Chicken Steak
Chicken Steak is a meat food item in DayZ obtained by killing a Hen or Rooster and skinning it with a Knife. Raw Chicken Steak takes 2 inventory slots, weighs 125 g, provides 62.5 kcal and 50 mL of water, and should be cooked before eating because raw, burned, or rotten meat can make you sick.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
Chicken Steak is a poultry meat food item in DayZ obtained from Hens and Roosters. It can be baked over a Fireplace using a Long Wooden Stick, boiled in a Cooking Pot, dried, burned, or become rotten. Baked Chicken Steak gives the highest energy value, boiled Chicken Steak gives the best hydration value, and dried Chicken Steak keeps decent food value with less water. Raw, burned, or rotten Chicken Steak should be avoided because unsafe meat can make you sick.
In-game description
“A piece of chicken meat. Unsurprisingly, it tastes like chicken, once cooked.”
Main Uses
- Cook for a small meat food source
- Bake for the highest energy value
- Boil for the best hydration value
- Dry for travel food with less water
- Use after hunting or killing a Hen or Rooster
- Avoid eating raw, burned, or rotten Chicken Steak
How to use this item
Eat Chicken Steak safely
Chicken Steak should be cooked before eating because raw, burned, or rotten meat can make you sick.
- Obtain Chicken Steak from a Hen or Rooster.
- Do not eat it raw unless you are desperate.
- Cook it before eating.
- Prefer baked, boiled, or dried Chicken Steak.
- Avoid burned or rotten Chicken Steak because it can make you sick.
Cook Chicken Steak
Chicken 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 Chicken Steak into a baked, boiled, or dried version.
- Remove it before it burns.
- Eat the cooked Chicken Steak or save it as travel food.
How to get Chicken Steak
- Kill a Hen or Rooster.
- Skin the chicken with a Knife.
- Collect Chicken Steak from the animal.
- Loot players carrying hunted meat.
Spawn info
- • Chicken Steak is obtained from Hens and Roosters.
- • A Knife is used to skin the animal.
- • It is a Food and Drink item under Meats.
- • Raw Chicken Steak provides 62.5 kcal.
- • Raw Chicken Steak provides 50 mL of water.
- • Raw Chicken Steak has 625 mL stomach volume.
- • It takes 2 inventory slots.
- • It weighs 125 g.
- • It has raw, baked, boiled, dried, burned, and rotten variants.
Food and nutrition notes
Energy
62.5 kcal
Water
50 mL
Stomach
625 mL
Quantity
125
Max wetness
Damp (24.9%)
Freeze time
39.6 minutes
Freezing point
-0.5 °C / 31.1 °F
Max temperature
105 °C / 221 °F
Notes
- • Raw Chicken Steak provides 62.5 kcal and 50 mL of water.
- • Baked Chicken Steak provides 250 kcal and 30 mL of water.
- • Boiled Chicken Steak provides 187.5 kcal and 80 mL of water.
- • Dried Chicken Steak provides 187.5 kcal and 10 mL of water.
- • Burned Chicken Steak provides 62.5 kcal and 0 mL of water.
- • Rotten Chicken Steak provides 31.25 kcal and 20 mL of water.
- • Raw, burned, or rotten meat can make you sick.
- • Chicken Steak is obtained from Hens and Roosters.
Important notes
- Chicken Steak is obtained from Hens and Roosters.
- You need a Knife to skin the animal.
- Raw Chicken Steak provides 62.5 kcal.
- Raw Chicken Steak provides 50 mL of water.
- Raw Chicken Steak has 625 mL stomach volume.
- It takes 2 inventory slots.
- It weighs 125 g.
- It is categorized as Food and Drink > Meats.
- Raw, burned, or rotten meat can make you sick.
- Baked Chicken Steak provides the highest energy value.
- Boiled Chicken Steak provides the best hydration value.
- Dried Chicken Steak keeps decent energy value with low water value.