Rain Collector Barrel

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Stockpile supplies before the water shut-off.

— In-game description

A rain collector barrel is a craftable water container.

Usage

Rain collector barrels are used to collect rainwater, and take up one tile space. When it is raining, they will collect the rain as tainted water that is unsafe to drink until boiled in a heat source, although it can be safely used to water plants, and wash clothing or yourself without needing purification. It may also safely store drinking water if kept indoors. They are an alternative to the well or a body of water, such as a river or lake, in gathering water after the waterworks shut down. A rain collector barrel can supply water to a plumbed tile, such as a sink. Water from plumbed sources does not need to be purified before drinking.

The smaller collector requires level four carpentry to build, and stores 160 units of water, while the bigger collector requires level seven carpentry, and stores 400 units of water. There is also a metal drum barrel which can currently be found at the camp site around Louisville which holds 800 units. It is not (yet) possible to craft the Metal Drum without installing mods.

(Note: Most buildings without roof access do not have roofs which are solid, meaning the player will fall through unless a wood floor has been constructed underneath. It is advised that players use caution when constructing roof access to place water collectors. It is possible to check tiles using the “Walk To” function – the indicator is green where it’s solid, but red where the player will fall through.)

Capacity

Sprite	Water units	Water bottles
	160	8
	400	20

Crafting

Carpentry

Main article: Carpentry

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Rain Collector Barrel	Plank ×4 Nails ×4 Garbage Bag ×4	Hammer (tag)	Carpentry 4	none	1.25 Carpentry
Rain Collector Barrel	Plank ×4 Nails ×4 Garbage Bag ×4	Hammer (tag)	Carpentry 7	none	1.25 Carpentry

Trivia

The quantity of liquid inside of these cannot be directly edited in admin mode on a multiplayer server.

Code

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local barrelOption = subMenu:addOption(getText("ContextMenu_Rain_Collector_Barrel"), worldobjects, ISBuildMenu.onCreateBarrel, player, "carpentry_02_54", RainCollectorBarrel.smallWaterMax);
	local tooltip = ISBuildMenu.canBuild(4,4,0,0,0,4,barrelOption, player);
    -- we add that we need 4 garbage bag too
	local garbagebag = ISBuildMenu.countMaterial(player, "Base.Garbagebag");
    if garbagebag < 4 then
		tooltip.description = tooltip.description .. ISBuildMenu.bhs .. getItemNameFromFullType("Base.Garbagebag") .. " " .. garbagebag .. "/4 ";
        if not ISBuildMenu.cheat then
            barrelOption.onSelect = nil;
            barrelOption.notAvailable = true;
        end
    else
		tooltip.description = tooltip.description .. ISBuildMenu.ghs .. getItemNameFromFullType("Base.Garbagebag") .. " " .. garbagebag .. "/4 ";
    end
	tooltip:setName(getText("ContextMenu_Rain_Collector_Barrel"));
	tooltip.description = getText("Tooltip_craft_rainBarrelDesc") .. tooltip.description;
	tooltip:setTexture("carpentry_02_54");
	ISBuildMenu.requireHammer(barrelOption)