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title: Casualties Unknown Amputation, Fractures and Prosthetics
description: How to fix shrapnel, dislocations and fractures, when to amputate and how prosthetics work.
url: https://casualtieswiki.wiki/health/limb-damage/
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Health

# Casualties Unknown limb damage guide

_[Image: The health panel with a body diagram marking shrapnel on several limbs and a tooltip reading Remove shrapnel]_

_The health panel. Click a symbol on a limb to treat it, such as Remove shrapnel here. Official Steam screenshot, © Orsoniks / Oro Interactive._

**Short answer:** treat limb damage in Casualties Unknown from the health panel. Stop bleeding first, then pull shrapnel, then pop dislocations back in. Splint fractures or stop using the limb. Amputation is a last resort, but the full game adds three tiers of prosthetics so losing a limb no longer has to end a run. confirmed

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](https://casualtieswiki.wiki/health/infection-and-radiation/) notes.

## How do prosthetics work?

The [September update](https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1843481262704593) 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](https://casualtieswiki.wiki/items/crafting/) once they are documented. In the demo, the [Prosthetics mod](https://www.nexusmods.com/scavprototype/mods/40) 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](https://casualtieswiki.wiki/survival/food-water-and-sleep/) 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](https://casualtieswiki.wiki/health/bleeding-and-blood/), because a bad fall usually hurts in several ways at once.

## Sources
Last checked 9 November 2026. Marks: confirmed = official notes, in-game text or a recording of the game; reported = two or more players; unverified = one source.

- [Beginners Guide: Injury and Treatment by Cain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc8MFqX1gzE&t=165s) · dislocation, shrapnel

- [In-Depth Guide: Traps and Hazards by Cameron Kane](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkH9emOCeNM&t=222s) · bandage before shrapnel

- [30 Things Everyone Should Know by BluePawClaw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVF7rFHGwpY&t=227s) · sleep heals

- [September Progress Update, Steam](https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1843481262704593) · prostheses

- [6.1 Demo Patch Notes, Steam](https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1830797770233957)

- [7.0 Demo Update notes, Steam](https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1834602721186794)

- [v6.0 Patch Notes, Steam](https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1830163047266090)

- [Steam forum: Splatter your game knowledge here!](https://steamcommunity.com/app/4576490/discussions/0/801219948950225874/) · player tips

## More in Health

- [Bleeding and blood How to bandage, which wound comes first, and how to treat internal bleeding and hemothorax.](https://casualtieswiki.wiki/health/bleeding-and-blood/)

- [Heart and stroke What causes strokes, fibrillation and cardiac arrest, and what actually treats them.](https://casualtieswiki.wiki/health/heart-and-stroke/)

- [Brain damage What causes brain damage, what the symptoms mean and how to recover from it.](https://casualtieswiki.wiki/health/brain-damage/)

- [Infection and radiation How infections start, how to clean and disinfect, how radiation builds up and how to treat it.](https://casualtieswiki.wiki/health/infection-and-radiation/)