Casualties Unknown mood and moodles

The two names look alike but mean different things. Mood is a value in your health panel, and moodles are the icons at the bottom of the screen that describe your condition.

What are moodles in Casualties Unknown?

Moodles are the small icons in a row at the bottom left of the screen. Each one reports a condition, such as bleeding, hunger or pain, and you can hover over them for a description. Official screenshots show up to a dozen at once. confirmed

Version 6.0 added moodles for each level of bleeding, a new “miserable” moodle, and better descriptions for critical ones. confirmed A “+3” style counter appears when there are too many to fit.

Moodle	What it tells you	What to do	Status
Queasy	Mild sickness, around 25%	Usually safe; stop eating bad food	confirmed
Slaked	You have had plenty of water	Do not drink more	confirmed
Sense of impending doom	An elder thornback is hunting you	Act now	confirmed
Bleeding (various)	Severity of a wound	Bandage it	confirmed
Internal bleed	Bleeding inside, by severity	Medicine	confirmed
Overdose	Too much of a drug, including anti-rad	Stop dosing	confirmed
Blood pressure	High or low	Treat it	confirmed
Miserable	Very low mood	Raise your mood soon	confirmed

Community pages list dozens more. Hover over any icon you do not recognise, because the in-game description is the best guide available.

How does mood work in Casualties Unknown?

The store page says that mood “can greatly affect your chances of survival” and that “too much doom and gloom will make your life harder”. confirmed Mood drifts back toward zero over time, moving faster when it is very low and when you are asleep. confirmed

Raises mood	Lowers mood
Good-tasting food and drink, juice	Pain, bleeding, hunger, thirst
Sleep, especially after a Naptail	Corpses
Trading and hugging friendly Survivors reported	Being too hot or too cold reported
Plushies reported	Bad food, sickness, radiation reported
Certain drugs, for a while	Withdrawal from those drugs reported

Blood volume affects mood less than it used to, and excess blood no longer does. confirmed Low mood effects start a little later than they did before 6.0. confirmed

How do you raise mood quickly?

Naptails are the go-to item. Eat one somewhere safe, because you will not wake until the timer ends. You wake up happier, by around 10 to 12 mood according to one guide. confirmed The same guide suggests eating a Naptail whenever you need to sleep so that you stop worrying about corpses and questionable meals.

Juice is another strong option. It does not spoil, makes some unsafe foods safe, improves your mood and cools you slightly. Refining it at a campfire gives even more mood. confirmed

Why does low mood matter?

Very low mood changes how your character behaves. Your Experiment becomes reluctant to do things, and it is harder to keep going. It also reduces the chance of a last stand, the second chance you can get just before dying. reported

The game has a depiction of self-harm at very low mood. Patch 6.0 made it happen less often. confirmed Keeping mood up is the way to avoid it entirely.

Taking breaks is common advice in the community. A forum thread titled Mental Health Guide suggests limiting yourself to a few attempts in a sitting, especially before bed. reported

How does happiness relate to last stand?

Players report that the chance of a last stand depends on your mood from around ten minutes before, not your mood at the moment of death. reported So a mood boost needs to happen ahead of time. Last stand itself sets your happiness to about 10 when it fires, as of 7.0. confirmed

What are the worst things for mood in Casualties Unknown?

Corpses are a common surprise. Seeing bodies lowers mood, with the effect shrinking over repeated encounters. reported So does anything causing steady pain. If you take a bad fall, treating the pain with medicine or sleep often pays for itself in mood.

Hunger and thirst make it worse, so check food, water and sleep if your mood keeps slipping for no obvious reason. Being wet and cold also weighs on you, so dry off before resting.

Does the moodle display change when unchipped?

Yes. With the chip disabled, you lose some exact readouts and the screen gives you less. Some conditions stay visible: infections show when unchipped since 6.0, and venom moodles since 7.0. confirmed Co-op players also report some moodles not showing correctly in the multiplayer mod, so double check the health panel if something seems off. reported