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Food can be obtained by foraging, trapping, farming or hunting Animals and Monsters. Food refills Hunger and may restore some Health and Sanity, depending on the quality of the food eaten. Eating some foods, such as Monster Meat or Durians, can damage the player's health instead of restoring it. Some foods, such as raw Meat or Morsel, will damage a player's sanity if eaten. Mushrooms have varying effects on Health and Sanity depending on their color. Some special food items, such as Glow Berry, have additional effects when eaten.

Almost all raw food can be Cooked on a Campfire to increase the amount of Health/Hunger/Sanity restored or reduce and sometimes remove Health/Sanity penalties from eating it. Some raw food items, most notably Meats, can be dried on a Drying Rack to produce long lasting food items with increased Health/Hunger/Sanity values. Additionally, a Crock Pot can be used for making foods that have additional benefits.

Food items also have other uses than eating them directly. Meat can be used as bait for carnivores, for the recruitment of Pigs, and as an offering to the Pig King for Gold Nuggets. A renewable way to gain Eggs is by giving meats to birds housed in Bird Cages. Meat is also a requirement to construct the Meat Effigy. Bunnymen can be befriended using Carrots and will become hostile if meat is in the player's inventory. Vegetables and Fruits can be used as bait for herbivores and given to Pigs to obtain Manure. Seeds can be used to bait Bird Traps.

Being of the most important items in the game, (and part of the game's namesake, to not starve) food is typically very valuable in any world; however, given the layouts of different maps and what spawns in them, food availability can vary from being abundant, to dangerously short. Food is affected by the seasons, which likely encourages the player to take advantages of seasonal diets and also take advantages of the food's shelf life.

With the introduction of Overheating mechanic in the Reign of Giants DLC (and carried over to Don't Starve Together and Shipwrecked DLC), some foods are classified as hot or cold, providing an alternative way to combat Freezing and Overheating, respectively.

For Information on Food values and Priority, see the Crock Pot page.

Categories

There are several Food categories:

