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How to Use the Emberville Toolbar for Healing

Learn how to equip and use healing items on the Emberville toolbar, expand consumable slots with a belt, and check keyboard and controller controls.

Updated October 25, 2026

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Put healing items on your belt

Move a healing consumable from your inventory into an available belt or quick-access slot, then use that slot's shortcut to heal from the bottom-left toolbar. Keeping it on the belt lets you use it during combat without opening your inventory.

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Belts add shortcuts; bags add storage

Your equipped belt determines the consumable shortcuts you have available. Collecting food does not make every item usable from the toolbar. If you have supplies but need another quick-use position, check your belt equipment separately from your bag.

Equipment	What it changes
Broken Leather Belt	Adds one belt slot in the Prologue and opens a second consumable position.
Broken Small Bag	Expands inventory storage. Check your belt separately when you need another consumable shortcut.

Equip a belt through the inventory's equipment controls when you need its extra capacity. In the Prologue inventory, double-clicking uses or equips an item, while right-clicking opens special options. Check the available belt positions after equipping it.Playing this video connects to YouTube.

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Equip and use a healing consumable

Open your inventory with I in the Prologue keyboard setup. If you have changed your bindings, use your assigned inventory key.Playing this video connects to YouTube.
Move the healing consumable you want to use into an available belt or quick-access slot.Playing this video connects to YouTube.
Check the bottom-left toolbar for the item you assigned. Its presence there tells you the consumable is assigned to that shortcut slot.
Activate the occupied slot with its assigned shortcut. The keyboard preview uses F1 and F2 for the first consumable slots; follow your current bindings if they differ.Playing this video connects to YouTube.
Check your health after using the consumable. Recovery of lost health is the sign that the healing item worked.Playing this video connects to YouTube.

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Check bindings and demo input fixes

Check the controls and remapping screen for your equipped-consumable shortcuts. Alpha Demo 0.20.17.x fixed key-rebinding issues and the reset-all-bindings button. If an old keyboard setup behaves differently, review the current assignments before trying the toolbar again.

For controller play, check shoulder-button menu operation, menu navigation, and the radial menu after updating the demo. Demo Alpha 0.20.18.x fixed problems with these interactions and also fixed items being consumed during dialogue. Further controller improvements are planned for Early Access, so use the controls available in your current build.

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Use inventory healing if the belt is empty

If the toolbar is empty, check whether you assigned a healing consumable and whether your equipped belt has room for it. Healing items can also be used directly from your inventory. Use that option while you arrange your belt, then return to the toolbar once your chosen item appears there.Playing this video connects to YouTube.