A bleeding wound in Green Hell drains your health fast and turns into an infection if you ignore it. The fix is to inspect your body, find the injury, and apply a bandage to that exact spot. The simplest option is the Leaf Bandage, but the dressing you choose decides how quickly you heal and how likely you are to get infected.
Quick answer: Craft a Leaf Bandage from one Molineria Leaf, open the body inspection screen, drag the bandage onto the highlighted wound, and the bleeding stops.
Find the wound by inspecting your body
You cannot treat anything until you locate it. When you take a serious wound such as a laceration, the screen briefly darkens, and the health meter flashes red. An inspect icon also appears next to the health meter on the left side of the screen.
Open the body inspection view and rotate through your limbs and torso to spot the marked injury. Wounds show up as marked points on the body, so check each area until you see the laceration, rash, scratch, or abrasion you need to treat.
Note: If you are wearing armor, take it off first. Worms, leeches, and bandages can only be applied once the armor over that body part is removed.
Craft a Leaf Bandage
The Leaf Bandage is the base healing item for most wounds. It treats lacerations, rashes, scratches, and abrasions, and it weighs only 0.2kg, so carrying a few costs you almost nothing.
The Leaf Bandage works, but it heals more slowly than other dressings and carries a higher chance of causing infection. If you have the extra ingredients, upgrade it before you apply it.
Apply the bandage to the wound
Upgrade dressings to prevent infection
Combining a Leaf Bandage with other plants and herbs creates advanced dressings that heal different ailments and lower your infection risk. Each recipe takes one Leaf Bandage plus a single added ingredient.
| Dressing | Recipe | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Leaf Bandage | 1x Molineria Leaf | Stops bleeding, slow healing, higher infection chance |
| Ash Dressing | Leaf Bandage + Ash | Disinfecting, prevents infection, heals slowly |
| Honey Dressing | Leaf Bandage + Honeycomb | Disinfecting, but can still cause infection as of build 2.9.1 |
| Tobacco Dressing | Leaf Bandage + Tobacco Leaf | Advanced dressing for treating wounds |
| Lily Dressing | Leaf Bandage + Plantain Lily Leaf | Advanced dressing for treating wounds |
| Goliath Dressing | Leaf Bandage + Goliath Birdeater Ash | Advanced dressing for treating wounds |
For a laceration, a disinfecting dressing such as Ash Dressing is the safer choice because it prevents infection while the wound heals. Honey Dressing also disinfects, though it can still occasionally lead to infection in build 2.9.1.
Treat a laceration fast with ant stitching
Lacerations are the most dangerous wounds because they bleed heavily and drain health quickly. They commonly come from aggressive animals like the Jaguar and Puma, and you can also take them in combat with natives. If your health is already low when you get one, an untreated laceration can kill you.
You have three ways to close a laceration. A Leaf Bandage stops the bleeding but may still allow infection. A disinfecting dressing prevents infection and heals slowly. The fastest and most effective method is using ants to stitch the wound shut, though it causes pain and temporarily lowers your sanity.
Why bandaging does not work
If a dressing refuses to apply or the wound stays open, check these common causes first.
- Armor is still equipped over the injured body part. Remove it before applying any bandage.
- You applied the bandage away from the marked wound location. Inspect the body and target the exact spot.
- You used a Leaf Bandage on a laceration and still got infected. Switch to a disinfecting dressing such as Ash Dressing.
Once the bleeding effect clears and the health bar stops draining, the treatment is working. Keep a Leaf Bandage or two and some Ash on hand at all times, and you will rarely lose a fight to a wound you could have closed in seconds.
