Best Food For Each Biome – Valheim

Each biome in Valheim contains new enemies and challenges. To face those challenges, you’ll need to fortify your characters with Health, Stamina and Eitr-boosting food. With how many options there are, and with you being able to have up to three types of food buffing you at the same time, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. This guide will help you identify the best types of food for each of Valheim’s biomes.

Best Food

You have 3 slots for food buffs in Valheim, meaning you can eat up to 3 different types of food at the same time. You can mix and match food in any way you like, you just can’t eat two of the same food at once. As such, the sections below will list 3 top Health foods and 3 top Stamina foods for each biome. The later biomes will also list the best Eitr food. You might also want to check out our complete food list.

Meadows

Best Health Food

1. Cooked Deer Meat – Max Health +35, Max Stamina +12
2. Cooked Boar Meat – Max Health +30, Max Stamina +10
3. Grilled Neck Tail – Max Health +25, Max Stamina +8

Best Stamina Food

1. Honey – Max Health +8, Max Stamina +35
2. Raspberries – Max Health +7, Max Stamina +20
3. Mushroom – Max Health +15, Max Stamina +15

Black Forest

Best Health Food

1. Deer Stew – Max Health +45, Max Stamina +15
2. Minced Meat Sauce – Max Health +40, Max Stamina +13
3. Cooked Bear Meat – Max Health +40, Max Stamina +13

Note: Cooked Bear Meat provides less regeneration and has lower duration than Minced Meat Sauce

Best Stamina Food

1. Carrot Soup – Max Health +15, Max Stamina +45
2. Queen’s Jam – Max Health +14, Max Stamina +40
3. Carrot – Max Health +10, Max Stamina +32

Swamp

Best Health Food

1. Serpent Stew – Max Health +80, Max Stamina +26
2. Cooked Serpent Meat – Max Health +70, Max Stamina +23
3. Sausages – Max Health +55, Max Stamina +18

Best Stamina Food

1. Turnip Stew – Max Health +18, Max Stamina +55
2. Muckshake – Max Health +16, Max Stamina +50
3. Sailor’s Bounty – Max Health +45, Max Stamina +45

Mountain

Best Health Food

1. Serpent Stew – Max Health +80, Max Stamina +26
2. Cooked Serpent Meat – Max Health +70, Max Stamina +23
3. Wolf Skewer – Max Health +65, Max Stamina +21

Best Stamina Food

1. Eyescream – Max Health +21, Max Stamina +65
2. Onion Soup – Max Health +20, Max Stamina +60
3. Turnip Stew – Max Health +18, Max Stamina +55

Plains

Best Health Food

1. Serpent Stew – Max Health +80, Max Stamina +26
2. Lox Meat Pie – Max Health +75, Max Stamina +24
3. Fish Wraps – Max Health +70, Max Stamina +23

Note: Fish Wraps provide the same stat bonuses as Cooked Serpent Meat, but offer more regeneration and weigh considerably less.

Best Stamina Food

1. Blood Pudding – Max Health +25, Max Stamina +75
2. Bread – Max Health +23, Max Stamina +70
3. Eyescream – Max Health +21, Max Stamina +65

Mistlands

Best Health Food

1. Misthare Supreme – Max Health +85, Max Stamina +28
2. Meat Platter – Max Health +80, Max Stamina +26
3. Honey Glazed Chicken – Max Health +80, Max Stamina +26

Note: Meat Platter and Honey Glazed Chicken are identical in their effects. Their availability depends on whether you have a Chicken and Honey farms. And while Serpent Stew provides the same Health and Stamina bonuses as they do, it offers less regeneration, which keeps it off the top-3 list.

Best Stamina Food

1. Fish ‘n’ Bread – Max Health +30, Max Stamina +90
2. Mushroom Omelette – Max Health +28, Max Stamina +85
3. Salad – Max Health +26, Max Stamina +80

Best Eitr Food

1. Seeker Aspic – Max Health +28, Max Stamina +14, Max Eitr +85
2. Yggdrasil Porridge – Max Health +27, Max Stamina +13, Max Eitr +80
3. Stuffed Mushroom – Max Health +25, Max Stamina +12, Max Eitr +75

Ashlands

Best Health Food

1. Piquant Pie – Max Health +105, Max Stamina +35
2. Mashed Meat – Max Health +100, Max Stamina +34
3. Fiery Svinstew – Max Health +95, Max Stamina +32

Best Stamina Food

1. Roasted Crust Pie – Max Health +34, Max Stamina +100
2. Scorching Medley – Max Health +32, Max Stamina +95
3. Spicy Marmalade – Max Health +30, Max Stamina +90

Note: Spicy Marmalade grants the same Health and Stamina bonuses as Fish ‘n’ Bread, but provides more regeneration.

Best Eitr Food

1. Marinated Greens – Max Health +32, Max Stamina +16, Max Eitr +95
2. Sparkling Shroomshake – Max Health +30, Max Stamina +15, Max Eitr +90
3. Sizzling Berry Broth – Max Health +28, Max Stamina +14, Max Eitr +85

Note: Sizzling Berry Broth has the same stat bonuses as Seeker Aspic while also offering more regeneration.

Tips For Food Buffs

• You’ll usually need to wait several minutes, depending on what you ate, before you can refresh or replace your food buffs. If you want to speed-up the process, you can eat some Bukeperries that remove all your active food buffs.
• If you’re using console commands, you can type puke in the dev console to clear out the buffs as well.
• Food buffs lose their potency over time. If you’re preparing for a tough battle, we advise you to eat your strongest food right before the fight starts.
• Food availability is also something you need to consider. Oftentimes it’s smarter to eat some weaker, easy-to-make Sausages and save the rare Serpent Stew for the tough boss fights ahead.
• Most types of food heavily favor either Health or Stamina. When exploring new areas and fighting, you should aim for 2 types of Health food and 1 Stamina food. And when working in the safety of your base, 3 types of Stamina food will serve you well.
• Feasts usually provide middling bonuses but they last a long time, making them a great food choice for prolonged, low-danger activities.
• Eitr food starts appearing in the Mistlands biome. These foods sacrifice Health and Stamina bonuses to let you use magic. When going the magic-route, make sure you still have enough Health and Stamina to feel comfortable.