Butter

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Butter is a non-perishable 'spice' food item used in cooking.

Usage

Butter can be eaten raw, providing the player with some positive and negative effects. Butter is more effective when used as cooking ingredient, as all negative effects are removed.

Crafting

Main article: Cooking

What it can make

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Cake Batter	One of: Fork ×1 Spatula ×1 Spoon ×1 Each of: Bowl ×1 Butter ×15 unit(s) Yeast ×1 Milk ×1	none	Chef occupation (or) Cook trait (or) Good Cooking Magazine Vol.1	none	2.5 Cooking
Pie Dough	One of: Fork ×1 Spatula ×1 Spoon ×1 One of: Corn Flour ×1 Flour ×1 One of: Butter ×1 Lard ×1 Margarine ×1 Each of: Bowl ×1 Water ×2 unit(s) Salt ×2 unit(s)	none	Chef occupation (or) Cook trait (or) Good Cooking Magazine Vol.1	none	2.5 Cooking
Muffin Baking Tray (Uncooked)	One of: Fork ×1 Spatula ×1 Spoon ×1 One of: Olive Oil ×1 Vegetable Oil ×1 Lard ×1 Butter ×1 Margarine ×1 One of: Corn Flour ×1 Flour ×1 Each of: Muffin Tray ×1 Empty Bowl ×1 Egg (tag) ×2 Sugar (tag) ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking
Tray of Biscuits (Uncooked)	One of: Fork ×1 Spatula ×1 Spoon ×1 One of: Olive Oil ×1 Vegetable Oil ×1 Lard ×1 Butter ×1 Margarine ×1 Each of: Empty Bowl ×1 Muffin Tray ×1 Water ×1 unit(s) Flour ×1 unit(s) Salt ×1 unit(s) Baking Soda ×1 unit(s)	none	Chef occupation (or) Cook trait (or) Good Cooking Magazine Vol.2	none	0.75 Cooking
Baking Tray with Chocolate Chip Cookie (Uncooked)	One of: Fork ×1 Spatula ×1 Spoon ×1 One of: Olive Oil ×1 Vegetable Oil ×1 Lard ×1 Butter ×1 Margarine ×1 Each of: Empty Bowl ×1 Rolling Pin ×1 Baking Tray ×1 Baking Soda ×1 Chocolate Chips ×6 Egg (tag) ×2 Flour ×1 unit(s) Water ×1 unit(s)	none	Chef occupation (or) Cook trait (or) Good Cooking Magazine Vol.1	none	0.75 Cooking
Baking Tray with Chocolate Cookie (Uncooked)	One of: Fork ×1 Spatula ×1 Spoon ×1 One of: Olive Oil ×1 Vegetable Oil ×1 Lard ×1 Butter ×1 Margarine ×1 Each of: Empty Bowl ×1 Rolling Pin ×1 Baking Tray ×1 Baking Soda ×1 Cocoa Powder ×10 unit(s) Egg (tag) ×2 Flour ×1 Water ×1 unit(s)	none	Chef occupation (or) Cook trait (or) Good Cooking Magazine Vol.1	none	0.75 Cooking
Baking Tray with Oatmeal Cookie (Uncooked)	One of: Fork ×1 Spatula ×1 Spoon ×1 One of: Olive Oil ×1 Vegetable Oil ×1 Lard ×1 Butter ×1 Margarine ×1 Each of: Empty Bowl ×1 Rolling Pin ×1 Baking Tray ×1 Baking Soda ×1 Can of Oats ×10 unit(s) Egg (tag) ×2 Flour ×1 unit(s) Water ×1 unit(s)	none	Chef occupation (or) Cook trait (or) Good Cooking Magazine Vol.1	none	0.75 Cooking
Baking Tray with Shortbread Cookie (Uncooked)	One of: Fork ×1 Spatula ×1 Spoon ×1 Each of: Empty Bowl ×1 Rolling Pin ×1 Baking Tray ×1 Butter ×4 unit(s) Sugar (tag) ×1 Water ×1 unit(s)	none	Chef occupation (or) Cook trait (or) Good Cooking Magazine Vol.1	none	0.75 Cooking
Baking Tray with Sugar Cookie (Uncooked)	One of: Fork ×1 Spatula ×1 Spoon ×1 One of: Olive Oil ×1 Vegetable Oil ×1 Lard ×1 Butter ×1 Margarine ×1 Each of: Empty Bowl ×1 Rolling Pin ×1 Baking Tray ×1 Baking Soda ×1 Egg (tag) ×2 Flour ×1 unit(s) Water ×1 unit(s)	none	Chef occupation (or) Cook trait (or) Good Cooking Magazine Vol.1	none	0.75 Cooking

Evolved recipes

Butter is a spice when used in cooking recipes, therefore will not be included in the maximum number of ingredients.

Product	Nutrition
Soup	4
Stew	4
Stir Fry	4
Roasted Vegetables	4
Sandwich	4
Pasta Pot/Saucepan	4
Taco	4
Burrito	4
Pancakes	4
Waffles	4
Oatmeal	4
Toast	4

Distribution

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

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
all	fridge	4	2
	fridge	4	4
	fridge	4	4
bakery	freezer	4	1
	freezer	4	1
	freezer	4	2
	freezer	4	2
	fridge	4	1
bakerykitchen	crate	4	1
	crate	4	1
	crate	4	2
	crate	4	2
	crate	4	5
cafe	fridge	4	1
conveniencestore	fridge	4	1
dinerkitchen	fridge	4	4
kitchen_crepe	fridge	4	1
restaurantkitchen	fridge	4	4

Butter can be found in kitchen counters and refrigerators.

Code

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Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_food.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Butter
	{
		DisplayName = Butter,
		DisplayCategory = Food,
		Type = Food,
		Weight = 0.3,
		Icon = Butter,
		EvolvedRecipe = Pancakes:4;Waffles:4;Sandwich:4;Sandwich Baguette:4;Stir fry Griddle Pan:4;Stir fry:4;Roasted Vegetables:4;PastaPot:4;PastaPan:4;Taco:4;Burrito:4;Toast:4;Oatmeal:4;Soup:4;Stew:4,
		/*FoodType = NoExplicit,*/
		Spice = true,
		Packaged = TRUE,
		HungerChange = -24,
		UnhappyChange = 20,
		Calories = 3200,
		Carbohydrates = 0,
		Lipids = 352,
		Proteins = 0,
		WorldStaticModel = Butter,
		Tags = BakingFat;MinorIngredient,
	}