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Prickly Pear Fruit
A succulent fruit coated in a rather terrifying array of spines.
Notes
Prickly Pear Fruit is a raw food harvested from prickly pear cacti in the wild, offering low overall nutrition (8 nutrients total) with a strong vitamin emphasis and very little carbohydrate, protein, or fat — making it unbalanced when eaten alone. Its primary value lies in crafting: it appears in multiple research papers (basic Gathering, advanced and modern Agriculture) and as an ingredient in dishes like Exotic Fruit Salad, Fruit Tart, and Sweet Jerky, which combine it with other foods for a more balanced, higher-nutrient diet. A practical tip: gather prickly pears early for their recipe uses rather than eating them raw, since their skewed nutrient profile contributes little to your XP‑gain multiplier on its own.
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).