Food is your second method of Energy regeneration for when you’re hard at work on the farm and your primary method of Health regeneration when you’re out adventuring. You almost always want to have some sort of food on hand, and the better regeneration the better.
Aside from the Energy and Health regen food provides, many dishes also give stat buffs to make farming or adventuring easier for a set period of time. Here are some of the character stats specific foods can buff:
Farming - Makes catching fish easier Maximum Energy - Increases maximum energy Luck - Improves your chances of drops and higher grade crops Combat - Improves your attack power Foraging - Increases your Foraging level Fishing - Increases your Fishing level Magnetism - Pulls items to you from further away Speed - Increases your movement speed Mining - Increases your Mining level Defense - Improves your defense power
The foods listed in this guide are separated based on whether they provide stat buffs or not. Food without buffs are listed in the first table and food with buffs are listed in the second. Both tables are in alphabetical order.
Food without stat bonuses
Food with stat bonuses
…and that’s all the food in Stardew Valley. Each tasty dish has its use – some are best just eaten for regeneration and buffs, while others are best used to make more complicated dishes or are ideally given to villagers you want to befriend or marry.
If you’re interested in more Stardew Valley guides, feel free to take a look at my similar guides on befriending villagers, wooing the spouse of your farmer dreams, crop maturation times and prices, and unlockable hats. Remember to have fun with the game and don’t let the subtle stress of farming life get to you!
