Perks

Screenshot of a grown settlement's Perks. Notice the different border colors, including a Grain bonus of +1 in blue (third row) and +2 in purple (fifth row). The Village has x4 stacks of the +1 Grain and one stack of the +2 Grain bonus.

Perks cause a continuous effect on the settlement. They are obtained from Seasons, The Forest, Hearths, Cornerstones, Traders, Glade Events, some Buildings, Biomes, and World Map effects. A list of the current Perks to your settlement is visible in the bottom-left corner of the game window, arranged in a grid. Holding the mouse over these icons will show in a tooltip the name of the Perk, a description, and any additional details like multipliers or progress.

Perks with the same name can appear twice in the grid as separate Perks, because some Perks award different numeric values (for example, decreasing Hostility or increasing production of Fabric) depending on the rarity of the Perk. (See section on Rarity, below.) They will have different numerical tokens on the icon and border colors, for example, +1 with a green border and +2 with a blue border. These tokens are on the bottom of the icon.

You can obtain some Perks more than once, and their effects will multiply. For example, a Perk increasing Bricks by +2 that you have obtained twice will increase Bricks by +4. Look for a small x2 token at the top of Perk icons in the corner of your screen.

Some Perks award additional bonuses upon reaching thresholds. For example, Nets increases Meat production by +1 for every 25 Meat produced (or gathered or farmed). If, after obtaining the Perk, workers in your Trappers' Camps have gathered a total of 100 Meat, they will be gathering with a +4 bonus. Look for a small x2 token at the top of Perk icons in the corner of your screen. Holding the mouse over these icons will show you your current progress towards your next threshold.

Except where explicitly noted by the description of the Perk, Perks are not retroactive and do not count retroactively. For example, Peasant Supplies ("Receive 3 Pack of Provisions for every new Villager") does not award packs for villagers already in the settlement. In contrast, Extraction Tools does count all already solved Glade Events, and its description explicitly says this.

Rarity

Screenshot of mystery boxes for sale by a trader

Perks from Cornerstones come in different rarities, indicated by their border color. The Trader Dullahan Warlander sells mystery boxes for Amber that contain at least one perk of the same rarity as the mystery boxes. Boxes with higher rarity Perks are more expensive.

Here are examples of the three rarity levels of Cornerstone Perks, as purchased from the Trader.

