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Cyclops

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{{infobox main|none|
| name = Cyclops
| image = Cyclops Ancient east.png
| description = A front-line combat mechanoid named for its large optical array. The cyclops specializes in counter-shield attacks. It takes a long time to lock onto a target, but once locked on, it fires a near endless barrage of shield-piercing beams.
| type = Mechanoid
| marketvalue = 1170
| combatPower = 110
| movespeed = 4.5
| basemeatamount = 0
| baseleatheramount = 0
| armorblunt = 20
| armorsharp = 40
| armorheat = 200
| min comfortable temperature = -100
| max comfortable temperature = 250
| toxic resistance = 1
| toxic environment resistance = 1
| bandwidth cost = 2
| healthscale = 0.9
| bodysize = 1
| lifespan = 2500
| attack1dmg = 12
| attack1type = Blunt
| attack1cool = 2
| attack1part = front left leg
| attack2dmg = 12
| attack2type = Blunt
| attack2cool = 2
| attack2part = front right leg
| attack3dmg = 8.5
| attack3type = Blunt
| attack3cool = 2
| attack3part = head
| attack3chancefactor = 0.2
| weaponTags = WeaponBeamRepeater

| research = Standard mechtech
| production facility 1 = Large mech gestator
| gestation cycles = 2
| resource 1 = Steel
| resource 1 amount = 120
| resource 2 = Plasteel
| resource 2 amount = 40
| resource 3 = Component
| resource 3 amount = 5
| resource 4 = Standard subcore
| resource 4 amount = 1
}}
'''Cyclopes''' are a type of [[mechanoid]] added by the [[Odyssey DLC]].

== Acquisition ==
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{{Acquisition}}

Dead, friendly cyclopes can also be resurrected at the {{lc:{{P|Production Facility 1}}}} using the "''Resurrect medium mechanoid''" bill. This requires the corpse of the friendly {{PAGENAME}}, {{Icon Small|Steel||50}} [[steel]], and 1 [[gestation cycle]] taking {{ticks|1800}} to initiate.

== Summary ==
{{Mechanoid Summary}}

Dead cyclopes may be shredded at a [[machining table]] or [[crafting spot]] for {{Icon Small|Steel||15}} [[steel]], though these values are affected by [[Mechanoid Shredding Efficiency|mechanoid shredding efficiency]] as well as any missing parts on the cyclops.

Mechs under player control{{BiotechIcon}} require power: cyclopes use 10% of their power per day while active. If set to dormant self-charging, they instead recharge for 1% power / day, without pollution. They recharge in a [[large mech recharger]] (400W), for 50% power/day, creating 10 [[wastepack]]s whenever the recharger's waste is filled up.

=== As an enemy ===
Cyclopes march into position towards the front lines with their moderately short range until they have a clear line of sight with a pawn or turret, and will then fire their weapon. If their target is downed, they will keep firing until all shots of the burst were shot, meaning a downed entity could take a few extra hits after being downed. The Cyclopes will, however, stop shooting immediately if their target is destroyed or killed, if their target leaves their range, or if their line of sight is blocked.

=== Combat ===
Cyclopes are always equipped with a [[beam repeater]] of Normal [[quality]], which they do not drop upon death. See the [[beam repeater]] page for further information.

Cyclopes have a [[shooting accuracy]] of 96%, equivalent to a pawn with a [[Shooting]] skill of 8. They have a [[melee hit chance]] of 62%, equivalent to a pawn with a [[Melee]] skill of 4.

== Analysis ==
=== As an enemy ===
Alone, a Cyclops doesn't pose much of a threat. Its very long aiming time of {{Ticks|{{Q|Beam repeater|Aiming Time Base}}}} and cooldown of {{Ticks|{{Q|Beam repeater|Ranged Cooldown Base}}}} mean a pawn wielding a regular firearm such as a [[heavy SMG]], an [[assault rifle]], or any gun with a relatively short shooting cycle has the time to fire and leave the Cyclops' range before it can fire on your pawns, making it an easy target to kite.

In a group of mechanoids, or if kiting is not possible, a single burst of a cyclops can cause tremendous damage and pain to pawns that do not have reliable armor against heat attacks or cover, adding 6% pain for every wound. Since cyclopes are not as inaccurate as [[centipede]]s, they are more than capable of downing an unprotected pawn in a single burst of their beam repeater. Their health, being the same as a [[pikeman]]'s, combined with their shorter reach make cyclopes relatively frail and easy to take down.

Should you encounter cyclopes, consider kiting them if possible, take cover, and take them down before they get in a troublesome position. If you do not allow them to fire, they pose little threat to your pawns. Note that since their beam repeater ignores any form of shield, items like [[low-shield pack]]s{{RoyaltyIcon}} will not protect pawns stuck in an entrenched position.

Uniquely, the beam repeater dealing less damage to buildings may give them trouble when taking down turrets is required, as they only deal 40% of their usual damage on passable structures.

===As an ally===
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Cyclopes wield [[beam repeater]]s that are identical to the human-wieldable version of normal [[quality]]. As a weapon, the beam repeater has a short range and very long warm-up and cooldown, but fires 30 shots at once, resulting in high theoretical {{DPS}} that is lower in practice due to overkill waste (pawns have to reset aiming/firing if their target is killed early). They are also relatively unique as they deal Beam damage - which checks Heat armor - making them good against heavily armored humans but almost useless against mechanoids. In addition, beam repeaters can fire past shields.

Overall, cyclopes can be worthwhile if used in a colony/strategy that relies specifically on beam repeaters, e.g., using [[skipshield]]{{RoyaltyIcon}} so that cyclopes and other beam wielders can fire through but regular enemies cannot. Even then, they should be compared to colonists who can wield higher quality beam repeaters and swap weapons if needed, and compared to building other mechs that are more versatile. For general purposes, cyclopes are poor due to their long warm-up/cooldown cycle and ineffectiveness against enemy mechs.

[[Tesseron]]s also deal Beam damage and ignore shields, but their main purpose is to flush enemies out of cover, a niche that is rarely useful to a colony. Meanwhile, a cyclops is specialized for dealing {{DPS}} against high HP single targets, which ''could'' be useful, also they are 1 less [[bandwidth]] than a tesseron.

== Health ==
=== Body parts ===
{{Animal Health Table|Cyclops}}
=== Armor ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Armor
|-
| {{Apparel Protection Chart
| set1name= {{P|Name}} (Sharp) | set1armor1={{P|Armor - Sharp}}
| set2name= {{P|Name}} (Blunt) | set2armor1={{P|Armor - Blunt}}
| set3name= {{P|Name}} (Heat) | set3armor1={{P|Armor - Heat}}
| color= grey, blue, red
}}
|}
{{Pawn Attack Table|weapon=Beam repeater}}

== Trivia ==
* The cyclops, Polyphemus, plays a pivotal role in Homer's Odyssey, the epic of ancient Greek literature from which the name of the DLC that added this mechanoid comes.
* Despite the name of this mechanoid, cyclopes still have two eyes or "sight sensors".
** Additionally, every light mechanoid ([[Militor]]s,{{BiotechIcon}} [[Lifter]]s,{{BiotechIcon}} [[Constructoid]]s,{{BiotechIcon}} [[Fabricor]]s,{{BiotechIcon}} [[Agrihand]]s,{{BiotechIcon}} [[Cleansweeper]]s,{{BiotechIcon}} [[War urchin]]s,{{BiotechIcon}} and [[Paramedic]]s{{BiotechIcon}}) only have one sight sensor.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Cyclops_east.png| Age 0-99 Cyclops facing east
Cyclops_north.png| Age 0-99 Cyclops facing north
Cyclops_south.png| Age 0-99 Cyclops facing south
</gallery><gallery>
Cyclops_Ancient_east.png| Age 100+ Cylcops facing east
Cyclops_Ancient_north.png| Age 100+ Cylcops facing north
Cyclops_Ancient_south.png| Age 100+ Cylcops facing south
</gallery>

== Version history ==
* [[Odyssey DLC]] Release - Added.

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[[Category:Mechanoids]]

Quests

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'''Quests''' are a class of [[event]] where a challenge is performed in order to gain a reward.

==Summary==
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[[File:Quests_available.png|thumb|left|Quests UI on the 'Available' tab]]
Quests are found in the Quests tab. Most quests are offered by a [[faction]], but they can be offered by individual pawns or unaligned AI's. Most quests have to be accepted, but some are automatically given. Some quests have requirements to be accepted, and others have a time limit for acceptance. Quests can be "trashed" by clicking on the trash can icon, but is purely visual and can be reversed (Quests/Historical).

Most quests are time sensitive, and have one or both of these timers:
*The first timer is the limit to ''accept'' the quest. If not accepted, the quest will be rejected.
*The second timer is the time to ''do'' the quest, or alternatively, how long a quest lasts for.
Not all quests have a time limit. The [[endings|endgame]] quests in particular (Ship to the Stars, Royal Ascent,{{RoyaltyIcon}} Archonexus,{{IdeologyIcon}} The Gravship{{OdysseyIcon}} and its subquests) can be done at any time.

Some Quests, such as the beggars quest, are accepted automatically

Without the [[Royalty DLC]], you will receive 1 quest every 10 day interval - this means that quests can be up to 19.9 days apart. With the Royalty DLC active, you will get 2 quests every 12 day interval, as this DLC introduces many more possible quests.{{Check Tag|Verify|Taken from XML files. Verification ingame needed}}

===Difficulty===
Quests use the [[raid points]] mechanic to determine quest size. In general, the larger the colony, the more difficult and more rewarding quests will be. Unlike standard Major Threats that only use the raid points of that map tile or caravan, quests use the total raid point value from all colonies and caravans. If multiple colonies are open simultaneously, carefully read which colony will encounter the quest threat.

Quests can be from 1 to 3 stars. The more stars, the higher the raid point multiplier, and the harder the quest will be. One star quests are standard raid points. Two star quests are double Raid Points and Three Star is triple raid points. Quests also have a 30% raid point variance that causes quest threats to be up to 30% smaller or larger. These variation takes place on all Storytellers and the 50% Randy Random Raid Point multiplier does not apply to quests.

The [[endings|endgame]] quests, exclusively, are listed as 4 stars. However, they do not scale in the same way as with other quests.

=== Rewards ===
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There are a few reward types - from simple rewards such as [[plasteel]] and [[hyperweave]], to quest-exclusive items like [[tornado generator]]s and [[vanometric power cell]]s, to factional [[goodwill]] and new colonists. Sometimes, the quest is its own reward, such as solving a [[condition causer]]{{RoyaltyIcon}} or escaping the planet. Quests may only have 1 reward, or they can have a pool of 3 rewards to choose from.

If you accept a quest for [[goodwill]] or [[honor]],{{RoyaltyIcon}} those will be the only quest rewards, so you cannot receive both honor, goodwill and items from the same quest, excluding hospitality, bandit camp and crashed shuttle quests.

Reward preferences can be altered at the bottom of the quest menu. This allows you to choose if you want [[goodwill]] or [[honor]]{{RoyaltyIcon}} from a specific faction. Disabling these rewards means you'll get another pool of rewards to choose from, but it is still possible to receive faction goodwill through keeping high moods during hospitality quests.

Certain pawn join rewards - typically the ones offered by the pawn themselves, but all on console - will not give detailed information about the pawn themselves. You ''will'' be able to see their age and [[backstory]] before accepting. For example, a ''Nurse'' will always have some amount of Medical skill, but will almost always be incapable of Violence. However, others may allow you to preview them as if viewing their info tab.

