Medkit

The Medkit (or Health Kit) is a healing item, often found scattered around high-risk areas where immediate medical attention might be needed to prevent death.

Half-Life
In Half-Life, the amount of health medkits recover depends on the difficulty level set in the game's settings. In easy and medium mode, medkits will recover 15 health. While in hard mode, medkits will heal 10 health.

The small amount of health medkits recover means that players will more often be using chargers to recover a lot of lost health, especially in hard mode.

Deathmatch Classic
In Deathmatch Classic, medkits come in two forms: small and large. Small medkits are a first-aid spray and bandage that heal 15 health each, while large medkits are a blackened version of the Half-Life medkit which heal 25 health.

Half-Life 2
In Half-Life 2, medkits always give 25 health, regardless of the difficulty setting, making them the main source of healing throughout the game, as they're much more common and widely dispersed than health chargers, which are often only found in Combine-controlled areas. Medkits are also found more prolifically in supply crates in more remote areas, making them more accessible when traveling between inhabited regions, such as through the Wasteland.

Similar to its counterparts in Half-Life, the medkit has a predominantly white coloring and is labeled with a red medical cross. Their appearance is overall similar to other such medical devices, making them easily identifiable. Whereas in Half-Life they are apparently manufactured by Black Mesa, these medkits are produced by the Combine.

The health vial is smaller than a medkit, and heals less damage. They are often dropped from Overwatch Soldiers upon their death. They can be convenient during battles when other supplies of health cannot be found.

Both the medkit and health vial contain what appears to be raw flesh suspended in green liquid, looking like the liquid in scientists' syringes from Half-Life, presumably the material used for healing.

Trivia

 * In Half-Life 2, picking up health vials doesn't show a HUD icon; only the pickup sound is heard.


 * In Half-Life 2, when in contact with a squad of Rebels, the player can act as a medic by handing over medkits to rebels who the player thinks are injured badly. The same goes when giving over stronger weapons to rebels.

List of appearances

 * Half-Life: Day One
 * Half-Life
 * Half-Life: Uplink
 * Half-Life: Opposing Force
 * Deathmatch Classic
 * Half-Life: Blue Shift
 * Half-Life: Decay
 * Half-Life 2
 * Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
 * Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
 * Half-Life 2: Episode One
 * Half-Life 2: Episode Two