ByYurii LuzhkoUpdated October 30, 2026

How to Heal in The Forest: Meds, Mixes, Aloe

Game files, pre-1.102 min read

Meds restore 100 health but cannot be crafted: the atlas places 21, only 2 of them on the surface. The renewable fix is Health Mix (1 Marigold, 1 Aloe Vera, 50 health) and Health Mix+ (add a Coneflower, 100). Aloe is the one item with the cure flags for food poisoning and blood infection.

Meds+10021 on the map
Health Mix+501 Marigold, 1 Aloe Vera
Health Mix++1001 Marigold, 1 Aloe Vera, 1 Coneflower
Cures sicknessAloefood poisoning, blood infection

Five steps, from the fastest heal to what you should not eat.

Meds, health mix, aloe, marigold and coneflower icons from The Forest — Item icons rendered by PinDrop from the game's files.

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The 5 steps at a glance

Find Meds. +100, not craftable.
Craft Health Mix. +50, or +100 with a Coneflower.
Use the small heals. Booze, Coneflower, Snack, Aloe.
Cure sickness. Aloe.
Avoid the poisons. Four items.

Step 1: Find Meds

Meds restore 100 health (stack of 5) and no recipe makes them. The atlas places 21: 12 in Endgame bunker, 4 in Dead Cave, 3 in Hanging Cave, 2 in the surface. A player guide says they lie only in suitcases around the plane and peninsula (Corrosion Hour). Open Meds on the map.

Step 2: Craft Health Mix

The Health Mix recipe is 1 Marigold, 1 Aloe Vera for 50 health. Add a Coneflower and the Health Mix+ recipe (1 Marigold, 1 Aloe Vera, 1 Coneflower) gives 100.

Herbs are renewable: the Aloe Seed and the Coneflower Seed both say "Use in gardens", and a Garden costs 2 Log. The item list has no Marigold seed.

Step 3: Use the small heals

These restore a little each. Good for topping up between fights; none of them is a plan.

Item	Health
Booze	+15
Coneflower	+10
Snack	+5
Aloe Vera	+2

Stews and sleep

A stew of herbs and water (the file's "tisane") scales health by 1 + clamp(herbs×0.2, 0.2, 1.0); how the game applies the ratio was not traced. A player guide says sleep and stews also restore health, and you cannot sleep with enemies around (Corrosion Hour).

Step 4: Cure sickness

Aloe Vera is the only item in the files that carries both cure flags: CureFoodPoisoning and CureBloodInfection. A player guide says Aloe "can cure infections" and is the hardest herb to find (Corrosion Hour). Keep a few Aloe back for this rather than spending them all on Health Mix.

Step 5: Avoid the poisons

Four items carry the files' poison flag: TwinBerries, Snowberries, Amanita Mushroom, Jack Mushroom. Eating them costs health instead of restoring it; a player guide lists −2 for Amanita and Jack mushrooms and for Twinberries on Normal, and larger penalties on Hard Survival (Corrosion Hour).

What the files do not say

Where herbs grow. The atlas has no herb markers; the way around it is to plant the seeds in a garden.
How fast health regenerates by itself. No number was found.
What spoiled food does. Only the player guide's numbers.