Battlefield 6 treats “healing” as two distinct jobs: keeping living teammates topped up and getting downed players back on their feet. Both matter. Many modes drain your team’s respawn tickets when players give up and respawn, so timely revives keep pressure on the objective and preserve your team’s numbers. You’ll see a brief downed window when someone hits zero health; reach them before they bleed out and you save a ticket.

Healing and reviving options in Battlefield 6

Method Who can use it What it does Best use
Drag and revive All classes Initiate a revive and physically pull a downed teammate to cover while the revive completes. Support performs this faster. Recover teammates out of open lanes or crossfire without abandoning them.
Defibrillator Support (gadget) Charge while moving, then revive a downed player instantly on contact. High-risk areas where lingering is lethal; chain revives during pushes.
Supply Bag healing Support (signature gadget) Heals nearby allies and also resupplies weapon and gadget ammo. Hold points, chokepoints, and staging areas before a push.

How to perform revives safely

  • Close the distance decisively. Downed players can’t move or defend themselves and have a limited bleed-out timer, but they can signal for help to extend it.
  • Use drag and revive to reposition. Start the revive and pull your teammate behind cover before finishing the pickup.
  • Defibrillator for instant pickups. Keep it charged as you move so you can pop a revive in one action without standing over a target.
  • Prioritize your safety. Downed players won’t take further damage in that state; the real risk is to you. Clear threats or smoke off lines of sight before committing.

Revive, or let them respawn?

If a teammate is isolated far from your squad or the objective, a revive run can cost more lives than it saves. When you’re the one downed, waiting for a revive preserves your team’s ticket; force-respawning consumes one. Use judgment: call for help if allies are nearby, but accept a respawn when the fight has moved on.

Support class tools that speed up healing

Support is the battlefield medic. The class revives and drags faster by default, and its Supply Bag steadily heals teammates while topping up ammo. An active ability temporarily expands your supply radius and further accelerates revive speed, making Support uniquely effective in clustered fights.

  • Training paths: Combat Medic lets you regenerate health while reviving, sustaining you through pickups. Fire Support favors weapon handling and resupply focus.
  • Gadgets: Choose between Defibrillator paddles for snap revives and Deployable Cover to create safe revive pockets.
  • Weapons: Light machine guns are the signature pick and don’t penalize your sprint speed, but many medics opt for more agile rifles or SMGs to reach casualties quickly.

The headshot exception: instant kills that bypass revives

There’s one key caveat to the revive game: with Sniper Training active on Recon, a sniper rifle headshot will outright kill a target, skipping the downed state and removing any chance of revival. Expect fewer revival opportunities around strong sightlines where those shots land.

Healing and revive challenges (what counts and how to progress)

Battlefield 6 tracks your medic work through Support class challenges. If you’re chasing unlocks, plan to play near your squad, drop Supply Bags where allies cluster, and rotate through hot objectives.

Challenge Requirements Reward
Support 1 Heal 5,000 health as Support; earn 10,000 score M320A1 Smoke Grenade Launcher
Support 2 Get 200 revives as Support; deploy Deployable Cover 25 times Fire Support training path
Support 3 Earn 50 smoke assists as Support; resupply 200 teammates Player card icon and patch
Support Specialist 1 Intercept 100 projectiles with the Grenade Intercept System; earn 40,000 score Goliath Compact Supply Pouch
Support Specialist 2 Resupply 200 teammates with the Supply Pouch Player card background; Incendiary Airburst Launcher
Support Specialist 3 Deal 2,000 damage with the Incendiary Airburst Launcher; revive 75 teammates in a match as Support Character skins; player card title

Practical routes through these: use your new smoke launcher to obscure revives and farm smoke assists, anchor fights with a Supply Bag in contested zones, and target long-match modes where large teams bunch up to accelerate revive counts.

The rhythm that works: fight on the edge of your squad, pre-place healing where your team will stop, smoke the angles that matter, and decide quickly whether to drag, defib, or pass. Do that, and your team stays in the fight—and on the ticket counter.