Water Purifier
A Water Purifier. Place overtop of a campfire. Will provide clean, drinkable water from salty, or stagnant water.
Crafting one takes 1× Empty Propane Tank, 15× Metal Fragments, 10× Cloth, straight from your inventory — no workbench needed. A recycler breaks one down into Metal Fragments, Cloth. 2 skins exist for it, topped by Radioactive Water Purifier.
Crafting
Blueprint
Default blueprint — known from the start, no research required.
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
 Metal Fragments | ×6 |
 Cloth | ×4 |
 Empty Propane Tank | ×1(40%) |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×9 |
| Cloth | ×6 |
| Empty Propane Tank | ×1(60%) |
Radtown recyclers (found in monuments) give more than the safe-zone recyclers at Outpost and Bandit Camp. A percentage next to a yield is the chance of receiving it.
Repair
| Metal Fragments | ×57 |
| Cloth | ×5 |
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
Decay & Upkeep
Popular Water Purifier Skins
All skins →2 skins are listed, from $0.66 to $1.00, with a median of $0.66. Each price is the cheapest current listing, checked 2026-10-13.
| Skin | DMarket | CS.Deals | Steam Market | LIS-SKINS | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Melting Snowman Water Purifier | $0.66 | $0.84 | $0.94 | $0.71 | $0.66 |
| Radioactive Water Purifier | $1.54 | $5.99 | $1.00 | — | $1.00 |
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