{
  "game": "Probably Stolen",
  "tested_date": "2026-10-29",
  "platform": "Windows Steam",
  "steam_build": "26284217",
  "menu_version": "100-REV3",
  "scenario": "Water Merchant",
  "difficulty": "Mark Up (Normal)",
  "day": 1,
  "operator": "Codex controlling the purchased retail game on the user PC",
  "inputs": "mouse and keyboard",
  "recording": "GPU desktop duplication, 2560x1600, 30 fps, silent",
  "original_recording_duration_seconds": 1758.7,
  "tested_scope": [
    "Standard filter installed in Water Pitcher",
    "Pouring into fitted pitcher",
    "Purification tablets",
    "Water Testing Strips and Match Label",
    "HydraTech Micro Water Purifier"
  ],
  "not_playtested": [
    "Dedicated overnight Water Purifier machine",
    "UV equipment and machine modules",
    "Module order",
    "Power consumption for the dedicated machine",
    "Pure Water production",
    "Other scenarios and difficulties"
  ],
  "important_observations": [
    "The filter treats water poured into the pitcher.",
    "The TESTED grade can differ from the LABELLED grade after treatment.",
    "Match Label changed Ghostwater to Basewater without changing the measured 98.87%.",
    "Handheld durability was 75/300 before 3000 ml treatment and 45/300 after.",
    "Handheld refused the 98.87% batch with an already-Basewater-or-better message.",
    "The final 2000 ml handheld-output sample stayed at 2000 ml when poured through the filter; this intermediate step was not separately strip-tested. After one tablet, 1983 ml tested at 98.86%."
  ],
  "interpretation_limits": [
    "Single day-one run, not repeated trials.",
    "Results depend on starting contamination; these percentages are observations rather than guaranteed recipes.",
    "No filter-versus-tablet order comparison was performed.",
    "No water from separate batches was mixed into any reported test sample before its listed measurement. A later storage mixture was excluded from results."
  ],
  "table_fields": [
    "batch",
    "treatment",
    "volume_ml",
    "purity_percent",
    "tested_grade",
    "source_seconds"
  ],
  "results": [
    [
      "A",
      "Untreated large bottle",
      2000,
      "96.04",
      "Ghostwater",
      316
    ],
    [
      "A",
      "Standard filter, poured into pitcher",
      1964,
      "97.77",
      "Ghostwater",
      801
    ],
    [
      "A",
      "Then one tablet",
      1943,
      "98.87",
      "Basewater",
      889
    ],
    [
      "B",
      "Untreated jug (6000 ml before splitting)",
      6000,
      "92.00",
      "Rustwater",
      290
    ],
    [
      "B1",
      "3000 ml of B through standard filter",
      2887,
      "95.58",
      "Rustwater",
      1004
    ],
    [
      "B1",
      "Then one tablet",
      2811,
      "98.18",
      "Basewater",
      1055
    ],
    [
      "B1",
      "Then a second tablet",
      2799,
      "98.60",
      "Basewater",
      1122
    ],
    [
      "B2",
      "Remaining 3000 ml of B, handheld purifier",
      3000,
      "98.00",
      "Basewater",
      1194
    ],
    [
      "B2 subset",
      "2000 ml handheld output, filter then one tablet",
      1983,
      "98.86",
      "Basewater",
      1707
    ]
  ],
  "manual_reference": {
    "name": "Water Trading Manual, pages 1\u20132, retail game",
    "recorded_source_seconds": [
      1745,
      1752
    ],
    "summary": "High-Quality starts at 99%; Pure Water at 99.9%+. Basewater is 98\u201399% and prolonged use is not advised. Different methods target different contaminants. Pure Water requires a dedicated purifier with modules."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Retail-game capture and Water Trading Manual",
      "type": "firsthand",
      "checked": "2026-10-29"
    },
    {
      "title": "Water Balance & Hotfix 1.0.0.2",
      "url": "https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/26284217/",
      "type": "developer notes mirrored by SteamDB",
      "checked": "2026-10-29",
      "relevance": "Build identity and changed purifier logic; no advanced-machine results inferred from notes."
    }
  ],
  "additional_machine_inspection": {
    "day": 3,
    "merchant": "Retired Water Merchant",
    "recording": "water-research-03.mkv",
    "source_seconds": {
      "instructions": 90,
      "readout": 275
    },
    "observed": [
      "Empty module slots in the inspected Water Purifier.",
      "Tooltip: Max Purity 99%, Required Energy 4/Day.",
      "Instructions describe overnight container treatment with an adequate power source.",
      "Efficiency affects power consumption; Performance affects amount removed per night; Quality affects maximum purity (displayed 0.5 ratio)."
    ],
    "limits": "Inspected unowned merchant equipment, not a purchase or production cycle. No module layout or output tested."
  }
}