Larva Meat: How to Get & Drop Chances

Larva Meat stats and effects

When eaten	+11 food +2.8 health every sec (20 s)
As a cooking ingredient	+22 food +2.8 health every sec (20 s) +6% critical hit chance (10 min) A cooked dish combines the effects of its two ingredients. Ingredient effects list

Compare in the rankings: Food Effects List Best Food

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What is Larva Meat? Features and uses

Larva Meat is a common item in Core Keeper (Food & potions). It can be obtained from Big Larva, Hive Dungeon, Caveling Skirmisher and 4 other sources. It is an ingredient in 3 recipes.

Larva Meat key points (from the game data)

When eaten: +11 food, +2.8 health every sec (20 s).
As a cooking ingredient its effects become stronger: +22 food, +2.8 health every sec (20 s), +6% critical hit chance (10 min).
Best source: Big Larva — 82.8% chance per kill.
Sells to merchants for 1 Ancient Coin.

Calculated and summarized by this site from the game data (1.3.0.6).

What is Larva Meat used to make? Craftable items and their uses

Items you can make with Larva Meat, with how to craft them, the other materials needed and what the result is for.

Pact of Power Potion

How to craft: Crafted at Alchemy Table
Materials: Slime ×3, Larva Meat ×1
What it is: Food & potions. "An ominous looking liquid that elevates the power of your summoned forces."

Larva Spike Club

How to craft: The game data does not say where it is crafted
Materials: Tin Bar ×10, Larva Meat ×7, Wood ×10
What it is: Melee weapons. "A bludgeoning weapon that is hard to withstand."

Grubzooka

How to craft: The game data does not say where it is crafted
Materials: Tin Bar ×18, Larva Meat ×15
What it is: Ranged & magic weapons. "The heavy shots from the Grubzooka also tear down any dirt, sand and turf walls in its path."

How to get Larva Meat (Enemy drop, Chests & pedestals, Breakable objects)

Enemy drop (5) Chests & pedestals (1) Breakable objects (1)

Source	Type	Biome	Amount	Chance
Big Larva	Enemy drop	The Clay Caves	1	82.8%
Caveling Skirmisher	Enemy drop	The Clay Caves	1	23.4%
Caveling Spearman	Enemy drop	The Clay Caves	1	22.6%
Larva	Enemy drop	The Clay Caves	1	6%
Acid Larva	Enemy drop	The Clay Caves	1	6%
Larva Hive Chest	Chests & pedestals	The Clay Caves	3–4	26.7%
Clay Pot	Breakable objects	—	1	14.8%

"Chance" is the chance to get at least one of this item per try (opening one chest, defeating one enemy, one catch). A "guaranteed group" is the group of a chest or boss from which exactly one item always drops; it does not mean this item always drops (the chance of it being picked from that group is shown in small text). Only items that always drop are marked "Guaranteed". Fishing means catches with a fishing rod, separate from enemy and boss drops. Calculated from the game's drop tables (Conf/Loot, 1.3.0.6) the same way the game rolls them.

Other ways to get Larva Meat

Can come from the Larva Hive Chest found inside a scene (building, ruin, camp and so on), 3–4 at a time (26.7% chance per container)Where: Clay Melody Room
Defeating Ghorm the Devourer always drops it (20)
Defeating The Hive Mother always drops it (15)
Defeating Haunted Hive Mother always drops it (15)A version of the Hive Mother that appears during the Halloween event.

Scene containers, dungeon placements, guaranteed drops and natural spawns are based on the Obtaining data of the Core Keeper Wiki (Fandom) (CC BY-SA 3.0), because these are not in the game files this site reads. Scene names are the wiki's English names.

How to get Larva Meat (salvaging): 12 items give it

Salvaging any of these items at the Salvage and Repair Station gives Larva Meat (gear is listed from the lowest level). Salvaging gear or tools you no longer need returns part of their materials.

Amounts are calculated from the game data (materials, durability and level in the 1.3.0.6 prefabs) the same way the game's salvaging works; the range is from 0 to full durability. All items that can be salvaged are listed in salvaging.

What Larva Meat is used for (3 recipes)

	Recipe (materials)
Pact of Power Potion	Slime×3 Larva Meat×1	6
Larva Spike Club	Tin Bar×10 Larva Meat×7 Wood×10	20
Grubzooka	Tin Bar×18 Larva Meat×15	36