Food makes a huge difference in Valheim, especially once you start fighting tougher enemies and bosses. You can eat three different foods at the same time, so choosing the right combination gives you the health, stamina, or Eitr you need for the job.
This Valheim food guide covers the food you can unlock from the Meadows to the Deep North, including food stats, ingredients, sources, and the best food combinations. It also covers the meads worth carrying for each boss and where to find the ingredients used in these recipes.
How Food Works in Valheim
You have three food slots, and each slot needs a different food. Eating the same food again doesn’t increase your HP or stamina until the first serving has partly digested. You can then eat it again to restore the full effect and reset its timer.
Food can give you up to four different effects:
- Max HP
- Max Stamina
- HP Regen
- Eitr
Consume food with high HP when you are going into combat. Stamina-heavy foods are better options for building, gathering, exploring, and other activities where you need to move around a lot.
Food effects slowly drop as the timer runs down. At 75% of the timer remaining, you still have 92% of the effect. At 10% remaining, the effect drops to 50%.
You also cannot starve to death in Valheim. However, you’ll become weaker without food, but hunger will not kill you.
What Are Meads?
Meads do not take up your three food slots. You can carry and use them alongside your normal food.
The useful meads are listed later in this guide, including the resistance, healing, stamina, and Eitr options.
Feasts
Feasts are 10-serving dishes made at the Food Preparation Table. You need spices from the Bog Witch to make them, and a Serving Tray to eat them.
They are useful when many players are preparing for the same boss fight.
Bukeperries and Rotten Meat are poisonous. They damage your HP and Stamina, but they also remove your current food buffs. You can use them to reset your food.
Meadows Food
The Meadows are your first real food setup. Hunting deer and boars gives you better health food, while berries, mushrooms, and honey provide more stamina.
Try to keep three different foods active and stay Rested when exploring. The Rested effect makes stamina management much easier.
| Food | HP | Stamina | Regen | Time | Ingredients / Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooked Deer Meat | 35 | 12 | 2 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Deer Meat · Cooking Station |
| Honey | 8 | 35 | 1 HP/tick | 15 min | Beehive |
| Cooked Boar Meat | 30 | 10 | 2 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Boar Meat · Cooking Station |
| Grilled Neck Tail | 25 | 8 | 2 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Neck Tail · Cooking Station |
| Mushroom | 15 | 15 | 1 HP/tick | 15 min | Meadows, Black Forest |
| Raspberries | 7 | 20 | 1 HP/tick | 10 min | Meadows |
Best Meadows Food Combos
Best balance:
- Cooked Boar Meat
- Cooked Deer Meat
- Honey
- 73 HP / 57 Stamina
Max HP:
- Cooked Boar Meat
- Cooked Deer Meat
- Grilled Neck Tail
- 90 HP / 30 Stamina
Max Stamina:
- Honey
- Mushroom
- Raspberries
- 30 HP / 70 Stamina
Black Forest Food
The Cauldron can be unlocked from the Black Forest, and it gives you access to much better recipes.
Carrot Soup is a strong stamina food, while Deer Stew gives a big HP boost. Queen’s Jam is also cheap to make and works well when you need more stamina.
| Food | HP | Stamina | Regen | Time | Ingredients / Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrot Soup | 15 | 45 | 2 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Mushroom, 3 Carrots · Cauldron 1 |
| Deer Stew | 45 | 15 | 3 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Blueberry, 1 Carrot, 1 Cooked Deer Meat · Cauldron 1 |
| Queen’s Jam | 14 | 40 | 2 HP/tick | 20 min | 8 Raspberries, 6 Blueberries · Cauldron 1 |
| Cooked Bear Meat | 40 | 13 | 2 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Bear Meat · Cooking Station |
| Minced Meat Sauce | 40 | 13 | 3 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Boar Meat, 1 Neck Tail, 1 Carrot · Cauldron 1 |
| Pulled Bear | 37 | 16 | 3 HP/tick | 30 min | 1 Cooked Bear Meat, 2 Carrot, 1 Blueberries · Cauldron 1 |
| Boar Jerky | 23 | 23 | 2 HP/tick | 30 min | 1 Boar Meat, 1 Honey · Cauldron 1 |
| Carrot | 10 | 32 | 1 HP/tick | 15 min | Grown from Carrot seeds |
| Yellow Mushroom | 10 | 30 | 1 HP/tick | 10 min | Dungeons |
| Blueberries | 8 | 25 | 1 HP/tick | 10 min | Black Forest |
Best Black Forest Food Combos
Best balance:
- Carrot Soup
- Deer Stew
- Queen’s Jam
- 74 HP / 100 Stamina
Max HP:
- Cooked Bear Meat
- Deer Stew
- Minced Meat Sauce
- 125 HP / 41 Stamina
Max Stamina:
- Carrot Soup
- Honey
- Queen’s Jam
- 37 HP / 120 Stamina
Swamp Food
The Swamp gives you some of the first food that remains useful much later.
