Restoring health in Derelict on Roblox is essential for surviving brutal Soulslike encounters against rogue bandits and dungeon bosses. You can heal your character through three primary methods: resting at Bonsai checkpoints, consuming cooked or purchased food from your inventory and food pouch, and drinking alchemical healing potions brewed at a Cauldron.
Resting at Bonsai Trees
Bonsai trees function as the primary checkpoints and warp points across the world of Derelict. Interacting with or resting near an active Bonsai instantly regenerates your health to full and cleanses debuffs outside of active combat.
Activating your first Bonsai awards the in-game badge "Bonsai!". Whenever you are exploring dangerous regions such as the Crooked Cave or traveling toward dungeon entrances, locate the nearest Bonsai tree first. If you take heavy damage during open-world exploration, disengaging from hostile targets and returning to a Bonsai allows you to recover your full health pool without spending valuable consumables.
Restoring Health with Food
Food serves as your primary in-combat and on-the-go healing resource. While traversing hostile territory, you can store food directly in your inventory or use utility items like the Worn Food Pouch or Magic Food Pouch to quickly access healing items during boss encounters.
Cooking Food at Campfires
Raw foraging ingredients found across the starter zone—such as Brown Mushrooms—cannot be consumed raw to heal. Instead, you must gather cooking ingredients and combine them at a campfire cooking station. Higher-tier recipes provide substantial health recovery.
| Meal | Required Ingredients | Station / Skill |
|---|---|---|
| Herring Delight | 1 Brown Mushroom, 1 Herring, 1 Onion | Campfire (Cooking) |
| Egg Fried Rice | 1 Chicken Egg, 1 Brown Mushroom, 1 Onion, 1 Grain | Campfire (Cooking) |
Players can gather onions and mushrooms from starter foliage, fish for herring using an Old Rod, and gather chicken eggs in open terrain. Cooking these items levels up your Cooking skill while producing potent healing rations.
Purchasing Food from Camp Vendors
If you do not want to forage or level your Cooking skill early on, the main camp features vendor shops where you can purchase ready-to-eat rations. Vendors sell quick consumables such as:
- Apples
- Bread
- Potato Salad
To fund food purchases, you can sell unwanted loot and mob drops—such as valuable remains and Soul Amalgams—at the camp shop for currency (Crowns). Keeping multiple stacks of bread or potato salad in your hotbar gives you instant healing while learning enemy attack patterns.
Crafting Alchemy Potions
For extended health restoration during difficult encounters, players can brew specialized consumables at the Cauldron station using the Alchemy skill.
Bottle of Regeneration I
One of the confirmed healing potions in the game is the Bottle of Regeneration I. It grants sustained healing over time:
- Effect: Heals 50% of damage taken over 10 seconds for 6 minutes.
- Crafting Station: Cauldron
- Requirement: Alchemy Level 32
- Experience Gain: 155 Alchemy XP
- Required Materials: 1 Crimson Residue, 1 Soul Shard, 1 Soul Shroom, 1 Glass Bottle
Crimson Residue drops from the invading boss Ophelia (with a base 60% drop rate), while Soul Shards come from mining and Soul Shrooms from foraging.
Note that active potion buffs do not stack freely; drinking a new buff potion replaces an active potion effect (such as overwriting an active defense potion).
Combat Survival Tips to Conserve Health
Because healing items consume time and stamina to activate mid-fight, preventing incoming damage is critical to keeping your health intact:
- Mind Your Stamina: Dodging (default Q key) and sprinting (Shift key) deplete your stamina bar. If your stamina hits zero, you cannot dodge or block, leaving you vulnerable to combo attacks.
- Parrying with Shields: Equipping an offhand shield allows you to block (F key) and parry timed strikes from bandits and elites. Staggering an enemy breaks their stance, allowing a riposte attack for heavy damage.
- Step Away Before Eating: When consuming food in solo dungeons or boss arenas, create distance after the enemy finishes an attack combo. Attempting to heal while in melee range risks getting hit through your eating animation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you eat raw Brown Mushrooms to heal in Derelict?
No. Raw Brown Mushrooms found in the starter areas are not directly edible. You must combine them with other ingredients (such as herring or onions) at a campfire station to craft cooked meals that restore health.
How does the Food Pouch work during combat?
Equipping utility items like the Worn Food Pouch or Magic Food Pouch allows you to hold and consume multiple food rations quickly during active battles, restoring health as long as your pouch remains stocked.
Do Bonsai trees heal you while in combat?
No. You must break aggro and exit combat before resting at a Bonsai to trigger its full health restoration and checkpoint functions.
