I have discovered the magical art of booze production! And in a completely unexpected place...
After making the purchase of a brand new chemistry set and dragging it up all the stairs, I decided to shove all the recipes I could think of into it and then see what showed up. This included that little recipe I'm sure many of you have come across that simply says "Bottle of Hootch - 1 pile of scrap wood".
Well, as it so happened, I had a spare pile of wood for the still. Out of curiosity I put it in the chemistry set. The recipe turned green, marking it as ready for business.
So, one command and a few seconds later, I was the proud owner of a bottle of hootch. A bottle with six units of alcohol in it. Easy to make, only requires one unit of very easy-to-find material, and awards 20xp to the maker.
Naturally, I chugged the whole thing in my excitement. That's how I found out how much was in there.
So what, exactly, a wasteland still is supposed to do I'm not entirely sure. I don't know if it can beat the chem set hootch in any way, and the only thing I know it can be used for is making soda.
Mind you, I'm still going to try and make the still someday. It's just... Not as pressing a concern. And now I'm stocking up on vast quantities of sugar for eventual soda making.
I've also cooked up a couple mortilex hypos, thanks to a staggering amount of brains donated by Magma. I'll need to loot the crack mansion for some syringes before they all rot away. Trauma kits aren't much of a concern due to a huge stockpile I've suddenly come into possession of, but I'll keep an eye out for methylamine bottles so I can whip up some crank. I've got a veritable compost pile of ephedra leaves in here.
Beyond that, it's business as usual. Infecting FC with zombie rot through poisoned dogs and contaminated fast food, urinating in places that shouldn't be pissed upon, and contracting Not Lupus.
Thankfully my touch with Not Lupus was fairly short, as nobody ever seems to have viromycin on hand. For whatever reason, my Not Lupus disappeared shortly after contracting it. Strange.
Now, let's see here... 14 Brawn, plus 3 from Yeti Fur in cold, plus 3 from Brute Strength, plus 4 from Vampire, plus 4 from Bleeder frenzy, plus 8 from gym if maxed out... 36 Brawn. Hooligan that.
You could probably wear cars.