Cocoa
Updated 3/8/2026
Cocoa
Description
Cocoa is a perennial plant, that can be grown to yield Cocoa pods. Cocoa pods are bitter and dry when eaten raw, leading to a strong mood penalty, but can be used as an ingredient for cooking Chocolate Bar, Chocolate Cereal Bar, and Chocolate Cake. Cocoa beans can be processed using the Reagent Processor into Cocoa Powder, which is inedible, cannot spoil, and treated identically to raw form in cooking recipes.
Growing
Cocoa plants thrive in higher temperature range than other terrestrial plants, thus the optimal temperature range for Cocoa is higher by 10 C<sup>o</sup>, and effectively begins where it ends for most other plants. Unlike most other plants, cocoa first grows into a tree and then produces fruit periodically.