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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

Containers

Building / Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
all	GroceryBag1	1	2.0
all	GroceryBag2	1	4.0
all	GroceryBag5	1	20.0
all	fridge	4	2.0
burgerkitchen	fridge	4	4.0
chinesekitchen	fridge	4	8.0
deepfry_kitchen	fridge	4	8.0
dinerkitchen	fridge	4	4.0
gigamart	grocerstand	4	20.0
gigamart	grocerstand	4	10.0
italiankitchen	fridge	4	8.0
mexicankitchen	fridge	4	8.0
restaurantkitchen	fridge	4	4.0
spiffoskitchen	fridge	4	4.0
westernkitchen	fridge	4	8.0

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

Onion is often found in refrigerators and grocery displays.

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

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,
	}