Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera
Aloe Barbadensis
Aloe
Description
Also known as	Aloe Vera
Added in	v0.01
Item type	Herb Consumable Material
Location(s)	Garden Peninsula
The Forest Map
Obtained through	Foraging Farming
Equipable	No
Consumable	Yes
Stewable	Yes
Spoils	No
Storage	None
Statistics
Calories	5
Effect on Health	5
Effect on Energy	0[citation needed]
Effect on Stamina	0
Effect on Fullness	5
Effect on Hydration	0
Other Effects	Cures Infection & Sickness
Max. Stack	10
Crafting
Used to make	Herbal Medicines Meds+ Energy Mix+

Aloe is a harvestable plant, herb, food, and healing item that was added in update v0.01 of The Forest. Aloe is the only way to remove infection in the game. It is also the only item in the game that can remove sickness without sleeping. It was made collectable for the inventory in update v0.06.

Gameplay

Aloe is stemless, with only thick and fleshy leaves. It can be used to craft herbal medicines, meds+ and energy mix+. It is most commonly found spawning in groups on the forest floor. The leaves can be eaten alone to cure blood infection and sickness, and to restore a small amount of hunger. When gathered, the player has a small chance to collect aloe seeds, which can be planted in a small garden or a wall planter.

Aloe is one of the most difficult items to find in The Forest. Aloe can be nearly impossible to find in some sections of the peninsula where the vegetation is denser due to the short, green nature of the aloe plant. Similar to coneflower, marigold, and chicory, aloe seems to spawn randomly, with every game having different spawn locations. There is a belief that aloe tends to spawn around sources of fresh water such as ponds and the river, though this isn't always the case.

The player can only carry 10 aloe in their inventory at a time.

Crafting

1	=	1	+	1
Herbal Medicine		Aloe		Marigold

1	=	1	+	1	+	1
Herbal Medicine+		Aloe		Marigold		Cone- flower

1	=	1	+	1	+	1
Energy Mix+		Chicory		Cone- flower		Aloe

Tips for finding Aloe

• Walk instead of running to increase the chance of finding an aloe patch. It is easier to spot when you are not moving so fast.
• Consider changing the color grading in the settings. For example, the "Blockbuster" effect will highlight greens and can make aloe easier to see.
• Aloe is much easier to see in areas with less vegetation.
• Like other herbs, aloe spawns in groups. If you find a spot with aloe, search the area for additional plants.
• Mark aloe spawns with a stick marker. You can find it when you need it, it may have respawned.
• Fertile lands has the most spawn spots of aloe in the game, though not always guaranteed to spawn due to random allocation.
• Aloe can spawn in places where there were previous other herbs like coneflower, marigold, and chicory.
• Use a garden to grow aloe once you have seeds. One seed can turn into 3 aloe if you leave it long enough. Though make sure you collect it before it expires otherwise the aloe will be lost. This is around day 4–6.
• If you only have 1-3 aloe, then you should save it for curing infection and/or sickness. It is the only item can cure these so it's best to save them.
• Check The Forest Map for locations, the herbs that are assigned are random:

Growing Aloe Vera

• The inventory can hold 10 aloe at once.
• The inventory can hold 30 aloe seeds at once.
• Growing Aloe is a great way to make herbal medicine, herbal medicine+, and energy mix+. The inventory can hold 5 of each type. Making a maximum of all three will cost 15 aloe.
• Aloe is currently the only way to heal infection and food poisoning, making aloe one of the most sought after items in the game.
• Aloe seeds can be planted in the wall planter along with coneflower seeds.

Trivia

• Aloe is based on the real life plant, aloe barbadensis.

Bugs

• In multiplayer, there is a chance that the same herb plant will appear differently for different players. For example, what appears as marigold for one player may appear to be aloe for another.
• Sometimes Aloe spawns underwater. (needs confirmation)

Gallery

• 
  Aloe growing in a small garden.
• 
  Aloe leaves as seen in the player's inventory.
• 
  Aloe in a garden

Update History

Version	Changes
v0.72	Fixed herbs not having calorie stat
v0.69	Added Hard Survival game difficulty - Slower respawn on gathered herbs. Gathered herbs now take 1 in game day to respawn It is now possible to cook a stew with the cooking pot ! After adding the pot filled with water on a fire, add a choice of 20 ingredients (8 meats, 6 mushrooms, 4 herbs and 1 berry and oysters), it will start a 30s cooking period after which stew will be ready to eat, providing hydration, fullness and other benefits based on recipe. Can remain on the fire up to 10 minutes. Note, you can also add ingredients to pot without water, however this will not provide hydration and will burn food extremely fast.
v0.65	Added herb health pickups to some cannibal village locations
v0.62	Fixed marigold, aloe, coneflower and chicory not dropping their world pickup if you have too many in inventory and try to collect them.
v0.56	Fixed items like herbs missing SFX when assigned to quick select
v0.53	Fixed some items in inventory having wrong outline(herbs, medicine, berries)
v0.50	Aloe, Chicory, Coneflower, Marigold are now limited to 10 each in inventory.
v0.43	Added new craftable item: Meds+. Craft with 1 marigold, 1 aloe and 1 coneflower, restores 100 health points Added new craftable item: EnergyMix+. Craft with 1 coneflower, 1 chicory and 1 aloe
v0.34	Aloe seeds added to the game New item: Aloe vera seed (can be planted in garden and wall plant pot)
v0.33	Poisoned arrows can now also infect players & animals ! Players can cure it with aloe vera
v0.32	Aloe can now be planted in the wall planter New building: Decorative wall plant pot ! Similar to garden but has 2 grow spots and only grows aloe or coneflower
v0.29	Added Food Poisoning: has 20% chance of kicking in when getting damage from food. Can be cured with aloe or by sleeping. Lowers fullness/thirst/health/energy regeneration from consuming edible items Added Blood Infection: has 25% chance to happen when receiving physical damage while bloody. Can be cured with aloe or goes away automatically after 2 in game days. Lowers Strength
v0.08	Improved look of alpha selected items in inventory(feather, herbs) Inventory herb models replaced with more realistic versions
v0.08b	Fixed bug where you couldn't cut aloe vera plant
v0.06	Aloe can now be stored in the inventory Marigold and Aloe Vera now get stored in backpack when picked up New craftable item added : Medicine (Aloe plant plus Marigold flower)
v0.05	Can be harvested and crafted with Marigold to create herbal medicines.
v0.01	Aloe added to the game

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