Water from fishing hole

[akodo1]

Problem is, backpack is uninsulated so water should freeze stiff in a few hours no matter how hot you pour it in.

Im not sure that this would be a problem. Sure, its cold, far below freezing point, but player moves most of the time, meaning that water moves with him inside those bottles. And with all that commotion its highly unlikely that it would freeze fast enough for it to become a problem.

Freezing is not or should not be a problem. You simply back the water in some of the inner pockets of your jacket, jeans, whatever, and your body warmth keeps it liquid.

[Schaumrolle24]

I just spent all my calories cracking open an ice fishing hole in a lake. Why can't I draw fresh water from the hole instead of wasting all my firewood to melt snow?

+1

For getting unsafe water, by doing so.

[Sly]

On 9/23/2015 at 4:25 AM, reficul999 said:

I just spent all my calories cracking open an ice fishing hole in a lake. Why can't I draw fresh water from the hole instead of wasting all my firewood to melt snow?

Exactly. Some free water from ice fishing hole is good thing to have. The purification tablets thus acquire theirs sense.

On 11/17/2015 at 7:55 AM, sir ice said:

+1

the clean/dirty water system in this game is kinda odd.

Some adjustments could be reasonable. 

On 11/21/2015 at 0:31 AM, cekivi said:

+1 To getting dirty water from "some" ice fishing holes.

Even in winter there's stuff that lives in the water so the water would always be contaminated. However, the ice huts on the coastal highway shouldn't give anything. You can't drink salt water after all

Good point.

On 1/5/2016 at 11:44 AM, Hesha said:

How is it an exploit to get water from a hole in the ice? If the game used a system of containers there would be no issue whatsoever, you would simply be limited by the number of containers you have. I hope this is going to happen.

On 11/28/2015 at 8:55 PM, vancopower said:

+1 To getting dirty water from all fishing holes, but with timer to prevent exploit for example you can get 10 lit unsafe water before it starts freezing again in 4 hours, and since time is precious in this game you would not exploit this so much, it will make water purification tablets even more useful.

Some limit is reasonable, I think.

On 1/5/2016 at 2:45 PM, Dirmagnos said:

Water from fishing holes everywhere, but CH. Unsafe.

Water from fishing holes in CH. Salt water. Evaporated to get salt, that could be used to preserve meat.

Could not agree more! And evaporation to get salt - very interesting.

On 1/6/2016 at 4:44 AM, akodo1 said:

Yes, 'cold and fast running' is generally deemed safe for drinking.

Honestly, melted snow should be just fine to drink without boiling. (snow may have pollutants, but they'd still be there after boiling'

I have chalked up the necessity to boil as something else going on akin to wolf and bear aggression.

It is rather complicated... In game location like Mystery Lake i`d consider both snow and water from ice fishing hole rather safe, but not completely. Even thoroughly chosen spot to get snow (good white, untouched at look) could be contaminated biologically. For example, urine spot of seek animal was covered by fresh layer of snow. If infection/parasite eggs (more probably) could survive freezing - consuming such snow could result in illness.

On 1/6/2016 at 11:50 PM, Best_Leopard said:

I wouldn't mind getting dirty water from those fishing holes, since it would actually give me a use for the purification tablets. Most of the time, they just sit there in my cabinets taking up space because it makes no sense to melt snow for water without going ahead and boiling it too. I think the only times I've used the tablets are (1) the rare occasion I've found a bottle of dirty water; and (2) if wind puts my fire out before I can boil everything.

I think the same!

[Hiemalis]

4 hours ago, Sly said:

Water from fishing holes everywhere, but CH. Unsafe.

Water from fishing holes in CH. Salt water. Evaporated to get salt, that could be used to preserve meat.

I thought this was a very nice idea, so I went and read something about it here. The process is quite simple: you boil seawater for a few hours... but then you must let it finish drying for a few days/weeks. It would also require a considerable amount of free space to scatter and dry all that salt mud. Which begs the question: would it be worth the trouble if you're trying to survive a disaster?

[Sly]

On 7/23/2016 at 2:50 AM, Hiemalis said:

Which begs the question: would it be worth the trouble if you're trying to survive a disaster?

If it is you way to preserve meat - why not? But we need the spoiling mechanics to have adjusted first, I think.