Hostility

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Forest Hostility

Overview

The forest recoils at the touch of exploitation and destruction, birthing an innate hostility.

The more your settlement grows, the more hostility you will generate. By default, each settlement starts with Hostility at 0. Each level of Hostility above 0 inherently lowers global Resolve by 2. Additionally, during the Storm stackable negative Forest Mysteries will trigger, each generating different negative effects depending on the current Hostility level.

Hostility and the Queen's Impatience are inversely linked. Higher Impatience results in a reduction to Hostility.

Triggering Forest Mysteries

Looming Darkness is the "base" negative Forest Mystery that will activate during the Storm even at Hostility 0. The rest of the Forest Mysteries differ from settlement to settlement and always require at least Hostility 1 to activate. Higher Hostility levels activate stronger Storm Forest Mysteries. Some of them scale with the Hostility level directly.

In this situation, Hostility is 0, and only the base Looming Darkness has been triggered.

In this situation, Hostility is 3. Additional negative Forest Mysteries have been triggered and stack with Hostility level.

Why Hostility Increases

Viceroys will generate different amounts of Hostility depending on the Difficulty they embark on. Viceroys can see what is currently causing their Hostility level by hovering over the eye icon on the top of their screen. Total Hostility is the sum of each amount, and each amount is the result of multiplication. These numbers scale with Difficulty; more hostility is generated at higher difficulties.

Cause	Settler	Pioneer	Veteran	Viceroy
Years Passed	15	22	30	45
Small Glades Opened	5	8	10	15
Dangerous / Forbidden Glades Opened	10	15	20	30
Villagers in Settlement	2	3	4	6
Woodcutters Actively Assigned	8	12	16	24

How to Decrease Hostility

Viceroys always need to seek ways to decrease the Forest's Hostility level. It can be decreased to 0 by especially crafty Viceroys! There are several ways to do so, including:

Building more Hearths.
Removing Woodcutters from Woodcutters' Camps.
Completing certain Glade Events that decrease Hostility.
Killing off villagers.
Driving up the Queen's Impatience.
Assigning a Fox to the Hearth.
Using Perks that lower Hostility.
Using Monastery.

Other Ways of Decreasing Hostility

Below is a list of Glade Events, Buildings, Cornerstones and Perks that will decrease Forest Hostility levels:

Glade Events

Converted Altar of Decay (Reduces Hostility each time a Villager leaves or dies)
Converted Rain Totem (-50 Hostility)
Obelisk (-10 Hostility)

Buildings

Hearths (-30 Hostility per Hearth)
Monastery (-100 Hostility)

Perks & Cornerstones

25 Perks mentioning 'Hostility'
Name	Rarity	Description	Sources										Price
Name	Rarity	Description	Alt	Cor	Ord	Rel	Tra	Dec	Por	Fir	Ser	Bio	Price
Abyssal Revenge	None	Are those... faces in the trees? Woodcutters don't increase Hostility, but every 10 felled trees add 2 Hostility points. (Hostility scales based on difficulty)	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Bio	0
Baptism of Fire	Legendary	Every 3 burnt Blightrot Cysts lowers Hostility by 10. While the Hearth is corrupted, you’re unable to sacrifice resources.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Calming Water	Legendary	Rainwater seems to soothe the forest. Hostility is reduced by 10 points every time you use 150 units of water in Rain Engines.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	Por	x	x	x	0
Calming the Forest	Legendary	One who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with all. Every Glade Event solved by making a decision marked as Empathy lowers Hostility by 40. This effect is retroactive.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	Por	x	x	x	0
Consecrated Scrolls	None	Learning from the consecrated scrolls allows us to better understand the threats we're facing. Every 2 villagers with the need for education fulfilled decreases the forest’s Hostility by ‑10.	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Ser	x	0
Converted Altar of Decay	Rare	A place for forbidden, necrotic rituals. Hostility is reduced by ‑20 points for every villager that leaves the settlement or dies. This effect is retroactive.	x	x	x	x	x	Dec	x	x	x	x	0
Converted Rain Totem	Rare	Hostility is decreased by 50.	x	x	x	x	x	Dec	x	x	x	x	0
Firelink Ritual	Legendary	There is nothing the forest hates more than fire. Every villager with their need for religion fulfilled decreases the forest’s Hostility by 5.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	Por	x	x	x	0
Firelink Ritual (Stormforged)	Mythic	There is nothing the forest hates more than fire. Every villager with their need for religion fulfilled decreases the forest’s Hostility by 10.	Alt	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Flame Amulets	Epic	An artifact infused with the power of the Holy Flame. Hostility from woodcutters is decreased by 4.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	Por	x	x	x	0
Flame Amulets (Stormforged)	Mythic	An artifact infused with the power of the Holy Flame. Hostility from woodcutters is decreased by 8. Woodcutters have a +20% chance of producing twice the normal yield.	Alt	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Forest Affinity	None	Fox firekeepers have an unusual ability to calm the forest. Hostility from opened glades is lowered by 2 each.	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Fir	x	x	0
Frequent Patrols	Epic	Every Glade Event solved by making a decision marked as Loyalty lowers Hostility by 10. This effect is retroactive.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	Por	x	x	x	0
Gift of the Depths	None	After using bait 150 times in your fishing huts, you will unlock the ability to sacrifice algae in the Ancient Hearth to reduce Hostility.	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Bio	0
Inspiring Pressure	None	The forest is as scary as it is beautiful. Villagers have a 3% higher chance of producing double yields for each Hostility level.	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Bio	0
Lost in the Wilds (Stormforged)	Mythic	Gain one villager every time you discover a new glade. Villagers add less Hostility (-1).	Alt	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Obelisk	Rare	Making the right offering at the Obelisk reduces Hostility by ‑10 and increases the Ancient Hearth's resistance by +100.	x	x	x	x	x	Dec	x	x	x	x	0
Protected Trade	Legendary	The forest recedes, as heavily guarded trade caravans pour into the settlement. Hostility is reduced by 15 points every time you sell goods worth 30 Amber, but Complex Food needs grant 1 less Resolve Point.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Sacrament of the Flame	None	There can be nothing more sacred than a flame in a world soaked with rain. For every 200 seconds spent sacrificing goods in the Ancient Hearth, Hostility is reduced by 25 (the bonus is added retroactively). Sacrificing multiple resources at the same time will progress this effect's timer faster. Same building effects do not stack.	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Ser	x	0
Safe Haven	Legendary	Hostility is reduced by 40 for every Hearth upgraded to: Neighborhood (Level 2) (or higher).	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Secure Perimeter	Legendary	Securing the deadliest corners of the forest will make it a lot less terrifying. Completing a Forbidden Glade Event reduces the Hostility gained from Dangerous (?) and Forbidden Glades (?) by 2, and from Small Glades by 1. This effect is retroactive.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	Por	x	x	x	0
Silent Looting	Epic	Your scouts have learned how to be cautious when looting abandoned caches. Every time you open or send an Abandoned Cache to the Citadel, Hostility is lowered by 15 points.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	Por	x	x	x	0
Small Altar Box	Epic	The forest requires sacrifices. Hostility is reduced by 15 every time 2 villagers die.	x	x	x	x	Tra	x	Por	x	x	x	28
The Green Brew	None	Gentle vapors seem to soothe the wilderness. Hostility is decreased by 100. Same building effects do not stack.	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Ser	x	0
Ways of the Forest	Epic	A book by the renowned Stormwalker, Pervun Runebeak. Lowers Hostility by 50 points.	x	x	Ord	Rel	Tra	x	Por	x	x	x	26