Health and injuries in Escape from Tarkov Escape from Tarkov guide, tips
Last update: 29 January 2020
Escape from Tarkov doesn't only have the standard health bar. In addition, the developers have created a special health and damage system, where each damaged body part has a different effect on the gameplay. There are also several effects that have a negative impact on the hero. Read this page to learn how injured limbs affect the game, and check the negative effects and ways to treat them with medkits.
Impact of injured body parts on the gameplay
Each body part can be damaged - by getting shot or falling from a height. Damaged body parts affect your character - you may have problems with moving or aiming. Limbs can be broken or completely destroyed (this happens when the durability of a given body part drops to zero). The effect of a given limb on the gameplay can be found in the table below.
Body part | A limb's condition and impact on the character |
Head and chest | Can't be broken Destroyed: causes immediate death |
Left arm | Fractured: reloading weapon and starting aiming takes 50% more time. Using items and searching corpses is 67% slower Destroyed: in addition to all the effects caused by breaking this limb, the damage inflicted to the left arm will be transferred to other body parts |
Right arm | Fractured: reloading weapon and starting aiming takes 67% more time. Using items and searching corpses is 50% slower Destroyed: in addition to all the effects caused by breaking this limb, the damage inflicted to the right arm will be transferred to other body parts |
Stomach | Can't be broken Destroyed: dehydrates the character and increases the rate of losing stamina. Damage done to the stomach will be transferred to other body parts |
Legs | Fractured: a broken leg reduces movement speed by 45% and sprinting deals damage to the broken leg. The jump height decreases Destroyed: in addition to all the effects of breaking a limb, damage dealt to a broken leg will be transferred to other body parts |
Negative effects
Fractured and Destroyed body parts aren't the only damage effects in Escape from Tarkov. Your character may bleed or feel pain, which greatly complicates the gameplay. The following table has the names of negative effects, their effect on the character, and the duration.
Name of effect | Action | Duration |
Bloodloss | Loss of 40 health points every minute | Until it's healed |
Fresh wound | Appears after removing the Bloodloss effect. It can turn back into the Bloodloss while sprinting and jumping | 240 seconds |
Pain | Darkened screen | Until it's healed |
Tunnel vision | Pulsating screen | 15 - 30 seconds |
Tremor | Trembling screen (appears if the Pain effect is not treated) | Until the Pain effect is treated |
Stun | Turns the sound off | 10 seconds |
Contusion | Mutes the sounds | 60 seconds |
Flash | Blinds the character | 10 seconds |
Healing negative statuses
The effects listed above can be healed with medications - that is why it is extremely important to always have a stock of healing items during a raid. The following table shows all available medications, as well as their effect and usage time (animation length).
Name of the medicine | Usage time (animation length) | Action |
Grizzly First Aid Kit | 8 seconds | Restores 950 health Removes Fractured effect Removes Bloodloss effect Removes Pain effect Removes Fresh wound effect |
Car First Aid Kit | 5 seconds | Restores 375 health Removes Bloodloss effect |
AI-2 Medkit | 6 seconds | Restores 200 health points |
IFK Personal Tactical First Aid Kit | 5 seconds | Restores 400 health points Removes Bloodloss effect |
Salewa First Aid Kit | 6 seconds | Restores 550 health |
Aseptic Bandage | 4 seconds | Removes Bloodloss effect |
Army Bandage | 2 seconds | Removes Bloodloss effect |
Analgin Painkillers | 1 second | Removes Pain effect for 5 minutes |
Morphine Injector | 1 second | Removes Pain effect for 7 minutes Removes Fresh wound effect for 7 minutes |
Augmentic Antibiotic Pills | 1 second | Removes Pain effect |
Immobilizing Splint | 2 seconds | Removes Fractured effect |