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Dog Food

General

Category

Food

Encumbrance

0.8

Properties

Packaged

Yes

Days fresh

5 days

Days until rotten

7 days

Nutrition

Hunger

-30

Calories

498

Carbohydrates

77.56

Proteins

16.04

Fat

12.58

Effect

Unhappiness

+50

Technical

Item ID

Base.Dogfood
Base.DogfoodOpen

Dog food (written as DOG FOOD on the model) is a non-perishable food item.

Usage

Dog food can only be opened with a can opener, and once opened becomes perishable.

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Opened Dog Food	Dog Food ×1	Can Opener	none	none	none

Consumable properties

Opened dog food 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: -30 Unhappiness: +50	Hunger: -23 Boredom: +10 Unhappiness: +60	Hunger: -13 Boredom: +20 Unhappiness: +70 Dangerous, will cause sickness.

Distribution

Dog food can often be found in kitchen counters. The distributions can be found in the following table(s):

Dogfood 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
FoodCache1	FoodBox	62.98%
SafehouseLoot	counter	23.28%
SurvivorCache1	counter	23.28%
SurvivorCache2	counter	23.28%
closet	crate	23.28%
closet	crate	41.14%
dogfoodfactory	crate	23.28%
dogfoodfactory	crate	41.14%
dogfoodfactory	crate	76.55%
dogfoodfactory	metal_shelves	23.28%
dogfoodfactory	metal_shelves	41.14%
dogfoodfactory	metal_shelves	76.55%
dogfoodshipping	crate	23.28%
dogfoodshipping	crate	41.14%
dogfoodshipping	crate	76.55%
dogfoodshipping	metal_shelves	23.28%
dogfoodshipping	metal_shelves	41.14%
dogfoodshipping	metal_shelves	76.55%
dogfoodstorage	crate	23.28%
dogfoodstorage	crate	41.14%
dogfoodstorage	crate	76.55%
garagestorage	crate	23.28%
garagestorage	crate	41.14%
kennels	counter	23.28%
kennels	counter	41.14%
kitchen	counter	23.28%
kitchen	overhead	23.28%
kitchen	shelves	23.28%
livingroom	counter	23.28%
livingroom	overhead	23.28%
storageunit	crate	23.28%
storageunit	crate	41.14%
storageunit	metal_shelves	23.28%
storageunit	metal_shelves	41.14%

Code

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

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

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Dogfood
	{
		DisplayName = Dog Food,
		DisplayCategory = Food,
		Type = Food,
		Weight = 0.8,
		Icon = Dogfood,
		CannedFood = TRUE,
		CantEat = TRUE,
		Packaged = TRUE,
		Calories = 498,
		Carbohydrates = 77.56,
		Lipids = 12.58,
		Proteins = 16.04,
		WorldStaticModel = CanClosedDogFood,
		Tags = HasMetal,
	}

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

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item DogfoodOpen
	{
		DisplayName = Opened Dog Food,
		DisplayCategory = Food,
		Type = Food,
		Weight = 0.8,
		Icon = DogfoodOpen,
		FoodType = Meat,
		CannedFood = TRUE,
		EatType = can,
		Packaged = TRUE,
		ReplaceOnUse = TinCanEmpty,
		DaysFresh = 5,
		DaysTotallyRotten = 7,
		HungerChange = -30,
		UnhappyChange = 50,
		Calories = 498,
		Carbohydrates = 77.56,
		Lipids = 12.58,
		Proteins = 16.04,
		StaticModel = CanOpen,
		WorldStaticModel = CanOpenDogFood,
		EvolvedRecipeName = Dog Food,
		Tags = HasMetal,
	}

See also

• Canned Corned Beef
• Canned Sardines
• Canned Tuna