PC How many dew collectors do you have?
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Adam the Waster
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theFlu
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3, 2 of which have both the gathering mods - so ~quadruple output off the two, which is "9" total I guess. Seems to be too much to needs atm, but I'm not really crafting anything either. Half a box of spare boiled waters after the first 4 weeks, while using red tea to keep up the digestion buff 2/3 of the time.
Riamus
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In a 2 player game, I have 2 and have stopped collecting water from them because they produce more than we need when they are fully modded. But we don't craft every single quality level of every item, so we don't go through glue as much as some other players. I think that the general rule you can follow is 1 per player if you aren't doing a ton of crafting. If you craft a lot, 2-3 per player is about the max you'd probably ever need. Especially if you get them going really early in the game.
Mister Forgash
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In my single player game, I've found 2 collectors to meet my needs so far.
In my co-op we'd been using 4, but now that we're pushing into the late game and glue processing has become more important, we've gone up to 6 collectors with mods to keep swimming in that water.
-Edit: Several days later,
I just wanted to amend to this post that in the Co-op world, though 6 collectors was enough for practical purposes, we still had a surplus of bones and we're going to put up a waterfield of another 10 (though we're setting it farther away so that the screamers it would draw wont be a problem.
In my co-op we'd been using 4, but now that we're pushing into the late game and glue processing has become more important, we've gone up to 6 collectors with mods to keep swimming in that water.
-Edit: Several days later,
I just wanted to amend to this post that in the Co-op world, though 6 collectors was enough for practical purposes, we still had a surplus of bones and we're going to put up a waterfield of another 10 (though we're setting it farther away so that the screamers it would draw wont be a problem.
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OneManStanding
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I have three, but with only the tarp and gatherer mod (filter is a bonus) I'm sure only 2 would do me. I thought I had them far enough from my base at first, but decided to move them further away just to be sure and it's helped with the screamer situation (I can run one workbench without an issue). I put them in a non-poi field opposite the trader and just let them do their thing.
Weird to think me and my friend had eighteen of them -- two groups of eight in two seperate non-POI fields around the town, plus two left in the base -- in A21 and we still ran out a lot because of all the glue and duct tape we needed for just two people.
Weird to think me and my friend had eighteen of them -- two groups of eight in two seperate non-POI fields around the town, plus two left in the base -- in A21 and we still ran out a lot because of all the glue and duct tape we needed for just two people.
KirillWright
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zztong
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I have 1 with the mods, except for the purification filter which seems to be more expensive than it is worth.
I also play with a mod that lets me harvest water from water sources, though I don't need to do that a lot. One dew collector and water from POIs keeps me flush.
I also play with a mod that lets me harvest water from water sources, though I don't need to do that a lot. One dew collector and water from POIs keeps me flush.
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Pernicious
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I'm guessing you're hitting end game vehicles. Man, the 4x4, Gyro and Drone all need so much duct tape, and hence glue, and hence water!
Can't believe We had all the steel, wheels and acid, all things meant to be a bit hard to get, before we had enough water, something meant to be easy to get.
That's right. I also grow cotton to make fabric.
Only I don't build 4x4. I don’t see the point in it, the motorcycle is faster.
ElCabong
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I have one and once I get it fully upgraded, it's most of the water I need. I supplement it with what I loot but I have to boil that first and that adds to the heat signature of my base and I'm always making steel anymore. I'm thinking that if I were to build a second Dew collector I could just leave murky water behind and get other loot that I need more. Of course the dew collector adds to your heat signature too.
BFT2020
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The filter was the last mod I got for both of my dew collectors, just as a quality of like improvement (Don't have to boil 12 waters every day anymore) once I had a lot of extra dukes and didn't need to spend those on other items.
Maharin
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I'm sure I'd eventually get there but most of the time around 10. I never seem to play a game long enough to manage 50 collectors. Then again I always play solo so... yeah, that's be a lot of water.
