Although Once Human is mostly a heist shooter, it has many survival elements at its core, such as the need to stay hydrated. Water is mostly toxic in Once Human, but there is a way to purify it to make it clean and drinkable.
How to purify water in Once Human
Most of the time, when you find some kind of water, whether it is looted somewhere to collect from a body around the game world, you will find it a discouragement to drink because of the corruption that overtakes everything. While you can certainly drink this dirty water to satisfy your thirst, it costs a large amount of Sanity, which is not good.
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Rather than drinking dirty water, I recommend you purify it using a Oven. An oven is a Ease that you can build on your property using materials that are quite common in Once Human.
- 25 x Copper Ore – Obtained by mining Copper Ore veins scattered around the area
- 20 x Gravel – Obtained by collecting any veins scattered around the area
- 30 x Charcoal – Obtained by burning wood in the Oven
- 10 x Metal Scraps – Obtained by looting the game world
Once you have these materials, just go to the Build a Screenchoose facilities, and select the Oven option Build it anywhere you see fit on your property. Once you've created your Furnace, interact with it to bring up the crafting menu for it.
To clean the Dirty Water you have, select the Boiled Water option and choose to create it. You will need a small amount of wood to do so, so collect some if you need to.
After you have boiled the water, you can now drink it without fear of negative effects. The finished product is called Boiled Water, so make sure you consume that. You'll be doing this constantly throughout your stay in Once Human, so remember this process when the going gets tough.
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