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Salt is a resource that players can get for various cooking needs. In the early game, it is used a lot to dry meat that players get, preserving the longevity of their meals before the advent of fridges. To get salt in Once Human, you simply need to collect seawater and purify it.
How to get salt in Once Human
To get salt in Once Human, you need to do the following:
- Go to the coastline and collect seawater.
- Return to your base or nearest stove and click on the salt option in the food category.
- Start boiling the seawater to get salt.
As mentioned, you simply need to go to a coastline to get salt. You can go to the far east coastline or the southern coastline to get seawater. There are a few teleportation towers around the map that you can go and grab while you’re in the area too. The best place to get seawater is by Coastline Plaza in the Wetlands. There’s a teleportation tower right next to the coast, offering extremely fast access to the sea if you’ve built your base in a remote area. Get as much seawater as you need then easily teleport back to your base.
Once you’re at the base, go to your stove and select the food menu. From there, you should be able to see salt. It costs one seawater and three logs to make salt and takes 5 seconds to complete. Once you have your salt place it in the meat rack and start drying your food. And there you have it, well-preserved meat with a dramatically reduced risk of spoiling.
Salt is important for a few reasons. The main reason is the food recipe, Preserved Deviate Chops. This meal grants you 50% more acid per deviant kill. You need salt, peppercorn and a meat to make one meal. Of course, this makes it amazing for farming acid. It’s one of the reasons why you want to keep a stockpile of salt on you for end-game food recipes.
If you played the betas, you may have noticed you no longer need a filtering flask anymore. That was removed, and you can grab seawater like grabbing any dirty water from a river. We hope that helps if you’re confused about why the old method no longer works. If you need help grabbing more crafting materials, why not take a look at our guides on Iron, Standard Parts, and more?
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