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Tomato

General

Category

Food

Encumbrance

0.2

Properties

Days fresh

4 days

Days until rotten

8 days

Nutrition

Hunger

-12

Thirst

-15

Calories

14

Carbohydrates

3.53

Proteins

1.29

Fat

0.21

Technical

Item ID

farming.Tomato

This article is about vegetable. For crop, see Tomato (crop).

Tomato is a perishable food item.

Usage

Trapping

Main article: Trapping

Tomato can be used as bait in traps to capture mice, rabbits, and rats.

Consumable properties

Tomato 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: -12	Hunger: -9 Boredom: +10 Unhappiness: +10	Hunger: -5 Boredom: +20 Unhappiness: +20 Dangerous, will cause sickness.

Crafting

Tomato can be preserved to extend its lifespan by using a jar.

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Jar of Tomatoes	One of: Brown Sugar ×1 Sugar ×1 Sugar Packet ×1 Each of: Jar ×1 Jar Lid ×1 Tomato ×5 Water ×10 unit(s) Vinegar ×2 unit(s)	none	none	none	2.5 Cooking

Evolved recipes

Tomato is a cooking ingredient.

Product	Nutrition
Soup	12
Stew	12
Salad	12
Stir Fry	12
Roasted Vegetables	12
Sandwich	6
Burger	6
Pie (savory)	12
Rice Pot/Saucepan	12
Pasta Pot/Saucepan	12
Taco	6
Burrito	6
Omelette	6
Pizza	12

Sack of Tomato

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

Distribution

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

Tomato 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
all	fridge	6.29%
burgerkitchen	fridge	10.78%
cafeteriakitchen	fridge	10.78%
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	41.14%
mexicankitchen	fridge	19.27%
restaurantkitchen	fridge	10.78%
spiffoskitchen	fridge	10.78%

Foraging

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

SackProduce_Tomato 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%

Farming

Tomato can be grown by farming with tomato seeds.

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Tomato (crop)	Plowed Land ×1 Tomato Seeds ×4 Water ×75 unit(s)	none	none	none	none

Code

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

farming.Tomato
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\farming.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Tomato
	{
	    DisplayCategory = Food,
		Type				=		Food,
		DisplayName			=		Tomato,
		Icon				=		Tomato,
		Weight				=		0.2,
		HungerChange 		=		-12,
		ThirstChange		=		-15,
		DaysFresh 			=		4,
		DaysTotallyRotten 	=	 	12,
		EvolvedRecipe       =       Pizza:12;Omelette:6;Soup:12;Stew:12;Pie:12;Stir fry Griddle Pan:12;Stir fry:12;Sandwich:6;Sandwich Baguette:6;Burger:6;Salad:6;Roasted Vegetables:12;RicePot:12;RicePan:12;PastaPot:12;PastaPan:12;Taco:6;Burrito:6,
		ThirstChange	=	-8,
		FoodType    =   Vegetables,
        Carbohydrates = 3.53,
        Proteins = 1.29,
        Lipids = 0.21,
        Calories = 14,
        StaticModel = RoundFood_Red,
        WorldStaticModel = Tomato_Ground,
	}

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

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item SackProduce_Tomato
	{
		DisplayName = Sack of Tomatoes,
		DisplayCategory = Food,
		Type = Food,
		Weight = 2,
		Icon = Sandbag,
		CantEat = TRUE,
		DaysFresh = 4,
		DaysTotallyRotten = 12,
		WorldStaticModel = SandBag,
	}

See also

• Farming
• Cabbage