Splint
| Splint | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Bandage |
| Treats | Fractures |
| Health Panel | Splint |
| Weight | 1 |
| Metal Value | 1 |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Splint
|
The Splint is a stiff support strapped to a broken limb. It holds a fracture still and makes it heal far faster.
A fracture is a serious injury, often from a fall from a height. It slows movement badly and drains health little by little. A Splint cuts the healing time to a small fraction and stops the slow health loss. Every survivor with a broken bone needs one. Its only real cost is the weight of carrying a spare.
The Splint is easy to make from a strip of cloth and a piece of wood. It also turns up rarely in survivor safehouses. The Doctor is the best occupation for bandages. It starts with the most First Aid skill. The Nurse and the Park Ranger also start with some First Aid skill.
How to Use Splint
The Splint sits under the Splint option on the health panel. It goes on a body part with a fracture. A right click on the fracture on the health panel shows the option.
Splinting is the main step in caring for a broken bone. A bandage handles bleeding. The Splint is the one item that stops the slow health loss from a fracture.
The First Aid skill of whoever applies the Splint speeds healing even more. A Comfrey Poultice on the same limb shortens the healing time further. A survivor gains First Aid experience once the fracture fully heals.
Making it uses the Make Splint recipe. It takes one Rag, Denim Strips or Leather Strips, clean or dirty. It also takes one Plank, Tree Branch or Wooden Rod. Any survivor can make one by hand.
How to Craft Splint
Each recipe that makes the Splint is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Splint
The Make Splint recipe makes the Splint. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rag | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
|
| Plank | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Plank
|
Locations
Splints are rare as loot. Medicine cabinets and counters in survivor safehouses hold one now and then. The odds are best in safehouses from the middle and late game. Making one is the far more reliable way to get it.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Medicine cabinet | 3.3% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 2.7% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Counter | 1.3% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Medicine cabinet | 0.7% |
Notes
- The tooltip says it aids recovery from broken bones and reduces the time taken to heal.
- A fracture keeps draining health until a Splint goes on.
- A dirty Rag works just as well in the recipe as a clean one.
- A Comfrey Poultice on top speeds healing further.
- Carrying a spare before any long climb or roof trip is a good habit.
All Medical Categories
All Bandages
| Name | Image | Skill | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandage - Adhesive | 
|
None | 0.05 | /additem Base.Bandaid
|
| Splint | 
|
None | 1 | /additem Base.Splint
|
| Name | Image | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandage | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.Bandage
|
| Bandage (Dirty) | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.BandageDirty
|
| Bandage (Sterilized) |
|
0.1 | /additem Base.AlcoholBandage
|
| Box of Adhesive Bandages | 
|
1 | /additem Base.AdhesiveBandageBox
|
| Box of Bandages |
|
1 | /additem Base.BandageBox
|