Your primary source of healing is the Netherworld Hospital, a for-profit institution that’s set up in the castle infirmary. Whenever you get back from battle, it should be your first stop. Speak with Florence, the Cleric by the Dimension Guide, to use the Hospital’s services. The same Hospital also has a branch office in the Item World, where it’s run by Soukichi the Ninja.
Healing a character at the Hospital revives him or her if necessary and restores him or her to full HP and SP. This costs a small sum of HL.
You can use items or cast spells in the field to try to lower the cost of your trip to the Netherworld Hospital, but that’s not ideal. Even early in the game your Hospital fees are likely to be trivial, so using up SP or items to try to dodge a doctor’s bill doesn’t save you much.
More importantly, the Netherworld Hospital has a rewards program. As you heal up, the Hospital keeps track of how much HP and SP it’s restored to your characters, as well as how many times it’s had to revive them, and offers you fabulous prizes as you pass certain milestones thereof. These rewards take the form of valuable accessories and consumable items, all of which are of legendary quality and come complete with a couple of randomly chosen Innocents.
| Item | Condition |
|---|---|
| Brawny Muscle | Restore 100 HP. |
| Kung-Fu Muscle | Restore 800 HP. |
| Spirit Muscle | Restore 4,000 HP. |
| Fight Muscle | Restore 20,000 HP. |
| Ace Muscle | Restore 60,000 HP. |
| Victory Muscle | Restore 120,000 HP. |
| Dream Muscle | Restore 240,000 HP. |
| World Muscle | Restore 480,000 HP. |
| Star Muscle | Restore 980,000 HP. |
| Common Orb | Restore 50 SP. |
| Psycho Orb | Restore 400 SP. |
| Dark Orb | Restore 2,000 SP. |
| Bloody Orb | Restore 10,000 SP. |
| Astral Orb | Restore 30,000 SP. |
| Lunar Orb | Restore 60,000 SP. |
| Royal Orb | Restore 120,000 SP. |
| Holy Orb | Restore 240,000 SP. |
| Chaos Orb | Restore 480,000 SP. |
| Caterpillar Egg | Revive 5 characters. |
| Charred Newt | Revive 10 characters. |
| Chicken Blood | Revive 25 characters. |
| Snake Kidney | Revive 50 characters. |
| Yummy Kimchee | Revive 80 characters. |
| Frog Sweat | Revive 120 characters. |
| Immortal Pill | Revive 170 characters. |
| Imperial Seal | Restore 800 HP & 400 SP. Revive 5 characters. |
| Dark Rosary | Restore 4,000 HP & 2,000 SP. Revive 15 characters. |
| Devil Ring | Restore 20,000 HP & 10,000 SP. Revive 40 characters. |
| Feather Token | Restore 60,000 HP & 30,000 SP. Revive 70 characters. |
| Sophia’s Mirror | Restore 120,000 HP & 60,000 SP. Revive 110 characters. |
| Pravda Pendant | Restore 240,000 HP & 120,000 SP. Revive 160 characters. |
| Royal Ring | Restore 480,000 HP & 240,000 SP. Revive 220 characters. |
| Testament | Restore 980,000 HP & 480,000 SP. Revive 300 characters. |
Early in the game, you can cheat the system by equipping and removing equipment that boosts your characters’ maximum HP and SP, such as Muscles and Orbs. Put them on to raise the cap on your HP or SP, visit the Hospital to restore the HP/SP that’s now missing, then remove the equipment and reequip it to repeat the process. This allows you to unlock the higher-tier prizes from the Hospital by, if you think about it, committing insurance fraud. Good work.
This practice becomes impractical once you reach level 30 or so, as the rising health pools and the requirements for the mid-range prizes make it impractical, but it’ll net you some great starting gear in the first few Episodes.
When you clear the Final Episode and receive the true ending, you also unlock an option at the Cheat Shop called Auto-Heal at Base. If that option is toggled on, your characters are automatically restored to life and full HP/SP every time you return to Laharl’s Castle. This is free and costs you nothing, but whatever is restored does not count toward unlocking any remaining prizes from the Hospital.