Hearths

A Hearth Fully Upgraded

Overview

Hearths are the heart of the Settlement. Every Settlement starts with an Ancient Hearth and can construct other Small Hearths from the "City Buildings" menu. Hearths are a Warmth specialization building that employs a single Firekeeper to keep the Hearth lit by burning Fuel. Every Villager takes their breaks at the nearest lit Hearth to warm themselves, eat, and fulfill their needs. By upgrading the community around each Hearth you can unlock up to 3 tiers of stackable benefits.

Corruption

Blightrot infects Hearths, and the more Blightrot and Cysts a Viceroy generates from Rain Punk Engine use, the higher the amount of Corruption in their Hearths. Every Storm Season when Blightrot Cysts open up, the Hearth will become progressively more Corrupted per minute, until it reaches a Corruption Limit and kills 3 random Villagers. The higher a Hearths' Corruption resistance is, the more Corruption it will take to fill the bar and kill off Villagers.

Fuel

Main page: Fuel

You can decide which type of Fuel will be burned in each Hearth by selecting it and using the checkboxes next to the fuel types in the selection UI.

• Each Coal burns for 0:40 seconds
• Each Sea Marrow burns for 0:40 seconds
• Each Oil burns for 0:25 seconds
• Each Wood burns for 0:12 seconds

Villager Breaks

Every few minutes, workers take breaks and return to a nearby Hearth to eat and rest. During a break, they consume at least one item of food and try to fulfill all their needs. If a Villager has multiple complex food needs enabled for consumption, they will consume more than one meal. If a Villager is disallowed complex foods for consumption, or there are none available they will consume a raw food. Villagers will also consume Service Good for each allowed Service.

Species	Beaver	Fox	Harpy	Human	Lizard
Break Interval	02:00	02:00	01:40	02:00	01:40

Hearth Upgrades

Decorations Needed

Upgrading to level 2 and 3 requires you to unlock levels of the Brass Forge. Click on the Hearth to see what is required to Upgrade. As seen on the image on the right, we still need 4 Comfort Decorations (Green) and 4 Aesthetic Decorations (Blue) before the Hearth Upgrades.

• Houses and Decorations need to be placed within the Hearth Radius for it to count towards the Upgrade.
• The Hearth Upgrades itself automatically once all the requirements are fulfilled.

Upgrades		Name	Requirements	Bonus	Description
Base Level		-	-	-30 to Hostility	-
Level I		Encampment	8 Housed Villagers 4 Comfort Decorations	+2 to Global Resolve +150 Corruption resistance	Gathered around the blazing fire, folks keep each other's spirits high.
Level II		Neighborhood	(Unlocked with Brass Forge 1) 14 Housed Villagers 8 Comfort Decorations 4 Aesthetics Decorations	+10% to global production +150 Corruption resistance	Some viceroys say aesthetics don't matter out in the wilds, but you know better than that.
Level III		District	(Unlocked with Brass Forge 3) 20 Housed Villagers 1 Service Building 16 Comfort Decorations 8 Aesthetic Decorations 4 Harmony Decorations	+10% to global double production chance +150 Corruption resistance	The town is booming with activity and industry thrives.

Every Settlement starts with an Ancient Hearth which must always remain lit. If the fire goes out, all Villagers will lose 20 Resolve. To keep the flame burning, a Firekeeper and a steady supply of Fuel is needed. Your choice of Firekeeper in the Ancient Hearth will grant your Settlement a specific bonus.

Firekeeper Bonus

Species	Bonus	Effect	Description
Beaver	Pragmatic Frugality	Fuel burns 20% longer	Beaver firekeepers know a lot about burning techniques.
Fox	Forest Affinity	-6 Hostility from opened Glades.	Fox firekeepers have an unusual ability to calm the forest.
Harpy	Light as a Feather	+5 to global carrying capacity	Harpy firekeepers can teach villagers how to be more nimble and agile.
Human	Beacon	Queen's Impatience grows 25% slower	Human firekeepers create a special link with the Citadel.
Lizard	Sacred Pyre	+1 to global Resolve	Lizard firekeepers are very adept at ancient rites.

Sacrificing

During especially hard times, you can sacrifice additional goods in the Ancient Hearth to temporarily gain positive effects.

Each Fuel type grants different boons:

• Wood → 53 units per minute can be sacrificed to give -50 Hostility
• Coal → 27 units per minute can be sacrificed to give -80 Hostility
• Sea Marrow → 27 units Sea Marrow per minute can be sacrificed to give +25% Glade Event working speed
• Oil → 20 units per minute can be sacrificed to give +25% global production speed

You can have up to 3 stacks of each Fuel being sacrificed at a time.

Hearth Types

Ancient Hearths

The heart of the colony is protected by the Holy Flame. Villagers gather here to rest, eat, and receive clothing. If the fire goes out, people will lose hope.

Small Hearths

Small Hearths cannot be built to close to the Ancient Hearth or to each other - the ranges of your Hearths (approx. radius of 9 squares) may never overlap.

Small Hearths are identical to Ancient Hearths, except you do not receive a Firekeeper bonus and you cannot sacrifice Fuel. It is OK if Small Hearths go out, but Villagers will be unable to rest or fulfill their needs at an unlit Hearth and will instead travel to the nearest available lit Hearth.

Hearth Tips

• Use Beavers as Hearthkeepers when you are running low on Fuel and Wood, especially on Marshlands and the Sealed Forest.
• Harpies are nifty as Hearthkeepers before and after Glade Events to carry goods to and from these Events.
• Foxes are excellent during the Storm Season as Hearthkeepers to keep Hostility down and stop Forest Mysteries from triggering.
• Humans are invaluable when playing World Mofidiers like "Land of Greed" to slow down the Queen's Impatience.
• Lizards as Hearthkeerpers will help you in achieving Resolve - based Orders.

Since Firekeepers in Small Hearths don't offer a species-specific bonus like they do in the Ancient Hearth, you can take advantage of its Warmth specialization synergy with Lizards.

It is generally a good idea to have a Warehouse very near to each Hearth because Villagers on break will need to visit a Warehouse in order to gather food and service goods and then return to the Hearth to take their break.