Hitpoints

There are three different types of hitpoints: soft (SHP), hard (HHP), and maximum (MHP).

SHP

SHP reflects current hitpoints. As long as a character's Energy is above 8000%, this value will slowly regenerate, up to the character's current HHP value. SHP can be lost from (including, but not limited to:)

• Combat
• Equipped leeches
• Commiting Criminal Acts causes 1shp damage for each action that generates a scent.

Being reduced to zero SHP results in being knocked unconscious for roughly a minute. Travel to Hearth Fire is possible for a short while before waking up, allowing you to avoid getting knocked out again by animal lingering nearby or escape PvP encounters as long as you're not red-handed, outlaw, or in a Dungeon.

HHP

HHP is current maximum hitpoints. This number is reduced by Wounds you receive during combat, starvation or drowning. Leaving your character to starve will make you lose HHP over time. HHP recovers when you heal a wound. HHP has a maximum of the character's MHP value. A character takes slight HHP damage from most unblocked attacks. If a character's HHP drops to zero, that character is permanently dead.

MHP

MHP is the maximum achievable hard hitpoints. This value is 100 on a new character and can be raised by increasing a character's Constitution attribute, while lowering it will decrease MHP.

The formula for calculating MHP is: $MHP=100*{\sqrt {\frac {CON}{10}}}$.

for example, if CON is 10 (baseline), your MHP is $100*{\sqrt {\frac {10}{10}}}$. , which is 100.

if con is 100: $MHP=100*{\sqrt {\frac {100}{10}}}$. = 316

For additional information, see this forum post.

Wounds

Wounds are the HHP damage since World 8 of Haven. Different sources of damage have a chance to cause a wound, which might heal over time, or can be healed by certain actions. Each wound will have a value which amounts to the reduction it applies to your HHP, or even to certain Attributes. These values and the wounds are visible on the Health & Wounds button on your Character Sheet. Each wound heals independently of others, so several small occurrences of the same wound will heal faster than one large one.

Many wounds will stack together to form new, generally more severe wounds that are often harder to cure. For instance, taking large amounts of Unfaced can cause you to gain Black-Eyed or Severe Mauling. The most common occurrence of this is Nicks & Knacks stacking into Scrapes & Cuts, which can stack to Deep Cuts, which can stack to Cruel Incision, which can stack to Nasty Laceration.

Any wounds that state that it will "heal over time" require the character to have a green energy bar (8000% or higher) to heal and will continue to heal whether on or offline. Note that some wounds that heal over time can also be healed with other methods, such as Leeches. This may speed up overall healing time by spreading out the damage more.

Some wounds, such as Adder bites, initially get worse over time, and can kill your hearthling. Sleeping appears to accelerate the progress of these wounds, so it may be wise to seek treatment before sleep. Others require monitoring, like Infected Sore, which can either grow or shrink over time.

The following are the list of wounds a character can receive from combat or other actions in the game. Several will heal on their own, most will need some sort of healing item to remove the wound. Note that almost all healing items have some sort of penalty associated with it. It could be a quick loss of SHP (Leeches), occupying a gear slot (Gauze), or reduce attributes or skills (Stinging Poultice).

HHP is recovered as wounds reduce in amount(s). Recovering SHP needs energy at healing levels (8000% or higher).

Wounds will still, even when treated, count and be relevant for combinations to new and more severe wounds when you receive new wounds from taking damage. They will also retain negative effects during treatment. Each treatment, when applied, now applies a treatment factor to the wound, dependent on the quality of the treatment applied, which reduces the reactivity of the wound -- i.e. the likelihood of it wanting to combine with incoming new wounds to create more severe wounds -- by the treatment factor percentage.

Diseases are unique in that they will increase in size (removing more HHP) over time, unless they are treated or you stay within Healing range of energy (8000% or more).

Note: Otherwise permanent wounds that have no traditional remedy can be healed by an Ancient Root, which instantly heals any wound, or the right Elixir, which requires some research beforehand to not poison yourself.

