Other Food Flora lists all the known plants that are used as food or fodder. These plants are food sources that do not have much information on them. The Freelancer can encounter or get some knowledge on these foods from various sources.
The following are the other food flora that are recognized:
Antium Grain
Etymology and Anatomy
Antium Grain is grown in the farm terraces of Antium Region. They are used to make baked goods and treats.These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms. Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
When Lienn couldn’t find Antium Grain in 468 LV, she became an alcoholic, much to the dismay of her baking partner Mora. The Freelancer can intervene and help Lienn find her way back to make their baking business successful.
The Freelancer can also find instructions on making Sentinel Striklund's Sandwich while exploring Northern Bastion. This recipe requires the use of bread made with Antium Grain.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in
Anthem. - It very likely looks like most grain plants like rice or wheat from the real-world.
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Etymology and Anatomy
Antium Grain is grown in the farm terraces of Antium Region. They are used to make baked goods and treats.
Additional Details:
These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms.
Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
When Lienn couldn’t find Antium Grain in 468 LV, she became an alcoholic, much to the dismay of her baking partner Mora. The Freelancer can intervene and help Lienn find her way back to make their baking business successful.
The Freelancer can also find instructions on making Sentinel Striklund's Sandwich while exploring Northern Bastion. This recipe requires the use of bread made with Antium Grain.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in
Anthem. - It very likely looks like most grain plants like rice or wheat from the real-world.
Locations
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Cackelberry
Etymology and Anatomy
Cackelberry is a berry found in Mirrus. It is used to make Cackelberry wine.These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms. Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
When the Freelancer finally put an end to the Heart of Rage in 468 LV, Haluk celebrated by drinking cackelberry wine in the Fort Tarsis Bar. Faye, who knows that Haluk likes to get drunk on this wine calls it his “truth juice.” Hilariously, Haluk becomes a truthteller when he gets intoxicated on this wine.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem.
- Cackleberry (notice the spelling difference) is an archaic term for a hen’s egg in the real-world. It also means facetious. The plant mentioned is clearly a pun for what Haluk does after drinking its wine.
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Etymology and Anatomy
Cackelberry is a berry found in Mirrus. It is used to make Cackelberry wine.
Additional Details:
These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms.
Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
When the Freelancer finally put an end to the Heart of Rage in 468 LV, Haluk celebrated by drinking cackelberry wine in the Fort Tarsis Bar. Faye, who knows that Haluk likes to get drunk on this wine calls it his “truth juice.” Hilariously, Haluk becomes a truthteller when he gets intoxicated on this wine.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem.
- Cackleberry (notice the spelling difference) is an archaic term for a hen’s egg in the real-world. It also means facetious. The plant mentioned is clearly a pun for what Haluk does after drinking its wine.
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Dillybart
Etymology and Anatomy
Dillybart is a plant whose parts can be used to make a spice. Its true appearance isn't revealed yet.These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms. Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
Dillybart is a minor ingredient in Flori's Soup, a traditional Northern Bastion stew.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem.
- Dillybart may be named after Dilly Bars, a confection made of ice cream covered in chocolate. However, in the case here, it is a spice, instead of a sweet.
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Etymology and Anatomy
Dillybart is a plant whose parts can be used to make a spice. Its true appearance isn't revealed yet.
Additional Details:
These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms.
Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
Dillybart is a minor ingredient in Flori's Soup, a traditional Northern Bastion stew.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem.
- Dillybart may be named after Dilly Bars, a confection made of ice cream covered in chocolate. However, in the case here, it is a spice, instead of a sweet.
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Fognettle
Etymology and Anatomy
Fognettle is a plant whose leaves are used to make tea. Fognettle may be a combination of “Fog” (thick mist) and “Nettle” (a stinging plant). But its real design isn’t revealed, not is its name’s origin yet.These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms. Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
In 468 LV A traveler visiting from Antium asked a Fort Tarsis resident if he could find Fognettle tea somewhere in the fort. But the resident said no, adding that Regulators may be able to find some for the visitor.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem.
- The narrative mentioned can be missed. It is overheard when the Freelancer moves around Fort Tarsis as a conversation between two people.
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Etymology and Anatomy
Fognettle is a plant whose leaves are used to make tea. Fognettle may be a combination of “Fog” (thick mist) and “Nettle” (a stinging plant). But its real design isn’t revealed, not is its name’s origin yet.
Additional Details:
These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms.
Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
In 468 LV A traveler visiting from Antium asked a Fort Tarsis resident if he could find Fognettle tea somewhere in the fort. But the resident said no, adding that Regulators may be able to find some for the visitor.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem.
