Bandage
General#
The Bandage is the item you will use most as a human. It is cheap in the Item Shop, common in loot chests, easy to craft, and it is the only item that repairs broken legs.
Stats#
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Health | +6 |
| Radiation | -5 |
| Fixes broken legs | Yes |
| Cures infection | Only by driving radiation to zero |
| Cooldown | 3 seconds |
| Uses | Single use |
Using one briefly slows you, so bandaging in the open while something is chasing you is not free.
Getting One#
The most common healing item at every chest tier. Craftable from 1 Thread, 1 Cloth and 1 Alcohol, and sold in the Item Shop for 100 gold.
Chance within the healing category of each chest tier:
| Common Chest | Rare Chest | Legendary Chest |
|---|---|---|
| 27.0% | 33.8% | 36.0% |
Why It Matters#
Three of them make a Syringe, which is the only reliable cure for infection. Since syringes are close to unfindable in ordinary chests, most of the ones you use will have started as bandages.
Bandages also stack, which matters in the Item Shop where you buy slots rather than items: a full stack of bandages costs one slot, exactly the same as a single one.
The three second cooldown is short enough to chain several in a row, so a survivor with a stack can out-heal a lot of chip damage. What they cannot out-heal is the infection tick, which is what the Syringe is for.