Add more water sources to Gondwa or a diet which allows drinking salt water

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Hello. Primordially, I'm going to present a problem with the new map, called Gondwa, most of the water sources are salt water and the fresh water bodies are all in the middle or south of map, leaving most of the north part devoid of drinkable water. This makes so it's very hard to find good water on Gondwa and this problem is only aggravated by the water quality system. Thus, the jogability of some playables is very affected as they can't find water that's drinkable and eventually die of thrist if they go to the north, which in turn makes it very barren of life.
Conclusively, it's suggested for the developers to add more good water sources for Gondwa at the north or make a diet which habilitates drinking salt water, so the playables won't be exclusively dependent of in land fresh water, so they could not die of thrist while travelling north, making it more populated and fun overall.

Some animals, particularly sea faring flyers need that, so they can exclusively depend on the ocean.

Under consideration Map Feedback Suggested by: YeshuaMyLord (29 Dec, '22) • Upvoted: 21 Feb • Comments: 3

Comments: 3

06 Jan, '23
Catspit
Rather than a map rework, it might be easier to add a couple of new diets/food items. For example, change fish or shellfish to give some water, allowing animals with the Fisher diet to spend more time at sea. Maybe add washed-up kelp as a food item on beaches and have it give equal amounts of food and water if you have Forager. Water-storing cactus fruits could also be added.

Dry Lake already sort of does this with roots, but it would be nice to have a beach version as well for spots that currently see almost no use (Ripple Beach and the volcano area for example).
08 Jan, '23
James
Poor grammar and weird phrasing but i ultimately agree
22 Feb, '23
DapperWolf
i don't know of any creature that makes a habit of drinking salt water, i could be wrong but it seems like a bad idea in nature. however rather than giving an ability to drink salt water just give more diet options where the foods you eat grant more water, similar to eating roots. allow dinosaurs to have much more varied diets that let them store water in fat reserves or such.