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Dirtmoles

2025-12-13T00:50:53Z

ItsKairoKay: adding intense uv sensitivity under gene extraction due to more notable conditions where its effect doesn't matter.

{{Biotech}}
{{Infobox main|xenotype
| name = Dirtmole
| image = Dirtmole.png
| description = With gray skin adapted to artificial light, they thrive in cramped and dark spaces where combat and travel happen over short distances. They are extremely capable at digging or mining tasks. In the open, however, they suffer from a sensitivity to light, slow speed and poor eyesight at distance. After the first tunnel colonies failed due to the stress of confinement, colonization agencies began genetically altering colonists to live without open space or sunlight. This xenotype is known colloquially as the dirtmoles. Today, dirtmoles have expanded out of their original tunnel homes and rule many confined spaces in the anthrosphere. They can be found in deep mines, cramped low-tech spacecraft, and teeming by the billions in the dark underlayers of countless urbworlds.
| short description = With gray skin adapted to artificial light, dirtmoles thrive in cramped and dark spaces where combat and travel happen over short distances. They are naturals at digging and navigating complex tunnel structures. In the open, they suffer from a sensitivity to light, slow speed and poor eyesight at distance.

| type = Human
| type2 = Xenotypes

| combat power factor = 1
| can generate as combatant = true
| factionless generation weight = 1
| inheritable = true
| nameMaker = NamerPersonDirtmole_Male
| nameMakerFemale = NamerPersonDirtmole_Female
| chanceToUseNameMaker = 1
| genes = Gray eyes, Light gray skin, Great Mining, Dark vision, Strong melee damage, Fast wound healing, Nearsighted, Intense UV sensitivity, Slow runner

| defName = Dirtmole
| label = dirtmole
| iconPath = UI/Icons/Xenotypes/Dirtmole
}}
'''Dirtmoles''' are a [[Xenotypes|xenotype]], genetically engineered to live underground.

== Lore ==
<onlyinclude>
After the first tunnel colonies failed due to the stress of confinement, colonization agencies began genetically altering colonists to live without open space or sunlight. This [[xenotype]] is known colloquially as the dirtmoles. Today, dirtmoles have expanded out of their original tunnel homes and rule many confined spaces in the anthrosphere. They can be found in deep mines, cramped low-tech spacecraft, and teeming by the billions in the dark underlayers of countless [[Lore#Planet types|urbworlds]].

With [[Light gray skin|gray skin]] adapted to artificial light, they thrive in cramped and dark spaces where combat and travel happen over short distances. They are extremely capable at digging, mining tasks, and navigating complex tunnel structures. In the open, however, they suffer from a [[Intense UV sensitivity|sensitivity to light]], [[Slow runner|slow speed]] and [[Nearsighted|poor eyesight]] at distance.<ref>[[Dirtmole]] [[xenotype]] description and short description</ref></onlyinclude>

== Occurrence ==
The table below describes the chance for a given pawn from each [[faction]] being a dirtmole. Note that this value does not account for chances in xenotype chance from [[ideoligion]]{{IdeologyIcon}} or from pawn kind, it only shows the base value before those factors.
{{Xenotype Faction Table|Dirtmole}}

== Genes ==
Dirtmoles have a gene complexity of 10[[File:Complexity.png|20px|Complexity|link=Complexity]] [[complexity]]. With a '''0'''[[File:Metabolism.png|20px|Metabolic efficiency|link=Metabolic efficiency]] [[metabolic efficiency]], they have a hunger rate of '''×100%'''.

