Boar Steak
Boar Steak is a meat food item in DayZ obtained by killing a Boar and skinning it with a Knife. Raw Boar Steak takes 2 inventory slots, weighs 500 g, provides 125 kcal and 100 mL of water, and should be cooked before eating because raw, burned, or rotten meat can make you sick.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
Boar Steak is a meat food item in DayZ obtained from a Boar. It can be baked over a Fireplace using a Long Wooden Stick, boiled in a Cooking Pot, dried, burned, or become rotten. Baked Boar Steak gives the highest energy value, boiled Boar Steak gives better hydration, and dried Boar Steak keeps strong food value with less water. Raw, burned, or rotten Boar Steak should be avoided because unsafe meat can make you sick.
In-game description
“A chunk of boar meat. Tough and dark meat, slightly reminiscent of pork, once cooked.”
Main Uses
- Cook for a reliable 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 Boar
- Avoid eating raw, burned, or rotten Boar Steak
How to use this item
Eat Boar Steak safely
Boar Steak should be cooked before eating because raw, burned, or rotten meat can make you sick.
- Obtain Boar Steak from a Boar.
- Do not eat it raw unless you are desperate.
- Cook it before eating.
- Prefer baked, boiled, or dried Boar Steak.
- Avoid burned or rotten Boar Steak because it can make you sick.
Cook Boar Steak
Boar 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 Boar Steak into a baked, boiled, or dried version.
- Remove it before it burns.
- Eat the cooked Boar Steak or save it as travel food.
How to get Boar Steak
- Kill a Boar.
- Skin the Boar with a Knife.
- Collect Boar Steak from the animal.
- Loot players carrying hunted meat.
Spawn info
- • Boar Steak is obtained from a Boar.
- • A Knife is used to skin the animal.
- • It is a Food and Drink item under Meats.
- • Raw Boar Steak provides 125 kcal.
- • Raw Boar Steak provides 100 mL of water.
- • Raw Boar Steak has 1250 mL stomach volume.
- • It takes 2 inventory slots.
- • It weighs 500 g.
- • It has raw, baked, boiled, dried, burned, and rotten variants.
Food and nutrition notes
Energy
125 kcal
Water
100 mL
Stomach
1250 mL
Quantity
250
Max wetness
Damp (24.9%)
Freeze time
52.8 minutes
Freezing point
-0.5 °C / 31.1 °F
Max temperature
105 °C / 221 °F
Notes
- • Raw Boar Steak provides 125 kcal and 100 mL of water.
- • Baked Boar Steak provides 812.5 kcal and 60 mL of water.
- • Boiled Boar Steak provides 687.5 kcal and 160 mL of water.
- • Dried Boar Steak provides 687.5 kcal and 20 mL of water.
- • Burned Boar Steak provides 125 kcal and 0 mL of water.
- • Rotten Boar Steak provides 62.5 kcal and 40 mL of water.
- • Raw, burned, or rotten meat can make you sick.
- • Boar Steak is obtained from a Boar.
Important notes
- Boar Steak is obtained from a Boar.
- You need a Knife to skin the animal.
- Raw Boar Steak provides 125 kcal.
- Raw Boar Steak provides 100 mL of water.
- Raw Boar Steak has 1250 mL stomach volume.
- It takes 2 inventory slots.
- It weighs 500 g.
- It is categorized as Food and Drink > Meats.
- Raw, burned, or rotten meat can make you sick.
- Baked Boar Steak provides the highest energy value.
- Boiled Boar Steak provides more hydration than baked or dried Boar Steak.
- Dried Boar Steak keeps strong energy value with low water value.