Nutrition/Weight

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Here is a list of food organized by its nutrition/weight ratio. The idea is that, all other considerations being equal (such as other uses for food besides nutrition, etc.), it makes most sense to eat foods with a lower ratio first and hang on to food that gives a higher ratio to maximize weight efficiency.

V indicates vegetarian food
! indicates vegan food

Food Cost Weight Probability Nutrition Nutrition/weight Turns to eat Conduct
lembas wafer 45 5 20 800 160 2 !
lump of royal jelly 15 2 0 200 100 1 V
pancake 15 2 25 200 100 2 V
egg 9 1 85 80 80 1 V
blessed tin of spinach 5 10 0.625 600 60 1-2 !
slime mold (user defined fruit) 17 5 75 250 50 1 !
candy bar 10 2 13 100 50 1 V
uncursed tin of spinach 5 10 11.25 401-600 40.1-60 varies !
food ration (gunyoki) 45 20 380 800 40 5 !
cram ration 35 15 20 600 40 3 !
K-ration 25 10 0 400 40 1 !
banana 9 2 10 80 40 1 !
orange 9 2 10 80 40 1 !
clove of garlic 7 1 7 40 40 1 !
sprig of wolfsbane 7 1 7 40 40 1 !
fortune cookie 7 1 55 40 40 1 V, breaks illiteracy unless blind
kelp frond 6 1 0 30 30 1 !
eucalyptus leaf 6 1 3 30 30 1 !
C-ration 20 10 0 300 30 1 !
apple 7 2 15 50 25 1 !
carrot 7 2 15 50 25 1 !
pear 7 2 10 50 25 1 !
tripe ration 15 10 140 200 20 2
melon 10 5 10 100 20 1 !
cursed tin of spinach 5 10 0.625 201-600 20.1-60 varies !
cream pie 10 10 25 100 10 1 V
lichen corpse 5 20 n/a 200 10 3 !
meatball 5 1 0 5 5 1
meat ring 5 1 0 5 5 1
meat stick 5 1 0 5 5 1
huge chunk of meat 105 400 0 2000 5 20
lizard corpse 5 10 n/a 40 4 3
corpse 5 varies 0 varies varies varies
tin 5 10 75 varies varies varies

Racial bonuses and penalties

As of NetHack 3.6.1, the following bonuses and penalties exist:

  • Lembas wafers provide 200 extra nutrition to elves while providing 200 less nutrition to orcs. (At a nutrition/weight ratio of 120 for orcs, they remain the most efficient food available.)
  • Cram rations provide 100 extra nutrition for dwarves.