The Health Kit is an item that can be found in The Last of Us. When used, it restores some of Joel's or Ellie's health.
Overview
Health kits can either be found around the world, or be crafted by Joel or Ellie. They can be upgraded to provide even greater healing capabilities by using training manuals. Health kits take several seconds to fully apply, but this can be done faster if the Healing speed skill is upgraded.
In Factions, health kits can be located on various parts of the map which the player can collect. The same ingredients are needed to make one. The First Aid Training skill decreases the amount of time needed to use a health kit.
Crafting
Heath kits are crafted by combining one rag and a bottle of alcohol, which is the same combination to make a Molotov Cocktail.[1] This was an intentional design choice by the developers to emphasize the scarceness of the resources[2] and to show how every choice makes a difference.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "I can find a bottle of alcohol and some rags and I can create a Molotov Cocktail from it. That's going to help me take out a couple of guys if I use it appropriately. Or I can use the same ingredients and craft a med-kit and that kind of lets me choose if I want to play more defensively and kind of have items that help me heal myself, or much more aggressively and I'm going to have items that help me kill and destroy in order to then progress and get out of this area." -Neil Druckmann, Creative Director, Naughty Dog.
- ↑ "We wanted you to be forced to make some choices in the world that showed how depleted the resources are." -Ricky Cambier, Game Designer, Naughty Dog.