Beef Steak
Beef Steak is a meat food item in DayZ obtained by killing a Cow or Bull and skinning it with a Knife. Raw Beef Steak takes 4 inventory slots, weighs 500 g, provides 250 kcal and 200 mL of water, and should be cooked before eating because raw, burned, or rotten meat can make you sick.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
Beef Steak is a meat food item in DayZ obtained from Cows and Bulls. It can be baked over a Fireplace using a Long Wooden Stick, boiled in a Cooking Pot, dried, burned, or become rotten. Baked Beef Steak gives high energy, boiled Beef Steak gives more hydration, and dried Beef Steak keeps strong food value with less water. Raw, burned, or rotten Beef Steak should be avoided because unsafe meat can make you sick.
In-game description
“A piece of beef. Locally sourced, lean and delicious, once properly prepared.”
Main Uses
- Cook for a strong meat food source
- Bake for the highest energy value
- Boil for better hydration than baked or dried versions
- Dry for long-lasting food value with less water
- Use after hunting a Cow or Bull
- Avoid eating raw, burned, or rotten Beef Steak
How to use this item
Eat Beef Steak safely
Beef Steak should be cooked before eating because raw, burned, or rotten meat can make you sick.
- Obtain Beef Steak from a Cow or Bull.
- Do not eat it raw unless you are desperate.
- Cook it before eating.
- Prefer baked, boiled, or dried Beef Steak.
- Avoid burned or rotten Beef Steak because it can make you sick.
Cook Beef Steak
Beef Steak can be baked over a Fireplace with a Long Wooden Stick or boiled in a Cooking Pot.
- Prepare a Fireplace, stove, or cooking setup.
- Use a Long Wooden Stick to bake it over a fire, or place it in a Cooking Pot to boil it.
- Cook the Beef Steak into a baked, boiled, or dried version.
- Remove it before it burns.
- Eat the cooked Beef Steak or save it as travel food.
How to get Beef Steak
- Kill a Cow or Bull.
- Skin the animal with a Knife.
- Collect Beef Steak from the animal.
- Loot players carrying hunted meat.
Spawn info
- • Beef Steak is obtained from Cows and Bulls.
- • A Knife is used to skin the animal.
- • It is a Food and Drink item under Meats.
- • Raw Beef Steak provides 250 kcal.
- • Raw Beef Steak provides 200 mL of water.
- • Raw Beef Steak has 2500 mL stomach volume.
- • It takes 4 inventory slots.
- • It weighs 500 g.
- • It has raw, baked, boiled, dried, burned, and rotten variants.
Food and nutrition notes
Energy
250 kcal
Water
200 mL
Stomach
2500 mL
Quantity
500
Max wetness
Damp (24.9%)
Freeze time
66 minutes
Freezing point
-0.5 °C / 31.1 °F
Max temperature
105 °C / 221 °F
Notes
- • Raw Beef Steak provides 250 kcal and 200 mL of water.
- • Baked Beef Steak provides 1500 kcal and 120 mL of water.
- • Boiled Beef Steak provides 1250 kcal and 300 mL of water.
- • Dried Beef Steak provides 1250 kcal and 40 mL of water.
- • Burned Beef Steak provides 250 kcal and 0 mL of water.
- • Rotten Beef Steak provides 125 kcal and 80 mL of water.
- • Raw, burned, or rotten meat can make you sick.
- • Beef Steak is obtained from Cows and Bulls.
Important notes
- Beef Steak is obtained from Cows and Bulls.
- You need a Knife to skin the animal.
- Raw Beef Steak provides 250 kcal.
- Raw Beef Steak provides 200 mL of water.
- Raw Beef Steak has 2500 mL stomach volume.
- It takes 4 inventory slots.
- It weighs 500 g.
- It is categorized as Food and Drink > Meats.
- Raw, burned, or rotten meat can make you sick.
- Baked Beef Steak provides high energy.
- Boiled Beef Steak provides more hydration than baked or dried Beef Steak.
- Dried Beef Steak keeps high energy value with low water value.