Prickly Pear Fruit
A succulent fruit coated in a rather terrifying array of spines.
Notes
Prickly Pear Fruit is a raw food item harvested from the prickly pear cactus, providing a modest nutrient profile with 190 calories and a focus on vitamins. While its raw nutritional value is limited, it serves as a key ingredient in a wide range of recipes, including research papers, salads, baked goods, and preserves. Stockpiling prickly pears is worthwhile for cooks and researchers, as they enable higher-tier dishes that boost the diet's balance and XP gains.
Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.
Nutrition
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.
Base: this food alone (+12 base gain). Craving & dinner-party bonuses are situational (assumed ×1).
Recycling & waste
0.05× Food Scrap
The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.
How garbage, sorting & recycling work
Categories
Found in the wild
Used in
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The prickly pear fruit guards its tender, juicy flesh behind a crown of fierce spines. Yet for those undaunted, it offers a sweet, versatile reward—perfected in fresh salads, tarts, and harvest seasoning.