Sanity

Sanity is a mechanic to tell the player about the status of their Pals.

About

Every captured Pal has a sanity level (SAN). This can be found in the Party menu, the  Palbox, or next to a Pal's health bar when looking at them.

Causes

Multiple things can cause a Pal's sanity level to drop:

• When Pals are forced to work (by a  Monitoring Stand, for example)
• When Pals are hungry (or starving)
• When Pals have no place to sleep

Effects

Low Sanity

When a pal has low sanity, they will dislike doing work in your base. This is displayed as slacking off, or sleeping in the middle of the day. When the sanity level is low for longer amounts of time, it can cause the Pal to get the "Depression" debuff.

Raising Sanity

When Pals are satisfied with their working conditions, they will slowly regain sanity.

Good working conditions include:

• The Pal has access to enough food (Food that increases sanity will help manage their sanity levels better!)
• The Pal has a place to sleep
• The Pal is not worked too hard.

Having a  Hot Spring or  High Quality Hot Spring in your base can also let the Pal regain sanity quicker. (So long as they have access to it)

Pals with a  Farming skill can regain sanity if they are grazing in the  Ranch.

You can also manually raise a Pal's sanity with food using the Command menu.