# Can't find Yeast!

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [May 1, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478 "2020-05-01T01:48:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/1 "2020-05-01T01:48:13Z")

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I can’t find it anywhere, and the Item Locator page says sealed yeast culture doesn’t spawn and has no entry for just yeast. Where can I get yeast to get started??

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**Author:** ![Ragno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ragno/32/5935_2.png) [@Ragno](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ragno)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/2 "2020-05-01T02:04:58Z")

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Being honest, this as the same as with the pocket watch, is just luck, but i tend to find it more commonly on cabins or rural houses(maybe licor/brewing stores too, not sure on this one), that in the urban ones

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**Author:** ![Mikt4743](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Mikt4743](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mikt4743)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/3 "2020-05-01T02:15:41Z")

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I find it any old spot where flour spawns, that is to say where preserved food spawns in a house. Pretty sure some fermenting recipes also produce yeast as a by-product

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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/4 "2020-05-01T02:44:53Z")

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> [@Ragno](#):
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> Being honest, this as the same as with the pocket watch, is just luck, but i tend to find it more commonly on cabins or rural houses(maybe licor/brewing stores too, not sure on this one), that in the urban ones

Then I definitely have the absolute worst luck!

> [@Mikt4743](#):
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> I find it any old spot where flour spawns, that is to say where preserved food spawns in a house. Pretty sure some fermenting recipes also produce yeast as a by-product

Thanks, I’ll give it a try there.

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**Author:** ![Tamior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tamior](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tamior)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/5 "2020-05-01T09:09:17Z")

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> [@Mikt4743](#):
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> I find it any old spot where flour spawns, that is to say where preserved food spawns in a house. Pretty sure some fermenting recipes also produce yeast as a by-product

Here is the catch: try and find one that doesn’t require yeast as one of the components.

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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/6 "2020-05-01T19:08:24Z")

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That’s my issue, but go figure a house I just raided had both a gold watch AND a bit of yeast in it!

I also do not understand lockers, as some locations I dismantle them in are now giving keys, but others are not, and it’s not like newly generated versus not. Same area of town even. Very confusing.

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**Author:** ![Mikt4743](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Mikt4743](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mikt4743)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/7 "2020-05-01T19:40:36Z")

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> [@Tamior](#):
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> Here is the catch: try and find one that doesn’t require yeast as one of the components.

Vinegar I think? Last time I did vinegar I remember making some yeast

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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/8 "2020-05-01T20:42:54Z")

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I’m still trying to find vinegar … -.-

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/9 "2020-05-01T23:47:46Z")

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You don’t need to _find_ vinegar to get yeast. You have to [make](http://cdda-trunk.chezzo.com/brew_vinegar/craft) it. It’s super simple.

For some reason I thought fruit wine used to not require yeast, but double checking it in the item browser it seems that now it does, so vinegar is your only option on this one as far as I’m aware.

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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/10 "2020-05-02T00:55:27Z")

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Oh you’re awesome lol, thank you.

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/11 "2020-05-02T01:35:37Z")

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No problem, happy to help!

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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/12 "2020-05-02T04:03:56Z")

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> [@Trigon](#):
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> happy

Turns out I need to HAVE vinegar to make vinegar … or more to make the acetic acid that vinegar actually is to distill more of it. Which is made from the vinegar.

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/13 "2020-05-02T05:48:21Z")

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You should be able to make unfermented vinegar from basically any alcohol, then when you set it in a fermenting vat and let it ferment (takes less than a day) you’ll get yeast when you harvest it.

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**Author:** ![Grimm\_Spector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/grimm_spector/32/5132_2.png) [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/14 "2020-05-02T05:53:26Z")

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Hmmm don’t seem to be able to, but maybe it’s in a book?

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**Author:** ![techincal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@techincal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/techincal)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/15 "2020-05-02T06:25:59Z")

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All liquor stores have like 100 yeast laying around on the counter.

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**Author:** ![Hdstaskr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f19dbf/32.png) [@Hdstaskr](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hdstaskr)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/16 "2020-05-02T13:30:43Z")

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I’ve got RNG yeast spawns in kitchen areas.

Wait, why do you specifically need a box of yeast to ferment things? The stuff’s floating in the air.

Prison wine is made by keeping sugary liquid in a bag in a warm place. It’s shitty, but it’s still fermenting…

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/17 "2020-05-02T17:11:52Z")

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Fruit wine used to be made without yeast, and produce yeast as a byproduct, but it was changed:

> <https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/37463>

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/18 "2020-05-02T17:21:50Z")

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> [@Hdstaskr](#):
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> Prison wine is made by keeping sugary liquid in a bag in a warm place.

Yeah… Tried that a few times in real life (even though not in prison), it always turned into vinegar.

> [@Grimm\_Spector](#):
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> […] maybe it’s in a book?

Yeah, sadly, the recipe for unfermented vinegar requires one of two book (`The Vinegar Maker's Handbook` or `Winemaking for Beginners`).

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/19 "2020-05-02T20:01:17Z")

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Thought so. I usually used fruit wine to get yeast when playing innawoods.

Fermenting vinegar better reflects the environmental capture of yeast though so this change does make sense.

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**Author:** ![Mikt4743](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Mikt4743](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mikt4743)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-find-yeast/23478/20 "2020-05-05T15:14:35Z")

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> [@Valase](#):
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> Yeah, sadly, the recipe for unfermented vinegar requires one of two book ( `The Vinegar Maker's Handbook` or `Winemaking for Beginners` ).

Don’t forget Homebrewer’s Bible! It’s good book to find

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