Many food and drink items found in the Wasteland and outside of City of Halcyon are irradiated to a greater or lesser degree, and so consuming them can give the player character radiation poisoning. This can be mitigated or prevented by leveling the Lead Belly perk. Some consumables may be used in recipes, which typically removes the radiation from the finished product.
Most drinks and foods upon consuming usually give the Traveler with Hydration and/or Nourishment positive effect alongside extra bonus effects depending on the consumable.
Food Conditions[]
Exclusively in Sawyer Mode, food and some drinks eventually spoil while in a player character's inventory. This does not apply to pre-War packaged food and other non-perishables, like honey and sugar, but happens to meat, fruit, vegetables, and bio fluid. The spoiled food will be replaced in the inventory with a general spoiled type they are associated with.
Spoiled food does not continue to rot and can be eaten (with considerable disease risk, can be decrease the risk with Lead Belly) to decrease hunger, but alternatively can be crafted into fertilizer.
Perks can affect the condition of food and how fast it spoils, such as Good with Salt.
Soups satisfy both hunger and thirst and have some of the lowest chances of causing disease in Sawyer Mode.
Name
Effect
Sawyer Mode Effects
Recipe
Blight soup
Crit DMG 20%
Brain fungus soup
INT +2
Bug soup
-750 Rads, +25 Radiation Resistance
Canned meat stew
+5% XP (1h)
Cave fungus soup
Chicken noodle soup
+10% Disease Resistance
Corn soup
AP Regen +3%
Crab soup
+40 Radiation Reistance, +4 INT
Firecap soup
Glowing fungus soup
Rad Resist +20
Glowing fungus puree
Energy Resist +35
Gourd soup
PER +2
Iguana soup
LCK +3
Megasloth mushroom soup
Crit DMG 20%
Mock chicken noodle soup
-70 Rads
Mutant hound stew
Melee DMG +15%
Pumpkin soup
PER +2
Radstag stew
Razorgrain soup
+10% Disease Resistance
Silt bean puree
Damage Resist +15
Silt bean soup
END +2
Stingwing stew
+3 PER
Swamp tofu soup
HP Regen 0.25
Sweet tato stew
HP Regen 0.25
Tasty squirrel stew
+10% XP (60m)
Tato soup
+10Poison Resist
Vegetable medley soup
+20% Disease Resistance
Cooked Meats[]
Name
Effect
Sawyer Mode Effects
Recipe
Aged Mirelurk Queen Steak
+3 END
Ant Nog
Apple Meat
Awesome opossum bacon
+2 LCK
Bacon and Eggs
Baked Bloatfly
Bighorner Steak
+2 HP (10s), +2 RAD, +1 ST (120s)
Blackberry honey crisp
+300 AP, +5 AP Regeneration
Blood Sausage
+5 HP (20s), +10 Max HP (240s)
Bloodbug pepper steak
+0.25 Health Regeneration
Bloodbug Steak
Radiation Resistance +20
Brain Bombs
+3 INT, +300 AP
Caravan Lunch
+3 HP (15s)
Centaur Sangria
Cooked softshell meat
Max AP +15
Coyote Steak
+2 HP (12s), +1 RAD (3s)
Cranberry meatball grinder
+40 Max HP
Crispy cave cricket
Crispy squirrel bits
+1 HP (5s), +3 RAD
Deathclaw omelette
+0.03 HP/sec for 7200s (120m)
Deathclaw steak
AGI +1
Desert Salad
+7 HP (15s)
Fire ant fricassée
+1 HP (60s)
Fire ant nog
Fish and Chips
Fontaine crossini
+1 HP (30s)
Gazelle steak
Carry Weight +25
Gecko Kebab
+1 HP (40s), +1 RAD
Gecko Jerky
+2 HP (15s), +1 RAD
Grilled Mantis
+1 HP (30s), +1 RAD
Grilled radroach
+1 HP (30s)
Grilled radstag
Carry Weight +25 for 3600s (60m)
Halvamazad
+1 HP (12s)
Happy Birthday sweet roll
Iguana on a stick
+1 HP (12s), +3 RAD
Institute food packet
+1 HP (30s)
Liyue Rice
+1 HP (10s)
Mad Wolf Roast
PER +2
Mantis fried
+1 HP (10s)
Megasloth tenderloin
Monstadt Bratwurst
Mirelurk cake
Can breathe underwater 1800s (30m)
Mirelurk egg omelette
AP +50
Mirelurk jerky
PER +3, Poison Resistance +15
Mirelurk queen steak
END +2
Mole rat chunks
Max AP +5
Mole rat steak
Mole Rat Stew
+1 HP (10s)
Mole Rat Wonder Meat
Mushroom Cloud
+1 HP (25s)
Mutant hound chops
+1 HP (10s)
Mutt chops
+1 HP (10s)
Nightstalker Sausage
+1 HP (25s)
Nukalurk Sushi
Onigiri
+1 HP (25s)
Radipendra Fillet
+2HP (20s)
Radscorpion Cassarole
Radscorpion egg omelette
Cure All Addictions
