate protein and fat but zero vitamins. While its nutrition is fixed and does not multiply on eating, it serves as a useful early-game calorie source and a key ingredient for crafting Culinary Research Papers Basic Meat. To maximize your XP gain, pair Dried Meat with other foods that supply the missing vitamins to keep your four-nutrient intake balanced.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

Nutrition

Calories550Shelf life144 h
Carbs1
Protein14
Fat4
Vitamins0

Diet & XP

Eating doesn't change a food's calories or nutrition — those are fixed. What your diet changes is your skill-gain rate (XP). This estimates the rate this food's nutrients contribute. ≈ estimate; set your diet in the ⚙ Character panel.

Nutrient total19Balanced-diet ××0.5Variety ××1Tastiness ××1Skill-gain rate21.5

Base: this food alone (+12 base gain). Craving & dinner-party bonuses are situational (assumed ×1).

Recycling & waste

Salvages into (per unit)

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Steps2Total labor32 calTotal time2.2 min

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