Penny Bun
Penny Bun is an uncommon mushroom food item in DayZ found in forests. Raw Penny Bun takes 2 inventory slots, weighs 150 g, provides 180 kcal and 150 mL of water, and can be eaten raw or cooked.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
Penny Bun is a forest mushroom food item in DayZ. It can be eaten raw when fresh, but cooking it changes its energy, water, and stomach values. Baked Penny Bun gives more energy, boiled Penny Bun gives more hydration, and dried Penny Bun keeps strong food value with less water. Burned or rotten Penny Buns should be avoided because they can cause poisoning.
In-game description
“Mushroom of choice, it can be made even tastier by cooking.”
Main Uses
- Eat raw for food and hydration
- Bake for higher energy value
- Boil for the best hydration value
- Dry for longer-lasting food value with less water
- Use as a forest survival food source
- Avoid burned or rotten Penny Buns because they can cause poisoning
How to use this item
Eat Penny Bun safely
Penny Bun can be eaten raw when fresh, but cooked versions provide different food and hydration values. Avoid burned or rotten mushrooms.
- Find a Penny Bun in a forest area.
- Check its condition before eating.
- Eat it raw if you need both food and hydration.
- Cook it if you want better energy or hydration values.
- Do not eat burned or rotten Penny Buns unless you are willing to risk poisoning.
Find Penny Buns
Penny Buns are uncommon mushrooms found in forest areas.
- Travel through forest areas.
- Check the ground around trees and wooded paths.
- Look for fresh mushrooms while moving through the forest.
- Pick fresh mushrooms when possible.
- Avoid rotten mushrooms unless you are desperate.
How to get Penny Bun
- Search forest areas.
- Check the ground around trees.
- Look near wooded paths and natural forest clearings.
- Loot players carrying mushrooms or other forest food.
Spawn info
- • Penny Bun is found in forests.
- • It is an uncommon Food and Drink item under Mushrooms.
- • Raw Penny Bun provides 180 kcal.
- • Raw Penny Bun provides 150 mL of water.
- • Raw Penny Bun has 375 mL stomach volume.
- • It takes 2 inventory slots.
- • It weighs 150 g.
- • It has raw, baked, boiled, dried, burned, and rotten variants.
Food and nutrition notes
Energy
180 kcal
Water
150 mL
Stomach
375 mL
Quantity
150
Max wetness
Damp (24.9%)
Freeze time
33 minutes
Freezing point
-0.5 °C / 31.1 °F
Max temperature
105 °C / 221 °F
Notes
- • Raw Penny Bun provides 180 kcal and 150 mL of water.
- • Baked Penny Bun provides 450 kcal and 90 mL of water.
- • Boiled Penny Bun provides 375 kcal and 240 mL of water.
- • Dried Penny Bun provides 375 kcal and 30 mL of water.
- • Burned Penny Bun provides 135 kcal and 0 mL of water.
- • Rotten Penny Bun provides 135 kcal and 60 mL of water.
- • Burned or rotten Penny Buns can cause poisoning.
- • Penny Buns are found in forests.
- • Penny Bun is also known as Boletus, Porcino, or Porcini mushroom.
Important notes
- Penny Bun is found in forests.
- Raw Penny Bun provides 180 kcal.
- Raw Penny Bun provides 150 mL of water.
- Raw Penny Bun has 375 mL stomach volume.
- It takes 2 inventory slots.
- It weighs 150 g.
- It is categorized as Food and Drink > Mushrooms.
- It is uncommon.
- It can be eaten raw when fresh.
- It can be cooked, boiled, dried, burned, or become rotten.
- Burned or rotten Penny Buns can cause poisoning.
- It is also known as Boletus, Porcino, or Porcini mushroom.