Mandrake (item)

Mandrake is a rare Vegetable, and one of the best Foods in the game, healing 100 Health and 100 Hunger. Cooking Mandrake on fire yields Cooked Mandrake. Either cooking Mandrake or eating it cooked will knock out the character until the next part of the day (from dusk till night, from night until daytime, or from daytime until dusk). Eating it raw will not trigger this. This can be used to skip the night without a Straw Roll.

Mandrake can also be cooked in the Crock Pot, which results in Mandrake Soup. The Soup does not have the knock-out effect.

Eating a Mandrake will make all Pigs or Monsters following the character go to sleep.

Mandrakes cannot be given to Pigs to produce Manure as with other Vegetables. However, Pigs will eat Cooked Mandrakes left on the ground, triggering the knock-out effect until the start of the next day (no matter what time it is) and putting everyone nearby to sleep, as well as leaving a pile of Manure.

Trivia

 * If a Mandrake is eaten while a chest is open the player will not sleep, however they will still receive the hunger and health benefits (it is unknown if this occurs when other interfaces are open such as the Crock Pots), however caution is advised as it is likely.