Food Types

Food
Name
DLC
Health
Hunger
Sanity
Perish time (days)
Temperature/
Duration
Crock Pot ingredient
Food value
Batilisk Wing Batilisk Wing +3 +12.5 -10 6 Not valid
Cooked Batilisk Wing Cooked Batilisk Wing +8 +18.75 0 10 Not valid
Berries Berries 0 +9.375 0 6 Fruit×0.5
Roasted Berries Roasted Berries +1 +12.5 0 3 Fruit×0.5
Bile-Covered Slop Bile-Covered Slop Shipwrecked icon -1 -10 0 Never Not valid
Roasted Birchnut Roasted Birchnut Reign of Giants icon +1 +9.375 0 6 Roasted Birchnut×1.0
Blubber Blubber Shipwrecked icon +10 +10 0 10 Not valid
Brainy Matter Brainy Matter Shipwrecked icon -10 +10 +50 1 Not valid
Butter Butter +40 +25 0 40 Dairy product×1.0
Butterfly Wings Butterfly Wings +8 +9.375 0 6 Butterfly Wings×1.0
Cactus Flesh Cactus Flesh Reign of Giants icon -3 +12.5 -5 10 Vegetables×1.0
Cooked Cactus Flesh Cooked Cactus Flesh Reign of Giants icon +1 +12.5 +15 10 Vegetables×1.0
Cactus Flower Cactus Flower Reign of Giants icon +8 +12.5 +5 10 Vegetables×0.5
Carrot Carrot +1 +12.5 0 10 Vegetables×1.0
Roasted Carrot Roasted Carrot +3 +12.5 0 6 Vegetables×1.0
Cave Banana Banana +1 +12.5 0 10 Fruit×1.0
Cooked Cave Banana Cooked Banana +3 +12.5 0 6 Fruit×1.0
Halved Coconut Halved Coconut Shipwrecked icon +1 +4.6875 0 10 Fruit×1.0
Roasted Coconut Roasted Coconut Shipwrecked icon +1 +9.375 0 10 Fruit×1.0
Coffee Beans Coffee Beans Shipwrecked icon 0 +9.375 0 6 Fruit×0.5
Cooked Coffee Beans Roasted Coffee Beans Shipwrecked icon 0 +9.375 -5 15 Fruit×1.0
Corn Corn +3 +25 0 10 Vegetables×1.0
Popcorn Popcorn +3 +12.5 0 15 Vegetables×1.0
Dead Dogfish Dead Dogfish Shipwrecked icon +1 +25 0 6 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Dead Jellyfish Dead Jellyfish Shipwrecked icon +10 +10 0 6 Fishes×1.0 Monster Foods×1.0
Cooked Jellyfish Cooked Jellyfish Shipwrecked icon +10 +18.75 0 10 Fishes×1.0 Monster Foods×1.0
Dried Jellyfish Dried Jellyfish Shipwrecked icon +10 +18.75 0 20 Fishes×1.0 Monster Foods×1.0
Dead Rainbow Jellyfish Dead Rainbow Jellyfish Shipwrecked icon +10 +10 0 6 Not valid
Cooked Rainbow Jellyfish Cooked Rainbow Jellyfish Shipwrecked icon +10 +18.75 0 10 Not valid
Dead Swordfish Dead Swordfish Shipwrecked icon +1 +25 0 6 Not valid
Dead Wobster Dead Wobster Shipwrecked icon +1 +12.5 0 3 Not valid
Cooked Wobster Delicious Wobster Shipwrecked icon +1 +12.5 0 6 Not valid
Deerclops Eyeball Deerclops Eyeball +60 +75 -15 Never Not valid
Doydoy Egg Doydoy Egg Shipwrecked icon +3 +25 0 10 Eggs×1.0
Fried Doydoy Egg Fried Doydoy Egg Shipwrecked icon +11 +25 -10 10 Eggs×1.0
Dragoon Heart Dragoon Heart Shipwrecked icon +11 +25 -10 10 Not valid
Dragon Fruit Dragon Fruit +3 +9.375 0 6 Fruit×1.0
Prepared Dragon Fruit Prepared Dragon Fruit +20 +12.5 0 3 Fruit×1.0
Drumstick Drumstick 0 +12.5 -10 6 Meats×0.5
Fried Drumstick Fried Drumstick +1 +12.5 0 10 Meats×0.5
Durian Durian -3 +25 -5 10 Fruit×1.0 Monster Foods×1.0
Extra Smelly Durian Extra Smelly Durian 0 +25 -5 6 Fruit×1.0 Monster Foods×1.0
