Water

What you can craft with it

• Antibiotics
• Ash Chicken Stew
• Beer
• Black Lung Serum
• Blackstrap Coffee
• Blueberry Pie
• Boiled Egg
• Boiled Meat

Effects of one serving

Hydration

20

These are base values per serving. Equipment, active effects and world settings can change the result. Food and water recovery can continue over time after consumption.

Effects and duration

Stamina regeneration while absorbing water

Absorbing water grants +15% stamina regeneration. Its duration depends on the water still being absorbed, your hydration and earlier drinks. It is not tied to the fixed timer of another drink bonus.

What you need

Put empty water jars on your toolbelt, hold them, approach actual water in a lake, river or pool, aim at its surface and use the secondary action; by default, right-click on PC. Wait for the filling action to finish. This produces murky water. A bucket moves water in the world; it is not a replacement for a drinking-water jar. Murky water can also be found as loot, including household and bathroom containers.

Empty jars can be crafted in a forge or found and bought where available. Drinking some jar-based consumables can return a jar, depending on the Jar Refund world setting. Do not assume every consumed jar will come back.

• Empty Water Jar
• Murky Water
• Water
• Bucket
• Bucket of Water

How to use it

Put a Cooking Pot in the campfire tool slot, add fuel and use the Water recipe with murky water. Take the finished water from the output. Drinking murky water normally costs 5 health and carries a 12% base dysentery risk. The helmet Water Purifier mod protects the wearer when drinking unsafe water; it does not convert jars into clean water for crafting.

• Campfire
• Cooking Pot
• Water
• Water Purifier Mod

Equipment and upgrades

Place the dew collector outside with an unobstructed view of the sky and put empty jars into its input slots. It produces murky water unless a Water Filter is installed. The Gatherer speeds collection and the Tarp increases output. Collect the finished jars and replenish empty ones. Production, consumption and jar returns depend on world settings. The collector filter and the helmet purifier are different items.

• Dew Collector
• Gatherer
• Tarp
• Water Filter

How to get it

Where it can appear

• Supply drop
• Army Truck
• Buried Food Stash
• Coffee Maker
• Destroyed Dew Collector
• Cooler, Open
• Farm Truck
• Food Pile, Large

These containers can roll this item. Loot stage and container rules affect availability; a find is not guaranteed.

Who can sell it

Trader Joel, Trader Jen, Trader Bob, Trader Hugh, Trader Rekt

Stock is random and changes when the trader restocks. Progression can affect which items are offered.

How to craft it

Base recipe quantities. Perks and world settings can change ingredient costs; check your crafting screen before committing supplies.

What to unlock

No separate recipe unlock required