Increase your health in Starfield by ranking up the Wellness Skill, getting the Alien DNA trait, crafting in the Research Laboratory, and eating. Learn more on how you can increase your maximum health and restore HP in this guide.
Increase and restore health by consuming food and drinks. Each food item has different effects like restoring health, increasing oxygen, and even decreasing your HP every few seconds.
Food can be collected while exploring, stolen from enemies, or made at Outposts.
It is possible that the Pharmacology category of the research lab contains chem projects, pills, or first aid items that can restore your health, or even temporarily increase maximum HP.
You will need Resources to craft items. So make sure to stock up as much as you can while exploring.
Wellness |
Increase your health by 30 points with the Wellness Skill at Rank 1. You can find the challenges you need to accomplish to rank up under the Physical Skill Tree.
How to Level Up and Farm Skill Points Fast
Alien DNA increases your overall health and endurance but comes with a caveat that weakens the potency of healing items.
You can get the Alien DNA trait during character creation. However, while you can remove traits mid-game, it is not confirmed if you can add traits later on.
How to Increase Health
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