Old Pot

Old Pots have multiple purposes and are one of the most sought after tool items in The Forest.

Gameplay
Old Pots can be used to collect, carry, and drink clear water, and can also be used for Sap Collectors. It works in a very similar way to the waterskin, but also allows you to collect rain water and boil polluted water.

Usage
The old pot is a complicated item, it has many uses:

Collecting Clean Water
The player must have built a water collector first and it must have some water already collected from rain. The player then must press  to fill the old pot from the water collector. This functions exactly the same way as Waterskins do.

Collecting Polluted Water
Red spots on the The Forest Map indicate all the areas where water can be collected from.

Approach an appropriate water source with the old pot equipped, move around until you see an E, hold down the  key and the player will perform an animation where they collect the water.

Boiling Dirty Water
The player must use either a Basic Fire or a Fire Pit to be able to boil the water. Once the player has one of these fires and has lit it, the player must equip the pot and press  on the fire. It will place the pot on the fire and boil. It takes about 30 seconds for the water to convert to clean water. It has a one time use and it will replenish all thirst.

The boiled water cannot be stored and carried in the pot, though it can be transferred to the Waterskin.

Collecting Rain Water Trick
Collecting rain water is currently bugged and does not work properly though there is a way to use the rain to convert polluted water into clean water. Note: This also works with the empty old pot
 * 1) The player must have collected polluted water in the old pot
 * 2) When it is raining, equip the old pot
 * 3) Keep the old pot out for 28 consecutive seconds
 * 4) The polluted water will now be converted into clean water, that can be drunk straight from the inventory as if it was collected from a Water Collector

Stews
The pot is required to create stews, more information can be found on the stew page.

Building
The old pot can be used to create a Sap Collector, this is currently the best way to obtain Sap in the game.
 * If you place an old pot inside a Sap Collector blueprint, and cancel it. You will LOSE your old pot

Locations
All the old pots in the game are found above ground; there are none in caves. There are some pots in caves, but they are not collectible, just props.

The blue flags indicate all the locations of the old pots. They are all found in the bottom left corner of the map in the game.

There are 5 locations:

Known bugs

 * If you're trying to boil dirty water and the fire goes out before the water is done boiling, the pot will be duplicated, or in rare cases fall through the map.
 * If you're holding an empty pot in the rain and it doesn't have polluted water in it, it'll collect clean water, but in the inventory it will say "Clean Water (0%)". This replenishes no hydration, but can still be used to make stew, in which case it will replenish 100% hydration when eaten.