Ginseng

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“

Eat to restore endurance.

— Ginseng in-game tooltip

Ginseng is a forageable herb used in first aid.

Usage

First Aid

Main article: First Aid

Ginseng is primarily used in first aid, reducing exhaustion by 2 when consumed. It is the only item that directly reduces exhaustion.

It is useful for a short burst of energy, particularly when exhausted to the point of being unable to run whilst chased.

Crafting

Main article: Cooking

Evolved recipes

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

Product	Nutrition
Beverage	1

Location

Main article: Foraging

Ginseng can only be found via foraging, finding 2-8 at a time. It will never be found unless the player has the herbalist trait or has read The Herbalist magazine.

Like other plants, ginseng 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 ginseng, 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 ginseng, whilst having the former scout, hiker, hunter, gardener, outdoorsman, cook or nutritionist traits will provide a minor increase.

Ginseng distributionShow / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default 'apocalypse' loot settings, with no luck modifier, and average 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. Duplicate entries do exist, but have been removed for clarity.

Foraging
Amount	Skill level	Biome: chance	Weather modifiers %				Month modifiers
Amount	Skill level	Biome: chance	Snow	Rain	Day	Night	Months available	Bonus months	Malus months
2-8	-	DeepForest: 15 Farm: 5 FarmLand: 5 Forest: 10 Vegitation: 5	-	-	-	-	March to November	-	-

History

Base.Ginseng

Version	Description
Build 41.78.3	`EvolvedRecipe` changed from `{'Beverage': '1', 'HotDrink': '1', 'HotDrinkRed': '1', 'HotDrinkWhite': '1', 'HotDrinkSpiffo': '1', 'HotDrinkTea': '1'}` to `{'Beverage': '1', 'Beverage2': '1', 'HotDrink': '1', 'HotDrinkRed': '1', 'HotDrinkWhite': '1', 'HotDrinkSpiffo': '1', 'HotDrinkTea': '1'}`.
Build 41.78.1	`EvolvedRecipe` changed from `{'Beverage': '1', 'Beverage2': '1', 'HotDrink': '1', 'HotDrinkRed': '1', 'HotDrinkWhite': '1', 'HotDrinkSpiffo': '1', 'HotDrinkTea': '1'}` to `{'Beverage': '1', 'HotDrink': '1', 'HotDrinkRed': '1', 'HotDrinkWhite': '1', 'HotDrinkSpiffo': '1', 'HotDrinkTea': '1'}`.
Build 41.78	`EvolvedRecipe` changed from `{'Beverage': '1', 'HotDrink': '1', 'HotDrinkRed': '1', 'HotDrinkWhite': '1', 'HotDrinkSpiffo': '1', 'HotDrinkTea': '1'}` to `{'Beverage': '1', 'Beverage2': '1', 'HotDrink': '1', 'HotDrinkRed': '1', 'HotDrinkWhite': '1', 'HotDrinkSpiffo': '1', 'HotDrinkTea': '1'}`.
Build 41.72	`EvolvedRecipe` added with value `{'Beverage': '1', 'HotDrink': '1', 'HotDrinkRed': '1', 'HotDrinkWhite': '1', 'HotDrinkSpiffo': '1', 'HotDrinkTea': '1'}`. `FoodType` added with value `NoExplicit`. `Spice` added with value `true`. `Item tag` added with value `HerbalTea`.
Build 41.65	`DisplayCategory` added with value `FirstAid`.
Build 41.51	`WorldStaticModel` added with value `Ginseng`.
Build 40.9	`Calories` added with value `0.1`. `Nutrition` added with value `0`. `Nutrition` added with value `0`. `Proteins` added with value `0`.
Build 33.13	Released on this version.

Code

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

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_food.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Ginseng
	{
		DisplayName = Ginseng,
		DisplayCategory = FirstAid,
		Type = Food,
		Weight = 0.1,
		Icon = Ginseng,
		EvolvedRecipe = Beverage:1;Beverage2:1;HotDrink:1;HotDrinkRed:1;HotDrinkWhite:1;HotDrinkSpiffo:1;HotDrinkTea:1,
		Spice = true,
		FoodType = NoExplicit,
		EnduranceChange = 2,
		Tooltip = Tooltip_Ginseng,
		HungerChange = -1,
		Calories = 0.1,
		Carbohydrates = 0,
		Lipids = 0,
		Proteins = 0,
		WorldStaticModel = Ginseng,
		Tags = HerbalTea,
	}