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Three dishes, then into battle

Food

In Valheim your health and stamina come not from a level but from what you ate. Three different dishes at once, each lasting 10–50 minutes. Below: what to eat at every stage and all dishes by biome. Meads are in a separate section, “Potions”.

Why can’t you eat two of the same? How food slots, dish colors and regeneration work: briefly at the bottom of the page. How it works ↓

What to eat now

The strongest set for the Meadows Pick the last biome you have reached

All dishes by biome

Meadows
Black Forest
Swamp
Mountain
Plains
Mistlands
Ashlands
Deep North

Feasts

Fish

How food works

Three slots

Three different dishes are active at once. You cannot eat two of the same, and you cannot eat a new dish while all three slots are taken and none has started to run out.

Duration

Each dish lasts its own time, from 10 to 50 minutes (feasts last 50). The bonus gradually weakens toward the end, so eat again when the dish icon starts to blink.

Dish colors

Red dishes give mostly health, yellow ones stamina, blue ones eitr for magic, and balanced ones give an even mix. For a melee fighter: two red and one yellow; for an archer: the other way round.

Regeneration

The regeneration number shows how much health a dish restores on every tick. Regeneration from all three dishes adds up, so one dish with high regeneration speeds up healing noticeably.

Where to cook

Meat is roasted on a spit over a fire, complex dishes are boiled in a cauldron, pies and bread are baked in an oven. Some ingredients can be eaten raw, but turnips must be cooked before they can be eaten.