Healing Bulbs are Alabaster Dawn's main healing resource. Juno starts with a small number of charges; each one restores health gradually over several seconds.
Refilling Charges
Charges refill when Juno takes a short rest at a Waysprout or a cooking pot, or when she finishes cooking a meal. Charges cannot be triggered while Juno is at full HP, since that would waste them. Hitting a Healing Plant while at full HP slowly regenerates spent charges, shown by a green ring around the icon.
Charge Properties
The maximum charges, healing power, and healing time are all set by the last meal cooked, and by the Palate Level at which it was cooked. Some plot beats also push these values to fixed amounts to match the upcoming encounter, although that may be a demo affordance rather than a final-game feature.
Source | Charges | Healing Power | Healing Time |
|---|---|---|---|
Default at start of game | 3 | 160 | 4 seconds |
Basic Ration (Silver Peak section) | 4 plus Palate Level | 160 plus Palate Bonus | 4 seconds |
4 plus Palate Level | 200 plus Palate Bonus | 4 seconds | |
Nyx Avatar fight (Grilled Salmo) | 5 | 300 | 20 seconds |
Trial of Aether (Baked Prapple) | 10 | 125 | 4 seconds |
Healing power for the Silver Peak refresh and the Ring Ration scale with Palate Level. The other two automatic refreshes are always Palate Level 1 because no dishes of those types can currently be cooked.
Palate Level Bonus
The Palate Level for the recipe type cooked directly raises the charge count, and gives a variable Healing Power bonus on top.
Palate Level | Healing Power Bonus |
|---|---|
1 | 0 |
2 | 40 |
3 | 80 |
4 | 120 |
5 | 200 |
6 | 280 |
7 | 360 |
8 | 480 |
9 | 600 |
10 | 1000 |
Tips
Always cook before heading into a boss arena. The post-meal charge count and healing power persist until the next meal, so leaving cold from a Waysprout means fewer charges in the fight.
If a Healing Plant is on the route, save one charge until full HP and tap the plant. Charges can refill mid-route without backtracking to a Waysprout.
Plot-fixed bulb settings (the Salmo bulb before the boss, the Baked Prapple bulb in the Trial) reset whatever Juno cooked beforehand, so save expensive ingredients for non-scripted segments.