How to Craft Bandages and Golden Bandages for Healing

Crafting Bandages

Bandage is a healing item made with a crafting recipe. Craft a stack before you head out, because they are consumable and you will burn through them during fights. Keep them in your hotbar so you can use one without opening your inventory mid-combat.

Upgrading to Golden Bandages

Golden Bandage is the stronger version. It is produced through a crafting recipe that consumes a Bandage plus additional ingredients, so do not use up every Bandage you make — hold some back specifically for conversion. Golden Bandages are worth the extra cost when you are taking heavy damage, such as during a fight near an Undead Battle Standard.

When to Carry Which

Bring plain Bandages for routine exploration and chip damage. Switch to Golden Bandages for boss fights, raids, or any situation where a single heal needs to count. Because both are consumables, restock at your base before each trip rather than crafting in the field. Pair your bandages with your Enderium armor set so you are not relying on healing alone — the armor reduces the damage you take, and the bandages cover what gets through. If you are wearing Tattered Boots, Tattered Cap, Tattered Pants, or Tattered Tunic early on, carry extra Bandages, since that gear offers far less protection than Enderium.