Slime Rancher 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to Monomi Park’s charming slime farming sim. Beatrix LeBeau has packed up her slime-wrangling gear and has crossed the Slime Sea to the irridescent Rainbow Island, a new place packed with new mysteries and new slimes. As Beatrix attempts to unravel the island’s secrets and uncover its true purpose, she’ll build, ranch, and farm within a beautiful conservatory, whose sparkling glass walls give her full view of the prismatic paradise she now calls home.
With everything new and old to look at we’re breaking it down to the basics of any rancher. Food to feed your slimes. Here’s everything you’ll need to know about food, where to find them, how to harvest and more! In our Slime Rancher 2 food guide.
Slime Rancher 2 is out now on the Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S and PC – Steam, Epic Games Store.
Note: Slime Rancher 2 was released on Early Access on the 22nd of September 2022. This guide will be updated as the game updates.
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Veggies
Meat
| • Briar Hen | • Chickadoo | • Hen Hen |
| • Elder Hen | • Roostro | • Elder Roostro |
| • Sea Hen | • Stony Hen | • Thundercluck Hen |
Fruit
Nectar
Veggies
Carrot
Favourite Food: None
Location: The Overgrowth, The Dry Reef, The Moss Blanket, The Indigo Quarry, The Ancient Ruins, The Glass Desert, The Wilds
Decay Time: 36 Hours
Growable: Yes. Maximum x20 Harvest
The Carrot is the most common and most accessible vegetable in Slime Rancher, and is very helpful for feeding veg-eating slimes, such as the Cotton Slime or Rock Slime. However because no Slime favors it, it will never produce double the number of Plorts produced.
For this reason, it may be unwise to grow Carrots unless you don’t yet have access to favoured foods. However, due to its large harvest yield, it may be suitable to burn and make ash for Fire Slimes.
Heart Beet
Favourite Food: Rock Slime
Location: The Dry Reef, The Indigo Quarry, The Ancient Ruins, The Glass Desert, The Wilds
Decay Time: 36 Hours
Growable: Yes. Maximum x15 Harvest
Heart beets get their name from their deep, red color and heart-like shape. Heart beets are also unusually juicy for a beet, making it the only veggie that’s not for the squeamish in the kitchen.
The consistency of the Heart Beets’ growth and harvest yield makes Rock Slimes a decent choice for converting harder-to-feed or more valuable Slimes into Largos.
Oca Oca
Favourite Food: Rad Slime
Location:
Decay Time: 36 Hours
Growable: Yes. Maximum x15 Harvest
A staple of cooking on the range, the hearty Oca Oca is a naturally salty, soft spud. As the key ingredient to the always tasty ‘rancher’s hashbrowns’, they have likely been the fuel for a great deal of slime wrangling since their discovery on the range.
Oca Ocas grow consistently with a decent harvest yield, so having Rad Largos are a decent choice for the Ranch.
Odd Onion
Favourite Food: Crystal Slime
Location: Ember Valley
Decay Time: 36 Hours
Growable: Yes. x? Variable Harvest.
Odd Onions can be found sporadically around Ember Valley but you’ll be unable to grow a dedicated Odd Onion patch at home. But do note that if you plant an Odd Onion, there is no guarantee it will also grow to be an Odd Onion.
Instead, Odd Onions have a chance to grow in Carrot and Heart Beet patches. Due to the relatively small amount of Odd Onions that grow per harvest, it would probably be wise to convert Crystal Slimes into Largos with a favoured food that is easier to grow.
Water Lettuce
Favourite Food: Cotton Slime
Location: Rainbow Fields, Starlight Strand, Ember Valley
Decay Time: 26 Hours
Growable: Yes
Like a desert bloom or a deep sea pearl, water lettuce is a small miracle. The dry season can be difficult for wildlife on the Far, Far Range. But through the humble water lettuce, nature has found a way to provide. The water stored inside the plant prevents its leaves from wilting under the sun’s rays, and in turn the crisp leaves keep the water cool and protected, perfect for a thirsty critter in search of relief from the heat.
Meat
Briar Hen
Favourite Food: Boom Slime
Location: Ember Valley
Growable: Yes
Briar hens are a chicken variant born from the wild thickets of the Far, Far Range. They were first discovered long ago by an explorer who noted that they seemed to have a complex tribal structure, and a fascinating series of chicken customs.
Briar Hens are the most common and most widely available Meat in the game. Briar Hens are often found by nests accompanied by their Chickadoo counterparts and occasionally a Roostro. Briar Hens in close proximity to Roostros will periodically lay eggs that produce Chickadoos.
Chickadoo
Favourite Food: Not Edible
Location: Everywhere
Growable: Yes (6 Hours)
Chickadoos spawn from nests with Hens. They can be produced domestically in a coop by a Hen if it is in the presence of a Roostro, and will itself grow up into a Hen or – more rarely – a Roostro. Chickadoos of all varieties will never be eaten by slimes. Until it grows up (6 in-game hours), Slimes will not eat it.
Hen Hen
Favourite Food: None
Location: Rainbow Fields. Common Spawn.
Growable: Yes
Hen Hens are a special breed of chicken bred to survive the climate of the Far, Far Range. While appearing more or less like a big chicken, these burly birds are much more adept at fending for themselves, making them ideal for ranchers who might otherwise be distracted by a few hundred hungry slimes.
Hen Hens are the most common and most widely available Meat in Slime Rancher. Hen Hens are often found by nests accompanied by their Chickadoo counterparts and occasionally a Roostro. Hen Hens in close proximity to Roostros will periodically lay eggs that produce Chickadoos.
