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Food Stamp (40 Credits)

Category
No category
Contraband level
Legal
Base value
30 creditsThe actual selling price varies with difficulty, condition, market prices, the buyer's budget and negotiation.
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Official description

Short description

Redeem it at the Commissary to buy Food.

Additional text

A prepaid card valid only to buy groceries. Part of a benefit program to assist the less fortunate in the Lower Levels.

Inventory shape

2 × 2 cells · 4 occupied cells

How to get

Quick summary

Vendors

Scav

Sells goods when visiting your shop

Visits your shop

Random visitor

Notes

  • Waits at least 1 day before visiting again
Frequency
Alwaysper visit
Quantity
1
Price

Vendor price

Conditions
—
Frequency
Oftenper visit
Quantity
1
Price

Vendor price

Conditions
—
Frequency
Oftenper visit
Quantity
1
Price

Vendor price

Conditions
  • From day 20
Frequency
Oftenper visit
Quantity
1
Price

Vendor price

Conditions
  • From day 50

Scavenger

Sells goods when visiting your shop

Random visitor

Notes

  • Waits at least 3 days before visiting again
Frequency
Picked evenly from the inspection types introduced so far
per visit
Quantity
1, +1 from day 15, +1 from day 40, +1 from day 75
Price

Vendor price

Bulk purchase: 10–20% off, chosen at random
Conditions
  • After Food Stamps are introduced

Underground Exchange

Underground Exchange Authority

Leave goods for overnight barter

Available from the start

Introduced by Sawyer

Notes

  • If the handed-over goods (2× Vial of "Dream Dust") are too low in purity, they are consumed without a reward
  • While you don't have Blacklisted
  • While Janitorial Service is available
  • While you are using Janitorial Service
  • Activate Underground Exchange Directive to view the exchange list
  • Put the required goods in Trash Can before going to sleep
  • Goods are exchanged during Janitorial Service; after the remaining trash is cleared, rewards are placed in Trash Can
  • A reward that does not fit in Trash Can is destroyed
  • Trades with a higher priority use the goods first; each listed trade is checked once per night
  • 3 different promotional exchanges are selected at the start; after exchanges on every 7th night, the list is replaced for Monday
  • The exchange screen shows only the selected promotional exchanges
  • Each accepted trade also adds 75 ÷ 400 base reputation with Black Market
  • Positive reputation gains are adjusted by difficulty and halved by Blabbermouth; the reputation cap still applies
Frequency
Rarelyper trade
Quantity
1

Draw: One item from the pool

Item details

  • Genuine stamp worth 80 credits
Price

Barter

Conditions
  • After the Underground Exchange is unlocked
  • While you don't have Blacklisted
  • While Janitorial Service is available
  • While you are using Janitorial Service
  • The required goods must remain in Trash Can when this trade is checked
  • At most 1 trade(s) per night
  • Goods are accepted in any condition
  • The handed-over goods' combined purity is high enough for this reward
  • The handed-over goods' combined purity is not high enough for the better rewards
  • If you didn't choose Banned from the Commissary
Frequency
Rarelyper trade
Quantity
1

Draw: One item from the pool

Item details

  • Genuine stamp worth 80 credits
Price

Barter

Conditions
  • After the Underground Exchange is unlocked
  • While you don't have Blacklisted
  • While Janitorial Service is available
  • While you are using Janitorial Service
  • The required goods must remain in Trash Can when this trade is checked
  • At most 1 trade(s) per night
  • Goods are accepted in any condition
  • The handed-over goods' combined purity is high enough for this reward
  • If you didn't choose Banned from the Commissary

Other sources

Gifts from Welfare Program

The welfare perk delivers a genuine food stamp on qualifying mornings; its face value depends on cash and the estimated value of owned goods.

Availability and notes

  • Choose Welfare Program at the start.
  • Open the shutter on day 1, then every 7 days.
  • For this benefit, wealth is your cash plus only part of the estimated value of owned goods. No payment if this wealth is too high.
Frequency
Alwaysper shutter opening
Quantity
1
Conditions
  • Your wealth for this benefit is in the lowest bracket; receive one genuine food stamp with a face value of 160 Credits.
Frequency
Alwaysper shutter opening
Quantity
1
Conditions
  • Your wealth for this benefit is in a higher bracket (the more wealth, the lower the face value); receive one genuine food stamp with a face value of 160 Credits.
Frequency
Alwaysper shutter opening
Quantity
1
Conditions
  • Your wealth for this benefit is in a higher bracket (the more wealth, the lower the face value); receive one genuine food stamp with a face value of 120 Credits.
Frequency
Alwaysper shutter opening
Quantity
1
Conditions
  • Your wealth for this benefit is in a higher bracket (the more wealth, the lower the face value); receive one genuine food stamp with a face value of 80 Credits.
Frequency
Alwaysper shutter opening
Quantity
1
Conditions
  • Your wealth for this benefit is in a higher bracket (the more wealth, the lower the face value); receive one genuine food stamp with a face value of 40 Credits.

People who buy this item

Sorted by the upper end of the base budget, before day-based increases and bonuses. Order- and item-value-dependent budgets follow.

Merchant

Merchant

Lower Levels

Buys saleable goods across categories, excluding Contraband.

Base budget

200–300 credits, rising as the days go by.