The large world of Skyrim already offers quite a challenge to players adventuring through its immersive lands. The game is packed full of many side quests that spin off from Skyrim’s open world. For players who don’t seem to find Skyrim too challenging, or for veterans who are looking to mix things up in Tamriel, players can now put their game into survival mode with the release of the Anniversary Edition.
This mode makes it to where the Dragonborn must sleep, eat, and stay warm to survive — otherwise negative effects will weaken them until they eventually die. Fast-traveling is also disabled in this mode, forcing the Dragonborn to consistently adventure on foot, though the world of Skyrim is beautiful enough. Staying satiated can be quite difficult in survival mode, so it’s a good idea for players to keep a good amount of the best foods in Skyrim so that they can maintain the “Well Fed” effect.
7/7 Apples
Throughout the large open-world that Skyrim stands to be, players can notably find hundreds of apples just sitting around throughout their journey — not to mention the apples residing in merchant’s inventories.
Apples are one of the best foods for the Dragonborn to keep inventory of when playing through the game’s survival mode, and this is because apples — though they don’t give a lot of hunger replenishment — are easy to find and keep in large quantities. Apples are a great emergency food to spam-consume whenever needed. Apples replenish 18 hunger.
6/7 Cooked Fish
Along with the addition of survival mode in Skyrim’s Anniversary Edition, the game adds a brand-new fishing mechanic. This means that players can fish in different parts of Skyrim and catch all kinds of different fish.
For the most part, all of these fish give the player the same hunger points when consumed, assuming they are cooked. Because of how incredibly easy it is to obtain fish and cook them, cooked fish is one of the best foods for players to use in survival mode. It replenishes 220 hunger.
5/7 Potato Soup
The classic potato soup is also a famous dish throughout the lands of Skyrim. This dish is very easy to create using a cooking pot or other means of cooking, like at a player-owned home. All the player needs is potatoes and salt piles.
When combined to create potato soup, this dish is a great main course for players needing to replenish their hunger meter. It’s simple to make, easy to gather its ingredients, and it replenishes a whopping 380 hunger. Players who keep these in large numbers shouldn’t have to worry about hunger anymore.
4/7 Elsweyr Fondue
The magical Elsweyr Fondue is easily one of the best dishes in all of Skyrim. To be more specific, this incredible dish will find its maximized benefits to a Dragonborn who uses spell casting to battle enemies throughout their adventure.
That’s because the Elsweyr Fondue restores 25 points of magicka for 720 seconds and fortifies magicka by 100 points for 720 seconds. Not only does this give the player great magicka advantages, but it restores 380 hunger, so a hungry player can gain multiple benefits eating this dish.
3/7 Hot Ironwood Soup
Ironwood soup is perhaps one of the rarest consumables throughout all of Skyrim, and that’s just because of one ingredient that can be difficult to find: The Ironwood fruit. This fruit is obtainable on a secret island upon completing a quest and making the right choices.
After this, the player can craft Ironwood soup, but using fire salts, the player can create hot Ironwood soup. Not only does this fulfill 380 hunger, but this soup also cures disease and helps combat the cold weather of Skyrim while playing survival mode by restoring warmth.
2/7 Hot Elsweyr Fondue
Only one aspect of the Elsweyr Fondue can make it even better than it originally was, and that is if the player adds fire salts to the dish. By adding fire salts, the player will create hot Elsweyr Fondue.
The player will gain all the magicka benefits as the original dish provided and fulfill 380 hunger points. In addition to all of those benefits, this dish will provide the player with support in Skyrim’s harsh weather by fortifying warmth and restoring the cold meter while playing survival mode.
1/7 Hot Vegetable Soup
While it can sometimes feel difficult to decide which dish the Dragonborn should create and hoard during their grand adventure through the medieval fantasy world, hot vegetable soup is easily the best out of all of them.
That’s because this delicious soup is easily created with supplies that the player should have easy access to. This soup also provides the player with 380 hunger, and it even regenerates health for 1 point every second for 720 seconds! Not only that, but since this is a hot soup, it will fortify warmth for the player and restore the cold meter, making this dish the best to utilize in Skyrim’s survival mode.
