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11 Wells are placeable structures across Pywel that the player can crank to gather water. The well network has two layers: pre-1.04 wells that shipped at launch, and additional wells placed by Patch 1.04.00. The patch also added explicit well icons on the world and mini-map, plus a Memory Fragment indicator that tracks whether a fragment is still available in an area.
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33 How Wells Work
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55 Approach the well and interact to crank the bucket.Lower the bucket into the water, then raise it. The animation pulls a filled bucket back to the rim.Loot the bucket. A standard pull yields five units of water.Repeatable. Wells refill quickly, so a single well location is enough to top up the camp's water supply for cooking and gathering.
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77 Pre-1.04 Wells (At Launch)
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1010 The following wells existed in the launch version of the game and are unchanged by Patch 1.04:
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1212 Behind the larger castle in Hernand - a long-running farm spot for water gathering that has been available since launch.Ivynook well - one of the earliest wells available in normal play; same crank-and-loot mechanic as every other well.Various wells around major settlements that shipped at launch as part of the world set-dressing.
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1414 Patch 1.04.00 Well Additions
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1616 Pearl Abyss's official patch notes confirm the following new wells and map changes in 1.04:
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1818 Howling Hill camp well - the only specifically named new well in the official patch notes. Gives the camp a permanent water source for cooking and gathering, removing the need to detour through Hernand or Pailune for water.Additional new wells placed across Pywel. The patch notes confirm wells were added across multiple regions to make resource gathering less of a detour, but do not enumerate exact coordinates.Map and mini-map well icons. Wells now display on both maps, and the mini-map shows a notification when a Memory Fragment is still available in the area.Lantern detection cleanup. After a Memory Fragment in an area has been collected, lanterns no longer broadcast a detection signal for it, which removes false-positive prompts on revisits.
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2020 Community-Reported Locations
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2222 The following wells appear in community guides post-1.04 but are not specifically called out in the official patch notes:
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2424 Pailune residence - a well placed near the camp after the relocation move in Camp Relocation. Whether this was always present or added during the 1.04 world-additions pass is not yet confirmed in the official notes.
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2626 Why it Matters
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2828 Water is a basic cooking ingredient. Wells let the player batch water without trekking to a vendor or river.Camp self-sufficiency. The Howling Hill addition lets the camp run cooking and gathering loops without external water trips, which is the most directly impactful 1.04 change.Map readability. Well icons turn what used to be hidden infrastructure into a navigation feature.
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3030 See Also
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3232 Patch 1.04.00 - patch that expanded the network.
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3434 Howling Hill - camp that gained a permanent well.
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3636 Cooking - main use of well water.
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3838 Memory Fragment - related map indicator.