Having trouble with keeping my sanity in game

[ROMEO]

Greetings, everyone. When I play this game, I usually make it to the second or third mountain before my sanity starts to run out. I don't really know how to regain it fast enough before it runs all the way out. If anyone has any tips that could help me, it would be greatly appreciated.

[Zelgabunny]

I never had an issue with sanity on Normal mode, it starts to become an issue on Hard due to events seeming a bit more random/severe. IMO sanity is the easiest stat to keep high because its most dependent on your decisions, and each event tends to lean towards a certain outcome, though there is still randomness. Keep playing and try all the different options for each event and you'll learn what tends to be the better decision even if its not guaranteed. You can always take +sanity level bonuses too, but each run is different so I change my strategy based on which stats I seem to be losing the most, like its a bad luck trend for a certain stat or something.

[ROMEO]

Originally posted by Zelgabunny:

I never had an issue with sanity on Normal mode, it starts to become an issue on Hard due to events seeming a bit more random/severe. IMO sanity is the easiest stat to keep high because its most dependent on your decisions, and each event tends to lean towards a certain outcome, though there is still randomness. Keep playing and try all the different options for each event and you'll learn what tends to be the better decision even if its not guaranteed. You can always take +sanity level bonuses too, but each run is different so I change my strategy based on which stats I seem to be losing the most, like its a bad luck trend for a certain stat or something.

Thank you for answering my question. I noticed that I have an easier time with sanity when I choose skills that are meant for helping me with sanity. For example, I have this skill called refocus that helps me gain more sanity, but it takes time for me to use it. I have never had that skill before until I started to invest in sanity skills early on. I think it was the choices that I was making when it came to choosing skills.

[HeroikHan]

Here are a few tips for keeping sane on your mountain trips.
1) You don't need to go everywhere. Try to pick and choose more carefully what events you want to go to, as the biggest sanity loss is from time travelling on the mountain. Level ups do not happen quickly after the first mountain, and therefore events are not as important. Big detours are probably not worth the sanity loss.

Events: The sun events (lookouts) and relic events (the other glowing ones) Both have sanity. Lookouts give around 20 each time, but can be tricky to get to. Relics offer a choice between 2 non-oxygen stats, and the ones that offer sanity usually give around 10.

The social/loot encounters can hit your sanity pretty hard if you let them. Try to be helpful to others when you can and not steal their stuff if your sanity is in trouble.
In caves, always explore lights as this is basically guaranteed to give some sanity.

Skills: The event skill tree is a pretty good choice for sanity options. Firstly it reduces sanity 'damage' from events by 2, and 4 if you upgrade it again. This completely negates the sanity loss in some events (like the stick your hand in the spider nest one), which really adds up over a run.
It also includes the incredibly powerful meditation ability, which can give sanity as well.
The light terrain speciality has a skill that increases sanity gain from events, which works on the aforementioned lookouts and relics.
The consumable skill tree gives you an extra 3/5 sanity for each consumable you use, which can help over the course of a run.

And always look out for refocus, which is a neutral ability that just gives you 10 sanity in exchange for time.

[ROMEO]

Originally posted by HeroikHan:

Here are a few tips for keeping sane on your mountain trips.
1) You don't need to go everywhere. Try to pick and choose more carefully what events you want to go to, as the biggest sanity loss is from time travelling on the mountain. Level ups do not happen quickly after the first mountain, and therefore events are not as important. Big detours are probably not worth the sanity loss.

Events: The sun events (lookouts) and relic events (the other glowing ones) Both have sanity. Lookouts give around 20 each time, but can be tricky to get to. Relics offer a choice between 2 non-oxygen stats, and the ones that offer sanity usually give around 10.

The social/loot encounters can hit your sanity pretty hard if you let them. Try to be helpful to others when you can and not steal their stuff if your sanity is in trouble.
In caves, always explore lights as this is basically guaranteed to give some sanity.

Skills: The event skill tree is a pretty good choice for sanity options. Firstly it reduces sanity 'damage' from events by 2, and 4 if you upgrade it again. This completely negates the sanity loss in some events (like the stick your hand in the spider nest one), which really adds up over a run.
It also includes the incredibly powerful meditation ability, which can give sanity as well.
The light terrain speciality has a skill that increases sanity gain from events, which works on the aforementioned lookouts and relics.
The consumable skill tree gives you an extra 3/5 sanity for each consumable you use, which can help over the course of a run.

And always look out for refocus, which is a neutral ability that just gives you 10 sanity in exchange for time.

Thank you for answering my question. I was able to finally beat the game by using these tips.

[HeroikHan]

Originally posted by ROMEO:

I was able to finally beat the game by using these tips.

That's awesome, congrats!