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{{Infobox item
|name = Prepared Birch Bark
|image = Prepared Birch Bark icon.png
|release = 6 May 2019
|update = 1.48
|story = No
|type = First Aid
|equipable = No
|stackable = Yes
|weight = 0.05
|actions = Examine
|actions_radial =
|actions_ground = Take It, Leave It
|examine = Dried Birch Bark, suitable for brewing into a restorative tea.
|key =
}}
'''Prepared Birch Bark''' is a natural medical and food item in ''[[The Long Dark]]''.

== Overview ==
Prepared Birch Bark is an ingredient for cooking [[Birch Bark Tea]], a food and medical item and is crafted from 2 [[Birch Bark]]. Crafting takes 5 minutes and doesn't require a tool or light.

To cook Birch Bark Tea, one Prepared Birch Bark and 0.25 liters of [[Water (Potable)|potable water]] must be cooked for 10 minutes at a lit [[Fire]] with a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Recycled Can]]. Consuming Birch Bark Tea restores 100 Calories, 30% Hydration and grants the benefit "[[Restore Condition]]" and potentially "[[Warming up|Warming Up]]" if the beverage is also hot. Cooking Birch Bark Tea increases [[Survival skills|Cooking Skill]].

Birch Bark can can be found in the wilderness near lone birch trees or abundantly at birch forests, typically in single pieces after [[Weather|High Winds or Blizzards]]. Raw Birch Bark cannot be consumed directly and must first be crafted into Birch Bark Tea.

The Benefit "Restore Condition" heals 5% Condition (2.5% per hour, for 2 hours), regardless if the player is awake/asleep, or if [[Needs]] are not met. The Benefit does not stack however, and drinking multiple cups of Birch Bark Tea within 5 hours of one another is a waste of resources.

Prepared Birch Bark (0.05kg) has half the weight of it's materials (2 Birch Bark, 0.10kg), Neither Birch Bark or Birch Bark Tea [[decay|decays]].

== Crafting ==
{{Infobox recipe
|name = Prepared Birch Bark
|amount = 1
|skill =
|skillpoint =
|tool =
|facility = Anywhere
|mat1 = Birch Bark
|mat1qty = 2
|time = 5
}}

==Products==
{{Uses material list}}

== Tips ==
* Birch Forests are present near the [[Lonely Homestead]] ([[Pleasant Valley]]), western [[The Ravine]], and north-western [[Bleak Inlet]]. Lone birch trees can be found sporadically in all regions.
* Birch Bark respawns after [[Weather|High Winds or Blizzards]].
* Birch Bark may be found via [[Beachcombing]].
* Birch Bark, Prepared Birch Bark and Birch Bark Tea never [[decay]].

== Trivia ==
* It is possible to survive exclusively on Birch Bark Tea, especially on easier difficulties or by using the starvation strategy (only eating just before sleep).
* Birch Bark Tea is disabled during the [[Challenge]]: [[As the Dead Sleep]], but Birch Bark may still be collected and used as Tinder.
* [[Cup of Coffee]] is the only item which can restore all 4 [[Needs]] (if consumed while hot), but Birch Bark Tea functions similarly with its Benefit "Restore Condition", since this heals Condition (2.5% hourly) faster than Fatigue damages it (1% hourly), so it is possible to survive indefinitely without Sleep by drinking 1 cup of Birch Bark Tea every 5 hours (albeit at 0% Fatigue, moving slowly and unable to climb/sprint).

== Update history ==
{{Update history|
* {{Update list|type=update|update=The_Long_Dark/Changelog#1.48|date=6 May 2019}}
** Added to game
}}

{{First Aid}}
[[ru:Приготовленная березовая кора]]
[[Category:Food And Drink]]

Prepared Birch Bark - Revision history

imported>UnavailCWFGTA at 19:23, 11 April 2026