All symptoms in Winter Survival & how to deal with them

If you want to stay alive in Winter Survival for a long time, you must continuously resolve all the problems associated with your character. So, here is a list of all the symptoms your player may face in Winter Survival and how to deal with them.

Every symptom in Winter Survival and how to resolve them

Below, you can find every type of symptom a character may face during the game and methods to resolve them.

Thirsty

•  Effect: Your character will start losing health if you are thirsty.
• Solution: Drink water from any nearby water stream to clench your thirst.

Hungry

•  Effect: Your character will start losing health if you are hungry.
• Solution: Prepare food or consume fruits/vegetables to satisfy your hunger.

Sleepy

•  Effect: Your character will start losing health if you are sleepy.
• Solution: Go to your house and sleep for seven or more hours to remove the icon.

Related: Latest Winter Survival Patch Notes Day 0 Update – March 2024

Stench

•  Effect: If your character smells, all the animals near your vicinity will be able to track you down much faster.
• Solution: You can resolve the Stench problem by taking a bath. Go to any water body near your base and interact with it to take a bath.

Fatigue

• Effect: Your character will start moving very slowly once you get fatigued.
• Solution: Fix the Fatigue issue by staying still until the Stamina bar restores completely.

Sprained Ankle

• Effect: If you have a Sprained Ankle, your character can no longer sprint and will receive damage each time you jump or climb.
• Solution: Craft and use items like First Aid, Herbal Ointments, or Leg Stabilizers. 

Wet

• Effect: Staying Wet will make your character take more damage from the cold.
• Solution: Dry your clothes using a Drying Line.

Dread

• Effect: Your character's overall Trauma value will increase if you feel threatened by predators.
• Solution: Stay away from predators like wolves or bears near your vicinity.

Unease

• Effect: If you feel uneasy and disturbed, your overall Trauma will scale by a small amount.
• Solution: Stay away from the dark and return home. Also, light up your home.

Home Sickness

• Effect: Similar to Dread and Unease, your character Trauma value will increase.
• Solution: There is no fix!

Related: How to survive the winter in Sons of the Forest

Cabin Fever

• Problem: Your character will increase thirst and hunger value.
• Solution: Stay away from the cabin until the icon wears off.

Cabin Fever

• Effect: Your character will have an increased thirst and hunger value.
• Solution: Stay away from the cabin until the icon wears off.

Fear of the Graves

• Effect: You will feel Traumatized after seeing a grave.
• Solution: Putting flowers on the grave will reduce your fear!

Fever

• Effect: If you stay in cold weather for an extended period, you will have decreased cold protection and increased thirst value.
• Solution: Consume some Aspirin and Sleep for more than 10 hours for the fever to wear off.

Core Coldness

• Effect: If you get Core Coldness, you will have reduced Cold Protection.
• Solution: Stop eating snow and don't go out without wearing clothes.

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