{"id":284,"date":"2025-11-30T12:25:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T12:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/?p=284"},"modified":"2025-11-30T14:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T14:30:11","slug":"medical-aid-in-starfield-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/medical-aid-in-starfield-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical aid in starfield explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Starfield, medical aid involves treating both overall health and specific afflictions caused by a dangerous galaxy. Players can use medical &#8220;Aid&#8221; items, visit a doctor for a quick fix, sleep, or take advantage of specific skills to stay healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Healing health and curing afflictions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Starfield<\/em>&#8216;s medical system separates general health restoration from curing status effects, or &#8220;afflictions.&#8221; When your health is low, your health bar will appear faded, showing how much you can heal. Afflictions, such as a fractured limb or lung damage, apply negative effects to your character and are shown by a unique icon on your status menu.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"custom-css-block\"><style>#aab_accordion_4fdd5d74_0 {  }<\/style><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-aab-accordion-block aab__accordion_container  accessibilityOn\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;border:1px solid #bcb6b638\" id=\"aab_accordion_4fdd5d74_0\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"aab__accordion_head aab_right_icon \" style=\"background-color:#bcb6b638;border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none\"><div class=\"aab__accordion_heading aab_right_icon aab_right_link\"><div class=\"head_content_wrapper\"><div class=\"title_wrapper\"><h5 class=\"aab__accordion_title\" style=\"margin:0\">Where do I find all health related information and icons in the game?<\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"aab__accordion_icon\" style=\"border:0px solid transparent\"><span class=\"aab__icon dashicons dashicons-plus-alt2\" style=\"font-size:23px\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"aab__accordion_body  \" role=\"region\" style=\"display:none;border-top:1px solid #bcb6b638;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none\"><div class=\"aab__accordion_component\">\n<p>In game health icon location:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.in_.game_.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-298\" style=\"width:218px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.in_.game_.png 511w, https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.in_.game_-291x300.png 291w, https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.in_.game_-45x45.png 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Main interface health icon location:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1009\" src=\"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.interface-1024x1009.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-301\" style=\"width:521px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.interface-1024x1009.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.interface-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.interface-768x757.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.interface-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.interface.jpg 1462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Health status details (from main interface):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"808\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-303\" style=\"width:298px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.detail.jpg 808w, https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.detail-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.detail-768x862.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Inventory items (match the icon colours for treatment):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.pack_-1024x784.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-304\" style=\"width:588px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.pack_-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.pack_-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.pack_-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.pack_-1536x1176.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/health.pack_.jpg 1767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Healing your health:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Med packs and kits:<\/strong>&nbsp;These items restore health over time and are the primary way to heal quickly during combat. Basic Med Packs are often auto-assigned to a quick-access slot when you begin the game.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Food and drinks:<\/strong>&nbsp;Consumable food and drink items restore a small amount of health and can also provide temporary buffs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sleeping:<\/strong>&nbsp;Taking a nap or a full rest at your ship&#8217;s bed or a rented bed in a city will fully restore your health.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Curing afflictions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Specific aid items:<\/strong>&nbsp;In your inventory&#8217;s &#8220;Aid&#8221; section, you can find items designed to treat specific afflictions. An icon on your status screen indicates the affliction, and you can match it to the corresponding icon on a specific cure item. Common examples include using an Immobilizer for a fractured limb or an Antibiotic for an infection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Generic cures:<\/strong>&nbsp;Some aid items, like Panacea or Snake Oil, can treat a wide range of afflictions at once, making them extremely useful to have on hand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Visiting a doctor:<\/strong>&nbsp;For a fee of 500 credits, you can visit a doctor in a major city to instantly cure all your afflictions and fully restore your health. Major settlements like New Atlantis and Neon have medical facilities, such as Reliant Medical.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Passive recovery:<\/strong>&nbsp;Afflictions have a prognosis rating that improves over time. As your prognosis changes from &#8220;Poor&#8221; to &#8220;Excellent,&#8221; there is an increasing chance the affliction will heal on its own without using a treatment item.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Color\/Symbol<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Type of Wounds Indicated<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>How to Heal<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Purple Pill<\/td><td>Infections<\/td><td>Doctor Treatment, Antibiotics, Penicillin X, Antibiotic Paste, Antibiotic Cocktail, Analgesic Poultice, Panacea<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Red Bandage<\/td><td>Lacerations, Contusions, Puncture Wounds<\/td><td>Doctor Treatment, Bandages, Infused Bandages, Repairing Immobilizer, Analgesic Poultice, Panacea<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yellow Dispersal<\/td><td>Brain Injury, Concussion, Heatstroke, Hernia, Hypothermia,&nbsp;Lung Damage, Poisoning, Radiation Poisoning, Addiction<\/td><td>Doctor Treatment, Junk Flush (Addictions only), Injector, Snake Oil, Panacea<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Orange Flame<\/td><td>Burns, Frostbite<\/td><td>Doctor Treatment, Heal Gel, Heal Paste, Antibiotic Paste, Infused Bandages, Analgesic Poultice, Panacea<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Blue Broken Bone<\/td><td>Dislocated Limbs, Fractured Limb, Fractured Skull, Sprain, Torn Muscle<\/td><td>Doctor Treatment, Immobilizer, Repairing Immobilizer, Repairing Immobilizer<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Useful skills and items<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few key skills and items can greatly improve your medical capabilities:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Medicine skill:<\/strong>&nbsp;Located in the Science skill tree, this perk increases the effectiveness and speed of your Med Packs, Trauma Packs, and Emergency Kits. At higher ranks, it even gives these items a chance to cure an affliction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wellness skill:<\/strong>&nbsp;In the Physical skill tree, the Wellness perk simply increases your overall maximum health.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Medical items:<\/strong>&nbsp;Always keep a variety of medical items, including Med Packs for general healing and specific ailment cures, on you. First Aid stations found throughout facilities and outposts are a great source for stocking up.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Starfield, medical aid involves treating both overall health and specific afflictions caused by a dangerous galaxy. Players can use medical &#8220;Aid&#8221; items, visit a doctor for a quick fix, sleep, or take advantage of specific skills to stay healthy. Healing health and curing afflictions Starfield&#8216;s medical system separates general health restoration from curing status [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,27,24],"class_list":["post-284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-cure","tag-doctor","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starfield.number61.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}