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The following are related to healing:
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'''Healing''' is recovery of lost [[hit points]] and is vital to your survival in NetHack. 
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== Healing yourself ==
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You heal naturally over time, at a rate which increases with your [[constitution]] and [[experience level]].  Wearing a [[ring of regeneration]] causes you to heal 1 HP per turn in addition to your natural healing.
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When you need to heal fast, the following can come in handy.  Some have other beneficial effects in addition to restoring your HP:
  
 
* [[potion of healing]]
 
* [[potion of healing]]
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* [[potion of full healing]]
 
* [[potion of full healing]]
 
* [[healing spells]]
 
* [[healing spells]]
* [[monsters]] that can cast [[spell]]s might have a healing spell in their repertoire of [[monster spell]]s
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* [[prayer]] (less than 6 HP or less than or equal to 1/7 of your max HP is considered a major problem).
* [[healing hands]] ([[Knight]] [[technique]] in [[SLASH'EM]])
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== Healing others ==
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Sometimes it is useful to heal your pets.  You can cast healing spells at them or hit them over the head with healing potions.  In addition, [[monsters]] that can cast [[spell]]s might have a healing spell in their repertoire of [[monster spell]]s, but will only cast it on themselves.
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== SLASH'EM ==
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SLASH'EM has several other ways to heal yourself and others:
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* [[healing hands]] ([[Knight]] [[technique]])
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* [[medical kit]]
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* wand of healing
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* wand of extra healing
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== See also ==
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For recovery from conditions other than low HP, such as [[sickness]] or [[lycanthropy]], see the specific pages on each condition.
  
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Revision as of 11:35, 11 January 2007

Healing is recovery of lost hit points and is vital to your survival in NetHack.

Healing yourself

You heal naturally over time, at a rate which increases with your constitution and experience level. Wearing a ring of regeneration causes you to heal 1 HP per turn in addition to your natural healing.

When you need to heal fast, the following can come in handy. Some have other beneficial effects in addition to restoring your HP:

Healing others

Sometimes it is useful to heal your pets. You can cast healing spells at them or hit them over the head with healing potions. In addition, monsters that can cast spells might have a healing spell in their repertoire of monster spells, but will only cast it on themselves.

SLASH'EM

SLASH'EM has several other ways to heal yourself and others:

See also

For recovery from conditions other than low HP, such as sickness or lycanthropy, see the specific pages on each condition.

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