Tough Meat

Tough Meat is a raw food item obtained from Critters when they die or are consumed by a Pufflet-like predator? No, sources only mention critter death and one predator interaction. It is an inedible resource in its raw form, but it can be cooked into a proper meal at a Smoker. The cooked recipe turns 6000 g of Tough Meat into a high-quality dish worth 16,000 kcal and +3 Food Quality.

Most Critters yield Tough Meat on death, with the amount depending on the species: some drop 5 kg, while others drop 12 kg. Baby Critters yield the same amount of meat as adults. Tough Meat can also be produced when a predatory Critter eats prey whose calorie content exceeds its own appetite; any excess calories are left behind as Tough Meat.

Tough Meat has a special use with Rhexes: feeding it to them produces Brine Ice. This makes it useful not only as a cooking ingredient, but also as a convertible animal product in a colony that keeps Rhexes.

• Raw Tough Meat is not edible.
• Cook it in a Smoker to make an edible meal.
• A cooked batch from 6000 g of Tough Meat grants a large calorie return and excellent meal quality.
• Different Critter species yield different meat amounts, but young Critters do not drop less than adults.
• Excess calories from certain predation events are converted into Tough Meat.
• Rhexes can consume Tough Meat to produce Brine Ice.