Suggestion: crack open ice for water

[M.Red]

technically when i was crashlanded on an island and winter comes so the lakes will be covered with ice i would just use my survival axe (or any other tool) to smack a hole in the ice to get access to water

is there an option planned for this in SotF?

[Sweets]

It'd be great if you could use the cooking pot, collect some ice and melt it on the fire for water, particularly in winter/mountains.

[ryannorgreeves]

If I recall there's 2 frozen lakes (regardless of winter vs summer. Ability to make a hole in the ice to obtain water or for fishing would be a neat add to have. I would be a bit surprised if it is specifically planned, but the EA process in the first game had some feedback that found its way into content. Honestly the last update had a bit of content which made me think someone's scoping at least a few discussions.

Hopefully this isn't too off topic, but regarding frozen over lakes, it would be an interesting defense tactic if the lakes had the ability to have their ice broken up. Maybe some points where the player destroyed the ice and it broke up and couldn't be walked on and had to be walked around. Unsure how the mechanics would work on it and likely in a game it'd have to just revert to water for X days and then be reset to frozen over and can be walked on. Still think it'd be neat.

Agree the cooking pot also. There were players talking about clean snow vs dirty snow and maybe making it so the rain collector caught snow and then that could be heated in the cook pot. Would allow us to "fill" from something more specific.

[Bunker]

I think melting snow with the pot could be a good thing for winter.
also meat should not rot as fast in the winter but that's gettin' picky

[M.Red]

i love the ideas from you people
picky or not suggestions of any kind can be an inspiration

[ryannorgreeves]

Originally posted by Bunker:

I think melting snow with the pot could be a good thing for winter.
also meat should not rot as fast in the winter but that's gettin' picky

I agree with the meat not spoiling at the same rate. Its more complex sure, but it would be a welcome detail add I think. There's been a fair # of threads about winter/snow or having those pop up in the discussion of something else. I think that the mountain cold and the winter/snow from seasonal changes should bring about a much different experience.