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# Energy & Stamina
**Every action has a cost—and every resource has its own recovery rule.** Plan your farming, fishing, mining, and combat sessions around **Energy**, **Stamina**, **HP**, and **MP** instead of assuming all meters behave the same way.
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**RESOURCE BASICS:** New accounts begin with **100 Energy** and **100 maximum Stamina** at Player Level 1. Energy uses a daily global reset; Stamina regenerates **while online**. HP and MP have separate RPG regeneration rules.
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## 1. Energy vs. Stamina
| Resource | Purpose | Recovery |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Energy** | The activity budget for farming, fishing, and mining actions that have Energy costs | Daily reset to the account's maximum Energy; supported Energy Packs may restore additional Energy |
| **Stamina** | Tool actions, running, attacks, certain interactions, and activity costs | **+0.75 every 30 seconds while online**, capped at maximum Stamina |
| **HP** | Health for combat encounters | Online out-of-combat RPG regeneration, consumables, level-up restoration, or respawning |
| **MP** | Magical attack resource | Online RPG regeneration, MP consumables, level-up restoration, or respawning |
### When Does Energy Reset?
The game's Energy reset is scheduled at **14:00 UTC every day** (**10:00 AM EDT / 9:00 AM EST in Canada's Eastern Time zone**; other Canadian time zones differ). An eligible resource sync refills Energy to your account's set **maximum Energy** once per reset period. Energy does **not** recover continuously like Stamina.
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**Energy is not refilled by a Player Level increase.** Actual Player Level-ups refill HP, MP, and Stamina—but leave Energy unchanged.
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## 2. Action Resource Cost Reference
| Action | Energy | Stamina | Notes |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -----: | ------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 
**Prepare Soil (Hoe)** | 3 | 2 | Valid eligible tile/action |
| **Plant 1 Seed** | 3 | 2 | Consumes one seed |
| 
**Water Crop** | 3 | 2 | Valid watering action |
| 
**Harvest Crop** | 3 | 2 | Crop must be mature and freshly watered |
| 
**Reset Empty Prepared Soil** | 0 | 1 | Hammer soil-reset action; nighttime adjustment can apply |
| 
**Fishing Cast** | 0.5 | 2 | Successful cast initiation; bait rules also apply |
| 
**Mining Attempt** | 5 | 10 | Separate mine-node system, 10–20-second timer |
| **Rock-Clearing Hit** | 10 | 15 | Dedicated multi-hit rock-clearing mechanic, not a soil-reset action |
| **Hunter Attack** | 0 | 1 | Staff also requires 3 MP; bow/gun use ammo |
| **Feed Livestock** | 0 | 0.5 | Feed item/animal eligibility applies |
For upgraded multi-tile tool actions, eligible tiles are processed within the current tool area; the usual Hoe/Water/Harvest **action costs are charged once per action**, not separately for every affected tile. Rock clearing has its own rules.
## 3. Stamina Recovery & Maximum Capacity
| Mechanic | Value |
| --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Level 1 maximum Stamina** | 100 |
| **Capacity growth** | +2.5 maximum Stamina for each Player Level beyond 1 |
| **Online regeneration** | +0.75 Stamina every 30 seconds |
| **Offline regeneration** | **No passive offline Stamina regeneration** |
| **Sprint movement charge** | 0.05 Stamina per 8 pixels of running movement |
| **Run recovery threshold** | Running resumes after Stamina recovers to at least 20% of maximum |
**Maximum Stamina = 100 + (Player Level − 1) × 2.5**
| Player Level | Maximum Stamina | Run Resume Threshold (20%) |
| -----------: | --------------: | -------------------------: |
| 1 | 100 | 20 |
| 5 | 110 | 22 |
| 10 | 122.5 | 24.5 |
| 20 | 147.5 | 29.5 |
| 40 | 197.5 | 39.5 |
Regeneration is processed through the game; the game cannot accumulate a free offline Stamina windfall after a disconnection.
## 4. Restore Your Resources
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**Energy Pack +10** is a consumable in the Gold Shop catalog, with a base bundle price of **2,500 Gold** and a default daily purchase limit of **10**. New players receive one starter Energy Pack +10.
Read the item use prompt and your current inventory before consuming it. An Energy Pack is not the same as the daily Energy reset.
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The Hunter Shop catalog includes **Stamina Potion +10**, sold through **Dr Bree's Potion Shop** with a base price of **500 Gold** for one potion. The effect restores **10 Stamina** with a set **5-second cooldown**, subject to in-game use rules.
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**Potion Normal HP 20** and **Potion Normal MP 20** restore 20 of their matching resource and have **2-second use cooldowns** in the game catalog. The Potion Shop lists each as a **100-item bundle for 3,500 Gold**.
HP/MP also regenerate while the player is online and alive, according to the character's current level, stat allocation, and equipment.
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An actual **Player Level increase** recalculates capacities and restores **HP, MP, and Stamina to their new maximum**. It does **not** restore Energy.
A Farm Level increase is a separate land-unlocking progression event, not a character resource refill.
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## 5. Plan a Productive Session
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### Check Your Meters
Look at Energy and Stamina before planting, fishing, or entering the mine. Monitor HP and MP before a fight.
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### Budget Higher-Cost Activities
A mining attempt costs **5 Energy and 10 Stamina**. Repeated rock clearing also has a substantial resource cost. Avoid committing all of your resources before a quest objective you plan to finish.
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### Use Recovery Intentionally
Keep the next daily Energy reset in mind, remain online for Stamina regeneration, and use supported consumables when the situation justifies them.
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### Watch the Run State
If the game forces you to walk, allow Stamina to recover to at least 20% of its current maximum before attempting to sprint again.
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## 6. Important Special Cases
* **Nighttime:** Selected actions such as Hammer soil-reset actions can have a **20% Stamina surcharge** at night. Do not apply that surcharge automatically to Hoe, Water, or Harvest; the current action code treats them differently.
* **No eligible tile:** Farm actions that make no valid changes do not spend the ordinary tool cost.
* **Combat defeat:** A dead character cannot be passively healed back to life by online regeneration; use the game-controlled respawn flow.
* **Insufficient resources:** The game rejects resource-consuming actions when Energy, Stamina, MP, or another required resource is unavailable.
* **Shop settings:** Listed Gold prices are base catalog values, not promises that live store settings will never change.
For related rules, see [Levels & Experience](https://harvest-vale.gitbook.io/harvest-vale-docs/player-progression/levels-and-experience), [Mining & Minerals](https://harvest-vale.gitbook.io/harvest-vale-docs/adventures-and-activities/mining-and-minerals), and [Combat & Monsters](https://harvest-vale.gitbook.io/harvest-vale-docs/adventures-and-activities/combat-and-monsters).