Potato
Potato is a common vegetable food item in DayZ found across all locations and also used for farming. A raw Potato takes 2 inventory slots, weighs 200 g, provides 150 kcal and 26 mL of water, and can be replanted to grow more potatoes.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
Potato is a fresh vegetable food item in DayZ. Unlike many other farmed foods, Potato does not produce separate seeds when cut. Instead, the Potato itself is used as the seed to start another Potato Plant. Potatoes can be peeled and prepared into raw, baked, boiled, dried, burnt, or rotten variants. Cooking an unpeeled Potato ruins it, so it should be peeled before cooking.
In-game description
“An ordinary, garden variety potato. Can be re-planted to grow even more potatoes.”
Main Uses
- Eat after peeling
- Cook after peeling for better food value
- Bake for high energy
- Boil for better hydration than baked or dried versions
- Dry for longer-lasting food value
- Replant as a seed to grow another Potato Plant
- Avoid burnt or rotten Potato because it can cause poisoning
How to use this item
Use Potato for farming
Potato does not produce separate seeds. The Potato itself is planted to grow another Potato Plant.
- Find or harvest a Potato.
- Prepare a garden plot.
- Use the Potato as the seed.
- Plant it in the plot.
- Water and maintain the crop until it grows.
Prepare Potato for eating
Peel the Potato before cooking or eating. Cooking an unpeeled Potato will ruin it.
- Find a Potato.
- Find a Knife or another sharp tool.
- Peel the Potato with the tool.
- Eat the peeled Potato raw or cook it.
- Avoid burnt or rotten versions because they can cause poisoning.
How to get Potato
- Search all-location food spawns.
- Check houses, kitchens, farms, gardens, and general food areas.
- Grow Potatoes through horticulture by planting a Potato.
- Harvest the Potato Plant when it is ready.
- Loot players carrying farmed vegetables or food supplies.
Spawn info
- • Potato can spawn across all locations.
- • It is a common Food and Drink item under Vegetables.
- • Raw Potato provides 150 kcal.
- • Raw Potato provides 26 mL of water.
- • Raw Potato has 200 mL stomach volume.
- • It takes 2 inventory slots.
- • It weighs 200 g.
- • Potato itself is used as the seed for growing more potatoes.
- • It can be peeled, baked, boiled, dried, burnt, or become rotten.
- • Cooking an unpeeled Potato makes it ruined.
Food and nutrition notes
Energy
150 kcal
Water
26 mL
Stomach
200 mL
Quantity
200
Max wetness
Damp (24.9%)
Freeze time
44 minutes
Freezing point
0 °C / 32 °F
Max temperature
105 °C / 221 °F
Notes
- • Raw Potato provides 150 kcal and 26 mL of water.
- • Baked Potato provides 500 kcal and 16 mL of water.
- • Boiled Potato provides 400 kcal and 40 mL of water.
- • Dried Potato provides 400 kcal and 6 mL of water.
- • Burnt Potato provides 150 kcal and 0 mL of water.
- • Rotten Potato provides 100 kcal and 10 mL of water.
- • Burnt or rotten Potato can cause poisoning.
- • Potato itself is used as the seed for growing another Potato Plant.
- • Cooking an unpeeled Potato makes it ruined.
- • The amount of edible peeled Potato depends on both the Potato condition and the tool condition.
Crafting and item conversions
Used in recipes
Peel Potato
Result: Peeled Potato
Peel Potato with a Knife or another sharp tool before eating or cooking it.
Important notes
- Potato is a common vegetable food item.
- Potato itself is used as the seed for growing another Potato Plant.
- Potato does not produce separate seeds when cut.
- Cooking an unpeeled Potato makes it ruined.
- Raw Potato provides 150 kcal.
- Raw Potato provides 26 mL of water.
- Raw Potato has 200 mL stomach volume.
- It takes 2 inventory slots.
- It weighs 200 g.
- It can be found across all locations.
- It is categorized as Food and Drink > Vegetables.
- Burnt or rotten Potato can cause poisoning.
- The edible amount from peeling depends on both Potato condition and tool condition.