--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-health-pickups type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-health-pickups lang: en title: Health pickups summary: >- A medkit in the world restores health when collected or used. Its placement connects route risk with an opportunity to recover. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-health-pickups/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-health-pickups.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-health-pickups.md aliases: - Health pickup tags: - Game design techniques - Health sourceIds: - source-d739a74c7f499363 - source-03c6c2f935d2ffc4 - source-74516030f2077d01 - source-f2e2a30777b0ca84 - source-da158faec3a89253 - source-3e58f6ea099e54e2 - source-33258bfc8e8f04c9 sources: - id: source-d739a74c7f499363 title: 'Game Mechanics: Health pickups' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-pickups' verifiedAt: null - id: source-03c6c2f935d2ffc4 title: Wolfenstein 3D (1992) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-pickups/game/wolfenstein-3d' verifiedAt: null - id: source-74516030f2077d01 title: Doom (1993) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-pickups/game/doom' verifiedAt: null - id: source-f2e2a30777b0ca84 title: Half-Life (1998) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-pickups/game/half-life' verifiedAt: null - id: source-da158faec3a89253 title: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-pickups/game/tom-clancys-splinter-cell verifiedAt: null - id: source-3e58f6ea099e54e2 title: Half-Life 2 (2004) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-pickups/game/half-life-2' verifiedAt: null - id: source-33258bfc8e8f04c9 title: 'Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006)' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations' verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-health-pickups title: Game design techniques url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-health-pickups' categoryIds: - gm-category-health supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Health pickup description: >- A medkit in the world restores health when collected or used. Its placement connects route risk with an opportunity to recover. image: src: images/mechanics/combat-health-stations.webp width: 600 height: 336 game: 'Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006)' sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/condemned_halth_kit_station.webm' sourceFrameSeconds: 4.06 credit: Monolith Productions / Sega; frame from clip via GameMechanics.org rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. All rights reserved; excluded from the portal’s MIT and CC BY 4.0 licenses. caption: A medkit available to use alt: >- A red-cross medkit is highlighted on a medical cabinet shelf with a use prompt in Condemned. markers: - x: 46 'y': 51 label: An individual medkit on the shelf - x: 53 'y': 26 label: Medkit use prompt tips: - Make medkits recognizable among other objects. - Place healing with return routes and nearby threats in mind. examples: - title: 'Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006)' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Health pickups id: game-mechanics--gm-health-pickups type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-health-pickups lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-health-pickups/ A medkit in the world restores health when collected or used. Its placement connects route risk with an opportunity to recover. ## At a glance ![A red-cross medkit is highlighted on a medical cabinet shelf with a use prompt in Condemned.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/combat-health-stations.webp) [Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. All rights reserved; excluded from the portal’s MIT and CC BY 4.0 licenses. [Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/condemned_halth_kit_station.webm), 4.06 s 1. An individual medkit on the shelf 2. Medkit use prompt - Make medkits recognizable among other objects. - Place healing with return routes and nearby threats in mind. - [Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations) ## How it works Collecting a world object replenishes health. ## Variants ### How the technique works - Collecting a world object replenishes health. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Health pickups](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-pickups) (id: source-d739a74c7f499363) - [Wolfenstein 3D (1992)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-pickups/game/wolfenstein-3d) (id: source-03c6c2f935d2ffc4) - [Doom (1993)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-pickups/game/doom) (id: source-74516030f2077d01) - [Half-Life (1998)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-pickups/game/half-life) (id: source-f2e2a30777b0ca84) - [Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-pickups/game/tom-clancys-splinter-cell) (id: source-da158faec3a89253) - [Half-Life 2 (2004)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-pickups/game/half-life-2) (id: source-3e58f6ea099e54e2) - [Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations) (id: source-33258bfc8e8f04c9) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors