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How To Get Water In 7 Days To Die

Water is used to control thirst in 7 Days to Die. The blue bar located below the quick access bar is your water meter. When it reaches 50%, you start to feel thirsty. When you are thirsty, your health and stamina recover more slowly, and your maximum stamina is reduced. By drinking fresh water, you can recover from these negative effects.

Drinking water from lakes and ponds is the quickest way to quench your thirst. Keep in mind that drinking stagnant water may relieve your thirst, but it exposes you to the risk of contracting dysentery. Instead, it is better to look for cloudy water.

Method 1: Boil Scavenged Murky Water

Boiling scavenged murky water is the most common and effective method for getting a safe water supply in the early game of 7 Days to Die. Here's how to do it step by step.

Finding Murky Water

Murky water is your primary source of water in 7 Days to Die. Drinking Murky water restores 10 water points and increases stamina recovery by 15%. However, drinking it can cause dysentery, a status effect that periodically reduces your water and food bars in a way that is best left to the imagination.

This is the most direct way to get murky water. You'll need an empty bottle or can to fill it.

  • Lakes and Rivers: Any large body of water in the game can be used as a source. Equip an empty glass jar or can and use it on the water.

  • Ponds and Swamps: These smaller, stagnant water sources will also give you murky water when you fill a bottle.

  • Oceans: If you are playing on a map with an ocean, you can also get murky water there.

Craft A Campfire

To craft a campfire in 7 Days to Die, you will need a few basic materials that are very easy to get from the start of the game. A campfire is one of the first and most essential crafting stations you'll create, as it's required for cooking food, boiling water, and crafting many other recipes.

The recipe for a campfire is simple and does not require a workbench. You can craft it directly from your inventory.

  • Small Stones: 5

Get A Cooking Pot

To get a cooking pot in 7 Days to Die, you have a few options. Finding one is usually the most common method in the early game, but as you progress, crafting becomes a reliable alternative.

This is the fastest and most accessible way to get a cooking pot when you're just starting. You will have to do some searching, but it is much faster than the crafting method.

  • Kitchens: This is the best place to find one. Check inside ovens and kitchen cabinets. You can also find them sitting on a countertop or a table in a kitchen.

  • Restaurants & Diners: These larger locations have multiple kitchens and are a great place to search.

  • Garbage Piles: On very rare occasions, you might find a cooking pot in a trash pile.

You can craft a cooking pot, but you need to progress to a more advanced stage of the game.

  • Required Station: You must have a Forge.

  • Required Materials: The recipe calls for Forged Iron and Clay. This means you need to have a working forge and a way to get these resources.

Method 2: Buy Water At The Trader

While looting and boiling murky water is a fundamental part of the early game, buying water from a trader is a viable and often essential method, especially in the mid to late game when you have a surplus of Duke's Casino Tokens.

How to Buy Water from a Trader

  1. Locate a Trader: Find a trader's compound on your map, marked with a "T".

  2. Open the Trading Menu: Speak to the trader and select the option to trade.

  3. Check their Inventory: Look through the trader's inventory for bottles of water. They will sell both Boiled Water and the much more valuable and hydrating Water.

  4. Pay the Price: The price of water will vary based on its quality and your Bartering skill. It's often relatively cheap, making it an excellent way to get a quick hydration boost if you're low on water and don't want to risk drinking murky water.

  5. Use It: Once purchased, the water will be added to your inventory, ready for consumption.

Method 3: Boil Snow From A Snow Biome

Gathering and boiling snow is one of the most efficient ways to get a reliable water source in 7 Days to Die, especially if you're in or near the snow biome. It's a method many experienced players swear by because of how abundant the resource is.

Once you have a stack of snowballs, you can turn them into drinkable water.

  1. Craft a Campfire: You'll need a campfire to boil the snow.

  2. Get a Cooking Pot: This is an essential tool. You can find them by looting kitchens and restaurants.

  3. Use the Campfire: Place your campfire and add a fuel source (like wood or coal). Put the Cooking Pot in the tool slot.

  4. Craft Boiled Water: In the campfire's crafting menu, you can now use your snowballs to make Boiled Water. The recipe is 1 Snowball and 1 Empty Glass Jar to make 1 Boiled Water.

Method 4: Kill And Loot Zombies

While not a reliable method for a consistent water supply, killing and looting zombies can occasionally provide you with drinks. This is a bonus rather than a primary strategy, but it can give you a quick boost when you need it.

Tips for Looting Zombies for Water

  • Loot Everything: The more zombies you kill, the more chances you'll have for a loot bag to drop. On a Blood Moon horde night, where you are killing a massive number of zombies, you're almost guaranteed to get several loot bags with a variety of items, including drinks.

  • High-Tier Zombies: Higher-tier zombies (like feral and radiated zombies) and special zombies (like zombie bears) have a better chance of dropping loot bags, and the loot inside is often of a higher quality.

  • Lucky Looter: The Lucky Looter perk in the Perception skill tree increases your chance to find better loot, including a higher chance for zombie loot bags to drop.

(If In The Desert) Consider Farming Yucca

If you're in the desert biome, you have a valuable and sustainable source of hydration right at your fingertips: Yucca plants. Farming yucca is an excellent way to supplement or even replace your need to find and boil murky water.

What is a Yucca Plant?

A yucca plant is a distinct-looking desert plant that provides Yucca Fruit and Fibrous Leaves when harvested. You can find them scattered across the desert biome.

Yucca farming is a simple and efficient process.

  1. Find a Yucca Plant: Look for the distinctive spiky green plants in the desert.

  2. Harvest It: Use your hand or a tool to harvest the plant. This will give you Yucca Fruit and Fibrous Leaves.

  3. Craft Yucca Seeds: You can craft Yucca Seeds from 5 Yucca Fruit in your inventory.

  4. Plant the Seeds: You will need to plant these seeds in a Farm Plot to grow more. Farm Plots require Clay Soil, Nitrate Powder, Rotting Flesh, and Wood to craft.

  5. Harvest Again: Once the planted yucca grows, you can harvest it again. Unlike many other crops, a harvested yucca plant will return to its seedling stage and continue to grow, providing a continuous supply of yucca.

Conclusion

You have reached the end of our comprehensive guide to obtaining water in 7 Days to Die Alpha 21. With this knowledge, you are now well prepared to tackle water-related issues early in the game and emerge victorious.

We have shown you several methods, including the use of a water purifier. Apply these strategies individually or in combination to maintain a steady supply of water, which will help you survive your first night and thrive in this difficult world.