[quote=“Pthalocy, post:13, topic:1419”]Interesting point: Bathing gets dirt off of you, yes. But if you have cuts and scrapes as is very very common in this game, and the water isn’t BOILED, all of it, then you risk introducing disease through the bath water itself.
Sure you can boil water to make it clean in-game, but think of how much energy that takes. After using up so many resources to make it safe you would want to drink it instead since that will actually keep you alive longer than a bath will.
It is possible, but it is very wasteful of resources.[/quote]
I don’t see why that would be so wasteful. There’s wood EVERYWHERE, and nobody to complain if you bust down their doors and furniture to get it. Based on the number of zombies vs. the number of NPCs I tend to encounter, it would seem Earth’s population has dropped less than 0.1% of what it was before. Resources are abundant. If YOU were actually in a zombie apocalypse, assuming you weren’t constantly running for your life, wouldn’t you take a bath sometimes? Fill an oil drum or some such with water and place it over a fire, let it boil and cool, instant hobo bath. Not very luxurious, but, assuming you’re not in any immediate danger, it’s preferable to being unwashed for weeks. They could also add a shower as a car part that would run off a tank of clean water, heated by the vehicle’s fuel source.
