Overview[]
Food is a distinct category of Item that when utilized, it provides sustenance and nourishment to the player. The act of consumption is initiated by holding the Food item in one's hand and performing a specific action, either by right-clicking or pressing the [E] key. The introduction of Food to the game dates back to the inception of the Survival mode, with Bread and Apples being the inaugural edible items to be added to the game's repertoire. In a significant update, Food items have become stackable, allowing players to accumulate a substantial quantity of up to 999 units of a particular Food type within a single slot of their Inventory or Hotbar. This modification has streamlined the management of Food items, making it more convenient for players to carry and store their sustenance. However, this change has also introduced a notable caveat: Food items can no longer be personalized with a Name Tag, thereby limiting the ability to customize and distinguish between individual Food items. It is worth noting that certain Food items, such as Mushroom Soup, Bowl of Rice, and Bowl of Cranberries, among others, remain exempt from this stacking functionality and continue to occupy individual slots, even when multiple units are acquired. This exception highlights the nuanced and varied nature of Food items within the game, with different types exhibiting distinct properties and behaviors.
History[]
On November 3rd, 2023, eating and drinking now requires time, which stops players from Bread Spamming (Bread Spamming is eating Food non-stop during PvP. This is unfair as it breaks the balance of PvP.)
Soon after coconuts were added, normal coconuts were changed to Projectiles and they can now be cracked by being tossed on the ground.
Food Blocks[]
Since Food was not stackable, Food Blocks were introduced to allow players to store Food much more easily. Craft them from Food in a Workbench. However, they are now less commonly used as the development team introduced food stacking.
Crafting recipes for Food Blocks can be found in the table below. Note that Coconuts can only be crafted into Coconut Blocks when they are not cracked. You cannot eat a normal coconut.
Rice, Cranberries and Mushroom are stackable but can't be eaten without a Bowl. When in a Bowl, they are not stackable. Eating a Bowl of Cranberries, Bowl of Rice or Mushroom Soup leave the Bowl item. Mushrooms can also be crafted into Mushroom Blocks, and Rice Bowls can be eaten faster than most foods.
Foods[]
| Name | Time to Eat (estimated) | Description | Function | Block | Obtaining | Stackable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | 0.8 seconds | Eat to restore health | Restores 14 HP | 4 Apples | Break naturally generated or grown Maple/Aspen/Pine/Cedar/Elm Leaves. This has a chance to drop Apples. | Yes |
| Bread | 0.6 seconds | Restores 18 HP | 9 Bread | 2 Wheat + 1 Coal in Furnace or 3 Wheat in Workbench | Yes | |
| Cracked Coconut | 1 second | Temporarily gain increased speed | Increased Speed for 8 seconds | N/A | By throwing a Coconut on the ground, a Cracked Coconut will drop. | Yes |
| Plum | 1 second | Temporarily gain increased damage | Increased Damage for 8 seconds | 4 Plums | Find a naturally generated Plum Tree or plant a Plum Sapling. When the Tree Grows or when you find it, break the Leaves. This has a chance of dropping a Plum. | Yes |
| Pear | 1 second | Temporarily gain reduced damage | Reduced Damage for 13 seconds | 4 Pears | Find a naturally generated Pear Tree or plant a Pear Sapling. When the Tree grows or when you find it, break the Leaves. This has a chance of dropping a Pear. | Yes |
| Cherry | 1 second | Temporarily increases health regeneration | Increase Health Regeneration for 5 seconds | 4 Cherry | Find a naturally generated Cherry Tree or plant a Cherry Sapling. When the Tree grows or when you find it, break the Leaves. This has a chance of dropping a Cherry. | Yes |