Eel Eel +3 +10 0 6 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Cooked Eel Cooked Eel +8 +13 0 10 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Electric Milk Electric Milk Reign of Giants icon +3 +12.5 +5 6 Dairy product×1.0
Egg Egg 0 +9.375 0 10 Eggs×1.0
Cooked Egg Cooked Egg 0 +12.5 0 6 Eggs×1.0
Eggplant Eggplant +8 +25 0 10 Vegetables×1.0
Braised Eggplant Braised Eggplant +20 +25 0 6 Vegetables×1.0
Eye of the Tiger Shark Eye of the Tiger Shark Shipwrecked icon +60 +75 -15 Never Not valid
Fish Fish +1 +12.5 0 3 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Cooked Fish Cooked Fish +1 +12.5 0 6 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Fish Morsel Fish Morsel Shipwrecked icon +1 +12.5 0 3 Fishes×0.5
Cooked Fish Morsel Cooked Fish Morsel Shipwrecked icon +1 +12.5 0 6 Fishes×0.5
Foliage Foliage +1 0 0 6 Not valid
Frog Legs Frog Legs 0 +12.5 -10 6 Meats×0.5
Cooked Frog Legs Cooked Frog Legs +1 +12.5 0 10 Meats×0.5
Gears Gears (WX-78 Portrait only) +60 +75 +50 Never Not valid
Glommer's Goop Glommer's Goop Reign of Giants icon +40 +9.375 -50 Never Not valid
Glow Berry Glow Berry +10 +25 -15 10 Not valid
Lesser Glow Berry Lesser Glow Berry Don't Starve Together icon +3 +12.5 -10 10 Not valid
Rhino Horn Guardian's Horn +60 +75 -15 Never Not valid
Honey Honey +3 +9.375 0 40 Sweetener×1.0
Ice Ice Reign of Giants icon +0.5 +2.3 0 3 Cold/7.5 Ice×1.0
Juicy Berries Juicy Berries Don't Starve Together icon +1 +12.5 0 2 Fruit×0.5
Roasted Juicy Berries Roasted Juicy Berries Don't Starve Together icon +3 +18.75 0 1 Fruit×0.5
Koalefant Trunk Koalefant Trunk +30 +37.5 0 6 Not valid
Winter Koalefant Trunk Winter Koalefant Trunk +30 +37.5 0 6 Not valid
Koalefant Trunk Steak Koalefant Trunk Steak +40 +75 0 15 Not valid
Leafy Meat Leafy Meat 0 +12.5 -10 6 Not valid
Cooked Leafy Meat Cooked Leafy Meat +1 +18.75 0 10 Not valid
Lichen Lichen +3 +12 -5 2 Vegetables×1.0
Light Bulb Light Bulb +1 0 0 6 Not valid
Limpets Limpets Shipwrecked icon 0 +12.5 -10 6 Fishes×0.5
Cooked Limpets Cooked Limpets Shipwrecked icon +1 +12.5 0 10 Fishes×0.5
Mandrake Mandrake +60 +75 0 Never Vegetables×1.0
Cooked Mandrake Cooked Mandrake +100 +150 0 Never Not valid
Meat Meat +1 +25 -10 6 Meats×1.0
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat +3 +25 0 10 Meats×1.0
Jerky Jerky +20 +25 +15 20 Meats×1.0
Monster Meat Monster Meat -20 +18.75 -15 6 Meats×1.0 Monster Foods×1.0
Cooked Monster Meat Cooked Monster Meat -3 +18.75 -10 15 Meats×1.0 Monster Foods×1.0
Monster Jerky Monster Jerky -3 +18.75 -5 20 Meats×1.0 Monster Foods×1.0
Morsel Morsel 0 +12.5 -10 6 Meats×0.5
Cooked Morsel Cooked Morsel +1 +12.5 0 10 Meats×0.5
Small Jerky Small Jerky +8 +12.5 +10 20 Meats×0.5
Mussel Mussel Shipwrecked icon 0 +12.5 -15 3 Fishes×0.5
Cooked Mussel Cooked Mussel Shipwrecked icon +1 +12.5 0 10 Fishes×0.5
Blue Cap Blue Cap +20 +12.5 -15 10 Vegetables×0.5
Cooked Blue Cap Cooked Blue Cap -3 0 +10 10 Vegetables×0.5
Green Cap Green Cap 0 +12.5 -50 10 Vegetables×0.5
Cooked Green Cap Cooked Green Cap -1 0 +15 10 Vegetables×0.5
