How do I get water? I have buckets.

[LtlMacMcG]

So I have 9 buckets and can't equip them to the dwarves. I need water to build my smith...but can't figure out how to do it...help would be appreciated!

[ehyder]

Dwarves automatically equip the buckets to collect water. (When you craft swimming helmets they automatically equip those also to dive under the water.) Just click on the water you want to collect to select it and a dwarf will eventually come by with a bucket. See FAQ for more information if you are still having trouble.

[LtlMacMcG]

Ok...thanks...i did try just clicking the water but it doesn't seem to work...wil view, FAQ, thanks!

[Kyrros]

Yeah, the AI pathing has been a bit wonky, as of late. If the water is too far away, it won't get prioritized. Any 'water' can be collected, be it the pond next to your home, or that thin layer that's accumulated on the ground after a rain.

Note, that you can only carry as many 'water blocks' at a time as you have buckets for all your dwarf. So a dwarf will use three buckets for a full load of water on thier back (3 without a backpack), and those 3 (or more) buckets can't be useable by any other dwarves until that water is dropped off.

You probably already have, but just in case you haven't, also make sure your buckets are actually still in your inventory and weren't stolen by goblins or used accidentally in some recipies further up the tech tree (or possibly even bugged/lost arbitrarily)