Food and wildlife
Drying Rack Surplus
Drying excess meat and fish preserves food for later trips and makes a hunt or fishing visit useful beyond the immediate meal.
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Drying Rack Surplus
A base cooking area with a drying rack, near your regular food storage and travel preparation point.
Before you go
- A drying rack at camp.
- Raw meat from land animals or fish from a trap or spear.
- Inventory space to carry preserved food.
Farming steps
- Build or use a drying rack in your base cooking area.
- Bring back meat from a hunted land animal or fish caught from visible-fish water.
- Set aside the amount you need for immediate meals.
- Place surplus meat or fish on the rack using its interaction.
- Return to ordinary base tasks while the food dries; do not count fresh rack loads as ready provisions yet.
- Collect dried food when it is ready and store it with your expedition supplies.
- Pack preserved portions before leaving for a cave or bunker.
- Use the rack for surplus after accounting for immediate food needs.
- Check your provisions before an expedition and replenish from the rack rather than relying on fresh hunting en route.
Repeat, collect and use
Repeatable processing loop whenever you bring home new meat or fish; each load is limited by the food you collect and rack capacity.
Common mistakes
- Leaving a trip's surplus raw; load it onto the rack at camp.
- Expecting dried output to be an immediate cooked meal; collect it after it has dried.
- Taking all fresh food for storage when you need a meal now; reserve immediate portions first.
When to stop or switch
Stop loading once your expedition food reserve is sufficient or the rack is full; resume after the next hunting or fishing return.
Sources & fact checks
What you can get here
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