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Healing

Health Kit

Health Kit in the official backpack screenshot

Item overview

Health Kit starts recovery after you take damage. Avoid another hit until its recovery window finishes; repeated damage restarts the process. It works automatically while equipped.

  • Healing
  • Automatic
  • Avoid damage
Activation
Automatic after taking damage.
Requirement
Avoid further hits during the recovery interval.
Role
Health recovery; Shield Generator instead restores armor.

Strengths

  • Recovers health without activating a powerup.
  • Rewards a retreat that creates several seconds of safety.

Weaknesses

  • Repeated hits interrupt recovery.
  • Cannot save you from damage that kills you immediately.

When to pick it

You can disengage after taking damage and need health recovery between hits.

When to skip it

You need immediate protection against a single lethal hit or cannot create a recovery window.

Priorities

  1. Equip the kit before depending on its effect.
  2. Move away after a hit instead of trading repeated damage.
  3. Check the item’s current rarity for its healing amount and interval.

Builds and combinations

Health Kit is passive equipment. Leave it equipped and avoid further damage after a hit so its delayed recovery can finish. It is different from consumable healing powerups with an activation button.

If health never recovers while you are surrounded, repeated incoming hits may be restarting the timer. Move into an open area first. For immediate survival, consider the size of the hit and your remaining health rather than counting recovery that has not finished yet.

Health Kit appears at the lower right of this backpack. Leave it equipped to use its automatic recovery. Official gameplay screenshot.
A green medical kit in the lower right of the backpack

Health Kit appears at the lower right of this backpack. Leave it equipped to use its automatic recovery. Official gameplay screenshot.

Sources

Last updated 2026-11-02.

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