All dirtmoles have these [[germline gene]]s:

'''Assorted:'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- align="center"
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene WoundHealingRateFast.png|64|Fast wound healing|Fast wound healing}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene SlowMovespeed.png|64|Slow runner|Slow runner}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene IntenseUVSensitivity.png|64|Intense UV sensitivity|Intense UV sensitivity}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene StrongMeleeDamage.png|64|Strong melee damage|Strong melee damage}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene Nearsighted.png|64|Nearsighted|Nearsighted}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene Darkvision.png|64|Dark vision|Dark vision}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene CaveDweller.png|64|Indoor dweller|Indoor dweller}}

|-
| [[Fast wound healing]]
| [[Slow runner]]
| [[Intense UV sensitivity]]
| [[Strong melee damage]]
| [[Nearsighted]]
| [[Dark vision]]
| [[Indoor dweller]]
|}

'''Cosmetic:'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- align="center"
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene GrayEyes.png|64|Red eyes|Gray eyes}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|FanGene SkinColor Light Gray.png|64|Light gray skin|Light gray skin}}
|-
| [[Gray eyes]]
| [[Light gray skin]]
|}

'''Skills:'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- align="center"
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene GreatMining.png|64|Great Mining|Great mining}}
|-
| [[Great mining]]
|}

== Analysis ==
Dirtmoles are a simple xenotype, with well-defined strengths and weaknesses suited for mountain life. A combination of great mining, dark vision, and intense UV sensitivity all support this fact. A compact mountain base can mitigate the impact of nearsighted and slow runner. Strong melee is useful when fighting against [[infestation]]s.

However, dirtmoles are not limited to the mountains. They can do any indoors task reasonably well, in any type of colony. Beyond slow runner and UV sensitivity, dirtmoles have no real work-related weaknesses. In combat, they can serve a melee role quite well. Their sight based penalty only impacts long range weapons as well, meaning they can wield shotguns without penalty. If so desired, you can place some [[roof]] outdoors to keep the sun out.

Dirtmoles synergize well with the [[Tunneler (meme)|tunneler meme]],{{IdeologyIcon}} for rather obvious reasons. Tunneler allows dirtmoles to ignore cramped spaces and grow [[nutrifungus]] in a cave, while dirtmoles are great at mining and melee combat.

Note that, as dirtmoles have no faction dedicated to them, opportunities to recruit dirtmoles are somewhat uncommon.

=== Gene extraction ===
Some of the more valuable genes dirtmoles have to [[gene extractor|extract]] are:
* [[Strong melee damage]] - A must for any melee pawns, offering a significant boost in combat effectiveness.
* [[Dark vision]] - Makes your pawns much more flexible in kiting and working.
* [[Great mining]] - Obviously very useful for miners.
* [[Intense UV sensitivity]] - Can be installed on pawns with [[Precepts#Combat in darkness|Combat in darkness]] or [[Precepts#Lighting|Darklight preferred]] precepts{{IdeologyIcon}} due to already being penalized for being in sunlight. Easy choice for pawns living in [[Glowforest]]s{{OdysseyIcon}} or under [[Sun blocker]]s. {{RoyaltyIcon}}.
* [[Nearsighted]] - Can be installed on [[brawler]]s, melee fighters, noncombatants, and anyone using a ranged weapon with a range under 26 tiles without penalty, giving a boost to metabolic efficiency. For a full list of unaffected ranged weapons, see {{#ask: [[Range::<26]] [[Class::!Mechanoid Weapons]] [[Name::!Uranium slug cannon]] [[Name::!Autocannon]] [[Name::!Mini-turret gun]] | ?Range | limit = 0| searchlabel = here}}.

== Version history ==
* [[Version/1.4.3682|1.4.3682]] - Fix: Awkward wording in dirtmole description. ''This xenotype are known colloquially as dirtmoles'' -> ''This xenotype is known colloquially as the dirtmoles''
* [[Version/1.6.4518|1.6.4518]] - Now also has the new [[Indoor dweller]] gene, resulting in complexity increasing from 9 ->10, Net metabolism decreasing from +1->0, hunger rate increasing from 90%->100%.

{{Biotech navbox}}
[[Category:Xenotypes]]
{{#set:Image = [[File:Dirtmole.png]]}}

Vacuum

2025-12-09T16:44:06Z

ItsKairoKay:

{{Odyssey}}
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'''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. Pressurizable areas can be created by constructing spaces that are completely enclosed by airtight constructions. Whether or not [[wall]]s and [[door]]s are airtight is determined by the [[stuff]] used to create them; [[metallic]] stuff types (other than [[obsidian]]) and [[bioferrite]] {{AnomalyIcon}} will create airtight walls, while all other stuff types will not.

