How do you keep food fresh in project zomboid?

In Project Zomboid, you can use salt or a preserving jar to keep your food fresh. Fruits and vegetables can be canned using preservation jars, while meat can be preserved using salt. Preserving food extends its shelf life, ensuring a consistent food supply during winter.
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How to keep food from spoiling Project Zomboid?

This process of rotting can be slowed by refrigerating the food, as indicated by a blue overlay that increases spoil time by 5 times, or freezing it will increase it by 50 times. Example: Fish fillet takes 2 days to go stale, refrigerating it will take it 10 days, freezing it will take 100 days for it.
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How long does jarred food last in Project Zomboid?

Jarred food is fresh for 60 days and stale for another 30 days. After jarring, it is necessary to cook the jar of food in a heat source. Otherwise, the food will rot as fast as if it were not jarred. Upon opening a jar, the empty jar and vegetables are returned to the character.
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How do you preserve meat in zomboid?

How do I preserve my food in Project Zomboid? In Project Zomboid, you can use salt or a preserving jar to keep your food fresh. Fruits and vegetables can be canned using preservation jars, while meat can be preserved using salt.
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Does butter spoil Project Zomboid?

This page has been revised for the current stable version (41.78. 16). Butter is a non-perishable 'spice' food item used in cooking.
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Can you get sick from eating stale food Project Zomboid?

Rotted perishable food restores under 1/2 of the hunger value of a fresh item but will make a character sick consuming it, even if cooked.
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How effective is refrigeration in Project Zomboid?

Refrigeration effectiveness only means that food will reach "frozen" status faster when put into a refrigerator, so in theory if food get frozen faster, it'll get the x25 timer bonus sooner and will last more.
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How do you stay dry in Project Zomboid?

The rain can be blocked by having an open umbrella equipped, keeping the player dry. Once wet, a clothes dryer can be used to dry clothing and a dish towel or bath towel used to dry the player.
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Do zombies destroy crops in Project Zomboid?

Zombies can trample your crops. This will damage or kill them.
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How do you preserve potatoes in Project Zomboid?

Potatoes can be pickled to preserve their lifespan by using sugar and vinegar.
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What does hunger do in Project Zomboid?

Overview. A red background indicates that the player needs to eat food. A green background shows that the character is well-fed. Being fed boosts strength, carry capacity and healing rate, whereas being hungry has the opposite effect, in addition to slower body heat generation.
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Can zombies break fridges Project Zomboid?

Furniture moved by the player can be destroyed by zombies if it's in their path, leaving just some of the furniture's components.
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What happens if you leave the stove on in Project Zomboid?

All heat sources have a chance to burn food if left alone, and a chance to burst into flames and burn the surrounding area to ashes if left on and unattended. Always turn off any heat source when you are done using it to avoid this.
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Is Unlucky worth it Project Zomboid?

Well it's up to you. There is a lot of overlap in possibilities where an Unlucky player gets the same loot as a Lucky or no-trait player. It won't get you more sledgehammers, machetes, katana's, and gen mags, and if you do it's more your IRL luck.
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Can zombies smell you in Project Zomboid?

Are Zombies following blood you lost? They cannot smell you. They can only hear/see as of right now. I believe that you need to clean yourself and clothes to avoid infections if you have a wound or just to have a clean clothes and look like all the normal people do have.
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What does toothpaste do in Project Zomboid?

Toothpaste has no use, being added purely for the purpose of clutter, creating more realism for the player when looting.
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Does ice cream rot Project Zomboid?

Ice cream can be eaten, providing the player with some positive effects, however it will lose its unhappiness bonus once melted, which is non-perishable. Ice cream must stay in the freezer. Otherwise, it will melt, giving the player unhappiness and boredom.
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Is there any way to survive a bite in Project Zomboid?

Zombie bites have a 100% Knox Infection transmission rate, which has a 100% death rate. If you get bitten, you are going to die. The slightly less bad news is that it takes a while for the infection to kill you, so you can choose to spend your character's last days wisely.
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