Serpent Stew is especially strong. Serpents are worth hunting whenever you find them at sea because the cooked meat can stay in your food setup all the way into the Mistlands.
Turnip Stew is your main stamina option here, while Sausages provide a lot of HP for their ingredients.
| Food | HP | Stamina | Regen | Time | Ingredients / Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serpent Stew | 80 | 26 | 4 HP/tick | 30 min | 1 Mushroom, 1 Cooked Serpent Meat, 2 Honey · Cauldron 2 |
| Cooked Serpent Meat | 70 | 23 | 3 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Serpent Meat · Iron Cooking Station |
| Sailor’s Bounty | 45 | 45 | 3 HP/tick | 50 min | 5 Cooked Fish, 4 Thistle, 2 Cooked Serpent Meat, 1 Seafarer’s Herbs · Food Prep Table · 10 servings |
| Sausages | 55 | 18 | 3 HP/tick | 25 min | 4 Entrails, 1 Boar Meat, 1 Thistle · Cauldron 2 |
| Turnip Stew | 18 | 55 | 2 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Boar Meat, 3 Turnip · Cauldron 2 |
| Black Forest Buffet Platter | 35 | 35 | 3 HP/tick | 50 min | 3 Deer Stew, 5 Thistle, 4 Queen’s Jam, 1 Woodland Herb Blend · Food Prep Table · 10 servings |
| Swamp Dweller’s Delight | 35 | 35 | 3 HP/tick | 50 min | 8 Sausages, 4 Bloodbag, 2 Turnip Stew, 1 Woodland Herb Blend · Food Prep Table · 10 servings |
| Whole Roasted Meadow Boar | 35 | 35 | 2 HP/tick | 50 min | 2 Cooked Deer Meat, 5 Cooked Boar Meat, 4 Dandelion, 1 Woodland Herb Blend · Food Prep Table · 10 servings |
| Black Soup | 50 | 17 | 3 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Bloodbag, 1 Honey, 1 Turnip · Cauldron 2 |
| Muckshake | 16 | 50 | 1 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Ooze, 2 Raspberries, 2 Blueberries · Cauldron 2 |
| Cooked Fish | 45 | 15 | 2 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Raw Fish · Cooking Station |
Best Swamp Food Combos
Best balance:
- Cooked Serpent Meat
- Serpent Stew
- Turnip Stew
- 168 HP / 104 Stamina
Max HP:
- Cooked Serpent Meat
- Sausages
- Serpent Stew
- 205 HP / 67 Stamina
Max Stamina:
- Carrot Soup
- Muckshake
- Turnip Stew
- 49 HP / 150 Stamina
Mountain Food
The Mountains add onions, wolves, and drakes to your food options.
Wolf Skewer is the main HP food here, while Onion Soup and Eyescream are useful when you need more stamina.
