Dislocations can be corrected by hand; fractures need time or appropriate tools. The First Aid course demonstrates both and uses a Splint to speed fracture healing.
A dislocated joint
Inspect the affected limb. The tutorial instructs you to build hand speed and left-click over the joint to strike it back into position. Use the course to learn the motion before experimenting during a valuable expedition.
A fractured limb
Put a Splint on the broken limb. The course says it substantially improves healing speed; dressing helps slightly as well. Neither statement means a fracture vanishes immediately.
The item description also warns that putting a splint on a functioning limb immobilizes it and reduces your capabilities. More splints are not automatically better protection.
When the hand still cannot hold things
Check muscle health as well as the fracture or dislocation icon. The tutorial explains that a limb loses function when muscle health approaches zero. Correcting a joint does not independently restore destroyed muscle.
Read muscle health for that distinction, and inspect your landing or movement route before repeating the fall that caused the injury.
Sources & version notes
Reviewed against the primary sources below. Version-dependent details are identified in the article; these procedures have not been personally playtested.
- Developer release 1.0 English reference: tutorial, items and status text (2026-11-11 checked)
- Official Release 1.0 Patchnotes (2026-11-09)
Compiled from public sources. We have not personally played or tested these procedures. Check your installed build and its tooltips when details differ.