Water will not boil/turn to fresh water!?

[That-Guy-Dan]

Hi folks,
Please help! When trying to boil water over a fire it never turns to fresh water... I have slept, visited other islands and even timed it and still nothing. I am placing a bucket of sea water (yes it has water in it) and placing it on the spit... what am I doing wrong? I have never heard this "ding" either.???

[shellafee]

did you make a water collector?

[lucyrocketdog]

There has been an update, so all the youtube videos, and many guides are now out-of-date.

Currently, in order to obtain drinking water, you have to boil the salt water (like you are doing) but you ALSO have to make a water collector to place on top of the fire to actually collect the water. Inside this water collector contraption, is a place to hang an empty "drinkable coconut" above the boiling seawater bucket to capture the drops of water. Or if you are so lucky as to have a second bucket-- put a second bucket above the boiling seawater and you can capture five "drops" of water.

There is another type of water device, a solar still. It is very slow, and I never make one until i have my (boiling sea)water collector going.

[manwitch]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=648951526

[lucyrocketdog]

very nice, manwitch ^^

[dragonstryk72]

Originally posted by Delta-Kilo:

Hi folks,
Please help! When trying to boil water over a fire it never turns to fresh water... I have slept, visited other islands and even timed it and still nothing. I am placing a bucket of sea water (yes it has water in it) and placing it on the spit... what am I doing wrong? I have never heard this "ding" either.???

If you're just boiling it, then you're not getting rid of the salt from the water. It's still right there in the pot. You'll need a water collector, as shown above.

Now personally, I hunt hard for buckets and such, and got a bit lucky there on my island. I have multiple water stills set up, along with the water collector.

[That-Guy-Dan]

Originally posted by shellafee:

did you make a water collector?

Yes but its not enough alone...

[That-Guy-Dan]

Originally posted by dragonstryk72:

Originally posted by Delta-Kilo:

Hi folks,
Please help! When trying to boil water over a fire it never turns to fresh water... I have slept, visited other islands and even timed it and still nothing. I am placing a bucket of sea water (yes it has water in it) and placing it on the spit... what am I doing wrong? I have never heard this "ding" either.???

If you're just boiling it, then you're not getting rid of the salt from the water. It's still right there in the pot. You'll need a water collector, as shown above.

Now personally, I hunt hard for buckets and such, and got a bit lucky there on my island. I have multiple water stills set up, along with the water collector.

I have a water collecter (pictured above) but whats the deal with sea water? I thought you could boil it to make drinking water? (I know its not realistic, but hey) has this been patched now?

[That-Guy-Dan]

Originally posted by manwitch:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=648951526

Boom! Thank you! I hop this works!

[That-Guy-Dan]

I think the answer is - Place one bucket (sea water) on the spit, with an empty bucket above it in the collector. Water evaporates and fills the top bucket... Lets give it a go.

I was counting on soley boiling sea water... not really helpful.

Thanks folks!!

[Animosity]

how to use bucket for water?????????

so i built the fire with the spit fire, put the bucket with water on it. let it "boil for 5 - 10 mins" drank the water, and it wasn't purified, and i got sick.

lol.... how do i boil water then to drink?

"useful for collecting and cooking seawater"

yup, that works so well

[CellarWar]

U must build a water purifier, check ur crafting menu 4 what u need eg tarp bucket stones sticks etc, u can collect condensation or if u have 2 buckets u can purify water

[Animosity]

dumb as fk that you cant just boil sea water, common sense. lol.

have to use a collector to evaporate water........

[Cosmo]

Originally posted by RID:

dumb as fk that you cant just boil sea water, common sense. lol.

have to use a collector to evaporate water........

Ummm actually common sense is, if you boiled sea water you would end up with a bucket of salt. lol

Cosmo and Fred

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[dragonstryk72]

Originally posted by Delta-Kilo:

Originally posted by dragonstryk72:

If you're just boiling it, then you're not getting rid of the salt from the water. It's still right there in the pot. You'll need a water collector, as shown above.

Now personally, I hunt hard for buckets and such, and got a bit lucky there on my island. I have multiple water stills set up, along with the water collector.

I have a water collecter (pictured above) but whats the deal with sea water? I thought you could boil it to make drinking water? (I know its not realistic, but hey) has this been patched now?

They had that originally, for sake of simplicity, but really, in a survival situation, hydration is your biggest factor, and having it be that simple to get potable water basically ran out the single biggest obstacle for survival.

So what happens is this: The first bucket boils the water, which rises as steam til it hits the tarp. From there, it clings, and rolls along following the path of gravity. When it gets to the bottom of the tarp, this is where the second bucket comes in. It'll sit right where the dribble off will occur, and boom, clean cool water.

They're actually planning to have salt be a thing in the game, for preservation of food, but haven't quite worked it out yet. When it is, what should happen is that the top bucket will be filled with potable water, while you get usable sea salt that has collect during the process.