| Food | HP | Stamina | Regen | Time | Ingredients / Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hearty Mountain Logger’s Stew | 45 | 45 | 3 HP/tick | 50 min | 2 Wolf Skewer, 3 Onion Soup, 4 Carrot, 1 Mountain Peak Pepper Powder · Food Prep Table · 10 servings |
| Eyescream | 21 | 65 | 1 HP/tick | 25 min | 3 Greydwarf Eye, 1 Freeze Gland · Cauldron 3 |
| Wolf Skewer | 65 | 21 | 3 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Wolf Meat, 2 Mushroom, 1 Onion · Cauldron 3 |
| Onion Soup | 20 | 60 | 1 HP/tick | 20 min | 3 Onion · Cauldron 2 |
| Wolf Jerky | 33 | 33 | 3 HP/tick | 30 min | 1 Wolf Meat, 1 Honey · Cauldron 3 |
| Cooked Wolf Meat | 45 | 15 | 3 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Wolf Meat · Cooking Station |
| Onion | 13 | 40 | 1 HP/tick | 15 min | Grown from Onion seeds |
Best Mountain Food Combos
Best balance:
- Cooked Serpent Meat
- Eyescream
- Serpent Stew
- 171 HP / 114 Stamina
Max HP:
- Cooked Serpent Meat
- Serpent Stew
- Wolf Skewer
- 215 HP / 70 Stamina
Max Stamina:
- Eyescream
- Onion Soup
- Turnip Stew
- 59 HP / 180 Stamina
Plains Food
The Plains is where food starts giving you much bigger numbers.
Lox Meat Pie and Blood Pudding are the main foods for this stage. Bread is also a cheap way to get a large stamina boost.
Plant Barley as soon as you have access to a safe Fuling village because you will need a lot of Barley Flour for several recipes.
| Food | HP | Stamina | Regen | Time | Ingredients / Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plains Pie Picnic | 55 | 55 | 4 HP/tick | 50 min | 3 Bread, 2 Lox Meat Pie, 5 Cloudberries, 1 Grasslands Herbalist Harvest · Food Prep Table · 10 servings |
| Blood Pudding | 25 | 75 | 2 HP/tick | 30 min | 2 Thistle, 2 Bloodbag, 4 Barley Flour · Cauldron 4 |
| Lox Meat Pie | 75 | 24 | 4 HP/tick | 30 min | 4 Barley Flour, 2 Cloudberries, 2 Lox Meat · Food Prep Table + Oven |
| Bread | 23 | 70 | 2 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Bread Dough · Food Prep Table + Oven |
| Fish Wraps | 70 | 23 | 4 HP/tick | 25 min | 2 Cooked Fish, 4 Barley Flour · Cauldron 4 |
| Frosted Sweetbread | 43 | 43 | 2 HP/tick | 30 min | 1 Unbaked Sweetbread · Food Prep Table + Oven |
| Cooked Chicken Meat | 60 | 20 | 5 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Chicken Meat · Iron Cooking Station |
| Cooked Lox Meat | 50 | 16 | 4 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Lox Meat · Iron Cooking Station |
| Cloudberries | 13 | 40 | 1 HP/tick | 15 min | Plains |
| Cooked Egg | 35 | 12 | 2 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Egg · Cauldron 1 |
Best Plains Food Combos
Best balance:
- Blood Pudding
- Lox Meat Pie
- Serpent Stew
- 180 HP / 125 Stamina
Max HP:
- Cooked Serpent Meat
- Lox Meat Pie
- Serpent Stew
- 225 HP / 73 Stamina
Max Stamina:
- Blood Pudding
- Bread
- Eyescream
- 69 HP / 210 Stamina
Mistlands Food
Mistlands food adds Eitr, which you need for magic builds.
Magecap and Jotun Puffs are important ingredients for many of the recipes here. If you are playing a mage, Seeker Aspic is one of the main foods to keep stocked.
