Lasso
A necessary tool for all cowboys.
Knife
A sharpened piece of metal with a handle. It is an essential tool for the advanced botanist seeking rare herbs.
Sewing machine
A mechanical device for sewing.
Toaster
A piece of kitchen equipment for the purpose of toasting bread.
Hammer
A tool with a shaft and a metal head designed mainly for hitting nails.
Animal Cage
A necessary tool for the animal tamer, the cage allows you to hold an animal captive.
Mill
A tool for grinding substances into powder; for instance, seeds into flour.
Kettle
Most commonly found in a kitchen, this item is used to heat liquids over a heat source.
Chemistry Lab Travel Kit
A portable kit of basic chemistry tools and supplies. Perfect for field work, and also as a desperate last resort when everything else fails to impress your hot and nerdy date from the library.
Chaveta
Knife used by cigar makers to craft cigars.
Still
Used by distillers to distill liquids, this still is portable.
Aging Barrel
Cylindrical wooden container that is used to store and mature beverages.
Bucket
A cylindrical, watertight container with open top.
Beekeeper's hat
Protective headwear used by beekeepers to avoid being stung.
Cooking pot
A kitchen vessel used for cooking, such as a saucepan.
Baker's hat
Hat or cap traditionally worn by bakers, important for baking with good hygiene and, at least as important - in style.
Butter churn
Tool for making butter.
Butcher's knife
A sturdy meat-cleaver used by butchers. Chop-chop!
Frying pan
A pan used in the kitchen for frying.
Food smoker
A smoker is a tool for smoking food. It is fundamentally a large box where you put the food, and a burner where you burn various types of wood and from which the smoke reaches the part where the food is.
Meal
A prepared meal, filling enough to serve as the main course of a dinner.
Whisk
Tool used for whisking (whipping) food substances.
Roaster
Machine that can be used to roast food products - for example, coffee beans.
Grill
Device used for grilling food (barbecue).
Blow torch
Device that produces a targeted flame.
Cocktail shaker
A three piece device used to mix drinking ingredients by shaking.
Muddler
A bartender's tool used to mash ingredients.
Bar spoon
A long spoon used primarily by bartenders when mixing or layering drinks.
420 Grinder
A small cylindrical device used to grind flowers of a special plant into a form suitable for rolling joints.
Recipes
Recipes were introduced on October 13th 2008 by the king of alternative content, Frank Blomdahl.
The definition he gave in the forum (756381.1) was the following: “A recipe is an ability to create a certain item, using one or several components (= other items).”
Recipes have quickly become a great part of Popmundo, since they bring mood, health or star quality boosts. Moreover, there are a lot of recipes categories (food, alcohol, tobacco or textile products, etc.) and these recipes come from many places over the world. It's another way to bring culture from the different countries of Popmundo to everyone.
You'll find below the main principles of recipes and an explanation of the info you can find on each recipe page.
Creates:
Following a recipe will create a handmade item. Crafted consumable items can provide various effect on your mood, health or star quality. Crafted wearable items, on the other hand, might give the opportunity to get special diary entries (like when roleplaying with your spouse).
The quality of your crafted item depends on your skill level and on the quality of the components (which can vary when they are handmade as well).
Tool required:
A recipe always uses a tool (another item). The tool is not destroyed in the process, but you must have it in your inventory.
The different existing tools are the following:
- 420 Grinder
- Aging Barrel
- Animal Cage
- Baker's hat
- Bar spoon
- Beekeeper's hat
- Blow torch
- Bucket
- Butcher's knife
- Butter churn
- Chaveta
- Chemistry Lab Travel Kit
- Cocktail shaker
- Cooking pot
- Food smoker
- Frying pan
- Grill
- Hammer
- Kettle
- Knife
- Lasso
- Meal
- Mill
- Muddler
- Roaster
- Sewing machine
- Still
- Toaster
- Whisk
Note that if you are located in the Hobby Room of a Special Home, your character is no longer limited to what they can carry: any personal items in the house can be used in recipes (tool or component).
Time restriction:
Skill required:
A recipe always requires a specific skill to be followed. Knowing the skill is enough to successfully use a recipe, your skill level will only influence the quality of your crafted item.
The 581 indexed recipes are grouped in 13 categories defined by the skill required to execute each recipe: Agriculture, Cigar Making, Basic Cooking, Distillation, Tobacco Chemistry, Baking, Cheesemaking, Chemistry, Basic Sewing, Hat Making, All-night Partying, Mixology, 420 Science.
How to learn a recipe:
If all recipes can be learnt by spending 5 XP (for each repice) on the “Improve Character” page, some of them are automatically granted when you learn the required skill.
All recipes can be taught using the apprenticeship system. As a master, following a recipe will teach your apprentices as long as they are in the same locale than you, whatever are the skill taught and the carrier focus of both master and apprentices.
Recipes are easy. It's not possible to fail when using a recipe AND an apprentice will always learn a recipe at first try.
Components required
In addition to the tool, the recipe requires components in your inventory. Each time a recipe is followed, one charge of each component is consumed.
Note that if you are located in the Hobby Room of a Special Home, your character is no longer limited to what they can carry: any personal items in the house can be used in recipes (tool or component).
