Health, food & rest

Understand Life, health and mana, food slots, stamina and recovery.

Life, health and mana

Life is your own skill category. Gaining a level in another skill also increases Life and its perk points. The character panel shows your current health and mana and their maximum values, including active bonuses.

Health and mana recover while your character is active. Food and relevant perks can improve recovery, but damage, work costs and exposure still matter. A full mana pool is required for full appraisal; the sunny-weather surcharge never raises a full-pool action above that maximum.

Two independent food slots

Choose an empty fullness slot when consuming food or an eligible preparation. Each slot has its own timer; eating in one does not refresh the other. A slot stays occupied until its effect expires, so filling both is a meaningful choice.

Ordinary food improves active health and mana regeneration. Its starting bonus benefits from the food's quality, then fades over its fullness timer. Some preparations instead improve mana recovery during eligible offline bed rest. The item page explains which kind of effect it provides.

Food timers continue while you are offline. Spoiled food cannot be consumed. Eating does not instantly refill every resource or reset an already-running timer.

Stamina

Stamina is shown as a percentage. Running and swimming spend it; appropriate recovery restores it. Athletics improves efficiency and actual running or swimming grants the related practice. Combat swings use weapon recovery and cooldowns, without another stamina charge.

Water is dangerous when exhausted. Stamina continues draining while you are swimming, and reaching zero begins drowning damage. Make short crossings and keep a reachable shore in mind.

Rest in an accessible bed

Use a bed you are allowed to access to begin rest. Eligible offline bed rest restores mana while you are away. It is not free offline skill training, and resting does not bypass combat or murder presence restrictions. Rest benefits require that the rest remains valid.

A character held in the world after disconnecting can still be attacked, exposed to cold or left in water. Closing the browser is not a substitute for reaching safety. On return, the summary can report recovered mana and food effects that expired.

Recovery after a fight

Check active wounds and use a suitable fountain when needed. Keep out of severe cold, give yourself room to recover and watch the threat indicator. The combat guide explains death, wanted status and your personal death markers.