| Food | HP | Stamina | Eitr | Regen | Time | Ingredients / Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mushrooms Galore á la Mistlands | 65 | 65 | 33 | 5 HP/tick | 50 min | 1 Misthare Supreme, 3 Cooked Seeker Meat, 1 Yggdrasil Porridge, 1 Herbs of the Hidden Hills · Food Prep Table · 10 servings |
| Seeker Aspic | 28 | 14 | 85 | 3 HP/tick | 30 min | 2 Seeker Meat, 2 Magecap, 2 Royal Jelly · Cauldron 5 |
| Fish ‘n’ Bread | 30 | 90 | — | 3 HP/tick | 30 min | 1 Anglerfish, 2 Bread Dough · Food Prep Table + Oven |
| Yggdrasil Porridge | 27 | 13 | 80 | 3 HP/tick | 25 min | 4 Sap, 3 Barley, 2 Royal Jelly · Cauldron 5 |
| Misthare Supreme | 85 | 28 | — | 5 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Hare Meat, 3 Jotun Puffs, 2 Carrot · Food Prep Table + Oven |
| Mushroom Omelette | 28 | 85 | — | 3 HP/tick | 25 min | 3 Egg, 3 Jotun Puffs · Cauldron 5 |
| Stuffed Mushroom | 25 | 12 | 75 | 3 HP/tick | 25 min | 3 Magecap, 1 Blood Clot, 2 Turnip · Food Prep Table + Oven |
| Honey Glazed Chicken | 80 | 26 | — | 5 HP/tick | 30 min | 1 Chicken Meat, 3 Honey, 2 Jotun Puffs · Food Prep Table + Oven |
| Meat Platter | 80 | 26 | — | 5 HP/tick | 30 min | 1 Seeker Meat, 1 Lox Meat, 1 Hare Meat · Food Prep Table + Oven |
| Salad | 26 | 80 | — | 3 HP/tick | 25 min | 3 Jotun Puffs, 3 Onion, 3 Cloudberries · Cauldron 5 |
| Cooked Hare Meat | 60 | 20 | — | 5 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Hare Meat · Iron Cooking Station |
| Cooked Seeker Meat | 60 | 20 | — | 5 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Seeker Meat · Iron Cooking Station |
| Magecap | 25 | 25 | 25 | 1 HP/tick | 15 min | Wild: Mistlands |
| Jotun Puffs | 25 | 25 | — | 1 HP/tick | 15 min | Wild: Mistlands |
Best Mistlands Food Combos
Best balance:
- Fish ‘n’ Bread
- Misthare Supreme
- Mushroom Omelette
- 143 HP / 203 Stamina
Max HP:
- Meat Platter
- Misthare Supreme
- Serpent Stew
- 245 HP / 80 Stamina
Max Stamina:
- Fish ‘n’ Bread
- Mushroom Omelette
- Salad
- 84 HP / 255 Stamina
Max Eitr:
- Seeker Aspic
- Stuffed Mushroom
- Yggdrasil Porridge
- 80 HP / 39 Stamina / 240 Eitr
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Ashlands Food
Ashlands food pushes the HP and stamina values even higher.
Piquant Pie, Mashed Meat, and Fiery Svinstew are the main HP choices. For stamina, look at Roasted Crust Pie and Scorching Medley.
Fiddlehead, Smoke Puff, and Vineberry Cluster are also important if you are building an Eitr-focused food setup.
| Food | HP | Stamina | Eitr | Regen | Time | Ingredients / Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashlands Gourmet Bowl | 75 | 75 | 38 | 6 HP/tick | 50 min | 3 Cooked Asksvin Tail, 5 Vineberry Cluster, 2 Scorching Medley, 1 Fiery Spice Powder · Food Prep Table · 10 servings |
| Marinated Greens | 32 | 16 | 95 | 4 HP/tick | 30 min | 3 Sap, 2 Magecap, 2 Fiddlehead, 2 Smoke Puff · Cauldron 6 |
| Piquant Pie | 105 | 35 | — | 6 HP/tick | 30 min | 2 Asksvin Tail, 2 Vineberry Cluster, 4 Barley Flour · Food Prep Table + Oven |
| Sparkling Shroomshake | 30 | 15 | 90 | 4 HP/tick | 25 min | 4 Sap, 2 Magecap, 2 Vineberry Cluster, 2 Smoke Puff · Cauldron 6 |
| Mashed Meat | 100 | 34 | — | 6 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Asksvin Tail, 1 Volture Meat, 1 Fiddlehead · Cauldron 6 |
