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Killing Floor 3 (KF3)
How to Heal
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Healing is a core gameplay mechanic in Killing Floor 3 (KF3). See how to heal, what skills affect healing, the Healing Touch trophy, and other tips for it here!
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How to Heal
Press Q on Keyboard or D-Pad Down On XBox
| How to Revive | Press Q on PC Press D-Pad Down on XBox Controller |
|---|
To heal yourself, press Q on your keyboard or the Down button on your D-Pad on XBox in order to use a syringe to heal.
Have A Medic Heal You
A special class like the Medic specializes in healing and can use skills and specific weapons to heal other players.
Best Medic (Obi) Builds and Skills
Acquire Skills That Heal
There are multiple abilities that can provide some form of self-healing, and can come from multiple sources such as damage, utility usage, kills, or when crossing certain HP thresholds.
How to Improve Heal
Skills That Affect Heal
| Skill | Category | Lv. | Perk | Skill Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Blood Hunt
|
Gadget | 18 | Ninja | Killing with enemies with pass through damage heals you for 2 health. |
 Bloodsucker
|
Gadget | 6 | Sharpshooter | Heal for 3 health whenever the arrow pierces an enemy up to 8 times per use. |
 Booster Shot
|
Passives | 14 | Commando | Max Syringe capacity is increased by 2. After using syringe, regenerate 5 additional health per second for 5 seconds. |
 Caustic Cure
|
Gadget | 18 | Commando | Standing in Hellion's acid clouds regenerates 2 healths per second. |
 Ebb and Flow
|
Passives | 26 | Ninja | Ranged Cut weapon damage is increased by 15%. Next melee attack deals 100% increased damage and heals for 10 health.This effect has a 16 second cooldown |
|
Field Hospital
|
Gadget | 18 | Medic | Sanctum field's healing is increased by 55% |
|
Field Supplies
|
Passives | 20 | Sharpshooter | Carry an additional 2 Syringes. Increase the initial burst healing from using a syringe by 350%. |
|
Healing Hands
|
Passives | 2 | Medic | Ally revivals are 50% faster. Reviving allies heals them for additional 10 health. |
|
Heat Therapy
|
Gadget | 6 | Firebug | using wildfire heals you for 25 health. |
|
Hotfoot
|
Passives | 20 | Firebug | Ground fire effects caused by weapons heal you for 2 health per second while standing in them. |
 Kenko
|
Passives | 2 | Ninja | Maximum health increased by 20. Performing a perfect parry will restore 10 health over 5 seconds, Additional perfect parries refresh this duration. |
 Kyuketsuki
|
Passives | 26 | Ninja | Weapons deal 100% increased bleed affliction and deal 10% increased damage to Bleeding enemies. Damaging Bleeding enemy with your weapons heals you for 3 health over 3 seconds. Additional hits refreshes this duration. |
|
Not Dead Yet
|
Passives | 14 | Commando | Taking lethal damage leaves you at 1 HP and grants you invulnerability and healing over time for 5 seconds. This skill has a 10 minute cooldown. Killing enemies reduces cooldown by 5 seconds. |
|
Pulmonologist
|
Throwable | 16 | Medic | Biotic Grenade gas cloud healing is increased by 55%. |
|
Resuscitator
|
Gadget | 30 | Medic | Sanctum field expansion blast revives down allies and healls all allies within the blast radius for 20 health. |
|
Social Distancing
|
Passives | 20 | Medic | Shooting down allies with your weapon's healing effects heals their bleed out health for 140% of your weapon's standard healing. Restoring their bleed-out health to full will revive them. |
|
Symbiosis
|
Passives | 14 | Medic | Healing allies with your weapon or hitting enemies with your weapon's healing effects heals you for 20% of your healing amount. |
 Unyielding
|
Passives | 26 | Ninja | Killing an enemy with a melee weapon restores 3 health and grants 15% increased melee weapon damage for 5 seconds. Additional kills refresh this duration. |
|
Urgent Care
|
Throwable | 28 | Medic | Downed allies inside Biotic Grenade gas cloud have their bleed out paused and are healed for 3 bleed out health each second. Restoring their bleed-out health to full will revive them. |
Skills such as Blood Hunt, Bloodsucker, and Ebb and Flow are examples of healing sources that come from combat, Heat Therapy, Caustic Cure, and Not Dead Yet as ability or condition-based healing, and Field Hospital, Healing Hands, and Field Supplies as healing-improving abilities.
As seen, skills have multiple effects on healing, being able to provide more sources of healing, or improving the potency of existing healing sources, and these skills should be chosen in accordance to player requirement and playstyle.
Skill Tree Guide: List of All Skills
Healing Trophies
Healing Touch Trophy
| Trophy | Requirement |
|---|---|
Healing Touch
G: 15 |
Heal Teammates for 500 HP
▶ How to Heal |
One of the trophies in the game called Healing Touch requires players to heal others for 500 HP in total.
This is easily achieved by the Medic class as their healing can comfortably meet the requirement within one to two matches.
Trophy Guide and List of Achievements
Killing Floor 3 Related Guides
Beginner's Guide: Tips and Tricks
All Tips and Tricks Guides
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