Wound		Treated With	Caused By	Additional Information
	Adder Bite	Snake Juice	PvE with Adders.	Disease. Damage steadily increases before start healing slowly over time. -15 STR penalty. Chance to leave Nerve Damage.
	Allergic Reaction	N/A	Have 3 different allergic wounds (Adder Bite, Nettle Burns, Antcid Burns, Midge Bite or Beesting) at the same time.	-10 AGI and -10 STR penalty. Heals slowly over time.
	Antcid Burns	Yarrow	All wounds given by ants (including big ones from within an Ant Hill Dungeon) are Antcid Burns.	Heals slowly over time, -1 AGI penalty.
	Asphyxiation	N/A	Take 10% of MHP worth of Asphyxiation for every second you spend swimming at 0% stamina.	Heals relatively fast over time, -5 INT penalty.
	Beesting	Kelp Cream, Ant Paste, Gray Grease	Taking honey or wax from a Bee Skep	-1 AGI, each new wound would worse by 1 hp. Heals slowly over time.
	Bird Lung	N/A	Opening occupied Dovecotes, Birdhouses	-5 AGI and CON penalty. Heals slowly over time.
	Black-eyed	Toad Butter, Hartshorn Salve, Honey Wayband	Cave-ins, Wounds stacking	-5 PER penalty.
	Blade Kiss	Toad Butter, Gauze	Melee Combat, Fighting tusked/clawed animals	Heals very slowly over time (1 per ~24h RL )
	Blunt Trauma	Hartshorn Salve, Leeches, Gauze, Toad Butter, Camomile compress, Opium, Willow Weep	Cave-Ins, Unarmed Combat, Wounds stacking	Leeches converts wound to Leech Burn
	Bruises	Leeches, Willow Weep	Cave-Ins, Unarmed Combat	Heals over time. Leeches converts wound to Leech Burn
	Bum Burn	N/A	Eating peppered food	-5% AGI, Each new wound would worse. Heals slowly over time.
	Coaler's Cough	Opium	Mine Black Coal	Heals slowly over time. - 10 AGI, -10 WIL and +15 Masonry.
	Concussion	Cold Compress, Opium, Willow Weep	Randomly take anywhere from 5-20% of your MHP worth of a Concussion wound every time you're KOed for any reason.	Heals slowly over time. Reduces Abilities based on size.
	Crab Caressed	Ant Paste	Picking up/Cracking a Crab	Heals over time. -DEX penalty.
	Cruel Incision	Gauze, Stitch Patch, Rootfill	Unarmed/Melee Combat	Rootfill converts wound to Deep Cut.
	Deep Cut	Gauze, Stinging Poultice, Rootfill, Waybroad, Honey Wayband, Cold Cut	Unarmed Combat, Rootfill converting	Rootfill completely heals wound.
	Dragon Bite	N/A	Smoking Opium	-10 All base Attributes penalty. Heals over time. See the discussion page for speculation on damage per wound.
	Fell Slash	Gauze	Unarmed/Melee Combat
	Hearth Burn	N/A	Too often spawn in wilderness without Hearth Fire.	Heals over time. -5 PSY, -3 INT penalty.
	Infected Sore	Camomile compress, Bar of Soap, Opium, Ant Paste	Standing in swamps with other wounds present, especially Crab Caressed.	Disease. All wound types can become infected. Infected wounds have a chance to grow better or worse over time.