Main reward options:
* [[Honor]]
* [[Goodwill]]
* New [[colonists]]
* [[Flatscreen television]]
* [[Telescope]]
* [[Gladius]]
* [[Recurve bow]]
* [[Infinite chemreactor]]
* [[Psychic animal pulser]]
* [[Vanometric power cell]]
* [[Tornado generator]]

==Failure==
Most quests can be failed in a couple of general ways:
#Not accepting it / Not completing it in time.
#Becoming hostile with the quest giver's faction.
#Becoming neutral with an enemy faction you were supposed to fight.
Quests can be failed in other ways, depending on the type of quest. No matter what, if you've gotten the quest reward, then you have the reward.

=List of quests=
This section covers all the quests available in Core RimWorld. For DLC content, see [[#Royalty]], [[#Ideology]], [[#Biotech]], [[#Anomaly]], and [[#Odyssey]].

==Bandit Camp==
A faction has contacted you about an outpost of a mutual enemy. Destroy it to be rewarded.

When accepting this quest:
*An event space generates somewhere near your colony, with enemies inside.
**Timer starts as soon as the base is generated, and will remain the same regardless of when it is accepted.
As soon as the enemies are "fleeing" (>50% of enemies [[downed]] or [[death|killed]]), you will be rewarded at your colony. Plus, the camp itself can generate with some loot.

==Downed Refugee==
A refugee has contacted you for help. They are [[downed]] and need your help. As a pawn join event, it will be less common as you gain more people.

When this quest appears:
*You have a certain time frame to reach the downed refugee. The refugee won't starve or bleed out before you reach the event space.
*Any specified threats will be present. An unknown threat may appear as you approach the refugee.
*Generally, the refugee won't have any bleeding wounds at all, meaning you have time to deal with any threats that appear. When rescued, they will gain the {{+|18}} ''Rescued'' [[mood]]let for 30 days.

Select a colonist, right click on the refugee, and click "offer help" in order to accept them into your colony. You can see the pawn's bio and stats before accepting them. If you don't like the pawn, then you can leave with no penalty.

==Item Stash==
You have been contacted about items nearby your colony.

When this quest appears:
*You have a certain time frame to reach the item stash.
*Any specified threats will be present. An unknown threat may appear as you approach the stash.

==Peace Talks==
An enemy faction is willing to talk. Depending on your negotiator, they may become ease relations, or immediately attack you. This needs a hostile faction that is willing to become allies.

When this quest appears:
*You have a certain, random time frame to reach the peace talk location. This time, which is not listed in the quest description, will be between 12 and 28 days. As soon as you reach the event tile, the event will trigger.
*This quest has various outcomes, increasing or decreasing [[goodwill]]. The chance of each outcome is determined randomly, influenced by the [[Negotiation Ability]] of the best pawn you set into the caravan, who will act as a negotiator for this quest.
**'''Triumph''' - Goodwill increases by 100-110, faction leaves a gift with total 500 - 1200 market value, {{RoyaltyIcon}}negotiator get 1-4 [[Honor]] if Peace Talks were with the [[Empire]].
**'''Success''' - Goodwill increases by 60-70, {{RoyaltyIcon}}negotiator get 1-4 [[Honor]] if Peace Talks were with the [[Empire]].
**'''Flounder''' - No change in relations.
**'''Backfire''' - Goodwill decreases by 10-20.
**'''Disaster''' - Goodwill decreases by 40-50, ''immediate attack'' on caravan party.
{| class="wikitable"
! [[Social skill|Social Skill]] !! [[Negotiation Ability]] !! Triumph Chance !! Success Chance !! Flounder Chance !! Backfire Chance !! Disaster Chance
|-
| 0 || 40% || 4.2% || 23.0% || 23.5% || 32.9% || 16.4%
|-
| 3 || 62.5% || 5.7% || 31.6% || 24.2% || 25.7% || 12.8%
|-
| 6 || 85% || 8.0% || 43.8% || 23.1% || 16.7% || 8.4%
|-
| 9 || 107.5% || 10.5% || 57.5% || 19.0% || 8.7% || 4.3%
|-
| 12 || 130% || 11.9% || 65.5% || 15.2% || 4.9% || 2.4%
|-
| 15+ || 150%+ || 13.3% || 72.9% || 10.6% || 2.1% || 1.1%
|}
Peace talks will give the negotiator 6000 Social skill experience regardless of the outcome, negotiator's passion, or [[Global Learning Factor]]. Even if peace talks were a "Triumph", the faction may still be hostile to you. You can send gifts to increase goodwill to 0, where they will become neutral. You cannot ever gain goodwill with [[pirate]] factions or any faction listed as "hostile" in the Factions screen, so they will never offer you this quest.


==Prisoner Rescue==
A prisoner has called you for help. If you can free them, then they will join the colony. As a pawn join event, it will be less common as you gain more people.

When this quest appears:
*You have a certain timeframe to reach the prisoner camp. When you arrive, you'll need to defeat all enemies.
*The prisoner starts with some [[food]] in their cell. When rescued, they will gain the {{+|18}} ''Rescued'' [[mood]]let for 30 days.
In order to recruit the prisoner: first, defeat enemies. Then, claim the prison cell's [[door]], or just destroy the cell's walls. Select a colonist, right click on the prisoner, and click "Free Prisoner". You can see the pawn's bio and stats before accepting them. If you don't like the pawn, then you can leave with no penalty.

==Threatened Joiner==
A pawn is threatened by some sort of mutual enemy. As a pawn join event, it will be less common as you gain more people.

When accepting this quest:
*The specified pawn will immediately join your colony.
*A [[major threat]] will arrive at the colony within a few hours.
**This can be enemy [[raider]]s, a [[manhunter pack]], a [[mech cluster]],{{RoyaltyIcon}} an world event [[condition causer]],{{RoyaltyIcon}} or a forced condition (like [[rain]], [[heat wave]], or [[volcanic winter]]) for a few days{{RoyaltyIcon}}. This threat is usually specified.

==Trade Request==
A [[faction base]] is requesting a special offer. You have a certain amount of time to get to the faction base and deliver the items.

When accepting this quest:
*You will have to deliver the requested items. All items must be of normal [[quality]] or higher and cannot be tainted, but item {{HP}} does not matter.
**You can't send the items directly via [[transport pod]], but you can transport pod a pawn and the items to the location.
*A timer starts as soon as you accept this quest. The time limit does not compensate you if you accept the quest early; accepting the quest later is advantageous as it gives more time. 
Rewards are received as soon as items are delivered. Item rewards are inserted into the [[caravan]] that fulfilled the offer in the first place; make sure you can carry it back.

==Ore Lump==
A [[long-range mineral scanner]] has found a lump of ore. You have a certain amount of time to get the ore before others retrieve it. Note: this quest ''only'' appears when using the long-range mineral scanner.

When this quest appears:
*You have a certain timeframe (30 days) to reach the ore lump. You have 10 days to mine the ore before raids start arriving.
*Any specified threats will be present. An additional unknown threat may appear as you approach the ore lump.
The reward is that you get to mine the minerals you've scanned for. Many minerals are very heavy and need either [[pack animal]]s, [[transport pod]]s, [[Permits|imperial shuttle]],{{RoyaltyIcon}} or [[passenger shuttle]]{{OdysseyIcon}} to bring back.

{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! Resource !! No. of Tiles !! Total Yield !! Total Mass (kg) !! Market Value
|-
| [[Steel]] || 55 - 60 || 2200 - 2400 || 1100 - 1200 || 4180 - 4560
|-
| [[Plasteel]] || 10 - 15 || 400 - 600 || 100 - 150 || 3600 - 5400
|-
| [[Component]]s || 50 - 70 || 100 - 140 || 60 - 84 || 3200 - 4480
|-
| [[Silver]] || 60 - 80 || 2400 - 3200 || 16.8 - 22.4 || 2400 - 3200
|-
| [[Gold]] || 8 - 12 || 320 - 480 || 2.5 - 3.8 || 3200 - 4800
|-
| [[Uranium]] || 15 - 20 || 600 - 800 || 600 - 800 || 3600 - 4800
|-
| [[Jade]] || 20 - 25 || 700 - 875 || 350 - 438 || 3500 - 4375
|}

=Royalty=
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==Royalty Intro Quests==
These quests appear only once, near the start of the game. These offer distinct interaction with the [[empire]] faction.

===Noble Wimp===
{{RoyaltyIcon}} A [[noble]], either a knight or praetor, is being chased by a small, manhunting animal. This quest appears after 8 days, counting from the moment you've reached 3 colonists for the first time (including if you've started with more). This quest won't appear if you have under 3 colonists, any of your colonists reached the title of a [[Title#Titles|Yeoman]], if you have disabled honor in your Reward Preferences, or if you are in an extreme biome. 

When accepting this quest:
* An empire noble, always with the [[Wimp]] trait, joins your colony as a quest lodger. A single [[manhunter]] animal - [[rat]], [[squirrel]], or [[raccoon]] at largest, will be following them.
* After 3 hours from accepting the quest, an [[imperial shuttle]] will arrive to pick up the noble. The noble can be carried to the shuttle if they are [[downed]].

This quest always gives 8 [[honor]], enough to get a pawn to the [[Title#Tiles|Novice]] rank.

'''Notes:''' You can [[arrest]] the noble wimp, if so desired. The noble will have a ''massive'' amount of [[resistance]] due to their title (+75 for count), which makes it not worth it - unless you have a recruitment inspiration available.
* However, with the [[Ideology DLC]], they can be [[slave|enslaved]]{{IdeologyIcon}} with much less effort. Slavery removes the conceited work restrictions, and gives an innate [[mood]] buff that counters regular noble requirements. Meanwhile, being a wimp makes slave rebellions easy to quell. Slavery can be worth betraying the empire, if the noble has some very desirable [[psycast]]s, like [[berserk pulse]], [[farskip]], or [[neuroquake]].

=== The Deserter ===
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{{RoyaltyIcon}} Somebody has deserted the [[empire]]. Accepting them will mean that you'll become enemies with the empire. This quest appears after 26 days of the colony start. This quest won't appear if you are in an extreme biome. 

When accepting this quest:
*The deserter joins you as a colonist. This deserter will be of the [[Raider#Empire|"Trooper"]] pawn type. They will always be capable of violence, and have a Shooting skill between 4 - 10 (before [[xenotype]]{{BiotechIcon}}).
** They will be wearing a [[flak vest]], [[flak jacket]], and have one of the following weapons: [[Assault rifle]], [[Chain shotgun]], [[Heavy SMG]], [[LMG]], [[Hellcat rifle]].{{AnomalyIcon}}
*{{--|200}} [[goodwill]] with the [[empire]]. (Goodwill has a cap of -100)
*You will have to fight the "loyalty squad" from the empire. Due to how early this quest appears, this is likely to be just 1 trooper.
*An empire outpost will be generated, with 2 [[psylink neuroformer]]s, along with other camp loot. This goes away after 60 days.
It does not matter what happens to the deserter pawn after you have accepted the quest. You will still have access to the neuroformer camp.

'''Notes:'''
*There is nothing stopping you from befriending the empire later, by giving them gifts and/or doing quests for goodwill.
*Can be worth betraying the empire ''just'' for the gear the deserter brings, especially in [[scenario system#Naked Brutality|Naked Brutality]]. If you're lucky, then the loyalty squad will only be [[downed]], netting you a second pair of trooper gear.

==Desperate Refugees==
{{RoyaltyIcon}} Desperate refugees are looking to stay at your colony to rest and regroup.

When accepting this quest:
*Refugees join as quest lodgers, and will do work. These refugees will never be afiliated with any faction. The higher your current colonist population, the more refugees appear, but the less likely the quest is to generate.
**Refugees may offer to join the colony, especially if they are kept [[mood|happy]]. There is no penalty for not accepting this join offer.
**Refugees may betray you. They will become enemies, pick up any nearby weapons, and attack colonists as if they were raiders. They will never betray you on their own if you get a betrayal offer yourself.
**Refugees will never betray you if one of them is [[child]]{{BiotechIcon}} and the [[storyteller]] setting, [[AI Storytellers#Child enemies|Child enemies]] is turned off.
*If a refugee is arrested, experienced a harmful surgery, or killed for any reason, then the other refugees will either receive a {{--|12}} moodlet, leave your colony (failing the quest), or betray you immediately.
*If the refugees stay for the full period of time and they leave the map successfully, then there is a chance you will get a random, wealth-scaled reward in the future.

