Probably Stolen water quality is graded, and the grade you can prove decides the price. The grades in circulation are rustwater, basewater, high-quality water and pure water. The rule that keeps you out of trouble is simple: test before you sell, then label the jug to the grade you actually measured.
Probably Stolen Water Quality Grades, Low To High
| Grade | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| Rustwater | The lowest grade you will meet |
| Basewater | The common jug grade, and what a Moisture Farm-style business buys |
| High-quality water | What a filtered jug becomes |
| Pure water | The Moisture Farm's output, and the only grade the upper-level stockpiler buys |
Two named products sit outside the ladder: Sealed Water Ration (Standard) is the commissary's canned product, and Premium Spring Water carries the Water tag but is refused by non-Upper-Level customers and tourists.
How To Test And Label A Jug
- Use the water testing kit or the testing strips on the jug.
- Read the result and label the jug to that grade.
- If the water is discoloured, test it even when the seller claims a good grade — some traders mislabel their water.
Filters and purification are separate jobs: filters handle physical contaminants, while purification pills and UV lamps handle chemical contaminants and microbes. The water purification page has the machine and tool list.
Water quality also decides your stock if you go into fish farming, alongside fish food and environment.
Which Customers Accept Which Water
Upper-level customers will not accept non-Upper-Level SKUs, so premium water tags only sell to the wealthy tier. Water Merchant is the trade built around all of this, and it carries liability as its failure mode — selling untested water or lying about quality is what brings mob justice to your store.
Once you know your grades, the water trading page covers how the daily jug-to-cash loop runs.