Survival: Fountain of Youth Food and Cooking Guide

Published: May 21, 2024 12:58 PM

Our Survival: Fountain of Youth Food and Cooking Guide will tell you how Food works, the fastest way to find it, and how you can Cook delicious recipes!

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Food is just as important as Water in Survival: Fountain of Youth -- if you don't keep yourself fed, you'll pass out from starvation! After you've learned the basics of the game, you'll turn your attention to exploring the Map and finding resources. Read on to learn more about Food and Cooking Recipes!

How Food Works in Survival: Fountain of Youth

Generally speaking, all Survival: Fountain of Youth Food will fill up your Food meter to some degree. In many cases (especially with Fruit), a piece of Food will also restore some of your Water meter. Some of the better Food may have additional beneficial effects.

Unfortunately, not all things can last forever. In most cases, Food will eventually spoil and go bad, transforming into highly-inedible Rotten Food. Some Food (and especially Rotten Food) can make you sick, requiring Medicine to treat the illness. That means you're going to need to go out to get more Food every few days at least.

Fastest Way to Get Food in Survival: Fountain of Youth

The fastest way to get Food in Survival: Fountain of Youth is by hunting animals. While you can run around collecting fruit from trees, you are much more likely to encounter an animal that wants to eat you. Animals are fairly abundant and respawn quickly, and you can Cook or Dry their meat to make it last longer.

Best Food in Survival: Fountain of Youth

The best Food in Survival: Fountain of Youth is Dried Dates. Dried Dates restore 40 Food and 7 Water, but that's not the best part. Dried Dates will last for just over 69 days before going bad -- and that's outside of a Protected Box.

Survival: Fountain of Youth Food List

Note: This list does not include Cooking Recipes. Please see the next section for Cooking Recipes.

Food	Island	Tool Needed	Found At	Food Restored	Water Restored	Other Effects
Agouti	Craggy Island, Iron Island, Foggy Island	N/A	Agouti
Animal Fat	Island of Hope, Red Island, Copper Island	Knife	Peccary, Boar, Buffalo, Tegu. Anteater, Armadillo, Black Boar, Caiman	7	5	Indigestion Chance 45%
Anona	Copper Island	N/A	Anona	7	13	N/A
Anteater Meat	Red Island	Knife	Anteater	20	9	Indigestion Chance 35%
Breadfruit	Island of Hope, Red Island, Crocodile Island, Sulfur Island, Bimini Island	N/A	Bread Tree	7	13	N/A
Cannonball Fruit	Red Island, Copper Island	N/A	Cannonball	4	20	N/A
Corn	N/A	N/A	Corn Plant	14	N/A	N/A
Dates	Island of Hope, Red Island, Windy Island, Copper Island, Bimini Island, Silver Island	N/A	Date Palm	6	N/A	N/A
Death Cap	Sulfur Island	N/A	Death Cap	8	8	Food Poisoning Chance 32.9%
Dragonfruit	Island of Hope, Santa Maria, Foggy Island, Iron Island, Copper Island		Pitaya Plants	7	13	N/A
Egg	Island of Hope, Red Island, Windy Island, Copper Island, Foggy Island, Iron Island, Craggy Island, Silver Island, Sulfur Island	N/A	Bird Nest, Wild Chicken, Harpy, Condor	5	7	Indigestion Chance 5%
Feijoa Fruit	Island of Hope, Silver Island	N/A	Feijoa	4	6	N/A
Fruit of the Earth	Red Island, Copper Island	Shovel (Sometimes)	Sweet Potato, Cassava	13	2	N/A
Gracilaria	Island of Hope, Red Island, Windy Island, Copper Island, Coral Reef	N/A	Gracilaria	5	4	Indigestion Chance 1%m
Green Banana	Island of Hope, Sulfur Island, Bimini Island, Crocodile Island	N/A	Banana Palm	5	2	Indigestion Chance 15%
Handful of Termites	Red Island, Copper Island	Shovel	Termite Mound	5	N/A	Indigestion Chance 5%
Icaco Fruit	Island of Hope, Sulfur Island	N/A	Icaco	N/A	8	N/A
Loaf of Bread	Sulfur Island	N/A	Inside chests and crates, Killer's Camp	25	4	N/A
Mangrove Palm Fruit	Sulfur Island	N/A	Mangrove Palm	12	N/A	N/A
Orange	Island of Hope, Silver Island, Iron Island, Craggy Island	N/A	Orange Tree	4	13	N/A
Pepper	Sulfur Island, Crocodile Island	N/A	Pepper Plant	14	-1	N/A
Piece of Raw Fish	Fishing Spots, Underwater Temple, Coral Reef, Sunken Ships	Knife	Dorado, Cichlid, Shark, Hammerhead Shark, Electric Ray	7	7	Indigestion Chance 55%
Pineapple	Red Island, Copper Island	Knife	Pineapple	7	13	N/A
Platonia	Island of Hope, Silver Island	N/A	Platonia	8	4	N/A
Pumpkin	N/A	Knife	Pumpkin Plant	16	N/A	N/A
Raw Crab	Island of Hope, Buffalo Region Scrap of Land (Northeast), Buffalo Region Scrap of Land (Northwest), Silver Island, Windy Island	N/A	Crab	7	4	Indigestion Chance 35%
Raw Intestines	Island of Hope	Knife	Boar, Caiman	7	5	Indigestion Chance 45%
Raw Meat	Island of Hope, Red Island, Scrap of Land (Northwest), Copper Island	Knife	Tortoise, Jackal, Wild Chicken, Peccary, Buffalo, Tegu, Jaguar, Puma, Black Panther, Black Boar, White Jackal, Caiman, Harpy, Condor, Rabbit, Buck, Goat	13	5	Indigestion Chance 45%
Red Apple	Sulfur Island	N/A	Killer's Camp, Bag of Provisions	4	25	N/A
Ripe Banana	Island of Hope, Sulfur Island, Bimini Island, Crocodile Island	N/A	Banana Palm	7	4	N/A
Short-eared Dog	Island of Hope	N/A	Short-eared Dog	9	5	Indigestion Chance 45%
Toadstool	Island of Hope, Bimini island	N/A	Toadstool	8	N/A	Food Poisoning Chance 39.9%
Tomato	N/A	Knife	Tomato Plant	16	N/A	N/A
Tenderloin	Bimini Island	Knife	Black Boar, Black Panther	20	11	Indigestion Chance 22%
Tricholoma	Copper Island	N/A	Tricholoma	4	N/A	Indigestion Chance 10%

