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Healing: First Aid Kits, Fiber and Medical Gel routes

Quick answer

At the Fabricator, turn 2 Fibrous Pulp into 1 Fiber, then 1 Fiber into a Basic First Aid Kit. Published guides agree on 50 HP recovery. Retreat from the threat before using it.

How this guide was checked

Coverage: Early Access 1.2 · Buddy System Hotfix 2 (October 6) · official sources checked October 23, 2026 UTC · older routes retain their source/build limits. Research checked 8 Oct 2026. Updated 25 Oct 2026

This guide uses the linked sources and any attributed demonstrations. Platform differences and limitations are noted with the advice they affect.

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  1. 0:39–0:45Taking the Medical Gel Sack once the outer pouches are goneHarvest Medical Gel without triggering the plant · Ape Knight Gaming

See it first · Harvest Medical Gel without triggering the plant ↓

Older footage · checked Oct 25, 2026 · before Subnautica 2 Early Access 1.2 (Buddy System, August 19, 2026)

0:39–0:45 · 6 sTaking the Medical Gel Sack once the outer pouches are gone

Check the guide’s version notes before following older footage.

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“Subnautica 2 How to Make Battery. Acidic Raion Pouch Location and Copper Location Guide” by Ape Knight Gaming · May 14, 2026 · Early Access launch window (uploaded 2026-05-14); predates the Adaptive Measures and Buddy System updates

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Before you start

  • Survival Multitool for harvesting plants; access to a Fabricator.
  • Carry water, food and return oxygen alongside healing.
1

Make the first kit from nearby plants

Kingy’s supply example: a second spare kit requires another 2 Pulp through the same chain. Reserve those materials before making salad or Processor water.

  1. Cut Whip Gorgon beneath the Lifepod, or use the Feather Kelp cave about 100 m northwest. Macaron Sponge also supplies Fibrous Pulp.
  2. Collect at least 2 Fibrous Pulp and return to the Fabricator.
  3. Craft 1 Fiber, then use it for 1 Basic First Aid Kit.
  4. Place the kit within easy reach on the hotbar and check your health before starting another gathering loop.
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Harvest Medical Gel without triggering the plant

The resource route uses the alternate spelling “Medical Gel Sack.” This is the same central plant material. GameSpot reports that consuming it directly restores a small amount of health.

  1. Look for Acidic Raion in the cave under the Lifepod or the lower cave roughly 30 m east.
  2. Use the Multitool to remove the outer Acidic Raion Pouches first.
  3. Take the central green Medical Gel Sac only after the outer pouches are cleared. Taking the centre early releases acid.

    Older footage · checked Oct 25, 2026 · before Subnautica 2 Early Access 1.2 (Buddy System, August 19, 2026)

    0:39–0:45 · 6 sTaking the Medical Gel Sack once the outer pouches are gone

    On screen: In a cave at about 37 m an Acidic Raion plant has a bare purple stalk after its outer pouches were cut; the diver reaches for the green growth on top under a Medical Gel Sack prompt, then moves on to the cave wall.

    Check the guide’s version notes before following older footage.

    Ape Knight GamingFull video ↗
    Credits

    “Subnautica 2 How to Make Battery. Acidic Raion Pouch Location and Copper Location Guide” by Ape Knight Gaming · May 14, 2026 · Early Access launch window (uploaded 2026-05-14); predates the Adaptive Measures and Buddy System updates

    Independent creator · no partnership implied

    Creator? Ask us to remove this

    0:39–0:45Taking the Medical Gel Sack once the outer pouches are gone
  4. Return before your oxygen or health reserve becomes marginal.
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Compare healing recipes without assuming disputed HP

Enhanced Kit reports differ: GameWith lists 70 HP, while GameSpot lists 100 HP. Kingy excludes a fixed Enhanced recovery value from supply planning until current-build evidence resolves the difference.

Item / routeIngredients and stationRecovery evidence
Basic First Aid KitFabricator: 1 Fiber50 HP, agreed by GameWith and GameSpot.
Enhanced First Aid KitFabricator: 1 Fiber + 1 Medical Gel SacRecipe agrees; published HP values conflict. Check the current tooltip.
First Aid from Medical GelProcessor: 1 Medical Gel SacGameSpot reports a 50-HP alternative. Check the displayed recipe before processing.
Pavlova / Threemoon TemakiFabricator; see the food guideReported health recovery alongside food. Do not treat every meal as healing.
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Stop the damage before spending the next kit

If your only healing reserve is gone, Kingy recommends returning before another optional scan or deeper detour.

  1. Leave the creature, acid source or other damaging area and move toward a known refuge.
  2. Check oxygen, water and food as well as health. Correct an empty survival meter so damage does not continue after healing.
  3. Use a kit, inspect the resulting health, and decide whether the remaining supplies cover a safe return.
  4. After a co-op revive, reach safe oxygen first. Buddy System retains the revived player’s equipment but provides only a little oxygen.
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Sources · 9Official · Walkthrough · checked 11 Oct 2026 · Research checked 8 Oct 2026
Early Access 1.2: Buddy System ↗Current tool scans, co-op and base changes.Official ·
Acidic Raion Pouches ↗Harvest order and caves near the Lifepod.Walkthrough ·
Fibrous Pulp ↗Harvestable plants and northwest cave.Walkthrough ·
Food ingredients and meal effects ↗Cooking, selected recipes and food effects; conflicting Coral Mash restoration values excluded.Walkthrough ·
Crafting recipes: sustenance, stations and navigation ↗Corroborates selected meal, water, Fiber and First Aid Kit ingredients; not an exhaustive current-build database. Beacon and Habitat Beacon construction costs and Builder categories. Portable Oxygen Generator materials and Habitat Builder Utility category. Plasteel Ingot at Processor and selected Lithium portions for High Capacity Air Tank and Scout Ray. Silver portions for Standard Air Tank, Wakemaker, Wiring Kit, System Chip, Scanner Station and Silver Ingot. Power Cell table lists 1 Salt, matching Game Checklists and GameWith’s June recipe page.Walkthrough ·
Drinking water and dehydration ↗Water Slug collection, Isotonic Water, raw-slug tradeoff and health drain at zero water.Walkthrough ·
First Aid Kits and Medical Gel ↗Basic Kit recipe and 50 HP recovery; Enhanced recipe corroborated but recovery value disputed.Walkthrough ·
Healing recipes at the Fabricator and Processor ↗Basic and Enhanced ingredients, direct Medical Gel use and reported Processor alternative; Enhanced HP conflicts with GameWith.Walkthrough ·
Fibrous Pulp to Fiber crafting chain ↗Two Pulp to one Fiber and one Fiber to a Basic First Aid Kit.Walkthrough ·

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