'''Notes:'''
*If you ''really'' want a refugee to join your colony, then it's best to [[arrest]] one of them immediately, to avoid the chance of betrayal and subsequent death. [[Draft]] all the other refugees as far away as possible, for when they go hostile.
*If you plan on capturing refugees, you can apply anesthetic to them. This allows you to capture every one of them for [[human resources|whatever purposes you'll want]].

=== Betrayal offer ===
A member of another faction has learned that the refugees are in your faction, and wants them dead.
*Gain a reward if you kill all members of the refugee group.
**If a refugee has joined the colony ''before'' the betrayal offer, then you don't need to kill them. If a refugee joins afterwards, or is [[arrest]]ed and then recruited, then the quest fails.

== Build Monument ==
{{RoyaltyIcon}} A noble, leader, or machine persona has requested you to create a specific monument.

When accepting this quest:
*You will immediately receive a monument marker through drop pod.
*Once the monument marker is installed, you will have to build the monument around the specified timeframe. The marker can be moved if so desired.
*Once the monument is built, then you will usually have to protect any part of the monument from being destroyed in X days. Otherwise, one of the two things can happen, depending on the quest:
**Loss of [[goodwill]] with the faction, if any.
**Any [[Events#Major Threats|major threat]] other than a raid. These are specified by the quest when it is generated.
*Putting any constructions in a completed monument will start a 24 hour timer, after which the monument will be considered destroyed. The monument may be used as a stockpile without issue.
You will get the reward when the monument is finished in the required timeframe, no matter what happens to it afterwards.

'''Notes:'''
*If you want to preserve the monument, then watch out for [[fire]] burning up [[wood]]en structures. Shuttles from shuttle quests also start the monument destruction timer.
*You can take the quest solely for the major threat that appears. You can break the monument to unleash a pack of [[manhunter|manhunting]] [[grizzly bear]]s to disrupt an enemy [[siege]], or to call in a [[sun blocker]] with a fluid [[ideoligion]],{{IdeologyIcon}} in order to take advantage of the [[Combat in darkness]] precept.

=== Title Inheritance ===
{{RoyaltyIcon}}
If a pawn with a [[noble]] title of novice and above dies, their designated heir will inherit their title. Their heir is randomly chosen, with extra weight given to the person's then-current spouse. If you want to change this title, you need to go to a [[comms console]] and request it.

This is exactly the same as the build monument quest, but the only reward is that the heir is changed. No threat rewards on failure, just goodwill loss.

== Ferried Bandit Camp ==
{{RoyaltyIcon}} An NPC noble wants you to take out a camp of bandits, and will ferry your soldiers there in a shuttle. Identical to a normal [[#Bandit camp|bandit camp]] barring the means of travel.

When accepting this quest:
* An [[imperial shuttle]] will arrive in your colony, requesting a specific amount of soldiers (no more, no less). The location is generally much too far away (~150+ world tiles) to be able to support the team with additional troops normally. Travel time takes only an in-game hour or so in either direction.
*The soldiers will be fed en route, and are given a generous time limit (several days) to take out the bandit camp.
*The bandits will typically begin attacking your team of soldiers within a few minutes of landing, even if your soldiers have not attacked them or gotten near them yet.
As soon as the enemies are "fleeing" (>50% of enemies [[downed]] or [[death|killed]]), you will be rewarded at your colony. Plus, the camp itself can generate with some loot. The same shuttle can ferry them back. '''Nota bene:''' If [[Titles|honor]] is chosen as a reward, only a pawn that participated in the attack can be given it.

Besides your initial team, the provided shuttle does not allow you to bring back any additional pawns, such as a downed enemy you may wish to capture. One of a good solution is to have the pawns carry enough material to make [[Pod launcher]], [[Transport pod]] and have enough [[Chemfuel]] to fuel the pod as far enough as possible. If not, try and launch the pod with a few able colonist inside and bring them back to main base.

==Forced Weather==
{{RoyaltyIcon}} A noble of the empire, or a machine persona from space, is willing to cause a game condition on your colony for a few days.

When accepting this quest:
*A game condition will be forced on you for the listed duration. At low wealth, this will be a change of [[weather]]. At higher wealth, it can a [[cold snap]], [[heat wave]], or another [[condition causer]] effect, such as a [[psychic drone]] or [[EMI dynamo|EMI field]].
You will get the reward immediately upon accepting this quest.

'''Notes:'''
*Don't underestimate weather conditions. Forced rain will lower ranged accuracy and movement speed.
* Forced heat waves and cold snaps will stack with naturally-occurring ones.
* Forced fog will prevent the usual [[rain]] that appears when a [[fire]] gets too big. Wildfires can ravage the whole map, including your base.

==Hospitality==
{{RoyaltyIcon}} A group is asking for you to house their pawns for a certain amount of time.

When accepting this quest:
*A pawn or multiple pawns will arrive at your base through [[drop pod]] or [[imperial shuttle]]. These can be [[animal]]s, [[prisoner]]s, or human visitors. You must keep them safe for the duration.
** If the pawn is a visitor, then you may have to keep their mood above a certain threshold. If average mood is too low for too long, then the quest fails. The quest may also specify ''they appreciate quality accommodation''; keeping average mood > 50% will increase [[goodwill]]. {{Check Tag|How much?}}
** If a pawn is a [[noble]], then you will need a bedroom suitable for their rank to accept the quest. You will ''also'' need another bedroom suitable for any of your own nobles. The quest won't fail if the visitor does not have a room assigned (except by lowering mood), you only strictly need an unassigned room that meets expectations to start the quest.
** The pawns may come with [[blood rot]]. Blood rot must be treated every day in order to be prevented. If it progresses to 1.00, the pawn dies. A tend quality of 40% or more is required to stop progression. Tends below 40% slow the disease; tends above 40% will reverse the progression of the disease.
** The pawns may come with [[paralytic abasia]]. They will be unable to move.
* There may be a specified [[major threat]] that arrives with the quest. This threat can arrive at any time during the hospitality stay.
** If there is a major threat, you may come with soldiers under your control. They can die in battle without consequence and will have {{+|12}} ''On Duty'' moodlet. However, betraying them will lower goodwill as usual.

==Pawn Lending==
{{RoyaltyIcon}} A member of an outlander or empire faction is requesting a pawn from your colony.

* An [[imperial shuttle]] will arrive to pick up specified amount of colonists. The amount requested is proportional to your current colonist count.{{Check Tag|Detail needed}} The pawn must be age 13 or older. Slaves do not count.
*The shuttle will return in a specified amount of days. Colonists are usually safe, but if they had a pre-existing condition like the [[plague]], then they can die. They will be fed and tended to and although the tending is mediocre, it may be enough to heal diseases such as [[muscle parasites]] or [[gut worms]], depending on the length of the quest.

The reward is received once the requested colonists have left the colony.

==Rewarded Warfare==
{{RoyaltyIcon}} A faction is asking you to fight a mutual enemy.

When accepting this quest:
* A [[major threat]] will be triggered in your colony. This can be a [[manhunter pack]], [[mechanoid cluster]], or one or multiple [[raid]]s.
** If there are multiple raids in this quest, the listed raid will be the ''first'' raid. The other raids will have the same [[raid points]], but not the same composition.
* You may receive soldiers under your control. They can die in battle without consequence and will have {{+|12}} ''On Duty'' moodlet. However, betraying them will lower goodwill as usual. They will leave once the threat has been cleared.{{Check Tag|All enemies, or the final wave?|One time, the support NPCs left as soon as the third wave of a three-wave quest had been driven off, despite the fact that the second wave was still hanging out near the map edge, preparing to attack.}} Note: If the threat is not cleared after ~10 days, the loaned soldiers will leave on their own.
* Soldier names like [[Empire#Janissary|janissary]] or [[Empire#Cataphract|cataphract]] correspond to their specific pawnkinds. See [[Raiders#human|Raiders]] for details.
For manhunters and raiders, you'll get the reward once all quest enemies are defeated or left the map. You do not need to actually kill any manhunters, for instance. For mech clusters, the reward appears after the "Mech cluster buildings have been defeated" message appears.

==Shuttle Crash==
{{RoyaltyIcon}} A [[crashed shuttle|shuttle]] of the [[empire]] has crashed and needs to land in your colony, along with the commander, their soldiers, and possible civilians. Raiders of a mutual enemy will come and attack the shuttle group.

When accepting this quest:
* A crashed shuttle appears on the map. Landing site unaffected by [[ship landing beacon]]s. The commander and civilians need to be saved. Soldiers do not need to be saved. Every person comes with [[biocoded]] weapons. Regardless of the outcome, this shuttle can be deconstructed for {{Icon Small|plasteel}} 35, {{Icon Small|steel}} 20, {{Icon Small|component}} 5 and, if the [[Odyssey DLC]] is enabled, a [[shuttle engine]]. {{OdysseyIcon}}
* Raiders will come in ~ 4 hours from the shuttle crashing. Raiders have the intent to kill the empire's pawns.
* The rescue shuttle will arrive within 8 hours of the shuttle crash. [[Downed]] people must be carried to the shuttle yourself.
* {{--|10}} goodwill with the empire if the shuttle commander is killed, or otherwise misses the shuttle.
** Another {{--|10}} goodwill if any amount of other occupants misses the shuttle.

'''Notes:'''
* The shuttle is worth a fair chunk of materials. This quest is often worth it for the shuttle alone.
* The empire's weapons are all [[biocoded]], with the possibility of the commander having a [[persona weapon]]. The armor isn't, but stripping will penalize goodwill, and [[death acidifier]]s prevent post-mortem retrieval.
* Against small raids, it is likely that the empire's fighters will be able to handle enemies on their own.

==Condition Causer==
{{Main|Condition causer}}
{{RoyaltyIcon}} A [[condition causer]] has been deployed within 10 tiles in order to harass your colony. As long as it stands, the condition will continue. This is a [[major threat]] and not a quest, but it appears in the quests tab.

When this quest appears:
* The condition causer will appear, until it is destroyed.

'''Notes'''
* If a mechanoid cluster is deployed, you don't actually have to wake the cluster up. Claim a door on the enclosed building, destroy the causer, and leave the map. Just avoid [[proximity activator]]s on the way.
* Some condition causers can be desirable.

==Noble Ceremony==
{{RoyaltyIcon}} Your [[noble]] has enough [[honor]] for a new title. In order to accept this title, you must have a [[throne room]] suitable of their title. The map must be clear of the empire's enemies.

When accepting this quest:
* A bestower and a squad of janissaries will arrive via [[imperial shuttle]].
* If the bestower is [[downed]] via any means, then they'll drop 2 [[psylink neuroformer]]s. However, downing will lower [[goodwill]] with the empire faction regardless of who did it.
* Once the bestower has reached the throne room, select your noble pawn, right click the bestower, and the [[Titles#Bestowing_ceremony|Bestowing Ceremony]] ritual will begin.
You will get the reward once the bestowing ceremony finishes, regardless of outcome.

The ceremony is considered a [[ritual]] and its outcome affects colonist mood. It can also grant extra honor based on ritual quality, regardless of outcome. Quality is determined by participant count and room impressiveness. You can get up to a maximum of 3 honor, at >90% quality.
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== Decree ==
{{RoyaltyIcon}} Your [[noble]] has issued a royal decree. If you fail to fulfill this decree within the given time limit, they will start to become unhappy. Their anger will increase over time until the decree is satisfied.

