Maize (Fallout: New Vegas)

Maize is a consumable item in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
It can restore some of your Hit Points without irradiating you. It is one of the few edible food items that doesn't give you any radiation, besides other fresh fruits or vegetables, and food found in a non-compromised vault. Additionally, in hardcore mode, it can reduce Starvation and Dehydration.

Maize is one of the most efficient (in terms of Starvation to weight ratio) hardcore mode food items in the game, should the Courier have low Survival skill, as it often removes more Starvation/Dehydration than most food items, contains zero Radiation, extremely common, and only weighs a quarter of a pound.

Maize can also be used to make homemade flamer fuel, Cass's moonshine, and mole rat stew.

Crafting
With the add-on Old World Blues, this item can be crafted by the player.

Locations

 * It can be obtained by picking a maize plant.
 * Many plants can be found at the NCR Sharecropper Farms.
 * 30-40 maize plants can be found in a Mojave home; head west of Field's shack and follow the road, the second house on the road is the Mojave home.
 * Two maize plants can be found at Wolfhorn Ranch, just down the hill from the farmhouse.
 * Large quantities can be found at Fields' shack.
 * Large quantities can be found in the biodiesel refinery in Nellis Air Force Base.
 * Large amounts can be purchased from Corporal Farber at Camp McCarran.
 * Large amounts can be purchased from the boomer chefs at Nellis Hangars.
 * Legionaries tend to carry 1 or 2 maize.
 * Two can be found inside the Nipton house just opposite the Nipton general store where you find Boxcars. They are on top of the oven in the kitchen in a pot.
 * Two or three maize can be found at the Raided farmstead where the Vipers have set up camp.
 * In Old World Blues, one can be acquired every 3 in-game days after the completion of Field Research, once you have upgraded the biological research station.