Enclosed areas must be completely [[roof]]ed to remain airtight. Even one missing roof tile will cause a space to instantly become a total vacuum, as will the removal of any building that is keeping the room airtight.

Open [[vent]]s and [[door]]s will exchange vacuum across both sides of one another.{{Check Tag|What rate?}} For practical purposes, this means that a single door leading to a depressurized area will cause the entire room to quickly vent whenever it is opened. To avoid unwanted depressurization, powered [[vac barrier]]s can be utilized; otherwise, creating a manual airlock by using multiple doors in sequence will suffice as an unpowered solution at the cost of leaking a small amount of air whenever they are used.

Airtight spaces can be artificially pressurized with oxygen to gradually reduce their vacuum percentage, making them safe for living creatures to inhabit without protection. [[Oxygen pump]]s are the most accessible method for this, although [[archean tree]]s can also be used on asteroids. [[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.

== Danger ==
Vacuum is very dangerous to unprotected creatures. [[Human]]s and [[animal]]s will take vacuum burns to uncovered body parts while caught without protection in vacuum, and will suffer from [[vacuum exposure]] that causes rapid loss of [[Consciousness]] and a quick [[death]]. Pawns without vacuum resistance will attempt to return to safe areas but can ignore this when doing other things such as recreation. {{Check Tag|Verify}}

Roughly every hour, any and all types of plant except [[archean tree]]s will ''instantly die'' if they are exposed to at least 50% vacuum.{{Check Tag|Checks on long ticks -- describe more accurately?}}

=== Vacuum exposure ===
{{Main|Vacuum exposure}}
Without complete [[vacuum resistance]], a pawn that enters a tile with at least 50% vacuum will immediately begin suffering from [[vacuum exposure]], which becomes more severe until they return to a pressurized areas.

=== Vacuum burns ===
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Pawns in 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}} will never suffer vacuum burns.

== Gallery ==

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

[[Category: Game mechanics]]

Reproduction

2025-12-03T17:22:15Z

ItsKairoKay: /* Heredity */

{{Biotech}}
{{About|human pregnancy and babies|older children|Children}}

'''Reproduction''' is the means by which [[human]] babies are created.
{{TOCright}}

Note: Due to the continuous nature of the subject matter, this page covers from conception to the age of three.

== Acquisition ==
{{Move| destination = Babies | reason = We've [[Topic:X7aza1755qpbr24t|discussed]] moving the Babies and Acquisition sections to a new Babies page since there's a lot of content here and reproduction and Babies are two separate topics | section = 1 }}
Babies can be obtained via several different methods:
* Choosing them as a starting colonist via the [[scenario system]].
* Natural reproduction, through [[#Pregnancy|pregnancy]].
* Assisted reproduction, through [[#Surrogacy|surrogacy]] or [[#Growth vat|growth vats]].
* Purchasing them from [[Trade#Slaver|slavers]].{{Check Tag|Can babies be bought?}}
* Receiving them from [[quests]] and [[events]]. Babies of any faction can be adopted instantly to the colony, without angering them.

Note that with the exception of the first point, these methods become unavailable if "Disable children" is toggled on in the [[AI Storytellers#Biotech|storyteller settings]].

== Natural reproduction ==
Pawns in [[Social#Romance|romantic relationships]] have a chance to get pregnant when they initiate [[lovin']]. Note that pawns must share a two-person bed, bedroll, or sleeping spot at the same time to initate lovin'. The ''Sleeping Alone'' debuff only checks if 2 pawns are ''assigned'' the same bed; they don't need to sleep at the same time or ever engage in lovin' to avoid it.

=== Chance ===
The prospective parents' chance of successfully reproducing is primarily controlled by their [[Fertility]] stat. The player has three options to adjust pregnancy rates from Lovin' in any relationship. By opening the social tab, to the right of a Lover, Fiancee, or Spouse, you can see a button that lets you change the couple's approach for having kids.

