Hot Spring & Pal SAN Recovery Base
Pals tank SAN (sanity) from overwork and combat. A dedicated rest base cuts recovery time and keeps your workforce healthy.
Last updated: 2026-05-12
Hot Spring & Pal SAN Recovery Base
Pals accumulate SAN (sanity) damage from overwork, hunger, and combat. Below 50 they slow down. Below 20 they refuse to work and start fights at the Palbox. A second base dedicated to recovery solves this without disrupting your main production.
When to build this
If you've seen any of these:
- Pals standing still next to a finished work object.
- Sick Pals piling up at the medical bay.
- Your handiwork Pal "sulking" in the corner of your main base.
…you need a rest base.
What recovers SAN
| Source | SAN/hr | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hot Spring (Tier 2) | +120 | Best in slot. Pals queue up at it. |
| Bed (cloth) | +30 | Default rest, slow. |
| Bed (Pal fiber) | +60 | Tier 3 upgrade. Always do this. |
| High-grade Feed Box | +40 | Better food = happier Pals. |
A hot spring + Pal-fiber bed combo restores 0→100 SAN in roughly 20 minutes per Pal.
Pal Recommendations
| Role | Pal | Why? |
|---|---|---|
| Watering (operates the hot spring) | Jormuntide | Lv4 watering refills the spring. |
| Medicine | Lyleen | Lv3 medicine — handles sick Pals automatically. |
| Cooling | Foxcicle | Ice type lowers ambient temperature, more comfort. |
| Cooking | Wixen | Buffed food = happier rest cycle. |
Layout
- Two hot springs in parallel — one stalls if Jormuntide is filling the other.
- Beds against a wall, four wide. Pals path toward the nearest empty bed.
- Feed box and medical bay adjacent to the bed wall. No long walks when a Pal wakes up hungry.
- No work stations. Resist the urge to put a Lifmunk Bench here. If they can work, they will work, and SAN never recovers.
Routine
Use the My Pals page to track which workers are at low SAN. Rotate them to this base via the Palbox transfer once they drop below 40. After ~30 minutes they're full and ready to swap back.
Common mistakes
- Putting a hot spring in your main base. Workers stop mid-task to soak. Productivity drops more than the SAN recovery is worth.
- Skipping the Pal-fiber bed upgrade. Cloth beds barely outpace SAN loss for working Pals.
- No food. Hungry Pals don't rest, they just stand in the spring.