Water Bottle

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This article is about the basic water bottle. For other variants, see Water Bottle (disambiguation).

A water bottle is an essential water containing item in Project Zomboid.

Usage

A water bottle will automatically satiate the player's thirst, so long as it's in the player's main inventory (i.e., not in a bag).

Refilling

The contents will gradually deplete, therefore requiring to be refilled. A water bottle can be filled so long as it isn't full. To refill a water bottle, either:

Right-click a water containing item in the player' inventory (e.g., cooking pot with water) and left-click "Pour into" > "Water Bottle".
Right-click a water source (i.e., sink, well, rain collector, etc.) and left-click "Fill" > "Water Bottle".

Water from rivers or rain collector barrels will be tainted, causing the player to become sick. It can be boiled in a microwave oven to purify it.

After a random number of days, the waterworks will shut off, requiring the player to survive on scavenged water or what is left in cisterns and house systems.

Crafting

Engineering

Main article: Electrical

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Fire Bomb	Empty Bottle ×1 Gas Can ×4 unit(s) Ripped Sheets ×1	none	Engineer occupation	none	none

Distribution

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

WaterBottleEmpty distribution Show / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings, and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
all	bin	6.29%
bar	bin	3.98%
barkitchen	bin	3.98%
barstorage	bin	3.98%
beergarden	bin	3.98%
garagestorage	crate	15.1%
garagestorage	crate	41.14%
motelroomoccupied	bin	6.29%
storageunit	crate	15.1%

Vehicles
Type	Container	Effective chance
Ambulance	Trunk	10.78%
Carpenter	Trunk	10.78%
Clothing	Trunk	10.78%
Construction Worker	Trunk	10.78%
Distillery	Trunk	10.78%
Doctor	Trunk	10.78%
Electrician	Trunk	10.78%
Farmer	Trunk	10.78%
Fisherman	Trunk	10.78%
Fossoil	Trunk	10.78%
Golf	Trunk	10.78%
Groceries	Trunk	10.78%
Heralds	Trunk	10.78%
Mass Gen Fac	Trunk	10.78%
Metal Welder	Trunk	10.78%
Painter	Trunk	10.78%
Police	Trunk	10.78%
Postal	Trunk	10.78%
Radio	Trunk	10.78%
Ranger	Trunk	10.78%
Survivalist	Trunk	10.78%
Taxi	Trunk	10.78%
Transit	Trunk	10.78%
Heavy	Trunk	10.78%
Sports	Trunk	10.78%
Standard	Trunk	10.78%

