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How to get clean water in Sons of the Forest

Get clean water for consumption.

In Sons of the Forest, water is an essential consumable resource, but not all sources give clean water. Consuming dirty water can affect your health, so you need to know a few ways to get clean drinking water in-game. 

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How to get drinking water in Sons of the Forest

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Sons of the Forest has two primary ways of harvesting clean water. The first method includes obtaining a Turtle Shell to make a Rain Collector. This collector can be placed at the base, allowing you to harvest rainwater passively. However, this method depends on rain, so you might not get lucky every time.

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The other method includes acquiring a Cooking Pot that allows you to boil water to purify it. This is by far the most effective way to obtain drinking water in the game. Essentially, you must craft a campfire and place the Cooking Pot on top to boil water. Once that's done, you can directly drink the purified water from the pot.

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Where to find a Cooking Pot in Sons of the Forest

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There are a couple of locations where you can obtain a Cooking Pot easily in Sons of the Forest. After spawning in, visit any of the two areas marked with yellow circles in the map image above.

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These are a couple of abandoned camps where you'll find essential Supplies like Meds, MRA Packs, Energy Drinks, Duct Tapes, Arrows, Batteries, and more items. Apart from collecting Water and other food items, you'll need to get some of the best weapons in the game to survive against the zombies. Here are a few useful guides to help find these weapons across the map:

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