Healing and medical: medkits, briefcases, and radiation survival

Field Complaint

I keep dying from random damage and cannot find enough healing. Where are all the medkits?

Validated Response

Stop relying solely on wall medkits — they are finite and you will run out. Medkits spawn on walls throughout the facility and are farmable from the Rise portal, so run Rise when you need a stockpile. The real prize is the Healing Briefcase: place it on a surface and it generates a 3 health per half-second AOE heal. Charge it with a Portable Recharger and it becomes infinite healing — it heals half of your missing health per tick, which means the worse shape you are in, the faster it patches you up. Keep one next to your bed and Crafting Bench at all times. For other medical needs, stock Bandages for bleeding, Splints for fractures, and Antidotes for poison — craft these at a Crafting Bench with the Healing Module upgrade. Radiation is its own problem: a Hazmat Suit gives 90% reduction, a Lab Mask gives 15%, and here is the trick nobody tells you — sitting down nullifies ambient radiation entirely, including radiation from items in your inventory. So if you are carrying hot materials and your suit is degrading, find a chair. Pharmacy locations in Bio Lab areas have concentrated medical supply spawns. Treat the Healing Briefcase as your primary healing station and medkits as emergency pocket heals.

Summary

Stop relying solely on wall medkits. The Healing Briefcase is the real workhorse, and sitting down nullifies radiation entirely.

Prerequisites

• Find a Medkit on the wall to understand the healing baseline
• Locate or craft a Healing Briefcase
• Keep Bandages, Splints, and Antidotes in stock

Recommended Loadout

• Healing Briefcase (place near bed and Crafting Bench)
• Portable Recharger for Briefcase sustain
• Bandages, Splints, Antidotes for specific conditions

Step-by-Step Route

1. Place a Healing Briefcase next to your bed — it heals 3 HP per half-second in an area of effect
2. Charge the Briefcase with a Portable Recharger for effectively infinite healing
3. Stock wall Medkits for emergency pocket heals during exploration runs
4. Craft Bandages for bleeding, Splints for broken bones, Antidotes for poison
5. Upgrade your Crafting Bench with the Healing Module for passive healing near work areas
6. Farm the Rise portal for renewable Medkit spawns
7. Sit on any surface to nullify ambient radiation — this includes radioactive items in your inventory

Common Mistakes

• Running past the wall Medkit without grabbing it during early exploration
• Carrying radioactive items without a Hazmat Suit and wondering why health drains
• Forgetting that the Briefcase heals half of missing health per tick — it works faster the worse shape you are in