How to Eat in Stardew Valley? Find Out Here
Food can be a positive or Negative source of Energy in Stardew Valley, for example, a fried egg restores energy while Sap removes energy. Unlike in real-life, your avatar doesn’t rely much on eating food, but special perks or buffs food can come in handy. So how exactly to eat in Stardew Valley?
To eat something, simply open your inventory and make sure the thing you want to eat is equipped with your Hotbar. If it is in the Hotbar, you hold it by selecting it in your Hotbar. Next right-click on a blank spot on the screen and click “Yes” if asked to eat.
Most of the time, players prefer selling their food items or edibles rather than eating them, and to be honest, that isn’t a bad idea. Considering that your character can’t die in Stardew Valley if you eat or not does raise a few questions as to why you should even eat at all.
Luckily, I’ll be telling you everything you need to know about eating in Stardew Valley, I will also explain to you how to eat, if eating is important, and more, so stick around and keep reading.
How Do You Eat in Stardew Valley?
To ear an item or food in Stardew Valley isn’t exactly the hardest thing to pull off, just follow this easy procedure for a better understanding.
Open your inventory either by pressing the ESC or E button, and ensure that your food is equipped to the Hotbar. To equip a food, simply place it in one out of the first 10 slots in your inventory. Next, you need to hold the food in your Hotbar by clicking on it until you see the food appear above your head.
You can now eat the food by right-clicking on a blank part of your screen. An option will pop up asking you if you want to eat the food or item, select “Yes” and that’s all you need to eat in Stardew Valley. After eating, your energy level will either increase or decrease depending on what you are.
How Do You Eat in Stardew Valley Fast?
Sure it would be nice to speed up or skip the eating animation in a game that is all about speed, but unfortunately, there is no real way of doing that, at least not in the current version of Stardew Valley. However, if you want to reduce the time it takes you to restore energy by consuming food items, you should consider taking food that restores more energy than others.
A good example is a Spicy Eel which fans favor a lot not just for the movement speed boost but also for the massive energy restoration.
You can get this item from Flying lizards in the dungeons. Another alternative would be the salad however it does cost players a lot of money if you want to buy a stack.
How Do You Eat Dandelion in Stardew Valley?
A Dandelion can be found by foraging during springtime or it can grow from spring seeds. You can also buy about 10 of them from Pierre at the Flower Dance. The game classifies it as a Forage item despite it being a flower in both game and real life.
Players can use this Forage item to cook a Salad by combining it with Leek and Vinegar. You can either eat the salad or sell it at 110g.
To eat the Dandelion, simply equip it into your inventory’s Hotbar by placing it in the first 10 slots. Next, hold the forage by selecting it in the Hotbar. Click on a blank spot and select “Yes” when asked if you want to eat it, and that’s all.
Rather than eat the Dandelion, I would advise you to keep it and use it to make a salad. It restores more energy than just eating the regular Dandelion.
How to Eat Fish in Stardew Valley?
There is a lot of Fish in Stardew Valley, each with its unique rewards, cost, and features. I would advise against eating some dishes though because they could offer you a lot of money if you decide to sell them. But if you want to eat a fish, just follow the simple process.
First, equip the fish you want to eat in your Hotbar, that is the first 10 slots of your inventory. Next, hold the fish by selecting it until the fish icon appears above you. Once you’ve done that, simply right-click on a blank spot on your screen and select “Yes” if asked to eat the fish.
Easy enough right? So go ahead and give it a try.
Where to Get Food in Stardew Valley?
To get food in Stardew Valley, you have to forage at specific seasons especially if you are looking for a particular kind of food. For example, during Springtime, some spring onions spawn in the forest south of your farm. Although I would advise you to just eat them because they aren’t worth much gold, they spawn in large quantities and restore a decent amount of energy.
Likewise, other foraged items like Dandelion, wild horseradish, and leek can also forage during the spring and they are edible. But considering how much they are worth, I would suggest that you sell them instead of eating them. The money you get can be used to buy more seeds.
Similarly, some wild berries also spawn much later during springtime, however, they do not cost much but they give more energy than Spring onions per unit. Plus you can get way more than 100 wild berries during the first spring of your game. When you start getting some points for your foraging skill, you can shake or cut down trees to receive a pine cone, an acorn, and a maple seed.