Fat
Fat comes out of a corpse’s pockets. At the Autopsy Table I you pick a corpse’s pockets one item at a time, and that never fails and needs no mastery. Ten of the 15 first-tier corpses carry Fat, one to three pieces each. No trader sells it.
Taking it out does two things. Fat carries a red skull, so a corpse without its Fat makes a better grave. And the Fat itself is the usual ingredient for Melted Fat: one piece, 2 Clay Plates and 20 Fuel in the Distillation Cube make 4 Melted Fat, which is enough for two barricades’ worth of Oiled Planks.
How to obtain
In the corpse's pocket
Found on 31 corpses · Corpse tier 0–4
Used for
Ingredient for
| Workbench | Ingredients | Outputs | Mastery | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distillation Cube |  Fat  1 ×1  Clay Plate ×2  Fuel ×20 |  Melted Fat × 4 ( Cube distillations +3 · Dead distiller +3 ) |  1 | 6 | 11 |
Study
| Study requires: | Tech points | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Science ×5 | 10 | 6 ( Researcher −2 ) |
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
- You need very little. The barricades take 1 Melted Fat if you pay the mercenaries and 3 if you do not (4 or 12 Oiled Planks), and one piece of Fat makes 4 Melted Fat.
- Picking a pocket gives a blue tech point each time, and counts toward the Pickpocket inspiration.
- Fat has no use in alchemy. Melted Fat is what it is for.