Food

**Food** is a consumable item that replenishes the player's food, water, or energy meters. There are many food items, ranging from foraged berries to complex dishes prepared at a Cooking Stove or Cooking Table. New recipes are unlocked in the Cooking 1, Cooking 2, Cooking 3, Cooking 4, Canning 1, and Recreation 1 technology trees.

Some food items provide helpful buffs to the player when consumed. Not all items are safe to eat, and provide debuffs such as Nausea or Toxins. Eating too much will cause a debuff followed by nausea. Not eating or drinking enough will cause Hunger or Thirst, which slowly damage health.

Other than canned food, food will eventually go bad and turn into Rot. Food can be kept fresh longer by storing it in a Primitive Fridge, Small Fridge, Large Fridge, or Freezer. Food that is about to rot has a chance to cause Nausea when consumed.

Different food items and ingredients can be obtained through foraging, farming, hunting, and fishing. Additionally, food and drink items may be found in Food Crates in Ruins.

## List of Foods and Ingredients

### Raw Foods

#### Fishing

*See:* Fishing
 Red Fish Fillet

 White Fish Fillet

#### Foraging

*See:* Foraging
 Orange Berries

 Red Berries

 Violet Berries

 Banana

 Pineapple

 Yucca

 Durian

 Sugar

 Penny Bun

 Coffee Berries

 Cactus Flesh

 Waterbulb Fruit

 Rustshroom

 Pink Mushroom

#### Hunting

*See:* Hunting
 Raw Meat

 Raw Insect Meat

 Animal Eggs

 Animal Fat

#### Farmed Food

*See:* Farming
 Bell Pepper

 Carrot

 Chili Pepper

 Corn

 Cucumber

 Milkmelon

 Potato

 Rice

 Tomato

 Wheat Grains

 Raw Spices

### Prepared Food

#### Campfire

 Fire-Charred Yucca

 Roasted Mushrooms

 Fire-Charred meat

#### Cooking Table

 Vegetable Salad

 Fruit Salad

 Pickled Cucumbers

 Improvised MRE

 Sandwich

 Cup Of Coffee

 Cactus Drink

 Sushi

 Onigiri

 Milk

 Cheese

 Cooking Oil

 Wheat Flour

 Dough

 Uncooked Pasta

#### Cooking Stove

 Boiled Eggs

 Fried Eggs

 Coffee Beans

 Fried Yucca

 Roasted Meat

 Roasted Fish

 Fried Insect Meat

 Grilled Corn

 Berry Jam

 Bread Loaf

 Meat And Mushrooms Stew

 Berry Pie

 Grilled Carrots

 Carbonara

 Hot Chili Beans

 Potato Baked With Meat

 Salt

 Ukha

 Pineapple Pizza

 Taco Con Carne

#### Canned Food

 Canned Beans

 Canned Fish

 Canned Meat

 Canned Mixed Meat

 Soft Drink

 Energy Drink

 Herbal Drink

#### Fermentation Barrel

 Beer

 Wine

 Vodka

 Tincture

 Tequila

 Liquor

#### Drying Cabinet

 Jerky

 Salami

 Spices

 Dried Fish

### Miscellaneous

 Bottle With Pure Water

 Bottle With Salt Water

 Bottle With Stale Water

 MRE

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## Maximizing Buffs

Because of the limit to the amount of food eaten before nausea, choosing a combination of foods that have high buff percentages and low full percentages is the best way to get multiple buffs for long amounts of time. For example, eating 3 Carbonaras will certainly get you above 100% full but will only net you 100% hearty and 30% savory buffs.

A good combination for buffs is drink 3 coffee (100% Energy buff), then 8-10 cactus drink (+24-30% Full, +80-100% healthy buff), then 2-3 Sushi (+30-45% Full, +40-60% Savory buff), for a total of 54-75% food. You can then safely eat one Meat and Mushroom Stew for +40 food and +60% Hearty buff, or possibly 2 Carbonara for 100% Hearty, up to 80% savory, and nausea.

Totals:

100% Energy

80-100% healthy

60-80% Savory

60-100% Hearty

94-174% Fullness, possible nausea