Valheim: Best Food Combos

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In Valheim, 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 in Valheim has no downsides, there's really no reason for players not to have some tasty treats in their inventory at all times.

Updated on March 14, 2023: 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 the best 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 defeating the first Valheim boss Eikthyr, players will only have access to Raspberries, a variety of cooked meats, Red Mushrooms, and Honey.

• Cooked Deer Meat - raise HP by: 35, heal 2 HP per second, raise stamina by 12, lasts 1200 seconds
• Cooked Boar Meat - raise HP by: 30, heal 2 HP per second, raise stamina by 10, lasts for 1200 seconds
• Honey (from bees) - raise HP by: 8, heal 1 HP per second, raise stamina by 35, lasts for 900 seconds
• Grilled Neck Tail - raise HP by: 25, heal 2 HP per second, raise stamina by 8, lasts for 1200 seconds
• Raspberries - raise HP by: 7, heal 1 HP per second, raise stamina by 20, lasts for 600 seconds
• Red Mushroom - raise HP by: 15, heal 1 HP per second, raise stamina by 15, lasts for 900 seconds

So the best-balanced food combination for a new player would be honey, cooked deer meat, and cooked boar meat. Players can gather Honey by building bee hives in Valheim and 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 to build a fire in their Valheim home, 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 and Valheim's Fermenter to make better food and their first potions. The best food items in the Black Forest are:

• Carrot soup (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 15, heal 2 HP per second, raise stamina by 45, lasts for 1500 seconds
• Cooked Fish (must purchase the fishing pole from the Valheim trader) - raise HP by: 45, heal 2 HP per second, raise stamina by 15, lasts for 1200 seconds
• Deer Stew (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 45, heal 3 HP per second, raise stamina by 15, lasts for 1500 seconds
• Queens Jam (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 14, heal 2 HP per second, raise stamina by 40, lasts for 1200 seconds
• Minced Meat Sauce (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 40, heal 3 HP per second, raise stamina by 13, lasts for 1500 seconds

If players have found the trader in Valheim's massive map and 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.

In order 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 biome gives players access to Draugr and Turnip seeds. From these, players can make:

• Sausages (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 55, heal 3 HP per second, raise stamina by 18, lasts for 1500 seconds
• Turnip Stew (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 18, heal 2 HP per second, raise stamina by 55, lasts for 1500 seconds
• Black Soup (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 50, heal 3 HP per second, raise stamina by 17, lasts for 1200 seconds
• Muckshake (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 16, heal 1 HP per second, raise stamina by 50, lasts for 1200 seconds

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 in Valheim'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).

• Eyescream (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 21, heal 1 HP per second, raise stamina by 65, lasts for 1500 seconds
• Wolf Skewer (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 65, heal 3 HP per second, raise stamina by 21, lasts for 1500 seconds
• Onion Soup (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 20, heal 1 HP per second, raise stamina by 60, lasts for 1200 seconds
• Wolf Jerky (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 33, heal 3 HP per second, raise stamina by 33, lasts for 1800 seconds

Plains Foods

After players build a Valheim artisan 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.

• Blood Pudding (Cauldron)- raise HP by: 25, heal 2 HP per second, raise stamina by 75, lasts for 1800 seconds
• Lox Meat Pie (Stone Oven) - raise HP by: 75, heal 4 HP per second, raise stamina by 24, lasts for 1800 seconds
• Fish Wraps (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 70, heal 4 HP per second, raise stamina by 23, lasts for 1500 seconds
• Bread (Stone Oven) - raise HP by: 23, heal 2 HP per second, raise stamina by 70, lasts for 1500 seconds
• Cooked Lox Meat (Iron Cooking Station) - raise HP by: 50, heal 4 HP per second, raise stamina by 16, lasts for 1200 seconds

While Lox 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:

• Cooked Serpent Meat (Iron Cooking Station) - raise HP by: 70, heal 3 HP per second, raise stamina by 23, lasts for 1500 seconds
• Serpent Stew (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 80, heal 4 HP per second, raise stamina by 26, lasts for 1800 seconds

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Food from the Mistlands

The latest addition to Valheim is 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:

• Seeker Aspic (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 28, heal 3 HP per second, raise stamina by 14, raise eitr by 85, lasts for 1800 seconds
• Yggdrasil Porridge (Cauldron) - raise HP by: 27, heal 3 HP per second, raise stamina by 13, raise eitr by 80, lasts for 1500 seconds
• Stuffed Mushroom (Stone Oven) - raise HP by: 25, heal 3 HP per second, raise stamina by 12, raise eitr by 75, lasts for 1500 seconds
• Misthare Supreme (Stone Oven) - raise HP by: 85, heal 5 HP per second, raise stamina by 28, lasts for 1500 seconds
• Meat Platter (Stone Oven) - raise HP by: 80, heal 5 HP per second, raise stamina by 26, lasts for 1800 seconds
• Honey Glazed Chicken (Stone Oven) - raise HP by: 80, heal 5 HP per second, raise stamina by 26, lasts for 1800 seconds
• Fish n' Bread (Stone Oven) - raise HP by: 30, heal 3 HP per second, raise stamina by 90, lasts for 1800 seconds

Best Overall

Arguably, the best-balanced combination of foods currently available in Valheim are:

• Misthare Supreme
• Fish n' Bread
• Seeker Aspic

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.

Valheim is available now for PC and Xbox.