{| class="wikitable"
! [[File:Normal.png|32px]]
| '''Normal''' (Default) || x1 pregnancy chance.
|-
! [[File:AvoidPregnancy.png|32px]]
| '''Avoid pregnancy''' || x0.25 pregnancy chance.
|-
! [[File:TryForBaby.png|32px]]
| '''Try for baby''' || x4 pregnancy chance.
|}
Therefore, the total chance of pregnancy in one relationship is likely:

'''Pregnancy chance per relationship''' = '''Mother's fertility''' x '''Father's fertility''' x '''Reproductive Approach''' x '''Times Lovin''''

The actual chance that a pair of pawns will do Lovin' each night varies, but it requires them to share the same bed and sleep at the same time. Their chance of Lovin' varies by age, as seen in [[Social#Lovin.27|this chart]]. The [[low libido]] and [[high libido]] genes will also alter this. There have been reports that colonist mood and opinions of each other also influence the chance of doing Lovin'.

=== Pregnancy ===
Pregnancy lasts for 18 days, broken into three 6-day trimesters. The player will receive a notification when the pregnancy starts and when it progresses from one trimester to the next. The pregnant pawn will gain penalties to movement, manipulation, and hunger rate, increasing each trimester as seen in the chart below. Other than the statistical penalties, pregnant pawns have no restrictions on the activities they pursue.

If the mother is in poor health, such as [[Malnutrition]], she might suffer a miscarriage.{{Check Tag|Details|Sick? Injured? Blood loss? Low capacities?}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Stage !! Effects
|-
| First trimester ||
* Hunger rate offset: {{++|10%}}
|-
| Second trimester ||
* [[Moving]]: {{--|10%}}
* [[Manipulation]]: {{--|5%}}
* Hunger rate offset: {{++|30%}}
|-
| Third trimester ||
* [[Moving]]: {{--|50%}}
* [[Manipulation]]: {{--|10%}}
* Hunger rate offset: {{++|50%}}
|}

During the first trimester, a pawn will gain the ''New pregnancy'' moodlet, which can either be positive or negative direction: {{Good|+3}} ''I'm pregnant! It makes me happy.'', or {{Bad|-3}} ''I'm pregnant and not very happy about it.'' When the pawn is not happy about their pregnancy, you can perform an operation to end their pregnancy This will result in a mood buff of {{Good|+5}} ''I'm relieved I'm not pregnant any more''. Throughout their pregnancy, they will also occasionally gain mood buffs or debuffs due to hormone-induced mood swings, which includes the third trimester.{{Check Tag|Detail needed}} Mood swings are visible in the Health tab as a condition affecting the brain. They vary in severity, direction, and duration, appearing as: "Pregnancy Mood (<duration>, <type>)" with the description ''This common side effect of pregnancy represents a rising and falling mood caused by unbalanced hormones.'' Accompanying this, the pawn will get a positive or negative moodlet labeled ''Pregnancy mood <type>''. Mood swings are short-lived, with the longest duration seen so far being 10 hours.

'''Types of Mood swings:'''
* {{Thought|desc=This pregnancy is so hard. My body always feels awful. So exhausting!|label=pregnancy mood collapse|value=-14|stack=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=It feels like everything is going wrong for me today. Pregnancy is tough.|label=pregnancy mood down|value=-8|stack=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=Everything feels a little bit more pleasant today. Pregnancy is nice.|label=pregnancy mood up|value=4|stack=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=I feel amazing! Being pregnant is a gift!|label=pregnancy mood high|value=8|stack=1}}

Pregnant pawns may also receive the "morning sickness" condition, which lasts 4 to 8 in-game hours. Along with health effects, they will gain the {{Bad|-3}} mood debuff ''Sick''.