| Cooked Porkchop | 1 second | Eat to regain health | Restores 25 health | N/A | Can be found by cooking a Raw Porkchop dropped by a pig. | Yes |
| Steak | 1.25 seconds | Restores 30 health | N/A | Can be found by cooking a Raw Beef dropped by a cow | Yes | |
| Cooked Mutton | 0.75 seconds | Restores 20 health | N/A | Can be found by cooking a Raw Mutton dropped by a sheep | Yes | |
| Corn | 1 second | Eat to get shield buff | Creates a shield with 20 HP | 4 Corn | Can be found in meadows. | Yes |
| Melon Slice | 1 second | Eat to become invisible | Invisibility for 12 seconds | 4 Melon Slices | Melons are found in normal/Pear forests, or you can plant a Melon stem which will grow a Melon which can be chopped into 4 Melon Slices. | Yes |
| Golden Melon Slice | 1.5 seconds | Invisibility II for 18 seconds | N/A | Made with 2 Melon Slices and 1 Gold Bar in a Workbench | Yes | |
| Watermelon Slice | 1 second | Eat to get a jump boost | Jump Boost for 12 seconds | 4 Watermelon Slices | You can find Watermelons in a plain's biome, or you can plant a Watermelon stem and grow Watermelons, dropping 4 Watermelon Slices. | Yes |
| Golden Watermelon Slice | 1.5 seconds | Jump Boost II for 18 seconds | N/A | Made with 2 Watermelon Slices and 1 Gold Bar in a Workbench | Yes | |
| Pumpkin Pie | 3 Seconds | Temporarily gain increased damage | Increased Damage for 16 Seconds | N/A | Made with 1 Pumpkin and 3 Wheat in a Workbench | Yes |
| Bowl of Rice | 0.45 seconds | Eat to restore health | Restores 24 HP | N/A | Made with 6 Rice and 1 Bowl in a Workbench | No |
| Bowl of Cranberries | 1 second | Eat to increase mining speed | Gives Haste for 12 seconds. | N/A | Made by scooping up Cranberries by pressing [E] or right clicking while holding a Bowl and pointing at a Cranberry bush. | No |
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| Mushroom Soup | 0.45 seconds | Eat to restore health | Restores 10 HP, 30 when health below 30. | N/A | Made with two Brown and two Red Mushrooms and a Bowl. Mushrooms can rarely be found in small clusters in forests. | No |
| Chili Pepper | 1 Seconds | Eat to get Heat Resistance | Gives Heat Resistance for 12 Seconds | N/A | Can be Found in the all desert biomes | Yes |
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Trivia[]
- The "Bowl of Cranberries" Item has 4 Variants, as every time you scoop some from a Cranberry Bush ("Cranberries" as an item), it only fills 1/4 of the Bowl.
- Although Bread or other Food spam is patched, some players spam Splash Potions with the same effects instead.
- Food boosts are critical in PvP, especially Sky Wars and Bed Wars, where the stats change a lot.
- Multiple re-balances were made to Food.
- Most Foods give you an effect instead of restoring HP. (e.g. Watermelon Slice = Jump Boost)
- The Pumpkin Pie has the longest eating time (approximately 3 seconds) and Bowls of Rice and Mushroom Soup tie for the fastest eating Food at approximately 0.45 seconds.
- There was a bug that made it so that you can’t eat Rice, but it was fixed shortly after.
- Most Food are Potion ingredients of the Potions that give the same effects that they give. For example, Plums give a damage boost, so the Potion that is brewed with it also gives a damage boost.
- It is recommended to use a Bowl of Cranberries for haste instead of a Haste Potion as making the Haste Potion requires more materials and a Bowl of Cranberries can be reused by scooping up Cranberries from a Cranberry Bush. The Haste Potion gives 50 seconds of Haste, but a Bowl of Cranberries gives only 48 seconds of haste (two less seconds, but still, it is more convenient to use Bowl of Cranberries instead).
- While for a long time most Foods were unstackable and could be renamed with a Name Tag, now, in an update released silently without an update log entry, most Foods are stackable. It is unclear if it will be possible to rename Foods in the future.
- When you throw a Coconut, if you are standing one Block above and one block away from the Coconut, you will take damage and gain eight seconds of Speed.