| Roasted Crust Pie | 34 | 100 | — | 4 HP/tick | 30 min | 1 Volture Egg, 2 Vineberry Cluster, 4 Barley Flour · Food Prep Table + Oven |
| Fiery Svinstew | 95 | 32 | — | 6 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Asksvin Tail, 2 Vineberry Cluster, 1 Smoke Puff · Cauldron 5 |
| Scorching Medley | 32 | 95 | — | 4 HP/tick | 25 min | 3 Jotun Puffs, 3 Onion, 3 Fiddlehead · Cauldron 6 |
| Sizzling Berry Broth | 28 | 14 | 85 | 4 HP/tick | 25 min | 3 Sap, 2 Vineberry Cluster, 2 Fiddlehead · Cauldron 5 |
| Cooked Bonemaw Meat | 90 | 30 | — | 6 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Bonemaw Meat · Iron Cooking Station |
| Spicy Marmalade | 30 | 90 | — | 4 HP/tick | 25 min | 3 Vineberry Cluster, 1 Honey, 1 Fiddlehead · Cauldron 5 |
| Cooked Asksvin Tail | 70 | 24 | — | 6 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Asksvin Tail · Iron Cooking Station |
| Cooked Volture Meat | 70 | 24 | — | 6 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Volture Meat · Iron Cooking Station |
| Vineberry Cluster | 30 | 30 | 30 | 1 HP/tick | 15 min | Grown from Vineberry seeds |
| Fiddlehead | 30 | 30 | — | 1 HP/tick | 15 min | Wild: Ashlands |
| Smoke Puff | 15 | 15 | — | 1 HP/tick | 15 min | Wild: Ashlands |
Best Ashlands Food Combos
Best balance:
- Mashed Meat
- Piquant Pie
- Roasted Crust Pie
- 239 HP / 169 Stamina
Max HP:
- Fiery Svinstew
- Mashed Meat
- Piquant Pie
- 300 HP / 101 Stamina
Max Stamina:
- Fish ‘n’ Bread
- Roasted Crust Pie
- Scorching Medley
- 96 HP / 285 Stamina
Max Eitr:
- Marinated Greens
- Seeker Aspic
- Sparkling Shroomshake
- 90 HP / 45 Stamina / 270 Eitr
Deep North Food
The Deep North has the highest food values in the game.
Oat-based foods are great for stamina, while Meat In Bread and Seal Meat Soup provide huge HP bonuses. The biome also adds several strong Eitr options.
| Food | HP | Stamina | Eitr | Regen | Time | Ingredients / Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oatmeal | 39 | 115 | 85 | 5 HP/tick | 30 min | 2 Oats, 2 Lingonberries, 1 Oat Milk · Cauldron 6 |
| Northern Morning Fare | 85 | 85 | 43 | 7 HP/tick | 50 min | 3 Cooked Moose Meat, 5 Poteitr, 2 Oat Flour, 1 Seasoning of the Gourd · Food Prep Table · 10 servings |
| Fish Soup | 37 | 18 | 105 | 5 HP/tick | 30 min | 3 Raw Fish, 2 Kale, 2 Ice · Cauldron 7 |
| Oven Pancake | 37 | 18 | 105 | 5 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Moose Meat, 2 Lingonberries, 1 Poteitr, 2 Oat Flour · Cauldron 6 + Stone Oven |
| Meatballs and Poteitr | 35 | 18 | 105 | 5 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Moose Meat, 2 Poteitr, 2 Lingonberries · Cauldron 7 |
| Pancakes | 39 | 115 | — | 5 HP/tick | 30 min | 2 Blueberries, 2 Egg, 1 Oat Milk, 2 Oat Flour · Cauldron 6 |
| Baked Poteitr | 34 | 17 | 100 | 5 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Seal Blubber, 2 Kale, 1 Poteitr, 2 Oat Flour · Cauldron 7 + Stone Oven |
| Meat In Bread | 110 | 37 | — | 7 HP/tick | 30 min | 1 Moose Meat, 2 Kale, 1 Oat Flour, 2 Lingonberries · Cauldron 7 |
| Oat Milk | 37 | 110 | — | 5 HP/tick | 25 min | 5 Oats, 5 Ice · Mead Ketill |
| Seal Meat Soup | 110 | 37 | — | 7 HP/tick | 30 min | 2 Seal Blubber, 2 Kale, 2 Ice · Cauldron 7 |
| Smoked Fish | 30 | 16 | 95 | 5 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Raw Fish, 1 Kale, 1 Poteitr · Cauldron 7 |
| Kale Chips | 35 | 105 | — | 5 HP/tick | 25 min | 12 Kale · Stone Oven |
