How to Heal in Sons of the Forest — Ranked
Meds and Health Mix + both restore 100 health in the game files, and Health Mix restores 50. You craft the mixes from herbs you pick: Aloe Vera + Yarrow for the first, Aloe Vera + Horsetail + Fireweed for the second.
- Meds100cures 200 sickness
- Health Mix +100Aloe Vera + Horsetail + Fireweed
- Health Mix50Aloe Vera + Yarrow
- Aloe spots on the map25540 yarrow, 145 horsetail
The crafting page has the full food and drink table; this ranks only what heals.
On this page
All 25 items that heal, ranked
Click a column to re-sort, or narrow by kind. Health is the item's effect from the client; "sickness" is what the item does to the Sickness stat (negative cures). The game's own warning: "Consuming dirty, poisonous or rotten foods will make you sick, limiting max health".
25 items
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Meds | 100 | cures 200 | 0 | Found packaged |
| 2 |  Health Mix +Aloe Vera + Horsetail + Fireweed | 100 | cures 50 | 0 | Craft it |
| 3 |  Health MixAloe Vera + Yarrow | 50 | cures 25 | 0 | Craft it |
| 4 |  Cooked Fish | 5 | none | 50 | Cook or dry it |
| 5 |  Cooked Meat | 5 | none | 50 | Cook or dry it |
| 6 | Dried Fish | 5 | none | 50 | Cook or dry it |
| 7 | Dried Meat | 5 | none | 50 | Cook or dry it |
| 8 |  MRE Pack | 5 | none | 75 | Found packaged |
| 9 |  Cooked Arm | 5 | adds 5 | 50 | Cook or dry it |
| 10 |  Cooked Leg | 5 | adds 5 | 50 | Cook or dry it |
| 11 | Dried Arm | 5 | adds 5 | 50 | Cook or dry it |
| 12 | Dried Leg | 5 | adds 5 | 50 | Cook or dry it |
| 13 |  Bacon Bite | 3 | none | 3 | Eat it raw (not advised) |
| 14 | Brain Bite | 3 | none | 3 | Eat it raw (not advised) |
| 15 | Steak Bite | 3 | none | 3 | Eat it raw (not advised) |
| 16 |  Aloe Vera | 2 | none | 2 | Pick or plant it |
| 17 |  Fireweed | 2 | none | 2 | Pick or plant it |
| 18 |  Hydnum Repandum | 2 | none | 5 | Pick or plant it |
| 19 |  King Oyster | 2 | none | 5 | Pick or plant it |
| 20 |  Oyster | 2 | none | 10 | Eat it raw (not advised) |
| 21 |  Shiitake | 2 | none | 5 | Pick or plant it |
| 22 |  Turtle Egg | 2 | none | 5 | Eat it raw (not advised) |
| 23 |  Chicory | 1 | none | 2 | Pick or plant it |
| 24 | Raw Fish | 1 | none | 10 | Eat it raw (not advised) |
| 25 | Raw Meat | 1 | none | 10 | Eat it raw (not advised) |
The two mixes you can craft
Both are made in the inventory, with no workbench. A Health Mix + needs one more herb than a Health Mix and heals 2 times as much.
| Mix | Herbs | Health | Sickness |
|---|---|---|---|
 Health Mix + | Aloe Vera + Horsetail + Fireweed | 100 | cures 50 |
 Health Mix | Aloe Vera + Yarrow | 50 | cures 25 |
Grow your own
Aloe, yarrow, horsetail and fireweed all have seeds in the files. The garden planner works out how many plants a stock of mixes needs.
Where the herbs are
255 aloe, 40 yarrow, 145 horsetail and 41 fireweed pickup spots, read from the game's scenes. The herbs with the fewest spots, yarrow and fireweed, decide how many mixes you can make. The map's own "Big Aloe Patch" pin reads: 19x Aloe on the hill at the tree line (open it).
When you are low on health
The game's own prompts: "Low health. Find some medicine", and for a downed partner in multiplayer "Find medicine to revive other players, hurry!". Kelvin and Virginia are different: enemies can knock Kelvin down but not kill him, and Virginia needs to be helped up quickly; the companions page has both.
FAQ
How do you heal in Sons of the Forest?
Eat Meds (100 health) or craft Health Mix + (Aloe Vera + Horsetail + Fireweed, 100 health) or Health Mix (Aloe Vera + Yarrow, 50). Cooked meat heals 5.
How do you make Health Mix?
Combine Aloe Vera + Yarrow in the inventory; Health Mix + takes Aloe Vera + Horsetail + Fireweed.
Where do you find aloe vera?
The map has 255 aloe pickup spots; the Big Aloe Patch pin is the densest. Virginia also brings aloe once her sentiment reaches 0.13 (see how to befriend Virginia).
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