Use First Aid for Injury and Check What Hurt You
If you are searching Nomad Drive how to heal, the supported demo method for an injury is to pick up a first-aid kit and use its treatment interaction. Poison is a separate problem: community reports identify medicine or pills for poisoning rather than a first-aid kit alone. Read the warning and your condition before spending another item.
There is another source of confusion: the “patch yourself up” objective may stay on screen after treatment. Several demo players report exactly that, so an uncleared checklist is not by itself proof that you chose the wrong healing item.
Treat an Injury With a First-Aid Kit
Demo gameplay shows a player taking injury after a fall or respawn-related mishap and using a first-aid kit to patch up. A community explanation of the healing items likewise distinguishes first aid for falls from pills for poison.
For an ordinary injury:
- Move away from the immediate hazard.
- Find a first-aid kit among your carried supplies or scavenged loot.
- Pick it up and follow its use prompt.
- Check your condition after the interaction.
Do not jump from another building just to make the tutorial react. The discussion includes players who repeatedly injured themselves and spent more kits without clearing the objective.
Do Not Confuse Poison With Fall Damage
In the same discussion, players describe gasoline and mushrooms as sources of poisoning and point to pills as the relevant treatment. Accidentally pressing a consume action during refueling is one reported way to create the problem.
Use the warning the game actually gives you. A poison message calls for investigating poison treatment; it is not a reason to keep applying injury kits until the checklist disappears.
Food and water still need attention during recovery. The official Nomad Drive patch notes describe hunger, thirst, and energy depletion, along with critical-condition warnings for starvation, dehydration, and poison. A medical item is not a substitute for checking those separate survival needs.
When the Healing Objective Will Not Clear
The July “PATCH YOURSELF UP UNCLEARED” thread contains reports of players using first aid after taking damage but still seeing the objective. One player says it persisted after several kits, while another distinguishes successfully clearing poison from the injury task that remained.
That supports a narrow conclusion: an older demo objective could remain uncleared after the reported treatment. It does not establish a universal current bug or a confirmed workaround.
Check whether your health or status changed, note the game version, and compare the behavior with later updates. Keep remaining supplies for actual injuries rather than repeatedly spending them only to test the same stuck objective. The developer replaced the older demo before Early Access, so a July report should not be treated as a guaranteed description of the replacement build.
FAQ
What item heals fall damage in the demo?
The supported item is a first-aid kit. Pick it up, use its prompt, and check the resulting condition.
Why did a first-aid kit not cure my poison?
The community material distinguishes pills or medicine for poison from first aid for injury. Check the poison warning and use the appropriate item.
Does an uncleared objective mean healing failed?
Not necessarily. Demo players report the patch-yourself-up objective remaining after using first aid. Check your actual condition separately.
Is there a proven fix for the stuck healing objective?
The collected thread does not establish one. It records the problem and unsuccessful repeated attempts, so there is no supported reason to promise that another kit will clear it.