[[Noble]]s in your colony may issue wild decrees that demand an action to be done. If their decree's requirements are not met, they will become increasingly unhappy, though they will eventually forget about the decree or declare it impossible. The exact requirements for these outcomes are currently unknown. Satisfying a decree will give a +6 [[mood]] buff for 15 [[time|days]] with a stack limit of 3, while a decree failing will create a -4 mood penalty, also for 15 days also with a stack limit of 3.

Decrees may be to:
* Produce a certain amount of certain common resource, such as [[steel]], [[wood]] or [[cloth]]. You are allowed 5 days to do this.
* Harvest a certain amount from a cultivatable [[plant]]. Only plants with a [[Property:Grow Days|Grow Days]] stat of 10 or less are selected. You are allowed a number days equal to 2x the chosen plants grow days + 8 to do this.
* Hunt or slaughter a certain number of a specific type of [[animal]]. You are allowed 5 days to do this.
* Build a monument. You are allowed 15 days to do this.

= Ideology =
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== Ancient complex ==
{{IdeologyIcon}} This quest reveals an abandoned ancient complex on the world map, ready to be explored and looted by your colonists. There is also a variant of the quest whereby an [[imperial shuttle]] will be provided to take a specific number of colonists there. It takes off immediately once the correct number of colonists are inside, and usually lands at the edge of the map with the complex.

You can reform the caravan once all opened rooms have been cleared of enemies. If your colonists arrived by shuttle, you can send them back, but only when there are no threats within the map.

Ancient complexes are scaled to player wealth.{{Check Tag|Determined when?|Anecdotal evidence suggests that the point value is set when the location is first discovered and added to your quest list.}}

The ancient complex is often littered with derelict structures and desiccated corpses with no information on how long they have been dead for and no decaying health.

Some rooms are mostly empty, while others contain enemies:
* Room filled with [[insectoids]].
* Room filled with [[mechanoids]].
* Room containing [[ancient unstable fuel node]] that can explode.
* Room filled with derelict ancient caskets. These will always contain hostile [[ancients]] in suspended animation.
* Seemingly empty rooms that trigger an insectoid [[infestation]] incident upon entry.

The threats may be dormant, waking or exploding upon entry, when crates or other special objects in the room are tampered with, or when a fuel node explode in an adjacent room. They will not be triggered if the door of the room is opened but the cell of the door is not stepped on.
As always, insectoids, mechanoids, and ancients are enemies and will try to kill each other on sight.

You may run into [[Hermetic crate]]s (contain any item, including [[techprint]]s{{RoyaltyIcon}}), [[Security crate]]s (contain equipment), [[Ancient enemy terminal]]s (call enemy faction) and [[Ancient comms console]]s (call a drop beacon of loot from random places, with the chance of triggering a raid at the same time) in any of the rooms. All except the comms console have a [[Flammability]] of 0%{{Check Tag|Verify}}, making them immune to the fires often started by the explosive fuel nodes.

=== Analysis ===
[[File:Ancient complex sapping.png|thumb|Smashing the ancient complex wall to create a different route, after all routes has been blocked by mechanoids]]
It's usually possible to explore and loot the entire complex without fighting any enemy. Pay attention whenever a pawn is opening a door. If the new room contains a threat, immediately move them away to avoid triggering it and find another route around that room

If all routes to the unexplored rooms are blocked by threats, you can still smash the wall from outside to create a different route.

You can reduce the temperature of the fire caused by the fuel nodes by smashing walls to connect it to the outside.

You only need to fight the threat when it's an infestation, or it's in the same room with something you need to interact with

==Beggars==
{{IdeologyIcon}} Beggars have arrived in your colony, asking for goods. Beggars appear roughly once every 60 days.

When this quest appears:
* Some beggars will appear on your map. They are always unaffiliated with any faction.
* They will request a random material that you have, like [[silver]], [[herbal medicine]], or [[beer]]. They can request up to {{Icon Small|silver}} 700 [[silver]] worth of items. Right click the beggar with the question marks to give them the items. If you don't' give the items, they will leave after ~1 day.
* The beggars must leave the map healthy in order for the quest to complete. If a beggar is arrested or killed, you'll get the "Travelers Betrayed" notification. The group of beggars may then flee the map, become hostile, or remain in the colony with a negative mood modifier.
This quest gives no extrinsic reward, and betraying the beggars has no penalty. However, it interacts with the [[Charity]] precept.

'''Notes:'''
* Beggars can be arrested, and have ''very'' low base resistance (4-8 with low population). If you find a beggar with desirable characteristics, don't be hesitant to capture one.
* After arresting one beggar, the rest will run and become unable to be arrested, but will fight back when attacked, unlike both [[prison break]]s and fleeing raiders

==Work Site==
{{Main|Work site}}
{{IdeologyIcon}} A work site has appeared near your colony, potentially owned by another faction. You can raid it for resources. Note that this is a world map event and not a proper quest.

When this quest appears:
* An event space will appear near your colony. It will contain resources stated by the camp, further resources, and the enemies on the map.
* The site can be owned by a Neutral, Allied, Hostile, or 'minor' faction. Work Sites owned by minor factions can be attacked without diplomatic consequences.

The reward is the items on the map. Also counts as a raid for the Raiding [[precept]].

==Relic Hunt==
{{See also|Relic}}

{{IdeologyIcon}} This quest is a unique main quest, which requires you to do 5 sub-quests by hacking into terminals during said quests. You must first accept the main quests, and then sub-quests will appear over time. After completing enough sub-quests, the relic's location will appear, guarded by hostile mechanoids.

=== The Villagers ===
'' You've learned of an ancient terminal that contains information about the '''''<RELIC NAME>'''''. However, the terminal is surrounded by a tribal village, and the locals venerate it. They aren't part of any major faction.''

This sub-quest requires you to send your colonist to the [[tribe]]'s base. The tribe are initially neutral towards you, but any harm befalling them, attempting to hack the interface or staying for 10 hours or more will immediately render them hostile and attack your colonist.

Dispatch the faction and get a colonist to hack the terminal to conclude the mission. Be wary that tarrying too long in the base (2 hours) will cause a lot of tribal members from said faction to appear.

=== Cryptodrone Intel Hack ===
'' You've detected an orbiting spacedrone that may contain information about '''''<RELIC NAME>'''''. You have the code that will force it to land at '''''<COLONY NAME>'''''. To get the information, hack into the drone's computer. Hacking takes time, but those strong in intellectual skill can speed up the process. After landing, the spacedrone will self-destruct in 30 days. ''

Alternative quest title: '''Orbital Cryptodrone Hack'''

This sub-quest will force a [[spacedrone|cryptodrone space ship]] to land, usually far away from the main base. Send a colonist to try and hack the drone whilst setting up a defense perimeter. A selected hostile (usually permanently hostile) faction will arrive 10 hours after the crypto drone lands, and every 8 hours after that in an attempt to destroy the drone, with half of them aiming after any nearby colonist, whereas the other half attacks the drone.

Upon successfully hacking the cryptodrone, the quest concludes, but the drone will initiate a self-destruct sequence within 30 seconds after its hacked, after which it will explode.

Remarkably, it is possible to finish hacking the drone before the first raid arrives, if this is done while the drone has not self-destructed yet, they will spawn, but leave as soon as the drone self-destructs. In order to hack the drone in time, you need a pawn with 300% hacking speed, which is achievable by a level 20 intellectual pawn with the neurotic trait on a work frenzy. If the opposing faction's goodwill was raised to neutral before accepting the quest, then no raid will happen at all, despite the game's upcoming raid timer.

=== Ancient complex ===
'' You've learned of an ancient complex nearby. It is said to contain information about '''''<RELIC NAME>'''''. '' - Self-travel description

'' '''''<PAWN NAME>''''', '''''<PAWN TYPE>''''' of '''''<FACTION NAME>''''', has discovered an ancient complex a long distance away. He/She believes it contains information about the relic known as '''''<RELIC NAME>'''''. '' - Shuttle-travel description

This sub-quest requires you to send your colonist to an abandoned ancient complex map. In terms of enemies and other challenges, it's similar to a regular [[Ancient complex]] quest. To conclude the sub-quest, hack all the [[ancient terminal]]s within the map.

The effects of starting or finishing a terminal hack can be quite unpredictable. Sometimes it triggers a fuel node explosion in a completely different room, and sometimes it doesn't even wake up the mechanoids sleeping right next to the terminal.

The terminals have a [[flammability]] of 0%, making them immune to the fires often started by [[Ancient unstable fuel node|unstable fuel node]] explosions.

=== Relic Retrieval ===
Once you have completed 5 subquests, the location will appear. It will be defended by [[mechanoid]]s, who will wake up in 3 days.

The relic will be inside a [[reliquary]]. It takes 5 seconds to get the relic, in which case any mechanoid defenders will be alarmed.

== Pilgrims ==
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{{IdeologyIcon}} Once a relic has been acquired, Pilgrims will come on occasion. They will stay for a few hours

They may offer gifts or join your colony, similar to the refugees quest

=Biotech=
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== Ancient Transport ==
'' You have decrypted an ancient transponder, revealing the location of a mechanoid ship in orbit. The ship is badly damaged but you can signal it to land nearby. The ship contains the remains of a long-dead mechanitor. Mechanitor can create and control mechanoids for work and combat. By extracting the deceased mechanitor's mechlink, you can turn one of your colonist into a mechanitor. Beware - the ship also contains hostile mechanoids. The mechanoid group is composed of: (Mechanoid list, usually 1 [[Tesseron]] or [[Militor]]) ''

{{BiotechIcon}} This quest appears after destroying an [[ancient exostrider midsection]], and using its [[mechanoid transponder]]. You can then choose to accept the quest at your leisure.

When accepting this quest:
* A [[spacedrone|cryptodrone space ship]] will land in your colony, along with a hostile [[mechanoid]] force. The mechs will prepare for a while, and then attack.
The reward is the [[mechanitor]] corpse that the ship drops. You can extract the [[mechlink]] from this corpse, allowing one of your colonists to become a mechanitor themselves.

Having "Disable exostrider remains" as part of the scenario will prevent this quest from appearing, due to the absence of the exostrider midsection. This is intended as part of The Mechanitor and The Gravship [[scenario]].

== Ancient Mechanitor Complex ==
'' You've learned of an ancient complex nearby that contains the remains of a long-dead mechanitor. Mechanitor can create, control and manipulate mechanoids for work and combat. If you can break into the complex and collect the mechanitor's corpse, you can extract their mechlink and turn one of your colonists into a mechanitor. Be warned - these kinds of structures contains a variety of threats, and your activity at the complex might draw unwanted attention. ''

{{BiotechIcon}} Similarly to [[#Ancient complex|ancient complex]] quest, the mechanitor complex consists of similar items you normally found inside an ancient complex. The key difference is one of the desiccated corpses is a mechanitor with a mechlink currently in its corpses, which can be extracted for its mechlink.

This is the primary method of obtaining more than one [[mechanitor]] in a single playthrough.

== Bloodthirsty Parley ==
'' A sanguophage named '''''<PAWN NAME>''''' is looking for a safe place to meet with 3 other sanguophages where they won't be tracked. Their leader '''''<PAWN NAME>''''' is asking for you to host the meeting at '''''<COLONY NAME>'''''. If you accept, 4 sanguophages will arrive at '''''<COLONY NAME>''''' from different directions. They will spend several hours discussing their secret issues before departing. They promise to give you reward before they leave. You may betray the sanguophages and attack them. Downed sanguophages can be forced to turn one of your colonist into a sanguophage. ''

{{BiotechIcon}} [[Sanguophage]]s are looking to congregate at your colony. As a sanguophage quest, it will not appear until at least 1 year from colony start, and will have a 3 year cooldown between appearances.

When accepting this quest:
* Up to 4 sanguophages will arrive inside your colony, arriving in different directions where pathing isn't blocked (i.e. not mountain).
* They will reach a set location inside your base, and place a [[blood torch]]. After several hours they will leave. Sanguophages may choose to join your colony on their own volition.
* The sanguophages may be attacked by a [[raid]]. If any sanguophages are downed by the raiders, then the quest will fail.

