Food consists of all the items in Kenshi which fill your hunger bar. A character's hunger bar is filled by 1 for every nutrition charge used. They automatically consume some food when their hunger gets below 250, unless the only types of food they have are edible ingredients. In that case, they will not eat them until the hunger level gets below 200.
Characters can eat any food in their own or their squad member's inventories, including that in their backpack. After eating, the hunger bar slowly fills up over time. Characters of different Races have different rates at which their hunger drains, which is also dependent on any action that a character is doing, i.e., it will drain more slowly if a character is idle and faster if a character is working.
It is worth noting that no food items are subject to spoilage in Kenshi. Water in any form is also not required for survival.
Types of Edible Food
All edible food items that are not also ingredients, displayed with their nutritional value. Items marked by an asterisk (*) can be made by the player. Please note that depending on price randomization food prices may actually differ in your game. The prices shown are the default normal prices for the foods.
| Food | Nutrition (Nu) | Buy value (c) | Sell value (c) | Weight (kg) | Size | Buy value per Nutrition (c/Nu) | Sell value per Nutrition (c/Nu) | Nutrition per Size | Edible by | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Nutri-Rations | 125 | 1143 | 571 | 1 | 4 | 9.14 | 4.57 | 31.25 | All | |
| Chewsticks* | 20 | 152 | 76 | 0.5 | 6 | 7.60 | 3.80 | 3.33 | All | |
| Cooked Vegetables* | 25 | 318 | 159 | 1 | 9 | 12.72 | 6.36 | 2.78 | All | |
| Dried Fish | 20 | 360 | 180 | 1 | 3 | 18.00 | 9.00 | 6.67 | All | |
| Dried Meat* | 15 | 78 | 39 | 1 | 4 | 5.20 | 2.60 | 3.75 | All | |
| Dustwich* | 70 | 730 | 365 | 1 | 6 | 10.43 | 5.21 | 11.67 | All | |
| Foodcube* | 75 | 874 | 437 | 1 | 6 | 11.65 | 5.83 | 12.50 | All | |
| Foul Raw Meat | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 2.50 | Animals, Hivers Soldier Drones, Hive Worker Drones | |
| Gohan* | 75 | 444 | 222 | 1 | 9 | 5.92 | 2.96 | 8.33 | All | |
| Grand Fish | 15 | 360 | 180 | 1 | 6 | 24.00 | 12.00 | 2.50 | All | |
| Meatwrap* | 50 | 658 | 329 | 1 | 6 | 13.16 | 6.58 | 8.33 | All | |
| Ration Pack | 125 | 1143 | 571 | 1 | 4 | 9.14 | 4.57 | 31.25 | All | |
| Rice Bowl* | 25 | 186 | 93 | 1 | 9 | 7.44 | 3.72 | 2.78 | All | |
| Thinfish | 10 | 360 | 180 | 1 | 3 | 36.00 | 18.00 | 3.33 | All |
Edible Ingredients
These ingredients are edible but can also be further processed. Item marked by an asterisk (*) can be made by the player.
| Ingredients/
Food |
Nutrition (Nu) | Buy value (c) | Sell value (c) | Weight (kg) | Size | Buy value per Nutrition (c/Nu) | Sell value per Nutrition (c/Nu) | Nutrition per Size | Edible by | Used in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Meat | 15 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 3.75 | Animals, Hivers, Scorchlanders | Dried Meat, Meatwrap | |
| Bread* | 30 | 488 | 244 | 0.5 | 6 | 16.27 | 8.13 | 5 | All | Foodcube, Meatwrap, Dustwich |
Non-Edible Ingredients
Not all ingredients are edible by themselves. The non-edible ingredients are listed here. All of them are either grown or otherwise made from Farming-related activities.
| Ingredients | Avrg. Price (.c) | Weight (kg) | Used in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cactus | 15 | 1 | Chewsticks, Dustwich | |
| Greenfruit | 30 | 0.5 | Cooked Vegetables, Foodcube, Gohan | |
| Riceweed | 13 | 0.5 | Gohan, Rice Bowl | |
| Strawflour | 400 | 4 | Bread | |
| Water | 25 | 10 | Mostly in cooking and watering (farming) | |
| Wheatstraw | 40 | 1 | Strawflour |
Trivia
- The food system was first introduced in the v0.90 beta update.