Don’t Starve Together - Complete Food Table

Below is a comprehensive list of all foods in Don’t Starve Together with their stats. The Score column represents a cost-benefit analysis based on the food’s overall value considering its stats and how easy it is to obtain.

Basic Foods & Cooked Variants

Food Item	Hunger	Health	Recipe/Source	Score (Cost Benefit)
Berries	12.5	0	Berry Bushes	7/10 - Very accessible
Roasted Berries	12.5	1	Cook Berries	7/10 - Easy to mass produce
Juicy Berries	12.5	3	Juicy Berry Bushes	8/10 - Better than regular berries
Roasted Juicy Berries	18.75	3	Cook Juicy Berries	8/10 - Good early game food
Carrot	12.5	1	Found in ground/Farming	7/10 - Good early game
Roasted Carrot	12.5	3	Cook Carrot	7/10 - Slightly better health
Seeds	4.5	0	Birds/Ground	4/10 - Emergency food only
Toasted Seeds	4.5	1	Cook Seeds	4/10 - Minimal improvement
Petals	0	1	Pick Flowers (+5 sanity)	3/10 - Better for sanity gain

Meat Foods

Food Item	Hunger	Health	Sanity	Recipe/Source	Score (Cost Benefit)
Meat	25	1	-10	Large creatures	7/10 - Common drop
Cooked Meat	25	3	0	Cook Meat	8/10 - Staple food
Morsel	12.5	0	-10	Small creatures/Birds	6/10 - Common but small
Cooked Morsel	12.5	1	0	Cook Morsel	6/10 - Better than raw
Monster Meat	18.75	-20	-15	Monsters	4/10 - Crock pot ingredient
Cooked Monster Meat	18.75	-3	-10	Cook Monster Meat	5/10 - Still harmful
Drumstick	12.5	0	-10	Gobblers/Pengulls	6/10 - Decent filler
Fried Drumstick	12.5	1	0	Cook Drumstick	7/10 - Good for recipes
Frog Legs	12.5	0	-10	Frogs/Merms	6/10 - Easy to get
Cooked Frog Legs	12.5	1	0	Cook Frog Legs	7/10 - Common ingredient
Fish	12.5	1	0	Fishing/Merms	7/10 - No sanity loss
Cooked Fish	12.5	1	0	Cook Fish	7/10 - Same as raw
Eel	9.375	3	0	Fishing at dusk	7/10 - Good health
Cooked Eel	12.5	8	0	Cook Eel	8/10 - Great health value
Batilisk Wing	12.5	3	-10	Batilisks	6/10 - Cave exclusive
Cooked Batilisk Wing	18.75	8	0	Cook Batilisk Wing	7/10 - Good stats
Leafy Meat	12.5	0	-10	Lureplants	6/10 - Renewable
Cooked Leafy Meat	18.75	1	0	Cook Leafy Meat	7/10 - Veggie substitute