Red Cap Red Cap -20 +12.5 0 10 Vegetables×0.5
Cooked Red Cap Cooked Red Cap +1 0 -10 10 Vegetables×0.5
Neon Quattro Neon Quattro Shipwrecked icon +1 +12.5 0 10 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Cooked Neon Quattro Cooked Neon Quattro Shipwrecked icon +3 +12.5 0 6 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Petals Petals +1 0 0 6 Not valid
Dark Petals Dark Petals 0 0 -5 6 Not valid
Pierrot Fish Pierrot Fish Shipwrecked icon +1 +12.5 0 10 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Cooked Pierrot Fish Cooked Pierrot Fish Shipwrecked icon +3 +12.5 0 6 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Phlegm Phlegm Don't Starve Together icon 0 +12.5 -15 Never Not valid
Pomegranate Pomegranate +3 +9.375 0 6 Fruit×1.0
Sliced Pomegranate Sliced Pomegranate +20 +12.5 0 3 Fruit×1.0
Pumpkin Pumpkin +3 +37.5 0 10 Vegetables×1.0
Hot Pumpkin Hot Pumpkin +8 +37.5 0 6 Vegetables×1.0
Purple Grouper Purple Grouper Shipwrecked icon +1 +12.5 0 10 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Cooked Purple Grouper Cooked Purple Grouper Shipwrecked icon +3 +12.5 0 6 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Raw Fish Raw Fish Shipwrecked icon +1 +25 0 3 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Fish Steak Fish Steak Shipwrecked icon +20 +25 0 6 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Roe Roe Shipwrecked icon +1 +4.6875 0 3 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Cooked Roe Cooked Roe Shipwrecked icon 0 +4.6875 0 10 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Rot Rot -1 -10 0 Never Not valid
Rotten Egg Rotten Egg -1 -10 0 Never Not valid
Royal Jelly Royal Jelly Don't Starve Together icon +20 +25 +15 10 Sweetener×3.0
Seaweed Seaweed Shipwrecked icon +1 +9.375 -10 6 Vegetables×1.0
Roasted Seaweed Roasted Seaweed Shipwrecked icon +3 +12.5 0 10 Vegetables×1.0
Dried Seaweed Dried Seaweed Shipwrecked icon +3 +12.5 0 20 Vegetables×1.0
Seeds Seeds 0 +4.6875 0 40 Not valid
Toasted Seeds Toasted Seeds +1 +4.6875 0 10 Not valid
Crops Crop Seeds +0.5 +9.375 0 40 Not valid
Shark Fin Shark Fin Shipwrecked icon +20 +25 -15 6 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Succulent Succulent Don't Starve Together icon +1 0 0 6 Not valid
Sweet Potato Sweet Potato Shipwrecked icon +1 +12.5 0 10 Vegetables×1.0
Cooked Sweet Potato Cooked Sweet Potato Shipwrecked icon +3 +12.5 0 6 Vegetables×1.0
Tallbird Egg Tallbird Egg +3 +25 0 Never Eggs×4.0
Hatching Tallbird Egg Hatching Tallbird Egg +5 +23 0 Never Not valid
Fried Tallbird Egg Fried Tallbird Egg 0 +37.5 0 6 Eggs×4.0
Tropical Fish Tropical Fish Shipwrecked icon +1 +12.5 0 3 Fishes×1.0 Meats×0.5
Watermelon Watermelon Reign of Giants icon +3 +12.5 +5 8 Cold/5 Fruit×1.0
Grilled Watermelon Grilled Watermelon Reign of Giants icon +1 +12.5 +7.5 8 Fruit×1.0
Bacon and Eggs Bacon and Eggs +20 +75 +5 20 Not valid
Banana Pop Banana Pop Shipwrecked icon +20 +12.5 +33 10 Cold/10 Not valid
Bisque Bisque Shipwrecked icon +60 +18.75 +5 20 Not valid
