One of the first things recommended for any new player to do is to make (at least one) clay jar(s). One is adequate and will hold enough water for personal use over a few game days. First, though, you have to:
1) :# Find some clay - on Freedom Deliverance, where you enter the world at Green Dog, the closest I have found is south of The Sanctuary. At the lake on the south border of The Sanctuary, on the far side of the land bridge (which is on the left/east side) is a deposit of both sand and clay. 2) :# Make a [[Clay jar]]. You might as well make a [[Clay bowl]] too. Using your character window (equipment page), activate your hand as if it were a tool (double click on it - it is in the lower right corner of the character window). You will probably not be completely successful on the first try. This will result in an unfinished clay jar or bowl , and the icon is a darker grey than the clay icon. If you do succeed, the icon for the clay jar or bowl will be the same color as the clay icon. 2.1) :## If it is unfinished, you will need to finish it by applying the suggested tool (or water if that was suggested). <br />Make the tool required (you probably won't have it - check [[clay shaper]] or [[spatula]]) if you need to. 2.2) :## Activate the required tool ([[hand]], [[clay shaper]], [[spatula]], or [[water]]). <br />Apply it by right clicking the [[Clay jar]] and selecting "Mold" or "Water" if the tool is water. 2.3) :## Repeat the process with the suggested tool until the item is no longer unfinished. 3) :# You will need to start a [[campfire]] (or use a [[forge]]). To start a campfire: 3.1) :## Cut down a tree (not a fruit tree, you won't get enough wood). <br />Activate the hatchet, right click a tree tile, and select "Chop Down," just like the tutorial. <br />You will probably have to take several chops at it. 3.2) :## Chop up the tree, again just like the tutorial; activate the hatchet, right click the downed tree, and select "Chop up." 3.3) :## Make something from a log. I suggest [[Planks]] as you will need more later. <br />Cut up the whole log - for the fire, we are needing the [[wood scraps]] to make [[kindling]] <br />(see "Activate a Tool" above). 3.4) :## Activate your [[steel and flint]]. <br />Right click one of the [[kindling]] you just made and select "Make Container > campfire." <br />If it fails, continue lighting [[kindling]] until you get a [[campfire]]. <br />You need at least 1.50 kindling to start a campfire, so make more if you need to. <br />You can also combine kindling like you can wood scraps. 4) :# Put a log in the campfire. Activate the log you want to burn. Right click the campfire, select "Burn." You can also add some [[wood scraps]] too. 5) :# Put your [[Clay jar]] and [[Clay bowl]] in the campfire (right click the campfire, select "Open," and drag the clay jars and bowls into it). You can fire several at a time. 6) :# Once they turn pinkish red (terra cotta) they are done. If they do not and the fire goes out, you will need to fire them again - this time, put a few more [[wood scraps]] or another log on the fire. Their description will be [[Pottery jar]] or [[Pottery bowl]] as well. 7) :# Take the [[Pottery jar]](s) to a water source. 8) :# Activate a [[Pottery jar]], right click the water source 8.1) :## For open water, like a harbor or in a cave, right click on a tile close by that has water and choose '''Fill'''. 8.2) :## If it is a [[well]], [[fountain]], or some other container you will have to "Open" it first. <br />Right click on the water in the container and select '''Fill'''.
Voila! A filled water jar!