How to Make Suspicious Stew in Minecraft

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Craft suspicious stew shapeless: a bowl, a red mushroom, a brown mushroom and any small flower. The flower picks a hidden status effect - dandelion and blue orchid give Saturation, one of the best foods in the game.

What you need

1 bowl
1 red mushroom
1 brown mushroom
1 small flower (sets the effect)

Step by step

Gather a red mushroom and a brown mushroom - they grow in dark spots, swamps, mushroom fields and the Nether.
Craft a bowl from 3 planks.
Pick any small flower: its type secretly decides the stew's status effect.
Combine the bowl, both mushrooms and the flower anywhere in the crafting grid.
Eat it for 6 hunger and 7.2 saturation plus a few seconds of the flower's effect. The effect never shows in the tooltip, so remember what you crafted.
Mooshroom shortcut: feed a small flower to a brown mooshroom, then milk it with a bowl to get that flower's stew. Expert farmer villagers also sell suspicious stew for an emerald.

Java vs Bedrock

The recipe and base values (6 hunger, 7.2 saturation) are the same in Java and Bedrock. Saturation stews (dandelion or blue orchid) are superfoods in both editions, though the exact bonus the Saturation effect gives differs slightly between them.

Versions: Suspicious stew was added in Java 1.14 (18w43a, Village & Pillage). Torchflowers joined the recipe in 1.20, eyeblossoms in 1.21.4, and 26.x worlds can even swap in shelf mushrooms.

Frequently asked questions

What does each flower do in suspicious stew?

Dandelion and blue orchid = Saturation; poppy and torchflower = Night Vision; cornflower = Jump Boost; oxeye daisy = Regeneration; allium = Fire Resistance; azure bluet and open eyeblossom = Blindness; closed eyeblossom = Nausea; lily of the valley = Poison; tulips = Weakness; wither rose = Wither.

Is suspicious stew better than golden carrots?

A Saturation stew is stronger bite for bite - the effect tops you up well beyond the base 6 hunger. Golden carrots win on convenience, though: suspicious stew does not stack, so each bowl eats an inventory slot.

How do I farm suspicious stew?

Set up a brown mooshroom loop: feed it the flower you want, milk it with a bowl, then feed it another flower. One mooshroom turns a flower field into unlimited stew of any effect.