Staying hydrated is crucial for survival in the backyard world of Grounded. A canteen is an essential tool for carrying water, allowing you to venture further from water sources. Crafting a canteen requires gathering specific materials found within the game environment. Once crafted, you can easily fill it to ensure you always have a drink available.
Crafting Your First Canteen
The most basic canteen you can craft in Grounded is the Canteen. It's a relatively early-game item, making it accessible for new players.
Here are the materials you'll need to craft a Canteen:
- Grub Hide: 2
- Woven Fiber: 1
Gathering Materials
Knowing where to find these materials is key to crafting your canteen:
- Grub Hide: As hinted at in resources covering the canteen, such as guides on "Finding Grubs," this material is obtained by killing and harvesting Grubs. Grubs are small, worm-like creatures often found burrowing underground or near the surface in damp areas. You'll typically need a tool like an axe or shovel to uncover or defeat them.
- Woven Fiber: This material is made by processing Plant Fiber at a Workbench. Plant Fiber is abundant and gathered from small grass and weeds found throughout the yard.
The Crafting Process
Once you have the required Grub Hide and Woven Fiber in your inventory, you can craft the Canteen. Head to a crafting station, such as a Workbench. Interact with the workbench, navigate to the 'Survival' or 'Water' tab (depending on game version), and select the Canteen recipe to craft it.
Using Your Crafted Canteen
After successfully crafting your canteen, you'll need to fill it with water before you can drink from it. According to resources explaining the canteen's functionality, the process is straightforward:
- Find a Water Source: Go over to any water source. This could be dew drops, a pond, or even collected rainwater in a leaf.
- Interact: Just tap the interaction button (typically 'E' on PC) when prompted while looking at the water.
- Scoop it up: This action will fill your canteen.
And there you go! Now you have a source of water readily available in your inventory if you need to drink while exploring. Remember that dirty water sources (like ponds) might give you a negative effect, so clean dew drops are often preferred early on, although the basic Canteen can hold any water type.
