Forest Mysteries

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Forest Mystery Screen

Overview

Once a Viceroy starts a settlement, they will be met with a screen similar to the one on the right. This screen lists the Positive and Negative Forest Mysteries they have received in their Settlement, as well as all of the World Map and Prestige modifiers.

Viceroys can hover over the images of the Forest Mysteries to learn more about them.

Types of Forest Mysteries

There are two versions of Forest Mysteries, Positive and Negative.

Positive:

• Active during Drizzle Season
• 1-2 provided each game, depending on Difficulty

Negative:

• Active during Storm Season
• 3-5 provided each game, depending on Difficulty
• Needs a certain Hostility level to be Active.
• Consists of Simple and Complex Mysteries.
• Complex Mysteries can be prevented, Simple ones not.

Negative Forest Mysteries

Negative Forest Mysteries Activating

On the left we can see multiple Negative Forest Mysteries activating during the Storm Season. Currently, 3 Forest Mysteries are active (Yellow Box) and 2 are Inactive (Pink box). This is because the Hostility threshold, in this case Hostility level 3, have been reached activating the first 3 Forest Mysteries. The last two Negative Forest Mysteries require Hostility level 4 and 7 to activate.

Simple Negative Forest Mysteries

These Forest Mysteries cannot be prevented, only managed by Lowering Hostility. Below is a list of Simple Negative Forest Mysteries:

Mystery	Penalty	Active from Hostility
Absorption	Burning cysts takes 5 seconds longer.	2
Acid Rain	Recipes producing Building Materials produce 50% fewer goods.	3
Aura of Fear	All species' Resolve drops 100% faster.	2
Blight from the Sky	Every storm season, 1 Blightrot Cysts 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	Pay 1 Coats x number of villagers, or get -6 Global Resolve for 2 minutes.	4
Corrosive Rainfall	-50% yields to all recipes with Copper Bars or Crystalized Dew as product or ingredient.	3
Creeping Shadows	Discovering a glade during the storm will decrease Global Resolve by -10 for 3 minutes.	1
Death and Decay	Every villager that dies turns into a Bloodflower.	4
Devastating Storms	-20 Global Resolve.	6
Devastation	Pay 1 Pack of Building Materials x number of years, or 3 buildings in your settlement will become Ruins.	3
Faint Flame	Resources you sacrifice in the Ancient Hearth burn 40% quicker.	2
Flooded Roads	Trade Routes take +2 Pack of Provisions per level.	1
Greater Threat	-2 Global Resolve for every Dangerous or Forbidden Glade discovered since the beginning of the settlement.	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	+20% fuel consumption in Hearths for each Hostility level.	2
Hunger Storm	+1 stack of Hunger applied every time a villager misses a meal.	3
Insatiable Hunger	+10% chance per Hostility level for villagers to consume double the amount of food on Break.	4
Muddy Ground	-30% villager walking speed off roads.	1
No Contact	Gaining Reputation does not lower Impatience.	2
Leakage	-300 Hearth Resistance.	2
Rotten Rain	A Blood Flower will spawn somewhere in the settlement every 90 seconds.	4
Rotten Vapors	Pay 5 Drizzle Water x number of years, or 3 Blightrot Cysts will spawn.	3
Rotting Wood	+50% tree felling speed, but also +100% chance of destroying tree yields.	2
Rot from the Sky	-15% food production speed per Hostility level.	3
Sacred Flame Rituals	Pay 3 Wood per Villager, or 2 Villagers 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 for villagers to consume twice the amount of goods when using Services.	4
Vanishing Water	Lose 1 unit of a random type of water for every 2 units of Rainwater used in Rain Engines.	2
Vassal Tax	Pay 5 Amber x number of years, or gain 1 Impatience point.	4
Quaking Bog	-50% gathering speed.	2

Complex Negative Forest Mysteries

List of Complex Forest Mysteries (can be prevented):

Mystery	Penalty	Active from Hostility	Prevention
Alluring Lights	+5% chance of affected villager dying every 15 seconds.	7	2x Services
Charged Rain	+5% chance of affected villager dying every 15 seconds.	5	1x Complex Food 1x Services
Cold Snap	+50% chance of affected villager eating double during break.	3	1x Complex Food
Downpour	+50% chance of affected villager eating double during break.	5	1x Housing 1x Services
Eclipse	-33% time between breaks for affected villagers.	6	2x Services
Eerie Song	+5% chance of affected villager dying every 15 seconds.	5	1x Services
Fog	-40% movement speed to affected villagers.	1	1x Housing
Hailstorm	+5% chance of affected villager dying every 15 seconds.	2	1x Housing
Melancholy	-2 Resolve penalty, stacks every 60 seconds on affected villager.	3	1x Complex Food 1x Housing
Nauseating Spores	-33% time between breaks for affected villagers.	4	1x Services
Strange Lights	+20% chance of destroying production yield by affected villagers.	4	1x Services
Swarms	-2 Resolve penalty, stacks every 60 seconds on affected villagers.	2	1x Housing
Under an Open Sky	-5 Resolve to affected villagers.	1	1x Housing

