Gaming Guide

Enshrouded: Every Food and Potion Buff (and Duration)

Every meal, drink, herb, potion, and flask in Enshrouded, sorted by the stat it raises, with exact values and durations.

Every meal, drink, herb, potion, and flask in Enshrouded, sorted by the stat it raises, with exact values and durations.

Image: Keen Games

Enshrouded has 211 food, drinks, and potions. Most of them come down to a simple choice: which number you want bigger for the next half hour. Food gives timed buffs to health, stamina, mana, regeneration, or damage. Potions and flasks cover healing, curing, and survival in the Shroud. Below is every consumable that matters, grouped by what it does for your character, with the exact figures you see in game.

Quick answer: You get three food slots, and each slot needs a different Food Type. Pick one food per type that matches your build, and keep health potions and an Antidote for emergencies.

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How Enshrouded food slots and Food Types work

Every food belongs to a Food Type, and that type sets the kind of bonus it gives. A cooked dish made from several ingredients takes the type of its largest bonus. These rules decide what you can eat at the same time:

  • You start with 3 food slots, so three food buffs can run at once.
  • Only one food of each Food Type can be active. The game won’t let you eat a second fruit while a fruit buff is running.
  • The Dessert Stomach skill adds a fourth food slot.
  • You can refresh or replace a slot once about 20 percent or less of its duration is left.
  • The Puke Potion clears every active food buff at once, which frees all your slots.
Food TypeMain bonus
MeatMaximum health
FruitHealth regeneration
LiquidStamina and stamina regen
HerbMaximum mana
SweetStamina regeneration
Grain ProductMelee damage
VegetableRanged and dagger damage
MushroomMagic damage
FishHealth and maximum oxygen
InvigoratedDamage and life leech against the Hollow

Egg, Night Plant, and Shroud Survival Flask are their own types too. Food Poisoning is a type as well, but it’s a penalty, not a buff. It comes from eating ingredients that have to be cooked first.

The Puke Potion is a cheap reset. One recipe makes five, and you learn it the first time you pick up Stinging Nettle. It does nothing against food poisoning, though.

Puke Potion
Puke Potion. Image: Keen Games

Enshrouded health potions

All potions are made by the Alchemist. Plain health potions heal you instantly. The “+” versions heal a smaller amount up front and then keep healing you for a few seconds.

PotionInstant healthIngredients
Health Potion200Penny Bun, Purple Berries
Greater Health Potion400Honey, Purple Berries, Chamomile (Mortar)
Revitalizing Health Potion800Honey, Aloe, Chamomile, Alchemical Base (Laboratory)
Superior Health Potion1000Honey, Gentian, Chamomile, Shroud Vapor (Laboratory)
Ultimate Health Potion1250Honey, Ginger, Chamomile, Shroud Sludge, Aquamarine Dust (Laboratory)
Ancient Health Potion1500Learned on picking up Diamond Dust

The Revitalizing Health Potion must be crafted under a roof. You learn it when you pick up Aloe. The Ancient Health Potion is Rare, also needs shelter, and unlocks once you collect Diamond Dust.

Revitalizing Health Potion
Revitalizing Health Potion. Image: Keen Games
PotionInstant healthHealing per secondMade from
Health Potion +12010Health Potion, Midnight Lily
Greater Health Potion +24020Greater Health Potion, Gloomberry
Revitalizing Health Potion +48040Revitalizing Health Potion, Shadowbloom
Superior Health Potion +60050Superior Health Potion
Ultimate Health Potion +75060Ultimate Health Potion
Ancient Health Potion +90070 for 10 secondsAncient Health Potion

Each “+” potion is brewed from its plain version. You learn the Ancient Health Potion + after picking up an Ancient Health Potion.

Ancient Health Potion +
Ancient Health Potion +. Image: Keen Games

Enshrouded mana potions

PotionInstant manaMana per second
Mana Potion80None
Greater Mana Potion150None
Superior Mana Potion250None
Ultimate Mana Potion350None
Ancient Mana Potion450None
Mana Potion +YesYes
Greater Mana Potion +908
Superior Mana Potion +16012
Ultimate Mana Potion +24016
Ancient Mana Potion +30020 for 10 seconds

Both Ancient mana potions are Rare and must be crafted under a roof. Diamond Dust unlocks the Ancient Mana Potion. Picking up that potion then unlocks the Ancient Mana Potion +.

