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Dodo tastes like chicken! Obtained from birds.

It is a Common resource gathered or crafted in the world of Windrose with item level 1.

Overview

Description

Dodo tastes like chicken! Obtained from birds.

How to Obtain

See the description above for the primary source of Bird Meat.

Used In Crafting

Bird Meat is used as an ingredient in 24 recipes. Top uses:

Tips

• Weight 0.2 per unit; factor it into inventory capacity when gathering.

See Also

• Resources

• Crafting

• Hunting

How to Hunt Bird Meat

Bird Meat comes almost entirely from Dodo kills on the starting and second islands. Dodos appear in two varieties: standard Coastal Dodos and slightly tougher Azure Dodos. Both are flightless, both are passive, and both drop the same Bird Meat. The Azure variant has slightly more health and occasionally yields a Feather on kill for the Homeward Journey alchemy chain.

Dodo Spawn Clusters

Islands with Ancient Ruins attract dense flocks, and those same points of interest are shared territory with Boar and Sow spawns. Hunting routes that loop around a ruin cluster produce Bird Meat and Rough Hide on the same circuit, so a single outbound trip can refill both the cooking and the armor supply chains.

Recommended Weapons

Melee weapons with wide sweeping arcs clear Dodo flocks faster than single-target weapons. A two-handed Greatsword or a Halberd can kill two or three birds in a single swing when the flock bunches up, which is the rhythm most hunters settle into. Single-target pierce weapons still work, they just take longer per flock.

Do Not Waste Gunpowder

Firearms do kill Dodos in one shot, but Gunpowder is scarce in the early game and a Dodo dies just as cleanly to a single melee swing. Save bullets for pirates, dungeon encounters, and boss fights where the ranged damage window actually matters.

Dodo Egg Co-drop

Dodos frequently drop a Dodo Egg alongside the Bird Meat. Eggs feed the Epic-tier cooking recipes that combine both ingredients, so carrying a few back from every hunt opens up the higher-buff meals even if Bird Meat was the original target of the run.

Cooking Recipes Using Bird Meat

Bird Meat's most common use is the Coastal Jungle cooking rotation. Four dishes take Bird Meat as a primary ingredient, and all four stack the Max Health up effect with different stat bonuses so you can match the food to the build you are running that session. All four are crafted at a Cooking Fire.

Build pairing guide: Hearty Egg Broth suits Agility-scaling weapons like sabers, cutlasses, and the Blunderbuss. Spicy Chicken with Sweet Potato favors Vitality-tank setups and the boss-fight respec template. Spicy Breaded Kebab pairs with Strength-based halberd and greatsword builds. Dodo Broth is the cheap fallback when only Bird Meat is on hand, still granting the Max Health up effect with no stat bonus for 15 minutes.

Sailor Backpack for Hunting Trips

Bird Meat weighs 0.2 per unit and stacks to 40, so inventory pressure climbs fast on a long Dodo hunt. The Sailor Backpack gives enough extra capacity to hold a full bird-and-boar circuit and is the practical prerequisite for dedicated hunting runs. It crafts at the Workbench from 2x Copper Ingot, 5x Rough Hide, and 1x Torn Sailcloth Bag. The Torn Sailcloth Bag is the gating component and typically drops from pirate camp crates or wrecked ship loot.