'''Morning sickness:'''
* [[Consciousness]]: {{Bad|x0.8}}
* [[Moving]]: {{Bad|x0.9}}
* [[Manipulation]]: {{Bad|x0.9}}
* Vomiting {{MTB}}: {{Bad|{{#expr:(24*0.075)}} hours}}

Note that Pawns in the character selection menu can begin the game already pregnant.

== Assisted reproduction ==
Science enables new methods for obtaining babies. After Fertility Procedures has been researched, you can extract [[Ovum|ova]] from female pawns and fertilize them to form an [[embryo]], for use in surrogate pregnancies or vat-grown babies.

Both methods require extracting an ovum from a [[Fertility|fertile]] female pawn, be they [[colonist]], [[prisoner]], or [[slave]]{{IdeologyIcon}}, through a medical operation in the pawn's Health tab: "Extract ovum for IVF". The operation requires one of any type of medicine and a doctor, although it is a relatively easy surgery, with a 500% multiplier on success, and 0% chance of death on failure.

The ovum may then be fertilized by a fertile male colonist or slave (but not a prisoner or guest) to produce an embryo. As long as the male pawn's fertility is above 0% this will be successful. The resulting embryo can then be implanted in female pawns (may be prisoner, colonist, or slave) to initiate a pregnancy, placed in a growth vat, or sold.

=== Surrogacy ===
With the [[Research#Fertility Procedures|Fertility Procedures]] research, you can create [[embryo]]s. They can then be implanted into a pawn for a chance for the pawn to become pregnant. The chance of success depends on the surrogate's own Fertility.

Even if they did not supply the ovum, the surrogate will be considered the birth mother. Otherwise, it will act as a regular pregnancy.{{Check Tag|Verify|Not thoroughly checked, quick devmode run to write this section}}. A pawn born this way will consider both their surrogate and genetic mother as the pawn's parents in terms of social opinions.

=== Growth vats ===
{{See also|Growth vat}}
[[Growth vat]]s are a complete alternative to pregnancy. They require the [[Research#Growth vats|Growth vat]]s research to make, as well as [[Research#Fertility procedures|Fertility Procedures]], and two pawns with > 0% Fertility to actually create embryos.

Growth vats allow an embryo to be born in 9 days, half the time of a natural pregnancy. Active vats must be given a constant supply of 200 W of [[power]] and 6 [[nutrition]] per day - or around 6.5 [[simple meal]]s per day - to ensure survival of the fetus. If lacking either, then the fetus will undergo biostarvation, increasing by 50% per day. If biostarvation reaches 100%, the fetus will be destroyed.

Otherwise, growth vat births always have a [[Reproduction#Quality|quality]] of 70%, which affects the chance of the baby being born healthy. On practice, per 100 birth there will be 2 dead and 10 sick. However, there are benefits to this method: as it avoids natural birth, the mother won't be weighed down, and there is no risk of them dying.

== Birth ==
Your first warning for a pawn's upcoming childbirth comes during a pawn's pregnancy: the player will receive one notification when the mother hits the third trimester about "<Colonist>'s baby prep", which explains all the steps you can take to help the mother give birth successfully. Besides preparing a location and doctor for the birth, this notification reminds you to prepare a food source for the baby and build them a crib. Labor will happen roughly 6 days after, starting with a notification of "<Colonist> in labor!".

Once labor begins, the birthing procedure can be initiated by clicking on the mother, and selecting the "Begin birth" option. This allows the player to select participants and a Doctor, much like [[Ideology]]'s rituals. The procedure will take place at a bed or sleeping spot, chosen automatically (preferring medical beds) if the mother is not already in bed. All of these choices have an effect on the birth's quality, which affects the chance that the mother and baby will come out of childbirth alive and healthy. You can view the exact factors and their influence in the Quality section below. The expected duration of this operation is variable, but will end once the baby has been born or mother has died.

=== Labor ===
The progress of labor can be tracked in the mother's health tab. Labor begins with contractions, different stages of dilation that change randomly over time, with all adding various amounts of pain and restrictions on movement for the mother. Many stages will incapacitate her, so even before the childbirth operation begins, it is important to bring her to a bed. When the childbirth operation has proceeded for a while, you will receive a small notification saying "<mother>'s labor has entered the final stage", and the labor will progress to the final "pushing" stage.

