A water tower is a medium-risk, low-reward location.
A water tower is generally a large structure that supports an elevated water tank, whose height creates enough pressure to distribute the water through a piped system.
Advantages[]
- If one could somehow harness the proper equipment to extract water from the tower, they could use it for a very long time, depending on the amount of water that's drawn from the tower.
- They are also out of reach from any undead creature that tries to scale the tower.
- As a temporary base, however, they function quite well as a lookout tower due to the height of the structure. Larger ones might also be used as a sniping post.
Disadvantages[]
- Water towers do not have the space to hold more than a few people.
- Because these are so noticeable, the occupants of a water tower may have a bandit and zombie problem.
- Using fire to eradicate these enemies would be ineffective and detrimental, as the smoke could rise up and also affect the people that used them.
- They also contain little to no cover, so any attack against the tower by human enemies will leave the defenders wide up and easy targets.
- Zombies are also bound to group up near the bottom, making leaving the tower a very difficult affair.
- The building is full of standing water, which comes with many risks such as: mosquitoes, bacteria and parasites, mold, mildew, and algae.