Last Day on Earth’s healing system recently got quite the update! Healing with food is no longer a viable option for the game’s more challenging content. With this change the game has definitely ramped up in difficulty, but if you know the ins and out of the new healing system you’ll have a much better chance of surviving.

A comparison of then vs now

Lets start off by reflecting on the previous healing system. If you ate food it would instantly replenish your health along with satiating some of your hunger. You could run through Bunker Alfa with a steaming inventory of carrot stews as your primary healing items; bandages and first aid kits not required!

The updated system reworked the healing potential of food. Food still replenishes health, but it does this incrementally over a period of three seconds. You also can’t spam heal with food. If you eat five carrot stews within the three second window you’ll only receive the health from the first one.

Health options going forward

So, healing with food is still a viable option for situations when you’re going up against enemies with a weaker damage output. If you get yourself swarmed with lower tier enemies you’ll be out of luck using food though, and you can forget about using it with the heavy hitters! This shift away from food puts more of an emphasis on crafting bandages and first aid kits.

Bandages and first aid kits aren’t difficult at all to stockpile, but it is a time consuming process. If you’re regularly visiting resource zones you’ll want to save up the cloth, berries and grass that you have access to during those visits. The bandage/first aid kit crafting process goes a little something like this:

Two pieces of grass can be turned into one piece of cloth at the Sewing Table.

Five pieces of cloth can be crafted into a bandage (40hp) in the blueprints menu.

Three bandages and two alcohol are needed to craft a first aid kit (100hp) in the blueprint menu.

You can craft one alcohol with five berries at the Medical Table.

The bandages and first aid kits that you save up should be used sparingly and only when completing content that absolutely requires instant high hp recovery. You’ll want to save them for the Bunkers, Blackport PD, the Farm and the like. It’s probably not a bad idea to bring a few bandages along to yellow and red resource zones though….just in case.

Bandages vs. First Aid Kits

It’s also worth mentioning that you lose out on 20 hp every time you turn three bandages into a first aid kit. The three bandages have a combined healing potential of 120hp, while the first aid kit provides 100hp and also requires the alcohol for crafting.

The benefit of the first aid kits is that they give that large chunk of hp instantly, and that is going to be necessary when you’re completing the higher tier content in the game(Alfa hard mode, Bunker Bravo…). Your individual playstyle and the content that you’re completing are going to be the deciding factors for the choice between bandages and first aid kits. Always try to get away with using bandages instead of first aid kits if possible!

The Self-Healing Active Skill

I felt like this skill this deserved it’s own section because it has the potential to save you almost three bandages per heal if you use it correctly. The self-healing active skill is unlocked after leveling up your character and basically getting lucky to have it presented as one of the three skills to choose between for your level up reward.

Once activated, it heals 110hp and takes five minutes to recharge. So, even if you are lucky enough to unlock this skill you’ll need to adapt to a bit of a different play style; a more cautious one. You’ll have to engage enemies at a slower rate to account for the cool down of the skill, and you’ll also want to be careful not to get swarmed. Even then, some situations are still going to require bandages and first aid kits.

I think that the most efficient use of this skill is to use it in combination with the other healing items. This way you’ll still end up saving some bandages and first aid kits, but you won’t spend a large chunk of time waiting on that cool down timer.

Well, that does it for the healing guide. Stay safe out there! Feel free to ask any additional questions in the comments. 🙂