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Overview

Medicine is the category of healing consumables in Windrose. Medicine items restore health directly: either in a single large hit (potions) or gradually over a short window (bandages). They are distinct from Alchemy elixirs, which grant temporary combat buffs rather than healing. All medicine recipes are crafted at the Alchemy Table, and most items are also found as loot in world chests.

Medicine Items

The following are all verified medicine consumables in the current build:

Item Details

Bandage

Uncommon medicine. A rough scrap of cloth soaked in seawater. Restores 900 Health over time. Lasts 3.

Recipe: 1x Coarse Fabric

This rag will keep you from bleeding out. Appreciate the effort, and try not to die before the next port. Attributed to Doctor Galen Skelton

Great Healing Potion

Epic medicine. Restores your strength and heals even the deepest wounds.

Recipe: 2x Healing Potion, 1x Tear of Sorrow

Instantly restores 80% Health. They say this mixture hauls sailors straight out of Davy Jones’ locker.

Healing Potion

Rare medicine. Heals serious wounds and dulls the pain. Not a miracle in a bottle, but it does the job. Instantly restores 55% Health. To die would be an awfully big adventure.

Recipe: 1x Alchemical Base, 3x Healing Herbs

Minor Healing Potion

Uncommon medicine. Quickly mends small cuts and dulls the pain, giving you the strength to fight… or flee. Instantly restores 35% Health. Do not trust potions blindly. Bed rest and peace and quiet are just as necessary for healing. Attributed to Doctor Galen Skelton

Recipe: 1x Alchemical Base

Acquisition

All four medicine items can be crafted at the Alchemy Table, which is unlocked after recovering a Misty Orchid from Coastal Jungle ruins. Before the table is unlocked, every medicine item is available as chest loot in the Coastal Jungle and the Highlands. Bandages in particular appear in very high densities in pirate camps and cave dungeons, so early-game stockpiling does not require crafting at all.

Using Medicine in Combat

Potions heal instantly and are the fastest way to recover during a fight. Bandages restore 900 HP but tick over 30 seconds and stop healing if the player takes damage, which makes them most useful after a successful burst of offensive play or between waves in a cleared room, not mid-hit-trade. For boss fights the community recommendation is to carry five Minor Healing Potions plus at least one Great Healing Potion in the hotbar. Medicine does not occupy the elixir slot; instant-heal potions are used directly from the hotbar at any time.

See Also

• Alchemy

• Alchemy Table

• Food

• Health and Healing

• Consumables

Game Data

Properties

Sources

Variants

A complete list of Medicine variants in Windrose is shown below, with thumbnail, build cost, and comfort bonus for each entry. Click any name to open its dedicated page.