Depends on the apocalypse.
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Bottle caps.
Waterproof matches.
Drinkable water.
Iodized salt. I live in iowa, we have planty of water (i can figure out how to filter it), and a great climate for growing food. However our soilis naturaly low iodine and there is no salt around so those are critical nutriants I don't think I could get here.
second would be iron - we don't have any and It is usefur for a lot.
Paper, good for lighting fires and keeping people honest. Also I'm guessing pretty hard to make
weed
Mainly maps, but also other informative reading materials such as natural medicine, almanacs and other foraging guides.
Condition is infinite supply of one item. You have to choose printed Wikipedia book for it to be one item.
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Gin, I don't plan on surviving in an apocalypse
Army MREs, the modern ones.
Assuming I'm not teleported elsewhere, the place I live has plenty of drinkable fresh water and other supplies, so the only real concern is having consistent high-quality food available, and MREs are engineered to support people in the wild for several months, if not years. In case of a major war breaking out, so it would contain everything I would need to stay alive, or to trade to other people.
Hmm, not specifying which one, I see. Granted; it's always chicken fajita.
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Easy answers first. Potable water! You need it every day, helps with sanitation, growing food, etc.
If you wanted more like discrete consumable objects, keflex.
Edit: Or salt!
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Pregnant women. Because they're hot and their milk supply is easy to induce.
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Genies in a lamp
Potable water is good, perhaps wheat berries or ibuprofen would be good too.
As for an unorthodox answer, I'm going to say survival guides. Most people have some idea of how they might survive, but it couldn't hurt to have a resource to fill any knowledge gaps.
A machine that allows me to travel across space-time so I can just nope-out of the universe amd find a new one in a timelime where the apocalypse didn't happen.
Insulin.
Economy Wonderglue. I've played Fallout 4, I know what you need.
Heroin. Either build an army of addicts who're completely loyal to me or I can just off myself depending on how things are going.
Sorta depends on the apocalypse but for most I will take the airline bottles of a high end vodka.
Nanobots!