Horker Stew

Horker Stew is a hearty Skyrim dish of horker meat, tomato, garlic and lavender that restores Health and Stamina and heals over time.

Horker Stew is a filling coastal dish built around the fatty meat of the horker, simmered with tomato, garlic and a sprig of lavender. It is one of the better everyday meals the game has to offer, combining an instant boost with slow healing that lasts long after you have put the bowl down. It weighs 0.5 and is worth 8 gold.

Effects

  • Restores 15 points of Health.
  • Restores 15 points of Stamina.
  • Restores 1 point of Health per second for 720 seconds (12 minutes).

Over its full duration the slow regeneration adds up to far more healing than the instant part, making the stew a good meal to eat before heading into a dungeon. Long-lasting food like this cuts down on how often you need to open the menu to heal.

How to make it

Cook it at any cooking pot or spit. One batch requires:

Note that this recipe needs no salt.

Where to find it

The sources only document the cooking recipe, so making it yourself is the way to get it.

Good to know

Horker meat is also the base of the Horker Loaf and, with Dragonborn, the Horker and Ash Yam Stew.

Where to find it

  • Cooked at any cooking pot or spit from Horker Meat, Tomato, Garlic and Lavender.

Crafting materials

1x Lavender
1x Tomato
1x Garlic
1x Horker Meat

Lore notes

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Sources checked: Skyrim/DLC game files (food records, cooking and oven recipes); Elder Scrolls Fandom food and cooking articles