Knocked Out



A Knock Out, commonly referred to as a death, is an event that occurs when health reaches 0, or the player falls into The Slime Sea.

A Knock Out is never permanent, and will be able to resume activities after the time-skip period has ended. However all items held are lost, with a select few items preserved at The Docks, if it has been purchased.

Time skipping
When the player is knocked out, a black splash screen fades onto the screen informing the player that they have been knocked out. They will be spawned back outside the Ranch House, and time will skip accordingly. A minimum of 12 hours will then be skipped, ending at 6am on a subsequent day. If knocked out any time between 6pm to 5:59am, the entire next day will be skipped to 6am the following day.

Slime hunger and agitation, food growth and decay, chicken breeding, plort production and decay, and Drone charge consumption will all be advanced along with the skipped time. Agitated slimes will likely begin performing negative behaviors, if applicable.

Item preservation
Under normal circumstances, there is no way to keep all items held in the vacpack's inventory. However a maximum of 6 items per slot can turn up at The Docks shoreline if it has been purchased.

Item preservation is determined by the following calculation:

(minimum between 6, and ((number of items in the slot)/2) rounded down)

The following items are kept on knock out:
 * Food
 * Plorts
 * Echoes and Chimes
 * Slime Science Resources

The following items are not kept on knock out:
 * Fire, Puddle, and Quicksilver plorts
 * Water and Ancient Water
 * Any Fashion Pods
 * Any Slimes

Perishables such as plorts and food will continue to decay during the time-skip period after a knockout, and may despawn during this time. Gold Plorts will decay in 6 hours, so will always despawn by the time the timeskip period ends.

Trivia

 * The time-skip period can be recorded with the use of the GIF capture feature on PC once the player is given back control. GIF capture omits the HUD, which also omits the splash screen.