Eating...health regen

[smammered]

Sometimes eating regenerates health. Sometimes it doesnt. Why the inconsistency

[FallowsDark]

Fresh food heal's
Cooked human flesh damages you
dried human flesh heal's ( i asume only when put on the rack fresh )
If i remember anything else ill edit

[Madgamer13]

Food has three states of spoil: Fresh, edible and spoiled. They spoil in your inventory over time.

1. Foods labeled fresh of any sort, which includes cannibal limbs, will heal a small portion of your health when eaten.

2. Edible foods will not restore health, but they will not damage you either.

3. Spoiled food will hurt your health by a minor amount when consumed.

All foods must be cooked or dried in order to eat.

[Kerbo]

I like how this game allows us to be cannibals as well

[smammered]

Originally posted by Madgamer13:

Food has three states of spoil: Fresh, edible and spoiled. They spoil in your inventory over time.

1. Foods labeled fresh of any sort, which includes cannibal limbs, will heal a small portion of your health when eaten.

2. Edible foods will not restore health, but they will not damage you either.

3. Spoiled food will hurt your health by a minor amount when consumed.

All foods must be cooked or dried in order to eat.

I thought this was the case as well. But i swear sometimes it isnt. I killed 3 rabbits. First one healed me some. Other 2 did not and i cooked them all the same time

[Hammer Of Evil]

Originally posted by smammered:

Sometimes eating regenerates health. Sometimes it doesnt. Why the inconsistency

simply put: You require more MEAT, comrade.

CONSUME THEIR FLESH, THEIR STRENGTH WILL BE YOURS!

[FallowsDark]

Originally posted by Hammer of Evil:

Originally posted by smammered:

Sometimes eating regenerates health. Sometimes it doesnt. Why the inconsistency

simply put: You require more MEAT, comrade.

CONSUME THEIR FLESH, THEIR STRENGTH WILL BE YOURS!

lol

[NickTwist]

Originally posted by smammered:

Originally posted by Madgamer13:

Food has three states of spoil: Fresh, edible and spoiled. They spoil in your inventory over time.

1. Foods labeled fresh of any sort, which includes cannibal limbs, will heal a small portion of your health when eaten.

2. Edible foods will not restore health, but they will not damage you either.

3. Spoiled food will hurt your health by a minor amount when consumed.

All foods must be cooked or dried in order to eat.

I thought this was the case as well. But i swear sometimes it isnt. I killed 3 rabbits. First one healed me some. Other 2 did not and i cooked them all the same time

Overcooking or over-dried meats will not heal you or quench your hunger. If you have meat thats black from drying - take it off rack and put it back on - it should refresh the meat. If you leave meat in a fire and return a few minutes later to eat it - i believe its burnt at that point and will do nothing for you.

[Toast]

Originally posted by Fallow's Dark:

Fresh food heal's
Cooked human flesh damages you
dried human flesh heal's ( i asume only when put on the rack fresh )
If i remember anything else ill edit

Drying human flesh heals?

[Madgamer13]

Originally posted by toast:

Drying human flesh heals?

Cannibal limbs have the same spoil states as other foods. If you cook or dry them and eat when still labeled as 'fresh' you will be healed for the same amount as all fresh foods.

[Sky Strider]

Can't figure how to get "fresh food". Stab fish with spear, cook immediately, eat immediately, no health Regen. The fish meat is only "edible" prior to cooking even immediately after killed. Same with rabbit meat. How do I get fresh meat?

[NickTwist]

make a food drying rack and hang the meat on them until dried - then you can carry the meat without it going bad in your inventory.

To get health regen - you need to take meds that you will find on the crashed plane or combine flowers you can pick off ground - in your inventory

[smammered]

Originally posted by NickTwist:

make a food drying rack and hang the meat on them until dried - then you can carry the meat without it going bad in your inventory.

To get health regen - you need to take meds that you will find on the crashed plane or combine flowers you can pick off ground - in your inventory

1. This thread is SUPER old. haha. 2. You can get health regen by eating....but only sometimes apparently

[Cool Dude]

I'm struggling with this same issue too.. haven't played the game since Alpha & it's feeling game breaking for me.
I'm playing co-op with a friend & we can't figure out what I'm not doing that he is doing.. I stay well fed, full on thirst too & my health can't go higher than a quarter at max. I even tried eating fresh food while fully fed & so on, I can't figure it out

Feels a bit crap

[Aokres]

As of v0.26d cooked(fresh) and dried meat heal the Player.
I cannot answer why it doesn't always, my best theory so far is you can only be healed once per day or 12 in game hours from just meat.

*Just eat stew* One pot of polluted water, stick it on the fire, add a piece of meat in, and wait for the magic of healing stew.

[jswarpaint]

There is a The Forest Wiki
https://theforest.fandom.com/wiki/The_Forest_Wiki

Healing refers to restoring health when the player has suffered damage. There are a number of ways for players to restore their health. Sleeping is the only way without consuming items to restore health.

What Heals Health

The items below health amount does not account for hard survival mode, the health amounts are reduced significantly in that mode. The items that heal players include:
IconAloe.png Aloe Vera +2 health
IconBooze.png Booze +15 health
IconConeflower.png Coneflower +10 health
IconHealthMix.png Herbal Medicines +50 health
IconMedsPlus.png Herbal Medicine+ +100 health
IconMeds.png Meds +100 health
IconSnack.png Snack +5 health
IconFish.png Fresh Fish Meat +20 health / +7 in hard survival
IconMeat.png Fresh Meat +20 health / +7 in hard survival
IconLizardMeat.png Fresh Lizard Meat +20 health / +7 in hard survival
IconOyster.png Fresh Oysters +3 health
IconRabbitMeat.png Fresh Rabbit Meat +20 health / +7 in hard survival
IconSmallMeat.png Fresh Small Meat +6 health / +3 in hard survival
Certain stew recipes can also have healing abilities, mainly Tisane.


Herbal Medicine will heal the player for 50 hit points when consumed, which is the same amount as the pill version. It also restores some fullness when consumed. It can added to a quick select slot to be used in emergencies. There is an improved version called Herbal Medicine+, it restores health to full. You can carry a max of 5 of each.


Herbal Medicine 1 Aloe 1 Marigold - I think this must be made in the Old Pot.

Herbal med plus 1 Aloe 1 Marigold 1 Cone Flower .. same thing made in Old Pot

Only 3 locations on map that has the Old Pot ..