When playing Palworld, one major aspect to master is crafting the best food buffs for yourself and your Pals. Having strong food buffs for attack, defense, work speed increases, and Pal sanity management is key to success. Explore our tier list ranking the best to worst food for combat and work in Palworld.
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Palworld Tier List: Best to Worst Food Ranked
When getting started in Palworld, you'll want to craft the most powerful food buffs possible for yourself and your loyal Pals. Here is a tier list of all the top food items ranked from best to worst based on their buffs and ease of crafting.
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Palworld Food Tier List: SS Tier
These are must-craft recipes when aiming to defeat challenging boss monsters or simply level up quickly by grinding through areas:
Mozzarina Cheeseburger
Mozzarina Cheeseburger provides the game's highest attack buff at +20%. All ingredients can be ranch-sourced, making this sustainable for powerful attack boosts.
- Technology: Electric Kitchen
- Level Unlocked: 41
- Recipe Ingredients: Mozzarina Meat x2, Milk x2, Flour x2, Tomato x2
Eikthyrdeer Loco Moco
Increases Attack by 20%, but you need to hunt or breed rare Eikthyrdeer first. Equal attack buff as Cheeseburgers.
- Technology: Electric Kitchen
- Level Unlocked: 41
- Recipe Ingredients: Red Berries x2, Eikthyrdeer Venison x1, Egg x2
These other two types of SS Tier food below will allow you to rapidly build facilities, harvest resources, and progress:
Mozzarina Hamburger
Gives a huge +50% work speed increase. Also slowly restores Pal sanity over time. Fully reachable ingredients.
- Technology: Electric Kitchen
- Level Unlocked: 41
- Recipe Ingredients: Mozzarina Meat x1, Flour x1, Lettuce x2
Dumud Chowder
Increases work speed by 50%. It restores Pal sanity too but the Chowder can be a bit tricky as Dumuds must be bred on ranches first.
- Technology: Electric Kitchen
- Level Unlocked: 41
- Recipe Ingredients: Raw Dumud x1, Lettuce x2, Tomato x1
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Palworld Food Tier List: S Tier
While not best-in-class, S Tier foods provide +10-20% attack and defense buffs! Here is the list:
Rushoar Bacon and Eggs
Increases Attack by 10%. A bacon and egg breakfast alternative to Cheeseburgers.
- Technology: Cooking Pot
- Level Unlocked: 17
- Recipe Ingredients: Rushoar Pork x2, Egg x2
Omelet
Increases Attack by 10%. Another breakfast option on par with Bacon and Eggs.
- Technology: Cooking Pot
- Level Unlocked: 17
- Recipe Ingredients: Egg x2, Tomato x1
Eikthyrdeer Stew
Increases Defense by 20%. Hunting is required but gives a big defense boost.
- Technology: Electric Kitchen
- Level Unlocked: 41
- Recipe Ingredients: Milk x2, Mushroom x1, Eikthyrdeer Venison x2
Rushoar Hot Dogs
Increases Defense by 20%. Ingredients are easily reachable in the base for equal defense buff.
- Technology: Electric Kitchen
- Level Unlocked: 41
- Recipe Ingredients: Rushoar Pork x1, Flour x1, Lettuce x2
The eggs and hot dogs are more sustainable from basic ranching compared to hunting Eikthyrdeers.
Fried Chikipi
Increases work speed by 30% and makes sanity decrease slower for a period of time.
- Technology: Electric Kitchen
- Level Unlocked: 41
- Recipe Ingredients: High Quality Pal Oil x1, Egg x1, Chikipi Poultry x1, Flour x1
Grilled Lamball
Grilled Lamball gives +30% work speed bursts and is on par with Mozzarina Hamburgers.
- Technology: Cooking Pot
- Level Unlocked: 17
- Recipe Ingredients: Lamball Mutton x1, Lettuce x2
Both Fried Chikipi and Grilled Lamball steadily restore Pal sanity, making them essential for Pals gathering resources or building facilities.
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Palworld Food Tier List: A Tier
The middle-of-the-road Pizza, Carbonara, and Fried Kelpsea provide defense boosts to withstand enemy damage during battle or exploration.
Pizza
Increases Defense by 15%. A mid-tier food for buffing defense.
- Technology: Electric Kitchen
- Level Unlocked: 41
- Recipe Ingredients: Milk x2, Red Berries x2, Flour x1, Tomato x2
Carbonara
Increases Defense by 10%. Also slowly regains Pal sanity over time.
- Technology: Electric Kitchen
- Level Unlocked: 41
- Recipe Ingredients: Milk x2, Egg x2, Flour x1
Fried Kelpsea
Increases Defense by 10%. Another food that grants sanity restoration too.
- Technology: Electric Kitchen
- Level Unlocked: 41
- Recipe Ingredients: High Quality Pal Oil x1, Egg x1, Raw Kelpsea x1, Flour x1
Although not giving a huge defense boost, both Carbonara and Kelpsea give minor Pal sanity restoration.
Stewed Galeclaw
Makes Pal Sanity last longer.
- Technology: Cooking Pot
- Level Unlocked: 17
- Recipe Ingredients: Red Berries x2, Galeclaw Poultry x1
Pancake
Eating pancakes progressively decreases the rate at which one's sanity decreases for a period of time.
- Technology: Cooking Pot
- Level Unlocked: 17
- Recipe Ingredients: Milk x1, Flour x1
Stewed Galeclaw and Pancake do not offer combat buffs but provide steady Pal sanity regeneration to counteract sanity drain from difficult Labor.
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Palworld Food Tier List: B Tier
While outclassed later on, Herb Roasted Lamball, Marinated Mushrooms, Chikipi Saute, and Salads can still be useful in early game:
Herb Roasted Lamball
Eat Herb Roasted Lamball to increase Defense by +10% for a period of time. An easily crafted early-game recipe.
- Technology: Cooking Pot
- Level Unlocked: 17
- Recipe Ingredients: Red Berries x2, Lamball Mutton x1
Marinated Mushrooms
Increases Defense by 10%. Another basic food for starter defense.
- Technology: Cooking Pot
- Level Unlocked: 17
- Recipe Ingredients: Red Berries x2, Mushroom x1
Chikipi Saute
Increases Work Speed by 30%. Accelerates early game harvesting and building.
- Technology: Cooking Pot
- Level Unlocked: 17
- Recipe Ingredients: Red Berries x2, Chikipi Poultry x1
Salad
Increases Work Speed by 30%. Same work speed boost but without sanity help.
- Technology: Cooking Pot
- Level Unlocked: 17
- Recipe Ingredients: Lettuce x2, Tomato x2
The +10% defense and +30% work speed buffs help kickstart resource harvesting and base building. But the lack of sanity management for Chikipi Saute and Salad means you need to replace them over time.
With this Palworld food tier list in mind, you can now craft optimal meals for every stage of your Palworld journey. Just beware of food rotting over time before boosts can be fully exploited. Make sure to check out our guide on How to Keep Food from Expiring in Palworld too!
