Insects

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Insects
Insects
General
Category	Food
Encumbrance	0.1 (Worm: 0.01)
Nutrition
Hunger	See Nutrition
Calories	See Nutrition
Carbohydrates	See Nutrition
Proteins	See Nutrition
Fat	See Nutrition
Effect
Unhappiness	20
Cooking
Time until cooked	5 minutes
Time until burned	25 minutes
Technical details
Item ID	See Item IDs

Insects includes the cockroach, cricket, grasshopper, and worm, which are all a non-perishable food that is foraged.

Usage

Fishing

Main article: Fishing

All insects can be used as bait for fishing to catch bass, catfish, crappie, perch, sunfish and trout, however only the worm (along with little bait fish) can be used to catch pike.

Trapping

Main article: Trapping

A worm can be used as bait in conjunction with a stick trap to catch small birds.

Consumable properties

Each insect can be consumed, providing the player with some hunger at the cost of unhappiness.

Each of the cockroach, cricket and grasshopper can be cooked, providing more hunger, however leaving unhappiness unchanged. Worms cannot be cooked. Template:Consumables2 Template:Consumables2 Template:Consumables2

Nutrition

Insect	Hunger	Calories	Carbohydrates	Proteins	Fat
	-11	30	1.27	7.41	3.9
	-6	20	1.34	3.6	1.32
	-7	81	19	2	0
	-7	25	3	5.55	0.24

Distribution

Both the cockroach and cricket can only be found by foraging.

Buildings

There is a small chance of finding a worm inside a refrigerator.

Vehicles

Main article: Vehicles

Worms may be found among the food in the trunk of a Spiffo's van.

A cricket can occasionally be found in the glove box of a vehicle.

A Cockroach can be found in the Glove box of a Vehicle.

Farming

Main article: Farming

A worm can commonly be discovered while digging grass with a trowel.

Foraging

Main article: Foraging

Each of the insects can be foraged, however at varying skill level.

Insect	Description	Skill Level
Worm	A mischievous pest for Spiffo, a delicious treat for pike.	2
Cricket	Nighttime nuisance, makes the perfect fishbait.	4
Cockroach	Disgusting, yet filling.	6
Grasshopper	Jumpy little fella', attracts a mean fish.	6

Code

Cockroach Retrieved: Build 40.7

	   item Cockroach
        	HungerChange	= -11,
        	Weight		= 0.1,
        	Type		= Food,
        	DisplayName	= Cockroach,
        	Icon		= Cockroach,
        	UnhappyChange	= 20,
        	FishingLure     = true,
        	IsCookable	= TRUE,
       		MinutesToBurn	= 25,
       	 	MinutesToCook	= 5,
        	Carbohydrates 	= 1.27,
        	Proteins 	= 7.41,
        	Lipids 		= 3.9,
        	Calories 	= 30,

Cricket Retrieved: Build 40.7

    item Cricket
        	HungerChange	= -6,
        	Weight		= 0.1,
        	Type		= Food,
        	DisplayName	= Cricket,
        	Icon		= Cricket,
        	UnhappyChange	= 20,
        	FishingLure     = true,
        	IsCookable	= TRUE,
        	MinutesToBurn	= 25,
        	MinutesToCook	= 5,
        	Carbohydrates 	= 1.34,
        	Proteins 	= 3.6,
        	Lipids 		= 1.32,
        	Calories 	= 20,

Grasshopper Retrieved: Build 40.7

	    item Grasshopper
        	HungerChange	= -7,
        	Weight		= 0.1,
        	Type		= Food,
        	DisplayName	= Grasshopper,
        	Icon		= Grasshopper,
       		UnhappyChange	= 20,
        	FishingLure     = true,
        	IsCookable	= TRUE,
        	MinutesToBurn	= 25,
		MinutesToCook	= 5,
        	Carbohydrates 	= 3,
        	Proteins 	= 5.55,
        	Lipids 		= 0.24,
        	Calories 	= 25,

Worm Retrieved: Build 40.7

	item Worm
		HungerChange	= -5,
		Weight		= 0.01,
		Type		= Food,
		DisplayName	= Worm,
		Icon		= Worm,
		UnhappyChange	= 20,
		FishingLure     = true,
		Carbohydrates 	= 0,
		Proteins 	= 0.5,
		Lipids 		= 0.1,
		Calories 	= 3,

See also

• Wild plants