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[[Meat]] is the currency used in the [[Kingdom of Loathing]]. It can be used to purchase items from the various markets and shops, or to purchase items from other players. It is also used to create {{plural|meat paste}}, {{plural|meat stack}}, and {{plural|dense meat stack}}. You'll gain meat from combat and regular [[adventures]] throughout the kingdom. A wise player keeps his mind on their Meat, and his Meat on his mind. Replace all instances of "his" in the previous sentence with "his or her," if you're the kind of person who's bothered by that sort of thing.

Meat is necessary to complete some quests: [[bitchin' meatcar]] components ([[sweet rims]] cost 300) or a [[bus pass]] (5,000) are needed to get to Desert Beach, [[forged identification documents]] (5,000) and a [[The Shore, Inc. Travel Agency | shore trip]] (500 and 3 adventures) are needed to get [[your father's MacGuffin diary]], and a [[photograph of a red nugget]] (500) and [[photograph of God]] (500) in order to fight Dr.Awkward. Other items are not strictly necessary for quests, but are very helpful for doing them quickly or skipping them: a [[hermit permit]] (100) and {{plural|chewing gum on a string}} (50 each) in order to get [[Ten-leaf clover | clovers]], a [[spooky sapling]] (100), two more shore trips (500 and 3 adventures each) for [[dinghy plans]] and a [[UV-resistant compass]], [[dingy planks]] (400), a [[can of black paint]], and two {{plural|fortune cookie}} every 160 adventures (40 apiece). New players will spend most of their meat on [[Guild Hall | guild]] skills in an ascension, while old players who've got all the skills will splurge on [[Cost Analysis of Restoring HP and MP| MP]] restorers to maintain various buffs. Monsters in [[Basic Farming |some zones]] are meatier than others, so putting on [[Meat from Monsters |+meat equipment]] while adventuring there can ensure a smart player doesn't waste time farming it in-run Some players [[Advanced Farming | farm]] meat in aftercore, so it can be pulled in softcore (max 1,100 per day , as of 01 Jan 2022), in order to buy [[Aftercore | content unlockers]] or for the sheer [[Optimal spreadsheet | joy]] of it.

It is not edible (no one in their right mind would eat money) so most food in the kingdom is meat-free. Exceptions do exist, like sausage and fish meats. Why? Well, ''why not''?

According to [[Jick]], the reason why Meat is the currency of KoL is that, when he was developing the game, he did not have a picture of "gold" uploaded. However, there was a picture of meat he made earlier, so he used it instead. It is suspected that it was to get rid of the illogical "finding money on a monster".

==Uses==
*[[dense meat stack]]
*[[meat paste]]
*[[meat stack]]