'''Stages of labor:'''
* dilation, mild: pain +25%, moving x40%
* dilation, intense: pain +50%, moving x20%
* dilation, debilitating: pain +85%, moving x0%
* pushing: pain +85%, moving x0%

Once the childbirth procedure has begun, any spectating loved ones may socialize with each other, but the doctor and mother will be focused on their tasks. Spectators and the doctors can leave if needed, by selecting a pawn and then pressing the "Leave child birth" option.
Finally, you can cancel the birth operation by selecting any of the involved pawns and then selecting the "Cancel child birth" option, which allows you to restart childbirth later.

=== Quality ===
When starting the child birth procedure, a screen will show you the expected quality of the birth, determined by (descending order of influence):
* Age of the mother: The mother has a natural {{+|50%}} quality bonus between ages 20-30. Outside this range, the bonus drops. See the graph below.
* Doctor's [[medical]] skill: Can range from {{+|0-25%}}. Starting at 0% with skill level 1 and increasing by 1.25% every level, up to a maximum of 25% at skill level 20.
* Room [[cleanliness]]: Cleanliness can range from 0-0.6, giving {{+|0-10%}} in quality bonuses.
* Other factors, gives up to 5% each:
** Loved one present: The presence of someone that the mother considers a friend or more gives {{+|5%}} quality, with no stacking for multiple friends or a better friend. By default, the father will be selected to be present. If the doctor performing the operation is a friend, they will count towards this bonus too, and forcing father to participate in addition to doctor will give nothing.
** [[Rooms|Indoors]]: If inside, the quality gains {{+|5%}}.
** [[Bed]] health effects: Contributes up to 5% depending on the type of bed: [[sleeping spot]]s and [[bedroll]]s give no bonus. Regular and [[Royal bed|royal]] beds give a {{+|2%}} bonus while [[hospital bed]]s give a {{+|5%}} bonus.

Birth quality is determined at the moment of the baby's birth; allowing the doctor or loved ones to leave, or having the room grow dirty, has an effect on birth quality.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | Additional quality from Mother's age
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| xAxisTitle = Mother Age
| yAxisTitle = Additional Quality (+%)
| x = 14, 15, 20, 30, 40, 65
| y1 = 0, 30, 50, 50, 30, 0
}}
|
* 14 yrs: {{+|0%}}
* 15 yrs: {{+|30%}}
* 20 yrs: {{+|50%}}
* 30 yrs: {{+|50%}}
* 40 yrs: {{+|30%}}
* 65 yrs: {{+|0%}}
Note: Bonus is linearly interpolated between these points
|}

=== Outcomes ===
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Depending on the quality, the baby can be born healthy or sickly, or they may die during birth, also known as being stillborn. At lower qualities, there is also a chance that the mother can die during childbirth. The quality needs to be >90% for the best possible outcomes. Since the probability of a bad outcome increases drastically below 20% birth quality, it's strongly recommended to provide at least the bare necessities, such as a bed indoors, as even a few percent above 0% in birth quality will contribute massively to the outcome.

{| class="wikitable"
! Birth Outcome Chance
! Mother Death Chance
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 300
| height = 200
| type = stackedarea
| xAxisTitle = Birth Quality (%)
| yAxisTitle = Chance (%)
| legend = Outcomes
| x = 0, 5 , 10 , 15 , 20 , 25 , 30 , 35 , 40 , 45 , 50 , 55 , 60 , 65 , 70 , 75 , 80 , 85 , 90 , 100
| y1 = 100, 34 , 20 , 14.7, 11.1, 9.3, 7.9, 6.8, 6 , 5.4, 4.9, 4.5, 4.1, 3.8, 3.5, 3.3, 3.1, 2.9, 2.5, 2.5
| y2 = 0, 5.1, 6.1, 6.6, 6.8, 7 , 7.1, 7.2, 7.2, 7.3, 7.3, 7.3, 7.4, 7.4, 7.4, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5, 7.5, 7.5
| y3 = 0, 60.9, 73.9, 78.7, 82.1, 83.7, 85 , 86 , 86.8, 87.3, 87.8, 88.2, 88.5, 88.8, 89.1, 89.3, 89.4, 89.6, 90 , 90
| y1Title = Stillborn
| y2Title = Sick
| y3Title = Healthy
| interpolate = monotone
| colors = #0066bb, #00aacc, #00ddff
}}
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 300
| height = 200
| type = line
| xAxisTitle = Birth Quality (%)
| yAxisTitle = Chance (%)
| x = 0, 20, 90, 100
| y = 20, 5, 0, 0
}}
|}

