Pumpkin
Pumpkin is a fresh vegetable food item in DayZ obtained through horticulture. A raw Pumpkin takes 4 inventory slots, weighs 250 g, provides 187.5 kcal and 50 mL of water, and can be cut into Pumpkin Slices or processed into Pumpkin Seeds.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
Pumpkin is a farm-grown vegetable in DayZ. Once harvested, it cannot be eaten as a whole pumpkin, but it can be cut into Pumpkin Slices for consumption or further cooking. Pumpkin can also be processed into Pumpkin Seeds for future farming. Raw Pumpkin provides food and some hydration, while cooked variants can improve its food value. Burned or rotten Pumpkin should be avoided because spoiled food can cause poisoning.
In-game description
“A large pumpkin, pride of any gardener. Can be sliced for consumption or further preparation.”
Main Uses
- Cut into Pumpkin Slices
- Process into Pumpkin Seeds
- Grow through horticulture
- Use as a farmed food source
- Cook after slicing for better food value
- Use during seasonal Jack-O-Lantern event content
- Avoid burned or rotten Pumpkin because it can cause poisoning
How to use this item
Cut Pumpkin into Pumpkin Slices
A whole Pumpkin cannot be eaten directly, but it can be sliced into edible Pumpkin Slices.
- Grow or find a Pumpkin.
- Find a Knife or another valid cutting tool.
- Combine the cutting tool with the Pumpkin.
- Craft Pumpkin Slices.
- Eat the slices raw or cook them for better food value.
Get Pumpkin Seeds
Cut a Pumpkin with a Knife to obtain Pumpkin Seeds for future farming.
- Place the Pumpkin in your hands or inventory.
- Find a Knife or another valid cutting tool.
- Combine the tool with the Pumpkin.
- Craft Pumpkin Seeds.
- Plant the seeds in a garden plot to grow more Pumpkins.
How to get Pumpkin
- Grow Pumpkins through horticulture.
- Plant Pumpkin Seeds in a garden plot.
- Water the crop and let it grow.
- Harvest the Pumpkin when the plant is ready.
- Loot players carrying farmed vegetables.
Spawn info
- • Pumpkin is obtained through horticulture.
- • It is a Food and Drink item under Vegetables.
- • Raw Pumpkin provides 187.5 kcal.
- • Raw Pumpkin provides 50 mL of water.
- • Raw Pumpkin has 250 mL stomach volume.
- • It takes 4 inventory slots.
- • It weighs 250 g.
- • A full Pumpkin cannot be eaten directly.
- • It can be cut into Pumpkin Slices.
- • It can be processed into Pumpkin Seeds.
- • It has raw, rotten, and Jack-O-Lantern variants.
Food and nutrition notes
Energy
187.5 kcal
Water
50 mL
Stomach
250 mL
Quantity
250
Max wetness
Damp (24.9%)
Freeze time
132 minutes
Freezing point
0 °C / 32 °F
Max temperature
105 °C / 221 °F
Notes
- • Raw Pumpkin provides 187.5 kcal and 50 mL of water.
- • Baked Pumpkin provides 375 kcal and 30 mL of water.
- • Boiled Pumpkin provides 312.5 kcal and 80 mL of water.
- • Dried Pumpkin provides 312.5 kcal and 10 mL of water.
- • Burned Pumpkin provides 187.5 kcal and 0 mL of water.
- • Rotten Pumpkin provides 125 kcal and 20 mL of water.
- • The full Pumpkin cannot be eaten directly.
- • Pumpkin can be cut into Pumpkin Slices.
- • Pumpkin can be cut to obtain Pumpkin Seeds.
- • Burned or rotten Pumpkin can cause poisoning.
Crafting and item conversions
Used in recipes
Obtain Pumpkin Seeds
Result: Pumpkin Seeds
Cut Pumpkin with a Knife to obtain Pumpkin Seeds for farming.
Slice Pumpkin
Result: Pumpkin Slices
Cut a whole Pumpkin with a Knife to create Pumpkin Slices.
Important notes
- Pumpkin is obtained through horticulture.
- A full Pumpkin cannot be eaten directly.
- Pumpkin can be cut into Pumpkin Slices.
- Pumpkin can be processed into Pumpkin Seeds.
- Raw Pumpkin provides 187.5 kcal.
- Raw Pumpkin provides 50 mL of water.
- Raw Pumpkin has 250 mL stomach volume.
- It takes 4 inventory slots.
- It weighs 250 g.
- It is categorized as Food and Drink > Vegetables.
- Burned or rotten Pumpkin can cause poisoning.
- Pumpkin has raw, rotten, and Jack-O-Lantern variants.