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DayZ Guide: This is How You Can Preserve Food

Published: Nov. 04, 2021
Updated: Apr. 18, 2024

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Since DayZ Update 1.10, food will spoil sooner or later. In this guide, We'll show you what you have to consider all types of food & how to preserve it.

Update 1.10 introduces shelf life: Since the DayZ Update 1.10, food will spoil regardless of what you are doing. This happens at different speeds depending on the type and preservation. But you can counteract this by making it durable. We have also written a general guide to cooking in DayZ.

Preserving food in DayZ: Here's how!

In DayZ, you can find over 40 food items. This ranges from plant-based to animal-based, and even canned goods. Except for canned goods, everything can spoil. Therefore, you should always aim to find and store a supply of non-perishable food items. In the table below, you will find all the food items in DayZ:

MeatVegetablesFruitMushroomCanned FoodDryDrinks
BearTomatoAppleField MushroomBaked BeansCerealsNota Cola
BoarPepperPearFly AmanitaPeachesPowdered MilkSpite
PigPotatoPlumLiberty CapSardinesRicePipsi
CowPumpkin Oyster MushroomTactical Bacon Kvass
ChickenZucchini Parasol MushroomTuna Water
Goat  Penny BunSpaghetti  
Deer  Red Pine MushroomStrawberry Jam  
Mouflon  Wood Ear   
Sheep      
Wolf      
Carp      
Mackerel      

So far, only meat and vegetables are able to spoil. The other foods should follow with later patches. The function for fruit and mushrooms is already integrated into the game but does not work yet. Kibble and drinks, on the other hand, will never spoil.

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How long food lasts in DayZ: Depending on the method of preparation, you can keep the different raw foods for different lengths of time. Unsurprisingly, it turns out that raw food spoils the fastest.

That is followed by cooked, then baked and the longest-lasting Kibbles. In detail, it looks like this in DayZ:

1. Preserving Meat in DayZ

 RawCookedBakedDried
Inventory1,66 h20 h28 h56 h
Storage7 h3 Days4 Days8 Days

2. Preserve Fruit, Vegetables & Mushrooms

 RawCookedBakedDried
Inventory5 h14 h20 hInfinite
Storage14 h2 Days3 DaysInfinite

3. Canned Food Spoils...

 UnopenedOpened
InventoryNever14 h
StorageNever2 Days

Before your food is completely moldy, it begins to take on a different status. At three-quarters of the maximum shelf life reached, the food begins to change, at the latest you should eat it now.

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Eating Spoiled Food: Food Poisoning and Treatment

Should necessity force you to eat spoiled food, you will become ill. In rare cases or with small amounts of spoiled food, nothing might happen. Typically, however, you will contract food poisoning (salmonella infection), which can only be cured with charcoal tablets and a lengthy recovery.

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Salmonella is the most harmless of the diseases. Here you just toss in one or more charcoal tablets and drink enough until you feel better.

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For chemical poisoning, symptoms and treatment are the same. The only difference is how quickly you lose water and stomach contents. These values are many times higher in the case of poisoning than with salmonella. To make your immune system stronger, you can also swallow vitamin tablets.

Every tip mentioned in this guide has been practically tested by our team to ensure you receive reliable and accurate information.
The interest in digging deep into the gaming industry stems from the DayZ Mod for Arma 2 in 2012. Kevin started working in the gaming industry in 2016. First as a trainee at Survivethis, the biggest German Survival-Games-Site at that time. Only half a year later, he got accepted at Gamestar and later MeinMMO. Now, on Guided.news he implements all his Knowledge to deliver comprehensive news, guides, interviews and more unique topics.
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Steve Gad

Great guide, thanks for making this.