Stardew Valley Top Health Recovery Foods: Current Data Ranking
Ranking rule: normal-quality consumable Objects by health restored
For ordinary edible objects at normal quality: stamina is ceil(Edibility × 2.5), then health is floor(stamina × 0.45). Life Elixir is a special case returning 999 health before the player’s missing-health cap. The list includes cooked food, raw edible fish, drinks, and recovery items; ties are alphabetized.
| Rank | Item | Normal-quality health |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life Elixir | 999 special value; actual gain is capped by missing health |
| 2 | Legend | 225 |
| 3 | Legend II | 225 |
| 4 | Magic Rock Candy | 225 |
| 5 | Mystic Syrup | 225 |
| 6 | Fruit Salad | 118 |
| 7 | Pink Cake | 112 |
| 8 | Red Plate | 108 |
| 9 | Chowder | 101 |
| 10 | Crab Cakes | 101 |
Escargot, Fiddlehead Risotto, Fish Stew, Lobster Bisque, Maple Bar, Pumpkin Pie, and Shrimp Cocktail also restore 101 and tie at the cutoff.
Percentage arithmetic needs an explicit health build
Using the page’s stated 108-health baseline, 33 health is 30.56% and 50 health is 46.30%. A 180-health denominator is valid only after explicitly defining a build with 180 maximum health.
Lobster Bisque correction
Lobster Bisque restores 101 health at normal quality and grants Fishing +3 plus Max Energy +50 for 1,440 minutes. It does not grant Speed or Defense. Willy’s six-heart event enables a temporary unlimited Crab Cakes Saloon sale through the willyCrabs conversation topic—not a Lobster Bisque sale.
Version: Stardew Valley 1.6.15.24356.