How Food, Health and Stamina Work (Valheim)

Some of the mechanics in Valheim are fairly opaque, and the way food interacts with your Health and Stamina is definitely one of them. In this guide, we’ll give you a brief overview of how these three systems work together, and provide a handy food chart that lists all the known foods and their effects.

Note: This guide is a work in progress. New information will be added as it becomes available.

Health

Staying alive is pretty important, and therefore your health bar is something you should become intimately familiar with. You have 25 health by default, and you increase your maximum health by eating foods. You can only eat (or really, digest) 3 types of food at a time, so the higher quality foods you choose, the higher your maximum health will be. See the list below to find which foods give you the most health.

Stamina

Your most important resource in combat (besides your life) is your stamina. The yellow bar at the bottom of your screen displays your stamina. The bar will only appear when your stamina isn’t full, and running, jumping, blocking, attacking, or drawing back your bowstring will all deplete your stamina. Your maximum stamina is tied to the foods you’ve eaten just like your health is.

Food Effects

The positive effects of food are temporary. Before the full duration of the food runs out, you’ll see the food icon begin to flash next to your health bar, and the max health and stamina you gained from the food will slowly tick down. Foods are labeled with a colored fork that indicate the benefits it gives: Red for food that mostly grants an HP increase, Yellow for Stamina focused foods, and Silver for a balanced food.

Foods

Food	Max Health Increase	Max Stamina Increase	Healing Per Tick	Duration (seconds)
Raspberry	7	20	1	600
Carrot	10	32	1	900
Mushroom	15	15	1	600
Blueberries	8	25	1	600
Yellow Mushroom	10	30	2	600
Cloudberries	13	40	1	900
Honey	8	35	1	900
Onion	13	50	1	900
Grilled Neck Tail	25	8	2	1200
Cooked Fish	45	15	2	1200
Cooked Deer Meat	35	12	2	1200
Cooked Boar Meat	30	10	2	1200
Cooked Serpent Meat	70	23	3	1500
Cooked Lox Meat	50	16	4	1200
Cooked Wolf Meat	45	15	3	1200

Cauldron Foods

Some foods require a Cauldron to create — these foods are listed below.

Food	Max Health Increase	Max Stamina Increase	Healing Per Tick	Duration (seconds)	Requires Cauldron Lvl
Queen’s Jam	14	40	2	1200	1
Black Soup	50	17	3	1200	2
Onion Soup	12	60	1	1200	2
Muckshake	15	50	1	1200	2
Carrot Soup	15	45	2	1500	1
Deer Stew	45	15	3	1500	1
Turnip Stew	18	55	2	1500	1
Minced Meat Sauce	40	13	3	1500	1
Sausages	55	18	3	1500	2
Wolf Skewer	65	21	3	1500	3
Eyescream	21	65	2	1500	3
Fish Wraps	70	23	2	1500	4
Bread	23	70	2	1500	4
Boar Jerky	23	23	2	1800	1
Serpent Stew	80	26	4	1800	1
Wolf Jerky	33	33	3	1800	3
Lox Meat Pie	75	24	4	1800	4
Blood Pudding	25	75	2	1800	4

Meads

Meads are Valheim’s potions, and can grant healing and stamina, as well as health and stamina regen buffs and debuffs. In order to create mead, you’ll need to craft a cauldron and a fermenter. Don’t forget your tankard!

Mead	Effects	Misc Details
Minor Healing	Restores 50 HP	You cannot consume another Healing Mead for 2 minutes after consuming this mead.
Medium Healing	Restores 75 health	You cannot consume another Healing Mead for 2 minutes after consuming this mead.
Minor Stamina	Restores 80 stamina	n/a
Medium Stamina	Restores 160 stamina	n/a
Frost Resistance	Grants immunity to Cold and Freezing (10 minute duration)	Only effective if the player is not wet
Tasty	+300% stamina regen -50% health regen (10 second duration)	For the duration of the buff, you cannot consume another Tasty Mead