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

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 Simple Negative Forest Mysteries:

Mystery	Penalty	Active from Hostility
Absorption	Burning cysts takes longer to 5 seconds longer to burn.	2
Acid Rain	Recipe producing Building Materials produce 50% fewer goods.	3
Aura of Fear	During the storm, all species' Resolve drops 100% faster.	1
Blight from the Sky	Every storm season, 1 Blightrot Cyst appear in the settlement (multiplied by the number of years that have passed)	4
Blightrot Infection	When a villager leaves or dies, 2 Blightrot Cysts will appear in the settlement.	3
Cloudburst	Every villager in your settlement will ask you for 1 Coats. If you can't provide the goods, Global Resolve will be drop by -6 for 2 minutes.	4
Corrosive Rainfall	-50% yields to all production using Copper Bars or Crystalized Dew.	3
Creeping Shadows	Discovering a glade during the storm will decrease Global Resolve by -10 for 3 minutes.	1
Death and Decay	Every dead Villager turns into a Bloodflower	4
Devistating Storms	-20 Global Resolve	6
Faint Flame	Resources you sacrifice in the Ancient Hearth burn 40% quicker.	2
Flooded Roads	More Pack of Provisions needed during Trading	1
Greater Threat	Every Dangerous and Forbidden Glade discovered subtracts -2 Global Resolve during the storm.	4
Grim Fate	The forest will claim a villager's life during each storm (multiplied by the number of years that have passed).	7
Horrors from Beneath	Villagers working in Mines get -10 to Resolve during the storm.	1
Humid Climate	Fuel Consumption in Hearths increased by 20% for each Hostility level	2
Hunger Storm	When missing one meal, a double stack of Hunger will be added for Villagers	3
Insatiable Hunger	Villagers have 10% higher chance per Hostility level of consuming 2x amount of Food during Breaks.	4
Muddy Ground	-30% Villager speed off roads.	1
No Contact	Gaining Reputation does not lower Impatience.	2
Leakage	The Hearth's resistance has decreased by 200.	2
Lightning	Pay 5 Copper Ore multiplied by number of years, or 3 Buildings are destroyed.	3
Piercing Winds	Fuel Consumption in Hearth is increased by 200	3
Rotten Rain	A Blood Flower will spawn somewhere in the settlement after every 90 seconds.	4
Rotten Vapors	Pay 5 Drizzle Water x amount of years , or 3 Blightrot Cysts will spawn,	3
Rotting Wood	+50% Faster Tree felling, but also +100% chance of destorying yield.	2
Rot from the Sky	Global food production decreases by 15% per Hostility level.	3
Sacred Flame Rituals	Pay 10 Wood per Villager or 2 Vilalgers will leave.	4
Spreading Contamination	+5% Faster Queen's Impatience for every Blightrot Cyst in your settlement.	4
Unnatural Erosion	Pay 5 Oil x number of years, or 2 random Resource nodes are destroyed.	4
Unearthly Element	The maximum number of sacrifice stacks in the Ancient Hearth is lowered by 1	1
Unyielding Corruption	Favoring unavailable if Hearth is Corrupted.	3
Vanishing Goods	+10% Chance per Hostility level of Villagers using twice the amount of goods when using Services	4
Vanishing Water	You lose units of a random type of water for every 2 units of water used in Rain Engines.	2
Vassal Tax	Pay 5 Amber x number of years have passed, otherwise gain 1 Impatience point.	4
Quaking Bog	Gathering Speed decreased by 50%	2

List of Complex Forest Mysteries (Can be Prevented)

Below is a list of Positive Forest Mysteries:

Mystery	Description
Golden Dust	Some raindrops seem to have a golden hue. Gain Clearance Water for every unit of Drizzle Water gathered.
Drizzle Anomaly	The rain seems to fall... slower. Gain Drizzle Water per minute during the drizzle.
Salty Breeze	The salty air makes it easier to preserve food. Food production speed is increased during drizzle season.
Soil Reclamation	The soil becomes saturated with the rain's essence during drizzle season. Resource nodes depleted during the drizzle spawn fertile soil.
Humid Climate	The humidity in this region is unbearable. Fuel consumption in Hearths is increased for each Hostility level.
Forgiving Crown	Gain one free cornerstone reroll for every Reputation Point gained during drizzle season.
Gentle Dawn	New year, new challenges. Every small glade discovered grants planting speed during Drizzle.
Forest Offerings	It seems some inhabitants of the forest are grateful for your efforts. During drizzle season, every Dangerous or Forbidden Glade Event you complete will give you 30 random raw food.
Soft Stems	The grain stalks have grown soft because of the air’s humidity. During drizzle season, workers in the Harvesters' Camp can gather Grain from grain nodes.
Hot Springs	Rainwater Geysers produce pleasant heat in their vicinity. Geyser Pump Operators get +10 to Resolve.
Cricket Mating Grounds	The clearings are abuzz with the sound of crickets. Gain Insects for each discovered glade.
Marrow Growth	Small pockets of bone marrow form in the ground and on trees. Gain Sea Marrow for every Coal produced during drizzle season.
Scavenging Season	The drizzle in this region is very mild, making it the perfect season for looting. Increases the chance of bringing back twice the goods from Glade Events solved during the drizzle
Natural Filtration	Using Rain Engines causes a lot less Blightrot contamination due to the natural filtration processes of the surrounding vegetation. Blightrot Cysts grow slower when using Rain Engines.
Untapped Wealth	Gatherers have a higher chance of producing double yields when harvesting resource nodes.
Regrowth	Plants seem to grow exceptionally fast after the storm. All buildings using fertile soil produce more goods during drizzle season (crops collected during clearance also benefit from this effect)
Exposed Resources	The ground is soft, and soaked with the rain's essence. Mines produce more goods during drizzle season.
Saturated Air	A pleasant, earthy scent is in the air. Gain Global Resolve for every some amounts units of water used in Rain Engines.
Aura of Peace	After each storm comes a time of peace and regrowth. Gain Reputation Points for every Dangerous or Forbidden Glade Event completed during drizzle season.
Finders Keepers	After each storm, caravans find countless goods scattered along their routes. Every trade route you complete during drizzle season will give you 5 random packs of goods.
Fermented Rain	The rain is sticky and tastes like wine. During drizzle season,