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Beef

Meat: hunger -80, 440 calories. Stats, where to find it and how to use it below. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.

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Beef at a glance

Beef icon

Meat Food & water

Meat: hunger -80, 440 calories.

Hunger-80
Calories440
Fresh for2 days
Rots after4 days
CookingRequired
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Where to find it

Butchering cattle

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Quick answers

Where do you find the Beef in Project Zomboid?

Butchering cattle

What is the Beef used for?

Meat: hunger -80, 440 calories. A large cut: split it into stews.

Item data from the ProjectZom item database, with stats from the Build 42 game data as published by pzfans.com and pindrop.gg. Item art is from Project Zomboid.