4 hours ago, Burialfaith said:
Greetings,
Viruses can’t be alive out of an host for more than 48h. One week at max maybe… (Google: virus half-life).
According to that point, since there are no fishes or living beings in the water there should be no viruses in the water. Maybe if there were plants in rivers / lake there could be viruses in the water… (Assuming zombie animals won’t need to drink water at all and contaminate it)…
Viruses in snow, ok… but how did ALL the snow got contaminated? Only a very small % of infection should be found in water made from snow (snow > murky water) and even then, water molecules aligning in frozen water would form small ice shard which most likely would break bigger particles like viruses protein’s cage (capsid) or even its DNA/RNA after enough time in the snow biome (below 0 degree celsius)… Maybe there could be a sign / poster that says “Don’t eat the yellow snow”! (Frank Zappa song).
Maybe bacterias living from plants could be the vector here? Or mushrooms / mycorrhiza.
Anyway, just came here to add that water from lake or river should be drinkable since glass jar are out. Makes no sense to have the head mod that allows to purify water, but not being able to drink from lake… Players have so much freedom in the game, but can’t drink straight from lake/rivers altought we can swim in them and have O2 gauge? ô.0
Makes no sense that players make guide on Steam suggesting to kill your character in order to reset food/water stats in early game…
So many complaints / meme about water jar can only make a point. Its not too late to bring them back before christmas!
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As YourMirror said, you can drink directly from a water source like a lake or river. You need an empty hand, stop and don't move for 1-2 seconds while aiming at the water and you will see it tell you to press E to drink. Note that if the water is very shallow, it may be difficult to trigger the drink option.