Vegetables & Fruits

Food Item	Hunger	Health	Sanity	Recipe/Source	Score (Cost Benefit)
Red Cap	12.5	-20	0	Forest (day)	3/10 - Harmful
Cooked Red Cap	0	1	-10	Cook Red Cap	4/10 - Poor food
Green Cap	12.5	0	-50	Forest (dusk)	2/10 - Sanity destroyer
Cooked Green Cap	0	-1	15	Cook Green Cap	8/10 - Best sanity food
Blue Cap	12.5	20	-15	Forest (night)	5/10 - Mixed effects
Cooked Blue Cap	0	-3	10	Cook Blue Cap	6/10 - Sanity option
Corn	25	3	0	Farming	8/10 - Great stats
Popcorn	12.5	3	0	Cook Corn	6/10 - Less hunger
Pumpkin	37.5	0	0	Farming	8/10 - Best hunger veggie
Hot Pumpkin	37.5	8	0	Cook Pumpkin	9/10 - Excellent food
Eggplant	25	8	0	Farming	8/10 - Great health
Braised Eggplant	25	20	0	Cook Eggplant	9/10 - Massive health
Pomegranate	9.375	3	0	Farming	6/10 - Low hunger
Sliced Pomegranate	12.5	20	0	Cook Pomegranate	8/10 - Great health
Durian	25	-3	-5	Farming	5/10 - Harmful
Extra Smelly Durian	25	0	-5	Cook Durian	5/10 - Still bad
Dragon Fruit	9.375	3	0	Farming (rare)	6/10 - For recipes
Prepared Dragon Fruit	12.5	20	0	Cook Dragon Fruit	7/10 - Good health
Watermelon	12.5	3	5	Summer farming	8/10 - Cooling effect
Grilled Watermelon	18.75	3	7.5	Cook Watermelon	8/10 - Better stats
Cave Banana	12.5	1	0	Cave Banana Trees	7/10 - Cave resource
Cooked Cave Banana	12.5	3	0	Cook Cave Banana	7/10 - Slight improvement
Cactus Flesh	12.5	-3	-5	Cactus (lose 6 HP)	5/10 - Painful to get
Cooked Cactus Flesh	12.5	1	15	Cook Cactus Flesh	8/10 - Great sanity
Lichen	12.5	3	-5	Cave walls	6/10 - Cave exclusive
Kelp Fronds	9.375	-1	-10	Ocean	4/10 - Poor stats
Cooked Kelp Fronds	9.375	0	-5	Cook Kelp	4/10 - Poor stats
Dried Kelp Fronds	9.375	1	10	Dry Kelp	6/10 - Sanity food
Sweet Potato	12.5	1	0	Farming	7/10 - Basic veggie
Cooked Sweet Potato	12.5	3	0	Cook Sweet Potato	7/10 - Standard food
Potato	25	-3	-5	Farming	5/10 - Raw is harmful
Roasted Potato	25	20	0	Cook Potato	9/10 - Wolfgang favorite
Asparagus	12.5	3	0	Farming	7/10 - Good for recipes
Cooked Asparagus	12.5	3	0	Cook Asparagus	7/10 - No change
Onion	25	0	-5	Farming	6/10 - Sanity loss
Roasted Onion	25	1	0	Cook Onion	7/10 - Better cooked
Garlic	25	0	-10	Farming	5/10 - High sanity loss
Roasted Garlic	25	1	0	Cook Garlic	7/10 - Removes penalty
Toma Root	12.5	3	0	Farming	7/10 - Decent stats
Roasted Toma Root	12.5	20	0	Cook Toma Root	8/10 - Great health
Pepper	25	-20	0	Farming	3/10 - Harmful
Roasted Pepper	25	3	0	Cook Pepper	7/10 - Warming effect

Special Items & Other Foods

Food Item	Hunger	Health	Sanity	Recipe/Source	Score (Cost Benefit)
Honey	9.375	3	0	Bee Boxes	8/10 - Never spoils
Butterfly Wings	9.375	8	0	Butterflies	8/10 - Easy health
Butter	25	40	0	Butterflies (2%)	9/10 - Rare but great
Egg	9.375	0	0	Feed birds meat	7/10 - Recipe ingredient
Cooked Egg	12.5	0	0	Cook Egg	7/10 - Slight improvement
Tallbird Egg	37.5	3	0	Tallbird Nests	8/10 - Never spoils
Fried Tallbird Egg	37.5	0	0	Cook Tallbird Egg	6/10 - Loses health
Mandrake	75	100	0	Rare find	10/10 - Best raw food
Cooked Mandrake	75	100	0	Cook Mandrake	10/10 - No knockout
Glow Berry	12.5	11	-10	Underground	6/10 - Light source
Royal Jelly	12.5	40	0	Bee Queen	9/10 - Great healing
Ice	2.25	0.5	0	Winter/Ice Box	5/10 - Filler/cooling
Electric Milk	12.5	3	10	Volt Goats	7/10 - Dairy ingredient
Phlegm	12.5	0	-15	Ewecus	4/10 - Poor food