	Jellyfish Sting	Gray Grease	Picking up Jellyfish	-1 CON penalty.Heals slowly over time.
	Leech Burns	Toad Butter	Leeches	Heals over time.
	Midge Bite	Yarrow	Midge Swarms	Heals over time.
	Nasty Laceration	Stitch Patch, Toad Butter	Small wounds tearing into larger ones	Heals slowly over time. -2 CON, -10 AGI penalty.
	Nasty Wart	Permanent but can be healed by Ancient Root	Using Toad Butter on any wound.	-CHA penalty
	Nerve Damage	Permanent but can be healed by Ancient Root	Receive multiple Adder Bite wounds	-1 INT penalty.
	Nettle Burn	N/A	Received when picking Stinging Nettle	+1 Survival, Heals over time--20 minutes per point
	Nicks & Knacks	Yarrow, Honey Wayband	Unarmed Combat, Chopping blocks	Heals over time. Large wounds spit off and create Scrapes & Cuts.
	Nidburns	N/A	PvE with Nidbane	Heals slowly over time.
	Pipe Wheeze	N/A	Smoking Pipestuff	+5 WIL, Heals very slowly over time.
	Punch Sore	Mud Ointment, Opium	Unarmed Combat, Cave-Ins	Heals over time. Stacks to worse wounds easily.
	Quicksilver Poisoning	Permanent but can be healed by Ancient Root	Crafting Felt and gilding Felt Inlay Study Quicksilver Globe	-1 INT, PSY and WIL penalty.
	Quill'd	N/A	Picking up/Killing a Hedgehog	Heals over time.
	Sand Flea Bites	Yarrow, Gray Grease	Standing around Sand Flea.	Heals slowly over time. -1 CHA penalty.
	Scrapes & Cuts	Yarrow, Mud Ointment, Honey Wayband	Splits off from Nicks & Knacks	Heals slowly over time.
	Seal Finger	Hartshorn Salve, Kelp Cream, Ant Paste	Combat, Skinning or Butchering Grey Seal or Walrus	Disease. Grows slowly over time, -1 AGI, -3 CON, -10 DEX
	Severe Mauling	Hartshorn Salve, Opium	Cave-Ins, High wound stacking
	Something Broken	Splint	Cave-Ins below Level 1, Severe stacking of wounds
	Starvation	N/A	Going under 2000 Energy will cause periodical HHP damage. Initially very slow, especially if you're barely under the threshold. If you let the total energy get even lower you eventually start taking heavy damage even when simply idling.	Only heals if your energy increases to over 8000 energy. Will not heal by sleeping, only if you are logged in.
	Swamp Fever	Snake Juice	Getting bit by midges while in a swamp.	Disease. Grows over time. -5% WIL, -2.5% AGI. May heal up on its own after time.
	Swollen Bumps	Cold Compress, Leeches, Stinging Poultice, Cold Cut	Cave-Ins, Bruises or Punch-Sores stacking	Leeches converts wound into Leech Burns. Stinging Poultice seems to heal around one hitpoint per hour.
	Tick'd Off		Ticks	Heals over time.
	Unfaced	Leeches, Mud Ointment, Toad Butter, Kelp Cream	Cave-Ins, Wounds stacking	Leeches converts wound into Leech Burns.
	Wretched Gore	Stitch Patch	Very strong attacks. 50%+ of your MHP in one hit will result in Wretched Gore. Extreme stacking of wounds

