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Step-by-step routes you can follow in-game, from your first night to your hundredth.
Beginner routes, survival strategy, hard mode, base layouts and patch notes for 99 Nights in the Forest. Beginner Guide · Survive 99 Nights · Best Base Design
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Halloween 2026: Tricks, Shop & Loot
The 2026 Halloween season (Sept 18–Nov 15): the Trick or Treat candy loop, the Pumpkin Reaper 14-item shop, the Trick or Treater class, what Parts 2–3 add.
Bosses: Kill, Survive, or Avoid
Every boss in 99 Nights in the Forest, sorted by whether you can kill it: two dungeon bosses, five night monsters you survive.
Sprint Speed: Every Boost, Ranked
Every sprint-speed boost in 99 Nights in the Forest, ranked: the class perks, the free Big Game Hunter 15%, the food and structure boosts.
Ammo: 3 Types & Cost per Round
There are three bullet types, three guns that fire them, and one building that sells them. Where Revolver Ammo, Rifle Ammo and Shotgun Ammo actually drop.
Campfire Gates: All 6 Levels
The six campfire levels in 99 Nights in the Forest each open specific chests, places, ponds, rescues and buildings.
Class Levels: Every L2 & L3 Cost
Every class in 99 Nights in the Forest has three levels. All the Level 2 and Level 3 requirements in one table, and the grind each class really asks for.
Healing: Every Source Ranked
Bandages, Medkits, the clinic, the campfire, the Chef's Jar o' Jelly and the Vampire's lifesteal are six separate heal economies.
How to Win: 4 Kids Home by Day 99
How to win 99 Nights in the Forest: the true ending needs all four missing children in camp by Day 99. Every way a run can end, the day clock behind.
Sacks & Slots: Capacity Upgrades
Capacity is the bottleneck nobody budgets for. Every sack ranked by what it actually costs.
Keys: 6 Types, 4 Crafting Methods
Six keys and six locks, made four completely different ways — fished out of a pond, dropped by whichever guard dies last.
Weapon Damage & Time to Kill Table
Nineteen weapon pages publish damage and eight entity pages publish enemy health, and nobody has ever divided one.
Weather & Night Events: Meteors
Every random event in 99 Nights in the Forest: why rain costs you fuel, what lightning does, the Level 5 Weather Machine.
All Badges: List & Diamond Rewards
Every badge in 99 Nights in the Forest in one table — the survival ladder, the firemaking chain, the six 99-day restriction badges.
Campfire: Level Costs & Fuel Ladder
The campfire is the progression system of 99 Nights in the Forest: what it does while it burns, why logs stop mattering after level 4.
Death & Respawn: Every Way Back
What actually happens when your health hits zero: the downed state, the 15-second window nobody describes the same way twice.
Fishing: Rods, Ponds & 11 Catches
How fishing works in 99 Nights in the Forest — where the rod actually comes from now, the three rod tiers, all seven water types and their campfire gates.
Hard Mode: Unlock & Corruption Meter
Hard Mode arrived with The Forest Is Angry on 24 January 2026 and it is the single biggest change the game has had: one number, Corruption from 0 to 100.
Hunger: Timings & Every Food Value
The hunger bar in 99 Nights in the Forest, explained: how fast it empties, the two survival times one wiki publishes, every food and its value in forks.
Speedrun: Day 99 Under 90 Minutes
Speedrunning 99 Nights in the Forest is a clock, not a fight. Here is the day counter behind the 99 days, the 8x-or-9x ceiling.
Base Design: Walls & Kill Corridor
A base in 99 Nights in the Forest has two jobs: keep the campfire lit and control where cultists walk. Log walls vs shelves, how to build a kill corridor.
Is 99 Nights Based on a True Story?
What is real and what is invented in 99 Nights in the Forest: the 2023 Amazon survival story behind the four missing children.
Update Log & Patch Notes + Next Date
Every 99 Nights in the Forest update of 2026: the Helping Happy event, the two-week Saturday cadence and what is live in the game right now.
Beginner Guide: First 10 Nights
Beginner guide for 99 Nights in the Forest: your first day, keeping the campfire alive, surviving the night.