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[meowmix]

do broken bones heal on their own over time? or do they actually require medical stuff like splints and w/e to begin the healing process.

[Derekristow]

In the last version they could heal on their own, but it was pretty unlikely.  I don't imagine it would have changed in that respect, but the dwarf has a far better chance of getting healed with medical help.  When the medical system works it works quite well.

[Funk]

yes but only clean brakes,and like in RL it take time

[meowmix]

how do you tell if its a clean break,

For example if i have something like 'the upper leg is broken" or w/e in red it doesnt seem to heal even if i use runesmith to crank up the dwarf's recuperation stat to a million even though the flesh wounds heal instantly.  which was why i was kinda wondering whether or not the bones heal without the attention of medical dwarves.

[shadowform]

Bah!  One of my dwarves got a broken leg and do you know what he did?  He STOOD UP OUT OF HIS HOSPITAL BED AND WENT RIGHT BACK TO HIS TRAINING DRILLS.

I also once had a jeweler that lost a hand and didn't even bleed.  I assume he just looked at the stump, wrapped his bear around it as a tourniquet and then walked down to the forges to dip it in magma to cauterize if before going back to work.  That fort was kind of funny like that.

But, I have noticed that bone-level wounds do heal somewhat over time.  I'm not sure if they have to be set with a splint (though, for the most part, mine do get set), but it probably increases the odds or speed of it healing.

There might also be a timer for treatment, wherein if a dwarf with a broken bone doesn't get the bone set soon enough then it heals crooked, and he ends up with a 'permanent' wound.