Sons of the Forest: How to Revive Kelvin and Virginia

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Your NPC companions Kelvin or Virginia have died in Sons of the Forest, and you would like to have them back? Then there is a solution to how you can revive them. We’ll tell you how to do it.

Here’s the deal: In Sons of the Forest, the sequel to The Forest, there are NPC companions for the first time who help you survive. But if you don’t take good enough care of them, they can die, and you are on your own, because they won’t come back. But if you want them back, there is a way to revive them. You can do this by editing the savegame.

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How to Revive Kelvin and Virginia in Sons of the Forest

When Kelvin or Virginia die, there is no regular way to revive them. However, you can revive them if you really want to. To do this, you have to edit your savegame files using the editor; we will tell you how:

1. Open the savegame folder of Sons of the Forest. Normally you will find it here: C:\User\AppData\LocalLow\Endnight\SonsOfTheForest\Saves.
2. Find the file “GameStateSaveData.json” and open it with an editor, for example, Notepad.

Now search for the following content:

IsRobbyDead\":true,\"IsVirginiaDead\":true,

and replaces it with:

IsRobbyDead\":false,\"IsVirginiaDead\":false,

• “True” in this case, means that the NPCs are dead. Robby is Kelvin’s first name, and Virginia is Virginia.
• “False” means that they are not dead.

Now save your file. Now you have to open the file “SaveData.json”, also with Notepad. Here you look for the following place for Kelvin:

"TypeId\":9,\"FamilyId\":0,\"Position\":{\"x\":-509.934479,\"y\":31.2737,\"z\":1414.84839},\"Rotation\":{\"x\":0.0,\"y\":0.08702121,\"z\":0.0,\"w\":0.996206462},\"SpawnerId\":0,\"ActorSeed\":-617235553,\"VariationId\":-1,\"State\":6,\"GraphMask\":1,\"EquippedItems\":null,\"OutfitId\":3,\"NextGiftTime\":0.0,\"LastVisitTime\":-100.0,\"Stats\":{\"Health\":0.0,\"Anger\":0.0,\"Fear\":0.0,\"Fullness\":0.0,\"Hydration\":0.0,\"Energy\":100.0,\"Affection\":0.0},\"StateFlags\":0}

The TypeId\”:9 is Kelvin, and you can change various values here. You should not play around with the position, but the following values can be adjusted:

• State\":6,: The State describes the status. 6 = dead, 2 = alive.
• Health\":0.0: The current health points. 0.0 is dead. 35.0 is incapacitated and anything up to 100.0 is good health.
• Anger\":0.0: Value between 0.0 and 100.0. Indicates how angry Kelvin is with you.
• Fear\":0.0: Value between 0.0 and 100.0. Indicates how much fear Kelvin has.
• Fullness\":0.0: Value between 0.0 and 100.0. Indicates whether Kelvin is full or hungry.
• Hydration\":0.0: Value between 0.0 and 100.0. Indicates how thirsty Kelvin is.
• Energy\":100.0: Value between 0.0 and 100.0. Indicates how much energy Kelvin has.
• Affection\":0.0: Value between 0.0 and 100.0. Indicates how much Kelvin likes you.

If Kelvin is dead and you want to revive him, you only change the State values (from 6 to 2) and set the Health value to 100.0.

You can do the same with Virginia. Search for the following code:

TypeId\":10,\"FamilyId\":0,\"Position\":{\"x\":-418.215271,\"y\":17.58666,\"z\":1310.003},\"Rotation\":{\"x\":0.0,\"y\":-0.925836146,\"z\":0.0,\"w\":-0.3779251},\"SpawnerId\":-1797797444,\"ActorSeed\":698714959,\"VariationId\":3,\"State\":6,\"GraphMask\":1,\"EquippedItems\":[355,358,529],\"OutfitId\":3,\"NextGiftTime\":373.89624,\"LastVisitTime\":367.7709,\"Stats\":{\"Health\":0.0,\"Anger\":0.0,\"Fear\":0.0,\"Fullness\":39.4997559,\"Hydration\":0.0,\"Energy\":94.52427,\"Affection\":39.6815338},\"StateFlags\":0}

The TypeId\”:10 belongs to Virginia, and you only have to adjust the State and Health values here. If you have lost Virginia somewhere and don’t know where she is, she will find her way back to you, even if this can sometimes take a while.

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Have you already lost Kelvin or Virginia and now want to revive them? How did the two of them pass away? Write it down in the comments.