Alien Fruits

Alien Fruits

Alien fruits are all fruits that are not Bananas. There are currently 13 alien fruits(see List of plants and fruits), including a special one ( Bumpjunkin) related to an event.  

Consuming an alien fruit allows you to gain action points, morale, satiety, and can potentially cause/cure Psychic Diseases or Disorders.  

Furthermore, interacting with Fruit Aliens can lead to glory in certain cases:

• Each sown plant brings Ian a Naturalist glory. Grafts don't count
• Each living plant gives the glory of Biodiversity upon arrival to Eden. TODO: Each individual plant or all plants combined?

Harvest

It is possible to harvest between 1 and 3 fruits during Expeditions in the Harvesting Event in the Orchards , Forest , Swamp , and High Temperature sectors (seeSections ). Each expedition member with theBotanist skill allows you to collect one additional alien fruit per harvest.      

Just as with Bananas, it is possible to use an Alien Fruit to create a new plant using the actions 2  or  SowingOr 2  or  Graft

• Once mature, it will produce one Alien Fruit of the same type every day

Main article: Gardening.

Features

Only Botanists, Chefs or Mush can see the effects of Alien Fruits.

Each Alien Fruit can have the following characteristics:

• Give between 1 and 3 .
• Give a value between 0 and 1 .
• It can have between 0 and 4 effects. Each effect can:
  • Give 1
  • Cure a Mental Illness or Disorder
  • Cause an illness or mental disorder

A character with theFrugivore skill who consumes an Alien Fruit gains a +2 bonus .

The characteristics of an Alien Fruit are determined for each fruit during the ship's creation. For example, in a given game, a Caleboot will always be able to:

• Give 2
• Give 1
• Have a 30% chance of causing the flu
• Have a 55% chance of curing depression

The ripening time of the fruit is also variable, with seven different durations possible. The only way to know the ripening time of a plant is to plant it; the fruit alone does not provide this information.

In all cases, alien fruits provide 1 point of satiety upon consumption.

Probabilities

The above characteristics are determined using the following probabilities:

Probability of

Maturation Time

Cycles	Probability
2 cycles	9.59 %
4 cycles	9.59 %
8 cycles	32.88 %
12 cycles	19.18 %
16 cycles	9.59 %
24 cycles	9.59 %
48 cycles	9.59 %

Probability of

gaining

AP	Probability
+1	90 %
+2	9 %
+3	1 %

Probability of

gaining

Moral	Probability
+1	70 %
0	30 %
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Probability of the

number of effects

Effects	Probability
0 effect	35 %
1 effect	40 %
2 effects	15 %
3 effects	9 %
4 effects	1 %

Probability of each type of effect

Type	Probability
Cures an ailment ( Diseases / Disorders)	50 %
Causes harm ( Diseases / Disorders)	50 %

Whether a fruit cures or causes harm ( Diseases / Disorders) is chosen with the following probabilities:

Disease or Disorder	Weight	Probability
Flu, Gastroenteritis, Migraine, Tapeworm	8
Crabism, Black Bite, Common Cold, Extreme Tinnitus, Food Poisoning, Fungal Infection, Verdigris, Rubella, Sinus Storm, Space Rabies, Vitamin Deficiency	4
Acid reflux, Skin rash, Agoraphobia, Chronic migraine, Dizziness, Depression, Psychotic episodes	2
Cat allergy, Mushroom allergy, Septicemia, Mild nausea, Smallpox, Syphilis, Ailurophobia, Coprolalia, Spleen, Weapon phobia, Chronic vertigo, Paranoia	1

In the event that the fruit causes problems, the probability that the effect will be applied upon consumption of the fruit is as follows:

%	Probability
	TODO: To be completed!