Dried Foods (Jerky)

Food Item	Hunger	Health	Sanity	Recipe/Source	Score (Cost Benefit)
Jerky	25	20	15	Dry Meat	10/10 - Best all-around
Small Jerky	12.5	8	10	Dry Morsel/Fish	9/10 - Great portable
Monster Jerky	18.75	-3	-5	Dry Monster Meat	5/10 - Still harmful

Crock Pot Dishes

Top Tier Dishes (9-10/10)

Food Item	Hunger	Health	Sanity	Recipe	Score (Cost Benefit)
Dragonpie	75	40	5	1 Dragon Fruit + 3 Fillers	10/10 - Amazing stats
Mandrake Soup	150	100	5	1 Mandrake + 3 Fillers	10/10 - Best dish
Meaty Stew	150	12	5	3 Meat + 1 Filler	9/10 - Max hunger
Pierogi	37.5	40	5	1 Meat + 1 Egg + 1 Veggie + 1 Filler	9/10 - Best healing
Jellybeans	0	2/2s for 2min	5	1 Royal Jelly + 3 Fillers	10/10 - Boss healing

High Tier Dishes (7-8/10)

Food Item	Hunger	Health	Sanity	Recipe	Score (Cost Benefit)
Bacon and Eggs	75	20	5	2 Eggs + 1.5 Meat	8/10 - Great breakfast
Honey Ham	75	30	5	2 Meat + 1 Honey + 1 Filler	8/10 - Solid stats
Honey Nuggets	37.5	20	5	1 Meat + 1 Honey + 2 Fillers	8/10 - Easy to make
Meatballs	62.5	3	5	1 Meat + 3 Fillers	8/10 - Efficient
Turkey Dinner	75	20	5	2 Drumsticks + 1 Meat/Berry + 1 Veggie	7/10 - Holiday meal
Fish Sticks	37.5	40	5	1 Fish + 1 Twig + 2 Fillers	8/10 - Great healing
Fisherman’s Feast	75	40	5	1 Pond Fish + 1 Cave Fish + 2 Fillers	8/10 - Excellent
Surf ‘n’ Turf	37.5	60	33	2.5 Fish + 1.5 Meat	8/10 - Best sanity
Lobster Bisque	25	60	10	1 Wobster + 1 Ice + 2 Fillers	8/10 - Summer food
Lobster Dinner	37.5	60	50	1 Wobster + 1 Butter + 2 Fillers	8/10 - Great sanity
Barnacle Pita	37.5	20	5	1 Barnacle + 1 Veggie + 2 Fillers	7/10 - Ocean food
Barnacle Nigiri	37.5	40	5	1 Barnacle + 1 Kelp + 1 Egg + 1 Filler	7/10 - Good healing
Barnacle Linguine	75	10	20	2 Barnacles + 2 Veggies	7/10 - Hunger focused
Leafy Meatloaf	37.5	40	5	2 Leafy Meat + 2 Fillers	7/10 - Lureplant use
Veggie Burger	37.5	30	33	1 Leafy Meat + 1 Onion + 2 Veggies	8/10 - Balanced
Jelly Salad	0	0	50	2 Leafy Meat + 2 Honey	8/10 - Pure sanity
Beefy Greens	75	40	5	1 Leafy Meat + 3 Veggies	8/10 - Great stats
Butter Muffin	37.5	20	5	1 Butterfly Wings + 1 Veggie + 2 Fillers	8/10 - Easy
Froggle Bunwich	37.5	20	5	1 Frog Legs + 1 Veggie + 2 Fillers	7/10 - Common
Tall Scotch Egg	150	60	5	1 Tallbird Egg + 1 Veggie + 2 Fillers	8/10 - Filling
Spicy Chili	37.5	20	0	1.5 Meat + 1.5 Veggie	7/10 - Warming

