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Purified water is a consumable item in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics[]

The Mojave Wasteland has multiple natural sources of pure, non-radioactive water, and as a result, one encounters rads-free clean water more often than in the Capital Wasteland, where most of the water is contaminated and radioactive. When playing in Hardcore mode, purified water is a more "refreshing" drink with respect to Dehydration than alcohol or soda, as they actually worsen Dehydration.

Survival skill effect[]

SkillEffectHardcore effect
10+2 Hit Point for 5s-60 Dehydration 
20+2 Hit Point for 5s-70 Dehydration 
30+3 Hit Point for 5s-80 Dehydration 
40+3 Hit Point for 5s-90 Dehydration 
50+4 Hit Point for 5s-100 Dehydration 
60+4 Hit Point for 5s-110 Dehydration 
70+4 Hit Point for 5s-120 Dehydration 
80+5 Hit Point for 5s-130 Dehydration 
90+5 Hit Point for 5s-140 Dehydration 
100+6 Hit Point for 5s-150 Dehydration 

Crafting[]

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Cactus water (1)
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¹ Materials are not consumed and are returned to the player character after use.

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Notes[]

Although the Courier can craft purified water at a campfire with prickly pear fruit and empty soda bottles, the ending world model is that of purified water, not the soda bottle. This is also true for using the Sink at Big MT to fill empty bottles.

Behind the scenes[]

Each bottle of purified water features the text "H²O" handwritten on the label on the side of the bottle. This format is incorrect (at least according to IUPAC nomenclature), as in chemical formula numbers are written in subscript (Xy) and not in superscript (Xy). If read literally, the chemical formula H²O would mean there is one hydrogen and one oxygen isotope that contains only two nucleons, which is scientifically impossible because oxygen contains at least eight nucleons by definition.

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