Water Collector?

[Moontsu]

I've been trying to find out whether there is an alternative to the water still- it is very high maintenance, and soon uses up all the palm leaves. I know I can collect palm leaves from other islands. A Google search led me to an old post about collecting water in 2 buckets- and using the water collector...using the fire to boil the water, and catching the steam. Looks like that item isn't available to build now. So- IS there an alternative to the water still?
Thanks for any help.

[TheKiller]

No. The water still is the only source of water and i see no problem with it. It doesnt use that many leaves. You can collect the water from the still into bottles. One clay bottle has 5 drinks and a coconut flask 1.

[Ben | Beam Team Games]

Have you also tried using fibrous leaves instead of palm fronds? These regrow from Yucca trees and small palms.

[Moontsu]

Well, no, I didn't know fibrous leaves could be used as well...thank you for that info.
I'm a long way from clay bottles lol.

[Maltebyte]

Originally posted by Ben | Beam Team Games:

Have you also tried using fibrous leaves instead of palm fronds? These regrow from Yucca trees and small palms.

Im just interested in how adding leaves gives more water in real life? lol

[fluxtorrent]

evaporation, leaves store a lot of water

[thomlovessue]

Just like a garden plot (corrugated and plank are best for holding 8 units of water), Stills also collect water from the rain. Normally gamers keep them full, so people don't notice or pass it off as an anomaly. But you could have enough stills (quantity unknown) that you would never have to feed them fronds or fibrous leaves...

[Gladi8er65]

Originally posted by Maltebyte:

Originally posted by Ben | Beam Team Games:

Have you also tried using fibrous leaves instead of palm fronds? These regrow from Yucca trees and small palms.

Im just interested in how adding leaves gives more water in real life? lol

Look up "solar water still" in any survival books / literature / google or w/e.... The design they use in this game is not a realistic version of a water-gathering device, but the principles are the same... sun dries out green vegetation and the water evaporates, rises, and condenses on the cone-shaped tarp / cloth / plastic then drips down and collects into a small pool (into a container / cup) and ready to drink.

[jeremyfortytwo]

well was the water collector (where you boil water) ever a thing then? no one ever said if it was a real thing that used to exist

[Omen3608]

It was in early versions of the game but got replaced by the water still later on.

Anyways, we should give this five year old thread its well deserved rest. Locked.