The first reward will always be "Gene implantation"; the requested pawn can turn a colonist of your choice into a sanguophage. Be wary, they will not tarry for long and will leave 7 hours after meeting if you do not volunteer a colonist for it.

Sanguophages, unless you have picked the aforementioned gene option, will always start with the ''Genes Extracted'' hediff. If a sanguophage is downed, you can force them to give their genome, but this kills the original sanguophage in the process. If the gene implantation reward is picked, only the rewarder sanguophage will not have this status. In addition, any colonists that accepts a gene implantation will get ''Gene Extracted'' for ~1.2 years.

Additionally, there is a chance that the sanguophages will spawn with both the sanguophage xenotype and a germline xenotype.{{Check Tag|Detail needed}}

== Sanguophage Transport ==
'' You have intercepted a distress signal! A hostile shuttle carrying a sanguophage master and a number of thralls is having trouble with its engines. You can use the signals to draw it down to a crash near '''''<COLONY NAME>'''''. Once the ship has crashed, you can fight the sanguophage and his/her minions. If you can capture the master, you can force him/her to turn one of your colonist into a sanguophage. ''

{{BiotechIcon}} This quest will force a [[crashed shuttle|shuttle]] to crash on your colony, forcing a pawn with the [[sanguophage]] xenotype and a number of mortal thrall pawns to exit the [[crashed shuttle]]. As a sanguophage quest, it will not appear until at least 1 year from colony start, and will have a 3 year cooldown between appearances.

When accepting this quest:
* A shuttle crashes. After a while, the sanguophage will attack.
* During or after the attack, thrall reinforcements may appear via [[drop pod]]. They can land inside your base.
The reward is:
* The [[downed]] sanguophage (assuming that their brain isn't destroyed)
* The [[downed]] thralls
You can then decide what to do with the sanguophage:
* Force a downed sanguophage to give a [[Gene implanter|gene implantation]]. This allows you to turn one of your colonists into a sanguophage. You can also use them for other [[human resources]].
* If you imprison and then recruit the sanguophage, you can cast Implant genes with it.
'''Note:''' using this ability while the sanguophage's genes are still regrowing kills the sanguophage. Therefore, if you want to keep the sanguophage, it is worth waiting until the gene regrowth process finishes.

If [[Ideology]] is enabled, an [[Ideoligion]] with [[File:Cannibal.png|32px]] "Cannibal" as their main [[meme]] will be created which will be set on all pawns that exits the shuttle.
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Sanguophage Transport.png|Crashed shuttle with the sanguophage master and two thralls
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== Wastepack Dumping ==
'' '''''<PAWN NAME>''''', '''''<PAWN TYPE>''''' of '''''<FACTION NAME>''''' has a special request. Someone has dumped an abundance of toxic wastepacks near one of his/her settlements and he/she is unable to safely store them. If you accept, '''''<PAWN NAME>''''' will deliver '''''<NUMBER>''''' toxic [[wastepack]] by transport pod. If not kept frozen, toxic wastepacks will dissolve over time, polluting nearby terrain. ''

{{BiotechIcon}} A faction is asking permission to dump toxic waste into your colony.

When accepting this quest:
* A set amount of [[toxic wastepack]]s are deployed near the edges of your colony.
The reward is given as soon as the wastepacks land. You can choose to store the wastepacks, send them somewhere else, or live with some [[pollution]] in your colony.

= Anomaly =
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== Mysterious cargo ==
This quest can generate once at least 10 days have passed since game start, the Monolith is at at least level 1, and the storyteller can afford 200 [[raid points]]. Subsequent occurrences are subject to a 4-year cooldown.

A faction is asking permission to dump a dangerous item onto your map.

When accepting this quest, ''one'' of three items will be dropped:
* An [[unnatural corpse]],
* A [[revenant spine]], or
* A [[golden cube]].
The selection is random and all three are valid options with just a level 1 Monolith. This is the only way a cube or corpse can spawn without upgrading the Monolith to level 2. The reward is given as soon as the mysterious cargo lands.

If left uncontained, the spine will regenerate into a [[revenant]]. The spine can be carried to a [[holding platform]] to reform and resurrect the revenant in a containment cell.

When the golden cube lands, one (randomly chosen) pawn will develop a cube addiction.

== Distress signal ==
You've intercepted a distress signal from a nearby camp of a faction.

Upon reaching the camp, you will find it overrun with [[Fingerspike]]s, [[Toughspike]]s, and [[Trispike]]s. Members of the calling faction will be scattered around the map, dead. There are also unconfirmed reports of still-living faction members.{{Check Tag|Verify}}

The map will be partially covered in fleshmass, with [[flesh sack]]s and [[fleshbulb]]s as well. One of the fleshsacks will contain a [[shard]].

If possible, there will be at least 2 tiles between the camp and the player settlement on the [[world map]], but no more than 7. The faction chosen for the camp must be a human faction that is not a permanent enemy. The quest also excludes factions that don't have a defined list of pawns to generate for purposes like combat, traders, or settlements. This excludes factions like [[ancients]], [[beggars]], or [[pilgrims]]. [[Empire]] can only be chosen if the quest has at least 2000 [[raid points]].

There is a 75% chance that an ambush will happen after arriving, causing more fleshbeasts to arrive from pit burrows. It will happen after anywhere between {{ticks|2400}} and {{ticks|4800}}.

This quest can generate even if the Monolith has not been activated.

= Odyssey =
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== Mechanoid Signal ==
'' You've detected a signal from a mechanoid ship in orbit. The ship has malfunctioned and is slowly losing altitude.\n\nBy falsely responding to the signal you can make the ship crashland nearby, letting you salvage valuable grav tech. ''

{{OdysseyIcon}} A mechanoid ship is crashing down onto the surface.

Accepting this quest will sends down a [[grav engine]], a few dead [[mechanoids]] and some spacecraft chunks. By inspecting the engine, you unlock the Basic gravtech [[research]], allowing you to starting constructing a [[gravship]]. Deconstructing the spacecraft chunks will grant you [[Gravlite panel]]s for your ship.

== The Gravship ==
'' You've discovered a mechanoid grav engine! You can use this to build a gravship to quickly move around the planet.<br>The engine includes tech that passively scans for nearby gravship technology. If you obtain this gravship tech, you can upgrade your gravship over time. ''

{{OdysseyIcon}} You are now in the possession of a [grav engine].

Once you have inspected the [grav engine], this quest is immediately activated. While the engine is on the map, you'll passively get new sub-quests to receive new [[gravcore]]s and [[gravlite panel]]s to expand and upgrade your gravship.

These quests can spawn very far away from where your colony was when you receive them. Most quests can be as far as 160 tiles away from your colony. Some quests may require you to stay for many days, often in harsh conditions like the [[Scarlands]] or even in [[orbit]]. As such, traveling with a gravship is very recommended. Make sure your gravship has enough resources, food, medicine, as well as fully pressurized living areas if you're going to space.

Once any 7 of these sub-quests are completed, you'll receive the location for the [[mechanoid hive]].

On non-Grav Ship scenario starts, the Initial Grav Ship quest fires on Day 6. The first sub-quest will fire roughly 1 day after investigating the Grav Ship Engine.

On the Grav Ship Scenario, the first sub-quest will fire between days 5 and 8.

Later sub-quests will fire every 15 to 30 days, weighted to have an average time between of 20 days. Grav Ship sub-quests fire only if the player has an installed Grav Engine and the player has less than 3 sub-quests available.

Sub-quests will fire indefinitely until the player completes the Mech Hive quest. Once the Mech Hive is completed, Grav Cores can still be obtained through random quests.

=== Mechanoid Relay ===
'' You have detected the energy signature of a gravcore. It is powering a relay that is part of a huge mechanoid communication net. You can disassemble the relay, but the process will take days to complete. The relay itself will be heavily defended by mechanoids. Obtain gravcores and gravlite panels to increase the size of your gravship. ''

{{OdysseyIcon}} A relay nearby is containing valuable gravship technology.

One single [[mechanoid relay]] will be present on the map along with 3 stabilizers guarded by initially dormant mechanoids. To be able to deconstruct the relay, you must disable the stabilizers by either hacking or destroying them.
*Hacking will immediately wake up the nearby mechanoids. Kill these mechanoids first before you begin hacking. Often times, your hacking will be detected and you won't be able to continue hacking it until a few hours go by. To save time, clear the map of dormant mechanoids first, then begin hacking all three at once, to minimize downtime from lockout.
*Destroying a stabilizer is much quicker, however doing this will immediately spawn reinforcements mechanoids - often more than the numbers of initial guarding mechanoids. Should you choose this option, make sure you're prepared to defend yourself and your gravship.

Once all three stabilizers are disabled, you can disassemble the relay, granting you a [[gravcore]] and some [[gravlite panel]]s. One last reinforcement will drop down soon after the
relay went down.

=== Insect Lair ===
'' You have detected the energy signature of a gravcore. The signal emanates from a cave system deep underground. The entrance to the cave system is marked on the world map. Subterranean caves can be extremely dangerous and may take days to explore. Obtain gravcores and gravlite panels to increase the size of your gravship. ''

{{OdysseyIcon}} A gravcore is hidden deep beneath the surface inside of a cave.

Note: 3 other sub-quests must be given before this quest can spawn.

This quest will only spawn on a mountainous tile. Multiple hives and insects colonies will be present within the caverns. Located inside the caverns is a single entrance to a underground insectoid cave. Clear your way through inside the cave, and you'll eventually find the [[gravcore]], guarded by a [[hive queen]].

=== Ancient Reactor ===
'' You have detected the energy signature of a gravcore. The signal originates from an ancient decaying reactor. The location is marked on the world map. Cracks in the reactor's shielding are leaking harmful material, bathing the nearby area in toxic fallout. The reactor itself will be heavily guarded by ancient security systems. Obtain gravcores and gravlite panels to increase the size of your gravship. ''

{{OdysseyIcon}} A gravcore is located inside a leaking ancient reactor.

This quest will always spawn within a [[Scarlands]] biome. While you're on this tile, [[toxic fallout]] will cover the area. Explore the ancient complex until you find the reactor. Destroying it will give you a [[gravcore]], and also make the toxic fallout dissipate. You can also find [[gravlite panel]]s within crates inside the complex.

=== Ancient Stockpile ===
'' You have detected the energy signature of a gravcore. The signal originates from an ancient underground stockpile. The location is marked on the world map. Underground stockpiles must be hacked to enter. This process can take days to complete. Obtain gravcores and gravlite panels to increase the size of your gravship. ''

{{OdysseyIcon}} A gravcore is hidden inside an ancient stockpile.

Three different underground stockpiles are present on the map. To enter, you must hack the entrances, which can takes a few days. Underneath all entrances are stockpiles containing loots as well as dangerous traps and security turrets. Only one of these stockpiles will contain the [[gravcore]].

=== Crashed Mechanoid Platform ===
'' You have detected the energy signature of a gravcore. The signal is coming from the wreckage of a crashed orbital platform. Scans reveal a heavy mechanoid presence. Obtain gravcores and gravlite panels to increase the size of your gravship. ''

{{OdysseyIcon}} A gravcore is located near a crash site of a mechanoid platform.

Note: 2 other sub-quests must be given before this quest can spawn.

=== Frozen Terraformer ===
'' You have detected the energy signature of a gravcore. The gravcore is powering a malfunctioning ancient terraformer. Its location is marked on the world map. The terraformer is cooling the local region to dangerously low temperatures. Be prepared for cold weather and a long stay. Obtain gravcores and gravlite panels to increase the size of your gravship. ''

{{OdysseyIcon}} A gravcore is hidden inside a frozen complex.