Simple Positive Forest Mysteries

Below is a list of Simple Positive Forest Mysteries:

Mystery	Description
Aura of Peace	After each storm comes a time of peace and regrowth. Gain 0.5 Reputation points for every Dangerous or Forbidden Glade Event completed during drizzle season.
Berry New Year	+3 to Berries production.
Bleeding Trees	A red, sticky substance is oozing out from beneath the tree bark. Gain 2 Resin every time woodcutters cut down a tree.
Clear Skies	Increases the speed at which traders arrive by 300%.
Cricket Mating Grounds	The clearings are abuzz with the sound of crickets. Gain 30 Insects for each discovered glade.
Drizzle Anomaly	The rain seems to fall... slower. Gain 15 Drizzle Water per minute during the drizzle.
Exposed Resources	The ground is soft, and soaked with the rain's essence. Mines produce 50% more goods 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.
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 40 random raw food.
Forgiving Crown	Gain one free Cornerstone reroll for every Reputation point gained during drizzle season.
Fruitful Season	The Forest's fruits are so ripe, they almost fall into the basket on their own. Gathering speed is increased by 50%.
Gentle Dawn	New year, new challenges. Every Small Glade discovered grants 10% planting speed during Drizzle.
Gift from the Woods	These seem to be the ideal conditions in which to create Amber. Gain 5 Amber every drizzle season, plus an additional 5 Amber for each Hostility level reached.
Golden Dust	Some raindrops seem to have a golden hue. Gain Clearance Water for every unit of Drizzle Water gathered.
Heavy Drops	+3 to Drizzle Water production.
Hot Springs	Rainwater Geysers produce pleasant heat in their vicinity. Geyser Pump Operators get +10 to Resolve.
Important Matters	Impatience grows 70% slower during drizzle season. The Queen seems to be preoccupied with more pressing matters.
Inspiring View	The astonishingly beautiful view motivates villagers to work. The time interval between breaks is increased by +25%.
Intensive Mutations	Living organisms in this region are mutated, and much larger than in other places. Doubles the amount of secondary resources gathered from trees.
Lightweight Wood	The evaporating Rainwater has made the Wood a lot lighter in this region. Woodcutters can carry 10 more goods in drizzle season.
Marrow Growth	Small pockets of bone marrow form in the ground and on trees. Gain 5 Sea Marrow for every 5 Coal produced during drizzle season.
Mating Season	+3 to Meat production.
Mushrooms After Rain	+3 to Mushrooms production.
Natural Filtration	Using Rain Engines causes a lot less Blightrot contamination due to the natural filtration processes of the surrounding vegetation. Blightrot Cysts grow 50% slower when using Rain Engines.
Regrowth	Plants seem to grow exceptionally fast after the storm. All buildings using fertile soil produce +50% more goods during drizzle season (crops collected during clearance also benefit from this effect).
Royal Funding	The Queen's generosity knows no limits. Gain 2 Amber every time you sell goods worth 10 Amber.
Salty Breeze	The salty air makes it easier to preserve food. Food production speed is increased by 80% during drizzle season.
Saturated Air	A pleasant, earthy scent is in the air. Gain +1 Global Resolve for every 30 units of Rainwater used in Rain Engines.
Scavenging Season	The drizzle in this region is very mild, making it the perfect season for looting. Increases the chance of doubling loot from Glade Events solved during the drizzle by 25%.
Soil Reclamation	The soil becomes saturated with the rain's essence during drizzle season. Resource nodes depleted during the drizzle spawn Fertile Soil.
Untapped Wealth	Gatherers produce twice the amount of bonus Resources when harvesting resource nodes.
Warm Welcome	Increases Reputation gained from Resolve by 100%.
Wild Growth	Small, energizing drops cause uncontrollable growth in certain species. All Resource nodes discovered during drizzle season have more charges: +2 to small deposits, and +10 to large deposits.

Complex Positive Forest Mysteries

Below is a list of Complex Positive Forest Mysteries (need to be activated):

Mystery	Effect	Description	Activation
Aurora	Motivated	+1 Resolve every 60 seconds.	1x Services
Euphoric Vapors			2x Complex Food
Fresh Breeze	Energized	+20% villager walking speed.	1x Housing
Invigoration Winds			1x Complex Food
Strange Visions	Focused	+20% chance of double yields for affected villagers.	1x Housing
Sun Festivities			1x Complex Food

Perks and Cornerstones Affecting Forest Mysteries

1 perks named Airbender.

Perk	Rarity	Description	Source(s)
Airbender	Epic	Storm clouds seem softer. All Negative Forest Mysteries require a higher Hostility level (+1) to activate during the Storm.	from Glade Event rewards