Sea of Thieves Food Levels and Cooking Times

In terms of healing, the best foods in Sea of Thieves are Kraken and megalodonmeats. It's best to keep some cooked fish or meat on board, fruit is the third best choice, and pineapple is great for kids.

Eating raw meats in real life will get you sick, and in Sea of Thieves, your pirate will suffer similarly when you make such a mistake. Though you can fish, scavenge shipwrecks, collect meats from defeated chickens, pigs, sharks, Megalodons, and Krakens, as well as buy a supply of meats at any Outpost if you're sailing on a Captain's ship, you'll want to cook any of these items before eating them.

Each ship is equipped with a stove below the top deck, and many islands have campfires you can light using your lantern and a wood plank. Once you find yourself standing over a hot stove, making a meal for your mates, use the below cooking times table to know when your food is cooked to perfection. Remember that eating undercooked foods will cause your character to vomit for a while, while cooking burnt foods almost completely negates their healing abilities, so having these cook times in mind will prevent food waste and illness.

Food                  Time Until Cooked      Time Until Burnt
Fish 45 seconds 1 minute, 20 seconds Trophy Fish 1 minute, 35 seconds 2 minutes Chicken 1 minute, 5 seconds 2 minutes Snake 1 minute, 5 seconds 2 minutes Pig 1 minute, 5 seconds 2 minutes Shark 1 minute, 5 seconds 2 minutes Megalodon 2 minutes, 5 seconds 4 minutes Kraken       2 minutes, 5 seconds 4 minutes

As you can see, you have a window of time, no matter the food, between when it's "cooked to perfection," and when it's burnt. You'll also see the food change its appearance when it goes from undercooked to cooked, and again to burnt. These cook times are strictly to help you understand how quickly you could remove a meat item if you are trying to maximize your time. After all, cooked meats sell more than raw meats--and much more than burnt meats--at any Seapost in the game, so it literally pays to cook foods in Sea of Thieves.

However, these animal-based foods also provide buffs to your health bar by applying extra health that sits in a reserve, so to speak, and is used when you take damage. To test it, eat a cooked meat item while you have all 100 HP. You'll see the skull logo next to your health bar fill to varying degrees depending on the food item. As it fills, this becomes extra health on standby.