Note: 1 other sub-quest must be given before this quest can spawn.

This quest can spawn on Glacial Plains, Ice Sheet and Tundra. In the middle of the map is an ancient complex, hidden within thick walls of ice. Dig through the ice and you'll find the complex. Destroy the terraformer located inside will grant you a [[gravcore]].

Be careful of the cold weather, make sure you have enough food and warm clothes for your colonists.

=== Mechanoid Platform ===
'' You have detected the energy signature of a gravcore. The signal is coming from an orbital mechanoid platform. Scans reveal a heavy defensive presence. You can travel to orbital platforms using gravships, shuttles, or transport pods. Be careful, orbital locations are extremely dangerous. Equip your colonists with vacsuits. Plan your return trip, as living in orbit for long periods is very difficult. ''

{{OdysseyIcon}} A gravcore is located up on mechanoid platform.

=== Abandoned Orbital Platform ===
'' You have detected the energy signature of a gravcore. The signal is coming from an abandoned orbital platform. You can travel to orbital platforms using gravships, shuttles, or transport pods. Be careful, orbital locations are extremely dangerous. Equip your colonists with vacsuits. Plan your return trip, as living in orbit for long periods is very difficult. ''

{{OdysseyIcon}} A gravcore is located up on an ancient platform.

Note: 5 other sub-quests must be given before this quest can spawn.

== Gravcore Mechhive ==
{{Main|Endings#The_Mechhive}}
'' You have detected a huge gravtech energy spike originating from a mechhive in orbit. Its location is marked on the world map. This mechhive is the center of mechanoid intelligence on this planet. Shutting it down will disable all murderous mechanoids planet-wide. Alternatively, you may be able to use the mechhive for your own purposes. The mechhive is defended with anti-ship weapons. Build a signal jammer before approaching it. Be warned, mechhives are extremely dangerous. Finish exploring other locations first and ensure you're prepared for a long stay in orbit. ''

{{OdysseyIcon}} You have located the location of the mechhive.

== Gravship Wreckage ==
'' You've intercepted the distress beacon from a crashed gravship. The wreckage contains valuable gravtech. Be careful - it is guarded by hostile mechanoids. ''

{{OdysseyIcon}} You detected a gravship crashed nearby.

If you do not have a [[grav engine]], and do not have the initial "Mechanoid Signal" quest available, after a while a faction leader, or a royal title holder will tell you the location of a new engine. If none is available (due to having no friendly factions) the quest will say that you intercepted its distress beacon instead.

The gravship wreckage quest will fire like any other quest assuming the conditions are met. Because the Gravship quest fires like any other quest, it may take a long time to fire. Once the quest fires, it has a 2 year cooldown before it can fire again.

A player should only be able to have 1 grav engine at a time.

==Space sites==
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{{OdysseyIcon}} Like the [[long-range mineral scanner]], these quests will only generate from an active [[orbital scanner]] or [[ancient uplink]]. Each location is in [[orbit]].

* '''Resource Asteroid''': An asteroid containing mineable resources. It is more common than the other quests.
* '''Orbital Item Stash''': An asteroid with no minable ores, but a hollow core containing structures with loot.
* '''Abandoned Platform''': An ancient orbital platform with no signs of life.
* '''Orbital Wreck''': Wreckage of abandoned platform with hostile [[salvagers]].
* '''Mechanoid Platform''': An orbital platform with high [[mechanoid]] activity. Less common than the other quests.
* '''Satellite''': An abandoned platform, usually protected by outside [[uranium slug turret]]s and inside drones.

==Planet sites==
{{OdysseyIcon}} These quests can be given by interfacing with visitors and inbound caravans, or by reading [[book]]s that have a discover quest reward (only once per book).

*'''Ancient mercenaries:''' Hostile ancients are in the area, one of them wielding a [[unique weapon]].
*'''Ancient structure:''' Generates a [[landmark]] on a given tile, even if it wasn't there before. Options include [[ancient warehouse]]s, [[ancient garrison]]s, [[ancient launch site]]s, and [[infested settlement]]s.
*'''Alpha thrumbo spotting:''' An [[alpha thrumbo]] and herd of regular thrumbos will be in the area.

The above methods can also discover [[#Item stash|item stash]]es, [[#Bandit camp|bandit camps]], and [[#Ancient complex|ancient complexes]]{{IdeologyIcon}}.

==Orbital fugitive==
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{{OdysseyIcon}} A fugitive has hid on an abandoned orbital platform, and the quest giver wants them dead. The reward will be a gravship building, e.g., a [[fuel optimizer]] or [[pilot subpersona core]].

==Survey site==
{{OdysseyIcon}} This quest requires travelling to a remote location to protect surveying equipment for 10 to 15 days. The reward is a gravship upgrade.

=Endgame=
{{Spoiler}}
{{Main|Endings}}
There are 5 distinct ways to see the credits screen:
* Finding or building a ship to [[#Ship to the Stars|take you to the stars]]
* [[#Royal Ascent|Joining the court]] of the High Stellarch of [[Empire|the Empire]] {{RoyaltyIcon}}
* [[#The Archonexus|Awakening the archonexus]] {{IdeologyIcon}}
* [[#The Void|Awakening the void]] {{AnomalyIcon}}
* [[#The Mechhive|Storming the mechhive]] {{OdysseyIcon}}

==Ship to the Stars==
{{Main|Endings#Ship to the Stars}}

The A.I Charlon Whitestone has contacted you. If you can reach the journey offer and activate the ship, you can escape this hellish planet. The Ship to the Stars quest is functionally the same as constructing your own [[ship]]. This journey offer just gives you a way to leave the planet, without having to [[research]] and gather resources for that ship.

This quest appears roughly 20 days from game start.

'''Requirements:'''
* Travel to the journey offer. The journey offer will try to spawn as far away from you as possible. This means that this quest is much easier with 30% [[World_generation#Create_world|map coverage]] than with 100% coverage. Even in a 30% world, it can take months or years to reach the event destination.
* Prepare defenses and activate the [[ship reactor]], which takes 15 days. During this time, you will be assaulted by countless [[raid]]s - anywhere from 15 to 25 in total. This is completely independent from, and in addition to, your [[storyteller]], who will send their own raids on their normal schedule. This means that you should expect a ''minimum'' of 1 raid per day, often multiple.

Each colonist or animal requires their own [[ship cryptosleep casket]] to leave the planet, which may be desired on a personal level. The journey offer ship has space for 18 colonists.

'''Failure conditions:'''
* Destruction of any vital ship part. If you have the ability to create ship parts, then you can potentially repair the ship. However, if the [[ship reactor]] is destroyed, then you will need to start the 15 day activation process again.
* Doing [[#The Archonexus|The Archonexus]] chain of quests. Accepting the first part of the archonexus quest will invalidate the journey offer ("the ship will fly away as you're settling the new colony")

For tips on traveling to the journey offer and defending Whitestone's ship, see [[Endings#Ship to the stars|Endings]].

After the ship reactor has activated, all you have to do is load your colonists and escape the planet.

== Royal Ascent ==
{{Main|Endings#Royal Ascent}}

{{RoyaltyIcon}} The High Stellarch of the [[empire]] is willing to perform a customary visit to any [[noble]] of the Count rank or higher. If all goes well, then your colonists can leave to space via [[imperial shuttle]].

This quest will appear roughly 35 days from colony start.

'''Requirements:'''
*Have a colonist of [[Titles#Count/Countess|Count]] rank and not be hostile to the [[empire]] faction.
*Have a spare bedroom suitable for a stellarch at the time of acceptance (see [[Titles#Table of Requirements]]). Your count must also have a suitable bedroom.
*House the High Stellarch for 12 days, a controllable guest. You can't just use a [[cryptosleep casket]] to preserve the stellarch until the end.
*Like the ship launch, you will be assaulted by a massive quantity of raiders during the 12 days.
*The High Stellarch must be kept above 25% average mood for the duration of his stay.

You will also receive 4 cataphract-level soldiers ([[Raiders#Empire|Stellic Wardens or Defenders]]). These soldiers can die without consequence. Like any other soldier guest, they will have the {{+|12}} ''On Duty'' [[mood]]let. However, some of them will be conceited nobles. This includes the ability to use [[psycast]]s.

'''Failure conditions:'''
*High Stellarch dies.
*High Stellarch mood is too low for too long.
*The [[empire]] faction becomes hostile to you.
Your count/countess does ''not'' have to stay alive in order succeed the quest.

The Royal Ascent quest will be offered again periodically if it is failed. It takes roughly 22 days from failure to get this quest again. This quest technically fails if you abandon the colony it asks for, but it will refire again.

If you've completed this quest, then an [[imperial shuttle]] will come pick up the stellarch and your colonists into the imperial ranks. Note that while the shuttle UI has a limit of 2,000 kg, you can fit as many colonists as you want by selecting the colonist and right clicking "Get into shuttle".

==The Archonexus==
{{Main|Endings#The Archonexus}}

{{IdeologyIcon}} The [[archonexus core]] is waiting to be found. Gather 3 map fragments - each fragment given in exchange for your entire colony - and you can go activate it.

This quest first appears once you reach $150,000 colony [[wealth]].

'''Part 1''':

'' A group of wild people/'''''<FACTION NAME>''''' are/is looking to expand their territory, and are interested in taking over '''''<COLONY NAME>''''' with all its wealth. If you can increase your total wealth to $350000, they will take the settlement. In trade, they offer you part of a map showing the location of an ancient archotech nexus. '' - Part 1 Description

In order to accept this quest, you must have a colony [[wealth]] of $350,000 (in a single colony). If there is a valid alliable faction on the map, you must be allied with one in order to proceed.

When accepting this part of the quest:
*All progress will be reset. Research will be reset to industrial levels. Any colonies you had will be procured by the faction in question.
*You will start a new colony, anywhere on the map.
** You can bring 5 colonists, 5 [[animal]]s, 1 [[relic]], and 7 stacks of items. You can bring different amounts of different items; the list can be seen at [[Endings#List of items|List of items]]. In addition, you will start with supplies from your [[scenario]]. Food, equipment, but not building materials from scenario are given.
*Whitestone's ship for the [[#Ship to the Stars|Ship to the Stars]] quest will fly away, failing the actual quest. You can still build your own [[ship]], if so desired.

No time passes during the travel to the new location. Pregnant animals will have the same stage of pregnancy on arrival. Growing season at the destination might affect the player's timing for accepting the quest.

Once your colonists have landed in their new colony, the [[major archotech structure]] be present in the center of the map. It must be studied in order to continue.

'''Part 2''':

'' The map to the archonexus has three parts, and you hold one of them. '''''<FACTION A NAME>''''' and '''''<FACTION B NAME>''''' also each hold parts of the map. They'll trade their parts to you for a wealthy new colony and all of its recorded research. The next map part is encoded in a very strange way. In order to interpret it, you must first learn more about archotechnology by studying the structure here. '' - Part 2 Description

Like with the first part of this quest, you must have another colony at $350,000 wealth, be allied with a specific faction (if present). You must also study the major archotech structure.

When accepting this part of the quest:
*All progress will be reset. Research will be reset to industrial levels. Any colonies you had will be procured by the faction in question.
*You will start a new colony, anywhere on the map. Same items as last time.

On the third colony (2nd restart), you will have a [[grand archotech structure]] instead of a major archotech structure. This is functionally the same building, but you'll need to spend more time studying it.

'''Part 3''':

'' You have two parts of the archonexus map. '''''<FACTION B NAME>''''' have the last piece of the map, passed down from the time their ancestors survived the cataclysm. They'll give it to you if you give them a wealthy new colony in exchange. As before, the map part is encoded. In order to decode it, you must first study the archotech structure. '' - Part 3 Description

Like with the other parts of this quest, you must have another colony at $350,000 wealth, be allied with a specific faction (if present). You must also study the grand archotech structure.

