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How to heal in Sons Of The ForestHere’s how to restore health in Sons Of The Forest
Here’s how to restore health in Sons Of The Forest
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Endnight Games
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Endnight Games
How do you heal in Sons Of The Forest?If you’ve played or watched any of Endnight’s massive and unsettling gameSons Of The Forest, you’ll likely already know just how easy it is to get damaged. Many new players will spend their first day low on health after their first encounter with the dangerous and agile mutants that accost you as you explore the Peninsula.
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How to heal in Sons Of The Forest
To take these meds, open up your inventory and find them on the left-hand side (where all your consumables are kept). Left-click the meds to take them. Taking meds will slowly regenerate your health back up to maximum.
There are other ways to restore your health in Sons Of The Forest, and some are better than others. Here are the main ways you can heal up:
Sleep is an effective method of health recovery, but requires a Shelter Tent or other resting place. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Endnight Games
Meds are far more effective at quickly restoring health than eating food, but if you’re out of meds then eating food and drinkingwater in Sons Of The Forestis a good way of keeping your health topped up.
It’s a good idea to build a sleeping area like this regardless, because it will also allow you tosave your progress in Sons Of The Forest- which is probably a good idea if you’re low on health, so you can reload in case you die.
That’s all you need to know about healing up in Sons Of The Forest. If you’re looking for more information on surviving your first few days on the Peninsula, check out our guides onhow to make a fire in Sons Of The Forest, as well as our primers on the two important and powerful companions of the game:KelvinandVirginia. If you need more help, we’ve also got aSons Of The Forest console commands listif you want to try out a few of the game’s cheats.
