Water Collector

The Water collector is a building that collects clean drinking rain water which can be drank from, or collected using the old pot or waterskin. It was added in update v0.14 of The Forest.

Gameplay
The water collector consists of sticks and a turtle shell. During rain, it will collect fresh water that can be used as a drinking source with no risk of damage or infection, making it the best way to combat dehydration. You can also fill a water skin or old pot from the water collector. Depending on how long it has rained and how often it is used, the collector stores between 1-5 drinks of water.

During dry periods, water evaporates from the collector at a rate of about one level per day. Although it typically rains often enough that this isn't a problem, keeping several collectors is advisable to make sure that there is enough water to be sustainable, especially in multiplayer. Three collectors is more than enough for one player with a water skin.

Note: It's better to fill a vessel (such as the water skin) with water from the collector than it is to drink directly. These items provide multiple portions of water, but filling them uses the same amount of water as a single drink from the collector. As such, filling an item is vastly more efficient, providing as much as triple the hydration per serving.