Boar Meat in Valheim: Drop Rates, the Cooking Station Recipe, and Every Cauldron Recipe That Uses It
The source describes Boar Meat plainly: "Boar meat is a basic food obtained by killing Boars." Per the item's own infobox, it's listed with an id of RawMeat, a type of Material, a source of Boar, a usage of Crafting, a weight of 1.0, a stack size of 20, and a teleport flag of "Yes." It can be cooked on a Cooking station or Iron cooking station to obtain Cooked boar meat, or Coal if overcooked, and — per the same source — it's also a listed ingredient in four other recipes.
What Boar Meat Is
The infobox for the raw item lists these fields directly:
- Internal id: RawMeat
- Type: Material
- Source: Boar
- Usage: Crafting
- Weight: 1.0
- Stack size: 20
- Teleportable: Yes
A full stack of 20 Boar Meat, at 1.0 weight each, comes to 1.0 × 20 = 20.0 total weight — arithmetic on the item's own two fields, not an estimate. Because its own teleport flag is listed as "Yes," a full stack of Boar Meat can go through a portal. The infobox's own description field for the raw item is left blank in this data set, so what flavor text (if any) the raw item carries is undocumented here. This item's page also does not classify or locate Boar beyond naming it as the source creature — where it's found isn't part of this data set.
Where Boar Meat Drops
The Availability section lists drop counts for Boar, broken out by star tier:
| Star tier | Boar meat dropped |
|---|---|
| 0-star | 1 |
| 1-star | 2 |
| 2-star | 4 |
The count doubles per star tier: 1, then 2, then 4. Filling a full stack of 20 Boar Meat, computed directly from these drop counts: a 0-star Boar (1 each) takes 20 ÷ 1 = 20 kills; a 1-star Boar (2 each) takes 20 ÷ 2 = 10 kills; a 2-star Boar (4 each) takes 20 ÷ 4 = 5 kills.
Cooking Boar Meat
The source's own crafting table lists Boar meat x1 as the ingredient, made at a Cooking station or an Iron cooking station, producing Cooked boar meat — or Coal, per the same row, if it's overcooked. The cooked item carries its own description, quoted as written: "An earthly taste." Its own infobox lists:
- Internal id: CookedMeat
- Type: Food
- Source: Cooking station
- Usage: Crafting, Eating
- Weight: 1.0
- Stack size: 20
- Teleportable: Yes
- Health: 30
- Stamina: 10
- Duration: 1200 (seconds)
- Healing: 2 hp/tick
1200 seconds is 1200 ÷ 60 = 20 minutes of buff uptime from a single serving of Cooked Boar Meat — computed from the item's own duration field. A full stack of 20 Cooked Boar Meat, at its own 1.0 weight each, is 1.0 × 20 = 20.0 total weight — the same arithmetic applied to the cooked item's own listed fields. Its own teleport flag is also listed as "Yes." The cooked item's own effect field is left blank in this data set, so any status effect beyond the listed health/stamina/healing values is undocumented here. The source also states plainly: "Cooked boar meat cannot be used to craft recipes using Boar meat as ingredient, or vice versa." That's quoted as written — the two items' crafting uses don't overlap in this data set.
Every Other Boar Meat Recipe
Boar Meat's own Usage/Crafting table lists four more recipes that call for it, beyond the Cooking station conversion above:
| Result | Ingredients | Station |
|---|---|---|
| Minced meat sauce | Boar meat x1, Neck tail x1, Carrot x1 | Cauldron (1) |
| Boar jerky x2 | Boar meat x1, Honey x1 | Cauldron (1) |
| Sausages x4 | Entrails x4, Boar meat x1, Thistle x1 | Cauldron (Spice rack, 2) |
| Turnip stew | Boar meat x1, Turnip x3 | Cauldron (2) |
| Whole roasted Meadow boar | Cooked deer meat x2, Cooked boar meat x5, Dandelion x4, Woodland herb blend x1 | Food preparation table |
Each row is listed exactly as the source's own crafting table states it, including the station tier noted in parentheses. Five recipes total call for either raw Boar meat or Cooked boar meat as an ingredient, per this table.
Practical tips
- Boar drops 1 / 2 / 4 Boar Meat at 0-/1-/2-star, per this item's own Availability section.
- Filling a stack of 20 takes 20 kills of a 0-star Boar, 10 of a 1-star Boar, or 5 of a 2-star Boar (computed, exact).
- A full stack of 20 raw or cooked Boar Meat weighs 20.0 either way (1.0 × 20, computed).
- Cooking uses Boar meat x1 at a Cooking station or Iron cooking station; overcooking it produces Coal instead.
- The source states Cooked boar meat and raw Boar meat crafting uses don't overlap — quoted directly.
- Cooked Boar Meat gives 30 health, 10 stamina, for 1200 seconds (20 minutes), healing at 2 hp/tick.
- Five listed recipes beyond cooking call for Boar meat or Cooked boar meat: Minced meat sauce, Boar jerky, Sausages, Turnip stew, and Whole roasted Meadow boar.
- Both the raw and cooked item are flagged teleportable ("Yes").
Running your own Valheim server
Farming a specific star tier of Boar for a full stack of Boar Meat goes faster with a group splitting the kills, and a Cauldron or Cooking station queue empties a lot quicker when several players are feeding it at once across five different recipes. A dedicated Valheim server keeps that Cooking station, its fuel, your Cauldron upgrades, and your world's Boar spawns persistent between sessions, with launch arguments, PvP settings, and any mod configuration staying exactly as your group left them.
Conclusion
Boar Meat is a Material-type item sourced from Boar, weighing 1.0 with a 20-item stack (20.0 total for a full stack, computed) and a teleport flag of "Yes." Its drop count scales by star tier — 1, 2, then 4 — meaning a full stack of 20 takes as few as 5 kills of a 2-star Boar or as many as 20 kills of a 0-star Boar, computed directly from those drop counts. Cooking it at a Cooking station or Iron cooking station turns Boar meat x1 into Cooked Boar Meat, or Coal if overcooked, delivering 30 health and 10 stamina for 1200 seconds (20 minutes), healing at 2 hp/tick — and per the source, its crafting uses never overlap with the raw item's. Beyond cooking, the source lists Boar Meat as an ingredient in four Cauldron and Food preparation table recipes: Minced meat sauce, Boar jerky, Sausages, and Turnip stew, plus Whole roasted Meadow boar.
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