You will receive a notification when the birth is complete, and the baby will appear on an adjacent tile. If the baby was born alive, a pawn with the Childcare work enabled can be instructed to either move the baby to a safe space, or to deliver it to the mother for breastfeeding. The baby will be born hungry, with a mood penalty of {{Bad|-6}}.{{Check Tag|Thought Template|Please convert to Template: Thought with all details}}

If your baby was healthy, the notification is "Healthy child birth", and it gives you 24 hours to choose a name for the baby. You can also name stillborn babies via the stillborn notification.{{Check Tag|Notification title?|Like "Healthy child birth" but for stillborn.}}

These are only time where you can completely customize the baby's first and last names, and you additionally can add an optional nickname. The game will suggest the mother and father's last names on this screen, and provide random suggestions for the other names. Until then, the baby's name is temporary, and called "Baby <Mother's last name>". The baby will also receive the Childhood title "Newborn", and belong to the mother's faction. The baby's parents will receive a 15-day mood boost that "<Baby> was born healthy" {{Good|+8}}.

If the baby is born sick, they are affected by a form of [[infant illness]], which can start at a variable intensity. If left untreated before 10 days is up, the baby dies, but if it lives through 10 days after birth, the illness will no longer affect the baby. You will also get the chance to name your baby.

If the baby is stillborn, then the mother and father will experience a negative moodlet. If a surrogate mother is used, the biological mother will receive the moodlet.

If the mother survived childbirth, she will remain in bed, incapacitated by exhaustion (Postpartum exhaustion) for 16 hours. She'll no longer feel any pain from childbirth, but won't be able to move. However, if another pawn delivers her baby to her, she can begin breastfeeding.

=== Lactation ===
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{{Quote|''The condition of being able to breastfeed a baby. The breasts are actively producing and storing milk. The lactating state begins when a mother gives birth, and continues indefinitely as long as she breastfeeds a baby at least once every 10 days. People who are lactating will have a harder time becoming pregnant.''|Description}}

Upon a successful natural childbirth, the birthing mother will begin lactating. A lactating pawn can breastfeed babies, even if not their own. Lactation lasts indefinitely, but stops after 10 days of not breastfeeding a baby or if the pawn is malnourished with a {{MTB}} of 4 hours so roughly stopping at 40% malnutrition. If a lactating pawn is sent on a pawn lending [[quest]], the 10-day timer will tick down unless they are sent along with a baby or babies that they can feed.

While lactating, the pawn gains a milk fullness stat, which starts at 100%. When it is above 0%, a pawn can breastfeed any baby, reducing milk accordingly. If it is below 100%, then the mother's Food Consumption increases. Consumption increases by up to +0.5 [[nutrition]] per day, for a total of 2.1 nutrition per day, until milk is full. For reference, 1 [[simple meal]] is 0.9 nutrition. The increased hunger scales with milk regeneration rate, which decreases as the pawn gets hungry.

{| class=wikitable
! '''Hunger Level''' || Malnourished || Ravenously hungry || Hungry || Full
|-
| '''Milk Regeneration''' || 0% || 25% || 50% || 100%
|-
| '''Extra Nutrition Per Day''' || 0 || 0.13 || 0.25 || 0.5
|}

Lactation also multiplies [[Fertility]] by {{Bad|x5%}}, meaning the mother is very unlikely to get pregnant by any natural means.

