Old Pot

**Old Pots** have multiple purposes and are one of the most sought after tool items in ***The Forest***.

## Gameplay

**Old Pots** can be used to collect, carry, and drink clear water, and can also be used for Sap Collectors. It works in a very similar way to the waterskin, but also allows you to collect rain water and boil polluted water.

## Usage

The **old pot** is a complicated item, it has many uses:

### Collecting Clean Water

The player must have built a water collector first and it must have some water already collected from rain. The player then must press `C` to fill the **old pot** from the water collector. This functions exactly the same way as Waterskins do.

### Collecting Polluted Water

Red spots on the The Forest Map indicate all the areas where water can be collected from.

Approach an appropriate water source with the **old pot** equipped, move around until you see an **E**, hold down the `E` key and the player will perform an animation where they collect the water.

### Boiling Dirty Water

The player must use either a Basic Fire or a Fire Pit to be able to boil the water. Once the player has one of these fires and has lit it, the player must equip the pot and press `C` on the fire. It will place the pot on the fire and boil. It takes about 30 seconds for the water to convert to clean water. It has a one time use and it will replenish all thirst.

The boiled water cannot be stored and carried in the pot, though it can be transferred to the Waterskin.

### Collecting Rain Water Trick

Collecting rain water is currently bugged and does not work properly though there is a way to use the rain to convert polluted water into clean water.

1. The player must have collected polluted water in the **old pot**
2. When it is raining, equip the **old pot**
3. Keep the **old pot** out for 28 consecutive seconds
4. The polluted water will now be converted into clean water, that can be drunk straight from the inventory as if it was collected from a Water Collector

Note: This also works with the empty **old pot**

### Stews

The **pot** is required to create stews, more information can be found on the stew page.

## Building

The **old pot** can be used to create a Sap Collector, this is currently the best way to obtain Sap in the game.

* If you place an **old pot** inside a Sap Collector blueprint, and cancel it. You will LOSE your **old pot**

## Locations

All the **old pots** in the game are found above ground; there are none in caves. There are some pots in caves, but they are not collectible, just props.

The blue flags indicate all the locations of the **old pots**. They are all found in the bottom left corner of the map in the game.

There are 5 locations:

## Known bugs

* If you're trying to boil dirty water and the fire goes out before the water is done boiling, the pot will be duplicated, or in rare cases fall through the map.
* If you're holding an empty pot in the rain and it doesn't have polluted water in it, it'll collect clean water, but in the inventory it will say "Clean Water (0%)". This replenishes no hydration, but can still be used to make stew, in which case it will replenish 100% hydration when eaten.