Lichen
| Lichen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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 |
3 | ||
 |
12.5 | ||
 |
-5 | ||
 |
2 Days | ||
Stacks up to |
40 | ||
 × 1
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"cutlichen"
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“Nutritious, but it won't last long.”
“Blah, tastes like sawdust.”
“Tastes terrible.”
“Fleeting, just like life.”
“THIS WILL CRUMBLE AWAY SOON.”
“This won't last long.”
“Yum! Tastes woody!”
“Dry, crumbly, sustaining.”
“I picked it. But I wön't eat it.”
“I like me a lichen.”
“Can I get something to eat now?”
“Hmm, odd.”
“Sea-grass!”
Lichen is a Food item in Don't Starve. It is classified as a Vegetable, and can only be obtained in the Ruins by harvesting Cave Lichen. Lichen cannot be cooked at a Fire Pit, Campfire or Star Caller's Staff. It can be used as an ingredient in a Crock Pot.
Lichen can be eaten raw and can restore 3 
and 12.5 
, at the cost of 5 
. Sanity penalty can be avoided by using it in the Crock Pot instead. Unagi recipe in the Crock Pot specifically requires Lichen, however Lichen can also be used as a filler. Lichen spoils very quickly, and becomes Rot 2 days after being harvested.
Usage
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Trivia
- Lichen used to be green:
. It was changed to its current color when the Stuff of Nightmares update was released.