Examples

Uncommon	Rare	Epic	Legendary
green	blue	purple	orange

List of Perks

Perk	Rarity	Effects
Advanced Fuel	+25% Fuel production
Ale Delivery Line	+5 Ale per minute
Ancient Artifact	+3 Global Resolve
Ancient Sewing Technique	Rare Cornerstone	+3 to Coats production. Gain additional Coats every yield (from gathering, farming, or production).
Barrel Delivery	+5 Barrels per minute
Beneficial Agreement	Uncommon Cornerstone	Traders will arrive +15% quicker.
Big Phials	Rare Cornerstone	+2 to Pigment production. Gain additional Pigment every yield (from gathering, farming, or production).
Biscuit Diet	Epic Cornerstone	Farmers have a +75% chance of producing double yields when under the effect of Biscuits.
Blood Price Contract	Epic Cornerstone	Gain 10 Amber every time a [Villager]] dies or leaves.
Bread Peels	Epic Cornerstone	Bakery production is 50% quicker.
Builder's Pack	Epic Cornerstone	Any Builder can Carry 5 additional items.
Burned to a Crisp	+20 Coal per 3 burned Blightroot Cysts
Calming the Forest	-50 Hostility per 2 solved Dangerous and Forbidden Glade Events
Cannibalism	+30 Meat when a villager dies
Carpenter's Tools	+50% Crude Workstation production
Clay Delivery Line	+3 Clay per minute
Contraband	Legendary offer from Traders	You can choose one Blueprint from all unlocked Blueprints.
Cosmetic Specialization	+1 Harpy Resolve per 70 Cosmetics produced
Crowded Caravan	+2 Villagers per caravan
File:Perk-Drizzle Totem.png Drizzle Totem	Rare Cornerstone	+25% to Drizzle duration.
File:Icon Drying Boards.png Drying Boards	Uncommon Cornerstone	Time spent Resting is reduced by -20% when under the effect of Clothing.
Dye Extractor	+5 Pigment per 10 Insects produced
Efficient Brewing	+50% Brewery goods
Egg Delivery Line	+15 Eggs per minute
File:Perk-Experienced Scout.png Experienced Scout	Rare Cornerstone	Scouts can open chests 40% faster.
Exploration Contract	+20 Clay and +20 Reed per discovered Glade
File:Perk-Exploration Expedition.png Exploration Expedition	Legendary Cornerstone	Get a constant -5 penalty to Global Resolve, but +15 to Global Resolve for 5 minutes every time a new Glade is discovered.
Exploration Training	+20% Glade Event rewards per 5 villagers with Brawl need fulfilled
Export Specialization	Epic Cornerstone	Gain +1 to production yields for all Packs of Goods.
Extraction Tools	+1 Artifacts per 2 solved Dangerous and Forbidden Glade Events
Family Gratitude	Legendary Cornerstone	Get 40 Waterskins for every full Reputation Point obtained through high Resolve.
Farmer's Pack	Uncommon Cornerstone	Any Farmer can Carry 5 additional items.
Fiber Delivery Line	+15 Planet Fiber per minute
Firekeeper's Armor	-50 Corruption per burned Blightroot Cyst
Firekeeper's Secret Techniques	+25% Fuel duration
File:Perk-Flame Amulets.png Flame Amulets	Epic Cornerstone	Hostility from woodcutters is decreased by 12.
Fragrant Roots	+3 Incense per 10 Roots produced
Friendly Relations	Epic Cornerstone	Boosts Global Resolve by 1 for every 3 levels of standing with other settlements in Trade Routes. (The bonus is added retroactively.)
Full Stock	Uncommon Cornerstone	Trade Routes are faster by 10% for every 10 Pack of Provisions in your settlement's Warehouses.
Fungal Guide	+1 Mushrooms production per 25 Mushrooms produced
Furniture	Uncommon Cornerstone	Adds an additional +1 to Resolve for Villagers with a home. (This effect is applied to Villagers during their breaks.
File:Icon GatheringTools.png Gathering Tools	Rare Cornerstone	Gain 6 Pack of Provisions every time you discover a new Glade.
Gentle Dawn	Drizzle Forest Mystery	Gain 3 to Global Resolve for 3 minutes every time you discover a new Glade (duration stacks).
Giant Vegetables	Rare Cornerstone	+1 to Vegetables production. Gain additional Vegetables every yield (from gathering, farming, or production).
Gift of the Woodlands	Royal Woodlands Biome Effect	Trees give more Wood.
Golden Marrow	+2 Amber per 20 Sea Marrow produced
Grain Bags	Epic Cornerstone	Grain production increases by +1 every 25 times it's produced.
Grain Delivery Line	+3 Grain per minute
Hidden Reward	+1 Ancient Tablet per 2 Glade Events solved (bonus is added retroactively)
Leather Gloves	+1 Reed production
Light as a Feather	Firekeeper Bonus	Global Carrying Capacity is increased by 5. This Perk is gained by assigning a Harpy to the Ancient Hearth.
Local Taxes	+20 Amber per 100 Ale produced
Lost in the Wilds	Epic Cornerstone	Gain one Villager every time you discover a new Glade.
Metallurgic Proficiency	+33% Production speed for Recipes with metal or ore ingredients
File:Perk-Mist Piercers.png Mist Piercers	Legendary Cornerstone	The content of Glades will be revealed, but each discovered Glade increases the Queen's Impatience by 0.5.
Mold Supply	Rare Cornerstone	+1 to Grain production. Gain additional Grain every yield (from gathering, farming, or production).
