Bandage

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	Last updated for version 0.18.12.0 Last mentioned in changelog 1.1.18.0 The current game version is 1.3.0.3

Main article: Medical Items

Bandage
Basic bandages, useful in the treatment of bleeding wounds and burns.
Medical Usage
Desirable Medical Skill				5
Success Bleeding (-30)* Burn (-30)* 6 seconds					Failure Bleeding (-22.5)* Burn (-22.5)* 6 seconds
Crafting
Fabricator Skill				Medical 5
Medical Fabricator Requirements (produces 3 items)				Organic Fiber 15s
Deconstructible?				No
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Technical Identifier antibleeding1 Categories

Bandage is a very useful Medical Item used to treat some common injuries.

Function

Bandages are used to treat mild Bleeding and Burns. When applied, they will reduce the affliction strength of both by 30 over a period of 5 seconds. This will only affect the limb on which the Bandages are applied. This will translate to a maximum of 30 Vitality recovery from Burns for a character with 100 max Vitality, though usually a single limb will not be burned to this degree. Bleeding does not reduce Vitality appreciably, but instead, Bandage are effective at reducing the rate of Bloodloss that Bleeding causes. Bandages are one of the few Medical Item to only apply their effects to a single limb. It functions similarly to the more advanced Plastiseal and Antibiotic Glue.
Bleeding is caused by many attacks from Creatures and hostile Humans. Burns are caused by Fires, failing an electrical repair, various weapons such as Flamers and Ancient Weapons, Explosives, Radiation Sickness, and some Creature attacks, such as Fractal Guardians and Watchers.

Usage

Like all Medical Items, Bandage can be applied through the Health GUI (Default Key ). See this page for more information on usage.

Bandage cannot be loaded into a Syringe Gun, though it can be swung from the hand.

Bandages are also used to craft Plastiseal in the Medical Fabricator.
Despite being able to apply Bandages by swinging from the hand, this is not recommended, since the effects will be applied to whichever limb is hit, which cannot be easily aimed.

Notes

Bandage is a basic Medical Item, though is vital for treating some of the most common Afflictions: Bleeding and Burns. Somewhat unique to this item type, Bandages only apply their effects to a single limb. This generally means that several Bandages are necessary to fully treat a character, and in general it is advised for Medics to carry more than a single stack at all times. Non-medics may also consider carrying some, due to their low Medical Skill requirement and general effectiveness.
Since high levels of Bleeding are capable of reducing Vitality quickly, Bandages are extremely useful for stabilizing a downed character. Generally, if a downed crewmate is not being actively attacked by a Creature, then Bleeding is the greatest threat to their life, and is the cause of the most preventable deaths. Bandages should be used generously in the case of catastrophic Bleeding, as they are both cheap and have no side effects on use.

Bandages are reasonably effective for most non-emergency and some emergency cases, however it is always recommended to upgrade Bandages into Plastiseal. This is because Plastiseal is crafted solely from Bandages and Elastin, which has no other major use. (Prior to the 0.18.11.0 (3rd Anniversary Update), crafting yielded 2 Plastiseal for each Bandage, though it is now a 1 to 1 crafting recipe. It is still always recommended to upgrade, however.) Antibiotic Glue also treats Burns and Bleeding twice as effectively as Plastiseal, though it is much more expensive, and is absolutely overkill for treating these Afflictions.

Since both Bleeding and Burns heal themselves over time (and also Bloodloss), if a character is not in immediate danger, simply waiting will be an adequate substitute for Bandages, especially in the case of very minor wounds, in which case it is not recommended to waste Bandages on. The Health Scanner HUD will show the affliction strength, (one Bandage will heal up to 30% of both Afflictions) and this can be sometimes used to judge whether it is necessary to use Bandages as treatment, though it should be noted that the Health Scanner HUD sums the damage over the entire character, so this will not be entirely useful. The affliction strength bar should be referred to instead - this will appear under each Affliction when clicking on a limb in the Health GUI - one Bandage will heal 30% of this bar.

Fabrication & Deconstruction

Medical Fabricator Items

Crafting Materials	Crafting Talent, Skill, Time	Item	Deconstruction Time	Deconstruction Yield
Bandage (x3) Elastin (produces 3 items)	Medical 16   25	Plastiseal	1	none (for 1 deconstructed item)

 

Deconstructor Items

Crafting Materials	Crafting Talent, Skill, Time	Item	Deconstruction Time	Deconstruction Yield
		Mucus Ball	10	Bandage Paralyxis Calcium