Elder Hen
Favourite Food: None
Location: –
Growable: Yes
Elder Hens are what all Hens, regardless of what type they were originally, have a chance of degrading into after producing a Chickadoo. Every time a Hen lays an egg they have a chance to become an Elder Hen. They can no longer lay eggs in this state. They can be fed to Slimes, though no Slime favours them.
Roostro
Favourite Food: Hunter Slime
Location: Southwest of Rainbow Island. Uncommon Spawn.
Growable: Yes
Roostros are the alpha birds on the Far, Far Range and half of the equation required to breed chickens on the ranch. They are uncommon and are spawned from nests, maturing chicks and crates. Roostros are necessary for hens to begin producing eggs which immediately hatch into chicks. This process is more efficient in a coop, especially when upgraded.
It’s recommended that you have at least 2-3 Roostros in your Coops. Since if they become old, the hens will stop making eggs. Due to their rarity, it is not recommended to feed Roostros to Hunter Slimes.
Elder Roostro
Favourite Food: None
Location: –
Growable: Yes
Elder Roostro are what all Roostro, regardless of what type they were originally, have a chance of degrading into after producing a Chickadoo. Roostros have a low chance of turning elder after producing a chickadoo with a hen. They can no longer reproduce in this state. They can be fed to Slimes, though no Slime favours them.
Sea Hen
Favourite Food: Angler Slime
Location: Rare Spawn.
Growable: Yes
Old sailors say that Sea Hens are actually demons in disguise, and that their vacant expressions are actually a diabolically calculated misdirect to hide evil intent. Plotting, waiting for their moment… to strike.
Sea Hens in close proximity to Roostros will periodically lay eggs that produce Sea Chickadoos.
Stony Hen
Favourite Food: Tabby Slime
Location: Rainbow Fields, Ember Valley. Rare Spawn.
Growable: Yes
Stony Hens are thought to have evolved from Hen Hens who once trekked deep into the mountains of the Far, Far Range. Perhaps these birds were seeking a clarity of mind that one can truly obtain through meditation amongst these lofty, barren crags. But most likely, they were just stupid and got lost.
They can also be found in crates, and offered as a reward on the Range Exchange. Stony Hens in close proximity to Roostros will periodically lay eggs that produce Stony Chickadoos.
Thundercluck Hen
Favourite Food: Saber Slime
Location: Powderfall Bluffs
Growable: Yes
Thought to be extinct for over a billion years, Thunderclucks are a variety of prehistoric hen that ruled the roost during the Jellasic Period. Thunderclucks in close proximity to roostros will periodically lay eggs that produce Thunder Chickadoos.
Fruit
Cuberry
Favourite Food: Phosphor Slime
Location: Rainbow Fields
Decay Time: 36 Hours
Growable: Yes. x15 Harvest
Cuberries grow consistently with a decent harvest yield, so converting harder-to-feed Slimes to Phosphor Largos is a decent choice for the Ranch.
Mint Mango
Favourite Food: Honey Slime
Location: Starlight Strand
Decay Time: 36 Hours
Growable: Yes. x15 Harvest
Mint Mangoes are found in the same areas as Honey Slimes. Mint Mangoes grow consistently, have a decent harvest yield and the Honey Plorts are fairly valuable, if you’re looking to rake in those plorts Honey Largos are going to be your best bet.
Phase Lemon
Favourite Food: Quantum Slime
Location:
Decay Time: 36 Hours
Growable: Yes. x15 Harvest
Phase Lemons are unusual because they cannot be acquired simply by sucking them off the tree with the Vacpack, due to being out of phase with the world. Shooting a fruit into the tree when the lemons are ripe will cause them to phase into reality and fall to the ground, making it possible to collect them. This causes the fruit fired into the tree to be lost.
After acquiring a Phase Lemon they can be planted in a farm plot to create a tree that can be harvested normally using the Vacpack, which is far easier than having to track them down at their constantly changing locations in the wild.
Pogofruit
Favourite Food: None
Location: Everywhere
Decay Time: 36 Hours
Growable: Yes. x20 Harvest
The Pogofruit is the most common and most accessible fruit in Slime Rancher and is very helpful for feeding Fruit-eating slimes, such as The Phosphor Slime or the Honey Slime. However because no Slime favours it, it will never produce double the number of Plorts.
For this reason, it may be unwise to grow Pogofruits unless you don’t yet have access to favoured foods. However, due to its large harvest yield, it may be suitable to burn and make ash for Fire Slimes.
Pomegranite
Favourite Food: Batty Slime
Location: Starlight Strand – Caves, Ember Valley
Decay Time: 24 Hours
Growable: Yes.
Pomegranites grow from dark-coloured trees in cave areas. The Pomegranite is as mysterious as it is ancient. A fruit that grows only in the dark caves beneath the earth, it grows without sunlight, without warmth. It should not be, and yet, it is.
Nectar
Moondew Nectar
Favourite Food: Flutter Slime
Location: Starlight Strand – Pink Side (Evening/Night, From 5 PM)
Growable: No. x1 Harvest
Moondew Nectar is a food type which can be found exclusively in Starlight Strand. It is significantly hard to farm with you only being able to harvest 1-2 per spot. It cannot be grown in The Conservatory.
Find the Moondew Nectar on the top of trees and on the sides of cliffs. Lots of it can be located around the Flutter Gordo on the pink side of the Starlight Strand.
Nectar spoils fairly quickly, so plan your farming runs accordingly!
