--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-health-stations type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-health-stations lang: en title: Health stations summary: >- A fixed location restores health through interaction. The player must reach it and stop to recover. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-health-stations/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-health-stations.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-health-stations.md aliases: - Health station tags: - Game design techniques - Health sourceIds: - source-33258bfc8e8f04c9 - source-1c23418770a28932 - source-e12908804c3fb71a - source-0279a6cc02d5abd0 - source-fe51ffc3713ec51b - source-ed6eb31a790745d3 - source-ef380cd8e90daa30 sources: - id: source-33258bfc8e8f04c9 title: 'Game Mechanics: Health stations' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations' verifiedAt: null - id: source-1c23418770a28932 title: Half-Life (1998) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations/game/half-life' verifiedAt: null - id: source-e12908804c3fb71a title: Half-Life 2 (2004) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations/game/half-life-2' verifiedAt: null - id: source-0279a6cc02d5abd0 title: Doom 3 (2004) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations/game/doom-3' verifiedAt: null - id: source-fe51ffc3713ec51b title: 'Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations/game/condemned-criminal-origins verifiedAt: null - id: source-ed6eb31a790745d3 title: Stranglehold (2007) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations/game/stranglehold' verifiedAt: null - id: source-ef380cd8e90daa30 title: SOMA (2015) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations/game/soma' verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-health-stations title: Game design techniques url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-health-stations' categoryIds: - gm-category-health supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Health station description: >- A fixed location restores health through interaction. The player must reach it and stop 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 fixed medical cabinet alt: >- An open medical cabinet in Condemned contains medkits, with the health meter visible in the screen corner. markers: - x: 67 'y': 57 label: A fixed cabinet containing medkits - x: 9 'y': 6 label: The player’s health meter tips: - Show remaining healing supplies or an exhausted state. - Match the risk of stopping to the value of the healing. 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 stations id: game-mechanics--gm-health-stations type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-health-stations lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-health-stations/ A fixed location restores health through interaction. The player must reach it and stop to recover. ## At a glance ![An open medical cabinet in Condemned contains medkits, with the health meter visible in the screen corner.](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. A fixed cabinet containing medkits 2. The player’s health meter - Show remaining healing supplies or an exhausted state. - Match the risk of stopping to the value of the healing. - [Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations) ## How it works Interacting with a designated device restores health. ## Variants ### How the technique works - Interacting with a designated device restores 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 stations](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations) (id: source-33258bfc8e8f04c9) - [Half-Life (1998)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations/game/half-life) (id: source-1c23418770a28932) - [Half-Life 2 (2004)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations/game/half-life-2) (id: source-e12908804c3fb71a) - [Doom 3 (2004)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations/game/doom-3) (id: source-0279a6cc02d5abd0) - [Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations/game/condemned-criminal-origins) (id: source-fe51ffc3713ec51b) - [Stranglehold (2007)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations/game/stranglehold) (id: source-ed6eb31a790745d3) - [SOMA (2015)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/health-stations/game/soma) (id: source-ef380cd8e90daa30) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors