This is a list of known Fallout 3 edibles.
NOTE: The Food Sanitizer increases +HP values by 20%, leaving the radiation rating unchanged. This bonus is confered at the cost of weight; the Food Sanitizer has a weight of 7 and must be kept in the player's inventory to work. You get it as a reward from the quest The Wasteland Survival Guide.
Food
| Name | Weight | Value | Effect | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ant Meat | 1 | 4 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0003C345 |
| Ant Nectar | .25 | 20 | -2 IN, -2 CH, +4 ST (4 min) | N/A |
| Ant Queen Pheromones | 1 | 75 | -3 PE, -3 IN, +3 CH (4 min) | 00033068 |
| Blamco Mac and Cheese | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0008C556 |
| Bloatfly Meat | 1 | 4 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0007C10D |
| Brahmin Steak | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 00015198 |
| Bubblegum | 1 | 1 | +0 Radiation, +1 HP | 0008C560 |
| Cave Fungus | 1 | 50 | -10 Radiation, +5 HP | 00038E0C |
| Cram | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation (can be found with no radiation in vault 101), +5 HP | 0008C552 |
| Crunchy Mutfruit | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0001519C |
| Crispy SquirrelBits | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 00031948 |
| Dandy Boy Apples | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0008C554 |
| Dog Meat | 1 | 4 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 00034050 |
| Fancy Lads Snack Cakes | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0008C55A |
| Fire Ant Nectar | 1 | 20 | +25 Fire Resistance, -3 IN, +4 AG | 00085ABB |
| Fresh Apple | 1 | 5 | +0 Radiation, +10 HP | 00015196 |
| Fresh Carrot | 1 | 5 | +0 Radiation, +10 HP | 00015199 |
| Fresh Pear | 1 | 5 | +0 Radiation, +10 HP | 0001519F |
| Fresh Potato | 1 | 5 | +0 Radiation, +10 HP | 000151A0 |
| Gum Drops | 1 | 2 | +0 Radiation, +2 HP | 0008C564 |
| Hatchling Mirelurk Meat | 1 | 4 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 00065175 |
| Human Flesh | 1 | 0 | + 9 Radiation +25 HP | 0003404F |
| Iguana Bits | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0001519A |
| Iguana-on-a-stick | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0001519B |
| InstaMash | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0008C558 |
| Junk Food | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0003359C |
| Mirelurk Meat | 1 | 20 | +2 Radiation, +20 HP | 0003404E |
| Mirelurk Cakes | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0003404D |
| Mississippi Quantum Pie | 1 | 20 | +2 Radiation, +20 AP, -1 IN, +1 ST | 00049076 |
| Mole Rat Meat | 1 | 4 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0003404C |
| Mole Rat Wonder Meat | 1 | 20 | +2 Radiation, +20 HP | 000ABD17 |
| Mutfruit | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 00034049 |
| Noodles | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0001519D |
| NukaLurk Meat | 1 | 7 | +4 Radiation, +10 AP, +20 HP | 00095F48 |
| Pork N' Beans | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0008C55E |
| Potato Crisps | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0008C562 |
| Radroach Meat | 1 | 4 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0009C957 |
| Salisbury Steak | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 000293A9 |
| Squirrel-on-a-Stick | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 00031949 |
| Squirrel Stew | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0003194A |
| Strange Meat | 1 | 2 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0002E376 |
| Strange Meat Pie | 1 | 2 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0007E173 |
| Softshell Mirelurk Meat | 1 | 30 | +2 Radiation, +30 HP | 000552CE |
| Sugar Bombs | 1 | 5¹ | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0008C551 |
| Sweetroll | 1 | 5 | +5 HP | 00030A23 |
| Yao Guai Meat | 1 | 30 | +10% Damage, +9 Radiation, +10 HP | 0003404B |
| YumYum Deviled Eggs | 1 | 5 | +2 Radiation, +5 HP | 0008C55C |
- ¹ Sugar Bombs can be sold for 15 caps (30 with Speech) through the Murphy's Bombing Run objective. This will allow you to purchase one Ultrajet from him every 8 to 10 Sugar Bombs sold to him.
- Try not to keep too many items that only restore 5 HP, although they only weigh 1 unit, they really can add up over time, try to only keep items that heal 10 or more HP. And really, you don't need to search every Mole Rat, Radroach, and Bloatfly you kill.
Beverages
| Name | Weight | Value | Effect | Addiction | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beer | 1 | 2 | +1 CH, -1 IN, +1 ST (4 min) | Y | 00015197 |
| Dirty Water | 1 | 10 | +4 Radiation, +10 HP | N | 000151A4 |
| Ice Cold Nuka-Cola | 1 | 20 | +2 Radiation, +20 HP | N | 00040DCB |
| Nuka-Cola | 1 | 20 | +2 Radiation, +10 HP | N | 0001519E |
| Nuka-Cola Quantum | 1 | 30 | +6 Radiation, +20 AP | Y | 000284F9 |
| Purified Water | 1 | 20 | +20 HP | N | 000151A3 |
| Scotch | 1 | 10 | +1 CH, -1 IN, +1 ST (4 min) | Y | 000151A1 |
| Vodka | 1 | 20 | +1 CH, -1 IN, +1 ST (4 min) | Y | 00032C74 |
| Wine | 1 | 10 | +1 CH, -1 IN, +1 ST (4 min) | Y | 0003404A |
| Whiskey | 1 | 10 | +1 CH, -1 IN, +1 ST | Y | 00032C75 |
- If you find that you have a ton of liquor in your inventory, sell the vodka (it's worth more than the others) and the whiskey, and the scotch (high addiction chance for both). Keep some beer and wine because of the lower addiction rate.
- If you have a 48% speech chance, drink a bottle of liquor to push it up maybe 7 points, then wait for an hour (Select button for PS3 and Xbox 360) for the low Intelligence to wear off.
Drugs
NOTE: Durations and efficency may differ depending on your Medicine skill and via some perks.
| Name | Weight | Value | Effect | Addiction | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berry Mentats³ | 0 | 20 | +5 IN | N | 000BF7C6 |
| Blood Pack | 1 | 5 | +1/+20 with completion of "Blood Ties"¹ HP | N | 00034051 |
| Buffout | 0 | 20 | +60 HP, +3 EN, +2 ST | Y | 00015163 |
| Grape Mentats³ | 0 | 20 | +5 CH | N | 000BF7C5 |
| Jet | 0 | 20 | +30 AP | Y | 00015164 |
| Med-X | 0 | 20 | +25 Damage Resistance | Y | 00050F8F |
| Mentats | 0 | 20 | +5 IN, +5 PE | Y | 00015165 |
| Orange Mentats³ | 0 | 20 | +5 PE | N | 000BF7C7 |
| Psycho | 0 | 20 | +25% Damage | Y | 00015166 |
| Rad Away | 0 | 20 | -85* Radiation | N | 00015167 |
| Rad-X | 0 | 20 | +75%* Radiation Resistance | N | 00015168 |
| Stimpak | 0 | 25 | +80* HP | N | 00015169 |
| Ultrajet² | 0 | 50 | +40 AP | Y | 000C9CF4 |
- The power of Stimpaks, Rad-X and Rad Away depend on your Medicine skill. All effects listed here are at 100 Medicine skill.
- Try "Stacking" Chems. If you are in a tight firefight that you might lose, take a Jet, a Med-X, and a Buffout. You will get an extra shot with VATS, +25 damage resistance, and +60 health for the length of the battle.
- Another good "stack" is the mixture of Psycho and Yao Guai Meat, which provides +35% damage.
- ¹Bloodpacks give +20 HP if you have the Hematophage perk, gained from the Blood Ties Quest.
- You can sell blood packs to the Family for 15 caps each (30 with Speech Challenge)
- ²You can help Murphy make Ultrajet on your way to The Family HQ by giving him Sugar Bombs.
- If you become addicted to a drug, you must find a town doctor. The clinic in Megaton can cure your addiction, though the doctor in Little Lamplight can't cure, well, anything. Alternately, if you have a home in either Megaton or Tenpenny Tower you can purchase a laboratory set from the appropriate housing improvement vendors and use it to clean yourself of addictions.
- ³You can find alot of these by going to the National Archives and taking the quiz on the American Revolution. You get a voucher which you can redeem for a fruit mentat. If you have a good lockpick skill, you can unlock a safe in the office for 6 free vouchers
Miscellaneous
While Stealth Boy is an electronic device and not an edible by any means, it is treated as such in Fallout 3 in terms of gameplay mechanics.
| Name | Weight | Value | Effect | Duration | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stealth Boy | 1 | 100 | +100 Sneak, +75 Stealth Field | ~ 2 minutes (One in-game hour) | 00043E94 |
- Remember, although you are invisible, enemies can still hear you.
- The Stealth Field effect will do nothing if you are not sneaking.
- Heavier apparel such as power armor, your Pip-boy light and broadcasting radio stations from your Pip-boy make it easier for enemies to spot you.