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Water is a consumable item in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, Fallout 76 and Fallout: The Board Game.
Variants
Dirty water
Dirty water is the most common type of water found in the wasteland. It is drawn from the tainted lakes, rivers, and puddles. Unlike purified water, this will give radiation, which can be cured for a fee by a doctor or through RadAway.
Purified water
Purified water is water that has been purged of any radiation, making it a safe to consume. It is not quite as common in the Capital Wasteland as it is in the Mojave and the Commonwealth, often being found in first aid kits and more advanced settlements.
Aqua Pura
Aqua Pura is purified water that has been bottled from the water being taken in from the Tidal Basin and purified at Project Purity.
Aqua Cura
Aqua Cura is regular irradiated water disguised in an Aqua Cura bottle that Griffon sells in Underworld to cure a plethora of illnesses that ghouls often suffer from. Griffon also takes the real Aqua Pura and sells it to other wastelanders at an inflated price.
Cactus water
Cactus water is the name of a recipe in Fallout: New Vegas which allows purified water to be crafted by the Courier:
Creation requirements
| Materials: | Requirements: | Produces: | ||
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 | Survival: 30 |  | Purified water (1) |
Irradiated water
Irradiated water is a variant of dirty water in Fallout: New Vegas. It has been even exposed to stronger levels of irradiation and thus it irradiates the drinker three times as much as dirty water. A limited amount of bottles can be found and they are mostly located in highly irradiated areas.
Boiled water
Boiled water is craftable water in Fallout 76. It has been strained and healed over a fire. Although safer than dirty water, it is not as clean as purified water and still inflicts some radiation damage. Boiled water is instrumental in the crafting of many recipes, including teas, soups, and medicines.
Toxic water
Toxic water is highly irradiated water in Fallout 76. It can be collected from especially unclean water sources, typically ones that are brown and orange in color. It is the most unsafe of any water variant in the game, and cannot be boiled or purified.
Notes
- In Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, drinking from standing water such as lakes, rivers, and puddles, can restore between 2 and 30 HP.
- In Fallout 4, drinking such water will restore some HP as well as increase the irradiation level of the player character.
Behind the scenes
Each bottle of purified water features the text "H2O" handwritten on the label instead of "H2O." This format is incorrect (at least according to IUPAC nomenclature), as chemical formula numbers are written in subscript (Xy), not superscript (Xy).