Ancient Mana Potion
Ancient Mana Potion. Image: Keen Games

Cures, Shroud flasks, and utility potions

ItemEffectDuration
AntidoteCures poison instantlyInstant
Greater AntidoteCures poison, blocks the next poisoningUntil next poisoning
Fell Curse Cleansing TonicRemoves and prevents Fell Curse1 hour
Hemotoxin AntidoteRemoves and prevents Hemotoxin1 hour
Shroud Survival Flask+2 minutes of Shroud time45 minutes
Greater Shroud Survival Flask+4 minutes of Shroud time45 minutes
Elixir+30% damage, less Shroud time30 minutes
Drak Soulward Flask+10% damage vs. Drak45 minutes
Diver’s Endurance Flask-20% stamina drain swimming or sprinting45 minutes
Flask of the Fell+20 stamina30 minutes
Ice Protection LotionGrants Blazing Skin30 minutes
Wisp of LightLight source5 minutes
Mysterious FlaskRandom effectVaries

One Alchemist recipe makes three Antidotes. You learn it after picking up a Poison Sack, and it needs shelter. Antiseptic can’t be used directly anymore. It’s now only a crafting ingredient.

Antidote
Antidote. Image: Keen Games

Drink a Shroud Survival Flask before you step into the Shroud. The extra time doesn’t apply if you’re already inside.

The Greater Shroud Survival Flask adds 240 seconds to your Shroud timer for 45 minutes. It comes in Uncommon and Rare versions. You learn it after picking up Alchemical Base, and it must be crafted under a roof.

Greater Shroud Survival Flask
Greater Shroud Survival Flask. Image: Keen Games

Ectoplasm soups for fighting the Hollow

Ectoplasm soups are Invigorated food. They lower your maximum health, and in return you deal more damage and get a chance to leech life from Hollow enemies. The Collector makes them using the Ectoplasm Press.

SoupHealthvs. Hollow (damage / life leech)Duration
Ectoplasm Soup-50+10% / +8%35 minutes
Greater Ectoplasm Soup-100+12% / +9%50 minutes
Excellent Ectoplasm Soup-150+15% / +10%60 minutes
Extraordinary Ectoplasm Soup-250+21% / +12% chance55 minutes
Exceptional Ectoplasm SoupReducedDamage and life leech bonusTimed

The Extraordinary Ectoplasm Soup is Rare, and one recipe makes five. You learn it after picking up Ectoplasm Aggregate, and it must be crafted under a roof. It belongs to the Veilwater Basin food set.

Extraordinary Ectoplasm Soup
Extraordinary Ectoplasm Soup. Image: Keen Games

Melee damage food (Grain Product)

FoodEffectDuration
Corncob+3% melee10 minutes
Hazelnut+6% melee12 min 30 s
Roasted Corncob+6% melee20 minutes
Popcorn+4% melee, +20 stamina regen4 minutes
Meat and Corncob Skewer+30 health, +3 health regen, +9% melee30 minutes
Meat and Hazelnut Skewer+40 health, +6 health regen, +12% melee35 minutes
Flat Bread+12% melee40 minutes
Open Sandwich+80 health, +15% melee45 minutes
Fried Rice+10 stamina, +21% melee55 minutes
Aurora Bean Rice+24% melee, +12 mana regen60 minutes

Skewers cook at a Campfire. The Meat and Hazelnut Skewer belongs to the Revelwood food set. Aurora Bean Rice is an Uncommon Kitchen dish from Cinder’s Cradle. One recipe makes five, and you learn it after picking up Aurora Beans. Black Coffee also adds 6 percent melee damage and 30 stamina for 55 minutes, but it’s a drink, so it takes a Liquid slot.

