Drying Rack

The Drying Rack is a structure added in the A Little Rain Must Fall update which allows the player to dry meats into Jerky, prolonging the rate of spoilage. Meat, Monster Meat, Morsel , Frog Legs and Fish are available to dry. The drying process takes 8 minutes of play time when making Small Jerky and Monster Jerky, but making regular Jerky takes longer.

It requires 3 Twigs, 2 Charcoal, and 3 Ropes to craft a Drying Rack. A Science Machine is needed to unlock the crafting recipe.



Jerky
Only uncooked meats can be dried into Jerky. Jerky, Small Jerky, and Monster Jerky can all be created using a Drying Rack, each of which spoils much more slowly than either their fresh or cooked counterparts. Dried foods also provide a greater health bonus when eaten; for example a Small Jerky provides 8 Health, while a Cooked Morsel provides 1. but Monster Jerky drains your health and sanity. Also, unlike cooking meat, the jerky created will always be completely fresh, instead of having slightly less spoilage than the meat used. This means you can dry a spoiled morsel, and still get a completely fresh piece of jerky.

Possible bugs: Meats used on Drying Rack are teleported to one randomly picked place on the map (can be land or water).

Meat left on the racks do not spoil until collected.