Water

Water is an important resource used in farming, cooking, smithing and crafting. Water can be obtained from canada goose ponds in the wild or from wells built on natural springs.

## Water sources

### Canada goose ponds

Canada goose ponds spawn in the swamps and are the earliest source of water. You obtain one unit of water by using a clay bowl or an empty water pouch on a goose pond. The estimated number of water units you can get from a goose pond is 21, but this number varies due to random chance.

A pond with or without a goose has a 20 % chance of regenerating one unit of water every two hours. The exception is if the pond has a goose but no egg, in which case it will first spawn an egg after 20 minutes. A dry pond will always respawn one water unit after two hours.

### Natural springs and wells

Natural springs spawn naturally in the grasslands, swamps, yellow prairies and badlands. They spawn in a set pattern 40 tiles apart, directly north, west, east and south from each other, as long as there are eligible biomes in those locations.

Natural springs can be used to craft wells.

## Wells

### Overview

Wells can only be built on natural springs. There is no limit to the number of wells one town can make. On a natural spring you can build a shallow well, which can in turn be upgraded into a deep well, a newcomen pump and a diesel water pump. Each stage will need to be depleted in order to be upgraded.

The first two stages will regenerate water naturally, while the later stages need resources to produce water. For this reason it is advisable to create multiple shallow and deep wells around your town if you don’t yet have the materials to maintain the newcomen and diesel pumps.

### Shallow well

Place 10 stones on a natural spring to create a well site. Use a bronze or steel shovel on the well site to create a shallow well. You use a clay bown or a water pouch to pick up water from the shallow well.

The number of estimated uses (bowls of water) you can get from a shallow well is 68. A dry shallow well will regenerate one use after 15 minutes. When not dry it will have a 6 % chance of regenerating one use every 15 minutes.

### Deep well

A dry shallow well can be upgraded into a deep well using a stanchion kit. From a deep well you can pick up water using a bucket or a watering can.

The number of estimated uses (full buckets of water) you can get from a deep well is 17. A dry deep well will regenerate one use after 15 minutes. When not dry it has a 25 % chance of regenarating one use every 15 minutes.

### Newcomen pump

A dry deep well can be upgraded into a newcomen pump. To upgrade, add four stone blocks, one pump beam kit, one newcomen atmospheric core and one rope.

The newcomen pump will not regenerate water naturally. To fill the pump, add a full bucket of water and a basket of charcoal, and light it up with a firebrand. This will generate a wet newcomen pump with 5 uses. Picking up a bucket of water depletes one use.

On the last use, there is a 90 % chance that the newcomen pump will become dry, upon which it can be refueled to generate more water. There is also a 10 % chance that it will become exhausted, at which point the only option is to upgrade it into a diesel water pump.

### Diesel water pump

An exhausted newcomen pump can be upgraded into a diesel water pump. Dismantle the newcomen pump and add a pump valve and a diesel engine.

The diesel water pump will not regenerate water naturally. Add kerosene to run the pump. This will generate 7 uses of water. A bucket or a watering can is used to pick up water from the diesel water pump.

#### Add-ons to diesel water pump

Copper pipes can be added to a diesel water pump to transport the water to another part of town, where a fill station can be used to fill water buckets. Copper pipes can also be connected to sprinklers, which are used for watering crops and plants.

A diesel water pump can be upgraded into a diesel water pump with water tank, which generates more water units per kerosene use, and needs to be connected to copper pipes and a fill station.

### Cistern

Cisterns are containers to store water. They can be built anywhere but don't generate any water on their own. One cistern contains 10 buckets of water. Buckets and watering cans are used to pick up water from cisterns.

## Other types of water

### Ice holes

Ice holes spawn naturally in the tundra biome. They are not a source of fresh water, but are used to obtain salt water and for fishing.

### Rivers and lakes

The biomes deep water and shallow water make up rivers and lakes across the map. These are not sources of fresh water, but are used for fishing.

## Water units and chance to use

### Water units

One water unit is equal to the amount of water contained in a clay bowl or a water pouch. It is the amount that is most often used for watering crops and in cooking and crafting recipes. Buckets and watering cans contain 10 units of water.

### Rates and chance to use

Canada goose ponds, shallow wells and deep wells have a set amount of “uses”. Each time you pick up a bowl or bucket of water, there is a % chance that one use will be depleted. Conversely, when you replace a bowl or a bucket of water it has a % chance to replenish one use. For this reason, the amount of water you can get from one of these sources before it dries out will vary.