Whiteout Survival Stamina Guide
Chief Stamina in Whiteout Survival pays for Beast hunts, rally starts and other wilderness actions. Natural recovery adds a point every 5 minutes until the bar reaches 200, while supplies and refill items provide additional stamina. Keep recovery running and choose your next objective before opening saved cans. Checked in November 2026.
Max Stamina and Recovery
The natural recovery cap is 200 Chief Stamina. Recovery works below that threshold, so a full bar is a reason to plan a useful action rather than leave it untouched through your next play session. This threshold describes passive regeneration; it is not a limit on the number of refill items you can keep.
The recovery rate works out to 12 points per hour. From an empty bar, reaching the natural cap takes 16 hours and 40 minutes without spending any stamina along the way. Use that interval to plan around sleep or work instead of setting an alarm for every point.
Stamina Cost per Action
A solo Beast hunt has a different price from starting a group rally, and joining a rally has its own rule. Read the action you are about to perform before estimating how long your bar will last. The following amounts describe the listed base actions, before Gina's hunting reduction.
| Action | Chief Stamina |
|---|---|
| Hunt a Beast | 10 |
| Start a Polar Terror rally | 25 |
| Join a Polar Terror rally | 0 |
| Pet Adventure | 10 |
| Intel exploration battle | 10 |
| Intel rescue | 12 |
Intel is a group of mission types, so do not give every Lighthouse marker the same budget. A rescue and an exploration battle have separate costs. Identify the mission first, then check the dispatch price. For the broader hunting encounter, use the Polar Terror guide.
Starting and joining also serve different goals. If another Chief has already arranged a suitable rally, participation avoids the initiator's stamina charge. If your own objective specifically needs you to call the rally, joining cannot replace that requirement. Choose the role that matches the task instead of comparing rewards without considering who started the attack.
Gina and Cheaper Hunts
Gina must travel in the deployed squad for her stamina reduction to apply. Owning her does not make every other hunting march cheaper. Her maximum reduction ranges from 20% to 25%; read the skill and dispatch cost on your account before calculating a hunting budget.
With the 20% setup, a Beast costs 8 Stamina and a Polar Terror rally start costs 20. That saves 2 on each ordinary Beast compared with its base cost. These examples describe that setup, rather than a promise that every Gina march has the same discount.
Guides recommend sending Intel Beast hunts sequentially with Gina so that each march benefits from her presence. Multiple simultaneous squads cannot all contain the same hero. For routine hunting, decide if shorter overall clearing time matters more than preserving stamina; for a difficult fight, keep enough combat strength to finish the target.
Free Stamina Supplies
The Storehouse becomes available at Furnace level 9. Its base stamina supply is 120 per claim, with supplies at 00:00 and 12:00 UTC. Collect a supply before its replacement arrives; leaving it until after the next appearance does not preserve the missed claim.
Collecting both base supplies gives 240 Stamina across the day. Place the claims around your actual login times, then decide what to hunt. A reminder to claim a meal is useful only if you also have an objective for the stamina you receive. Avoid turning every supply collection into an excuse to open extra cans.
Agnes can add up to 40 Chief Stamina to each Storehouse claim through her bonus. Arctic Wolf provides a separate refill skill with a 23-hour cooldown; its maximum restoration ranges from 60 to 65 Chief Stamina. Check its current tooltip before including the refill in a tight budget.
The pet guide covers Arctic Wolf progression, and the expert guide covers Agnes. Keep those upgrades separate from simply remembering to claim the base Storehouse supply: an available collection is useful even before you have developed either bonus.
The video compares spending Chief Stamina on Lighthouse Intel, beasts and rallies, and shows which choice brings back the most rewards.
Intel and Daily Planning
The Lighthouse opens at Furnace level 7, and its Intel refresh schedule lists 00:00, 08:00, 16:00 in server time. Use the server clock for those refreshes rather than assuming your phone's local time matches them. Make space in your stamina budget for the next batch before spending the remainder on optional hunting.
Start a session by checking mission types and deadlines. Clear the missions that fit your goal, collect the Storehouse supply when available, and spend naturally recovered stamina before it sits at the cap. Then review the next event objective. This sequence lets you make a spending decision with the current tasks in view.
Guides recommend reserving refill items for activities that also advance an event objective. That does not mean refusing every ordinary hunt: natural recovery has value only while it can continue. Separate today's usable bar from the cans you are holding for a later task, and stop spending cans once the intended milestone is reachable.
Auto Hunting and Refills
Auto Hunting requires the relevant benefit and an active online session. It stops when you leave the game or an unexpected disconnection lasts longer than a minute. Its search-distance setting runs from 80 to 150 km. Treat it as help with repeated dispatches, rather than an offline source of stamina.
Check the selected squad before starting a run. A repeat action still spends from your available balance, and the convenience of automatic dispatch does not change your daily priorities. Leave room for Intel if it matters more to you than the next ordinary Beast, and inspect the remaining balance when you return to manual play.
For the shop's access rules, see VIP benefits and purchases. For a large event reserve, plan from the tasks in the current Mercenary Prestige window: solo and rally routes have different budgets, so a single advertised minimum is a poor target for every Chief.
Stamina Questions
Why does Patrick appear in stamina searches?
Patrick prepares the stamina feast associated with the Storehouse. That makes him relevant to collecting supplies, while Gina belongs in the hunting march when you want a lower action cost. The Storehouse opens at Furnace level 9; you do not need to replace a hunting hero with Patrick just because his name appears beside the meal.
Does a disappearing target waste my stamina?
Chief Stamina is refunded when the target disappears before your attack reaches it. Separate that situation from a march that reaches its target and fights: the refund rule concerns a vanished target. After a competing march reaches the Beast first, check the returned balance before using another 10-Stamina item to send a replacement attack.
Is the Monthly Card a free stamina source?
No. A Monthly Card belongs in your paid budget, separate from natural recovery and the Storehouse. The listed daily stamina allowance is 200, with 6,000 across the full allowance. Check the actual offer before purchasing, and compare the stamina you will use with what you can already collect through ordinary play.
How do stamina cans differ from the stamina bar?
A Chief Stamina item restores 10 Stamina when used; keeping the item in your inventory does not spend it on a march. The bar pays for actions immediately. Treat cans as a reserve for a specific objective, and check both the bar and the action price before deciding how many items to consume.
Should I use Gems to refill stamina?
Compare the offer first. The listed direct purchase costs 300 Gems for 10 Stamina, while the VIP Shop lists a 10-Stamina item at 100 Gems. Guides recommend avoiding routine direct refills. A deadline alone does not make a refill useful: decide what reward the extra attacks will actually let you claim.
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