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ntnzelenin Mar 20, 2023 @ 11:48am
[Solved] Death from fried eggs
TLDR: read my comment below, have fun xD

I have a deadly pan of fried eggs with tomato paste and margarine. I die very rapidly if I eat at least 1/4 of it, in an hour or so. Just by pure luck I made a backup of my save right before doing it, wanted to disable zombies respawn so copied it in case save breaks.

Is there a way to know why exactly I die? Maybe there's some description in save files. I love my character and don't want her to die in future because of some strange dull situation like this.

There's no indication in game. I tried eating tomato paste and margarine separately - all is good. Thought maybe because it's partially burnt (it was burnt for around 40% while cooking but still is shown as fresh and cooked) - throw out those eggs, made identical ones - no effect.
What might influence is that my character has weak stomach. Also maybe changing world settings messed something up but that seems unlikely to me, I fried eggs after changing it.
What else might influence.. my backpack is bloody, the rest is clean. No corpses around.

Any ideas?
Last edited by ntnzelenin; Mar 20, 2023 @ 3:48pm
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CaZark Mar 20, 2023 @ 11:59am 
Eating burnt or rotten food with a weak stomach character can kill them I'm pretty sure, that's probably the reason.
ntnzelenin Mar 20, 2023 @ 12:01pm 
But it is not burnt or rotten, the game says "fresh, cooked". I'll try to partially burn it one more time, will go until 90%
ntnzelenin Mar 20, 2023 @ 12:07pm 
No luck. Did the same meal, burnt it until 90% and ate - nothing.
Maybe it's a bug?
ntnzelenin Mar 20, 2023 @ 12:22pm 
I reproduced it, LOL. I am an idiot. I keep food in a kitchen cabinet, and I keep bleach on the table above.. and when I put ingredients into my meal, after 2-3 eggs bleach appears unexpectedly in place where an egg was right before.. so I accidentally added bleach, lol..
Elementary, my dear Watson
ntnzelenin Mar 20, 2023 @ 12:23pm 
Is there a competition for the most stupid death in Project Zomboid? I'm going to apply
mxd_ Mar 20, 2023 @ 1:00pm 
Bleach is a lovely secret ingredient! You could easily poison people online with that strategy.
ntnzelenin Mar 20, 2023 @ 1:02pm 
This is exactly how I figured it out :) someone complained about food poisoned by bleach.
That's another lesson: never let a stranger cook food for you xD
Last edited by ntnzelenin; Mar 20, 2023 @ 1:02pm
Bird Mar 20, 2023 @ 1:55pm 
Originally posted by ntnzelenin:
I reproduced it, LOL. I am an idiot. I keep food in a kitchen cabinet, and I keep bleach on the table above.. and when I put ingredients into my meal, after 2-3 eggs bleach appears unexpectedly in place where an egg was right before.. so I accidentally added bleach, lol..
Elementary, my dear Watson
beautiful
Puppers Mar 20, 2023 @ 3:36pm 
Originally posted by ntnzelenin:
I reproduced it, LOL. I am an idiot. I keep food in a kitchen cabinet, and I keep bleach on the table above.. and when I put ingredients into my meal, after 2-3 eggs bleach appears unexpectedly in place where an egg was right before.. so I accidentally added bleach, lol..
Elementary, my dear Watson


aahahahaahaaaa holy biscuits lol
Nordil(Hun) Mar 20, 2023 @ 4:34pm 
Originally posted by Puppers:
Originally posted by ntnzelenin:
I reproduced it, LOL. I am an idiot. I keep food in a kitchen cabinet, and I keep bleach on the table above.. and when I put ingredients into my meal, after 2-3 eggs bleach appears unexpectedly in place where an egg was right before.. so I accidentally added bleach, lol..
Elementary, my dear Watson


aahahahaahaaaa holy biscuits lol

Actually....it is not such an uncommon thing:) After a while i usually ask if they had the bleach near the food:D
ntnzelenin Mar 20, 2023 @ 5:09pm 
Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):
Originally posted by Puppers:


aahahahaahaaaa holy biscuits lol

Actually....it is not such an uncommon thing:) After a while i usually ask if they had the bleach near the food:D

lol, then devs probably should add a popup with the question "Are you REALLY going to add BLEACH to the meal you're cooking?? y/n"
Nordil(Hun) Mar 20, 2023 @ 5:20pm 
Originally posted by ntnzelenin:
Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

Actually....it is not such an uncommon thing:) After a while i usually ask if they had the bleach near the food:D

lol, then devs probably should add a popup with the question "Are you REALLY going to add BLEACH to the meal you're cooking?? y/n"

Actually if i recall well you can now check if you have added bleach to the food:) However only the one who prepared the food can check it, so in multiplayer it is a decent way to poison others.
ntnzelenin Mar 20, 2023 @ 5:29pm 
Do not see any mention of such option. Can you tell how to do that? Or maybe it's not possible :)
Originally posted by ntnzelenin:
I reproduced it, LOL. I am an idiot. I keep food in a kitchen cabinet, and I keep bleach on the table above.. and when I put ingredients into my meal, after 2-3 eggs bleach appears unexpectedly in place where an egg was right before.. so I accidentally added bleach, lol..
Elementary, my dear Watson
Yeah, I keep my Bleach under the kitchen sink. Sometimes, as I'm adding ingredients do a dish, I creep away from the Fridge. When I get near the sink, I am just adding whatever else the dish will take. More than once, I have seen Add Bleach and almost clicked it. Only reason I didn't was the Poison Mushrooms mystery in the Fridge. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2933447365 The PZWiki says "Adding a Poisonous Mushroom as an ingredient, will make the product poisonous, even if the player can't determine if a mushroom is poisonous or not." But, I had read The Herbalist magazine and reached Foraging level 8, so I wasn't bringing Poison Mushrooms back to base. The Poison icon wasn't on any of the mushrooms I had, so I was being super cautious. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2933447303 Otherwise, I would have totally made the Bleach Stir Fry!
Last edited by Another Mother's Son; Mar 20, 2023 @ 5:42pm
Puppers Mar 20, 2023 @ 8:07pm 
Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):
Originally posted by Puppers:


aahahahaahaaaa holy biscuits lol

Actually....it is not such an uncommon thing:) After a while i usually ask if they had the bleach near the food:D

It is still hilarious. Uncommon or not, not something I have ever come across in my thousands of hours lol.
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Date Posted: Mar 20, 2023 @ 11:48am
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