Mid Tier Dishes (5-6/10)

Food Item	Hunger	Health	Sanity	Recipe	Score (Cost Benefit)
Taffy	25	-3	15	3 Honey + 1 Filler	6/10 - Sanity focused
Pumpkin Cookie	37.5	0	15	1 Pumpkin + 2 Honey + 1 Filler	6/10 - Sanity option
Ice Cream	25	0	50	1 Ice + 1 Dairy + 1 Honey + 1 Filler	6/10 - Best sanity
Fruit Medley	25	20	5	4 Fruits	6/10 - Fruit disposal
Ratatouille	37.5	3	5	4 Vegetables	5/10 - Veggie disposal
Fist Full of Jam	37.5	3	5	4 Berries	5/10 - Berry disposal
Stuffed Pepper Poppers	37.5	30	-5	1 Pepper + 1.5 Meat	6/10 - Sanity loss
Asparagus Soup	18.75	20	5	1 Asparagus + 1.5 Veggies	6/10 - Low hunger
Vegetable Stinger	25	3	33	1 Toma Root/Asparagus + 1 Ice + 1.5 Veggies	6/10 - Sanity
Banana Pop	12.5	20	33	1 Cave Banana + 1 Ice + 1 Twig + 1 Filler	6/10 - Cooling
Frozen Banana Daiquiri	12.5	30	15	1 Cave Banana + 1 Ice + 2 Fillers	6/10 - Summer
Melonsicle	12.5	20	5	1 Watermelon + 1 Ice + 1 Twig + 1 Filler	5/10 - Cooling
Flower Salad	12.5	40	5	1 Cactus Flower + 1.5 Veggies + 1 Filler	6/10 - Summer
Soothing Tea	0	3	15	1 Forget-Me-Lots + 1 Honey + 1 Ice + 1 Filler	5/10 - Sanity
Tea	0	3	33	2 Forget-Me-Lots + 1 Honey + 1 Filler	6/10 - Sanity

Low Tier Dishes (3-4/10)

Food Item	Hunger	Health	Sanity	Recipe	Score (Cost Benefit)
Kabobs	37.5	3	5	1 Meat + 1 Twig + 2 Fillers	4/10 - Wastes twig
Monster Lasagna	37.5	-20	-20	2+ Monster Foods	3/10 - Harmful
Stuffed Eggplant	37.5	3	5	1 Eggplant + 1 Veggie + 2 Fillers	4/10 - Wastes eggplant
Unagi	18.75	20	5	1 Eel + 1 Lichen/Kelp + 2 Fillers	4/10 - Wastes eel
Wet Goop	0	0	0	Failed recipe	1/10 - Failure
Powdercake	0	-3	0	1 Corn + 1 Honey + 2 Twigs	3/10 - Never spoils

Character Favorites

Each character gains +15 Hunger when eating their favorite food:

Wilson: Bacon and Eggs
Willow: Spicy Chili
Wolfgang: Roasted Potato
Wendy: Banana Pop
WX-78: Butter Muffin
Wickerbottom: Surf ‘n’ Turf
Woodie: Honey Nuggets
Wes: Fresh Fruit Crepes
Maxwell: Lobster Bisque
Wigfrid: Turkey Dinner
Webber: Ice Cream
Warly: All Warly exclusive dishes
Winona: Vegetable Stinger
Wortox: Pomegranate (raw/cooked)
Wormwood: N/A (doesn’t eat)
Walter: Trail Mix
Wurt: Durian (raw/cooked)
Wanda: Taffy

Score Explanation:

10/10: Best possible food - high stats, relatively easy to obtain
8-9/10: Excellent food - great stats or very easy to mass produce
6-7/10: Good food - decent stats, common ingredients
4-5/10: Mediocre food - some drawbacks or inefficient
1-3/10: Poor food - harmful or extremely inefficient

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