WaterBottleFull distribution Show / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings, and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
Bag_ALICEpack	Bag_ALICEpack	1.01%
Bag_ALICEpack_Army	Bag_ALICEpack_Army	1.01%
Bag_BigHikingBag	Bag_BigHikingBag	1.01%
Bag_DuffelBag	Bag_DuffelBag	1.01%
Bag_DuffelBagTINT	Bag_DuffelBagTINT	1.01%
Bag_Military	Bag_Military	1.01%
Bag_NormalHikingBag	Bag_NormalHikingBag	1.01%
Bag_WorkerBag	Bag_WorkerBag	6.41%
GroceryBag1	GroceryBag1	1.01%
GroceryBag2	GroceryBag2	1.61%
SurvivorCache1	SurvivorCrate	23.28%
SurvivorCache2	SurvivorCrate	23.28%
all	Outfit_Camper	6.41%
all	Outfit_Survivalist	6.41%
all	Outfit_Survivalist02	6.41%
all	Outfit_Survivalist03	6.41%
all	fridge	3.98%
artstore	shelves	23.28%
bookstore	shelves	23.28%
breakroom	fridge	10.78%
butcher	shelves	23.28%
cafeteria	displaycasebakery	19.27%
cafeteria	shelves	23.28%
cafeteria	shelves	41.14%
camerastore	shelves	23.28%
candystore	shelves	23.28%
closet	crate	23.28%
clothingstore	shelves	23.28%
conveniencestore	fridge	23.28%
conveniencestore	fridge	41.14%
conveniencestore	fridge	76.55%
conveniencestore	shelves	23.28%
conveniencestore	shelves	41.14%
cornerstore	fridge	23.28%
cornerstore	fridge	41.14%
cornerstore	fridge	76.55%
cornerstore	shelves	23.28%
cornerstore	shelves	41.14%
daycare	fridge	10.78%
departmentstore	shelves	23.28%
electronicsstore	shelves	23.28%
fossoil	fridge	23.28%
fossoil	fridge	41.14%
fossoil	fridge	76.55%
fossoil	shelves	23.28%
fossoil	shelves	41.14%
garagestorage	crate	23.28%
gasstorage	crate	23.28%
gasstorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
gasstore	fridge	23.28%
gasstore	fridge	41.14%
gasstore	fridge	76.55%
gasstore	shelves	23.28%
gasstore	shelves	41.14%
generalstore	fridge	23.28%
generalstore	fridge	41.14%
generalstore	fridge	76.55%
generalstore	shelves	23.28%
generalstore	shelves	41.14%
generalstorestorage	fridge	23.28%
generalstorestorage	fridge	41.14%
generalstorestorage	fridge	76.55%
generalstorestorage	shelves	23.28%
generalstorestorage	shelves	41.14%
giftstore	shelves	23.28%
gigamart	fridge	23.28%
gigamart	fridge	41.14%
gigamart	fridge	76.55%
gigamart	shelves	23.28%
gigamart	shelves	41.14%
grocery	fridge	23.28%
grocery	fridge	41.14%
grocery	fridge	76.55%
grocery	shelves	23.28%
grocery	shelves	41.14%
grocerystorage	fridge	23.28%
grocerystorage	fridge	41.14%
grocerystorage	fridge	76.55%
kitchen	counter	19.27%
kitchen	overhead	19.27%
kitchen	shelves	19.27%
laboratory	crate	23.28%
laboratory	desk	23.28%
laboratory	metal_shelves	23.28%
liquorstore	shelves	23.28%
livingroom	counter	19.27%
livingroom	overhead	19.27%
medicalstorage	fridge	23.28%
medicalstorage	fridge	41.14%
medicalstorage	fridge	76.55%
movierental	shelves	23.28%
musicstore	shelves	23.28%
pawnshop	shelves	23.28%
pharmacy	fridge	23.28%
pharmacy	fridge	41.14%
pharmacy	fridge	76.55%
pharmacy	shelves	23.28%
pharmacy	shelves	41.14%
pharmacystorage	fridge	23.28%
pharmacystorage	fridge	41.14%
pharmacystorage	fridge	76.55%
storageunit	crate	23.28%
toolstore	shelves	23.28%
toystore	shelves	23.28%
zippeestorage	crate	23.28%
zippeestorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
zippeestore	fridge	23.28%
zippeestore	fridge	41.14%
zippeestore	fridge	76.55%
zippeestore	shelves	23.28%
zippeestore	shelves	41.14%

Vehicles
Type	Container	Effective chance
Survivalist	Glove Box	23.28%
Survivalist	Trunk	23.28%

Gallery

Water Bottle model and texture used when performing an animation (e.g., drinking)

Code

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

WaterBottleFull
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_food.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item WaterBottleFull
	{
		DisplayName = Water Bottle,
		DisplayCategory = Water,
		Type = Drainable,
		Weight = 0.8,
		Icon = WaterBottle_Full,
		CanStoreWater = TRUE,
		FillFromDispenserSound = GetWaterFromDispenserPlasticMedium,
		FillFromTapSound = GetWaterFromTapPlasticMedium,
		IsWaterSource = TRUE,
		ReplaceOnDeplete = WaterBottleEmpty,
		ReplaceOnUseOn = WaterSource-WaterBottleFull,
		UseDelta = 0.1,
		UseWhileEquipped = FALSE,
		CustomEatSound = DrinkingFromBottlePlastic,
		StaticModel = WaterBottle,
		WorldStaticModel = WaterBottleFull,
		Tooltip = Tooltip_item_OnlyPurifyMicrowave,
	}

WaterBottleEmpty
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items.txt