You have to get water in Sons of the Forest to stop being thirsty, or you will get dehydrated.
The best methods to find water in Sons of the Forest differ slightly from its predecessor, The Forest. Most notably the absense of the Water Collector. Although, this could change with future updates.
To help you stay alive longer on the island, we’ve detailed how to get water in Sons of the Forest, including the flask location, and what we know about the fate of the handy Water Collector.
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How to get and drink water in Sons of the Forest
There are a few different ways you can get water in Sons of the Forest, including:
- Drinking from lakes, rivers, and ponds.
- Drinking energy drinks.
- Eating foraged foods like berries and yarrow.
- Drinking from your flask.
Drinking from lakes, rivers, and ponds
The best, most consistent way to get water is by drinking from a water source like a lake, river, or pond. To drink the water here, you need to approach it, or crouch, until the ‘E’ prompt appears. One or two drinks should fill your thirst bar back to the top very quickly.
Drinking energy drinks
We also recommend picking up as many energy drinks as you can hold, as consuming one not only counts as drinking water, but as a food and rest source too, filling up all your bars slightly with one can. We’ve found they’re best used when exploring caves, as you’re never quite sure whether exploring one is going to be a long or short journey.
Eating foraged foods like berries and yarrow
It’s not the best way to get water, but we’ve also found you can also raise your thirst bar very slowly by consuming foraged foods like berries and yarrow. You’ll have to eat a lot to make a difference, but if you find yourself without any other water source, they can stave off dehydration until you find one.
Drinking from your flask
Lastly, we highly recommend you get your hands on the flask, as it allows you to store water collected from a water source – very handy if you find yourself in an area without one for an extended amount of time.
Survive the island longer with our pages on the shovel, every weapon, keycard, armor, Hang Glider, and axe location, how to get the Rope Gun and Rope, Binoculars, and where to find water. Don’t forget to learn how to build and craft!
Sons of the Forest flask location
To find the flask in Sons of the Forest, you need to locate a 3D Printer. There are more on the island, but we found one easily in a bunker on the west side, just northwest of the lake that has five rivers running into it.
This bunker is also where you need to use one of the keycards in, and is marked as a green circle on your GPS locator. You’ll know you’re close to the bunker when you see a golf cart covered in vines.
Just a short walk into the bunker and you’ll find the 3D Printer in a small room by a laptop. Use the laptop until the flask shows on the screen, then hold ‘E’ to print one.
You need 100ml of Printer Resin to make a flask at a printer, but there should already be a lot in the printer if this is your first time using it. If not, search the shelves in a room with a printer and you should find some.
Now that you have a flask, you can use it at water sources to collect water!
Is the Water Collector in Sons of the Forest?
The short answer to this is no, the Water Collector is not in Sons of the Forest. However, it might be added in a future update.
As you can still get the turtle shells needed to craft one, yet they have no current uses, we think that either the Water Collector will be added to the game in the future, or that we’re getting a new use for the turtle shells all together.
For now, you’ll just have to get water in the ways we listed above.
Good luck surviving in Sons of the Forest!
