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Squid

General

Category

Food

Encumbrance

0.2

Properties

Days fresh

2 days

Days until rotten

4 days

Nutrition

Hunger

-30

Calories

205

Carbohydrates

1

Proteins

32.52

Fat

13

Technical

Item ID

Base.Squid

Squid is a perishable food item used in cooking.

Usage

Consumable properties

Squid can be eaten raw without sickening the player, but cannot be cooked by itself. Consuming squid will provide the player with some positive effects, however these will become negative the longer it's left to perish.

Fresh	Stale	Rotten
Hunger: -30	Hunger: -23 Boredom: +10 Unhappiness: +10	Hunger: -13 Boredom: +20 Unhappiness: +20 Dangerous, will cause sickness.

Crafting

Cooking

Unusually, and unlike other seafood, the squid cannot be cooked as-is and must be added as a raw ingredient to other dishes.

What it can make

Squid can be cut into squid calamari using various knives.

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Squid Calamari (Uncooked) ×2	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Squid ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking

Evolved recipes

Product	Nutrition
Soup	15
Stew	15
Salad	10
Stir Fry	15
Roasted Vegetables	15
Sandwich	5
Burger	10
Pie (savory)	15
Rice Pot/Saucepan	15
Pasta Pot/Saucepan	15
Taco	5
Burrito	10
Pizza	15

Distribution

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

Squid 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	3.51%
butcher	displaycasebutcher	10.78%
gigamart	displaycasebutcher	10.78%
gigamartkitchen	displaycasebutcher	10.78%
grocery	displaycasebutcher	10.78%
italiankitchen	counter	23.28%
seafoodkitchen	fridge	10.78%
sushikitchen	fridge	15.1%

Squid can be found inside refrigerators and freezers.

Code

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

Item

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

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16 (2 January 2024)

item Squid
{
	DisplayName = Squid,
	DisplayCategory = Food,
	Type = Food,
	Weight = 0.2,
	Icon = Squid,
	EvolvedRecipe = Pizza:15;Soup:15;Stew:15;Pie:15;Stir fry Griddle Pan:15;Stir fry:15;Sandwich:5|Cooked;Sandwich Baguette:5|Cooked;Burger:10|Cooked;Salad:10|Cooked;Roasted Vegetables:15;RicePot:15;RicePan:15;PastaPot:15;PastaPan:15;Taco:5|Cooked;Burrito:10|Cooked,
	FoodType = Seafood,
	DaysFresh = 2,
	DaysTotallyRotten = 4,
	HungerChange = -30,
	Calories = 205,
	Carbohydrates = 1,
	Lipids = 13,
	Proteins = 32.52,
	WorldStaticModel = Squid_Ground,
}

See also

• Squid Calamari
• Fish Roe