Popcorn Kettle

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A Popcorn Kettle is an item that can create bags or buckets of edible popcorn. It is sold at the Ebon Gate shop called Kettle Black. Popcorn Kettles have a variety of a la carte unlock certificates to unlock different customization options.

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Analyze

You analyze the popcorn kettle and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
        --Popcorn Kettle--
  This popcorn kettle is an item that can create bags or buckets of edible popcorn.
  This is a Basic popcorn kettle, which requires ears of corn, as well as golden wands or fire magic to work.
  Food, foraged items, tea/coffee flavorings, and other items can be added to the kettle during the creation process to infuse extra flavoring into the finished product.  You can only add up to two (2) of these extra flavorings, but they are not required.
  These extra flavorings will also affect the color of the resulting kernels.
  You can also optionally add melted butter and/or salt.
  Paper bags made with the Paper Maker can be added to the popcorn kettle to be used in the next batch of popcorn.
    ==Alteration Guidelines==
  * Alterations to the 15/15/15 and long description are fine, though this kettle cannot take a show.
  * The noun must remain "kettle" with the word popcorn preceding it in the adjective field.
  * The kettle must be made primarily of metal.
    ==Features==
As a Basic popcorn kettle, you have access to the following verbs: DROP/PUT (add ingredients), FLIP (change adjective of created popcorn), CLEAN (reset settings), PINCH (change between bag or bucket container), PUSH (create popcorn).
  INSPECTing the kettle will provide you a wealth of information on the current state the popcorn is in.
  WHISPERing to the kettle with an item in your other hand can send a copy of that item to the proper authorities if the kettle isn't properly accepting something as an ingredient.

You get no sense of whether or not the kettle may be further lightened.

Basic Popcorn Kettle

Popcorn Kettles have a number of options available off the shelf:

  • Require golden wands or Fire-based magic to work for charges.
  • Require ears of corn to use for popping. (Kettles can hold up to 10 ears of corn.)
  • Can make different types of popcorn depending on the initial ingredient added. Types include: plain, oiled/buttered, kettle corn, caramel popcorn, and cheesy popcorn.
  • Can optionally have up to two (2) additional flavor infusions added from other food/drink items, forageable items, tea/coffee brewing ingredients, and cooking ingredients. This uses the same flavor system as the still, cheese wheel, and meat grinder.
  • Can be optionally seasoned with various types of salt and/or melted butter.
  • Can toggle between the popcorn coming out in a paper bag or a wooden bucket.
  • Optionally can add in a waxed paper bag from the Paper Maker and the next batch of popcorn will use this bag.
  • Can change the adjective of the created popcorn.

Usage

Verb First Third
CLEAN This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
Reset settings.
DROP/PUT {ingredient} IN {kettle} This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
Add ingredients.
FLIP This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
Change adjective of created popcorn.
PINCH This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
Change between bag/bucket for popcorn container.
PUSH This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
Create popcorn.

Custom Container

Adds a custom container slot. Each slot includes one custom bag slot and one custom bucket slot. You can have 10 custom slots on the kettle for a total of 10 custom bags and 10 custom buckets. When initially applied as an unlock, slot designs are blank but can be altered by a merchant.

Long Description

Adds the ability to have a long description on the popcorn. You can choose to toggle whether you see the long description of the popcorn or the bag if your chosen bag/bucket design has a long description.

Cooking Time

Adds the ability to adjust cooking time for the popcorn. This will let you have undercooked or burned popcorn, as well as some adjectives specific to this.

Flavor Effect

Add the "Spicy" or "Stale" after effect to created popcorn.

Weavable Items

Adds the ability to create popcorn that can be used as a weaving item.

Additional Information

The kernels will also have different colors based on what you put in. The popcorn itself also has some fun verbs - you can definitely target the EAT verb so you can stare at someone/something while eating popcorn. You can also TOSS it to try to get it into your mouth (if you target yourself) or just throw it at someone/something.

The OTS designs are essentially 'a bag of <adjective> <popcorn>' or 'a bucket of <adjective> <popcorn>'. The containers in the messaging for those are 'paper bag' and 'wooden bucket' respectively.

Rather like the Bottletraption designs you can make a long description of the bag or bucket with only palceholders needing to be the adjective and the noun. So an example would be 'a rainbow-hued paper bag of <adjective> <popcorn noun> decorated with dancing unicorns'. For the custom ones, that is. If you unlock the long descriptions, you could toggle the part that is after the noun to describe the popcorn inside instead of the bag.

Popcorn Kettle Information
Type Fluff
Crafting
Item Classification Miscellaneous
Item(s) Applied to Popcorn Kettle
Alterable Yes
Light/Deep
Original Release Venue Ebon Gate
Original Release Year 2024
Tiered Yes
How to Unlock Certificate
Item Verbs
CLEAN DROP FLIP PINCH
PUSH PUT