The Basic Training course demonstrates dragging an inventory item into the center to use it. Read what you are about to consume first: the bottle or container name does not prove the liquid inside is safe water.
Use an item from inventory
Pick up the food or drink with the right-click drag interaction, then use it through the inventory. Keep the mouth slot in mind if a held item or liquid action behaves unexpectedly.
Release 1.0 fixes drinking certain liquids not dropping an item held in the mouth. If an old video shows a different interaction, compare the actual current state.
Inspect the contents
The release text distinguishes Clean water, mostly safe but slightly sickening Groundwater, and Dirty water that is not safe to drink. It also contains a mildly radioactive liquid labeled Clean water until closer inspection. Names alone are insufficient.
For a reliable crafting route, the course teaches collecting groundwater in a canteen and boiling it using a campfire. This page does not claim every liquid can be purified with the same recipe.
When survival warnings persist
Recheck the actual hunger, thirst and sickness indicators rather than consuming repeated unknown contents. Read boiling water for the course workflow, or liquid contents when bottles are confusing.
Sources & version notes
Reviewed against the primary sources below. Version-dependent details are identified in the article; these procedures have not been personally playtested.
- Developer release 1.0 English reference: tutorial, items and status text (2026-11-11 checked)
- Official Release 1.0 Patchnotes (2026-11-09)
Compiled from public sources. We have not personally played or tested these procedures. Check your installed build and its tooltips when details differ.