How Does Stamina Work?

Stamina is a resource used for fighting enemies and performing maneuvers. Learn the best ways to use, recover, and upgrade stamina by reading our guide.

How Does Stamina Work?

A Resource for Performing Actions

Stamina is a resource for doing actions in the game. You start with six stamina bars. If you run out of stamina, Indiana will not be able to perform any actions until he recovers.

Actions That Use Stamina

Combat Moves

Punching, swinging a weapon, pushing, grabbing, throwing a weapon, and cracking your whip will cost one stamina bar.

Charging a heavy attack will take two stamina bars: one to hold it and one to release the attack. You can continue holding the attack but it will consume stamina.

Blocking will not consume stamina, but it will prevent you from regenerating it. Meanwhile, dodging will consume one stamina bar.

Combat Explained

Sprinting

Starting a sprint with take one stamina bar. If you continue sprinting for a few seconds, it will use up another bar.

When you jump while in a sprint, you will cover a lot of distance. It will consume one stamina bar when you land.

If you crouch while you sprint, you will side a short distance. This will also use up a stamina bar.

Ledges

Climbing to a ledge and areas marked with white paint or cloth will consume no stamina. It will also not consume anything if you shimmy on it. However, if you press Sprint while on the ledge you will move. This will consume a stamina bar as you do so.

Climbing

Climbing with your whip will consume one stamina bar every few seconds.

Carrying Bodies

Carrying a body will consume a stamina bar as you move. If you run out of stamina while holding a body, you will move slower.

How to Upgrade Stamina

Collect Adventure Books

Adventure Books for Fitness can upgrade your stamina in different ways. For example, an early book you can find is Pep I. It will boost your stamina recovery speed.
How to Find Books Easier

How to Regenerate Stamina

Wait for a Few Seconds

Stamina automatically regenerates after a few seconds. It will not recover while you are doing actions that use it.

Eat Fruit

Eating fruit will provide two temporary stamina bars. You can only have a maximum of these bars.

They will only be consumed if you use three bars of stamina in a row. The third bar of stamina will come from the temporary stamina instead of your regular stamina.

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