Bottle Emptier

The Bottle Emptier is a liquid handling building used to dump bottled liquids into the world. Duplicants will deliver a bottle to it and empty it, making it useful for cleaning up mopped spills or moving liquid from bottles into a controlled storage area. Its Element Filter can be set to accept only specific liquids, and this filter is also used to designate areas for storing a particular liquid type.

By default, the filter only offers Water; additional liquids become available as they are discovered. When Auto Bottling is enabled, Duplicants can fill bottles at a Pitcher Pump and carry them to the Bottle Emptier, as long as the pump contains a liquid the Duplicant can bottle. The building can be rotated so the liquid falls to either the left or the right side, and if the output tile on the chosen side is blocked by a solid tile, including Mesh Tile, the liquid instead exits through the center tile.

A Bottle Emptier can release up to 200 kg of liquid from a bottle at once, and Duplicants will not bring a new bottle until the current one has fully emptied. Its discharge rate is 10 kg/s, so a full load takes 20 s to empty. It can also be completely submerged and will still function normally, and it does not take damage from overheating.

A few practical notes:

• Emptying a bottle of germy polluted water will contaminate both the Bottle Emptier and the Duplicant with germs.
• The filter is the main way to turn the building into a specific liquid storage point rather than a general dumping spot.
• Because the output location depends on orientation and nearby blocking tiles, placement matters when routing the released liquid.