Medical loadout planner: health, bleeding, injuries, and radiation

Use the condition, not the icon, to choose medicine

Medical planning in Abiotic Factor starts by identifying the condition. Lost health, Bleeding, Severe Bleeding, a limb injury, and accumulated radiation are different problems. A Bandage can attempt to stop one bleeding instance but does not restore health. Iodine Tablets can reduce accumulated radiation but are not a general healing item. A wall-mounted Medkit is storage containing supplies, not a button that restores a fixed amount of health.

This guide creates a condition-first route kit. It does not list every medicine or tincture. Its completion state is a small loadout in which every slot has a known job, plus a base recovery area that can refill or replace the route kit.

Triage table: choose the item by condition

The Bandage notes specify a small chance of failure for ordinary Bleeding and a higher chance for Severe Bleeding. A successful use on Severe Bleeding reduces it to ordinary Bleeding; another Bandage is then needed. A Tech Bandage removes all instances of both conditions. Inspect the status after treatment before resuming the route or reviving a teammate who is still bleeding.

For the documented leg injuries, a Splint starts gradual recovery rather than instantly restoring movement. Its item page specifies one Splint per broken bone when several are injured; check the remaining injury icons and allow the treated injury time to heal before assuming one use has resolved the entire condition.

The point of the table is not to prescribe a fixed quantity for every route. It prevents category errors. Check the status icons and route hazard, then select the item whose current page names that condition.

Medkit and Healing Briefcase have different roles

The names sound similar, but the objects are not interchangeable.

Medkit: an eight-slot medical container

The current Medkit page defines the Medkit as deployable storage with eight slots. Found Medkits can contain Iodine Tablets, Bandages, a possible Healing Syringe, and a possible Splint. The container can be mounted and used to organize medical supplies.

That means a Medkit should be evaluated in two parts:

1. Inspect and remove the supplies found inside it.
2. Reuse the eight-slot container as a visible medical station if its location suits the base.

Do not describe the container itself as healing a fixed number of hit points. When a player says a Medkit "helped," the effect came from an item stored in it, not from interacting with the box as a healing station.

Healing Briefcase: a battery-powered healing device

The Healing Briefcase page records a 200 battery capacity and healing of 3 health every half second to players in its area. Charge is consumed while it is actively healing; leaving it deployed without an injured player does not drain the battery. The page also states that it does not heal enemies.

Use it in one of two ways:

• Base recovery: place it near medical storage and a safe regroup point so returning players can heal before sorting loot.
• Controlled field recovery: deploy it where the team can hold position, then retrieve it after the healing window.

The second use is not permission to stand in an active hazard. Secure the area first or retreat. A device that heals quickly can still be overwhelmed by continued damage.

To recharge the Briefcase, place it on a GATE Charging Station or a powered crafted Charging Station. The item-charge reference documents both options. Retrieve the charged device before the next run; deploying an empty Briefcase does not recharge it.

Base recovery layout

Do not place radioactive loot beside the medical station. A good recovery layout removes the source of continued exposure before spending treatment.

Radiation workflow: protection, monitoring, and treatment

Radiation planning has three separate layers:

1. Reduce exposure: shorten time near the source and use suitable protective equipment.
2. Monitor the route: notice the environmental rate and accumulated-radiation warnings rather than waiting for severe symptoms.
3. Treat accumulation: use an item whose documented effect removes radiation.

Iodine Tablets immediately remove 10 radiation and provide 50% radiation resistance for 15 minutes. The Pentetic Acid Syringe has the same stated effect and becomes a craftable alternative after its First Aid unlock. Iodine Tablets are found in Medkits.

The Radiation Tingle warning begins before Radiation Sickness, according to the current Iodine Tablets notes. Using a tablet the instant the first warning appears can waste part of its 10-point removal, while waiting too long creates a larger recovery problem. A handheld Geiger Counter is useful because it can show accumulated radiation; the keychain version reports the current rate but not the accumulated total.

