Health Vial

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Health Vial
Item type	Health
Game info
Appears in	Unreal Unreal Tournament Unreal Mission Pack: Return to Na Pali Unreal Championship Unreal Tournament 2003 Unreal Tournament 2004 Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict Unreal Tournament 3 Unreal Tournament 4

Health Vials are small health pickups appearing in the Unreal series, appearing in almost all games.

Overview

Unreal and Unreal Mission Pack: Return to Na Pali

Bandages
Item type	Health
Game info
Health points	5

"These provide limited healing (+5 units of health), but do little to reverse the effects of major damage."

– Unreal manual

Bandages provide 5 health points, up to a maximum of 100 health points. They are weakest healing item in the game. They are so minimal in healing that it does little to help the player with major damage; however, they are useful for small injuries that do not require much healing.

Unreal Tournament

Health Vial
Item type	Health
Game info
Respawn time	18.2
Health points	5

"Each health vial gives you 5 health points, to a maximum of 199."

– UT manual

The Health Vial provides 5 health points, up to a maximum of 199 health points, and can be found in almost every map. In-game, they replace the bandages. They are less powerful than Health Packs on their own, but when found in groups (usually 3-10), they can provide a better heal to the player.

Unreal Championship, Unreal Tournament 2003 and Unreal Tournament 2004

Health Vial
Item type	Health
Game info
Respawn time	27.3
Health points	5

Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict

Small Health
Item type	Health

"Nanosurgeon packs that work for biological, mechanical and nanoblack competitors. These appear in small and medium varieties."

– UC2 manual

Unreal Tournament 3

Small Health
Item type	Health
Game info
Respawn time	27.3
Health points	5

Small and Green. Heals 5 Health, up to a maximum of 199.

Unreal Tournament 4

Health Vial
Item type	Health
Game info
Respawn time	30s
Health points	5

"Awards 5 HP on top of current HP, up to a max of 199."

– Tutorial level

Provide 5 health points, up to a maximum of 199 health points.

Trivia

Development

• In some beta versions of Unreal, the bandages were clean. The lost March 1998 version had it, and so did the version PC gamer previewed in their trailer (the clean bandage is seen in the video in Temple of Vandora on the table). We do have the original skin thanks to extracted resources from the Emissary team's modified UnrealI.u from the March version that they kept in one of their backups. The German version was probably slated to use this clean bandage as well.

Gallery

Unreal Tournament Health guide

UT4 Health guide

Unreal - PC Gamer Trailer (1998)

the clean bandages are seen towards the end of the video on the table with the skaarj trooper, mistakenly referred to as Krall here.

See also

• Health Pack
• Health Station - the Unreal II: The Awakening equivalent.
• Super Health