'''Unlike the other parts of this quest, you don't need to restart the colony for a 3rd time. In order to activate the archonexus core, you will need a ''total'' of 3 colonies at $350,000 wealth and need to reset 2 times.'''

When accepting this part of the quest:
*Progress will ''not'' be reset. You must travel to the archonexus core, as indicated on the world map.
*Once you have reached the [[archonexus core]], all you have to do is activate it. There will be hostile [[mechanoid]]s, but these can be ignored.

Once activating the core, the game will end, permanently. You are unable to continue with colonists left behind, unlike the other endings. (However you can reload a previous save, if desired).

==Anomaly Monolith==
{{Main|Endings#The_Void}}
{{AnomalyIcon}} You've activated the monolith. It is a conduit for psychic energy, just barely cracked open now.

'''Entity Codex''':
{{Main|Anomaly_(DLC)#Entities}}
The quest starts upon activation of the monolith, the study of which is progressed by observing the different entities. Once a certain number of entities have been discovered, the monolith may be upgraded.

'''Activated Monolith/Void Onslaught.''':

When the monolith fully activates, the map will settle into eternal darkness and hordes of [[Entities]] will come to attack your colony.

'''Ending''':

A node will form above the monolith, and a colonist may be sent in to either disrupt the link or embrace the void.
{{Main|Endings#Embrace_the_void}} {{Main|Endings#Disrupt_the_link}}
*If the colonist accepts the void, They will gain the Void Touched and Inhumanization hediffs, as well as the abilities of Void Terror and Death Refusal.
*If the colonist disrupts the link, all (Non-permanently hostile) factions will gain 50 goodwill and void related incidents will return to pre-monolith levels
*Both endings will cause the monolith to crumble, and kill all entities on the map.

=Version history=
* [[Version/0.18.1722|0.18.1722]] - New world site components, Used in various situations:Sleeping mechanoids, Animal ambush, Enemy ambush.
* Beta 19/1.0 - World quests now appear about 2.5x more often and start from 6 days instead of 15 days. Rewards generation totally reworked to more consistently generate valuable, unique, and interesting rewards. Trade requests will give more time and much richer rewards, especially for poor colonies. Increase the time limit by 50% for all time limited world quests.
* [[Version/1.1.0|1.1.0]] - Quest tab with information about available, active, and historical quests added.
* [[Version/1.1.2563|1.1.2563]] - Royal Ascent quest no longer fails when Stellarch dies of old age. Hunting Decrees no longer ask to kill quest-related animals. If a lent colonist dies, the player is now notified, and the colonist's corpse is dropped via drop pod*
* [[Version/1.1.2575|1.1.2575]] - We now generate random rewards only up to 5500$, the rest will go into market value fillers like gold, plasteel, and uranium. This avoids absurd rewards with large numbers of unique quest items in modded or ultra late-game scenarios.
* [[Version/1.1.2654|1.1.2654]] - Increase rewards per points for quests game-wide. Fix: Lodgers with blood rot and abasia spawn with equipment that immediately gets dropped. Reduce monument sizes about 15%.
* [[Version/1.2.2719|1.2.2719]] - Shuttle defense, Refugee hospitality, and Bandit camp quests added.
* [[Version/1.2.2753|1.2.2753]] - [[Trade]] requests will no longer request patchleather. Fix: Colonist pods returning from a 'pawn lend' quest can roof punch. Fix: Rescuing downed noble ends shuttle rescue [[quest]].
* [[Version/1.3.3066|1.3.3066]] - Betraying temporary colonists, such as for the [[#Refugee Hospitality|Refugee Hospitality]] quest, now display a timer. Before this it was possible to see if they would betray or not based on the presence of the timer.
* [[Version/1.3.3074|1.3.3074]] - Fix: ProblemCauser quest can fire with mech cluster even if mechanoids disabled.
* [[Version/1.3.3287|1.3.3287]] - Improve some charity quest-related message texts.
* [[Version/1.4.3523|1.4.3523]] - Added a search bar to the quests list. Limit noble wimp to knight or praetor. Beggar quest asks for max 700 market value items. Fix: Bestower shuttle won't leave if one of the guards is downed or left the map. Fix: Shuttle stays forever if all passengers cannot get on board. Fix: Shuttle crash quest fails if you have VIP boarded.
* [[Version/1.4.3525|1.4.3525]] - Adjust some quest text to be a bit less dark.
* [[Version/1.4.3528|1.4.3528]] - Fix: Charity believing pawns will get negative thought from "rejecting" refugees when the quest hasn't even been accepted yet.
* [[Version/1.4.3534|1.4.3534]] - Fix: Spacedrone hack quest can spawn a spacedrone with an interaction spot in an inaccessible spot.
* [[Version/1.4.3542|1.4.3542]] - Fix: Quest lodgers can do the "give up and exit" mental break.
* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - Reduced the frequency of [[sanguophage]]-related quests. Increased frequency of [[genepack]]s in quest rewards. Show birth letter for babies born from lent colonists in a PawnLend quest.
* [[Version/1.4.3558|1.4.3558]] - Updated the reward frequency for various items. Add flatscreen TV, telescope, gladius, and recurve bow as quest rewards. Remove revolver, double bed, and slab bed. Increased the weights for for high and mid frequency quest rewards. Reduce the weighting for empire-specific category rewards. Reworked how many beggars show up depending on colony population. Added a new "core" reward tag for common vanilla quest rewards to avoid having them dilluted by future additions.
* [[Version/1.6.4518|1.6.4518]] - Rebalanced the number of pawns required for pawn lend quests (it should generally be lower now).
* [[Version/1.6.4535|1.6.4535]] - Fix: Error when accepting bestower quest.
* [[Version/1.6.4566|1.6.4566]] - Fix: Error generating trade request quests in space.
* [[Version/1.6.4850|1.6.4850]] -
** Fix: Lodgers that are arrested and released are no longer recruited for free.
** Fix: Shuttle crash rescue quest could generate with too few points to generate an enemy threat.
** Fix: Possible for rescue shuttles to land on the crashed shuttle, destroying it.
** Fix: Possible for strange signal quest to fail to find a place for the monolith on particularly full maps.
** Fix: Possible for distress signal map to generate without a shard.
** Fix: Possible for terminals to fail to spawn in ancient complex quests, instantly failing the quest on arrival.

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Vacuum

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{{Odyssey}}
'''Vacuum''' is an environmental factor unique to locations in [[orbit]], and represents the amount of breathable air within a room. Vacuum management is a vital consideration during trips into orbit and especially for spacebound colonies; [[plant]]s will die if even briefly exposed to vacuum, and most living pawns will be severely endangered if caught in airless environments without sufficient protection.

Vacuum is never a consideration on planet-bound maps. In such locations, all tiles are always considered to be fully pressurized.

== Summary ==

=== Measurement ===
Vacuum is measured as a percentage per cell. A cell with 100% vacuum is considered to be completely depressurized, while a cell with 0% vacuum is considered to be fully pressurized. All tiles within a room share the same vacuum level.

The vacuum level of a tile is listed in the tile's information area located above the Architect menu, just above its [[light]] level. A vacuum overlay can also be toggled on and off from the bottom right corner of the screen, and will visualize the vacuum level from red (100%) to green (0%).

Airtight rooms with at least 50% vacuum will have a visible overlay resembling gray clouds and white motes of dust, with its visibility inversely scaling with vacuum level; at 50% vacuum, the overlay will be nearly transparent, while at 100% vacuum it will be totally visible.

[[File:Vacuum overlay demonstration.png|300px|thumb|right|An airtight room with 100% vacuum.]]

=== Pressurization ===
In orbit, all outdoors areas are always considered to be a complete vacuum, no matter what.

Each [[building]] is designated as airtight or not airtight, visible in its information window. In order for a room to be pressurized, it must be airtight: it needs to be completely enclosed by airtight structures, as well as entirely [[roof]]ed and not having any gaps of Space on the ground. [[Wall]]s and [[door]]s are considered airtight if made out of [[metallic]] stuff types (excluding [[obsidian]], but ''including'' [[bioferrite]]{{AnomalyIcon}}). Doors and [[vent]]s will exchange vacuum when opened;{{Check Tag|What rate?}} powered [[vac barrier]]s can be used to allow passage while keeping pressure in.

Once a room is airtight, they can be pressurized with [[oxygen pump]]s or [[archean tree]]s, reducing the vacuum level of the room. [[Life support unit]]s can be found in some naturally-generating locations and faction bases that pressurize the room they are in at no cost, but they cannot be moved or deconstructed.

=== Effects ===
Vacuum is very dangerous for unprotected pawns, causing [[vacuum exposure]] and [[#vacuum burns|vacuum burns]], the former being lethal in as little as {{ticks|3000}}.

==== Vacuum exposure ====
{{See also|Vacuum exposure}}
Without 100% [[Vacuum Resistance]], a human or animal that enters a tile with at least 50% vacuum will immediately begin suffering from [[vacuum exposure]]. This reduces [[Consciousness]] and increases [[pain]], eventually causing unconcsiousness at 85% exposure and death at 100%. The rate of exposure increase every {{ticks|60}} is:
:<code>Increase in vacuum exposure severity = 0.02 * tile vacuum percentage * (1 - vacuum resistance)</code>

With 0% Vacuum Resistance and a 100% vacuum tile, a pawn will reach 100% vacuum exposure and die at {{ticks|3000}}, and will become unconcious at {{ticks|2550}}.

A downed pawn can be saved from further vacuum exposure by being carried by another pawn.

==== Vacuum burns ====
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Pawns in at least 50% vacuum will suffer periodic ''vacuum burn'' injuries to random external body parts that are not covered by vacuum-resistant gear. This happens at an interval scaling linearly from one burn every {{ticks|1200}} at 50% vacuum to one burn every {{ticks|300}} at 100% vacuum. Vacuum burns deal a flat 1-2 damage each - regardless of multipliers to incoming damage such as the [[Tough]] trait - and will combine together when inflicted to the same body part.

Vacuum burns never [[scar]], and cannot become [[infection|infected]]. This makes them mostly a tertiary danger compared to vacuum exposure, but the penalties caused by compounding burns can still add up to become a significant danger.

Pawns with the [[vacuum resistant]] or [[breathless]] [[genes]],{{BiotechIcon}} as well as pawns with the [[vacskin gland]],{{RoyaltyIcon}} will never suffer vacuum burns.

=== Other effects ===
Roughly every hour, [[plant]]s other than [[archean tree]]s will ''instantly die'' if they are exposed to at least 50% vacuum.{{Check Tag|Checks on long ticks -- describe more accurately?}}

[[Fire]] and [[gas]]es will dissapate rapidly in a vacuum.

Note that pawns in vacuum protective gear can still eat and sleep while in a vacuum without gaining extra exposure.

== Analysis ==
Before launching into space, make sure that all venturing colonists have appropriate Vacuum Resistance, and if using a [[gravship]] or making a [[orbit#Permanent Colony|permanent colony]], it is good for each important room to be airtight and have proper heating and pressurization. Having multiple differnt airtight sections, with each one having heaters/oxygen pumps, will help in case one gets breached.

The [[vacsuit]] and [[vacsuit helmet]] is the cheapest and easiest to research armor that lets pawns travel safely in [[orbit]], but comes at a major [[move speed]] penalty. [[Power armor]] can allow for pawns to stay in days in orbit, ranging from {{ticks/gametime/days|51000}} until unconciousness with [[recon helmet]] + any power armor, to {{ticks/gametime/days|127500}} with a [[cataphract helmet]]{{RoyaltyIcon}} + any power armor.

The [[vacuum resistant]] [[gene]]{{BiotechIcon}} alone is not enough for safe vacuum travel, but it will provide some insurance against short, accidental, exposures, and allows pawns to wear [[power armor]] with 100% resistance. The [[breathless]] [[gene]]{{BiotechIcon}} provides 100% immunity to vacuum, but pawns will still need to be prepared for the {{Temperature|-75}} temperature in orbit.

