In this guide, we shall go over how to heal in The Forest so you can recover and live to fight another day.
Your first step into the desolate island of The Forest makes one thing very clear – you’re out of your depth, and everything is out to kill you. The cannibals roam these lands, seemingly as its apex predator. The further you explore, however, you realize that the cannibals were just a front for the real predator hiding in these lands: its mutants. Even if you ignore the enemies, the terrain itself poses no less harm and can kill you if you’re not careful.
Regardless of who or what you’re up against, the odds are stacked against you, and each encounter leaves you scarred with more than just bruises. Healing is your way to counter the damage taken (only physical, not mental), and if you don’t know how to heal, we have you covered. In this guide, we shall go over how to heal in The Forest so you can live to fight another day.
How To Heal
Should you find yourself bruised and low on health, worry not, as The Forest provides multiple ways to heal yourself, as listed below:
- Use Meds.
- Eat Food.
- Consume Plants.
- Craft and Consume Herbal Medicine.
Use Meds
When your plane crash lands on the island, you wake up and find yourself low on health. Here, right at the beginning, is a corpse with a bottle of meds beside it. You can use these meds to recover your health substantially. This may seem easy; however, meds are harder to come across when compared to the other alternatives.
Eat Food
With meds difficult to find, your next best bet is to eat food. At the start, you find plates of airplane food that you can consume to recover your lost health. If readymade food isn’t available, it is time to get cooking. You can hunt animals for their meat and then place the meat on a fire to ensure that it is well-cooked. Do NOT eat raw meat, as it will give you food poisoning.
Consume Plants
If hunting seems to be too arduous a task, and you need to heal immediately, you can rely on plants to heal you. Simply pick any of the plants you find while exploring and eat them to heal. Plants such as Aloe Vera are available in abundance and eating them is as easy as pressing a button. Coneflower is another plant available in abundance.
Craft and Consume Herbal Medicine
If you’re fairly healthy and want to stock up on meds for the future, you can collect plants and use them to craft herbal medicine, which you can save for later use. Plants such as Aloe Vera, Coneflower, Chicory, and Marigold are the main crafting ingredients used for these. With 1x Marigold and 1x Aloe Vera, you can craft a Herbal Medicine. Additionally, by using 1x Aloe Vera, 1x Marigold, and 1x Coneflower, you can craft the Herbal Medicine+.
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