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In the unforgiving cosmos ofRimworld, every calorie counts, and every moment of a colonist’s time is precious. While gourmet meals might boost mood and inspire grand thoughts, the brutal reality often demands a more practical approach to sustenance. Enter the Nutrient Paste Dispenser.
This machine is strictly utilitarian - it turns raw materials into packaged meals that, while they aren’t exactly tasty or luxurious, they will keep your colonists fed and healthy. Whether you’re a seasoned player looking to optimize your food supply or a newcomer struggling to keep your pawns fed, the Nutrient Paste Dispenser is an easy addition to make.
How To Build A Nutrient Paste Dispenser
Like most advanced technologies, the Nutrient Paste Dispenser isn’t available from day one. You’ll need toresearch the following:
Once unlocked, you’ll need125 Steel and three Componentsto build a Nutrient Paste Dispenser. Components can be created atFabrication Benches, also requiring Steel.
How To Use Nutrient Paste Dispensers
There are a few things to keep in mind when it comes to building and placing your Nutrient Paste Dispenser:
The Dispenser works bytaking raw food material from an adjacent Hopper, whichmustalso be placed to make it work - without a Hopper, the Dispenser is useless.
Make surethe tube of the Hopperis facing the Nutrient Paste Dispenser. If your dispenser isn’t working, it will likely be that your Hopper is facing the wrong way.
You will not need to schedule work orders from the Nutrient Paste Dispenser or the Hopper - instead,the Hopper acts as a storage pointfor raw food materials (such as fish).Pawns can then use the dispenser pointto command it to turn the raw material into a meal.
For this reason, it can be handy to use multiple Hoppers at a time to be able to store multiple stacks/types of food for your colony’s use.
