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This article has not been revised for the current version (U51-600112). It was last updated for LU-356355. It may contain inaccuracies.
This article has not been revised for the current version (U51-600112). It was last updated for LU-356355. It may contain inaccuracies.

Microbe Musher is a building used to produce some starting and intermediary Foods. Recipes must be assigned in order for duplicants to work.

The Microbe Musher is served by the cooking errand, and utilizes cuisine attribute. A higher attribute level will reduce the time and overall energy required to complete a production cycle.

Food products fall to the ground after being produced and will expire if not refrigerated or placed in a sterile (oxygen/water-free) environment.

List of Recipes[ | ]

  • Using ingredients contaminated with Food Poisoning will transfer it to the products, leading to infection.
Name Product
(1 kg all)
Ingredients Calories (kcal) kcal+ Quality Shelf Life (cycles) Notes
Mush Bar Mush Bar 75 kg Dirt
75 kg Water
800 +800 -1 4 Last resort food source. Almost anything else is preferable to it. Can be improved at Electric Grill.
Liceloaf Liceloaf 1200 kcal Meal Lice
50 kg Water
1,700 +500 0 4 The most basic option provided by plant farming, with balanced dirt and water intake.
Tofu Tofu 6 Nosh Beans
50 kg Water
3,600 +3600 +2 2 The intermediary option, can be further improved at Gas Range. Halves Nosh Beans shelf life. Nosh Beans are not edible raw.
Berry Sludge Berry Sludge 5 Sleet Wheat Grain
1,600 kcal Bristle Berry
4,000 +2400 +3 Unlimited One of the best mid-tier foods by all parameters. Especially, because it never spoils. Sleet Wheat Grains are not edible raw.

Tips[ | ]

  • Mush Bars are disastrously inefficient for regular food production. They consume extreme amounts of both dirt and water, offer no morale benefit, draw precious early game energy, and require considerable duplicant time to produce. Research Basic Farming and grow plants ASAP to avoid ever using them.
    • However they can be useful as a temporary food source in an emergency, or when attempting the Locavore Achievement .
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