Hoarding in Amnesia

[reehone]

Yeah I barely used any tinderboxes or oil either. Basically, as soon as I realized that not only was I safer from the monsters in the dark, but that also there was no real punishment for going insane I stopped using them entirely.
At first I thought that the monsters would be able to sense you while you were insane or spawn more frequently but I don't think that is the case - or is it? I didn't notice any difference in monster behaviour...

The monsters don't really behave any differently, but every monster on the map will hear you if you collapse from insanity, and will search for a bit. The only punishment for low sanity is reduced running speed and lagging controls, at the lower orange/red levels, even grunts can outrun you.