How to Craft Cooked Cod in Minecraft

Cooked Cod restores 5 hunger points and 6 saturation.

Overview

Cooked Cod restores 5 hunger points and 6 saturation. Cooked Cod is produced by smelting in a Furnace rather than by arranging items in a grid. A Furnace smelts one item at a time using a fuel slot. Coal, charcoal, dried kelp blocks, lava buckets, and any wood all work as fuel, with each piece of coal smelting eight items.

The recipe was added in Minecraft Alpha and still works the same way in version 1.21. Each craft yields a single Cooked Cod.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with raw cod (fish with a fishing rod or kill cod). If any of those are not already in your stores, gather them first, because the craft itself takes only a moment once everything is in the grid. With the ingredients on hand and a Furnace placed, Cooked Cod is one of the quicker things to add to your inventory.

Crafting Recipe

Furnace

Fuel

Cooked Cod

Materials Needed

Item	Amount	Where to Find
Raw Cod	1	Fish with a fishing rod or kill cod

To make Cooked Cod you will gather Raw Cod (fish with a fishing rod or kill cod). Lining these up before you open the Furnace saves a trip back to storage, especially if you plan to craft several at once.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Open your Furnace interface.
Place Raw Cod in the top input slot.
Add fuel (coal, charcoal, wood, etc.) to the bottom fuel slot.
Wait for the smelting progress bar to complete. Collect your Cooked Cod from the output slot.

Tips & Notes

Fuel efficiency matters: a single piece of coal or charcoal smelts eight items, while a dried kelp block smelts twenty, making kelp blocks the cheapest renewable fuel for large batches.
There is more than one way to obtain Cooked Cod: the alternative methods listed above can be faster depending on which materials you already have on hand.

Alternative Methods

Method 2: Smoker

Ingredients: Raw Cod

Method 3: Campfire

Ingredients: Raw Cod

Uses for Cooked Cod

Restores 5 hunger points

How Cooked Cod Fits Your World

Food restores hunger and the saturation that quietly regenerates your health, and different foods restore very different amounts. Bread and cooked meats are reliable staples, golden carrots and steak offer the best saturation for long expeditions, and golden apples provide absorption hearts and regeneration for emergencies. Keeping a stack of a high-saturation food on your hotbar is one of the simplest ways to survive longer. For Cooked Cod specifically, that means it is most valuable for restores 5 hunger points.

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Cooked Cod on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft Cooked Cod?

You need 1 Raw Cod, made at a Furnace. Gather all of the materials first, then place them following the recipe above to produce the Cooked Cod.

Are there alternative ways to get Cooked Cod?

Yes. Cooked Cod can also be obtained using a Smoker or Campfire. The alternative methods section above lists the exact ingredients for each, so you can pick whichever suits the materials you already have.

How many Cooked Cod does the recipe produce?

The recipe produces a single Cooked Cod per craft.

What is Cooked Cod used for?

Cooked Cod is used for restores 5 hunger points.

What version of Minecraft added Cooked Cod?

Cooked Cod was added in Minecraft Alpha and works the same way in the current 1.21 release. Recipes for it are identical across Java and Bedrock Edition unless noted otherwise.

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