Alchemy wounds

You will only get these wounds from drinking Elixirs created using Alchemy.

Wound		Treated With	Caused By	Additional Information
	Aching Joints	N/A	Drinking an Elixir.	Heals over time (1 per 3 hours), -10 DEX penalty.
	Blistering Headache	N/A	Drinking an Elixir.	Heals slowly over time (1 per 24 hours), -10 INT penalty.
	Chills & Nausea	N/A	Drinking an Elixir.	Heals over time (1 per hour), -5 PER penalty.
	Maddening Rash	N/A	Drinking an Elixir.	Heals over time (1 per 3 hours), -10 AGI penalty.
	Rot Gut	N/A	Drinking an Elixir.	Heals slowly over time (1 per 24 hours), -10 CON penalty.

Treatments

Wounds will still, even when treated, count and be relevant for combinations to new and more severe wounds when you receive new wounds from taking damage. They will also retain negative effects during treatment. Each treatment, when applied, now applies a treatment factor to the wound, dependent on the quality of the treatment applied, which reduces the reactivity of the wound -- i.e. the likelihood of it wanting to combine with incoming new wounds to create more severe wounds -- by the treatment factor percentage.

Some medicine not listed here - because has no status effect, for a full list of available medicine see here.

Wound		Applicable Wounds	Medicine	Additional Information
	Ant Pasted	Beestings, Crab Caressed, Infected Sores, Seal Finger	Ant Paste	First dmg for 10-15 hhp, then heals both wounds over time.
	Bound in Waybroad	Deep Cut	Waybroad	Heals slowly over time. -1 CHA and PER
	Buttered	Blunt Trauma, Unfaced, Black-eyed, Leech Burns	Toad Butter	Heals over time. Converts into one-point Nasty Wart.
	Camomile Compressed	Infected Sore, Blunt Trauma	Camomile Compress	Heals over time.
	Cold Cut Cool	Swollen Bumps, Deep Cuts	Cold Cut	Heals over time. -2 AGI
	Gauzed	Blunt Trauma, Cruel Incision, Deep Cuts, Fell Slash	Gauze	Heals over time. -2 CHA and -3 PER penalty.
	Gray Greased	Sand Flea Bites, Jellyfish Sting, Beesting	Gray Grease	Heals over time.
	Hartshorn Salved	Severe Mauling, Black-eyed, Blunt Trauma	Hartshorn Salve	Heals over time.
	Honey Waybound	Black-Eyed, Deep Cut, Nicks & Knacks, Scrapes & Cuts	Honey Wayband	Heals over time. Buffs +2 CHA and +1 STR
	Kelp Helped	Beesting, Unfaced, Seal Finger	Kelp Cream	Heals over time.
	Lathered	Infected Sore	Bar of Soap	Stops the infection. +1 CHA
	Leech Burns	Swollen Bumps, Bruises, Unfaced, Blunt Trauma	Leeches	Heals over time.
	Muddied Prospects	Scrapes & Cuts, Unfaced, Punch-Sore	Mud Ointment	Heals over time. -2 DEX and -5 CHA penalty.
	Stitched Up	Nasty Laceration, Cruel Incision, Wretched Gore	Stitch Patch	Heals very slowly over time. -10 CHA, AGI and PER penalty.
	Snake Juicy	Adder Bite, Swamp Fever	Snake Juice	Heals over time.
	Soothing Cold	Swollen Bump, Concussion	Cold Compress	Heals over time.
	Splinted	Something Broken	Splint	Heals very slowly over time. 1 occupied hand slot, -20 DEX and -10 AGI
	Treated with a Poultice	Swollen Bump, Deep Cut	Stinging Poultice	Heals slowly over time.
	Willow Weep	Blunt Trauma, Bruises, Concussion	Willow Weep	Heals slowly over time.
	Yarr!	Antcid Burns, Nicks & Knacks, Scrapes & Cuts	Yarrow	Heals in a few seconds. Antcid Burns heals instantly. -2 CON penalty.

Additional Information

A few wounds need to be given special consideration

• Starvation
  • There seems to be chance to gain starvation damage every time character expends energy when its below 2000%
  • Starvation seems to only heal when some combination of following factors is met, proper testing required
    • SHP is full
    • Stamina is full
    • Energy is over 8000% or more

• Concussions
  • These lower stats and can take a long time to heal on their own
  • Cloth is the main limiting factor for its treatment, as it can be difficult for a new player to make.
  • Getting knocked out too many times can brick your character for a few days

• Wretched Gore
  • Often recieved during PvP fights, or damage from strong animals.
  • Heals 1 HHP a day with a q10 stitched patch
  • The patch quality can make a difference measured in months
  • Using a Stitch Patch to heal this wound causes the Stitched Up debuff, which reduces a character's effectiveness at combat and foraging.
  • Ancient Roots may provide quicker treatment. See Localized Resources

• Black eyed
  • Search for Black-eyed on this page

Game Development

• Liberty Shrimp (2022-09-11)◎ >"Hedgehogs now give "Quill'd" wounds if you attempt to punch them."

• Mushroom Circle (2021-02-21)◎ >"Added "Splint", a treatment for the "Something Broken" wound. Occupies one hand slot while active. Camomille Compress no longer heals "Something Broken"."

• Petrified Reindeer (2018-10-01)◎ >"Added new wounds: "Allergic Reaction", "Nettle Burn"."

• Oak Apple Gold (2018-07-17)◎ >"Reduced risk of Coaler's Cough and Beestings."

• Cheesy Coracle (2018-01-25)◎ >"Added "Nasty Laceration", wound."

• Bench Crab (2017-01-26)◎ >"Added "Black-Eyed", wound."