History Main / HealingCheckpoint

Sometimes this is just a part of the same mechanic that's saving your progress--this is common when saving at a TraumaInn, for example. Other times, the save point or checkpoint won't heal you directly, but it ''will'' be surrounded by strategically-placed {{Healing Potion}}s and {{Mana Potion}}s or a convenient HealingSpring. In games with [[InfiniteLives Infinite]] or MeaninglessLives, these kinds of checkpoints just make sense, as the player could choose to get themselves killed for a free refill anyway.

** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' has a special ability that Raine (the healer) can use which drops the ManaMeter cost of all her spells to 1 while standing on a save point, effectively allowing a similar effect as this. Unfortunately, you'll probably want to use a skill that helps you in battle rather than a skill that helps you while standing on a SavePoint, so unless you don't mind the micromanagement of swapping skills a lot this will see little use.
** Most savepoints right before major bossfights in VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia are green instead of the usual yellow, indicating they restore all HP and TP when you walk into them, but after you beat the said boss, they usually either disappear completely or turn yellow.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' and ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', if Mario is in his small form when reaching the checkpoint, he will automatically change into Super Mario. ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' refills Mario's health at checkpoint flags, but only if he hasn't visited that specific flag before.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' and ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', if Mario is in his small form when reaching the checkpoint, he will automatically change into Super Mario.

* ''Franchise/TalesSeries'':

* In several singleplayer ''/VideoGame/StarCraftII'' missions, the hero gets fully healed and regains full energy at each checkpoint, which also acts as a save point.

* In several singleplayer ''StarCraftII'' missions, the hero gets fully healed and regains full energy at each checkpoint, which also acts as a save point.

* BatenKaitos had two varieties of this, in the original game. Red flowers which only saved your progress, and blue flowers which [[ItMakesSenseInContext brought you to a church and you could level up as well]].

* Safe Havens in ''VideoGame/AlanWakesAmericanNightmare'' heal you. In [[AlanWake the original game]] you had RegeneratingHealth, but Safe Havens made you regenerate more quickly.

** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', green save points completely restore your party's HP and TP in addition to letting you save. [[SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity One showing up is a sign to be prepared for an upcoming boss fight]].
** Every save point in ''VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence'' heals you.

** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', green save points completely restore your party's HP and TP in addition to letting you save. [[SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity One showing up is a sign to be prepared for an upcoming boss fight]].
** Every save point in ''VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence'' heals you.

* Save Points in ''VideoGame/Undertale'' fill you with both: Determination and HP.

* Safe Havens in ''[[AlanWakesAmericanNightmare Alan Wake's American Nightmare]]'' heal you. In [[AlanWake the original game]] you had RegeneratingHealth, but Safe Havens made you regenerate more quickly.

* Likewise with ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' and ''MetroidFusion''; however, they do not replenish missiles or other special ammo, which can only be restored in separate missile rooms.
* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' have save stations that double as replenishing stations.

*** strangely, ''X'' still has {{Trauma Inn}}s, while also having a save point near every such inn. The same applies to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX-2'', where you can heal by sleeping in your bed in the [[GlobalAirship Fahrenheit]] despite it also containing a Healing Checkpoint.

* In ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'', if Yoshi and Baby Mario pass through a Middle Ring, they will get 10 stars and all enemies on the screen will turn into stars as well.

Sometimes this is just a part of the same mechanic that's saving your progress--this is common when saving at a TraumaInn, for example. Other times, the save point or checkpoint won't heal you directly, but it ''will'' be surrounded by strategically-placed {{Healing Potion}}s and {{Mana Potion}}s or a convenient HealingSpring.

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* The last level in the Subspace Emissary story mode of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' includes save points that heal you and revive fallen party members.