Scarlet Orchard

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The Scarlet Orchard

Overview

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A beautiful yet dangerous land that is colored a strange shade of crimson. It's called the Herb Garden of the Kingdom due to its abundance of herbs, berries, and roots.

Effects

Royal Archaeologists	Every viceroy embarking on an expedition to the Scarlet Orchard is assigned a royal archaeologist. You gain access to a new essential building.
Buried Mysteries	A lush and exotic land, filled with prehistoric remains. Ancient excavation sites can be found here.

Resources

The Royal 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
Coppervein Trees	2	Wood 60% + Copper Ore 10% + Dye 5% + Plant Fiber 5%	A scarlet tree covered in enormous thorns.

Natural Resources

Primary Resources	Charges → Resource Deposits		Bonus Resources	Gathering Building	Speed per Unit	Specialization Bonus
Grain Roots	70 → Swamp Wheat Field 70 → Roots Node		100% + 20% 30% + 30%	Foragers' Camp ★★	00:17	Farming Humans
	12 → Swamp Wheat Field 15 → Roots Deposit		20% 20%	Small Foragers' Camp ★	00:25
Reed	60 → Reed Field 20 → Reed Field		40% + 40% 20% + 20%	Harvesters' Camp ★★	00:05	none
Herbs Berries	70 → Herb Node 70 → Dewberry Bush		40% + 20% 80%	Herbalists' Camp ★★	00:17	Alchemy Harpies
	15 → Herb Node 15 → Dewberry Bush		20% 20%	Small Herbalists' Camp ★	00:25
Sea Marrow Stone	60 → Sea Marrow Deposit 60 → Stone Deposit		100% + 50% + 1% 30% + 30% + 10%	Stonecutters' Camp ★★	00:05	none
	20 → Sea Marrow Deposit 20 → Stone Deposit		80% + 40% 20% + 20%
Eggs	70 → Drizzlewing Nest		40%	Trappers' Camp ★★	00:17	Meat production Lizards
	15 → Drizzlewing Nest		20%	Small Trappers' Camp ★	00:25
Copper Ore	75 → Copper Vein		30%	Mine ★★	00:40	Engineering Beavers
Leather	60 → Water Strider Molt		100% + 40%	Harvesters' Camp ★★	00:05	none
	20 → Water Strider Molt		20%

Archaeologist's Office

This is a unique blueprint Viceroys receive when venturing into the Scarlet Orchard. It can be upgraded in the following ways:



LEVEL I (Choose 1)
Cost: free

• Short-range Scanner: Reveals the location of the nearest archeological discovery. Always in a Small Glade.
• Carved in Stone: +10% Glade Event working speed for every 2 Reputation Points gained from Glade Events. (Retroactive)
• Ancient Strength: Scouts carry +4 Items and move 7% faster for every 2 Ancient Tablets in the Warehouse.

LEVEL II (Choose 1)
Cost:
10 Amber/ 4 Tools/ 6 Pipes +
15 Planks/ 20 Scrolls/ 20 Oil/ 20 Sea Marrow

• Mid-range Scanner: Reveals the location of the second nearest archeological discovery. Always in a Dangerous Glade.
• Forbidden Tools: Every 2 Hostility levels grant +1 to Tools production.
• Decryption: -10 Hostility Points for each Ancient Tablet in the Warehouse.

LEVEL III (Choose 1)
Cost:
15 Amber/ 8 Tools/ 12 Pipes +
20 Planks/ 25 Scrolls/ 25 Oil/ 25 Sea Marrow

• Long-range Scanner: Reveals the location of the farthest archeological discovery. Always in a Forbidden Glade.
• Escaping the Shadows: Any villager loss will be prevented at the expense of 1 Ancient Tablet.
• Ancient Practices: +10% chance of double yields for every worker per 2 completed Dangerous or Forbidden Glade Events. Clones do not count. (Retroactive)

Excavation Sites

Archaeological Reconstructions

There are 3 unique sites of excavation that can be dug up and restored by your villagers. Each site must be excavated, conserved and then restored. Once restored, it becomes a 9 Harmony decoration, gives 2 Reputation Points and a powerful Perk.

These digsites and their requirements can be viewed on Glade Events.

Strategy

• It is possible to narrow down the closest Excavation Site to 1-2 Small Glades. They are never found in Small Glades directly adjacent to your starting Glade, and there is always a patch of forest between the starting Glade and the Glade with the Excavation. You could also exclude 1-2 Dangerous Glades - the Dangerous Glade excavation can never be found in a Dangerous Glade directly adjacent to the starting Glade.
• Each Excavation Site stage requires a large amount of resources to solve. It is highly advisable to build a Warehouse in close vicinity to minimize the time it takes to haul Resources to the event.
• Excavation Sites take a long time to solve. Glade Event work speed increasing Effects can save both time and scout labor. Sacrificing Sea Marrow also helps.
• Steel Drills (+1/2 Copper Ore production) is uniquely strong on Scarlet Orchard because of Coppervein Trees.
• Archaeologist's Office encourages stockpiling Ancient Tablets to scale its Ancient Strength and Decryption Effects.
• Not being able to source raw food is somewhat common for Scarlet Orchard due to its trees and resource distribution. Invest in farms or a food processing building to avoid starvation.
• Consider using big Stone deposits for food if your villagers are at risk of starvation. 60% chance of bonus food yields combined with Stonecutters' Camp's short production cycle will keep villagers fed at least until Stone nodes run out.
• Scarlet Orchard does not have any Insects, Mushrooms, or Meat nodes. Should you want to make Jerky or Skewers sustainably, you have to resort to using Ranch or delivery lines.