How to restore health
Potions for instant healing
Healing Potion, Greater Healing Potion. Healing potions share a 5-second cooldown (for casual characters it is only 0.4 seconds).
Food for healing over time
Some foods and dishes, such as Heart Berries, heal you little by little after eating.
Gear that heals while you fight
Some gear heals you when you hit enemies or while your health is below half (see the table below).
Healing Potions
| Potion | Effect | Recipe |
|---|---|---|
 Healing Potion | +30% health | Slime ×3, Heart Berry ×3 Made at Alchemy Table |
 Greater Healing Potion | +40% health | Poison Slime ×3, Heart Berry ×5 Made at Laboratory Table |
The healing potion and greater healing potion share a 5-second cooldown (drinking one blocks the other for 5 seconds too). Characters made in casual mode ignore this cooldown; for them the wait is only 0.4 seconds.
Foods That Heal (Eaten Raw)
| Food | How | Effect |
|---|---|---|
 Starlight Nautilus | Eat raw | +17.7 health every sec (20 s) |
 Heart Berry Soda | Eat raw | +15.4 health every sec (10 s) |
 Greenhorn Pico | Eat raw | +9.9 health every sec (20 s) |
 Atlantean Worm Heart | Eat raw | +9.5 health every sec (20 s) |
 Pinkhorn Pico | Eat raw | +9.5 health every sec (20 s) |
 Chewy Cone Candy | Eat raw | +8.8 health every sec (20 s) |
 Jasper Angle Fish | Eat raw | +8.5 health every sec (20 s) |
 Litho Trilobite | Eat raw | +8.3 health every sec (20 s) |
 Cosmic Form | Eat raw | +8.2 health every sec (20 s) |
 Brown Dune Tail | Eat raw | +8.1 health every sec (20 s) |
 Tornis Kingfish | Eat raw | +7.8 health every sec (20 s) |
 Dark Lava Eater | Eat raw | +7.8 health every sec (20 s) |
 Beryll Angle Fish | Eat raw | +7.5 health every sec (20 s) |
 Golden Pewpaya | Eat raw | +7.4 health every sec (20 s) |
 Bright Lava Eater | Eat raw | +7.1 health every sec (20 s) |
Cooking changes the effects (food effects list). For foods that raise max health for good, see permanent max health items.
Gear That Boosts Healing
| Gear | Slot | Effect (base) | Max (Lv.20) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Oceanheart Necklace | Necklace | +21% more healing from health over time regeneration | +31% more healing from health over time regeneration |
 Noble Ring | Ring | +20% more healing from health over time regeneration | +31% more healing from health over time regeneration |
 Valentine Necklace | Necklace | +7% more healing from health over time regeneration | +27% more healing from health over time regeneration |
 Rune Song | Melee weapon | +10 health on melee hit | +17 health on melee hit |
 Farmer's Hat | Head | +7% more healing from health over time regeneration | +14% more healing from health over time regeneration |
 Samhain Offering Necklace | Necklace | +4 health on melee hit | +11 health on melee hit |
 Dracularva Cape | Chest | +3 health on melee hit | +10 health on melee hit |
 Clot Ring | Ring | +3 health on melee hit | +10 health on melee hit |
 Fusioned Chunk Necklace | Necklace | +7 health on melee hit | +9 health on melee hit |
 Fang Necklace | Necklace | +2 health on melee hit | +9 health on melee hit |
 Solarite Cuirass | Chest | +6 health on melee hit | +7 health on melee hit |
 Solarite Tassets | Legs | +5 health on melee hit | +7 health on melee hit |
 Hydra Bone Shield | Off-hand | Gain 5 health every sec while below half max health | Gain 6.2 health every sec while below half max health |
 Solarite Barbute | Head | +4 health on melee hit | +5 health on melee hit |
 Azeos Beak Necklace | Necklace | +3 health on melee hit | +5 health on melee hit |
 Omoroth's Ring | Ring | +3 health on melee hit | +5 health on melee hit |
 Atlantean Worm Sword | Melee weapon | +4 health on melee hit | +5 health on melee hit |
 Atlantean Worm Ring | Ring | +4 health on melee hit | +5 health on melee hit |
 Heart Berry Necklace | Necklace | +0.7 health every sec | +3.7 health every sec |
 Valentine Ring | Ring | +0.7 health every sec | +3.7 health every sec |
 Caveling Mother's Ring | Ring | +1.6 health every sec | +3.6 health every sec |
 Golden Jellyfish | Off-hand | +1.9 health every sec | +3.5 health every sec |
 Trinity Heart | Off-hand | +2% health every sec | +2.3% health every sec |
 Ostara Ring | Ring | +0.9 health every sec | +1.9 health every sec |
 Pumpkin Lantern | Lantern | +0.5 health every sec | +1.8 health every sec |
 Atlantean Worm Necklace | Necklace | +1.4 health every sec | +1.7 health every sec |
 Festive Hat | Head | +0.2 health every sec | +1.5 health every sec |
 Moss Mask | Head | Gain 0.5 health every sec while below half max health | Gain 1.5 health every sec while below half max health |
 Moss Chestpiece | Chest | Gain 0.5 health every sec while below half max health | Gain 1.5 health every sec while below half max health |
 Atlantean Worm Helmet | Head | +1.1 health every sec | +1.3 health every sec |
Beds, Poison and Other Ways to Heal
- Resting in a bed: while you lie in a Bed, you regain 2% of your max health every second (2 health per second at 100 max health). It adds to food and gear regeneration, and the healing stops as soon as you get up. Enemies close by can keep you from lying down.
- Poison: while poisoned you get 75% less healing. Cure it with Poison Aid Potion, which removes poison.
Potion cooldowns, healing values, food effects, gear effects and the poison effect are read from the game files of Core Keeper 1.3.0.6. The casual cooldown and bed healing are based on the Core Keeper Wiki (Fandom) pages “Character” and “Bed” (game 1.3, CC BY-SA 3.0), in our own words.
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