Casualties Unknown limb damage guide

Press the health button to open the panel. Each limb shows symbols for its problems, and clicking one starts a short minigame.

What limb injuries can you get in Casualties Unknown?

Injury	Common cause	Symbol	Fix	Status
Shrapnel	Broken glass, explosions	Shards or rubble	Pull it out by hand or with tweezers	confirmed
Dislocation	Falls, hard impacts	Bone with vibrations	Fix dislocation minigame	confirmed
Fracture	Falls, heavy traps	Bone	Splint, or rest the limb	confirmed
Muscle damage	Hits and exertion	Limb stats	Sleep	confirmed
Disfigurement	Spikes and explosions	Face injuries	Rarely fixable	reported

A fractured or dislocated limb also hurts when you use it, and you can see limbs shaking in the panel, which helps you spot the problem. reported

How do you remove shrapnel?

Open the panel and click Remove shrapnel above the shards icon. A minigame asks you to drag pieces out of the limb. confirmed Go slowly. You can craft tweezers, which players say make the job much faster, but they are not required. reported

The order matters more than the tools. Bandage first, even though it feels backwards. Bandaging stops the bleeding and also lowers pain, and high pain makes your hands shake during the minigame, which can make it almost impossible. confirmed With no bandages, sit and wait for the pain to fall. confirmed

Prevent it in the first place: glass from broken pod windows can leave shards on the floor that must be broken before you walk over them. confirmed

How do you fix a dislocation?

Click Fix dislocation on the limb. The minigame involves swinging to knock the joint back into place, so building up momentum helps. confirmed It causes a lot of pain, and it can sometimes go badly. You can also leave a dislocation to heal, but that takes longer and can lead to worse problems. confirmed

Players recommend bruise kits for bad falls, particularly paired with antiseptic. reported

How do you treat a fracture?

The beginner guide’s short answer: get a splint or do your best not to use that limb while it heals. confirmed A wrench and splint are both useful for bone injuries, according to a popular forum thread of tips. reported Splints come off properly when a limb is lost, a bug fixed in 7.0. confirmed

If your chest muscles reach zero, players warn your lungs will stop working, so do not ignore torso damage just because you can still walk. reported

How do you heal Casualties Unknown limb damage over time?

Sleep. All body parts heal while sleeping, muscle injuries in particular, as a popular guide explains. confirmed Two things to check first:

• If you have open wounds, patch them or make sure you have enough blood.
• If a limb’s skin health (the shield icon) is low, sleeping can make wounds infected instead of healing them. Disinfect that limb first. confirmed

How does amputation work in Casualties Unknown?

Amputation removes a limb that has become a lost cause. Forum players say the game will only let you do it when the limb is beyond saving. reported The patch history shows it has been made less punishing:

• Amputation hurts a bit less, since 6.1. confirmed
• Amputating a limb no longer deletes what you were wearing on it, since 7.0. confirmed
• Stepping on glass with an amputated foot now works correctly. confirmed
• It is easier to amputate in the full game, and you can now lose both legs at once. confirmed

A limb lost to infection or a trap still changes everything about the run, so weigh it carefully. Cutting off an infected limb may be the only way to stop it spreading, as the infection guide notes.

How do prosthetics work?

The September update confirms a simple prosthesis system in the full game. confirmed

Tier	What the developer says
1 and 2	Replacement limbs, with their own limits
3	“A direct upgrade to your normal, fleshy limbs”

Repairing and maintaining a prosthesis differs from healing a normal limb, and the developer expects modders to expand on it. confirmed The exact recipes will be in the crafting guide once they are documented. In the demo, the Prosthetics mod offers a similar system. confirmed

What about a broken jaw?

Eating with a non-functional jaw makes food 25% less effective and hurts less than it used to, since 6.0. confirmed That makes juice and soft foods more useful, as the food guide explains.

What should you carry for limb injuries?

At minimum: dressings, something to disinfect with and a way to pull shrapnel. Add a splint when you can. For the numbers on how quickly each injury kills, see bleeding and blood, because a bad fall usually hurts in several ways at once.