What to know
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Bandages are one of the earliest and easiest healing items to craft in Windrose.
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You need a workbench to craft them, and the recipe starts with coarse fabric.
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Coarse fabric is made from plant fiber, which comes from cutting shrubs and grassy patches around the island.
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A bandage restores 900 health over time, but the healing stops if you take damage.
Windrose makes bandage crafting straightforward, which is why it is such an important early-game healing option. The process only takes a few steps once you know where to gather the right material and how to use the workbench.
Crafting Bandages details
How to craft bandages
Step 1
Build a workbench first. You cannot craft bandages until you have a workbench available, so this is the foundation of the process.
Step 2
Collect plant fiber by cutting down shrubs and grassy patches around the island. The material is common and easy to gather early on.
Step 3
Open the workbench and craft coarse fabric from the plant fiber you collected. Coarse fabric is the direct crafting material needed for bandages.
Step 4
Use the coarse fabric at the workbench to craft bandages. Once crafted, you can keep them in your inventory for emergency healing.
Step 5
Place bandages in an easy-to-reach hotbar slot so you can use them quickly during combat or after taking damage. Bandages heal over time, so using them before a risky fight can help you stay alive longer.
Where the materials come from
The full path to bandages is simple: shrubs and grassy patches provide plant fiber, plant fiber becomes coarse fabric, and coarse fabric becomes bandages. This means you do not need rare resources or advanced stations to make your first healing item.
Bandage healing details
Bandages restore 900 health over time in Windrose. The healing effect is not instant, and it stops if you take damage while it is active. That makes bandages best for recovery after a fight or when you have a safe moment to heal.
Practical use
Bandages are especially useful early in the game because they are cheap to make and easy to stockpile. Keeping several in your inventory gives you a reliable safety net during exploration and combat. Since the recipe depends on common resources, you can craft them often without slowing down progression.
Because bandages heal gradually, they work best when you can avoid taking more damage for a short time. Their low material cost and early availability make them one of the most useful survival items in the game.
