Dressing
Specimen Telemetry & Parameters
- Trader Value
- 10
- Weight
- 0.9u
- INT to Recognize
- 1
- INT to Craft
- 5
- Decay Timer
- -
- Inventory Usable
- No
- Recipe / Acquisition
- Ripped dressing (x2) - At least 90% condition
- Clinical & Survival Role
- Craftable 12-wrap medical bandage (-0.675L/m bleeding, +30 skin health, -60 pain, accelerates fracture/dislocation healing).
Dressing Field Specification & Classification
Within the Release 1.0 equipment manifest of Casualties: Unknown, the dressing specimen is cataloged as a high-priority survival resource for deep subterranean expeditions. Field telemetry confirms that maintaining dedicated dressing reserves in accessible container slots prevents acute medical or logistical emergencies from escalating during vertical cave traversal. Expeditions descending from the Gravel Lands toward deeper subterranean strata rely on dressing whenever standard scavenging runs encounter resource scarcity, structural hazards, or severe physical trauma.
Acquisition, Crafting & Clinical Deployment Protocol
Survivors obtain Dressing primarily via Scavenged from structural containers or traded at outpost kiosks. Before committing Dressing to an active slot, operators must account for its specific operational hazard profile: Improper deployment under trauma or high encumbrance can delay stabilization. Executing a clean inspection in the limb and torso diagnostic console before using Dressing prevents wasted charges, secondary tissue complications, or fatal encumbrance penalties while traversing vertical shafts.
Loadout Synergy & Comparative Expedition Alternatives
In balanced descent loadouts, Dressing pairs effectively with Combat pen (Medical & Drugs) and E-PDA (Tech & Knowledge) to cover both routine traversal and emergency stabilization. When trader stock or container rolls do not yield Dressing, seasoned scavengers substitute Foliage bag or conserve mass for deeper biome transitions where resupply kiosks are absent.