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The world has been covered by a strange Mist. Dense patches of it are not passable.
Cataclismo features four game modes:
# '''Campaign''' is the game's main story. Units, pieces and buildings are unlocked as the campaign progresses through missions and Military Capacity is upgraded via a Citadel improvement line. The Book of Insight is available. Each mission has different mechanics depending on the mission type.
# '''Skirmish''' contains two missions that last 4 nights each: Forgotten Glade and The Torrents. Everything starts unlocked but needs a high enough Prosperity level and Military Capacity is upgraded via a Citadel improvement line.
# '''Endless mode''' features procedurally-generated maps of the chosen terrain. Only the most basic units, buildings and pieces start available, with the rest having to be unlocked using points. Military Capacity is upgraded with points too. Progressively harder waves of enemies appear each night, with grant points. There are resource caches scattered around the map but the biggest caches are guarded by Broodnests.
# '''Sandbox mode''' allows all buildings, units and horrors to be placed instantly and for free. There are no resources, maintenance or nights and there is a menu to enable invincibility or remove all horrors. Difficulty is locked to Normal.


Both units and buildings will recover health outside combat.
Campaign, Skirmish and Endless mode feature five difficulty levels, which affect the health of horrors and units as well as the maintenance costs. Units will not automatically heal in the Hard and Extreme difficulties.
 
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The Book of Insight is accessible between campaign missions. In it you can spend Insight to gain new abilities, unlock new pieces and improve the Citadel.
! Difficulty
 
! Horror health
== Combat ==
! Unit health
Every night swarms of horrors will attack the settlement. Every night before the attack red arrows will show the directions of the attacking swarms and a curved bar on top will show the remaining time until they attack. Hovering over the attack direction arrow will list the attacking units. After surviving the first night the horrors will know about the settlement and individual ones can attack during the day as well.
! Maintenance
 
! Shack citizens
All humans fight from distance. Hovering over a human will display its range.
 
The number of troops that can be trained is limited by the Military Capacity, which starts at 10 and is increased at the Citadel. A rally point can be set by selected by selecting a building that produces units and right-clicking where newly recruited units should move.
 
All units have a maintenance cost of 30 Oxygen/min. Units received as reinforcements during a mission do not have maintenance costs.
 
Each troop has its own preferred height compared to the enemy and will receive increased bonuses when attacking from their preferred height. The amount of health units have depends on game difficulty.
{| class="wikitable"
! Unit
! Enemies hit
! Damage
! Attack cooldown
! Size
! Height
! Prosperity
! Unlock chapter
! Cost
! Train time
! width=15% | Notes
|-
|-
| '''Iris'''<br>[[File:IrisPortrait.png|60px]]
| '''Story'''
| 1
| 20%
| 24
| 200%
| 2.3
| 50%
| 1
| 5
| Any
| 1
| 2
| Free
|  
| Automatically returns to the Citadel when her health runs out
|-
|-
| '''Bowman'''<br>[[File:ArcherPortrait.png|60px]]
| '''Easy'''
| 1
| 50%
| 12
| 150%
| 2.8
| 100%
| 1
| 4
| High-ground (5m)
| 1
| 2
| [[File:Oxygen.png|25px]] 45 Oxygen<br>[[File:Wood.png|25px]] 60 Wood<br>[[File:Minerals.png|25px]] 1 Minerals<br>1 Citizen<br>1 Military
| 30
|  
|-
|-
| '''Lobber'''<br>[[File:BowlerPortrait.png|60px]]
| '''Normal'''
| 2
| 100%
| 8
| 100%
| 2.8
| 100%
| 1
| 4
| Low-ground (0-4m)
| 1
| 2
| [[File:Oxygen.png|25px]] 60 Oxygen<br>[[File:Wood.png|25px]] 60 Wood<br>[[File:Minerals.png|25px]] 4 Minerals<br>2 Citizen<br>1 Military
| 30
|
|-
|-
| '''Captor'''<br>[[File:RetiariusPortrait.png|60px]]
| '''Hard'''
| 2
| 150%
| 50%
| 100%
| 4
| 4
| 2.8
|-
| 1
| '''Extreme'''
| Low-ground (0-4m)
| 200%
| 2
| 1%
| 120%
| 3
| 3
| [[File:Oxygen.png|25px]] 60 Oxygen<br>[[File:Wood.png|25px]] 60 Wood<br>[[File:Minerals.png|25px]] 6 Minerals<br>2 Citizen<br>1 Military
| 39
| Attacks slow down horrors
|-
| '''Cannoneer'''
| All
| 20
| 4.5
| 2
| Low-ground (0-4m)
|}
|}
 
Feeble Vermin horrors do not increase their health beyond Normal like the other horrors.
Horrors can also create Broodnests to take control of an area. Broodnests erupt during night or if attacked, releasing horrors. Horrors can also defile an Ancient Beacon, making it impossible to build nearby.
 
== Prosperity ==
Each settlement has a level of Prosperity, which starts at 1. Once sufficient buildings and pieces have been constructed the Prosperity level can be increased.
 
Prosperity level 2 requires a Barracks and 50 points. Upgrading costs 360 Oxygen, 195 Wood and 45 Stone.
 
Prosperity level 3 requires a Masonry Guild and 250 points. Upgrading costs 540 Oxygen, 285 Wood, 120 Stone and 35 Minerals.

Latest revision as of 15:46, 18 September 2024

Cataclismo features four game modes:

  1. Campaign is the game's main story. Units, pieces and buildings are unlocked as the campaign progresses through missions and Military Capacity is upgraded via a Citadel improvement line. The Book of Insight is available. Each mission has different mechanics depending on the mission type.
  2. Skirmish contains two missions that last 4 nights each: Forgotten Glade and The Torrents. Everything starts unlocked but needs a high enough Prosperity level and Military Capacity is upgraded via a Citadel improvement line.
  3. Endless mode features procedurally-generated maps of the chosen terrain. Only the most basic units, buildings and pieces start available, with the rest having to be unlocked using points. Military Capacity is upgraded with points too. Progressively harder waves of enemies appear each night, with grant points. There are resource caches scattered around the map but the biggest caches are guarded by Broodnests.
  4. Sandbox mode allows all buildings, units and horrors to be placed instantly and for free. There are no resources, maintenance or nights and there is a menu to enable invincibility or remove all horrors. Difficulty is locked to Normal.

Campaign, Skirmish and Endless mode feature five difficulty levels, which affect the health of horrors and units as well as the maintenance costs. Units will not automatically heal in the Hard and Extreme difficulties.

Difficulty Horror health Unit health Maintenance Shack citizens
Story 20% 200% 50% 5
Easy 50% 150% 100% 4
Normal 100% 100% 100% 4
Hard 150% 50% 100% 4
Extreme 200% 1% 120% 3

Feeble Vermin horrors do not increase their health beyond Normal like the other horrors.