Fat
Fat is a food and resource item in DayZ obtained from medium to large animals and Survivors by skinning and quartering them with a Knife. Raw Fat takes 4 inventory slots, weighs 200 g, provides 200 kcal and 100 mL of water, and can also be used for cooking support or Torch crafting and refueling.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
Fat is both a food item and a useful cooking resource in DayZ. It can be obtained from medium to large animals and Survivors after they are killed, skinned, and quartered with a Knife. Fat can be eaten raw, baked, boiled, dried, burned, or rotten, but raw, burned, or rotten Fat can make you sick. Fat is also useful for cooking because it can help preserve food quantity when baking items in a Cooking Pot or Frying Pan. It can also be used to craft, upgrade, and refuel Torches.
In-game description
“A chunk of fat, good for cooking purposes. It can catch fire quickly, though.”
Main Uses
- Eat as a high-calorie food source
- Bake for the highest energy value
- Boil for the best hydration value
- Use in a Cooking Pot or Frying Pan to help preserve food quantity while baking
- Use to craft, upgrade, or refuel Torches
- Use as a cooking support item
- Avoid eating Fat harvested from Survivors
- Avoid eating raw, burned, or rotten Fat
How to use this item
Eat Fat safely
Fat can be a strong calorie source, but raw, burned, rotten, or Survivor-sourced Fat can be dangerous.
- Obtain Fat from an animal when possible.
- Avoid Fat harvested from Survivors because it can cause Brain Prion Disease.
- Cook the Fat before eating.
- Prefer baked, boiled, or dried Fat.
- Avoid burned or rotten Fat because it can make you sick.
Cook with Fat
Fat can be used with a Cooking Pot or Frying Pan as a support item while baking other food.
- Place Fat in a Cooking Pot or Frying Pan.
- Add steaks, fruit, vegetables, or mushrooms.
- Bake the food with the Fat inside the cookware.
- Use this to reduce food quantity loss from cooking.
- Remove food before it burns.
How to get Fat
- Kill a medium or large animal.
- Skin and quarter the animal with a Knife.
- Collect Fat from the animal.
- Fat can also be obtained from Survivors, but eating Survivor Fat can cause Brain Prion Disease.
- Loot players carrying Fat or cooked food.
Spawn info
- • Fat is obtained by skinning and quartering medium to large animals.
- • A Knife is used to harvest Fat.
- • Fat can also be obtained from Survivors.
- • Fat from Survivors is not specifically labeled as Human Fat.
- • Raw Fat provides 200 kcal.
- • Raw Fat provides 100 mL of water.
- • Raw Fat has 1400 mL stomach volume.
- • It takes 4 inventory slots.
- • It weighs 200 g.
- • It has raw, baked, boiled, dried, burned, and rotten variants.
Food and nutrition notes
Energy
200 kcal
Water
100 mL
Stomach
1400 mL
Quantity
200
Max wetness
Damp (24.9%)
Freeze time
66 minutes
Freezing point
-1 °C / 30.2 °F
Max temperature
105 °C / 221 °F
Notes
- • Raw Fat provides 200 kcal and 100 mL of water.
- • Baked Fat provides 600 kcal and 60 mL of water.
- • Boiled Fat provides 500 kcal and 160 mL of water.
- • Dried Fat provides 500 kcal and 20 mL of water.
- • Burned Fat provides 200 kcal and 0 mL of water.
- • Rotten Fat provides 100 kcal and 40 mL of water.
- • Raw, burned, or rotten Fat can make you sick.
- • Fat harvested from Survivors can cause Brain Prion Disease.
- • Fat from tainted animals such as Wolf or Bear does not give salmonellosis like their meat.
- • Fat can be used as a cooking support item in a Cooking Pot or Frying Pan.
Crafting and item conversions
Important notes
- Fat is obtained from medium to large animals and Survivors.
- You need a Knife to skin and quarter the body.
- Fat harvested from Survivors can cause Brain Prion Disease.
- Survivor Fat is not specifically labeled as Human Fat, so keep animal and Survivor Fat separate.
- Fat from tainted animals such as Wolf or Bear does not give salmonellosis like their meat.
- Raw Fat provides 200 kcal.
- Raw Fat provides 100 mL of water.
- Raw Fat has 1400 mL stomach volume.
- It takes 4 inventory slots.
- It weighs 200 g.
- Baked Fat provides the highest energy value.
- Boiled Fat provides the best hydration value.
- Fat can be used in a Cooking Pot or Frying Pan to reduce quantity loss while baking food.
- Fat can be used to craft, upgrade, and refuel Torches.