| Lingonberry Juice | 35 | 105 | — | 5 HP/tick | 25 min | 5 Lingonberries, 5 Ice · Cauldron 7 |
| Smoked Moose Meat | 105 | 35 | — | 7 HP/tick | 25 min | 1 Moose Meat, 2 Kale · Cauldron 7 |
| Cooked Moose Meat | 80 | 27 | — | 5 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Moose Meat · Iron Cooking Station |
| Poteitr | 35 | 35 | 35 | 1 HP/tick | 15 min | Grown from Poteitr Seeds |
| Cooked Seal Blubber | 60 | 20 | — | 5 HP/tick | 20 min | 1 Seal Blubber · Stone Oven |
| Kale | 35 | 35 | — | 1 HP/tick | 15 min | Grown from Kale Seeds |
| Lingonberries | 35 | 35 | — | 1 HP/tick | 15 min | Wild: Deep North |
| Oats | 33 | 33 | — | 3 HP/tick | 30 min | Grown from Oat Seeds |
| Luminous Larva | 30 | 30 | — | 1 HP/tick | 15 min | Wild: Deep North |
Best Deep North Food Combos
Best balance:
- Meat In Bread
- Oatmeal
- Pancakes
- 188 HP / 267 Stamina / 85 Eitr
Max HP:
- Meat In Bread
- Piquant Pie
- Seal Meat Soup
- 325 HP / 109 Stamina
Max Stamina:
- Oat Milk
- Oatmeal
- Pancakes
- 115 HP / 340 Stamina / 85 Eitr
Max Eitr:
- Fish Soup
- Meatballs and Poteitr
- Oven Pancake
- 109 HP / 54 Stamina / 315 Eitr
Best Meads for Valheim
Meads work differently from food.
First brew the base at a Mead Ketill, then put it into a Fermenter to finish the mead.
Fire and Frost resistance meads cut their respective damage type by half for 10 minutes. Poison Resistance Mead also reduces poison damage and its duration.
Resistance effects do not stack with other sources, so you only need one active resistance source.
Healing meads share a cooldown with other healing meads. Stamina meads share a cooldown with other stamina meads, and Eitr meads do the same with other Eitr meads.
For most fights, carry one healing mead and one stamina mead, using the strongest version available to you.
| Mead | Effect | Duration | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Resistance Barley Wine | Fire resistance | 10 min | 10 Barley, 10 Cloudberries |
| Frost Resistance Mead | Frost resistance | 10 min | 10 Honey, 5 Thistle, 2 Bloodbag, 1 Greydwarf Eye |
| Poison Resistance Mead | Poison resistance | 10 min | 10 Honey, 5 Thistle, 1 Neck Tail, 10 Coal |
| Minor Healing Mead | Restores 50 health | Instant · 10 sec cooldown | 10 Honey, 5 Blueberries, 10 Raspberries, 1 Dandelion |
| Medium Healing Mead | Restores 75 health | Instant · 10 sec cooldown | 10 Honey, 4 Bloodbag, 10 Raspberries, 1 Dandelion |
| Major Healing Mead | Restores 125 health | Instant · 10 sec cooldown | 10 Honey, 4 Blood Clot, 5 Royal Jelly |
| Lingering Healing Mead | +25% health regen | 5 min | 10 Sap, 10 Vineberry Cluster, 10 Smoke Puff |
| Minor Stamina Mead | Restores 80 stamina | Instant · 2 sec cooldown | 10 Honey, 10 Raspberries, 10 Yellow Mushroom |
| Medium Stamina Mead | Restores 160 stamina | Instant · 2 sec cooldown | 10 Honey, 10 Cloudberries, 10 Yellow Mushroom |
| Lingering Stamina Mead | +25% stamina regen | 5 min | 10 Sap, 10 Cloudberries, 10 Jotun Puffs |
| Minor Eitr Mead | Restores 125 Eitr | Instant · 10 sec cooldown | 10 Honey, 5 Sap, 2 Jotun Puffs, 5 Magecap |
| Lingering Eitr Mead | +25% Eitr regen | 5 min | 10 Sap, 10 Vineberry Cluster, 10 Magecap |
Best Food and Meads for Every Boss
Your food choice matters even more during boss fights because the extra HP and stamina can give you more time.
