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Once Human has a Sanity management system that's essential for players to keep in mind. As a player’s sanity lowers, they begin to lose Max HP, which makes the world around them far more dangerous. At certain points, you’ll also gain Whims, which can make some things easier or much harder for you. Much like eating and drinking, you’ll want to manage your sanity carefully.
Whether it’s how to lose it, or how to regain it, we cover how Sanity Management works in Once Human. As you explore this free-to-play survival MMO, you’re no doubt going to see things that test your character’s sanity. Here’s what you can do about it.
What is Sanity in Once Human and how can you lose it?
Your sanity is represented by a goopy, gray meter that builds up inside your health bar in Once Human. The lower your sanity goes, the more of this darker grey you’ll start to see filling up your HP bar. This is because, the higher your sanity goes, the less maximum HP you have.
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Sanity is lost in a few ways, as you explore this game. Simply being in the world and encountering monsters is how this meter begins to build. Encountering areas with Stardust, Pollution Zones, and things of that nature can lower your sanity. You can also lower your sanity by eating unhealthy things like dirty water, spoiled food, and raw meat. With that in mind, having good drinking water and cooked food will be important.
Once you drop below 50% sanity in Once Human, you’ll unlock a Whim and can have up to six of these at a time. You can also trigger these by taking certain potions. You can also unlock them by going insane, but not all of these are useful.
Some whims, like Invertebrate, lower your movement speed even more after getting a sprain and increase the Physical/Elemental damage you take. Conversely, Pyromaniac lets you increase your Fire Rate/Stability when you attack enemies who are Burned.
How can you regain Sanity in Once Human?
Thankfully, regaining your sanity in Once Human is not too challenging. Knowing to keep an eye on this stat is one of the most important things you can do in the game as a newcomer.
If you want to regain sanity, the easiest way is to find a bed and sleep in it. You can build one if you have unlocked Basic Furniture I in your Memetics Menu. It’s not a hard structure to build either (20 Logs, 3 Adhesive).
This won’t always be an option, because you could be far away from your home base, making sleeping in one of your beds just not an option. Thankfully, there are foods you can cook and items to drink to help restore this important resource. That's why you craft a few, and take them with you.
Certain items can help you regain sanity; items like Fruit Tea and Alcohol can increase your sanity. You can also take Sanity Gummies, but if you want to make them, you will need access to a stove. Then, with 1x Boiled Water, 1x Sugar, and 4x Logs, you can make them to restore 500 Sanity points when eaten.
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