Rimworld nutrient paste hopper how to#

Set this priority higher than other food stockpiles to make sure food is hauled to the hopper.ĭespite the limitations in the stockpile selection, the machine will consume any type of food (except hay). The hopper defaults to Important priority. Otherwise, it works like any other stockpile zone - you can click the 'Storage' tab to select priority and stored items. Unlike with most other haul tasks, hauling to a food hopper is considered both a 'Cook' and a 'Hauling' work job. Hoppers act like a stockpile zone, but can only hold raw food other than hay. The dispenser can draw from multiple hoppers at the same time.

Meals draw from hoppers from the bottom-left-most tile first, going counter-clockwise from there. A dispenser with 13 hoppers could have up to 975 foodstuffs available for processing, or 162 nutrient paste meals. A total of 13 hoppers can service a single dispenser. Hoppers are installed on any side of a nutrient paste dispenser, except the interaction spot (front center). Numbers indicate order the hoppers will be drawn from - Note that this order is not rotated if the disperser is. Actually it's probably usually less work, because it's done in bulk and the haulers are there for a short period of the day and get it over with, while a nutrient paste dispensor is used randomly througout the day causing haulers to constantly walk back to it and refill the the few pieces of ingredients that were used for every single meal as they are made one at a time.Gold tile is the dispenser's interaction spot. The amount of time and work is almost identical to a nutrient paste dispensor. The chef just stands there and hammers out a few meals in a matter of seconds, haulers handle refilling ingredients and moving the meals to the proper stockpile. You put higher priority 1x1 stockpiles next to a chef similar to the hoppers on the paste dispensor, you tell the chef to only grab ingredients from a radius of 3 and to drop meals on the ground when finished, behind them is an empty stockpile that counts the meals made while they are on the floor. The difference between a nutrient paste dispensor and a chef making meals is neglible, as in both cases haulers are feeding ingredients, and the actual meal prep time is basically nothing.

Rimworld nutrient paste hopper how to#

If you learn how to setup a cooking area then cooking for a colony of 5 takes no noticeable time whatsoever. Being a cook for a 5-man colony is a major time investment you need to consider. Originally posted by Gentle Giant:As for efficiency I was mainly referring to work.

Not if you have the tech and infrastructure to build a Snot dispenser already! You have bigger problems, dude!Įven on ice sheet or extreme desert total food should never be a problem. 16 difference)ģ) If you are really concerned with the loss of efficiency of cooking meals, vs. almost always due to bad food traded, or pawns munching on Ambrosia, or something similarly silly.Ģ) 'mood penalty', should better be written as 'the same mood penalty as wearing 6 dead men's tainted clothing, while mourning the loss of a bonded pet'. Component maintenance.ġ) Food poisoning rate in my colony is at about 2 events per YEAR.

(super big one) Less mood penalty than raw.ĭownsides: Requires electricity. Originally posted by Gentle Giant:Dispenser upsides: fastest food processing besides eating raw.