Survival games test the player in many ways. Staying warm and avoiding enemies are two of the most common concerns, and players will inevitably want to seek out shelter and craft equipment. But there’s one set of needs even more basic: finding food and water. The best armor in the world means nothing if its wearer dies of thirst.
Groundedshrinks its child protagonists and traps them in the backyard of a suburban home, challenging them with turning everyday objects and resources like grass and berries into the raw materials for their survival. Being stuck in a backyard doesn’t make it easy to find a safe drink. Here’s everything the player needs to know about finding clean water.
Updated April 19th, 2024 by Russ Boswell: Water is an incredibly important resource in Grounded. Although players can drink dirty water at any time to quench their thirst, doing so can drain their health and cause their hunger to worsen. Players that go too long without water will eventually perish, so it’s important that players ensure they have access to clean water at all times. Thankfully, it isn’t particularly hard tofind clean water in Groundedif players know exactly where to look. To better help playersget clean water in Grounded, the following guide has been updated with a video.
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Thirst And Unsafe Drinks
Keeping one’sThirst Meterfull is vital in this game. Characters who collapse due to thirst will drop their backpack, requiring the player to venture back to wherever it fell. If the character collapsed near a spider’s den or a swarm of mosquitos, that’s easier said than done, even withthe best mutations. Thankfully, there are several options when it comes time to get a drink inGrounded.
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Whether trying to figure outhow to get into the sandboxor just doing a bit of exploring, the player will do a lot of traveling inGrounded.There are pools of water scattered all around the backyard, but they are stagnant puddles in the dirt. Drinking from these will make the player sick. The same goes for the giganticPond:there’s more water than the player could ever need, but it’s unclean and unsafe. Taking a drink from either of those sources is a good way to make the character sick, sapping their health as well as causing theirHungerto skyrocket.
How To Find Clean Water
The best source of clean water isDew Drops.These giant, glistening droplets can be found clinging to the underside ofGrassas well as other surfaces. Seeing a water droplet bigger than the character’s head is a sure sign that one’s thirst will soon be quenched, but there’s a problem: in most cases, theDewis out of reach. Dew hanging from a stalk of Grass can be knocked down byhitting it with a projectileor cutting down the Grass itself. The character can then safely drink the Dew.
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New Dew Drops spawn every day, so even after the player has filled their belly with all the water in a given location, they can always come back later for more. It’s a chore having to search for Dew whenever one is thirsty, especially ifthe player has to be well-armoredto fend off spiders, so it’s a good idea to craft aCanteenfor drinks. Liquid containers inGroundedcan only carry one substance at a time, however. For example, if the player is already carrying aroundJuice,they will have to empty the container before they can fill it with water.
Another, more sustainable option for obtaining clean drinking water is through aDew Collector,which the player can craft after obtainingSilk Rope.With a Dew Collectorsetup at the player’s base,Dew will appear there automatically, eliminating the need to scour the backyard. With a Dew Collector and Canteen, the player will never go thirsty again.
Groundedis available now for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
