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 Drink more, 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 in a Building when it is Destroyed.	YES	100% chance to Knock Out
Being in a Building when it is Salvaged.	YES	100% chance to Knock Out
Being under a Cave-Ins.	YES
Being Whipped	No	Reduces Maximum Humours permanently.
Darkness	YES
Drinking Honey	No	Increases Maximum Biles temporarily.
Eating Rotten Fruit	YES
Eating Spoiled Food	YES
Falling due to a Mine-Down.	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 as well increases your maximum Quaffed & Quenched.

Reduces Phlegm:

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

Additionally most structures which can be right-clicked and an action selected, drain Phlegm while you are doing that action.

Restores Phlegm:

• Food
• Glacier Water
• Potable Water
• White Tea

High Soak Structures

High Soak Structures are structures which require a minimum amount of Phlegm in order to fully Destroy it. Having less Phlegm, or falling under that base amount due to drain, will cause the structure to take less and less damage until the damage falls off completely. With the exception of Wall this minimum value is 1000 Phlegm. However, these high Soak Structures can be Destroyed using Greek Fire. Using Salvage, when it is possible, will ignore Soak.

Blood

Blood is essentially your health - raising it will allow you to withstand more damage.

Reduces Blood:

Action	Can It Knock You Out?	Action	Can It Knock You Out?
Aggressive Defense Structures	No	Banding an Ill-Tempered Lobsters	YES
Being Shot	???	Bleed	YES
Checking a Bee Skep	YES	Creature Attacks	YES
Max Disease	YES	Falling	YES
Finding a Needle	YES	Hit by Catapult	YES
Hit with Falling Tree	YES	Hit by Long Range Mortar	YES
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
Ravenous Flame	YES	Snapping a Tinder Drill	YES
Standing under a Cave-In	YES	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	No	Eating Columbine Paste	YES
Crime!	No	Forage	No
Fracture	No	Guard	No
Lift	YES	Potent Swarm Dart	No
Push	No	Swarm Dart	No

Restores Yellow Bile:

• Food
• Regain Composure
• Sitting on Chairs
• 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	No	Crime!	YES
Fear	YES	Hit by Long Range Mortar	YES
Regain Composure	No	Shoot	No
Sneak	No	Sniffing Smelling Salts	YES
Studying	No

Restores Black Bile:

• Food
• 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, half of your Inspiration, and any buffs you may have. 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.
while 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 the Crime! debuff	Disables respawning to Homestead for 24 hours.