How to heal in Scorn
Even the controls inside contempt can be a bit of a mystery at times, especially when it comes to training how to heal.
Even if you know the correct button for it on PC and Xbox, you still need to find a specific item to get the ability to heal in Scorn.
We’ve detailed what action you heal with the item and how to heal it once you’ve obtained it. If you need help with the main Scorn puzzles, we have pages for the Act 1 Egg Puzzle, Act 2 Spinning Circle Puzzle, Act 3 Yellow Light Puzzle, and an Act 5 Boss Guide.
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How to get more health in Scorn
You can’t heal until you’ve solved the spinning circle puzzles in Scorn’s act 2 and then entered the next part of the building with your new one-light key.
After entering this building, you’ll travel through the same area in Act 1, only the location looks like it’s falling apart. Follow the path until you find another door locked by a light and use your key on it.
Keep exploring, and as you descend an elevator, look directly across at a station with a traffic light and three red tubes overhead – this is a healing station.
When you interact with the healing station, insert a crab-like device and the station will inject what looks like blood into its holes. Each red orb that forms on this crab-like device represents a health bar that you can restore by using it.
By holding down the right button you can now heal in Scorn.
Do you need help to survive Scorn’s cruel alien world? We have healing pages along with solutions to the egg puzzle in act 1, spinning circle puzzles in act 2, yellow light puzzles in act 3 and the best strategy to beat the grenade launcher boss in act 5.
How to heal in Scorn
After finding your first healing station and having at least one red orb on your crab-like healing device, all that remains is to do Hold RB on Xbox controllers or ‘E’ on PC to heal in Scorn. Tapping doesn’t work, so make sure you’re holding down the button.
Your character will then transfer the blood from the crab-like device into your own arm, restoring a maximum of two bars of health at a time.
You can see how much health you and your crab have left in the top left of the screen while it heals. Your health is the bars and the red circles show how many red health orbs are on your healing crab.
If you ever forget any of the controls in Scorn, you can always pause the game for a quick reminder.
Additionally, if you run out of red health orbs, you’ll need to find more healing stations to refill your crab. These are usually hidden in optional rooms, so make sure you try to fully explore an area if you’re in low health.
Good luck with the rest of Scorn!