Nutrient paste dispenser
Nutrient paste dispenser
Synthesizes nutrient paste from organic feedstocks. It consumes less ingredients and time than any other meal production method - but nobody likes eating nutrient paste. Accepts raw food, but not rough plant matter like hay.
Base Stats
- Type
- Production – Food
- HP
- 350
Building
- Size
- 3
- Placeable
- Yes
- Power
- - 200 W
A nutrient paste dispenser is an electrical device that produces nutrient paste meals once a hopper is attached adjacent to it with raw food. As opposed to benches, bills cannot be added to it and only provides a single meal per use.
Colonists consuming nutrient paste meals will suffer a -4 mood penalty with the “Ate awful meal” thought, which is slightly less punishing than the -7 mood penalty of "Ate raw food" thought debuff. A nutrient paste meal provides 0.9 nutrition which is more than raw food alone of 0.05.
The nutrient paste dispenser is a helpful device, but not necessarily vital for survival, the benefit for building it shows in the long run to avoid starvation risk and it's unwanted mental breaks, and it also helps the colony's kitchen when cookers work speed cannot match population demand, for example one single chef for 10 members or double shifts.
When you build a NPD, the game will notify a hopper is needed
Hopper storage menu to select ingredients
Hopper mouse indicator will turn from red to green for correct placement and colonists will pick NP meals from the dispenser
One hidden property of the dispenser is that it will act as a wall capable of separating rooms, accepting conduits and blocking temperature. This allows you to place hoppers in a refrigerated space to prevent rot, or to point a dispenser into a prisoner room where colonists can safely fill the hopper from outside the prison.