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. During the Storm, stackable negative Forest Mysteries will trigger, each generating different negative effects depending on the Hostility level a Viceroy has generated.

Hostility and the Queen's Impatience are inversely linked. Higher Impatience results in a reduction to Hostility. Each settlement starts with Hostility at 0, unless playing with the Ancient Battleground Map Modifier.

Triggering Forest Mysteries

There will always be "base" negative Forest Mysteries that will activate during the Storm even if Hostility is level 0. The most common one is Looming Darkness.

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

Hostility icon

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.

These numbers are for Viceroy difficulty level:

• 80 points × the number of Dangerous or Forbidden Glades opened.
• 15 points × the number of years since embarking.
• 15 points × the number of Small Glades opened.
• 5 points × the number of Villagers in your settlement.
• 9 points × the number of Woodcutters currently assigned to a Woodcutters' Camp.
• Any other effects, like penalties from Glade Events.

How to Decrease Hostility

Viceroys always need to seek ways to decrease the Forest's Hostility level, it can be decreased into negative numbers by escpecially crafty Viceroys! There are several ways to do so, including:

• Building more Hearths.
• Removing Woodcutters from the Woodcutters' camps.
• Completing certain Glade Events that decreases Hostility.
• Killing off Villagers
• Driving up the Queen's Impatience
• Assigning a Fox to the Hearth

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

• Airbender
• Baptism of Fire
• Calming Water
• Calming the Forest
• Firelink Ritual
• Flame Amulets
• Frequent Patrols
• Protected Trade
• Safe Haven
• Secure Perimeter
• Silent Looting
• Small Altar Box
• Ways of the Forest

Forest Mysteries

Forest Mysteries are special effects that apply to a map which are chosen at random at the beginning of each game. There are two types of Forest Mysteries, Positive and Negative. Positive Forest Mysteries are active during Drizzle Season, while Negative Forest Mysteries are active during Storm Season.

The number and type of Forest Mysteries that appear in any given map is based on the Difficulty of that map. Additionally, each mystery has a hidden "Difficulty cost", which represents how beneficial or harmful it is to the player. This means that if a powerful Positive Forest Mystery is present, more dangerous Negative Forest Mysteries will appear alongside it.

Below is a list of Negative Forest Mysteries:

Mystery	Description	Penalty	Penalty Description
Rotten Vapors	Machinery has to be cleaned with specially prepared Drizzle Water. Otherwise, Blightrot will spread. Once this effect activates, you have to pay an amount of Drizzle Water (multiplied by the number of years). If you don't, Blightrot Cysts will spawn in your settlement	Pestilence	If you don't deliver the required goods, X Blightrot Cysts will spawn in your settlement
Blightrot Mutation	The Blightrot has begun to mutate, creating a more invasive strain. Production buildings now also generate Blightrot during the storm.
Unyielding Corruption	The spreading corruption strikes fear into the hearts of your villagers. No amount of assurance or flattery can change that. Favoring is unavailable while the Hearth is being corrupted.
Creeping Shadows	Discovering a glade during the storm will decrease Global Resolve 3 minutes.	Shadowy Figure	Global Resolve is decreased by X for 180 seconds due to a recently discovered glade
Cursed Rain	It's no use making sacrifices during the storm here.
Spreading Contamination	Blightrot contaminates everything you send to the Citadel. During the storm, the Queen's Impatience grows faster for every Blightrot Cyst in your settlement.
Blightrot Infection	Villagers report feeling sick, especially during the storm. When a villager leaves or dies, Blightrot Cysts will appear in the settlement.
Grim Fate	The forest will claim a villager's life during each storm (multiplied by the number of years that have passed).
Vassal Tax	Due to this region's location, the Crown requires you to pay Amber with each storm (multiplied by the number of years played). If you don't, you will get 1 Impatience point."	Queen's Wrath	If you don't pay the tax, you will gain 1 Impatience Point.
Rotten Rain	The rain carries a strange, rotten pollen with it. A Blood Flower will spawn somewhere in the settlement after every X seconds.
Horrors from Beneath	Strange voices call out from the depths. Villagers working in Mines get -10 to Resolve during the storm."
Vanishing Water	Infused rainwater slowly evaporates. You lose units of a random type of water for every X units of water used in Rain Engines.
Overheating	Machinery tends to overheat in this climate. X is taken from you with every storm (multiplied by the number of years). If you can't pay, global production speed will be reduced by 33%."
Absorption	Blightrot Cysts consume the storm's energy and become more resilient. Burning cysts takes longer to burn.
Aura of Fear	The dark skies above the settlement awaken a primal fear in all villagers. During the storm, all species' Resolve drops faster.
Rotting Wood	The rain is causing the trees to rot and fall apart. Woodcutters fell trees faster, but have a chance of destroying their yield.
Cloudburst	Even the hardiest villagers need some sort of cover in this weather. Once this effect activates, every villager in your settlement will ask you for Coats. If you can't provide the goods, Global Resolve will be lowered for some amount of time.	Soaked Clothes	Global Resolve is decreased by X for X seconds due to a missed payment.
Faint Flame	Strong gusts of wind strike the Holy Flame. Resources you sacrifice in the Ancient Hearth burn quicker.
Flooded Roads	As a result of heavy rainfall, during the storm, the travel cost of trade routes increases.
Unearthly Element	The firekeeper's power weakens in the face of an otherworldly force. The maximum number of sacrifice stacks in the Ancient Hearth is lowered.
Leakage	The cover of the Ancient Hearth has been damaged due to an exceptionally strong storm. The Hearth's resistance has decreased
Blight from the Sky	Blightrot seems to grow uncontrollably quickly in this region. Every storm season, Blightrot Cysts appear in the settlement (multiplied by the number of years that have passed)