Sanity here means player control: slow decisions, clean exits, and clear callouts when a patient or room breaks the pattern. Coffee and food can help, but route discipline matters before panic starts.
Use the live meter and your ability to control the route. The state names guide decisions without inventing hidden values.
Recovery works best as part of the route. Keep coffee reachable, leave camera view when the feed becomes unsafe, and reset rather than inventing a tool response.
A calmer meter does not make a blocked route safe. Recheck the patient view, the nearest exit, and the team call before continuing.
| Pressure | Route response | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Coffee start | Drink early and track the refill rhythm | The run stays calmer when recovery is planned before panic. |
| Speed cola | Use only for a known path | Extra speed is useful, but stacking drinks can trade route control for sanity loss. |
| Ritual candles | Use eye drops when available | Manual candle clearing can drain sanity repeatedly. |
| Camera warning | Leave camera view before the hit | Staying on cameras during the scare can cost a large sanity chunk. |
| Skin walker | Keep distance, call taser, then reset | A named response avoids a panic pileup in the hall. |
| Window headbanger | Use coffee before asking it to leave | The interaction is safer when the sanity penalty is neutralized first. |
| Visible fire | Step back, keep the exit open, and reset the route | Choose a tool only when the live hazard clearly supports it. |
Finish the current read without rushing and keep the retreat route visible.
Stop new interactions, return to a familiar hall, and prepare recovery before continuing.
Leave the hazard, regroup, and recover before trying the room again.
No. Use the live meter and the stable, warning, or danger scenario that matches your current control.