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
Unpowered Airlock Demonstration.png|A practical example of a simple unpowered airlock. Note the [[door]]s constructed in sequence.
</gallery>

== Version history ==
* [[Odyssey DLC]] Release - Added.
* [[Version/1.6.4543|1.6.4543]] - Fix: Vacuum overlay not updating after gravship takeoff.

[[Category: Game mechanics]]

Hemogen pack

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{{Biotech}}
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| name = Hemogen pack
| image = HemogenPack c.png
| description = A package of refined hemogen in a specialized container that prevents spoilage. Hemogenic humans can consume it to restore their internal hemogen stores. It can be administered via an operation to reverse blood loss.

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| flammability = 0.7
| stack limit = 10
| path cost = 14

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| preferability = Desperate
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'''Hemogen packs''' are a type of [[food]] added by the [[Biotech DLC]]. It acts as a form of blood that can be used for blood transfusions, or consumed by those with the [[Hemogenic]] gene to restore their [[Hemogen]] need.

== Acquisition ==
Hemogen packs can be extracted from non-[[hemogenic]] [[human]]s with the ''Extract Hemogen Pack'' operation. This takes {{ticks|500}} of work and increases their [[blood loss]] by 45%; if blood loss exceeds 100%, then the pawn will die. Unlike most other operations, it does not consume medicine or [[Anesthetic|anesthetise]] the subject. It does still provide [[Medical]] experience however.

This operation is considered a violation for [[faction]] relations, when done on a guest or ally.
* Extracting [[Hemogen|hemogen]] from a [[prisoner]] of a hostile faction lowers reputation by 1.
* Extracting [[Hemogen|hemogen]] from a [[guest]] of a friendly faction faction lowers reputation by 5 and immediately fails the associated quest.

Prisoners can be designated to have extraction operations automatically queued up when their blood loss reaches 0% via the [[Prisoner#Hemogen farm|Hemogen farm]] interaction option.

== Summary ==
[[File:Hemogen Gizmo.png|thumb|left|Hemogen gizmo with [[File:check.png|12px|link=]] showing hemogen pack consumption allowed]]
Hemogen is a packaged form of blood that can be extracted and implanted to alter a human pawn's [[blood loss]].

Any pawn can consume one for a measly {{P|Nutrition}} [[nutrition]]. Those without either a Hemogen need, the [[Cannibal (trait)|Cannibal]] trait, or a pro-[[Cannibalism (precept)|Cannibalism]] ideoligion{{IdeologyIcon}} get a {{Thought|desc=I ingested a hemogen pack. It might keep me alive, but it was absolutely disgusting.|label=ingested hemogen pack|value=-5|duration=5|stack=5}}. [[Conceited noble]]s{{RoyaltyIcon}} also dislike consuming hemogen packs, and will receive a {{Thought|desc=That meal was below my station. My title's formal requirements should always be respected.|label=Ate low-class food|value=-8|duration=1}} upon consumption, even if that noble has a Hemogen need. Consuming a pack in this way will not restore any blood loss.

When consumed by [[Hemogenic]] pawns, each pack satisfies the [[Hemogen]] need by {{+|20}}. This is sufficient to satisfy 2 days of hemogen need for pawns with the [[Hemogen drain]] gene, including [[Sanguophages]], and 10 days for those who just have [[Hemogenic]], assuming no hemogenic abilities are used during these periods.

Pawns will automatically consume hemogen packs to reach their target hemogen level if the toggle on their hemogen gizmo is enabled. See [[Hemogen#Hemogen total|Hemogen]] for details. Additionally doctors{{Check Tag|Wardens?}} can be ordered to feed patients hemogen to restore hemogen so long as the hemogenic pawn is under the target level. Note that this can be done even when hemogen packs are disallowed by the patient's [[food policy]].

Hemogen packs do not rot, but do [[deteriorate]] by being left outdoors or in otherwise rough conditions.

Hemogen packs are also used in the construction and fueling of the following [[deathrest]] buildings:
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=== Blood transfusion ===
{{Quote|Use hemogen packs to reduce the effects of blood loss. Each hemogen pack used recovers 35% blood loss. The operation will also restore hemogen to hemogenic individuals.|Operation description}}
Hemogen packs can be used to perform the ''"Blood transfusion"'' operation on pawns, which restores a pawn's [[blood loss]]. The operation consumes {{Icon Small|hemogen pack||1-3}} hemogen packs, takes {{ticks|800}} of work, and reduces blood loss by {{---|35%}} per pack. It always fully recovers blood loss, taking as many hemogen packs as needed, and if fewer packs are available, the operation cannot be performed at all; it's all or nothing. It is currently unknown whether this is a bug.{{Check Tag|Bug?|Is this considered a bug by ludeon? Has it been reported etc.}} This surgery does not require medicine or a minimum [[Medical]] skill, does not [[Anesthetic|anesthetise]] the subject, and always succeeds. Operation duration and, consequently, Medical experience gain don't depend on the quantity of packs used.

When a [[hemogenic]] pawn is transfused, they receive the same {{+|20}} per pack as if they had consumed them. For example, a pawn with {{Bad|75%}} blood loss would be transfused with 2 hemogen packs, dropping to only {{Bad|5%}} blood loss and gaining {{+|40}} hemogen. As such, if a pawn is subject to both blood loss and hemogen need, transfusing is strictly superior to allowing them to consume the pack, time and workload permitting.

==== Efficiency ====
The {{---|35%}} blood loss recovered is less than the {{++|45%}} lost from creating the pack.

Since as many hemogen packs are used as needed to fully recover from blood loss, some healing potential is always wasted. Pawns die at {{Bad|100%}} blood loss, so if 3 packs ({{---|105%}}) are used, at least {{---|5%}} is wasted. The number of required packs is calculated when the doctor decides or is ordered to start the operation, and if blood loss subsequently recovers naturally, passing {{Bad|35%}} or {{Bad|70%}} threshold before the end of operation, the calculated amount is consumed, nonetheless. Like most numbers in the game, the blood loss percentage displayed in the ailment's tooltip is a rounded value of an actual floating-point number used internally. So, the actual {{Bad|35}}/{{Bad|70%}} threshold is in the midpoint of the timespan during which the corresponding {{Bad|35}}/{{Bad|70%}} tooltip is displayed, {{ticks|900}} from the beginning.

== Analysis ==
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Hemogen packs are not made for emergency transfusion. By the time a hemogen pack is brought to a patient and installed, a doctor could've used [[medicine]] to reduce/stop the bleeding. In addition, tending can be done on the field, while operations must be done on a bed or [[sleeping spot]]. For non-hemogenic pawns, hemogen packs can be used to cure extreme blood loss once all wounds have been tended - this causes the pawn to be conscious faster. For hemogenic pawns, it has an obvious use in keeping their need satiated.

=== Medical training ===
Hemogen farms have a niche in increasing Medical experience. Make the operation as slow as possible, such as turning off the [[light]]s, to gain more XP. You may want to manually order operations instead of using the "Hemogen Farm" setting, so you can control which pawn is trained.

=== Hemogen ===
Compared to [[Bloodfeeder|bloodfeeding]]:
* Hemogen packs give the same base Hemogen and blood loss.
* Hemogen pack extraction does not upset pawns, without requiring the [[Bloodfeeders (precept)|Bloodfeeders]] precept,{{IdeologyIcon}} or cause [[pain]].
* Hemogen packs can be stored and transported and even kept on the hemogenic pawn, independent of having a pawn to feed from at the time of consumption. This allows topping up in-combat, while caravanning, or just building up a stockpile in case of a prisoner escape or death, without having to feed on your own colonists.
* Extracting hemogen packs trains medical experience.
* The [[Gene#Bloodfeeder|bloodfeeder]] gene has a cost of {{--|1}} metabolic efficiency. Note that this isn't a choice with [[Sanguophage]]s, who already come with this gene.
* Hemogen packs are more efficient when harvesting from [[children]]. Bloodfeeders will receive less hemogen (for the same blood loss) when feeding on a child, due to their smaller body size. However, when extracting a hemogen pack, a child will give an adult-sized pack.
* Bloodfeeding is somewhat faster. A doctor needs to operate on a patient in order to extract a hemogen pack, and this process takes a bit of work.
* [[Conceited noble]]s{{RoyaltyIcon}} dislike consuming hemogen packs, but don't mind bloodfeeding.

=== Extraction strategies ===
As:
* A hemogen pack gives {{+|20}} hemogen
* Extracting a hemogen pack causes {{++|45%}} blood loss
* Blood loss recovers at {{---|33%}} per day
You can safely extract 1 pack every {{#expr: (45/33) round 2}} days, or making {{#expr: 20/(45/33) round 2}} hemogen a day, capable of supporting {{#expr: 20/(45/33)/10 round 2}} [[sanguophage]]s pawns or {{#expr: 20/(45/33)/2 round 2}} [[hemogenic]] pawns. Note that this is with optimum timing and therefore represents a theoretical maximum gain - actual extractions may not occur so promptly.

Prisoners make ideal sources of hemogen - the risk of death and statistical impact from blood loss is not important and the extraction can be completely automated. Long term prisoners can cause problems however. Pawns with the [[dead calm]] gene, such as [[genie]]s, are ideal as they can feed and clothe themselves but will never harm other prisoners or attempt a prison break. Their mood becomes largely unimportant at that point, and they can be fed using a [[nutrient paste dispenser]] in their prison for maximum nutritional and colonist work efficiency. You may also choose to give them [[genes]] that improve their metabolic efficiency, to further cut costs.

If a dead calm pawn is not available, you can also remove a prisoners legs by installing and removing [[peg leg]]s. They will need to be manually fed by a colonist but they can never escape.

The hemogen farm prisoner option will not keep prisoners unconscious, and will instead wait until they have recovered all bloodloss before performing another extraction. The player can manually schedule extractions to whenever the pawn is below 55% blood loss. This will cause the prisoner to fall unconscious until they again decrease to below 60% bloodloss. In this way, a prisoner can be kept unconscious for up to a theoretical maximum of {{%|(99-60)/(99-54) round 2}} of the time, significantly reducing prison and mental breaks.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
HemogenPack a.png|One pack
HemogenPack b.png|Partial stack
HemogenPack c.png|Full stack
</gallery>

== Version history ==
* [[Biotech DLC]] Release - Added
* [[Version/1.4.3530|1.4.3530]] - Added a toggle to the hemogen gizmo which allows configuration of whether or not a pawn can ingest hemogen packs to satisfy the desired hemogen level.
* [[Version/1.4.3541|1.4.3541]] - Extracting hemogen no longer requires medicine (previously: 2x [[herbal medicine|herbal]] or better) and does not anesthetize the target. Medical experience also reduced.
* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - Reduced the work needed for the extract hemogen operation to 500 from 1500. Fix: Bloodfeeders sometimes do not ingest all taken hemogen packs, depending on food need level. Added a toggle to the hemogen gizmo which allows configuration of whether or not a pawn can ingest hemogen packs to desired hemogen level - Note this is essentially a duplicate of the change from 1.4.3530, it is currently unclear whether this is an error, whether there is a difference, or whether the change was reverted and re-added latter.
* [[Version/1.4.3563|1.4.3563]] - Fix: Sanguophages can take too many hemogen packs for maintaining hemogen levels in some circumstances.
* [[Version/1.4.3580|1.4.3580]] - Fix: Hemogen packs give "ate vegetarian" mood.
* [[Version/1.5.4062|1.5.4062]] - Fix: Hemogen packs trigger 'ate non-cannibal food' for sanguophage with cannibal precept. Fix: Medicineless hemogen extraction recipe brings blood loss up to 65%. Fix: Hemogen extraction done without medicine has less blood loss than extraction done with industrial medicine.

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