Items

Items in the game are found in your inventory window by pressing the inventory key (default 'i'); Tools are found just like items, but are found in the tools window (default 't'). There are several types of items in the game, and most are useful in one way or another.

Food
Food can be found uncooked or rotten. All food can be eaten raw, but most kinds of food benefit more from being cooked at a stove. These types of items are food.
 * Coffee Beans - cooks into Coffee
 * Instant Soup - cooks into Hot Soup
 * Frozen Vegetables - cooks into Cooked Vegetables
 * Potatoes - cooks into Baked Potatoes
 * Spoiled Food
 * Candy
 * Protein Bar
 * Nutrition Shake
 * Nutrition Shake

Jackets
There are three types of jackets in the game, which protect your characters from the cold. These items are equipped to specific survivors in the inventory window, which takes no time. While equipped, cold will affect the survivor less. There is also a quest item, the environmental suit, which is equipped like a jacket.
 * Light Jacket

Medicine
A variety of medicines can help your survivors reach the end of their journey. First aid kits are the most powerful, however some conditions will require other items.
 * First Aid Kit
 * Sterilizing Powder
 * Sterile Bandages
 * Dirty Bandages
 * Pills
 * Old Pills
 * Adrenaline

Fuel
This category includes both gas cans, which are used to run generators, and the various items which can be used in a furnace.
 * Planks
 * Coal
 * Rotten Wood
 * Gas Can

Weapons
The quick and expensive way to deal with anomalies, weapons are very useful despite their rarity. Note that guns and bullets are separate items; if you have one without the other, it's not helpful.

Repair Materials
These items can be used to repair tools at a workbench. Different tools require different amounts.
 * Insulating Tape
 * Grindstone

Miscellaneous

 * Key Ring
 * Cigarettes

Quest Items
A category that includes a variety of things needed to escape a zone, such as keys, codes, and explosives.