Survival: Fountain of Youth Food and Cooking Guide - Hearth in the Grotto Cave and Other Workbenches

Survival: Fountain of Youth Cooking Recipe List

Cooked Food	Recipe	Workbench Needed	Food Restored	Water Restored	How to Unlock	Other Effects
Coconut Water	1 Green Coconut	N/A	N/A	40	Green Coconut	N/A
Coconut	1 Ripe Coconut	N/A	13	5	Ripe Coconut	N/A
Mollusk	1 Shell	N/A	10	6	Shell	5% indigestion chance
Caviar	1 Sea Urchin, 1 Starfish	N/A	15	9	Sea Urchin, Starfish	N/A
Roasted Bananas	3 Green Bananas	Campfire	13	7	Green Banana	N/A
Baked Cakes	1 Breadfruit, 1 Egg	Campfire with Stones	25	N/A	Breadfruit, Egg	Restores 7 Health in 30 minutes
Roasted Crab	1 Raw Crab	Campfire with Stones	16	N/A	Raw Crab	N/A
Roasted Mushrooms	3 Tricholoma	Campfire	12	N/A	Tricholoma	N/A
Roasted Fish	1 Piece of Raw Fish	Campfire	20	7	Piece of Raw Fish	N/A
Roasted Meat	1 Raw Meat	Campfire	25	4	Raw Meat	N/A
Roasted Short-eared Dog	1 Short-eared Dog	Campfire	16	4	Short-eared dog	N/A
Roasted Agouti	1 Agouti	Campfire	22	8	Agouti	N/A
Fried Eggs	2 Eggs	Campfire with Stones	20	5	Egg	N/A
Dried Mushrooms	3 Puffball Mushroom	Food Dehydrator	10	N/A	Puffball Mushroom	N/A
Dried Dates	3 Dates	Food Dehydrator	40	7	Dates	N/A
Dried Fish	1 Piece of Raw Fish, 1 Sea Salt	Food Dehydrator	20	N/A	Piece of Raw Fish, Sea Salt	N/A
Dried Meat	1 Raw Meat, 1 Sea Salt	Food Dehydrator	20	N/A	Raw Meat, Sea Salt	N/A
Salted Lard	2 Animal Fat, 1 Sea Salt	Food Dehydrator	20	N/A	Animal Fat, Sea Salt	N/A
Dried Coffee Beans	1 Coffee Beans	Food Dehydrator	N/A	N/A	Coffee Beans	Restores 6 Energy
Coffee Drink	5 Clean Water, 1 Dried Coffee Beans	Hearth with a Pot	N/A	40	Clean Water, Dried Coffee Beans	Restores 60 Energy
Berry Compote	5 Clean Water, 2 Feijoa Fruit, 2 Icaco Fruit	Hearth with a Pot	N/A	50	Berry Compote Recipe	Restores 70 Energy
Soup with Bejesus	5 Clean Water, 2 Raw Intestines	Hearth with a Pot	25	50	Clean Water, Raw Intestines	Restores 14 Health in 39 minutes
Fresh Soup	5 Clean Water, 5 Piece of Raw Fish	Hearth with a Pot	50	50	Fresh Soup Recipe	Restores 14 Health in 39 minutes
Mushroom Soup	5 Clean Water, 2 Tricholoma, 2 Puffball Mushroom, 1 Fruit of the Earth	Hearth with a Pot	40	65	Fruit of the Earth	15% chance to improve digestion, restores 22 health in 39 minutes
Anteater Stew	5 Clean Water, 2 Anteater Meat	Hearth with a Pot	70	65	Anteater Stew Recipe	25% chance to improve digestion, restores 29 health in 39 minutes
Baked Meat in Clay	1 Clay Strip, 1 Raw Meat	Hearth with a Pot	50	7	Clay Strip, Raw Meat	N/A
Baked Fish in Clay	1 Clay Strip, 1 Piece of Raw Fish	Hearth with a Pot	40	13	Clay Strip, Piece of Raw Fish	N/A
Smoked Meat	1 Raw Meat	Smokehouse	45	13	Smokehouse	N/A
Smoked Fish	1 Piece of Raw Fish	Smokehouse	50	12	Smokehouse	N/A
Smoked Tenderloin	1 Tenderloin	Smokehouse	74	19	Tenderloin	N/A
Fried Tenderloin	1 Tenderloin	Food Dehydrator	36	N/A	Tenderloin	N/A
Dried Tenderloin	1 Tenderloin	Campfire with Stones	36	9	Campfire with Stones	N/A

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