==Notes==
*There is a cap on the Meat you can carry equal to (2<sup>64</sup>) - 1, or 18,446,744,073,709,551,615. Any Meat in excess of this placed into your inventory, via any mechanism, is lost with no hope of return (although that will be pretty unlikely now!). Extremely rich players may wish to convert liquid Meat into [[meat paste]], [[meat stack]]s, or [[dense meat stack]]s, keeping in mind item creation limits ''also'' exist. Another solution would be to invest in valuable items, or put meat in your closet.
**As a reminder, the item limit is (2<sup>24</sup>) - 1, or  16,777,215, capable of holding an additional 18,622,708,650 meat (as paste, stacks, and dense stacks) for the fabulously wealthy.
*There are other forms of currency besides Meat, but their use is limited. Only one — the [[Crimbuck]] — could be directly converted from [[Meat]], and most cannot be converted directly back ''into'' Meat:
**There are some currencies that can still be obtained and spent:
***{{plural|BACON}} ([[Internet Meme Shop]])
***{{plural|Beach Buck}} (The three stores in [[Spring Break Beach]])
***{{plural|buffalo dime}} (The three stores in the [[LT&T Gift Shop]])
***{{plural|BURT}} (Available in [[Bugbear Invasion]])
***{{plural|Chroner}} (Used in every store in [[The Time-Twitching Tower]])
***{{plural|Coinspiracy}} ([[Conspiracy Island]] stores)
***{{plural|Cop dollar}} ([[Precinct Materiel Division]])
***{{plural|fat loot token}} ([[A Vending Machine]])
***{{plural|filthy lucre}} ([[The Bounty Hunter Hunter's Shack]])
***{{plural|Freddy Kruegerand}} ([[The Terrified Eagle Inn]])
***{{plural|FunFunds™}} ([[Dinseylandfill]])
***{{plural|Game Grid ticket}} ([[Ticket Redemption Counter]])
***{{plural|hobo nickel}} ([[Hobopolis]])
***{{plural|Ka coin}} ([[Actually Ed the Undying]])
***[[Karma]] ([[Beyond the Pale|Valhalla]])
***{{plural|lunar isotope}} ([[Elvish Paradise]] stores)
***{{plural|Mr. Accessory}} and {{plural|Uncle Buck}} ([[Mr. Store]])
***{{plural|odd silver coin}} ([[Paul's Boutique]])
***{{plural|priceless diamond}} ([[The Black Market]], [[Red Zeppelin ticket]] only, Meat used for other items)
***[[The Orcish Frat House (Wartime)|Quarters]] (Frat) and [[The Hippy Camp (Wartime)|Dimes]] (Hippy)
***{{plural|sand dollar}} ([[Big Brother]]'s; ''can be [[autosell|autosold]] for Meat'')
***{{plural|Shore Inc. Ship Trip Scrip}} ([[The Shore, Inc. Gift Shop]])
***{{plural|sprinkles}} (Various non-combats in  [[Gingerbread City]])
***[[Cashier|store credit]] ([[Ye Wizard's Shack Game Shoppe]])
***[[PvP|Swagger]] ([[The Swagger Shop]])
***{{plural|Volcoino}} ([[That 70s Volcano]] stores)
***{{plural|Wal-Mart gift certificate}} ([[The Glaciest]] stores)
***{{plural|worthless gewgaw}}, {{plural|worthless knick-knack}}, and {{plural|worthless trinket}} ([[The Hermitage]])
***{{plural|yeti fur}} ([[The Trapper's Cabin]]; ''can be [[autosell|autosold]] for Meat'')
***Various items in various shops, including [[Let's Brew!]], [[Winter Gardening]], [[Shop Class (After School)]] and other KOLHS shops, and several "stores" in [[Rumpelstiltskin's Workshop]].
***The items used in [[Grandma]]'s store
**There are some currencies that can no longer be obtained but still spent:
***{{plural|A. W. O. L. commendation}} (A. W. O. L. Quartermaster, reached by using the commendation)
***{{plural|FDKOL commendation}} ([[FDKOL Tent]], reached by using the commendation)
***{{plural|Crystalline cheer}} ([[Cheer-o-Vend 3000]], reached by using the cheer)
**There are some currencies that can still be obtained, but not spent:
***{{plural|Crimbuck}} ([[The Crimbo Cartel]] and [[The Crimbo Casino]]; obtained only through [[A Fax Machine|faxing]] after [[Crimbo#2009|Crimbo 2009]] was over))
***{{plural|electrical thingamabob}} and {{plural|plastic ingot}} ([[Uncle Crimbo's Futuristic Trailer]]; obtained only through [[A Fax Machine|faxing]] after [[Crimbo#2012|Crimbo 2012]] was over)
***{{plural|warbear whosit}} ([[warbear black box]] shop (can still be traded in), [[K.R.A.M.P.U.S. facility]] (now gone); obtained only through [[A Fax Machine|faxing]] after [[Crimbo#2013|Crimbo 2013]] was over)
**Finally, there are some currencies that can no longer be obtained nor spent:
***{{plural|CRIMBCO scrip}} ([[CRIMBCO Gift Shop]])
***{{plural|bone chips}}  ([[The Altar of Bones]]; ''can be [[autosell|autosold]] for Meat'')
***All the components for [[Toymaking]], [[Toolmaking]], [[Spooky Toymaking]], [[Assimilating]], and [[Crimborg Toymaking]], as well as [[Uncle Crimbo's Mobile Home#Candy Credits|Candy Credits]]
**On rare occasions, [[The Traveling Trader]] appears in the [[Market Square]]. On all but one occasion, he has traded items for {{plural|twinkly wad}} (''which can be [[autosell|autosold]] for Meat''). On that one exception, he traded for a previous item he sold: {{plural|strange shiny disc}}. 
*There are other items — including {{plural|fat stacks of cash}} and {{plural|pile of gold coins}} — which ''look'' like currency, but cannot be used as such in the Kingdom. These can be [[autosell|sold]] and traded, but cannot currently be used to buy anything.
*There exists a [[stuffed Meat|stuffed]] version of this currency.

==History==
*Prior to 2024/08/04, the meat cap was (2<sup>32</sup>) - 1, or 4,294,967,295 to the current number (18.5 quintillion). The item quantity cap was not changed at this time.

==See Also==
*[[Meat from Monsters]]
*[[Maximizing Your Meat Drops]]
*[[Basic Farming]]

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