Valheim: How do food and nutrition work?

In Valheim you work with typical Suvival mechanics, but these are partly implemented a little differently. This applies first and foremost to food, and we explain how the system is structured.

Strengthened well? Nutrition is central to your character's robustness in Valheim.

In most survival games, you need to pay attention to the hunger bar, as it is important for survival. Genre pioneers like Minecraft have led the way. In Valheim, nutrition also plays an important role, but with a fundamental difference.

Valheim: Food as the basis for successful adventures

Because even if you permanently do not eat, you can not perish from it:

• The minimum value on the life bar is never undercut by hunger.
• However, the 25 life points that serve as a basis are not much. Through food, you can increase this value significantly and the further you advance, the more important this is.
• You have three slots available. These you can see to the left of the hunger and food display.
• Each slot can be occupied by a food type, more is not possible at the same time.
• Depending on the food types, the life indicator increases by a certain amount.
• This applies per food for a fixed time, for example, 600 seconds for raspberries.

It is therefore important to pay attention to the info texts at the individual foods. There you can see which bonuses are included and how long they last. A clever mix that lasts a long time pays off; this is especially true for tricky tasks like boss fights, which you can hardly pass without a food buff.