Carp Fillet
Carp Fillet is a fish meat food item in DayZ obtained by fishing for a Carp and gutting it with a Knife. Raw Carp Fillet takes 3 inventory slots, weighs 500 g, provides 150 kcal and 200 mL of water, but eating it raw can cause poisoning.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
Carp Fillet is a fish meat food item in DayZ obtained from a Carp. After catching a Carp, you can gut it with a Knife to get Carp Fillets. Carp Fillets can be eaten raw, baked, boiled, dried, burned, or rotten, but raw, burned, and rotten fish can make you sick. Cooking Carp Fillet is the safer option, with baked fillets giving better energy and boiled fillets giving better hydration.
In-game description
“Fillet from a carp fish. Can be either quite bland, or quite delicious, depending on your personal taste.”
Main Uses
- Eat as a freshwater fish food source
- Bake for the highest energy value
- Boil for the best hydration value
- Dry for longer-lasting food value with less water
- Use after fishing for Carp
- Avoid eating raw, burned, or rotten Carp Fillet
How to use this item
Eat Carp Fillet safely
Carp Fillet should be cooked before eating because raw fish can cause poisoning.
- Catch a Carp while fishing.
- Gut the Carp with a Knife to obtain Carp Fillets.
- Do not eat the fillet raw unless you are desperate.
- Cook it into baked, boiled, or dried Carp Fillet.
- Avoid burned or rotten Carp Fillet because it can make you sick.
Prepare Carp Fillet
Carp Fillet is made by catching a Carp and gutting it with a Knife.
- Catch a Carp using fishing gear.
- Place the Carp in your inventory or hands.
- Use a Knife to gut the Carp.
- Collect the Carp Fillets.
- Cook the fillets before eating for safer food.
Cook Carp Fillet
Carp Fillet can be cooked for better nutrition and safer eating.
- Prepare a Fireplace, stove, or cooking setup.
- Place the Carp Fillet in the cooking slot or cookware.
- Cook it into a baked, boiled, or dried version.
- Remove it before it burns.
- Eat the cooked fillet or save it for travel.
How to get Carp Fillet
- Catch a Carp while fishing.
- Gut the Carp with a Knife.
- Collect Carp Fillet from the gutted fish.
- Loot players carrying fish or cooked food.
Spawn info
- • Carp Fillet is obtained from a Carp.
- • A Knife is used to gut the Carp.
- • It is a Food and Drink item under Meats.
- • Raw Carp Fillet provides 150 kcal.
- • Raw Carp Fillet provides 200 mL of water.
- • Raw Carp Fillet has 2500 mL stomach volume.
- • It takes 3 inventory slots.
- • It weighs 500 g.
- • Eating raw Carp Fillet can cause poisoning.
- • It has raw, baked, boiled, dried, burned, and rotten variants.
Food and nutrition notes
Energy
150 kcal
Water
200 mL
Stomach
2500 mL
Quantity
500
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 Carp Fillet provides 150 kcal and 200 mL of water.
- • Baked Carp Fillet provides 750 kcal and 120 mL of water.
- • Boiled Carp Fillet provides 650 kcal and 320 mL of water.
- • Dried Carp Fillet provides 575 kcal and 40 mL of water.
- • Burned Carp Fillet provides 150 kcal and 0 mL of water.
- • Rotten Carp Fillet provides 50 kcal and 80 mL of water.
- • Eating raw Carp Fillet can cause poisoning.
- • Raw, burned, or rotten fish can make you sick.
- • Carp Fillet is obtained by gutting a Carp with a Knife.
Important notes
- Carp Fillet is obtained from a Carp.
- You need a Knife to gut the Carp.
- Raw Carp Fillet provides 150 kcal.
- Raw Carp Fillet provides 200 mL of water.
- Raw Carp Fillet has 2500 mL stomach volume.
- It takes 3 inventory slots.
- It weighs 500 g.
- It is categorized as Food and Drink > Meats.
- Eating raw Carp Fillet can cause poisoning.
- Raw, burned, or rotten fish can make you sick.
- Baked Carp Fillet gives the highest energy value.
- Boiled Carp Fillet gives the best hydration value.
- Eating small portions of raw Carp Fillet can reduce the poisoning risk, but cooking is safer.