River → container → fire → drink
Follow the live objective prompts for filling and purification. Keep your clean supply separate from water that has not been processed.
WATER ROUTE
Make River Water
Safe to Drink
The official badges settle the key question: river water should be purified over a fire before you drink it.
Safe answer: fire first, drink second.
The “Water You Waiting For” badge explicitly rewards purifying river water over a fire and drinking it safely. “Tastes Fine” records the bad outcome from a full jug of unpurified water.
River → full jug → drink
The official badge text directly warns against this. Do not infer that a full thirst meter makes untreated water safe.
Water routine before leaving camp
- Check thirst
Do not wait until the meter is critical before starting the fire-and-water loop.
- Secure fuel
The purification route depends on the campfire, so water and wood planning are connected.
- Fill and process
Use the current interaction prompts; the exact timing and capacity may change.
- Store a buffer
Exact-game footage observed a buildable barrel described in the UI as carrying a large amount of water.
Barrel
80 kg wood shownThe captured exact-game build menu described the barrel as a large water container that can be carried to the river and home. Treat the cost as a dated observation, not a permanent rule.