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Guides: Survival & Patch Notes

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Campfire Gates: All 6 Levels

The six campfire levels in 99 Nights in the Forest each open specific chests, places, ponds, rescues and buildings.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Sacks & Slots: Capacity Upgrades

Capacity is the bottleneck nobody budgets for. Every sack ranked by what it actually costs.

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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.

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Weapon Damage & Time to Kill Table

Nineteen weapon pages publish damage and eight entity pages publish enemy health, and nobody has ever divided one.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Beginner Guide: First 10 Nights

Beginner guide for 99 Nights in the Forest: your first day, keeping the campfire alive, surviving the night.

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