Hostility

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. 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

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)

Forest Mysteries

Please see Forest Mysteries for more information.