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Plantain

General

Category

First Aid

Encumbrance

0.1 (Plantain)
0.2 (Poultice)

Function

Heals wounds

Technical

Item ID

Base.Plantain
Base.PlantainCataplasm

“

Aids recovery from wounds when applied as a poultice.

— Plantain in-game tooltip

Plantain is a forageable herb used in first aid.

Usage

Plantain, when crafted into a poultice, can be used in conjunction with a bandage to increase the recovery rate of a wound. The poultice must be applied to the wound first, followed by the bandage. Once applied, the poultice cannot be removed, and will be consumed when completely healed or over time based on the plantain factor. Only one poultice can be applied to a wound at a time.

Recovery rate

Plantain poultice will increase the healing rate of a wound by approximately 40%, when compared to using a bandage on its own. It will have no effect on the wound recovery rate unless a bandage is applied.

Plantain factor

The life of the poultice is determined by a value referred to as the 'plantain factor', which scales with the player's first aid skill. This is calculated by getting a random number between (first aid level + 1) * 0.5 + 10 and (first aid level + 1) * 1.0 + 10. While healing the wound, the poultice will deteriorate at a rate of 1 unit every 26 seconds, meaning 13—26 seconds is added to the life of the poultice per first aid level. The poultice will not be consumed or heal the wound unless a bandage is also applied. It's important to note that the effects of the first aid skill is only relevant to the individual applying the poultice, and not the individual with the wound.

Poultice life in seconds depending on first aid level

First Aid level	Time low (seconds)	Time high (seconds)
0	273	286
1	286	312
2	299	338
3	312	364
4	325	390
5	338	416
6	351	442
7	364	468
8	377	494
9	390	520
10	403	546

Crafting

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2
Plantain Poultice	0 XP	none		Mortar and Pestle (keep)	Plantain x5 (consumed)

Distribution

Main article: Foraging

Plantain can only be found via foraging, finding 2-8 at a time. The chances of finding plantain is extremely low, unless the player has the herbalist trait or has read The Herbalist magazine.

Like other plants, plantain cannot be found during winter. It is most common in deep forest, however can also be found in forest, vegetation, farmland and farm zones.

Park rangers will have a massive chance increase in finding plantain, whilst veterans, farmers, chefs, burger flippers, doctors, nurses, fitness instructors and being unemployed will have a small chance increase.

Having the herbalist trait will further increase the chance of finding plantain, whilst having the former scout, hiker, hunter, gardener, outdoorsman, cook or nutritionist traits will provide a minor increase.

Trivia

• The word "poultice" comes from the Latin puls, pultes, meaning "porridge".

Gallery

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  Model used for plantain

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  Model used for plantain poultice

Code

Plantain

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Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\newitems.txt

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item Plantain
    {
        DisplayCategory = FirstAid,
        Weight	=	0.1,
        Type	=	Normal,
        DisplayName	=	Plantain,
        Icon	=	PlantainPlantago,
        Tooltip = Tooltip_Plantain,
        WorldStaticModel = MedicinalHerbsLeafBundle,
    }

Plantain Poultice

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Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\newitems.txt

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item PlantainCataplasm
    {
        DisplayCategory = FirstAid,
        Weight	=	0.2,
        Type	=	Normal,
        DisplayName	=	Plantain Poultice,
        Icon	=	MashedHerbs,
        Tooltip = Tooltip_Plantain,
        WorldStaticModel = Poultice,
    }

See also

• Black Sage
• Comfrey
• Common Mallow
• Ginseng
• Lemongrass
• Wild Garlic