In the icy Deep North, the right food can make all the difference. During your adventure you will find new crops to cultivate, as well as new berries you can cook into tasty dishes. These are the best in Valheim, so it is worth finding and gathering these new plants. Drink oat milk or berry juice, make pancakes, or always keep some delicious moose meat in your bags. As always, you can choose foods focused on HP, Eitr, or Stamina to match your combat style. There are new upgrades for the cauldron too. With our guide, you will never be hungry again.
Valheim Deep North: find new plants and ingredients
Even in the Deep North you can still find several plants that you can then use to grow useful ingredients. Keep an eye out for these four: lingonberries, kale, oats, and Poteitr. Together they make tasty, nourishing dishes. Here is where to find them and how to plant them.
Finding and harvesting lingonberries in the Deep North
HP: 35
Stamina: 35
Eitr: -
Like raspberries and blueberries, you can find lingonberries on bushes in the Deep North. Thanks to their red color, they stand out against the white and blue surroundings. They can also drop from captured Fulings or hexagonal slimes in Morkhalla.
Lingonberries are a small snack for in between, not a full meal. We recommend placing markers on the map where you can pick berries. That way you can find them again when they respawn. You will need them for some of the recipes below. Especially in multiplayer, it helps to always have enough berries. You can rent a Valheim server and remember the berry bush locations for you and your friends.
Growing and harvesting kale in Valheim
HP: 35
Stamina: 35
Eitr: -
Kale is another key ingredient that you can grow yourself. You can find kale in the Deep North, often as a green plant poking through the snow. You can collect the relevant seeds that way, and also find them as loot in some chests. Unlike berries, kale does not regrow in the wild.
You will need to plant it yourself. Kale only grows in the Meadows, Black Forest, Plains, or Ashlands. If you want to learn more about farming in Valheim, check out our article (Valheim Farming Guide: Fields, Crops & Cultivation) . Per harvest you receive 3 kale.
Finding oats, planting them, and milling them into oat flour
HP: 33
Stamina: 33
Eitr: -
You can also find oats in the Deep North. Search the chests in abandoned villages to find seeds. Like kale, you must plant them in the Meadows, Black Forest, Plains, or Ashlands and wait for them to grow. You can use the harvested oats in some dishes, or you can mill them into oat flour in the windmill.
Poteitr in Valheim: magical potato for Eitr recipes
HP: 35
Stamina: 35
Eitr: 35
Poteitr is a play on the words potato and Eitr, so it is essentially a magical potato. You can find seeds in abandoned villages in the Deep North and later plant them in one of the four biomes (Meadows, Black Forest, Plains, Ashlands). Thanks to its magical properties, this Viking potato is used in dishes that increase your Eitr. More on that below.
Valheim Deep North recipes and foods at a glance
HP: More health for fights in the Deep North
Fried seal blubber
HP: 60
Stamina: 20
Eitr: -
Dropped by seals in the Deep North. Fry the meat directly in the stone oven with no extra ingredients. Perfect for your first steps in the new biome.
Cooked moose meat
HP: 80
Stamina: 27
Eitr: -
A bit better than seal meat, crafted at the iron cooking station. You can find moose in the Deep North if you keep an eye out.
Smoked moose meat
HP: 105
Stamina: 35
Eitr: -
Use moose meat plus two kale and smoke this dish in the cauldron. You need the smoker as a cauldron upgrade, built from blood gold and timber wood.
Meat in Bread
HP: 110
Stamina: 37
Eitr: -
A delicious cauldron dish made from moose meat, lingonberries, kale, and oat flour. It needs many ingredients, but it is absolutely worth it.
Seal meat soup
HP: 110
Stamina: 37
Eitr: -
On par with Meat in Bread, but here you need seal meat, kale, and ice. You also prepare it in the cauldron.
Stamina: Endurance foods for longer fights and exploration
Kale chips
HP: 35
Stamina: 105
Eitr: -
A healthy snack for the Deep North. First combine 12x kale in the cauldron, then grill the result in the stone oven to get chips.
Lingonberry juice
HP: 35
Stamina: 105
Eitr: -
Same values as kale chips, but made from lingonberries and ice mixed in the cauldron. Refreshing and healthy, perfect for more stamina in the Deep North.
Oat milk
HP: 37
Stamina: 110
Eitr: -
Tasty and nutritious oat milk. One of the few recipes you must craft at the mead cauldron. You need fresh oat flakes and ice.
Pancakes
HP: 39
Stamina: 115
Eitr: -
A more involved recipe using the oat milk above, oat flour, eggs, and blueberries. Very hearty and perfect for players who need lots of stamina.
Oat porridge
HP: 39
Stamina: 115
Eitr: 85
The single best recipe in the entire game. And you only need oat flakes, lingonberries, plus oat milk and a cauldron. It boosts all three stats, with a focus on stamina.
Eitr: Best mage foods and recipes in Valheim
Smoked fish
HP: 30
Stamina: 16
Eitr: 95
In the cauldron, you can turn a raw fish with kale and Poteitr into a tasty smoked dish. You also need the smoker upgrade for the cauldron here.
Baked Poteitr
HP: 34
Stamina: 17
Eitr: 100
First make the base recipe with Poteitr, seal meat, kale, and oat flour. Then bake the potato in the stone oven.
Meatballs and Poteitr
HP: 35
Stamina: 18
Eitr: 105
You can also cook potatoes with moose meat and lingonberries and enjoy this delicious recipe. It gives you maximum Eitr.
Fish soup
HP: 37
Stamina: 18
Eitr: 105
Fish soup made from raw fish, kale, and ice is a little better, with slightly more HP and a longer duration. If you are good at fishing, this recipe is hard to beat.
Oven pancakes
HP: 37
Stamina: 18
Eitr: 105
An alternative to regular pancakes. First craft the base from moose meat, Poteitr, lingonberries, and oat flour. Bake it in the stone oven to get oven pancakes.
Conclusion: The best Deep North foods in Valheim for greater success
Food in Valheim is vital and determines how much health, stamina, and magic you have. In the Deep North, the game’s final biome, you can craft the best foods. That lets you get the most out of your character. Smoke delicious meat with the new smoker or use the four new ingredients to create even better dishes. Depending on your playstyle, different options make sense, so keep the right ones in your pack.