Butter Muffin Butter Muffin +20 +37.5 +5 15 Not valid
California Roll California Roll Shipwrecked icon +20 +37.5 +10 10 Not valid
Caviar Caviar Shipwrecked icon +3 +12.5 33 10 Not valid
Ceviche Ceviche Shipwrecked icon +20 +25 +5 10 Cold/10 Not valid
Coffee Coffee Shipwrecked icon +3 +9.375 -5 10 Not valid
Dragonpie Dragonpie +40 +75 +5 15 Hot/10 Not valid
Fish Tacos Fish Tacos +20 +37.5 +5 6 Not valid
Fishsticks Fishsticks +40 +37.5 +5 10 Not valid
Fist Full of Jam Fist Full of Jam +3 +37.5 +5 15 Not valid
Flower Salad Flower Salad Reign of Giants icon +40 +12.5 +5 6 Not valid
Fresh Fruit Crepes Fresh Fruit Crepes Shipwrecked icon +60 +150 +15 10 Not valid
Froggle Bunwich Froggle Bunwich +20 +37.5 +5 15 Not valid
Fruit Medley Fruit Medley +20 +25 +5 6 Cold/5 Not valid
Guacamole Guacamole Reign of Giants icon +20 +37.5 0 10 Not valid
Honey Ham Honey Ham +30 +75 +5 15 Hot/10 Not valid
Honey Nuggets Honey Nuggets +20 +37.5 +5 15 Not valid
Ice Cream Ice Cream Reign of Giants icon 0 +25 +50 3 Cold/15 Not valid
Jellybeans Jellybeans Don't Starve Together icon +122
(over 2 minutes)
0 +5 Never Not valid
Jelly-O Pop Jelly-O Pop Shipwrecked icon +20 +12.5 0 10 Cold/10 Not valid
Kabobs Kabobs +3 +37.5 +5 15 Hot/15
(only in Don't Starve Together icon)
Not valid
Lobster Bisque Lobster Bisque Shipwrecked icon +60 +25 +10 10 Not valid
Lobster Dinner Lobster Dinner Shipwrecked icon +60 +25 +50 10 Not valid
Mandrake Soup Mandrake Soup +100 +150 +5 6 Not valid
Meatballs Meatballs +3 +62.5 +5 10 Not valid
Meaty Stew Meaty Stew +12 +150 +5 10 Hot/15 Not valid
Melonsicle Melonsicle Reign of Giants icon +3 +12.5 +20 3 Cold/10 Not valid
Monster Lasagna Monster Lasagna -20 +37.5 -20 10 Not valid
Monster Tartare Monster Tartare Shipwrecked icon +3 +37.5 +10 10 Not valid
Mussel Bouillabaise Mussel Bouillabaise Shipwrecked icon +20 +37.5 +15 10 Not valid
Pierogi Pierogi +40 +37.5 +5 20 Not valid
Powdercake Powdercake -3 0 0 18750 Not valid
Pumpkin Cookies Pumpkin Cookies 0 +37.5 +15 10 Not valid
Ratatouille Ratatouille +3 +25 +5 15 Not valid
Seafood Gumbo Seafood Gumbo Shipwrecked icon +40 +37.5 +20 20 Not valid
Shark Fin Soup Shark Fin Soup Shipwrecked icon +40 +12.5 -10 10 Not valid
Spicy Chili Spicy Chili Reign of Giants icon +20 +37.5 0 9 Hot/15 Not valid
Stuffed Eggplant Stuffed Eggplant +3 +37.5 +5 15 Hot/5 Not valid
Surf 'n' Turf Surf 'n' Turf Shipwrecked icon +60 +37.5 +33 10 Not valid
Sweet Potato Souffle Sweet Potato Souffle Shipwrecked icon +20 +37.5 +15 10 Not valid
Taffy Taffy -3 +25 +15 15 Not valid
Trail Mix Trail Mix Reign of Giants icon +30 +12.5 +5 15 Not valid
Tropical Bouillabaisse Tropical Bouillabaisse Shipwrecked icon +20 +37.5 +15 10 Not valid
Turkey Dinner Turkey Dinner +20 +75 +5 6 Hot/10 Not valid
Unagi Unagi +20 +18.8 +5 10 Not valid
Waffles Waffles +60 +37.5 +5 10 Not valid
Wet Goop Wet Goop 0 0 0 6 Not valid
HealthMeter Health HungerMeter Hunger SanityMeter Sanity Rot Perish Time (days) Crock Pot Crock Pot Food Values

