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Water Purification Tablets are a consumable to convert Unsafe Water into Potable Water in The Long Dark.
Overview[]
Water Purification Tablets are a consumable item which can be used to convert up to 1 litre of Unsafe Water into 1 litre of Potable Water per tablet. Boxes always initially contain 4 tablets. Purifying water takes one in-game minute.
- Since Unsafe Water is almost exclusively produced at a fire, Water Purification Tablets are of niche usefulness and are comparable to the fuel required to boil 1L of water and make it Potable.
- Using the tablets instead of boiling the water will save between 19-29 in-game minutes per liter of water, depending on the player's Cooking level.
- They are relatively rare, consumable, cannot be crafted or harvested.
- Water Purification Tablets degrade in condition over time indoors and outside, and will vanish if inside of a Container when becoming Ruined (0% condition). Ruined tablets outside of containers can still be used, and tablets of the same condition stack. In console edition, ruined (0% condition) tablets are useless. Condition does not affect conversion rate.
- Note: it is more time effective to use these directly from your inventory rather than at a fire - it will take approximately one in-game minute per tablet compared to ten.
- These tablets can be useful when time is of the essence, such as in the Whiteout and especially Hopeless Rescue challenges to complete said challenge in the best possible time, but are less useful in Survival and Wintermute due to the abundance and accessibility of fuel.
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Trivia[]
- Water purification tablets are packaged with the branding "Aqua Pur".
- The description on the back list: "Works Fast! 1 Tablet Treats 1 Litre!"
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