Swamp Chard Heart

Swamp Chard Heart is a food item obtained from harvesting Swamp Chard. Each harvested plant yields 1 unit of Swamp Chard Heart worth 2400 kcal.

It can also appear as a print selection from the Printing Pod or Mini-Pod. In that case, the reward provides 2 units worth 4800 kcal, but only after the item has been discovered or after the colony has survived for 500 cycles. This makes it a renewable food source early on if Swamp Chard is available, and a useful emergency food print later if the colony has already unlocked it.

Because it comes directly from a crop, Swamp Chard Heart is tied to whatever conditions are needed to grow Swamp Chard in the first place. Once the plant is established, harvesting it is the simplest and most reliable way to obtain the food. The printing option is less dependable, but the larger bundle can help bridge temporary shortages or support a new colony that needs immediate calories.

• Harvesting Swamp Chard produces 1 Swamp Chard Heart.
• Printing it produces 2 Swamp Chard Hearts.
• Printed rewards require the item to be discovered first, or the colony to reach 500 cycles survived.
• Each unit provides 2400 kcal.