Perish Times

Most Food has a Perish Time, eventually turning into Rot.

Stage Effect
Green (50-100% Fresh) Restores the full amount of HungerMeter, HealthMeter and SanityMeter for a given food.
Yellow (21-49% Stale) Restores 2/3 of HungerMeter, 1/3 of HealthMeter for a given food and doesn't restore any SanityMeter.
Red (0-20% Spoiled) Restores 1/2 of HungerMeter for a given food, doesn't restore any HealthMeter and decreases SanityMeter by 10.
  • Any kind of cooked meat lasts longer than any raw meat, but any kind of raw vegetable lasts longer than any cooked vegetable. The exceptions are Popcorn, which lasts longer than raw Corn; Mushrooms, which last the same amount of time whether cooked or raw; and Seaweed in Shipwrecked last longer when cooked.
  • Food dropped on the ground or stored in Shadow Chester will perish at a rate of 1.5, while keeping it in the Ice Box and Snow Chester will reduce the rate to 0.5. Additionally, during Winter and when world temperature is below 0°, the food base perish rate is multiplied by 0.75 instead of 1. I.e. during winter, when temperature is below 0°, food in the Ice Box or Snow Chester will spoil at 0.5 × 0.75 = 0.375 rate. In Reign of Giants`s Summer and Shipwrecked`s Dry Season, the food spoils at the rate of 1.25.
  • Soggy food will perish at a rate of 1.3.
  • Perishable and equipped food stored within the player's inventory while a Funcap is equipped will perish at a rate of 1.5.
  • Being near Spore Bomb of Toadstool will perish at a rate of ?.
  • During Aporkalypse, food will perish at a rate of 1.5.
  • The stale and spoiled effects do not apply when eaten by WX-78.
  • The effects of eating stale or spoiled food are worse when playing as Wickerbottom. Stale food will only give 1/3 of the hunger and 1/4 of health. Spoiled food will restore only 1/6 of the hunger. The rest of the values is the same as other characters.
  • Cooking Food on fire or in Crock Pot halves the spoiled amount of the Food (e.g. if it were at 80% freshness when raw, it would change to 90% freshness after being cooked).
  • Tallbird Eggs, Mandrakes (raw and cooked), the Deerclops Eyeball, Guardian's Horn, (Glommer's Goop Reign of Giants icon) and ("Ballphin Free" Tuna Shipwrecked icon, which gives one Fish Steak when used) are the only Food items which don't spoil (despite Honey being the only food in real life that does not spoil).
  • Food cooked in the Crock Pot and meat dried on the Drying Rack do not begin to spoil until picked up. This was changed in the Reign of Giants DLC.
  • Spoiled Eggs become Rotten Eggs instead of Rot.

Food Temperature

A food with a defined temperature effect will increase/decrease the player's perceived temperature by 40°, for varying lengths of time. This effect is not directly related to, or affected by the food's freshness.

Cold foods preserve their full effect until they rot.

Hot foods, however, will cool off over time (shortening the duration of the increased temperature effect, rather than decreasing in temperature) after being made (all hot foods are Crock Pot dishes). Hot foods will cool off four times as fast if put inside a functioning Ice Box. This cool-off increase will also happen inside Snow Chester. The Insulated Pack, Sea Sack, Chef Pouch and the Bundling Wrap will preserve the temperature effect indefinitely.

Splitting a stack of hot food will reset the temperature duration of the new stack, and combining stacks will set the duration to the same as the stack that is being added to.

An exception to the cooling-down effect of hot foods are several non-perishable food items available during Winter's Feast in Don't Starve Together. These foods will keep a long-lasting hot effect indefinitely, making them a great item to keep around static resurrection structures:

Prototype Tips

  • In order to maximize the benefits of a food item, the time when to cook it can be broke down in 3, taking into account the difference of spoil rate of the Cooked version VS the Raw version: 1) Less than twice as long; 2) Twice as long; and 3) More than twice as long. 1) If it to take less than twice as long to spoil then it should be cooked as late as possible. 2) If it takes exactly twice as long, then it does not matter when it is cooked. 3) If more, it should be cooked as early as possible.
  • When cooking sanity-restoring food, one should be wary of their freshness, as when they turn stale, they no longer restore sanity. Since most sanity-restoring food items require specific ingredients, it's recommended to consume them as soon as possible in order to benefit from the sanity gain without wasting expensive ingredients for small amounts of hunger and little to no health gains.

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