Radiation route decision

• If the source can be avoided, reroute instead of consuming medicine.
• If the objective requires exposure, equip protection before entry.
• If radioactive loot is the source, isolate or unload it after the objective.
• If accumulated radiation justifies treatment, use Iodine Tablets, a Pentetic Acid Syringe, or another current item with the same documented function.
• If treatment is exhausted, leave the area. Resting or sitting does not have a documented radiation-removal effect.

At base, the R.A.I.N. Shower is another documented radiation-removal system. It is not a practical field item and does not provide the Rad Resistant buff, so it belongs in the return-and-recover plan rather than the expedition inventory.

Before using the R.A.I.N. Shower, connect power and supply at least 125 mL of clean water. Stand inside and press its button; one cleaning removes accumulated radiation and consumes 125 mL. Refill it before relying on the next recovery cycle.

Step by step: build a medical loadout

Step 1: name the route hazards

Write down the likely conditions: ordinary combat damage, Bleeding, Severe Bleeding, limb injuries, radiation, or a long route with no safe recovery point. Do not pack every medical item just because it exists.

Step 2: assign one answer to each likely condition

Use the triage table. A basic combat route might need a health-restoration item and a Bandage. A dangerous melee objective may justify a Tech Bandage and Splint. A radioactive route needs protection and a radiation treatment in addition to ordinary healing.

Step 3: protect the scarce item

Store broad or scarce treatment separately from routine supplies. A Tech Bandage should not be spent on a single ordinary Bleeding instance when a normal Bandage can solve it. Iodine Tablets should not be consumed merely because the player is near a radiation sign; check whether exposure was actually accumulated and whether the route is continuing.

There is also a preventive use: if unavoidable exposure is about to begin, the documented 15-minute resistance effect can justify treatment before accumulation. Distinguish that planned protection from trying to maximize the 10-point removal after exposure; neither purpose replaces leaving an avoidable radiation source.

Step 4: plan the return condition

Set a retreat trigger before departure:

• the last item for a route-critical condition is used;
• armor or protective equipment no longer matches the hazard;
• accumulated radiation continues rising after the planned treatment;
• the Healing Briefcase lacks enough charge for the intended recovery point;
• a required objective item has been secured and further risk adds no value.

Step 5: restock by missing function

On return, do not refill to an arbitrary screenshot. Check which condition no longer has an answer. Replace the used Bandage, recharge the Healing Briefcase, and replenish radiation treatment only if the next route needs it. This keeps the kit compact and makes shortages visible.

Failure recovery by symptom

Bleeding continues after one Bandage. Check whether the attempt failed, another instance remains, or Severe Bleeding was reduced to ordinary Bleeding. Repeat treatment as required and inspect the status again. A Tech Bandage has the documented broader role of removing all Bleeding and Severe Bleeding.

Health remains low after bleeding stops. Bleeding control and health restoration are separate. Move to safety and use a healing item or the Healing Briefcase.

Radiation rises after treatment. The source is still active, the player is still carrying radioactive material, or the exposure rate exceeds the plan. Leave or isolate the source; do not consume repeated medicine while remaining in the same avoidable hazard.

The Healing Briefcase appears inactive. Confirm that the player is injured, inside its area, and that the device has charge. Because it spends battery only while healing, inactivity beside a fully healed player is expected.

A wall Medkit does not heal. Open it as storage and inspect its contents. Use the medical item that matches the condition.

Completion check

The medical plan is ready when:

• Every carried item maps to a likely route condition.
• Bleeding control, limb treatment, health restoration, and radiation care are not treated as interchangeable.
• The player understands that a Medkit is storage and a Healing Briefcase is a healing device.
• Radiation protection, monitoring, and removal are planned as separate steps.
• Radioactive cargo has a storage destination away from the recovery point.
• The route has a retreat trigger tied to the last critical treatment.
• The base kit can be restocked by function before the next departure.

This condition-first method remains useful when balance values change because it starts from each item's documented role rather than an assumed universal "best medicine."