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InValheim, players are pitted against a harsh world filled with aggressive beasts and dangerous climates. In order to negate some of the damage from enemies and gain more stamina, players should eat the best food they can at every level.
The Purpose of Food
Unlike many other survival games, players are not required to manage hungry or thirst with food and drink. The food system is designed to be nothing but a positive benefit to players; the better the food eaten, the better the health and stamina pool they will have. Since the food inValheimhas no downsides, there’s really no reason for players not to have some tasty treats in their inventory at all times.
Updated on July 05, 2025:Valheim has received multiple updates since its initial early access launch on PC. Not only that, but the Viking survival indie game is now available on Xbox through the Game Pass subscription service. This post has been updated to include more of thebest Valheim food combos. The featured image has also been updated, and any of our old links have been switched to more recent ones.
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Players have three food slots to fill, each needing a unique item. Food items can provide great boosts to a player’s stats, and it can be crucial to find the right balance when encountering challenges in the game.
Early Game Food Choices
At the beginning of the game, players will have limited options. The best foods will give players extra health, stamina, will heal their wounds over time, and will last for the longest. While in the Meadows biome, before defeatingthe firstValheimboss Eikthyr, players will only have access to Raspberries, a variety of cooked meats, Red Mushrooms, and Honey.
So the best-balanced food combination for a new player would be honey, cooked deer meat, and cooked boar meat. Players can gather Honey bybuilding bee hives inValheimand get raw meat to cook from deer and boar, which hang out around water sources in the Meadows.
In order to cook them, players just need tobuild a fire in theirValheimhome, then build a Cooking Station over it. After killing Eikthyr, however, players will get access to even more types of food.
Black Forest Biome Food
The Black Forest opens up more food choices. Once players have mined some tin with their antler pickaxe, they can make a Cauldron andValheim’s Fermenterto make better food and their first potions. The best food items in the Black Forest are:
If players have found the trader inValheim’s massive mapand can reliably get fish to cook, the best combination for Black Forest food would be Cooked Fish, Carrot Soup, and Deer Stew. Both the jam and soup are made with the Cauldron, which needs 10 Tin and a fire.
to get Carrots, players must gather carrot seeds from the Black Forest and plant them at home with a cultivator, which is made from bronze and wood. Once the carrots have grown, it takes three carrots and a red mushroom to make the soup in the Cauldron.
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Food From the Swamps
The Swamp biomegives players access to Draugr and Turnip seeds. From these, players can make:
Sausages are made from 1 raw Boar Meat, 1 Thistle, and 4 Entrails. Turnip stew is made by growing Turnips from seeds and mixing them with raw Boar Meat inValheim’s Cauldron. Carrot Soup, Turnip Stew, and Sausages make an excellent meal for players looking for more stamina. Cooked fish, Turnip stew, and Sausages are better for those looking for more health.
Mountain Biome Foods
The Mountain biome brings a handful of unique meals, including some meals attached to one of its unique creatures (the Wolf).
Plains Foods
After players build aValheimartisan table, it will open up some of the best food in the game for players. Barley flour, which must be grown in the Plains and processed in the Windmill, can be used to make Bread, Blood Pudding, and Lox Meat Pies. Also introduced for these items is the Stone Oven, which takes Uncooked Lox Meat Pies and produces the edible variant.
WhileLox can be tamed, they can also be made into great food and rugs for a player’s home to up their comfort level.
Food from the Sea
For those brave enough to take on the sea, sea serpents can make some delicious and health-boosting foods. Raw Serpent Meat can be turned into:
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Food from the Mistlands
The latest addition toValheimis the Mistlands biome, an extremely challenging area in the game where players will encounter insect-like beasts known as Seekers. Their Seeker meat can be combined with other ingredients in this biome to create a number of impressive meal items:
Best Overall
Arguably, the best-balanced combination offoods currently available inValheimare:
These combine to give players 143 health, 132 stamina, and 85 eitr decaying over 25 minutes. For those players looking to ditch the magical resource, combining Misthare Supreme, Fish n' Bread, and one of either Honey Glazed Chicken, Meat Platter, or Serpent Stew is the best-balanced option. This gives 195 health and 144 stamina decaying over 25 minutes.
Valheimis available now for PC and Xbox.
