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Instead of taking a red healing potion in Icarus to cure all of your injuries, you will need to rely on a wide variety of bandages and antidotes. There are multiple types of injuries that you can have, with unique ways to heal each one. In this guide, we are going to go over how to heal.
This will include methods for each of the damage-based effects, as well as what the damage can do to your body. All of the injuries mentioned here are status effects; this means that to 'heal', you just need to remove the status effect. Doing so will remove negative effects, allowing you to consume health-regenerating food. First, let's take a look at healing basic wounds that aren't too severe.
Wounds And Deep Wounds
Wounds and deep wounds are essentially surface injuries. These are quite easy to heal the following items.
Injury |
Effects |
How To Heal |
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Wound |
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Bandage
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Deep Wound |
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Suture Kit
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Bandages are very easy to craft; we recommend always having a handful of this healing item in your inventory at all times. They will help you in a pinch if you have taken damage.
Deep wounds are a little more severe, but with a suture kit, you will be good to go in no time.
Major Injuries
Major injuries are a little more serious than wounds and can have some fatal side effects. Below, you can check out every major injury, what it does to your body, and how to heal or prevent it.
Injury |
Effects |
How To Heal |
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Broken Leg |
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Splint
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Contusion |
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Blood Thinning Paste
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Festering Wound |
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Anti-Parasitic Paste
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Poison |
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Anti-Poison Paste
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These four healing items can all be crafted directly from your player inventory, and are tier one items. This means that you can craft them pretty early on in the game.
Similar to bandages, it's important to have a few of each item either in your inventory or inside your base. By doing so, you can quickly use the item without needing to find materials while you are injured.
Temperature Effects
As you venture to new biomes, you will become susceptible to temperature-based effects. To get rid of these unwanted effects, you simply need to negate the temperature. For example, if you are overheating, drink or enter the water.
Sometimes, this isn't always possible, but this is where the heat bandage comes in handy. The heat bandage will provide warmth, preventing frostbite and hypothermia. To make a heat bandage, you will need the following items.
- 40 Fiber
- 4 Oxite Ore
- 10 Charcoal
Similar to the other healing methods mentioned above, the heat bandage is a tier-one crafted item.
Dysentery
Dysentery has a chance to occur if you drink water directly from a river or lake. This illness will pass with time, but if you want it gone, you can use anti-parasitic paste. This is an item also used to heal a festering wound, mentioned above.
Healing Buffs From Food
In some survival games, food is used to heal and replenish your HP. This works a bit differently in Icarus though.
Although some foods can boost your health regeneration, you will first need to remove the negative status effect. For example, if you have hypothermia, which deals two damage per tick, and then you eat food to boost health regeneration, you will still take two damage.
Below, you can find some of the best foods to eat if you are running low on health.
- Berries
- Cooked Meat and Fish
- Bread
Herbalism Bench
Once you can access tier two of the technology tree, you will be able to construct the herbalism bench. This is a unique crafting bench that allows you to craft various healing items. Here, you can create tonics, which are stronger versions of their paste version.
Additionally, you will be able to craft pastes that improve health, stamina, oxygen, food, and water consumption. These pastes will provide beneficial effects, however, they will not get rid of any negative effects that you currently have. Below, you can check out each paste, as well as what it does and how to make it.
Paste Type |
What It Does |
Required Materials |
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Health Buff Paste |
Temporarily increases health |
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Stamina Buff Paste |
Temporarily increases stamina |
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Health Restoration Paste |
Restores health |
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Stamina Regeneration Paste |
Increases stamina regeneration |
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Health Regeneration Paste |
Increases health regeneration |
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Stamina Consumption Paste |
Slows stamina consumption |
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Stamina Restoration Paste |
Restores stamina |
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Oxygen Buff Paste |
Increases available oxygen |
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Oxygen Consumption Paste |
Slows oxygen consumption |
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Oxygen Restoration Paste |
Restores oxygen |
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Food Consumption Paste |
Pauses decrease in hunger |
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Water Consumption Paste |
Pauses decrease in thirst |
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That's all there is to know about healing. Don't forget to craft basic bandages early in the game; they can be a lifesaver!