These combinations focus on the highest HP setup listed for each stage.
| Boss | Biome | Food Trio | Resistance Mead | Healing Mead | Stamina / Eitr | Watch Out For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eikthyr | Meadows | Cooked Boar Meat + Cooked Deer Meat + Grilled Neck Tail · 90 HP / 30 Stamina | — | Minor Healing Mead | Minor Stamina Mead | Pierce antlers and lightning stomps. No resistance mead covers these damage types. |
| The Elder | Black Forest | Cooked Bear Meat + Deer Stew + Minced Meat Sauce · 125 HP / 41 Stamina | — | Minor Healing Mead | Minor Stamina Mead | Pierce shots and blunt stomps. Food and dodging are your main protection. |
| Bonemass | Swamp | Cooked Serpent Meat + Sausages + Serpent Stew · 205 HP / 67 Stamina | Poison Resistance Mead | Medium Healing Mead | Minor Stamina Mead | Unblockable poison burst. Poison Resistance Mead reduces the damage and duration. |
| Moder | Mountain | Cooked Serpent Meat + Serpent Stew + Wolf Skewer · 215 HP / 70 Stamina | Frost Resistance Mead | Medium Healing Mead | Minor Stamina Mead | Cold breath and frost spit can hit for 200. Frost mead cuts the damage in half. |
| Yagluth | Plains | Cooked Serpent Meat + Lox Meat Pie + Serpent Stew · 225 HP / 73 Stamina | Fire Resistance Barley Wine | Medium Healing Mead | Medium Stamina Mead | Fire novas and meteors. Fire Resistance Barley Wine halves fire damage. |
| The Queen | Mistlands | Meat Platter + Misthare Supreme + Serpent Stew · 245 HP / 80 Stamina | Poison Resistance Mead | Major Healing Mead | Lingering Stamina Mead · Eitr: Minor Eitr Mead | Slashing rushes and poison bites. Mage builds should carry Eitr mead. |
| Fader | Ashlands | Fiery Svinstew + Mashed Meat + Piquant Pie · 300 HP / 101 Stamina | Fire Resistance Barley Wine | Lingering Healing Mead | Lingering Stamina Mead · Eitr: Lingering Eitr Mead | Piercing claws and bites, along with fire fissures, meteors, and fire walls. |
| Kall Fimbulbringer | Deep North | Meat In Bread + Piquant Pie + Seal Meat Soup · 325 HP / 109 Stamina | Frost Resistance Mead | Lingering Healing Mead | Lingering Stamina Mead · Eitr: Lingering Eitr Mead | Heavy blunt attacks and frost rain during the final phase. Frost mead halves frost damage. |
Where to Find Valheim Food Ingredients
Most ingredients come from hunting, gathering, or farming. Some are tied to merchants or special locations.
Meadows Ingredients
Boar Meat: Kill boars in the Meadows.
Deer Meat: Hunt deer.
Neck Tail: Kill Necks around the water.
Raspberries: Pick them from bushes.
Honey: Harvest beehives.
Mushroom: Pick them from the ground in the Meadows, Black Forest, and Swamp.
Dandelion: Pick them from the ground. They respawn in the same location after about 4 hours.
Black Forest Ingredients
Bear Meat: Kill bears.
Blueberries: Pick them from the ground.
Carrot: Find Carrot seeds on the ground and grow them. Planting a carrot gives 3 seeds.
Yellow Mushroom: Find them inside Burial Chambers and Troll Caves, as well as Sunken Crypts in the Swamp.
Thistle: Pick it in the Black Forest and Swamp. It glows at night, making it easier to spot.
Greydwarf Eye: Kill Greydwarfs. Around half of them drop one.
Coal: Kill Surtlings, loot chests, burn wood in a Charcoal Kiln, or overcook meat on a Cooking Station.
Raw Fish: Process caught fish into Raw Fish at a Food Preparation Table.
Swamp Ingredients
Turnip: Find Turnip seeds in the Swamp and grow them.
Entrails: Kill Draugr and Draugr Elites. You can also find them on meat piles in Frost Caves and Howling Caverns.
Bloodbag: Kill Leeches in the water.
Ooze: Kill Blobs and Oozers.
Serpent Meat: Kill Serpents at sea. They drop around 6–7 meat. Cook it on an Iron Cooking Station.
Thistle: Pick it in the Swamp or Black Forest.
Mountain Ingredients
Wolf Meat: Kill wolves.
Onion: Find Onion seeds in chests inside ruined shacks and towers, then grow them.
Freeze Gland: Kill Drakes.
Plains Ingredients
Cloudberries: Pick them from the ground.