Radscorpion steak
Radstag Stew
Ribeye steak
Roasted ant
Roasted chicken
Roasted bloodworm
Roasted frog leg
Roasted Megasloth
Roasted mirelurk meat
Max AP +10
Seasoned rabbit skewers
LCK +1
Spicy Nukalurk Roll
Squirrel on a stick
Stingwing filet
PER +1
Sumeru Bighorner Curry
Sumeru Yao Guai Curry
Sweet roll
Tato salad surprise
+5 AP
Tasty deathclaw omelette
Max HP +50, +0.06 HP/sec for 7200s
Tasty stag roast
INT +1
Trail Mix
+5 HP (15s), +3 RAD, +5 AP (30s)
Wasteland Hot Dog
Wolf ribs
Small Accuracy bonus and Night Vision
Yao Guai ribs
+5 DT
Yao guai roast
Melee Damage +10
Pre-War Food[]
Name
Effect
Sawyer Mode Effects
Recipe
BlamCo Mac & Cheese
+1 HP (5s), +3 RAD
Bubblegum
+1 HP (5s), +3 RAD
Cajun Rice and Beans
+1 HP (5s)
Canned Dog Food
+1 HP (5s)
Cola Perk Bubblegum
+1 HP (5s)
Corgreate Lasagna
+1 HP (5s)
Cotton Candy Bites
+1 HP (5s)
Cram
+1 HP (5s), +3 RAD
Croissant
+1 HP (5s), +3 RAD
Dandy Boy Apples
+1 HP (5s), +3 RAD
Fancy Lad Snack Cakes
+1 HP (5s), +3 RAD
Food Paste
+1 HP (5s)
Funnel Cake
+1 HP (5s)
Gum Drops
+1 HP, +1 RAD
Halloween Candy
+1 HP (5s)
InstaMash
+1 HP (5s), +3 RAD
Junk food
+1 HP (5s)
Moldy Food
+1 HP (5s)
MRE
+2 HP (15s) (Non-Sawyer Mode only)
Perfectly Preserved Cake
+1 HP (5s)
Perfectly Preserved Pie
+1 HP (5s)
Pork N' Beans
+1 HP (5s), +3 RAD
Potato Crisps
+1 HP (5s), +3 RAD
Potted Meat
+1 HP (5s)
Preserved InstaMash
+1 HP (5s)
Sizuka Noodles
+1 HP (5s), +3 RAD
Shinsin Cup Noodles
+1 HP (5s), +3 RAD
Slocum's BuzzBites
+1 HP (5s), PER +1, AP +25
Sugar Bombs
+1 HP (7s), +3 RAD, +5 AP (30s)
Yumi Noodles
+1 HP (5s), +3 RAD
Yum Yum Deviled Eggs
+1 HP (5s), +3 RAD
Drinks[]
These consumable items can heal the player character, temporarily change their SPECIAL stats and add various other unique effects. Some of these drinks can be crafted at chemistry stations found across the Wasteland. To create ice cold variants of certain beverages, they must be placed in Drinkin Buddy for 12 in-game hours. When drinking alcoholic consumables such as beer and wine, there's a chance one can become addicted, which will result in decreased stats until the addiction is cured. To mitigate or prevent addiction, the Party Girl/Party Boy perk must be leveled. In Sawyer mode, drinks (or hydrating foods) must be consumed periodically to reduce the Thirst effect; if neglected the player character's Fatigue will increase and eventually will lead to taking damage to Hit Points (but not death).
Natural[]
Name
Effect
Sawyer Mode Effects
Recipe
Brahmin Milk
+2 HP (5s)
Coconut Milk
+2 HP (5s)
Cactus Water
+2 HP (5s)
Clean Water
+2 HP (5s)
Dirty Water
+2 HP (5s), +6 RAD
Irradiated Brahmin Milk
+2 HP (5s), +6 RAD
Mass Purified Water
+2 HP (10s)
Purified Water
+2 HP (5s)
Juice[]
Name
Effect
Sawyer Mode Effects
Recipe
Apple Juice
Blackberry Juice
Brain Freeze
Cranberry Juice
High Voltage Hefe
Jake Juice
+1 CH (240s), +1 ST (240s), -1 IN (240s)
Lemon Juice
Mutfruit Juice
Orange Juice
Pineapple Juice
Pumpkin Juice
Raspberry Juice
Raw Lemonade
Alcohol[]
Name
Effect
Sawyer Mode Effects
Recipe
Absinthe
+1 CH (240s), +1 PE (240s), -1 IN (240s)
Beer
+1 CH (240s), +1 ST (240s), -1 IN (240s)
Bourbon
STR +1,END +1, INT -1
Black Wine
Blue Wine
Chianti
Claret
Dirty Fenster
Gamma Gulp
Green Wine
Gwinnett Ale
STR +1,CHR +1,INT -1
Gwinnett Brew
STR +1,CHR +1,INT -1
Gwinnett Lager
STR +1,CHR +1,INT -1
Gwinnett Pale
STR +1,CHR +1,INT -1
STR +1,CHR +1,INT -1
Gwinnett Pilsner
STR +1,CHR +1,INT -1
Gwinnett Stout
STR +1,CHR +1,INT -1
Irradiated Beer
Irradiated Wine
Lead Champagne
Nuka-Cola Dark
+3 RAD, -1 IN (240s), +1 ST (240s), +1 bottle cap
Oak Holler Lagar
Old Possum
Orange Wine
Pickaxe Pilsner
Pink Wine
Purple Wine
Red Wine
Rotgut
Rum
Scotch
+1 CH (240s), +1 ST (240s), -1 IN (240s)
Sierra Madre Martini
Tequila
Vodka
+1 CH (240s), +1 ST (240s), -1 IN (240s)
Wheat Beer
Whiskey
+1 CH (240s), +1 ST (240s), -1 IN (240s), +2 DT with Whiskey Rose perk
