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Human Steak

Human Steak is a meat food item in DayZ obtained from Survivors. Raw Human Steak takes 3 inventory slots, weighs 375 g, provides 75 kcal and 60 mL of water, but every Human Steak variant causes Brain Prion Disease when eaten. Burned Human Steak can also cause food poisoning.

Quick item summary

CategoryFood and Drink > Meats
SubcategoryMeat
Size1x3
Weight375 g
Max wetnessDamp

Quick answer

Human Steak is a meat food item in DayZ obtained from Survivors. It can be baked over a Fireplace using a Long Wooden Stick, boiled in a Cooking Pot, dried, burned, or become rotten. Unlike normal animal meat, Human Steak is never truly safe to eat because consuming any variant will cause Brain Prion Disease. Burned Human Steak can also cause food poisoning.

In-game description

“A piece of human flesh. It can be eaten in a pinch, if you have a stomach for it and no moral scruples.”

Main Uses

  • Eat only as an extreme emergency food source
  • Bake for the highest energy value
  • Boil for the best hydration value
  • Dry for travel food with less water
  • Use as a high-risk survival option when no safer food is available
  • Avoid eating Human Steak because every variant causes Brain Prion Disease

How to use this item

Understand the Human Steak risk

Human Steak is not safe to eat in DayZ. Every variant causes Brain Prion Disease, even if cooked.

  1. Only consider Human Steak as a last-resort emergency food.
  2. Know that cooking does not remove the Brain Prion Disease risk.
  3. Avoid burned Human Steak because it can also cause food poisoning.
  4. Use safer food sources whenever possible.
  5. Treat Human Steak as a desperate option, not a normal food source.

Cook Human Steak

Human Steak can be cooked like other meat, but cooking does not make it safe from Brain Prion Disease.

  1. Prepare a Fireplace, stove, or cooking setup.
  2. Use a Long Wooden Stick to bake it over a fire, or place it in a Cooking Pot to boil it.
  3. Cook the Human Steak into a baked, boiled, or dried version.
  4. Remove it before it burns.
  5. Remember that any Human Steak variant still causes Brain Prion Disease when eaten.
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How to get Human Steak

  • Obtained from Survivors.
  • Use a Knife or other sharp object to skin the body.
  • Collect Human Steak from the body.
  • Loot players carrying Human Steak or cooked Human Steak.

Spawn info

Obtained from Survivors
  • • Human Steak is obtained from Survivors.
  • • A Knife or other sharp object can be used to skin the body.
  • • It is a Food and Drink item under Meats.
  • • Raw Human Steak provides 75 kcal.
  • • Raw Human Steak provides 60 mL of water.
  • • Raw Human Steak has 1050 mL stomach volume.
  • • It takes 3 inventory slots.
  • • It weighs 375 g.
  • • Every Human Steak variant causes Brain Prion Disease when eaten.
  • • Burned Human Steak can also cause food poisoning.
  • • It has raw, baked, boiled, dried, burned, and rotten variants.

Food and nutrition notes

Energy

75 kcal

Water

60 mL

Stomach

1050 mL

Quantity

150

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 Human Steak provides 75 kcal and 60 mL of water.
  • • Baked Human Steak provides 300 kcal and 36 mL of water.
  • • Boiled Human Steak provides 225 kcal and 96 mL of water.
  • • Dried Human Steak provides 225 kcal and 12 mL of water.
  • • Burned Human Steak provides 75 kcal and 0 mL of water.
  • • Rotten Human Steak provides 37.5 kcal and 24 mL of water.
  • • Consuming any Human Steak variant causes Brain Prion Disease.
  • • Burned Human Steak can also cause food poisoning.
  • • Cooking Human Steak does not remove the Brain Prion Disease risk.

Important notes

  • Human Steak is obtained from Survivors.
  • You need a Knife or other sharp object to skin the body.
  • Raw Human Steak provides 75 kcal.
  • Raw Human Steak provides 60 mL of water.
  • Raw Human Steak has 1050 mL stomach volume.
  • It takes 3 inventory slots.
  • It weighs 375 g.
  • It is categorized as Food and Drink > Meats.
  • Consuming any Human Steak variant causes Brain Prion Disease.
  • Cooking Human Steak does not remove the Brain Prion Disease risk.
  • Burned Human Steak can also cause food poisoning.
  • Baked Human Steak provides the highest energy value.
  • Boiled Human Steak provides the best hydration value.