Alcoholic Tincture
Alcoholic Tincture is a medical disinfectant used to clean wound-treatment items, disinfect wounds, wash bloody hands, and cure stage 1 wound infection.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
Alcoholic Tincture is mainly used to make wound treatment safer. It can disinfect rags, bandages, sewing kits, bandanas, and shemaghs, and it can also be applied directly to a wound during stage 1 wound infection.
In-game description
“Home proven alcohol-based tincture with herbal extracts. Used to disinfect scratches, wounds, and other things.”
Main Uses
- Disinfect rags, bandages, sewing kits, bandanas, and shemaghs
- Apply directly to a wound during stage 1 wound infection
- Prevent wound infection before bandaging an active bleed
- Wash bloody hands
- Fill a power generator
- Combine two bottles to transfer contents
How to use this item
Disinfect wound-treatment items
Combine Alcoholic Tincture with rags, bandages, sewing kits, bandanas, or shemaghs to disinfect them before treating bleeding wounds.
- Put the Alcoholic Tincture in your hands or inventory.
- Combine it with a compatible wound-treatment item.
- Use the disinfected item to treat bleeding more safely.
Clean an infected wound early
Alcoholic Tincture can be applied directly to a wound during stage 1 wound infection. Later infection stages need different treatment priorities.
- Use it as soon as you notice early wound infection symptoms.
- Apply it directly to the wound if the action is available.
- Watch symptoms and use the DayZ Health Guide if sickness continues.
Prevent wound infection
Alcoholic Tincture can be used before bandaging an active bleeding wound. The disinfecting effect lasts for a short window and helps prevent wound infection.
View related guideWash bloody hands
Alcoholic Tincture can be used to wash bloody hands when you need to avoid food-related sickness risks.
View related guideFill a power generator
Alcoholic Tincture can also be used as fuel for a power generator, though it is usually more valuable as a medical disinfectant.
How to get Alcoholic Tincture
Medical notes
Treats
- • Stage 1 Wound Infection
Risks
- • Using untreated wound-care items can cause wound infection
- • Later wound infection stages require different treatment priorities
Related symptoms
- • Bleeding
- • Blood loss
- • Wound infection
- • Bloody hands
Prevention tips
- • Disinfect rags, bandages, or sewing kits before treating bleeding when possible.
- • Use it early if you suspect stage 1 wound infection.
- • The disinfecting effect lasts for about 1 minute and 40 seconds.
Important notes
- A full bottle has 200 mL and gives 10 uses.
- Each disinfecting action uses 20 mL, or 10% of the bottle.
- Alcoholic Tincture can disinfect rags, bandages, sewing kits, bandanas, and shemaghs.
- It can cure stage 1 wound infection if used early enough.
- It can wash bloody hands, which is useful before eating or handling food.
- It can fill a power generator, but it is usually more valuable as a medical item.
- Two Alcoholic Tinctures can be combined to pour contents from one bottle to another.