Barley: Find wild Barley in Fuling villages and Plains chests. It can only be grown in the Plains. Use a Windmill to turn it into Barley Flour.
Lox Meat: Kill Lox. Cook the meat on an Iron Cooking Station.
Egg: Buy your first eggs from Haldor. Two eggs are enough to start a chicken farm.
Chicken Meat: Kill hens or chickens.
Anglerfish: Fish off the Mistlands coast using Misty fishing bait. The bait requires 20 Fishing Bait and one Lox Trophy and is made at a Food Preparation Table.
Mistlands Ingredients
Hare Meat: Kill Hares.
Seeker Meat: Kill Seekers and Seeker Soldiers. Cook it on an Iron Cooking Station.
Magecap: Pick it in the Mistlands and replant it with a Cultivator.
Jotun Puffs: Pick them in the Mistlands and replant them with a Cultivator.
Royal Jelly: Find piles inside Infested Mines. They respawn, and Seeker Broods drop more.
Sap: Extract it with Sap Extractors.
Blood Clot: Kill Ticks.
Ashlands Ingredients
Asksvin Tail: Kill Asksvin.
Volture Meat: Kill Voltures.
Volture Egg: Loot Volture nests or kill Voltures.
Bonemaw Meat: Kill Bonemaws in the boiling water along the coast. The meat floats, so collect it quickly.
Fiddlehead: Pick it from fern bushes in Ashlands ruins. Each fern gives 3, and it respawns after about 5 hours.
Smoke Puff: Pick them around rocks and ruins. They respawn after about 4 hours.
Vineberry Cluster: Harvest ripe clusters from Ashvine growing on charred ruins. Each cluster gives 3 berries. The vine grows back on its own, and Vineberry seeds can be used to grow your own on any wall.
Deep North Ingredients
Moose Meat: Kill Moose.
Seal Blubber: Kill Seals.
Seal Meat: Bake Seal Blubber in a Stone Oven.
Kale: Pick it in the wild or grow it from Kale seeds found on the ground and in granary barrels at abandoned villages.
Oats: Pick wild Oats or grow them from Oat seeds found in granary barrels. Grind them into Oats at a Windmill.
Oat Flour: Grind Oats at a Windmill.
Oat Milk: Combine 5 Oats and 5 Ice at a Mead Ketill.
Lingonberries: Pick them from bushes.
Poteitr: Grow it from Poteitr seeds found in granary barrels at abandoned villages.
Ice: Break ice sheets along the shore, smash ice ponds, or kill Deep North Greydwarfs and Shamans.
Luminous Larva: Gather it from the walls inside winding tunnels.
Bog Witch Seasonings
The Bog Witch sells the special seasonings used for several Food Preparation Table recipes.
Her stock expands as you progress through the game.
| Seasoning | Cost | Sold After |
|---|---|---|
| Woodland Herb Blend | 120 coins | The Elder |
| Seafarer’s Herbs | 130 coins | First Serpent kill |
| Pungent Pebbles | 125 coins | Always available |
| Powdered Dragon Eggshells | 120 coins | Always available |
| Fragrant Bundle | 140 coins | Moder |
| Mountain Peak Pepper Powder | 140 coins | Moder |
| Toadstool | 85 coins | Moder |
| Grasslands Herbalist Harvest | 160 coins | Yagluth |
| Herbs of the Hidden Hills | 180 coins | The Queen |
| Fiery Spice Powder | 200 coins | Fader |
| Seasoning of the Gourd | 220 coins | Kall Fimbulbringer |
Highest Food Stats in Valheim
If you want to get the highest numbers from three individual foods, these are the peak combinations listed in the guide.
Max balanced:
- Meat In Bread
- Oatmeal
- Pancakes
- 188 HP / 267 Stamina / 85 Eitr
Max health:
- Meat In Bread
- Piquant Pie
- Seal Meat Soup
- 325 HP / 109 Stamina
Max stamina:
- Oat Milk
- Oatmeal
- Pancakes
- 115 HP / 340 Stamina / 85 Eitr
Max Eitr:
- Fish Soup
- Meatballs and Poteitr
- Oven Pancake
- 109 HP / 54 Stamina / 315 Eitr
Feasts are not included in these totals because they are 10-serving dishes designed for group use rather than individual food slots.
