Salt

Salt (塩) was a substance found in YGGDRASIL and the New World.
== Description ==
Salt existed in the New World in natural deposits such as salt lakes or mines. Though normally salt was acquired through magic casters who were able to use the 1st Tier Magic and make spices like salt.Overlord First Half Chapter 60: Settings
In fact supposedly in the New World, the seas did not contain saltwater but freshwater.Overlord Volume 02 Chapter 2: The Journey
== Appearance ==
Salt in its raw form was a rock based mineral. Though when processed it was white powder.
== Abilities ==
Salt had many uses such as being used as a spice for food.Overlord First Half Chapter 66: The Capital City of the Kingdom Part 6
Besides flavoring food, salt was necessary for living beings like humans.Overlord Volume 14 Chapter 2: Countdown to Extinction Salt was induced in their diet to replenish the amount lost through sweating.Overlord First Half Chapter 21: First Request Part 3
== Trivia ==
*After catching a fleeing Arche, Shalltear Bloodfallen noted that the crying girl’s tears tasted salty.Overlord First Half Chapter 59: Invaders Part 7Overlord Volume 07 Chapter 4: A handful of hope
*The recipes for Peperoncino and Hamburger Steak requires salt as an ingredient.Overlord: The Undead Oh! Chapter 20.1
*According to Ainz Ooal Gown, there were no salt deposits near E-Rantel. When the city was annexed by the Sorcerer Kingdom, many magic casters who produced salt fled the city. Thus salt had to be imported from the Re-Estize Kingdom and Baharuth Empire, leading to the price of salt to increase.
*Dark elves don’t use salt in their cooking, neither did they use it to dry meat, since magic could be used to preserve it. It was hypothesized that the dark elves received their intake of salt from the blood of animals they hunted.
*Ainz thought of bringing salt as a gift for the dark elves, but figured that the elves would not know it’s use, thus decided instead to bring runecraft items.Overlord Volume 16 Chapter 4: A Life in the Village
*In Mass for the Dead it was confirmed by the protagonist that the seas do not contain salt, after visiting a seaside village.Mass for the Dead Special Event: Sage's Swimsuit Oddly an isolated island was discovered to have waters containing salt.Mass for the Dead Special Event: (Part 1) Swimsuits, Lizards, and Dark ElvesMass for the Dead Special Event: (Part 2) Swimsuits, Lizards, and Dark Elves
== References ==
Category:Items
Category:YGGDRASIL Items
Category:New World Items
Category:Food & Drink
Category:Substances
Category:Minerals