Deer Stew in Valheim: Recipe, Stats, and the Black Forest's Best Health Food
A bowl of Deer Stew adds 45 health and 15 stamina for 1,500 seconds — 25 minutes — with 3 hp healed per tick. It is a Black Forest-tier food cooked in a level 1 Cauldron, and the wiki is explicit about what that 45-health figure means: Deer Stew "provides the highest health gain in the Black Forest." This guide covers the full stat block, the three-ingredient recipe behind it, where the finished dish feeds into further crafting, and the handful of fields the source leaves undocumented.
Deer Stew at a Glance
The wiki's infobox gives a full stat block for the item:
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Health | +45 |
| Stamina | +15 |
| Duration | 1,500 seconds (25 minutes) |
| Healing | 3 hp per tick |
| Weight | 1.0 |
| Stack size | 10 |
| Teleportable | Yes |
In-game item description, quoted directly from the source: "Fall-apart tender."
Teleportable: Yes is confirmed directly in the infobox. A weight of 1.0 and a stack size of 10 also mean a full food loadout is light to carry, whether that's through a portal or on foot.
The Recipe
The source is specific about the station and the ingredients. It states plainly: "Deer stew is produced in a level 1 Cauldron with:" — followed by a bulleted ingredient list. Written out as a shopping list:
- Cooked deer meat x1
- Blueberries x1
- Carrot x1
The station requirement tops out at the base level 1 Cauldron — no upgraded cooking station needed — which keeps Deer Stew accessible as soon as all three ingredients are on hand. The source doesn't say where any of the three ingredients come from, so treat sourcing them as its own separate question rather than something this recipe specifies.
The source also lists a second use for the finished dish beyond eating it directly: Deer Stew itself is an ingredient in the Black Forest buffet platter, a crafted item. The source doesn't detail what else goes into that platter or its full recipe, so its exact composition is undocumented here. That's worth knowing before eating an entire batch — some of it may be worth holding back for the platter recipe instead.
Why It's the Black Forest's Best Health Food
The wiki's Notes section states plainly: "Deer stew provides the highest health gain in the Black Forest, at 45." That's stated as the ceiling for the entire biome's food pool, not a comparison against one or two named rivals. Paired with a 25-minute duration and a stack size of 10, a single Cauldron session can stock enough Deer Stew to run a long Black Forest expedition — mining, clearing crypts, hunting — without needing to re-cook partway through.
The 15 stamina and 3 hp/tick healing are modest next to that 45-health figure, which fits the pattern of a tank-oriented food built for players prioritizing survivability over the ability to keep swinging or sprinting.
The Duration in Context
The infobox lists duration as 1,500 seconds. Converted to a unit you'd actually plan a run around: 1,500 ÷ 60 = 25 minutes — long enough to cover most single Black Forest excursions without needing to eat a second time.
The healing rate is listed as 3 hp per tick, but the source doesn't state how long a "tick" lasts in seconds, so the total hit points regenerated across the full 25-minute buff can't be computed from this data alone — that figure is undocumented here and shouldn't be estimated from a tick length pulled from another item's page. The infobox also carries no buy/sell price field and no secondary "effect" field beyond the stats already listed above, so both are undocumented for this item as well.
Practical tips
- 45 health, 15 stamina, 1,500 seconds (25 min) — the full stat line, straight from the infobox.
- Cook it at a level 1 Cauldron with 1 Cooked deer meat, 1 Blueberries, 1 Carrot.
- Teleportable — carry a stock through a portal, no boat run needed.
- Highest health gain in the Black Forest, per the wiki's own wording — the biome ceiling, not just a strong option.
- Deer Stew also feeds into the Black Forest buffet platter recipe — save some before eating a whole batch.
- 1,500 seconds = 25 minutes (1,500 ÷ 60). Tick length in seconds, buy/sell price, and any secondary effect aren't covered by this source — treat all three as unconfirmed until checked elsewhere.
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Conclusion
Deer Stew is a Black Forest-tier Cauldron food — level 1 Cauldron, Cooked deer meat + Blueberries + Carrot — that delivers +45 health, +15 stamina, 1,500 seconds (25 minutes, from 1,500 ÷ 60) of duration, and 3 hp of healing per tick. The wiki calls out its health figure specifically as the highest available in the Black Forest, and the finished dish doubles as an ingredient for the Black Forest buffet platter. The tick length behind the 3 hp/tick figure, its buy/sell pricing, and any secondary effect are all undocumented in this source and worth checking separately before planning a precise healing budget around them.
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