Onion

An Onion comes in three grades, 1 to 3 stars. Herm sells plain Onions (25) and Onion seeds from his second tier. You can eat one raw for 5, 6 or 7 energy, but in the demo its real use is the Vegetable salad: 2 Onions of any grade, 2 Carrots and 2 Beets make the dish that raises your Anatomy mastery.

Herm also pays happiness for them, more for better grades: 15 plain Onions count as 1 happiness (up to 30 a week), 10 two-star ones (up to 20) and 5 three-star ones (up to 10).

Variants (3)

Quality	Base price	Energy
★	10	+5
★★	14	+6
★★★	18	+7

How to obtain

Harvest

Name	×
Onion Bed	depends on the bed

Traders

Name	Tier	Stock
Herm	Tier II	25

Other sources, not in the demo (6)

Traders

Name	Tier	Stock
Herm	Tier III	25
Vegetable Stand · town building — build it first	Tier II	15
Vegetable Stand · town building — build it first	Tier III	40
Vegetable Stand · town building — build it first	Tier II	10
Vegetable Stand · town building — build it first	Tier III	30
Vegetable Stand · town building — build it first	Tier III	20

Used for

Ingredient for

Workbench	Ingredients	Outputs	Mastery	Duration	Tech points
Kitchen Table Kitchen Table II	Any of Onion ×2 Carrot ×2 Beet ×2	Vegetable salad × 2 ( Cook +2 )	4	7	1

Mix

Runes 2 · 14 products

Alkali Berserker Potion III Damage Potion II Damage Potion III Tannin Liquid Miracle growth elixir Organ Improver

Philosopher Stone Preservative Umami Spices Paint Rich growth elixir Weak growth elixir

Study

Study requires:	Tech points	Duration
Science ×2 Faith ×2	30	3 ( Researcher −1 )

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.

Other uses, not in the demo (15)

Ingredient for

Workbench	Ingredients	Outputs	Mastery	Duration	Tech points
Kitchen II Required extension: Kitchen: Sealing Machine	Glass Containers ×1 Onion ×10	Supply: Preserves II ×1	8	8	5
Kitchen I Kitchen II	Crate ×1 Onion ×8	Supply: Vegetables ×1	3	8	3
Kitchen Table Kitchen Table II	Any of Onion ×1 Minced Meat ×1 Bread ×2	Burger × 4 ( Cook +2 )	5	5	1
Kitchen Oven Kitchen Oven II	Onion ×3 Seed oil ×1 Fuel × 15 ( Heat Saver −10 )	Onion rings × 2 ( Cook II +1 )	3	5	1
Kitchen Oven Kitchen Oven II	Onion ×1 Dough ×3 Fuel × 15 ( Heat Saver −10 )	Toast with onions × 2 ( Cook II +1 )	4	7	1
Kitchen II Required extension: Kitchen: Sealing Machine	Glass Containers ×1 Onion ×8	Supply: Preserves II ×1	8	8	6
Kitchen I Kitchen II	Crate ×1 Onion ×6	Supply: Vegetables ×1	3	8	3
Kitchen Oven Kitchen Oven II	Onion ×3 Seed oil ×1 Fuel × 15 ( Heat Saver −10 )	Onion rings × 4 ( Cook II +2 )	3	5	1
Kitchen Oven Kitchen Oven II	Onion ×1 Dough ×3 Fuel × 15 ( Heat Saver −10 )	Toast with onions × 4 ( Cook II +2 )	4	7	1
Kitchen II Required extension: Kitchen: Sealing Machine	Glass Containers ×1 Onion ×6	Supply: Preserves II ×1	8	8	7
Kitchen I Kitchen II	Crate ×1 Onion ×4	Supply: Vegetables ×1	3	8	4
Kitchen Oven Kitchen Oven II	Onion ×3 Seed oil ×1 Fuel × 15 ( Heat Saver −10 )	Onion rings × 7 ( Cook II +3 )	3	5	1
Kitchen Oven Kitchen Oven II	Onion ×1 Dough ×3 Fuel × 15 ( Heat Saver −10 )	Toast with onions × 7 ( Cook II +3 )	4	7	1
—	Furniture Kit II ×4 Building Kit II ×3 Onion ×40	—	—	—	—

Town

Vegetable Stand III

×40

Notes

Onion beds lose seeds in the demo. Planting plain onion seeds needs Farming 10, and an onion bed’s growing steps succeed only 1 time in 5 (the garden’s growing skill starts at 2, against 10). Even after Garden Upgrade I raises it to 4, a bed returns fewer seeds than you plant. How beds grow is explained on the Carrot page.
Better onions help the salad. Each 2- or 3-star Onion counts as steps already done, which makes a 3-star salad easier.
It is an alchemy ingredient with two green runes: one Onion alone makes Paint, two make the white-skull Organ Improver.
Studying it costs 2 Science and 2 Faith and gives 30 green.