Meat and Hazelnut Skewer
Meat and Hazelnut Skewer. Image: Keen Games
Aurora Bean Rice
Aurora Bean Rice. Image: Keen Games

Ranged and dagger damage food (Vegetable)

FoodEffect (ranged and dagger)Duration
Tomato+3%10 minutes
Forest Beet+6%12 min 30 s
Bell Pepper+9%15 minutes
Meat and Tomato Skewer+9%, +30 health, +3 stamina regen30 minutes
Meat and Forest Beet Skewer+12%, +40 health, +6 stamina regen35 minutes
Vegetable Puree+9%, +20 stamina, +9 stamina regen35 minutes
Vegetable Soup+12%40 minutes
Stir-Fried Vegetables+15%45 minutes
Taro Root Curry+21%, +60 mana55 minutes
Plantain Salad with Aurora Beans+24%, +12 health regen60 minutes

In the Nomad Highlands, Bell Pepper grows in the wild and is safe to eat uncooked. To make Stir-Fried Vegetables, use an Oven with Corncob, Forest Beet, Tomato, Bell Pepper, and Spice. Plantain Salad with Aurora Beans is an Uncommon Kitchen recipe found in Cinder’s Cradle; it yields five portions. Picking up Aurora Beans teaches you the recipe.

Plantain Salad with Aurora Beans
Plantain Salad with Aurora Beans. Image: Keen Games

A few other items add ranged and dagger damage but use different slots. Chicken Soup is a Meat dish that gives +160 health and 6 percent for 40 minutes. Sweet Mokka is a drink that gives +30 stamina and 6 percent for 55 minutes.

Meat and Forest Beet Skewer
Meat and Forest Beet Skewer. Image: Keen Games

Magic damage food (Mushroom)

FoodEffectDuration
Penny Bun+3% magic10 minutes
Grilled Penny Bun+6% magic20 minutes
Roasted Azure Russula+9% magic25 minutes
Meat and Mushroom Skewer+30 health, +4 mana regen, +9% magic30 minutes
Meat and Azure Russula Skewer+40 health, +8 mana regen, +12% magic35 minutes
Mushroom Omelette+12% magic40 minutes
Yellow Glow SoupMana regen, magic damage40 minutes
Glow SoupMagic damage, extra Shroud time45 minutes
Algae Salad+120 mana, +21% magic55 minutes

Both mushroom skewers cook at a Campfire. The Meat and Mushroom Skewer is part of the Springlands food set, and the Azure Russula version is part of Revelwood. Algae Salad is a Rare Kitchen dish from Veilwater Basin that makes five portions. You learn it after picking up Algae. Meat Wrap (+200 health, 6 percent magic, 45 minutes) and Latte (+30 stamina, 6 percent magic, 55 minutes) give smaller magic bonuses from the Meat and Liquid slots.

Meat and Mushroom Skewer
Meat and Mushroom Skewer. Image: Keen Games
Meat and Azure Russula Skewer
Meat and Azure Russula Skewer. Image: Keen Games
Algae Salad
Algae Salad. Image: Keen Games

Maximum health food (Meat and Fish)

FoodEffectDuration
Grilled Lean Meat+40 health20 minutes
Grilled Wolf Meat+60 health20 minutes
Grilled Game+80 health25 minutes
Grilled Bird Meat+120 health30 minutes
Grilled Dune Armadillo+160 health35 minutes
Grilled Fatty Meat+200 health, +1 frost resistance40 minutes
Beef Stew+240 health, +12 health regen, +2 frost resistance50 minutes
Grilled Crab Meat+240 health55 minutes
Crab Cakes+280 health, +21% vs. wildlife55 minutes
Grilled Shimmerfin+30 health, +10 max oxygen15 minutes
Grilled Lakehopper+30 health, +10 max oxygen15 minutes
Fish Chowder+30 health, +15 stamina, +6 stamina regen, +30 max oxygen45 minutes

Single cuts of grilled meat cook at the Cooking Station in 30 seconds to 2 minutes 30 seconds. Fish goes on the Seafood Grill. Beef Stew is an Uncommon Kitchen dish from the Albaneve Summits. It uses Eggs, Raw Fatty Meat, Tomato, and Frizzy Goat Milk, and it’s a reward from the quest Cooking Warm Food. Its frost resistance helps in cold areas.