- The narrative mentioned can be missed. It is overheard when the Freelancer moves around Fort Tarsis as a conversation between two people.
Locations
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Green Spiky Fruit
Etymology and Anatomy
Green Spiky Fruits are a spiky fruit variety from Mirelands. How they actually appear can be left to the imagination of any person reading its name.These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms. Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
Not much is known about the green spiky fruit except for the fat that Rythe calls them that and they do no taste right to her. Rythe claims in 468 LV that she saw Vule trying to get this fruit from a Strider Pilot at night once.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t explicitly revealed in Anthem.
- There are several yellow-colored spiky fruits found in the Fort Tarsis Market. Sometimes, there is also a green one. But it isn’t confirmed whether the fruit is the same as this one. See the gallery below for an image.
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Etymology and Anatomy
Green Spiky Fruits are a spiky fruit variety from Mirelands. How they actually appear can be left to the imagination of any person reading its name.
Additional Details:
These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms.
Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
Not much is known about the green spiky fruit except for the fat that Rythe calls them that and they do no taste right to her. Rythe claims in 468 LV that she saw Vule trying to get this fruit from a Strider Pilot at night once.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t explicitly revealed in Anthem.
- There are several yellow-colored spiky fruits found in the Fort Tarsis Market. Sometimes, there is also a green one. But it isn’t confirmed whether the fruit is the same as this one. See the gallery below for an image.
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Ground-nut
Etymology and Anatomy
Ground-nuts are nuts found underground. They are an edible type of nuts.These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms. Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
Ground-nuts are not a prominent food. Once an Arcanist called Orun found a strange picture of a ground-nut man drawn by a child in Fort Tarsis. He concluded that the children of Tarsis need new books to read.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem, it is named after its real-world counterpart.
- An actual ground nut man’s design is shown in the header image of the cortex entry when it is unlocked.
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Etymology and Anatomy
Ground-nuts are nuts found underground. They are an edible type of nuts.
Additional Details:
These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms.
Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
Ground-nuts are not a prominent food. Once an Arcanist called Orun found a strange picture of a ground-nut man drawn by a child in Fort Tarsis. He concluded that the children of Tarsis need new books to read.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem, it is named after its real-world counterpart.
- An actual ground nut man’s design is shown in the header image of the cortex entry when it is unlocked.
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Lemon
Etymology and Anatomy
Lemons are a sour fruit. They are used to make pies and puddings. They are sour enough that Freelancer Rythe guarantees eating many of them would cause blindness.These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms. Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
Rythe wrote to the Freelancer through a mail chain about Commander Vule ordering hundreds of lemon fruits from the Fort Tarsis Market. When the mystery of these lemons was finally solved, it turned out that Vule was only using them to make a pie or a pudding—perhaps a practice to impress a special someone.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem.
- The design of this fruit may exactly be the same as the real-world Lemon.
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Etymology and Anatomy
Lemons are a sour fruit. They are used to make pies and puddings. They are sour enough that Freelancer Rythe guarantees eating many of them would cause blindness.
Additional Details:
These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms.
Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
Rythe wrote to the Freelancer through a mail chain about Commander Vule ordering hundreds of lemon fruits from the Fort Tarsis Market. When the mystery of these lemons was finally solved, it turned out that Vule was only using them to make a pie or a pudding—perhaps a practice to impress a special someone.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem.
- The design of this fruit may exactly be the same as the real-world Lemon.
Locations
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Mander
Etymology and Anatomy
Mander is a berry producing shrub. It grows in the cold mountains of Heliost.These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms. Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
In 467 LV when Aushkiir was planning a Bountiful Hunt for a Mantikaar, she found a young girl who had lost everyone from her village. On morning the girl picked berries from a Mander bush and voraciously ate them. The child also collected more berries to then feed a wounded Sentinel Captain called Jenin.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem.
- Mander is mentioned in the short story Bountiful Hunt.
- Mandar (notice the spelling difference) is the name of a poisonous plant found in real-world. This plant is a flower bearing bush. This plant may be the inspiration for Mander.
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Etymology and Anatomy
Mander is a berry producing shrub. It grows in the cold mountains of Heliost.
Additional Details:
These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms.
Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
In 467 LV when Aushkiir was planning a Bountiful Hunt for a Mantikaar, she found a young girl who had lost everyone from her village. On morning the girl picked berries from a Mander bush and voraciously ate them. The child also collected more berries to then feed a wounded Sentinel Captain called Jenin.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem.
- Mander is mentioned in the short story Bountiful Hunt.
- Mandar (notice the spelling difference) is the name of a poisonous plant found in real-world. This plant is a flower bearing bush. This plant may be the inspiration for Mander.
