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Onion

General

Category

Food

Encumbrance

0.2

Properties

Days fresh

7 days

Days until rotten

9 days

Nutrition

Hunger

-10

Calories

28

Carbohydrates

6.54

Proteins

0.77

Fat

0.07

Technical

Item ID

Base.Onion

Onion is a perishable food item.

Usage

Consumable properties

Onion 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: -10	Hunger: -7 Boredom: +10 Unhappiness: +10	Hunger: -4 Boredom: +20 Unhappiness: +20 Dangerous, will cause sickness.

Crafting

What it can make

Onion needs to be cut into slices before addition to most recipes.

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Onion Slices	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Each of: Onion ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking

Evolved recipes

Onion is a cooking ingredient.

Product	Nutrition
Soup	10
Stew	10
Salad	10
Stir Fry	10
Roasted Vegetables	10
Sandwich	5
Burger	10
Pie (savory)	10
Rice Pot/Saucepan	10
Pasta Pot/Saucepan	10

Sack of Onion

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

Distribution

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

Onion 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%
GroceryBag5	GroceryBag5	12.41%
all	fridge	6.29%
burgerkitchen	fridge	10.78%
cafeteriakitchen	fridge	10.78%
chinesekitchen	fridge	19.27%
deepfry_kitchen	fridge	19.27%
dinerkitchen	fridge	10.78%
gigamart	grocerstand	23.28%
gigamart	grocerstand	41.14%
grocery	grocerstand	23.28%
grocery	grocerstand	41.14%
italiankitchen	fridge	19.27%
mexicankitchen	fridge	19.27%
restaurantkitchen	fridge	10.78%
spiffoskitchen	fridge	10.78%
westernkitchen	fridge	19.27%

Foraging

Amount	Skill level	Biomes	Weather modifiers				Month modifiers
			Snow	Rain	Day	Night	Months available	Bonus months	Malus months
---	3	Forest 10 DeepForest 10 Vegitation 5 FarmLand 10 Farm 10	-10	-	-	-	-	May June July	March September

SackProduce_Onion 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
grocerystorage	crate	1.87%
grocerystorage	crate	10.78%
grocerystorage	metal_shelves	1.87%
grocerystorage	metal_shelves	10.78%
grocerystorage	smallcrate	1.87%
grocerystorage	smallcrate	10.78%
producestorage	crate	23.28%
producestorage	crate	41.14%
producestorage	crate	76.55%
westernkitchen	fridge	1.87%

Gallery

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  Onion model when placed in the world

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  Rotten onion model when placed in the world

Code

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

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

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Onion
	{
		DisplayName = Onion,
		DisplayCategory = Food,
		Type = Food,
		Weight = 0.2,
		Icon = Onion,
		/*EvolvedRecipe = Omelette:10;Soup:10;Stew:10;Pie:10;Stir fry Griddle Pan:10;Stir fry:10;Sandwich:5;Sandwich Baguette:5;Burger:10;Salad:10;Roasted Vegetables:10;RicePot:10;RicePan:10;PastaPot:10;PastaPan:10;Taco:10;Burrito:10,*/
		FoodType = Vegetables,
		DaysFresh = 7,
		DaysTotallyRotten = 9,
		HungerChange = -10,
		Calories = 28,
		Carbohydrates = 6.54,
		Lipids = 0.07,
		Proteins = 0.77,
		StaticModel = RoundFood_Peach,
		WorldStaticModel = Onion_Ground,
		EvolvedRecipeName = Mushroom,
		Tooltip = Tooltip_item_NeedsSliced,
	}

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

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item SackProduce_Onion
	{
		DisplayName = Sack of Onions,
		DisplayCategory = Food,
		Type = Food,
		Weight = 2,
		Icon = Sandbag,
		CantEat = TRUE,
		DaysFresh = 7,
		DaysTotallyRotten = 9,
		WorldStaticModel = SandBag,
	}