Sardines
Sardines are a small salt-water fish food item in DayZ. They can be caught using a Small Fish Trap or Fish Net Trap, take 2 inventory slots, weigh 750 g, provide 80 kcal and 80 mL of water raw, and should be cooked because eating them raw may cause poisoning.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
Sardines are a small salt-water fish food item in DayZ found through fishing. They live in the Green Sea along the coast of Chernarus and can be caught using a Small Fish Trap or Fish Net Trap. Sardines can be eaten raw, baked, boiled, dried, burned, or rotten, but raw, burned, and rotten versions can make you sick. Because they are small, Sardines cannot be skinned or prepared like larger fish such as Carp or Mackerel.
In-game description
“Small salt-water fish. If you have a bunch of them, you can even get a full meal's worth.”
Main Uses
- Eat as a small salt-water fish food source
- Bake for the highest energy value
- Boil for the best hydration value
- Dry for travel food with less water
- Use after catching them in a Small Fish Trap or Fish Net Trap
- Avoid eating raw, burned, or rotten Sardines
How to use this item
Eat Sardines safely
Sardines should be cooked before eating because raw fish may cause poisoning.
- Catch Sardines using a Small Fish Trap or Fish Net Trap.
- Check the condition before eating.
- Cook them into baked, boiled, or dried Sardines when possible.
- Avoid raw Sardines unless you are desperate.
- Avoid burned or rotten Sardines because they can make you sick.
Catch Sardines
Sardines can be caught in salt water using fish traps.
- Find or craft a Small Fish Trap or Fish Net Trap.
- Place the trap in salt water.
- Wait for the trap to catch fish.
- Collect Sardines from the trap.
- Cook them before eating for safer food.
Cook Sardines
Sardines can be cooked for better nutrition and safer eating.
- Prepare a Fireplace, stove, or cooking setup.
- Place the Sardines in the cooking slot or cookware.
- Cook them into a baked, boiled, or dried version.
- Remove them before they burn.
- Eat the cooked Sardines or save them for travel.
How to get Sardines
- Catch Sardines in salt water.
- Use a Small Fish Trap.
- Use a Fish Net Trap.
- Search coastal fishing areas around the Green Sea.
- Loot players carrying fish or cooked food.
Spawn info
- • Sardines are caught through fishing.
- • They can be caught with a Small Fish Trap.
- • They can be caught with a Fish Net Trap.
- • They live in the Green Sea along the coast of Chernarus.
- • Raw Sardines provide 80 kcal.
- • Raw Sardines provide 80 mL of water.
- • Raw Sardines have 2000 mL stomach volume.
- • They take 2 inventory slots.
- • They weigh 750 g.
- • Due to their size, they cannot be skinned or prepared like Carp or Mackerel.
Food and nutrition notes
Energy
80 kcal
Water
80 mL
Stomach
2000 mL
Quantity
400
Max wetness
Damp (24.9%)
Freeze time
110 minutes
Freezing point
-1 °C / 30.2 °F
Max temperature
105 °C / 221 °F
Notes
- • Raw Sardines provide 80 kcal and 80 mL of water.
- • Baked Sardines provide 400 kcal and 48 mL of water.
- • Boiled Sardines provide 320 kcal and 128 mL of water.
- • Dried Sardines provide 320 kcal and 16 mL of water.
- • Burned Sardines provide 80 kcal and 0 mL of water.
- • Rotten Sardines provide 40 kcal and 40 mL of water.
- • Eating raw Sardines may cause poisoning.
- • Burned or rotten Sardines can make you sick.
- • Sardines cannot be skinned or prepared like Carp or Mackerel.
Important notes
- Sardines are caught in salt water.
- They can be caught using a Small Fish Trap or Fish Net Trap.
- Raw Sardines provide 80 kcal.
- Raw Sardines provide 80 mL of water.
- Raw Sardines have 2000 mL stomach volume.
- They take 2 inventory slots.
- They weigh 750 g.
- They are categorized as Food and Drink > Meats.
- Eating raw Sardines may cause poisoning.
- Burned or rotten Sardines can make you sick.
- Sardines cannot be skinned or prepared like Carp or Mackerel.
- Baked Sardines provide the highest energy value.
- Boiled Sardines provide the best hydration value.