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Corn

General

Category

Food

Encumbrance

0.2

Properties

Days fresh

5 days

Days until rotten

8 days

Nutrition

Hunger

-14

Thirst

-4

Calories

88

Carbohydrates

26.74

Proteins

4.68

Fat

1.93

Technical

Item ID

Base.Corn

A corn is a perishable food item.

Usage

Consumable properties

Corn can be eaten, providing the player with some positive effects, however these will become negative the longer it's left to perish.

Fresh	Stale	Rotten
Hunger: -14	Hunger: -11 Boredom: +10 Unhappiness: +10	Hunger: -6 Boredom: +20 Unhappiness: +20 Dangerous, will cause sickness.

Crafting

Main article: Cooking

Evolved recipes

Corn is a cooking ingredient.

Product	Nutrition
Soup	14
Stew	14
Salad	7
Stir Fry	14
Roasted Vegetables	14
Burger	14
Rice Pot/Saucepan	14
Pasta Pot/Saucepan	14
Taco	7
Burrito	7

Sack of Corn

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Corn ×12	Sack of Corn ×1	none	none	none	none

Distribution

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

Corn distribution Show / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings, and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.

Containers

Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
GroceryBag1	GroceryBag1	1.61%
GroceryBag2	GroceryBag2	2.81%
all	fridge	6.29%
chinesekitchen	fridge	19.27%
dinerkitchen	fridge	10.78%
gigamart	grocerstand	23.28%
gigamart	grocerstand	41.14%
grocery	grocerstand	23.28%
grocery	grocerstand	41.14%
restaurantkitchen	fridge	10.78%

Foraging

Amount	Skill level	Biomes	Weather modifiers				Month modifiers
			Snow	Rain	Day	Night	Months available	Bonus months	Malus months
3-6	-	Forest 10 DeepForest 10 Vegitation 10 FarmLand 10 Farm 10	-	-	-	-	-	May June July	March April

Corn is often found in refrigerators and grocery displays. Wild corn crops could be found in previous versions of the game, however they were removed as of build 41.

Sacks of corn can be found in grocery stores and warehouses.

Code

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

Base.Corn
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_food.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Corn
	{
		DisplayName = Corn,
		DisplayCategory = Food,
		Type = Food,
		Weight = 0.2,
		Icon = Corn,
		EvolvedRecipe = Soup:14;Stew:14;Stir fry Griddle Pan:14;Stir fry:14;Burger:7;Salad:7;Roasted Vegetables:14;RicePot:14;RicePan:14;PastaPot:14;PastaPan:14;Burrito:7;Taco:7,
		FoodType = Vegetables,
		DaysFresh = 5,
		DaysTotallyRotten = 8,
		HungerChange = -14,
		ThirstChange = -4,
		Calories = 88,
		Carbohydrates = 26.74,
		Lipids = 1.93,
		Proteins = 4.68,
		StaticModel = CylinderFood_Yellow,
		WorldStaticModel = Corn_Ground,
	}

Base.SackProduce_Corn
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_food.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item SackProduce_Corn
	{
		DisplayName = Sack of Corn,
		DisplayCategory = Food,
		Type = Food,
		Weight = 2,
		Icon = Sandbag,
		CantEat = TRUE,
		DaysFresh = 5,
		DaysTotallyRotten = 8,
		WorldStaticModel = SandBag,
	}

Trivia

• There was a running joke, started on the Reddit that involved corn, saying that corn can be used to teleport the player.

See also

• Instant Popcorn
• Cornmeal