Overview
Suspicious Stew restores 6 hunger and 7.2 saturation and hands you a status effect that depends entirely on which flower went into it. That makes it the only food in the game that is also a potion, and the only way to get certain effects without a brewing stand. An oxeye daisy gives Regeneration, a cornflower gives Jump Boost, a poppy or a torchflower gives Night Vision, a lily of the valley gives Poison and a wither rose gives the Wither effect — so the same recipe is either a meal, a buff or a trap, depending on what the cook chose. The effects are short, measured in seconds rather than minutes, which keeps it from replacing real potions. It does not stack, so carrying several means several slots. Beyond crafting, brown and red mooshrooms give suspicious stew when milked with a bowl, and the brown variety produces the stew matching whichever flower it was last fed — an infinite supply if you keep one penned. It also appears in shipwreck and camp loot. Ask what went into the bowl before you accept one.
Getting a short status effect without brewing — Regeneration, Jump Boost or Night Vision from a flower — or handing an unsuspecting player a bowl of Poison on a server.
As food, Suspicious Stew is judged on two numbers: hunger restored and saturation. It gives back 6 hunger and 7.2 saturation. It is not simply food, though: eating it also grants whichever effect the flower it was made from carries.
It is unstackable. Look for it in the loot of Shipwreck. It is crafted from Bowl, Brown Mushroom, Red Mushroom, and Allium.
Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
How to get it
Craft 1 from 1 Bowl, 1 brown mushroom, 1 red mushroom and any 1 flower. Milking a brown mooshroom with a bowl also produces 1 stew, with the effect set by the last flower it was fed.
Tips
- A penned brown mooshroom fed a chosen flower is an unlimited source of that exact stew, no crafting needed.
- Effects last seconds, not minutes; for anything sustained, brew a proper potion at a Brewing Stand.
- It does not stack, so plan on one inventory slot per bowl you intend to carry.
- Wither roses make a stew that damages the eater, which is why nobody accepts stew from strangers on a server.
Version notes
1.21.4's pale garden added the eyeblossom flowers, which extends the list of flowers that can be used in the recipe.
Properties
Eating it restores 6 hunger and 7.2 saturation — a ratio of 1.2, which is what decides how long you stay full rather than how fast the bar refills. grants whichever effect the flower it was made from carries Suspicious Stew does not stack — each one occupies an inventory slot of its own.
- Stack size
- 1
- Hunger restored
- 6
- Saturation
- 7.2
- Saturation ratio
- 1.2
- Category
- Food
Crafting recipe
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Found in
Suspicious Stew is in the loot tables of Shipwreck.
- Shipwreck — A wrecked sailing ship, generated upright, capsized, or broken in two, on the sea floor or beached on the sand.
How it compares to other foods
Sorted by saturation ratio, Suspicious Stew is 13 of 41 foods in the game. Ratio is saturation divided by hunger restored: it is what decides how long the hunger bar stays still, not how fast it refills.
Golden Carrot leads the list at a ratio of 2.4, and anything at or above 1.6 is worth carrying on a long trip.
| Item | Hunger restored | Saturation | Saturation ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooked Chicken | 6 | 7.2 | 1.2 |
| Beetroot Soup | 6 | 7.2 | 1.2 |
| Suspicious Stew ← | 6 | 7.2 | 1.2 |
| Bread | 5 | 6 | 1.2 |
| Cooked Cod | 5 | 6 | 1.2 |
| Baked Potato | 5 | 6 | 1.2 |
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Frequently asked questions
How do you make Suspicious Stew in Minecraft?
Suspicious Stew is crafted from Bowl, Brown Mushroom, Red Mushroom, and Allium.
What is the stack size of Suspicious Stew?
Suspicious Stew does not stack at all. Every one you carry takes an inventory slot of its own, which is the practical limit on how many you take on a trip.
Is Suspicious Stew worth eating?
It restores 6 hunger and 7.2 saturation, a ratio of 1.2. Anything above a ratio of 1.6 keeps you full longer per slot, so treat this as a stopgap rather than a staple. grants whichever effect the flower it was made from carries
