While hobbies like fishing and birdwatching can be enjoyed at your own pace, actions like logging hard wood, mining iron ore, and tilling soil consume stamina. Keeping your energy bar full ensures you can gather building materials efficiently.

Stamina Cost Reference Chart

Active Duty	Stamina Consumed	Notes
Tilling / Planting Crops	-1 Stamina	Per square
Watering Plants	-1 Stamina	Recharged with Iron Watering Can
Logging (Softwood)	-2 Stamina	Per strike
Logging (Hardwood)	-4 Stamina	Unlocked with Iron Axe
Mining (Copper Node)	-3 Stamina	Per strike
Mining (Iron Node)	-5 Stamina	Requires Iron Pickaxe

Best Ways to Restore Stamina

1. Eating Cooked Recipes

Eating raw ingredients like apples (+5 stamina) or carrots (+8 stamina) is inefficient. Instead, cook your harvested goods:

Baked Carrot: Recover 30 stamina (requires carrot x2 + sugar x1).
Pumpkin Soup: Recover 110 stamina (requires pumpkin x2 + milk x1 + butter x1).
Store cooked dishes in your active inventory hotbar for quick access while gathering resources in the wild.

2. Massimo’s Daily Tavern Specials

Visit Massimo at the Tavern every afternoon (12:00 - 16:00).

For 200 Gold, you can purchase the daily special dish, which fully restores your stamina and grants a 20-minute Gathering Efficiency Buff (decreases stamina consumption by 15%).

3. Home Plot Rest & Bed Buffs

Lying down in any bed placed in your home plot will restore 5 stamina per minute.

Sleeping in higher-tier beds (crafted with Hardwood and wool) grants a Well Rested Buff, which increases your maximum stamina bar by 50 points for the next 2 hours of active play.