Beef Stew
Beef Stew. Image: Keen Games

Health regeneration food (Fruit)

FoodEffectDuration
Purple Berries+6 health regen30 seconds
Strawberry+9 health regen1 minute
Yucca Fruit+15 health regen2 minutes
Banana+21 health regen3 minutes
Dried Purple Berry+3 health regen8 minutes
Dried Banana Chips+8 health regen18 minutes
Fruit Bowl+15 health regen, +9 stamina regen45 minutes
Strawberry Milkshake+18 health regen, +12 stamina regen50 minutes
Plantain Curry+21 health regen, +9 stamina regen55 minutes

Raw fruit heals hard but only lasts a short time. Drying it on a Drying Rack trades strength for duration. The Banana grows in Veilwater Basin and is safe to eat raw.

Banana
Banana. Image: Keen Games

Stamina drinks, sweets, and eggs

ItemEffectDuration
Water+5 stamina, +10 stamina regen15 minutes
Milk+10 stamina, +6 stamina regen15 minutes
Cooked Fae Deer Milk+20 stamina, +6 stamina regen15 minutes
Frizzy Goat Milk+25 stamina, +15 stamina regen15 minutes
Chamomile Tea+20 stamina, +12 health regen35 minutes
Rooibos Tea+30 stamina, +21 stamina regen40 minutes
Spiced Tea+40 stamina, +21 stamina regen45 minutes
Coconut Milk+60 stamina, +27 stamina regen50 minutes
Herbal Mountain Tea+50 stamina, +24 stamina regen, +100 mana50 minutes
Coconana Smoothie+30 stamina, +30 stamina regen, +9 health regen55 minutes
Ginger Tea+60 stamina, +10% ice resistance55 minutes
Black Coffee+30 stamina, +6% melee55 minutes
Sweet Mokka+30 stamina, +6% ranged and dagger55 minutes
Latte+30 stamina, +6% magic55 minutes

Sweets and eggs take their own slots, so they stack with a drink. The sweets are short bursts. Honey and Sugar Cane each give +15 stamina regen for 3 minutes. Sugar gives +20 for 5 minutes, and Grilled Yucca Fruit gives +20 for 7 minutes. Candied Ginger gives +48 mana regen and +21 stamina regen for 9 minutes. Eggs give +15 stamina and +9 stamina regen for 10 minutes. Boiled Eggs give +9 stamina regen and +9 health regen.


Maximum mana food (Herb)

HerbManaDuration
Aureolin Flower+2010 minutes
Stinging Nettle+4012 min 30 s
Sage Leaves+6015 minutes
Grapple Plant+8017 min 30 s
Gentian+10020 minutes
Algae+12025 minutes
Grilled Algae Buds+14050 minutes

Herbs are eaten raw. The Aureolin Flower grows in the Springlands and stacks to 100. Algae is gathered underwater in Veilwater Basin.

Aureolin Flower
Aureolin Flower. Image: Keen Games
Algae
Algae. Image: Keen Games

Raw ingredients that cause Food Poisoning

Some ingredients make you sick if you eat them raw. Food Poisoning lasts 180 seconds and lowers your maximum health and stamina. Cook these first.

IngredientWhere it growsPenalty if eaten raw
Aurora BeansCinder’s Cradle-80 health, -70 stamina
Algae BudsVeilwater Basin, underwater-80 health, -70 stamina
Azure RussulaRevelwood, caves-40 health, -30 stamina
Aurora Beans
Aurora Beans. Image: Keen Games

Each of these turns into something useful once it’s prepared. Algae Buds become Grilled Algae Buds, which give the longest-lasting mana buff among the herbs. Azure Russula becomes Roasted Azure Russula or goes into a skewer. Aurora Beans go into Aurora Bean Rice or the Plantain Salad. If you eat one raw by mistake, the penalty wears off on its own after three minutes.

Azure Russula
Azure Russula. Image: Keen Games