Bitterlings
Bitterlings are a small fish food item in DayZ caught in fresh water using a Small Fish Trap or Fish Net Trap. Raw Bitterlings take 2 inventory slots, weigh 650 g, provide 50 kcal and 100 mL of water, but eating them raw can make you sick with poisoning.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
Bitterlings are a small freshwater fish food item in DayZ. They live in lakes and rivers of Chernarus and can be caught using a Small Fish Trap or Fish Net Trap. Bitterlings can be eaten as food, but raw, burned, or rotten versions are risky. Because of their small size, they cannot be skinned or prepared like larger fish.
In-game description
“A bunch of small fish that look like young carp. Depending on hunger, they might be considered edible.”
Main Uses
- Eat as a small fish food source
- Bake for better energy value
- Boil for better hydration value
- Dry for longer-lasting food value with less water
- Use as food from Small Fish Traps or Fish Net Traps
- Avoid eating raw, burned, or rotten Bitterlings
How to use this item
Eat Bitterlings safely
Bitterlings should be cooked before eating because raw fish can make you sick with poisoning.
- Catch Bitterlings using a Small Fish Trap or Fish Net Trap.
- Check the condition before eating.
- Cook them before eating when possible.
- Prefer baked, boiled, or dried Bitterlings.
- Avoid raw, burned, or rotten Bitterlings because they can make you sick.
Catch Bitterlings
Bitterlings can be caught from fresh water using fish traps.
- Find or craft a Small Fish Trap or Fish Net Trap.
- Place the trap in fresh water.
- Use bait when available to improve your catch chance.
- Wait for the trap to catch fish.
- Collect Bitterlings from the trap and cook them before eating.
How to get Bitterlings
- Catch them in fresh water using a Small Fish Trap.
- Catch them in fresh water using a Fish Net Trap.
- Search lakes and rivers of Chernarus.
- Loot players carrying trapped fish.
Spawn info
- • Bitterlings are caught from fresh water.
- • They can be caught using a Small Fish Trap.
- • They can be caught using a Fish Net Trap.
- • They live in lakes and rivers of Chernarus.
- • They are a Food and Drink item under Meats.
- • Raw Bitterlings provide 50 kcal.
- • Raw Bitterlings provide 100 mL of water.
- • Raw Bitterlings have 2500 mL stomach volume.
- • They take 2 inventory slots.
- • They weigh 650 g.
- • They cannot be skinned or prepared like larger fish.
Food and nutrition notes
Energy
50 kcal
Water
100 mL
Stomach
2500 mL
Quantity
500
Max wetness
Damp (24.9%)
Freeze time
88 minutes
Freezing point
0 °C / 32 °F
Max temperature
105 °C / 221 °F
Notes
- • Raw Bitterlings provide 50 kcal and 100 mL of water.
- • Baked Bitterlings provide 250 kcal and 60 mL of water.
- • Boiled Bitterlings provide 200 kcal and 160 mL of water.
- • Dried Bitterlings provide 200 kcal and 20 mL of water.
- • Burned Bitterlings provide 50 kcal and 0 mL of water.
- • Rotten Bitterlings provide 25 kcal and 40 mL of water.
- • Eating raw Bitterlings can make you sick with poisoning.
- • Burned or rotten Bitterlings can also make you sick.
- • Bitterlings cannot be skinned or prepared like larger fish.
Important notes
- Bitterlings are caught in fresh water.
- They can be caught with a Small Fish Trap or Fish Net Trap.
- They live in lakes and rivers of Chernarus.
- Raw Bitterlings provide 50 kcal.
- Raw Bitterlings provide 100 mL of water.
- Raw Bitterlings have 2500 mL stomach volume.
- They take 2 inventory slots.
- They weigh 650 g.
- They are categorized as Food and Drink > Meats.
- Eating raw Bitterlings can make you sick with poisoning.
- Burned or rotten Bitterlings can make you sick.
- They cannot be skinned or prepared like larger fish.