# Salt water

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/salt-water/12696>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [October 9, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/salt-water/12696 "2016-10-09T16:18:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Codeslamer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/codeslamer/32/3433_2.png) [@Codeslamer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Codeslamer)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/salt-water/12696/1 "2016-10-09T16:18:43Z")

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I remember being able to go to a swamp or something and taking a bunch of salt water to boil to clean water. Is this something that can’t be done now? Or was it even a thing that could be done in the first place?

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**Author:** ![BeerBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@BeerBeer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BeerBeer)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/salt-water/12696/2 "2016-10-09T16:38:17Z")

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I don’t remember that particular recipe.  
I do remember you could make salt out of the salt water.  
Swamp incidentally contains both fresh water AND salt water sources, so the way I see it, if the recipe even does exist, it’s of fairly marginal use, and there are easier ways to get fresh water, even at swamp… especially at swamp.

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**Author:** ![Codeslamer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/codeslamer/32/3433_2.png) [@Codeslamer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Codeslamer)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/salt-water/12696/3 "2016-10-09T17:54:48Z")

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I did end up getting water from the swamp. Just aparently it needs to be deep water. Shallow water doesn’t cut it when it comes to boil-abillity. Only problem now is I have 42 bottles of salt water just laying around not doing much.

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**Author:** ![martinuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@martinuzz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/martinuzz)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/salt-water/12696/4 "2016-10-09T18:15:02Z")

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It’s useful for curing / tanning hides

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**Author:** ![saltmummy626](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/saltmummy626/32/300_2.png) [@saltmummy626](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/saltmummy626)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/salt-water/12696/5 "2016-10-09T18:46:46Z")

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The shallow water in swamps is mixed. Sometimes there’s freshwater puddles, sometimes there’s saltwater ones. I noticed in a recently genned world though, all the puddles in a local swamp were salt water.