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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 |
Got questions? Found other ways to impact your health and stamina in Valheim? Let us know in the comments!