As an important component of the game, many players have wondered how they can collect water on 7 Days to Die. So in this post, we’re going to show you how to obtain a water “rain” collector in the game.
This is a pretty simple process, but it’s important to know how to do it properly nonetheless. Allow us to acquaint you with the process:
How to Obtain a Water "Rain" Collector?
- Make a Quad Water Barrel or an Empty Water Barrel. The recipes are:
- Scrap Polymers (50 – 200)
- Forged Iron (10 – 40)

- Make a filter or four filters for the Quad Water Barrel. The recipes are:
- Scrap Iron (50 – 200) [1]
- Coal (50 – 200)
- Make an empty water barrel into an empty filter barrel, or four filter barrels for the Quad. The recipes are:
- Empty Water Barrel (1 – 4)
- Filter (1 – 4)
- Bucket (1 – 4)
- Place the Empty Filter Barrel on the ground and repair it with 10 Empty Glass Jars or Quad Barrel 40 Glass Jars as an alternative.

If you use the Quad or 4 Barrels, you may collect your water in around an hour or two. When the barrel is ready to loot, it will change to a Blue Barrel.
You’ll always have a mix of 10 to 40 items, with the potential to get back up to 40 Empty Glass Jars. Depending on whether you choose the Single (10 Jars) or Quad barrel (40 Jars).