Rain Water Harvesting ?

[Moya]

Is there a way to make a rain water collector out of palm leaves and sticks ? Or isn't this in the crafting list yet ?

[StirloGaming.TTV]

I agree! i even tried to catch some in a bucket, no luck :(

[Butthead]

Originally posted by LCpl. Stirlo|Anzac 5th TG:

I agree! i even tried to catch some in a bucket, no luck :(

Ive read about the bucket before but can craft it or do you need to find it?

[dabossa]

i agree should be able to collect - maybe in the start boat? (thats what i would use IRL)

[wetwork]

great idea. should definitely be added. both the raft collection and maybe a more efficient one crafted with the palm leaves. all of these very basic sounding features im sure have crossed the devs mind at some point. they just need to add them is all.

[Jettuh]

i found a bucket this morning in a ship.. was filled with sea water,, eventually i dropped it and it just said bucket again.. so it can be filled.

however i haven't seen any rain yet?

[wetwork]

ive gone throught two heavy storms in 3 days. both lasted a few hours of in game time

[Promilia]

You can get fresh water by purifying sea water on a campfire.

[Moya]

Also, does anyone knows what to do against sunburn ?
I tried to apply some coconut on my skin but he only seems to eat it...

[🚀 Mars]

It is unrealistic, but I have seen on Twitch a guy scooped up sea water with the bucket. He then cooked it with a fire and it turned into fresh water which he was able to drink from 2-3 times each time he did it.

Not totally unrealistic, because you can do it if you capture the steam and condense it into water with a copper coil or steam cover with catch system. Currently in the game all you have to do it cook the sea water though with no other apparatus, but a bucket of sea water and a fire.

[Rodso]

Originally posted by hazens1:

It is unrealistic, but I have seen on Twitch a guy scooped up sea water with the bucket. He then cooked it with a fire and it turned into fresh water which he was able to drink from 2-3 times each time he did it.

Not totally unrealistic, because you can do it if you capture the steam and condense it into water with a copper coil or steam cover with catch system. Currently in the game all you have to do it cook the sea water though with no other apparatus, but a bucket of sea water and a fire.

if you had to do that the game would be a chore to much realism can be a bad thing

[wetwork]

Originally posted by バニラ:

You can get fresh water by purifying sea water on a campfire.

+1 to that sir! thank you. do you know if you can refill your water bottle in the ocean? or only the bucket

[wetwork]

Originally posted by rodso:

Originally posted by hazens1:

It is unrealistic, but I have seen on Twitch a guy scooped up sea water with the bucket. He then cooked it with a fire and it turned into fresh water which he was able to drink from 2-3 times each time he did it.

Not totally unrealistic, because you can do it if you capture the steam and condense it into water with a copper coil or steam cover with catch system. Currently in the game all you have to do it cook the sea water though with no other apparatus, but a bucket of sea water and a fire.

if you had to do that the game would be a chore to much realism can be a bad thing

yea thats pushing it. maybe you should have to craft the condenser but geez man your talking about copper coils and steam catches hahaha.

[EveningStar]

i think you only need a piece of cloth and leaf for the condensation ... which should be able to find in such environment.

[🚀 Mars]

Originally posted by ProfessorChaos:

Originally posted by rodso:

if you had to do that the game would be a chore to much realism can be a bad thing

yea thats pushing it. maybe you should have to craft the condenser but geez man your talking about copper coils and steam catches hahaha.

As mentioned above me there should be easy methods. You can make a low yield steam catch with nothing but a single Palm Fronde in real life. Does not sound tedious to me. Yes, high yield methods should require more work or materials, but as it is simply "cooking" sea water is so immersion breaking I think they should have worked on catching rain water with the bucket before wasting time on the current mechanic...

[Cage]

Les Stroud made a sea water purifier. Takes alot of effort though and doesn't seem to yield a huge amount of water, but hey if your in a desert and theres no water, I'd drink it!

Check this link out if you want to see a real one in action.

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/survivorman/videos/creating-fresh-water/