5 best food items in Sea of Thieves, ranked

Learning about the best food items in Sea of Thieves will help you understand the ones that heal you the most in the game. When you are in the thick of piracy—looting and shooting other pirate ships—you will get hurt a lot. Learning about the best fruits and weapons in Sea of Thieves will increase your chances of survival against other pirates, undead skeletons, snakes and big sharks in the ocean.

This article will explain the best food items in Sea of Thieves so you can eat the right food at the right time to heal yourself and have increased health regeneration over time.

Note: This article is subjective and solely reflects the writer's opinions. The following items have been ranked based on personal preferences.

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Best food items in Sea of Thieves, ranked

5) Merfruit

Merfruit in Sea of Thieves (Image via Xbox Game Studios)

The Merfolk's Merfruit ranks fifth on this list and was introduced in Sea of Thieves season 14. While other food items let you gain the same or more health upon eating them (+50), the fruit's hidden ability makes it more helpful than it should be.

If you cook the Merfruit perfectly for 20 seconds, it loses its ability to heal for 50 health. Instead, it activates its unique ability to ward off unwanted Mermaids for two minutes when you are trying to sneak up on enemy ships while straying far from your own.

Therefore, if you prefer to stealthily loot enemy ships undetected, cooking this fruit is a must.

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4) Chicken, Pork, Snake, and Shark meat

All meat items in Sea of Thieves (Image via Xbox Game Studios)

The cooked meat of chicken, pork, snake and shark follow the Merfruit. The meat of these animals gives you +50 health, along with an additional 25% health regeneration. Since you get two bites out of them, you can get double the healing from meat. Therefore, when you battle other pirates or undead skeletons, having meat in your bag is a must to heal whenever you get hurt.

Hunting and cooking these animals are also not too difficult. You will find chicken, pork and snakes on almost every island in this game, while sharks appear randomly on the seas.

They are easy to kill since they go down easily if you know how to fight them (especially sharks). Moreover, cooking them is easy as well since you must heat them on the stove for one minute and five seconds.

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3) Trophy Fish meat

Fish in Sea of Thieves (Image via Xbox Game Studios)

While there are ten different types of fish in Sea of Thieves, all of them have a superior "Trophy" version. This version is harder to catch with a fishing rod and is rarer than the basic version. However, its rarity makes it one of the best food items in Sea of Thieves.

After cooking trophy fish for one minute and 30 seconds, you can eat the fish to get +75 health and +40% health regeneration over time. While the healing makes it better than animal meat, finding trophy fish is more difficult than hunting animals.

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2) Pineapple

Pineapple fruit in Sea of Thieves (Image via Xbox Game Studios)

Pineapple is the best fruit and one of the best food items in Sea of Thieves. This fruit might be rarer than other fruits (excluding the Merfruit), but it provides the best healing of all fruits. Being the only fruit in this game that gives you two bites, you heal yourself for 100 health per bite. Therefore, since every bite completely heals you, you can do this twice per pineapple.

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1) Megalodon and Kraken meat

Megalodon and Kraken Meat in Sea of Thieves (Image via Xbox Game Studios)

The ultra-rare and difficult-to-obtain Megalodon and Kraken meat are the best food items in Sea of Thieves. While spotting a Megalodon or a Kraken in this game is a rare occurrence, defeating one and cooking its meat is an achievement pirates are proud of.

Megalodon and Kraken meat gives you +100 health and +50% health regeneration over time. Moreover, you can do so twice, fully healing yourself twice and getting +100% health regeneration over time.