Within the realm of South of Midnight, one of the most essential collectibles is the Health Filament. Obtaining these items significantly boosts Hazel’s vitality throughout her journey across various chapters. In total, there are nine Health Filaments cleverly hidden as you navigate the storyline, and gathering them enhances Hazel’s health points (HP), ultimately providing her with greater resilience in combat encounters.
Identify All Health Filament Locations in South of Midnight
Discovering Nine Unique Chapters
The nine Health Filaments can be discovered in Chapters 3 through 7, and 9 through 12, allowing for three significant upgrades to Hazel’s health. Collecting three Health Filaments fully restores her health to the maximum value. Notably, Chapters 1, 2, 8, and 13 do not feature any Health Filaments, simplifying your search across the game.
If you’re looking to revisit a specific Chapter in South of Midnight to track down a Health Filament, navigate to the main menu. From there, select the “Load Game”option and then choose “Replay Chapters.”This feature allows you to restart a Chapter from the beginning, granting you access to all previously explored areas.
To easily identify Health Filaments in the game, look for the prominent Green Crystals that signify their presence. You will become familiar with their appearance after encountering the very first one in Chapter 3.
Below, you will find a detailed table outlining the locations and methods to obtain each Health Filament across the relevant Chapters.
| Chapter | Location of Health Filament | How to Obtain the Filament | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 3 – “A Big Fish” | Along the primary narrative pathway. | Jump across the main path after finding “The Happiest Day”collectible to locate the Filament on the road leading to the Chapter’s main area. | |
| Chapter 4 – “Wicked Temper” | Inside the cave beneath the Church on the cliffs. | Utilize your grappling skills to access the island in the lake beneath the Church and navigate into the cave where the Filament resides. | |
| Chapter 5 – “Everything that Rises” | Atop a water tower in a field of sunflowers. | After reaching the second memory flashback of Two-Toed Tom, use telephone poles to traverse across the lake to a field of sunflowers, creating a platform path to the Filament. | |
| Chapter 6 – “Hush, Hush, Sweet Cherie” | On the upper level of Old Smokey’s Barn, near Bonnie’s house. | In Old Smokey’s Barn, summon Crouton to destroy the Haint’s nest, then navigate back to the crossroads and summon a spectral cart to reach the Barn’s roof where the Filament is located. | |
| Chapter 7 – “A Barman is Hard to Find” | Past the area where you defeat your first Brute Haint enemy. | Post-battle, proceed through the cave path, and use your Strand Push ability to reveal the Filament hidden behind some vines. |
| Chapter | Location of Health Filament | How to Obtain the Filament | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 9 – “Of Webs and Woman” | In Huggin’ Molly’s house after clearing stigma knots. | Clear all stigma knots to uncover Itchy’s past, then travel up the left path towards Huggin’ Molly’s manor and grab the Filament on the ledges. | |
| Chapter 10 – “Light in the Darkness” | Across the water from the central tree in this area. | Use Crouton to regain your Spindle abilities, summon a bridge, and throw a rock at exploding mushrooms to secure another Filament. | |
| Chapter 11 – “Muddy Waters” | In the area dropped into after facing Altamaha-ha’s second stigma knot. | Follow the thorny path and create platforms to help Hazel reach the Filament at the end of the path. | |
| Chapter 12 – “The Crossroads” | On a floating road section above the main crossing in New Orleans. | Create platforms beneath the Filament and navigate through air currents and grapple points to access it. |
It’s worth noting that the difficulty level you select in South of Midnight does not influence the accessibility of Health Filaments or other collectibles. They remain consistently placed regardless of your chosen difficulty, allowing players the opportunity to achieve maximum health upgrades for Hazel in every playthrough.
Collecting all Health Filaments across the Chapters not only elevates Hazel’s health threefold but also rewards you with the esteemed “Fit as a Fiddle”achievement, recognizing your dedicated effort in uncovering every Health Fragment in South of Midnight.