Rainpunk

A Stormwater Geyser

Overview

Viceroys can now take advantage of the Rain to power their buildings, but not without a cost! Blightrot will grow in Rain Engines as Viceroys use them, the more Rainwater that runs through an engine, the faster Blightrot Cysts will spawn. While Rainpunk is essential for any Viceroy playing on higher difficulties, it is a delicate balance between using Rainwater Engines and keeping the Blightrot at bay, as Blightrot likes to eat villagers. Blightrot scales with difficulty, so prepare to fight for your life at higher Prestige levels...

Types of Rainwater

There are 3 types of Rainwater, each type will power different types of buildings. Drizzle water powers buildings that produce food, Clearance water powers crafting and artistry buildings, and Storm water powers heavy industrial buildings producing fuels and metals.

Clearance	Drizzle	Storm
Alchemist's Hut	Bakery	Brickyard
Apothecary	Beanery	Carpenter
Artisan	Brick Oven	Crude Workstation
Clay Pit	Butcher	Finesmith
Clothier	Cellar	Furnace
Cooperage	Cookhouse	Kiln
Druid's Hut	Distillery	Lumber Mill
Leatherworker	Field Kitchen	Manufactory
Makeshift Post	Granary	Smelter
Press	Greenhouse	Smithy
Provisioner	Grill	Tinkerer
Rain Mill	Ranch	Toolshop
Scribe	Smokehouse	Workshop
Stamping Mill	Teahouse
Supplier	Tinctury
Weaver

Sourcing Rainwater

A Geyser and Geyser Pump

A Rainwater Collector

Rainwater can be collected in two ways:

• Building Geyser Pumps on top of Water Geysers.
• Collecting Rainwater from the sky via buildings such as the Rainwater Collector and Advanced Rainwater Collector.

If you choose to collect Rainwater via a Rainwater Collector, be aware the type of Rainwater collected changes with each season,
so you can only collect Clearance Water during the Clearance Season, and so forth.

Engine Usage

Viceroys can control how much water, and for what purpose, is used in a Building. To the left we can see a Viceroy clicked on the 3rd panel of a Building information box to open the engine controls of a Manufactory.

Here you can select which perks you would like to enjoy when using Rainwater, as well as how much Rainwater you would like to use. On the bottom left of the information box, we can see a Blightrot meter. This meter shows you how much Blightrot your engines are spawning.

Engine Controls are as follows:

Left:

• 1 - Increase production speed by 50%.
• 2 - Increase chance of double production yields by 25%.
• 3 - Increase production speed by a further 50%.

Right:

• 1 - Workers gain 5 Resolve.
• 2 - Workers gain a further 5 Resolve

Blightrot

Blightrot generates Blight Cysts and these cysts generate Hearth Corruption with continued Rainwater usage. The more water you use, the more Blight Cysts and Corruption generate. You can view your Hearth Corruption percentage on the bottom right of your screen. Clicking on the Icon will take you to the Hearth Corruption information page, where you can view how many Blightrot Cysts have generated as well as how much Blightrot generation you can spare until 3 random Villagers die.

From Veteran to Prestige 10 difficulty, the rate of Corruption generation is 60% Corruption a minute per Blightrot Cyst. It multiplies by 1.5x starting from Prestige 11.

Blightrot Cysts and Removal

Corruption can be removed by burning Blight Cysts with Purging Fire produced in the Blightpost by Blightfighters, which are Villagers assigned to the Blightpost.

A closed Blightrot Cyst

An open Blightrot Cyst

On the left is a closed Blightrot Cyst, cysts will remain closed during Drizzle Season and Clearance Season, and they are invulnerable during this time. On the right is an open Blightrot Cyst, cysts will open during the Storm Season, and they are now vulnerable and able to be burned off with Purging Fire by Blightfighters.

Blightpost, Blightfighters and Purging Fire

A Blightpost

A Blightfighter burning a Blight Cyst

On the left is a Blightpost, an essential Building used to produce Purging Fire which Blightfighters (Villagers assigned to the Blightpost) then use to burn off Blight Cysts during the Storm Season. Viceroys can also build a Hydrant to store extra Purging Fire near buildings that have grown a lot of Cysts. Purging Fire is made by using Coal , Sea Marrow, Oil or Wood.

A single can burn approximately 20 Blightrot Cysts per Storm Season on Veteran to Prestige 10 difficulty, starting at Prestige 11, it will only handle 15 Blightrot Cysts. It it thus vital to build multiple s. Posting Harpies and Lizards in a Blightpost will give you a chance to double your Purging Fire production.