Star Citizen guide #18: medic and rescue

Healing yourself, reviving a friend, or making rescue your career: medicine is everywhere in Star Citizen. Here’s what you need to know.

Injuries

• Damage hits six areas: head, torso, arms and legs. There’s no single health bar.
• Injuries come in three severity tiers. A hurt leg slows you down, a hurt arm makes your aim shake.
• A big hit at once: instant death. Otherwise you go down (incapacitated) and a countdown starts.

Medical pens

• Hemozal (MedPen): heals, stops bleeding and revives an incapacitated player. Always carry several.
• Other pens treat specific symptoms: pain, concussion, vision, radiation…
• Watch out for overdoses: too many shots in a row, and you’re the one going down.

Medical beds and respawn

• Beds treat injuries up to their tier: a tier 1 bed treats everything, a tier 3 bed only minor injuries.
• A medical bed also lets you register your imprint: that’s where you respawn after dying.
• Beds aboard ships use MedGel. Hospitals and clinics don’t.

Making rescue your career

• An incapacitated player can send a rescue beacon: it becomes a contract you can accept.
• Medical ships such as the Cutlass Red, the Apollo or the Terrapin Medic carry a medical bed, so you can heal and respawn your team on site.
• Handheld medical tools (ParaMed, LifeGuard) give longer-lasting treatment than a simple pen.
• A good rescuer arrives fast, secures the area… and doesn’t get killed on arrival.

💡 Beacon tip: as a group, bring a ship with a medical bed and register your imprints there: if anyone dies, they respawn aboard, right next to the action.

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Written for Star Citizen Alpha 4.10.2 (October 2026). The game changes with every patch: if something has moved, tell us in a reply and we’ll update the guide.