Mold Supply	Epic Cornerstone	+2 to Grain production. Gain additional Grain every yield (from gathering, farming, or production).
Mushroom Seedlings	Farms can plant Mushrooms
Small Mystery Box	Mystery Box	A mysterious box full of surprises. Contains a small number of goods (for example, three stacks of 20 Raw Food), and one uncommon (green) Perk.
Medium Mystery Box	Mystery Box	A mysterious box full of surprises. Contains a medium number of goods (for example, stacks of 30 raw goods or Building Materials), and one or two rare (blue) Perks.
Big Mystery Box	Mystery Box	A mysterious box full of surprises. Contains a large number of goods (for example, three or four stacks of 40 Complex Food or Consumable Items), and two epic (purple) Perks.
Nets	+1 Meat production
Obsidian Shovels	Uncommon Cornerstone	Planting crops is 25% faster.
Orderly Storage	Rare Cornerstone	All Buildings have their Storage Capacity increased by 10.
Peasant Supplies	Epic Cornerstone	Receive 3 Pack of Provisions for every new Villager.
Pocket Knives	Rare Cornerstone	Gain 4 Plant Fiber for every 12 Vegetables produced.
Protected Trade	Legendary Cornerstone	Hostility is reduced by -15 points every time you sell (Trade) goods worth 25 Amber.
Rain Pumps	+50% Brewery production
Reinforced Axes	Epic Cornerstone	Woodcutters' Camp production is 40% quicker.
Reinforced Brick Mold	Uncommon Cornerstone	+1 to Bricks production. Gain additional Bricks every yield (from gathering, farming, or production).
Reinforced Needles	Uncommon Cornerstone	+1 to Fabric production. Gain additional Fabric every yield (from gathering, farming, or production).
Reinforced Tools	+50% Small Farm goods
Religious Settlement	+1 Human Resolve per 70 Incense produced
Repurposed Clay	Uncommon Cornerstone	Gain 2 Bricks for every 10 Pottery produced.
File:RichGlades.png Rich Glades	Uncommon Cornerstone	Newly discovered Resource Nodes have 10 more Charges.
Rich in Fiber	+1 Plant Fiber production
Root Delivery Line	+3 Roots per minute
Sacred Pyre	Firekeeper Bonus	+1 to Global Resolve. This Perk is gained by assigning a Lizard to the Ancient Hearth.
Sahilda's Secret Cookbook	Epic Cornerstone	Gain 10 Jerky for every 10 Pie produced.
Salted Jerky	+1 Jerky production
Salvaging Tools	Rare Cornerstone	Gain 10 Copper Ore and 30 Wood for every opened Cache.
Secret Techniques of the Firekeeper	Rare Cornerstone	Fuel burns 25% longer in Hearths.
Silent Looting	Epic Cornerstone	Every opened Cache lowers Hostility by -15 points.
Shovels	Uncommon Cornerstone	Villagers move 10% faster on Roads.
Smuggler's Visit	Choose a blueprint to unlock
File:Perk-Spiced Ale.png Spiced Ale	Rare Cornerstone	Each Villager gets an additional +1 to Resolve when under the effect of Leisure.
Spices	Epic Cornerstone	Herbs and Roots production is increased by +1 for every 75 Biscuits produced.
Steel Pickaxes	Rare Cornerstone	+1 to Stone production. Gain additional Stone every yield (from gathering, farming, or production).
Steel Shovels	Rare Cornerstone	+1 to Clay production. Gain additional Clay every yield (from gathering, farming, or production).
Steel Shovels	Epic Cornerstone	+1 to Copper Ore production. Gain additional Copper Ore every yield (from gathering, farming, or production).
Sturdy Boots	+10% Villager movement speed
Surprise Child	+1 Lizard villager per 25 Eggs produced
Tanning Racks	+1 Leather production
Termite Nest	Epic Cornerstone	3 Insects per minute.
Thrill of Exploration	+3 Global Resolve for 1.5 minutes after discovering a Glade (effects stack)
Trade Contract	Rare Cornerstone	Traders will arrive +25% quicker.
Trade Logs	+25% Trader arrival speed
Training Grounds	+1 Lizard Resolve per 70 Training Gear produced
Value Added Tax	+2 Amber per 6 Pack of Trade Goods produced
Viceroy's Survival Guide	Rare Cornerstone	Increases Global Food Production Speed by 20%.
Vineyard Town	+1 Beaver Resolve per 70 Wine produced
Ways of the Forest	Rare Cornerstone	Lowers Hostility by 50 points.
Well-rested Workers	+10% Double yield chance from villagers with Leisure need fulfilled
File:Perk-Without Restrictions.png Without Restrictions	Legendary Cornerstone	Villagers have a +10% chance of receiving bonus yields from production, but Consumption Control is disabled.
Work Safety Guide	+25% Global Production Speed per 5 villagers with Education need fulfilled
File:Perk-Working Hard and Smart.png Working Hard and Smart	Uncommon Cornerstone	Each Villager has a 10% chance of producing double yields when under the effect of Education.
Workstation Upgrade	+50% Crude Workstation goods

Ethereal Perks

Ethereal Perks can only be obtained from Cornerstones and give +1 to all production of a certain resource at the cost of all stored fuel. If the game is unpaused the Cornerstone will disappear to avoid exploits.

Perk	Effects
Woodcutter's Prayer	+1 Wood production

Gleeman's Tales

Gleeman's Tales is a perk that can be obtained if at least one Brewery building is working. It provides +3 Global Resolve.