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* ''TabletopGame/Pathfinder'' Can have items be made out of two self-healing materials. Living Steel which is harvested from trees that absorb so many nutrients that they become like metal themselves. Or Greenwood a very carefully created weapon that is pretty much a still living branch of a tree. They have to be watered and planted regularly or they shrivel up and die. But for a druid, meeting those requirements is easy.

* ''Series/BabylonFive''
** FreezeFrameBonus: Sherridan is taking to Marcus in the opening scenes, as Sherridan looks outside, the damaged wall of the Whitestar [[SelfHealingPhlebotinum repairs itself]].
** Several scenes mention that the Vorlon and Shadow technology allows for autorepair due to being OrganicTechnology.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', the Sacred Shield and its upgrades regenerates its break meter over time.

* In ''WesterAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', ComicBook/{{Ultron}}, after upgrading himself in ''The Ultron Imperative'', gains the ability to repair himself, allowing him to recover in seconds from being damaged by Mjolnir.

* In ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', you can collect new [[TransformationTrinket Biometals]] from the 8 bosses. Depending on whether you attack their weak point (which houses the Biometals) or not, they'll be damaged to various degrees; it will affect their weapon energy bar. You can have it fixed by Fleuve for a cost, or waiting until the boss respawn for a rematch.

* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'': The Qellan ghost ship that appears in ''Literature/BlackFleetCrisis'' is made of a self-healing metallic material called laminanium. During the [[Literature/NewJediOrder Yuuzhan Vong War]] Lando Calrissian uses the material in the armor and structural components of his [[EliteMook Yuuzhan Vong Hunter droids]] to make them able to take even more punishment. For their part [[OrganicTechnology all Vong technology is organic]] and can heal from varying amounts of damage depending on the item.

* [[DependingOnTheWriter In some episodes]] of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' the dilithium crystals which allow the warp drive to function can develop cracks if overused, but will heal themselves as long as the warp drive is rested for a while.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'''s TARDIS has been all but destroyed on at least one occasion and required time to recover, although it appears that this only applies to its "heart" and not the ancillary equipment used to "drive" the TARDIS. The vessel is considered a LivingShip in any case, but it seems a mechanical form of life. In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E10JourneyToTheCentreOfTheTardis Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]]" the characters encounter a tree-like matrix on which cells grow which can develop in to any kind of technology, making repairs trivial.

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* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. The first spaceship the protagonists get, The Liberator, had self-repair circuits allowing the ship to repair itself without help from the crew. The speed of repair generally depended on the level of damage; the worse the damage, the faster the repairs. Justified by minor damage being harder to locate.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' adventure S1 ''TabletopGame/TombOfHorrors''. The {{PC}}s can encounter a huge glowing orange gem which is a cursed Gem of Wishing. If one of them dares to touch the gem and make a Wish the gem will explode, leaving a mass of stinking purplish mold which bubbles and chuckles. In 1 week the mass will reform as the glowing orange gem.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', the Master Sword has [[BreakableWeapons limited durability]] like all other weapons. If used up, however, instead of breaking it becomes inert for ten minutes while it recovers, then reappears good as new.

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* In ''MegaManZX'', you can collect new [[TransformationTrinket Biometals]] from the 8 bosses. Depending on whether you attack their weak point (which houses the Biometals) or not, they'll be damaged to various degrees; it will affect their weapon energy bar. You can have it fixed by Fleuve for a cost, or waiting until the boss respawn for a rematch.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' adventure S1 ''TombOfHorrors''. The {{PC}}s can encounter a huge glowing orange gem which is a cursed Gem of Wishing. If one of them dares to touch the gem and make a Wish the gem will explode, leaving a mass of stinking purplish mold which bubbles and chuckles. In 1 week the mass will reform as the glowing orange gem.

* [[DependingOnTheWriter In some episodes]] of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' the dilithium crystals which allow the warp drive to function can develop cracks if overused, but will heal themselves as long as the warp drive is rested for a while.

* In the backstory of ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', as the Infinite Empire was collapsing, the Rakata sabotaged the Star Maps on each of their conquered worlds. Twenty thousand later, the Star Maps had repaired themselves enough that Revan and Malak were able to discern Lehon's location by gathering information from five of them.

* [[DependingOnTheWriter In some episodes]] of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' the dilithium crystals which power the warp drive can develop cracks if overused, but will heal themselves as long as the warp drive is rested for a while.

Regeneration isn't always a good thing, however. It can be what makes a ClingyMacGuffin reappear when it's seemingly been destroyed, and make that ArtifactOfDoom all the harder to get rid of.

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* In ''Film/{{Excalibur}}'', the titular weapon is supposed to be indestructible, but Arthur manages to do the unthinkable and break it by misusing it to kill the perfect knight, Lancelot. Distraught, Arthur hurls the sword into a lake, and when he repents, it is returned to him in perfect condition.

* The [[{{Doppeganger}} Blanks]] in ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' regenerate instantly and completely soon after being destroyed. They continue to do this [[spoiler: even after the Network powering them leaves the planet]].