How not to get tired in Sons of The Forest (sleep, rest and more)

In a survival game like SotF, your character’s hunger, thirst, and fatigue levels have a huge impact on your experience. If you get tired it will affect your fight and worse, you can die. Here’s how not to get tired in Sons Of The Forest thanks to sleep, rest and other things to keep in mind.

How not to get tired in “Sons of the Forest”

In this game, energy is depleted if you don’t rest, eat or drink water.

To reduce fatigue and avoid draining energy and stamina too often in Sons of the Forest, follow these steps:

• Go to sleep.
• Avoid prolonged exposure to cold and damp.
• Don’t push your character too hard when he runs out of stamina, because that will only increase his fatigue.
• When you lose stamina, sit on a bench. You can make a bench from 2 logs.
• Remember to eat regularly and drink water. This ensures that your stamina lasts longer.

The more you exhaust yourself, the slower you will be. You won’t be able to run or attack well. In addition, cutting trees will be a difficult task. Players must carefully manage their running, energy while using weapons, carrying logs, and other tedious tasks.

If your stamina depletes too quickly, it could be an early access bug (at the time of writing) that will be fixed in the full game.

How to sleep in Sons of the Forest

To be able to sleep and regenerate energy, you will need to build a shelter. You can use the tarp to build the shelter and interact with it when you see the crescent moon icon. More details below.

How to Lay a Tarp and Build a Sleeping Tent

Original Image Credit: WoW Quests on Youtube

1. Find a tarp from the containers and crates you find on the beach.
2. Take it from there and then open your inventory. Choose a tarp and put it on.
3. Now you will see how your character holds it in his hands.
4. Look down and decide where to place it according to the dotted lines you see on the ground.
5. You will also need a stick (or 4) to hold the material. These sticks can be found next to the washed boxes.
6. Interact with this structure and press the sleep button (crescent moon icon). Time will pass and you will no longer be tired.

Image credit: WoW Quests on Youtube

See the process here:

How to take down and raise a canvas tent

• If you want to change the location of your tarp, take out the ax from your inventory and attack the sticks supporting the tarp. This will return the tarp to the ground and you can pick it up.
• In case it is sprawled on the ground, you must hold C on your keyboard to fold it up and return it to your hands.
• A few things to watch out for: make sure you have any weapons in your hand and avoid anything on top of the tarp if you’re trying to pick it up.

Here is a short video tutorial that explains the process.

It’s all about rest and how to reduce fatigue in this game. Follow our guides for more survival tips and items you might need to know about.