Eventually, you WILL get attacked by something. And even if you get away, you'll probably get banged up. Some type of medical supplies would be good to carry around. Some suggestions:
* [[Cotton]] is probably the best. Derivatives also work, such as [[string]] and [[cloth tailoring]] items such as [[cloth gloves]], [[sheet of cloth]], even ''[[Cloth_tailoring#Sails | sails]]''. The important factor is the [[QL | Quality Level]], or QL of the item. Also cotton can now be found by [[botanizeForaging]] and [[Botanizing]] at many different types of [[Resource nodes]]d while exploring.* [[Healing cover]]s - Components for healing covers can also be [[Botanizing|botanized]] at [[Resource nodes]], which every character can do without tools.