Cursed Royal Woodlands

The Cursed Royal Woodlands

Overview

A cursed area of the Royal Woodlands that is haunted by the lost souls of warriors fallen in the Great Civil War. The storm here is especially dangerous, and the forest more hostile than anywhere else. The Queen will handsomely reward any viceroy brave enough to settle this part of the world.

Effects

Cursed Battlefield	The forest has reshaped itself. It is impossible to recognize the danger of the glades, which are now all of even size.
Restless Spirits	This land has seen a lot of bloodshed during the Great Civil War. Restless Spirits can be found in the forest.

Resources

The Cursed Royal Woodlands has an Average amount of Fertile Soil and contains the following Resources:

Trees

All trees can be harvested by Woodcutters' Camps to give Wood. They may also grant additional resources depending on the biome. These trees have 2 charges each.

Trees	Charges	Bonus Resources	Description
Dying Trees	2	Wood 60% + Insects 10% + Plant Fiber 10% + Roots 10%	A bare, rotting tree infested with grubs.

Natural Resources:

Primary Resources	Charges → Resource Deposits		Bonuse Resources	Gathering Building	Speed per Unit	Specialization Bonus
Grain Vegetables	70 → Swamp Wheat Field 70 → Moss Broccoli Patch		20% + 100% 40% + 20%	Foragers' Camp ★★	00:17	Farming Humans
	12 → Swamp Wheat Field 15 → Moss Broccoli Patch		20% 30%	Small Foragers' Camp ★	00:25
Plant Fiber Leather	60 → Flax Field 60 → Water Strider Molt		50% + 30% 100% + 40%	Harvesters' Camp ★★	00:05	none
	20 → Flax Field 20 → Water Strider Molt		30% + 20%
Herbs Mushrooms	70 → Herb Node 70 → Bleeding Tooth Mushrooms		40% + 20% 40%	Herbalists' Camp ★★	00:17	Alchemy Harpies
	15 → Herb Node 15 → Bleeding Tooth Mushrooms		20% 20%	Small Herbalists' Camp ★	00:25
Clay Sea Marrow	60 → Clay Deposit 60 → Sea Marrow Deposit		75% + 30% 50% + 01% + 100%	Stonecutters' Camp ★★	00:05	Masonry Frogs
	20 → Clay Deposit 20 → Sea Marrow Deposit		50% + 20% 80% + 40%
Insects	70 → Wormtongue Nest		60%	Trappers' Camp ★★	00:17	Meat production Lizards
	15 → Wormtongue Nest		20%	Small Trappers' Camp ★	00:25
Fish	80 → Thunderfish Pond		100% + 2 50%	Fishing Hut ★★	00:15	none
	60 → Thunderfish Pond		40%	Small Fishing Hut ★	00:20
Copper Ore	75 → Copper Vein		30%	Mine ★★	00:40	Engineering Beavers

Ghosts

Please see Cursed Ghosts.

Strategy

• Cursed Royal Woodlands' map generation leaves the densest patches of forest between Glades out of any biome. Use the marking tool for woodcutters liberally to speed up the process of opening Glades.
• Cursed Battlefield biome effect changes your standard approach in a number of ways:
  • When looking for a Dangerous/Forbidden Glade, consider preparing a second Glade for opening, in case your first one turns out to be a Small Glade.
  • Relative proximity of different Glade types doesn't change in CRW, so you still have a higher chance to find Forbidden Glades on the border of the map.
  • All Orders that require opening Glades and specific Event solves become more risky, since you can't focus on a specific Glade type.
  • All Ruins-related Orders and effects become harder to make use of, since you can't reliably open Dangerous and Forbidden Glades, and they have a higher chance to contain Ruins.
  • Due to CRW map generation coupled with Cursed Battlefield, you have a relatively high chance of encountering a Glade trader in your first 1-2 Glades. Consider focusing on Trade Routes year 1 or simply taking an Amber Embarkation bonus to make use of that.
• Restless Spirits biome effect also changes your typical decision making:
  • Cursed Ghosts tend to take up Abandoned Cache slots in Glades, so Tools are not as powerful as they are in other biomes - you can't convert them to Reputation reliably. Similarly, Stone or Training Gear delivery line Embarkation bonuses are noticeably weaker.
  • On the other hand, Incense and Oil Recipes are more desirable, since you can use them to satisfy Ghosts.
  • Cursed Ghosts can proc Abandoned Cache-related Cornerstones, but you can't count on Loyalty solves from Caches. Additionally, it often takes more time to complete Ghosts' tasks compared to just opening a Cache with some Stome.
• You can use Frogs' Starting Ability to deduce the location of the nearest Dangerous Glade - as long as the revealed Ruin is not a camp or a Fishing Hut.