“Nutritious, but it won't last long.”
“Blah, tastes like sawdust.”
“Tastes terrible.”
“Fleeting, just like life.”
“THIS WILL CRUMBLE AWAY SOON.”
“This won't last long.”
“Yum! Tastes woody!”
“Dry, crumbly, sustaining.”
“It's inadvisable that I should consume this without cooking it first.”
“I picked it. But I wön't eat it.”
“I like me a lichen.”
“Can I get something to eat now?”
“Hmm, odd.”
“Sea-grass!”
“CAVE ROT BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD TASTE AS SWEET”
“Smells good”
“I could eat it. Or I could launch it.”
“Not to my lichen. Ha!”
“I'd really rather not eat it.”
“Crumbly.”
–Wurt
“It grows in most caves.”
“Its time is running out quickly.”
Lichen is a Food item in Don't Starve. It is classified as a Vegetable, and can only be obtained in the Ruins by harvesting Cave Lichen. Lichen cannot be cooked at a Fire Pit, Campfire, or Star Caller's Staff, but it can be used as an ingredient in a Crock Pot. Lichen regrows after 5 days.
Lichen can be eaten raw and restores 3 
and 12.5 
, at the cost of 5 
. The Sanity penalty can be avoided by using it in a Crock Pot instead. The Unagi recipe for the Crock Pot specifically requires Lichen, however, Lichen can also be used as a filler. Lichen spoils very quickly and becomes Rot 2 days after being harvested.
As of the Eye of the Storm beta, Lichen can be fed to Beefalo and Pigs.
Usage[]
Can be given directly now
Trivia[]
- Lichen used to be green, but its color was changed in the Stuff of Nightmares update.
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