FoodResourceSkillingConsume
Restores health and used as a base for advanced cooking.
StackableConsumableEquipped
Bonuses
- Health
- 22
- Crafting
- Yes
- Warmth
- 1
Tier I · Common
Tomato Pasta SauceFood
Deep red sauce slow-reduced to the thickness that coats a wooden spoon without running off the back, flecked with the fine chop of garlic and oregano that the cook added in three passes across an afternoon. Smells the entire house into the kitchen whether the kitchen is ready or not.
FoodTypeAlso resource, skilling · Consume action
CommonRarityTier I
70 $KHashValue
0.9 kgCarry1×1 — 1 cell · stacks to ∞
40sWear40s cooldown
Entry
Item
Tomato Pasta Sauce is more than a meal starter, it’s the foundation of comfort and some of the best meals. Slow-cooked in scavenged pots or grown from hydroponic tomatoes, this sauce provides warmth, healing, and a delicious upgrade to any dish it’s added to.
Passed down through countless apocalypse kitchens and robot chefs. Loved by rebels and wanderers alike.
- Restores 22 health
- Grants warmth buff and access to advanced recipes
- Cooldown: 40 seconds
- Can be consumed directly or combined with carbs and protein for meal crafting
- Compatible with recipes like: Meatball Matrix, Pasta of Regret, Cheesy Victory Lasagna
- May trigger nostalgic dialogue with culinary NPCs
“Every drop reminds me of home. Even though I never had one.”
- Scent-log from the Stirring Warden
Red as the soil before the Dust Age. It smells like things used to be.
Credit
Section titled “Credit”
The Simmer
You stir the pot. A memory surfaces.
DevLog
Section titled “DevLog”- 05/30/2025 - Tomato Pasta Sauce added as consumable food and crafting base item
Chronicle
Lore
Put up every August in glass jars by a family that processes more tomatoes in a single weekend than the rest of the block uses in a year, then traded through the winter at a discount rate that is never written down. The recipe uses no sugar, and the matriarch will tell you so twice if you ask about it once. Pasta night at that household seats ten, and the tenth chair is reserved for whoever turns up without being asked, which is considered a quiet kind of compliment.
Illustrated by KBVE Pixel Workshop.