How To Prepare For Winter (water)

[AshTray900]

does anyone have advice for this? i usually just let myself go thirsty half the time.

i can use the fact that items re-spawn to collect sodas, not all that fun

i can collect as many pots as i can (one by one) fill them and shelve them, water doesn't freeze in them on a shelf outside but freezes in my rain collector.

Looking for a setup that i can use to prepare for a fill winter of hydration needs. have they added something to melt water in rain collector? or some feature that will help out with this? i am "sort of" near a stream that i set up zip lines to, i guess i could make daily runs to it with a pot, but ehh

Devs, an indoor watertank or something is needed so i can carry all my water from rain catchers from the pot to it.

[Ataxio]

Live next to a creek.

Drink only energy drinks.

There is no prep work needed unless you have trouble finding basic items and resources like water.

[PrettyFunkedUp]

live near running water. simple

[Unrealtairo]

Not everyone is willing to live near a river.

You could just take a cooking pot over to a pond that hasn't frozen over also if there are no rivers nearby then just cook the water

[Sholomar]

In my save the small ponds they added later on don't freeze in winter. I just assumed that's intended behavior. That or streams/rivers don't freeze.

I believe they should freeze these small lakes, with the exception of the two hot springs. Then add the ability to store more water and melt it, drill for water, melt snow, etc.

[whopper with cheese]

3d print a flask wont help much but its better then nothing

[PrettyFunkedUp]

When tripod girl beckons you to follow her, follow her she will take you to your nearest drinking hole.

[AshTray900]

yeah i was hoping a change had been made to better this, i can use ziplines to the stream and fill a pot that will last 2 days. flask lasts maybe 1. im late game so i really have no desire to move as i spent alot of time on the current base and im right never everything i need (bulbs, batteries, panels, wire, ink, tape) from the bunker on the golf course and deer are everywhere, i can always eat in the morning and be full, but yet half to spend time each day for water when there really isnt much of a thirsty penalty so i just move on and do my thing, there isnt alot left to do, i just play around and build new things that come out, hand not been on in a couple updates, i plated all my weapons, that was cool, a plated katana is deadly

[Sylar]

Originally posted by AshTray900:

does anyone have advice for this? i usually just let myself go thirsty half the time.

i can use the fact that items re-spawn to collect sodas, not all that fun

i can collect as many pots as i can (one by one) fill them and shelve them, water doesn't freeze in them on a shelf outside but freezes in my rain collector.

Looking for a setup that i can use to prepare for a fill winter of hydration needs. have they added something to melt water in rain collector? or some feature that will help out with this? i am "sort of" near a stream that i set up zip lines to, i guess i could make daily runs to it with a pot, but ehh

Devs, an indoor watertank or something is needed so i can carry all my water from rain catchers from the pot to it.

I hope the developers make snowballs inventoriable during winter times so you can melt them in a pot, as that makes the most sense and is like a go-to for anyone with rudimentary intelligence. Snowballs in a pot.

However, my best advice is stick to the ziplines, try a base on Eyot Lake. It's the only lake with an Eyot in the middle. That spot is literally smack-dab in the middle of all the major collectables in this game.

When you get the Enchantment Table blueprint, activate it that table on the Eyot. But only activate it there during the summer time.

That way, you can upgrade safely as the mutants that will try to attack you will spawn around the lake, on the other side, unable to reach you. They will eventually leave and reduce to more manageable numbers. For added entertainment, activate in summer when other cannibals spawn nearby. Mutants will rip them to shreds.

This way, if you also play on a higher difficulty setting, your base won't be reduced to rubble. It also gives you a way to zipline with 360 degrees of freedom, but only 180 degrees of sum accessible terrain over the lake.

The waterfall there has water that stays unfrozen, zip over to that. The treelines give you a way of ziplining out of reach until the cannibals chasing you tire themselves out. Then you can pick them off one at a time.

Waterfall goes to a beach for turtle shells.

It's the best starting point for finishing the story and surviving winter. The frozen lake allows excellent visibility of approaching cannibals quite a decent distance away too.

[tr0mp]

Dear Sylar, how can this be a good starting point if you need the rope gun to use it like you say? To each his own, I have my beatiful non-freezing lake spot near the modern axe camp.

[Spaceman Spiff]

I just collect pots and fill with clean water. They seem to respawn regularly, even in hard survival.

[Defiance]

Originally posted by AshTray900:

does anyone have advice for this? i usually just let myself go thirsty half the time.

i can use the fact that items re-spawn to collect sodas, not all that fun

i can collect as many pots as i can (one by one) fill them and shelve them, water doesn't freeze in them on a shelf outside but freezes in my rain collector.

Looking for a setup that i can use to prepare for a fill winter of hydration needs. have they added something to melt water in rain collector? or some feature that will help out with this? i am "sort of" near a stream that i set up zip lines to, i guess i could make daily runs to it with a pot, but ehh

Devs, an indoor watertank or something is needed so i can carry all my water from rain catchers from the pot to it.

Why do you have to prepare for winter ?

[Ataxio]

Originally posted by Defiance:

Originally posted by AshTray900:

does anyone have advice for this? i usually just let myself go thirsty half the time.

i can use the fact that items re-spawn to collect sodas, not all that fun

i can collect as many pots as i can (one by one) fill them and shelve them, water doesn't freeze in them on a shelf outside but freezes in my rain collector.

Looking for a setup that i can use to prepare for a fill winter of hydration needs. have they added something to melt water in rain collector? or some feature that will help out with this? i am "sort of" near a stream that i set up zip lines to, i guess i could make daily runs to it with a pot, but ehh

Devs, an indoor watertank or something is needed so i can carry all my water from rain catchers from the pot to it.

Why do you have to prepare for winter ?

Same first thought I had. No prep is needed at all. Unless OP is just sitting inside a cabin thru all of winter far away from any running water.

Which not only sounds boring as all hell but kinda wierd too.

[tr0mp]

1. Get winter jacket
2. Do not camp next to a freezing body of water, but next to a running body of water OR a non-freezing lakes
3. You are good to go!

Some things are harder to gather, like stones and sticks.

[PrettyFunkedUp]

has anyone tried putting water collector indoors? with the leaky roofs it should be fine

you can stock up on fish and oyster stew
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3049308653

but nothing beats a nice zipline down to your water supply,
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3049906379

[PrettyFunkedUp]

Water collectors work indoors, tested it.