Humours

Humours

Pilgrims have four main stats called Humours in Salem, each affected and depleted by various activities.

Phlegm	Blood	Yellow Bile	Black Bile
Health	Stamina	Strength	Intelligence
Raising Will...	Raising Will...	Raising Will...	Raising Will...
Allow you to do physical actives for longer.	Allow you to take more damage.	Allow you to carry more, deal more damage.	Allow you to learn more, build more.

Each Humour is represented by three numbers in the format 5.0/5.0/5.0, visible by hovering the cursor over your Humour meter. These numbers are Current Humour / Expected Humour / and Maximum Humour. Humours are typically restored by by eating Food, but your that healing is typically delayed slightly. What you can predict your Humour will be once this delay is over is your Expected Humour. A Humour's Maximum value can be increased with Gluttony. If any of your Current Humour values ever reach 0 you will become Knocked Out.

Affects All Biles:

Action	Can It Knock You Out?	Notes
Being Whipped	No	Reduces Maximum Biles permanently.
Darkness	YES
Disease	YES
Drinking Honey	No	Increases Maximum Biles temporarily.
Eating Rotten Fruit	YES
Eating Spoiled Food	YES
'Shroom Poisoning	No	Reduces Maximum Biles temporarily.

Phlegm

Phlegm is essentially your Stamina - raising it will allow you to do nearly all physical activities for longer.

Reduces Phlegm:

Action	Can It Knock You Out?	Action	Can It Knock You Out?
Aggressive Defense Structures	YES	Build	No
Chipping Boulders	No	Climbing	No
Chopping	No	Crafting	No
Destroy	No	Dig	No
Disease	YES	Forage	No
Jump	No	Leap At	No
Leg Sweep	???	Lift	YES
Mine	No	Play	YES
Quetzalcoatl Poison	YES	Run	No
Sawing	No	Sift Rubble	No
Sprint	No	Swim	YES
Till Field	No	Timber Rattler Poison	YES
Wander	No

Restores Phlegm:

• Food
• Glacier Water
• Potable Water
• White Tea

Soak

Most structures have a Soak Value which determines how much Phlegm a pilgrim needs in order to deal damage to that structure, having less than that value will cause you to do 0 damage to that structure when attempting to Destroy it. The Phlegm needed is roughly 2x the Soak Value. Some structures have such a high Soak Value that you will most likely be unable to Destroy them by regular means. In those cases Greek Fire can be used. Using Salvage, when it is possible, will ignore Soak Value.

Blood

Blood is essentially your Health - raising it will allow you to

Reduces Blood:

Action	Can It Knock You Out?	Action	Can It Knock You Out?
Aggressive Defense Structures	YES	Banding an Ill-Tempered Lobsters	YES
Being Shot	???	Bleed	YES
Checking a Bee Skep	YES	Creature Attacks	YES
Falling	YES	Finding a Needle	YES
Hit by Catapult	???	Hit with Falling Tree	YES
Hit by Long Range Mortar	???	Lifting a Thorn Bush	YES
Lit Boomstick	YES	Opening a Grenade Chest	YES
Picking Thorns	YES	Picking a Prickly Pear Cactus	YES
Player Attacks	YES	Potent Swarm Dart	???
Ravenous Flame	YES	Snapping a Tinder Drill	YES
Swarm Dart	???	Using a Leech	YES
Wearing a Crown of Thorns	YES

Restores Blood:

• Food
• Blood of Argopelter
• Blood of Bear
• Blood of Turkey
• Green Tea

Yellow Bile

Yellow Bile is essentially your strength - raising it will allow you to Carry More, Forage longer, and do more damage when Attacking.

Reduces Yellow Bile:

Action	Can It Knock You Out?	Action	Can It Knock You Out?
Attacking	???	Guard	???
Over-Encumbered	YES	Forage	No
Lift	YES

Restores Yellow Bile:

• Food
• Whey
• Yellow Tea

Black Bile

Black Bile is essentially your intelligence - raising it will allow you to place more Structures, commit more Crime!s, and it increases your Max Inspiration Points, allowing you to Study more.

Reduces Black Bile:

Action	Can It Knock You Out?	Action	Can It Knock You Out?
Aggressive Defense Structures	YES	Build	No
Concussion	???	Crime!	YES
Fear	YES	Praying on a Bench	YES
Shoot	No	Studying	No

Restores Black Bile:

• Black Tea
• Fish Broth
• Meat Broth
• Poultry Broth

Knocked Out

When any one of your Humours is reaches zero, you will become Knocked Out, also called being "KOed" or "fainting". Upon being Knocked out your will immediately lose 2 Proficiency levels at random and have half your Inspiration. Any items stored in your Inventory or Backpack are dropped on the ground. Items you are equipped items, Silver Pieces, or items in your Pockets or Specialty Belts will not be dropped. As items disappear when left on the ground for a few minutes, unless you are quick to return to the spot you were Knocked Out at, these items will most likely be picked up by someone else or permanently lost. Unless you were Knocked Out while under the Crime! debuff you will be teleported back to your Homestead after a minute or two, however during this time you are at the mercy of those around you. Any pilgrim may right-click on you and choose "Send Home" to send you to your Homestead early. Pilgrims who have learned the The Rights of Englishmen Skill may right-click on you and choose to "Beat Face" which will Fracture your bones before sending you to your Homestead. The items you didn't drop can be stolen from you by those who have learned the Larceny Skill choosing to right-click on you and choosing "L3wt". Or pilgrims who have learned the The Story of Cain & Abel Skill may attempt a Killing Blow on you which if it lands will Permanently Kill you. Maliciously interacting with Knocked Out pilgrims is a Crime and will leave Scents and Evidence of your Crime. A few Darkness Monsters may also attempt a Killing Blow which will Permanently Kill you.

Action	Evidence and Crime
Send Home	NOT a Crime
Beating your face.	Evidence of Aggravated Assault
L3wting your items.	Evidence of Larceny
Landing a Killing Blow.	Evidence of Murder

Special Cases

There are a few special cases that don't follow the normal rules for being Knocked Out. Many of these cases will result in Permanent Death.

Being Knocked out	What Happens
after experiencing a Mine-Downs	Lose items but NOT Proficiencies or Inspiration.
Outside under a Blood Moon	Permanent Death
while inside a Sperm Whale	Permanent Death
while in the Stocks	Permanent Death
while having Max Disease	Permanent Death
while having no Homestead	Permanent Death
while having the Crime! debuff	Not porting to Homestead for 24 hours.