Vegetable salad
Vegetable salad is the one early food that raises your Anatomy mastery. Eating it gives Anatomy +1, +2 or +3 depending on its stars, for 7:30 (one in-game day), along with 15, 20 or 25 energy. Anatomy otherwise comes from the talent tree and, later, a Butcher’s Kit, and it starts at 0, so the salad is what lets you start removing organs early.
You make it by hand at the Kitchen Table from 2 Onions of any grade, 2 Carrots and 2 Beets; one go gives 2 salads, 4 with the Cook perk. The recipe comes with the Vegetable dishes technology, a reward for Planted and Delivered. The same quest opens Herm’s second tier, where all three vegetables are for sale.
Variants (3)
| Quality | Energy | Grants | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ★ | +15 ( Steamed Up +2 ) | Anatomy spirit I |
| ★★ | +20 ( Steamed Up +2 ) | Anatomy spirit II |
| ★★★ | +25 ( Steamed Up +3 ) | Anatomy spirit III |
How to obtain
Craft
| Workbench | Ingredients | Yields | Mastery | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchen Table Kitchen Table II |  Onion any quality ×2  Carrot ×2  Beet ×2 | ★–★★★ × 2 ( Cook +2 ) |  4 | 7 | 1 |
| Kitchen Table Kitchen Table II | Vegetable salad ★ ×1  Spices ×1 | ★★ ×1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| Kitchen Table Kitchen Table II | Vegetable salad ★★ ×1  Umami ×1 | ★★★ ×1 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
Used for
Ingredient for
| Workbench | Ingredients | Outputs | Mastery | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchen Table Kitchen Table II | Vegetable salad ★ ×1 Spices ×1 | Vegetable salad ★★ ×1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| Kitchen Table Kitchen Table II | Vegetable salad ★★ ×1 Umami ×1 | Vegetable salad ★★★ ×1 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
Study
| Study requires: | Tech points | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| ★ Science ×2 | 55 | 8 ( Researcher −3 ) |
| ★★ Science ×3 | 1010 | 8 ( Researcher −3 ) |
| ★★★ Science ×10 | 2010 | 8 ( Researcher −3 ) |
Each item is studied once, on the Study Table. Studying does not use the item up. With the Scientist perk, a 30% chance of a Story.
Notes
- Salads of different stars add up. Each star level is its own effect, so a 1-, a 2- and a 3-star salad eaten together give Anatomy +6. Eating a second salad of the same stars only restarts its timer.
- Stars depend on your Farming mastery. The salad has 7 steps: 1 successful step gives 1 star, 4 give 2 stars, 7 give 3. At Farming 4 every step succeeds; below it each step only has a chance. Onions of 2 or 3 stars count as steps already done.
- What the bonus unlocks. The skin, bones and skull of a first-tier corpse need Anatomy 1, 2 and 3 to remove, so a 3-star salad covers all three for a day. You still need the Skin and Bones and Skull and Teeth technologies to see those organs.
- The timer keeps running while you sleep, and a night’s sleep fast-forwards the world, so eat it after you wake up.
- Studying one costs 2, 3 or 10 Science (by stars) and gives 5–20 green and 5–10 blue.