Getting injured is a daily occurrence in a game like Sons Of The Forest, and for that, you need to know how to heal with drugs or the Health Mix. This crafting guide explains how to craft medicines, what items you need, where to find health recovery pills, and how to use Virginia.
How to Get Medicine and Heal Yourself in Sons Of The Forest
You can craft Health Mix, Health Mix+, or find Pill Containers to heal yourself in Sons of the Forest. Gather the items needed for these crafting recipes, combine them in your inventory with the gear icon and you will get the medicines.
How to prepare a wellness mixture for restoring health
- 1x aloe vera
- 1x yarrow
How to Make a Health Mix+
- 1x aloe vera
- 1x horsetail
- 1x fireweed
Here is a place on the map where you can easily find all these items.
Location of yarrow, horsetail, aloe vera and fireweed on the map (thanks Mapgenie)
Where to find medicines (places)
Players can find pill containers in caves, on planes, in random boxes, crates, enemy camps, on the beach, and anywhere else. It will take a long time (and depends on luck), and if you don’t have medicine with you when you need it badly, you will die. So it’s better to craft the medicine and always keep it with you.
Can you store medicines?
Luckily you can! These herbs can be hard to come by during the off-season (winter, for example), so when your play season is in the spring, summer, and even fall, stock up on them, mix and match, and craft them, then store them in cabinets, small or large.
How to use Virginia for healing?
What you can do is befriend and get Virginia, your companion, and give her a weapon. She can destroy enemies who can do all the dirty work for you while you are looking for medicines and other important items.
What happens when you take medication?
When you take medicine in the game, your health is fully restored. This will be especially useful if you have been attacked by an enemy and need to quickly remedy the situation. If you are in a safe zone, it is best to regenerate health by eating food.
How to make sure your health remains complete?
- Wear armor, it will protect you from damage.
- Continue to satisfy your thirst and hunger – drink water, eat snacks and enjoy animal meat.
- Rest on a bench to restore energy.
- Create a shelter and sleep to restore energy.
- Craft weapons to protect yourself from hostile animals and enemies/mutants.
- Keep a good supply of medicines in your inventory.
Here’s how to heal in Sons Of The Forest and how to create a mixture of medicine and health.