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Saltberry
Etymology and Anatomy
Saltberry is a flowering plant whose berries are used to make a delectable jam.These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms. Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
Antium has imported Saltberry jam from Freemark for a long time. Saltberry jam is enjoyed in a sandwich by the people of Northern Bastion. Saltberries are also a minor ingredient in Flori's Soup, a traditional Northern Bastion stew.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem.
- The inspiration or nomenclature for Saltberry may come from the real-world Seaberry which produce edible berries that can be used to make jam, or from the Berry Saltbush plants.
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Etymology and Anatomy
Saltberry is a flowering plant whose berries are used to make a delectable jam.
Additional Details:
These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms.
Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
Antium has imported Saltberry jam from Freemark for a long time. Saltberry jam is enjoyed in a sandwich by the people of Northern Bastion. Saltberries are also a minor ingredient in Flori's Soup, a traditional Northern Bastion stew.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem.
- The inspiration or nomenclature for Saltberry may come from the real-world Seaberry which produce edible berries that can be used to make jam, or from the Berry Saltbush plants.
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Other Vegetable
Etymology and Anatomy
A wide variety of vegetables are eaten as food in Bastion. However, growing them is a big problem. From some of their names, it can be concluded that more often than ever, vegetables are also harvested in the wild.These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms. Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
Wild Onions are an ingredient in Flori's Soup, a traditional Northern Bastion stew. It is unknown where these onions grow and how they look like.
Vule may or may not have confiscated a wyvern pepper from a Regulator cache. Wyvern peppers are supposed to be very spicy. Vule made a dish for Cardea using these peppers on their date.
Apart from wild onions and wyvern peppers, only a few vegetables are mentioned in passing. However, on the 12th day of the 7th month of 466 LV, Burn Hardigan writes about Sala growing a patch of vegetables using an unknown type of a black as volcanic ice Shaper relic. The energy from this relic was causing the vegetables to become fat and plump.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem.
- Wyvern Peppers may be an allusion to the fact that Wyverns breath fire.
Locations
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Etymology and Anatomy
A wide variety of vegetables are eaten as food in Bastion. However, growing them is a big problem. From some of their names, it can be concluded that more often than ever, vegetables are also harvested in the wild.
Additional Details:
These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms.
Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
Wild Onions are an ingredient in Flori's Soup, a traditional Northern Bastion stew. It is unknown where these onions grow and how they look like.
Vule may or may not have confiscated a wyvern pepper from a Regulator cache. Wyvern peppers are supposed to be very spicy. Vule made a dish for Cardea using these peppers on their date.
Apart from wild onions and wyvern peppers, only a few vegetables are mentioned in passing. However, on the 12th day of the 7th month of 466 LV, Burn Hardigan writes about Sala growing a patch of vegetables using an unknown type of a black as volcanic ice Shaper relic. The energy from this relic was causing the vegetables to become fat and plump.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This plant’s design isn’t revealed in Anthem.
- Wyvern Peppers may be an allusion to the fact that Wyverns breath fire.
Locations
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Other Fruit
Etymology and Anatomy
A wide variety of fruits are eaten as food in Bastion. Fruits are also imported from far away places and sold in the markets.These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms. Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
While some fruit varieties have been shown in the Fort Tarsis Market, they do not have any purpose other than to show they exist as of 468 LV.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- The names of any of the fruits aren’t truly revealed. Most of them do not resemble anything from real-world. Some possibilities educated guesses from their external appearances are passion fruit, peaches, guava, apples, yantok, sugar apples, rollinia deliciosa etc.
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Etymology and Anatomy
A wide variety of fruits are eaten as food in Bastion. Fruits are also imported from far away places and sold in the markets.
Additional Details:
These flora are a source of food or fodder. These plants are known to provide the right nourishment for certain types of organisms.
Because of their nature, they provide a pleasant ambience during exploration.
Narrative Involvement
While some fruit varieties have been shown in the Fort Tarsis Market, they do not have any purpose other than to show they exist as of 468 LV.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- The names of any of the fruits aren’t truly revealed. Most of them do not resemble anything from real-world. Some possibilities educated guesses from their external appearances are passion fruit, peaches, guava, apples, yantok, sugar apples, rollinia deliciosa etc.
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Special Trivia
- Anthem is the game which has the most unique number of plant or flora designs when compared to any other Bioware game, especially when seasonal changes are considered.
- There are many fruits seen inside the Fort Tarsis Market, usually inside baskets, on display, or hanging above in nets.
- Several camps have a bushel of apple-like fruits when observed during World Encounters.