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Running River Oats is a packaged food item in The Long Dark.

Overview[]

Running River Oats is a inedible ingredient use to cook Porridge or Camber Flight Porridge. 1 container of Oats can be used to make 8 bowls of Porridge (roughly 2800 calories if just used for Porridge, or 8000 calories if used to make Camber Flight Porridge).

Running River Oats can often be found alongside other cooking materials such as Cooking Oil and Salt.

Tips[]

When used for Porridge, Running River Oats has an excellent calorie density of 3500 kcal/kg, making it an efficient travel food on par with MRE's. Its low decay rate further increases its usefulness as a travel food.

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Trivia[]

The side of the can lists "Ingredients: Whole Grain Rolled Oats, Sugar, Salt, Natural Flavours."

Update history[]

  • UPDATE 21 June 2023 (Update):
    • Added to game.