Spoilage

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Many items in-game spoil over time, that is decay while in an inventory or container. Spoil times can vary based on where the item is located.

Modifying Inventories/Containers

Each item that spoils has a base spoil time, which is the amount of time it takes for one of the items to decay while in the player's inventory. However, certain containers apply a multiplier to this value, making them last longer.

Location	Spoil Multiplier
Tamed Dinos	4×
Feeding Trough	4×
Preserving Bin	10×
Refrigerator	100×
Crop Plot*	200×
Compost Bin	200×

*Only applies to Produce while Fertilised. x1 if not.

Preserving Salt

In the DLC: Scorched Earth, Preserving Salt was introduced. When placed into any inventory or container, Preserving Salt will double the spoil timers of all perishables in that container.

Spoiling Times

Keep in mind that full stacks of the same good (20, 30 or 100) will take proportionally longer to spoil. For example, stacking up to 100 makes berry stacks last way longer then the per unit spoil time indicates.

Foods

Item	Player Inventory	Tamed Dino or Feeding Trough	Preserving Bin	Refrigerator	Crop Plot
Berries	10m	40m	1h 40m	16h 40m	1d 9h 20m
Citronal, Longrass, Rockarrot and Savoroot	5m	20m	50m	8h 20m	16h 40m
Raw Meat*	10m	40m	1h 40m	16h 40m
Cooked Meat	20m	1h 20m	3h 20m	1d 9h 20m
Raw Fish Meat	20m	1h 20m	3h 20m	1d 9h 20m
Cooked Fish Meat	30m	2h	5h	2d 2h
Raw Prime Meat	2m 20s	9m 20s	23m 20s	3h 53m 20s
Cooked Prime Meat	46m	3h 4m	7h 40m	3d 4h 40m
Raw Mutton	10m	40m	1h 40m	16h 40m
Cooked Lamb Chop	1h 7m 30s	4h 30m	11h 15m	4d 16h 30m
Cooked Meat Jerky or Prime Meat Jerky	2d	8d	20d	200d
Spoiled Meat	1h	4h	10h	4d 4h
Dishes**	5h	20h	2d 2h	20d 20h
Custom Consumable	2d	8d	20d	200d
Sweet Vegetable Cake	1h 20m	5h 20m	13h 20m	5d 13h 20m
Eggs	8d	32d	80d	800d
Kibble	3d	12d	30d	300d

* All forms of Meat spoil and become Spoiled Meat. All others spoil and vanish.

** This includes Battle Tartare, Broth of Enlightenment, Calien Soup, Enduro Stew, Focal Chili, Fria Curry, Lazarus Chowder, Mindwipe Tonic and Shadow Steak Saute

Medical

Item	Player Inventory	Tamed Dino or Feeding Trough	Preserving Bin	Refrigerator
Blood Pack	30m	2h	5h	2d 2h
Medical Brew	2h	8h	20h	8d 8h
Energy Brew	2h	8h	20h	8d 8h

Utility

Item	Player Inventory	Tamed Dino or Feeding Trough	Preserving Bin	Refrigerator
Bug Repellant	5h	20h	2d 2h	20d 20h
Bio Toxin	45m	3h	6h 40m	2d 18h 40m

Item	Everywhere	Achatina
Organic Polymer	30m	1h 30m
Lesser Antidote	3h 20m

Feces have different spoiling times.

Item	Player Inventory or Tamed Dino	Dung Beetle	Crop Plot or Compost Bin
Human Feces	41m 40s	2d 21h 26m 40s	5d 18h 53m 20s
Small Animal Feces	50m	3d 11h 20m	6d 22h 40m
Medium Animal Feces	1h 23m 20s	5d 18h 53m 20s	11d 13h 46m 40s
Large Animal Feces	2h 46m 40s	11d 13h 46m 40s	23d 3h 33m 20s
Massive Animal Feces	2h 46m 40s	11d 13h 46m 40s	23d 3h 33m 20s