Pork Steak
Pork Steak is a meat food item in DayZ obtained by killing a Pig and skinning it with a Knife. Raw Pork 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
Pork Steak is a pig meat food item in DayZ obtained from a Pig. It can be baked over a Fireplace using a Long Wooden Stick, boiled in a Cooking Pot, dried, burned, or become rotten. Baked Pork Steak gives the highest energy value, boiled Pork Steak gives the best hydration value, and dried Pork Steak keeps strong food value with less water. Raw, burned, or rotten Pork Steak should be avoided because unsafe meat can make you sick.
In-game description
“A pork steak. Mundane to some, but the classic is a classic for a reason. Tastes better cooked.”
Main Uses
- Cook for a pig meat 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 hunting or killing a Pig
- Avoid eating raw, burned, or rotten Pork Steak
How to use this item
Eat Pork Steak safely
Pork Steak should be cooked before eating because raw, burned, or rotten meat can make you sick.
- Obtain Pork Steak from a Pig.
- Do not eat it raw unless you are desperate.
- Cook it before eating.
- Prefer baked, boiled, or dried Pork Steak.
- Avoid burned or rotten Pork Steak because it can make you sick.
Cook Pork Steak
Pork 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 Pork Steak into a baked, boiled, or dried version.
- Remove it before it burns.
- Eat the cooked Pork Steak or save it as travel food.
How to get Pork Steak
- Kill a Pig.
- Skin the Pig with a Knife.
- Collect Pork Steak from the animal.
- Loot players carrying hunted meat.
Spawn info
- • Pork Steak is obtained from a Pig.
- • A Knife is used to skin the animal.
- • It is a Food and Drink item under Meats.
- • Raw Pork Steak provides 125 kcal.
- • Raw Pork Steak provides 100 mL of water.
- • Raw Pork 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
66 minutes
Freezing point
-0.5 °C / 31.1 °F
Max temperature
105 °C / 221 °F
Notes
- • Raw Pork Steak provides 125 kcal and 100 mL of water.
- • Baked Pork Steak provides 750 kcal and 40 mL of water.
- • Boiled Pork Steak provides 625 kcal and 160 mL of water.
- • Dried Pork Steak provides 625 kcal and 20 mL of water.
- • Burned Pork Steak provides 125 kcal and 0 mL of water.
- • Rotten Pork Steak provides 62.5 kcal and 40 mL of water.
- • Raw, burned, or rotten meat can make you sick.
- • Pork Steak is obtained from a Pig.
Important notes
- Pork Steak is obtained from a Pig.
- You need a Knife to skin the animal.
- Raw Pork Steak provides 125 kcal.
- Raw Pork Steak provides 100 mL of water.
- Raw Pork 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 Pork Steak provides the highest energy value.
- Boiled Pork Steak provides the best hydration value.
- Dried Pork Steak keeps strong energy value with low water value.