== Heredity ==
{{See also|Genes}}
[[File:PawnFamilyTree.png|thumb|right|upright=1.8|A compact chart of familial pawn relationships and its effects on inbreeding. Redundant relations have been hidden for simplicity.]]
When an [[embryo]] is conceived, it will inherit some of the [[genes]] of both parents. During a mother's pregnancy, you can view her child's genes by going to her Health tab and selecting the information button for her pregnancy. The genetics section will list all genes that her child has inherited.

Genes which can be passed down come from the germline DNA, and are called germline genes. Pawns may modify themselves with [[xenogene]]s, but as it's not part of a pawn's germline DNA, it cannot be passed down. If a germline gene is only present in one parent, it has a small chance to be passed down.{{Check Tag|What's the chance?|What is the algorithm for calculating gene inheritance?}} However if an germline gene is present in both parents, it has a higher chance passed down, as long as the previous inherited germline gene didn't reach the metabolic limit. If a pawn is created with a maximum metabolic rating of 3 and the first gene it inherits is a 3 metabolism gene then it won't be able to inherit any more genes with a metabolism cost unless it first inherits one with a negative metabolism cost. This means that the likelihood to inherit genes is not only based on the cost of the gene but the order in which the genes are present on the pawn.

Generally, all pawns will have at least one hair color and skin color germline gene. Offspring will always pick one hair color and skin color germline gene from their parents. If no hair/skin color germline gene can be found in either parent, such as if they were two [[highmates]], a random hair/skin color germline gene will be picked from the natural list of hair/skin colors instead.

If a pawn has multiple [[Genes#Cosmetic|cosmetic genes]] within a category, like body type, one random gene will override the others. This will be the gene represented on the pawn. For non-cosmetic genes within a category there is a fixed priority for overrides, usually favored towards the negative variations. For example, an awful [[shooting]] aptitude will override all other shooting aptitudes. Xenogenes will always take priority over germline genes. Thus, even though the Slow runner germline gene overrides their Fast runner germline gene, the Fast runner ''xenogene'' will override the Slow runner germline gene. Note that overridden germline genes can still be passed down as normal.

Pregnant pawns that haven't been part of the colony have their children apply a xenotype from their pawnkind post-birth {{Check Tag|Faction?}} in addition to the genes of the original this does not factor in the xenotype being inheritable. for example Wild Men can have a xenotype applied from any kind, including [[Hussar]]s and [[Genie]]s, but often baseliner will be applied resulting in no additional genes, Sanguophages however do not apply their xenotype to the child and follow similar behavior to wild men. {{Check Tag|Verify|Could just be absurdly rare but i've only gotten wasters and neanderthals}}

=== Inbreeding ===
If a child is born from an incestuous relationship, there's a risk of them becoming [[inbred]]. The likelihood of this is modelled proportionally to the pawns' coefficient of relationship, though it is largely simplified.

As a general rule, the risk is '''80%''' for first-degree, '''40%''' for second-degree, and '''10%''' for third-degree relatives; however some exceptions apply, an example being 20% for cousins. Many fourth-degree relationships and beyond are simply referred to as "Kin". Kin relationships pose no risk for inbreeding, despite being considered incestuous. If two pawns are related in more ways than one, such as being both parent/child (80%) and grandparent/grandchild (40%), the highest number always takes priority when calculating inbreeding. Pawns being inbred will not directly increase this number, but since inbred is a gene it will follow the same rules of gene inheritance as all other genes.

It's possible to check for the inbred gene after conception by using the ''"Inspect baby genes..."'' button on the [[#Pregnancy|pregnant]] pawn or the [[embryo]]. The [[#Outcomes|outcome]] of a pregnancy isn't affected by inbreeding, but should the baby be born, the game will display an additional line in the birth results:
<code>'' The baby shows signs of genetic abnormalities due to inbreeding. ''</code>

{| class="wikitable"
! '''Inbred'''
[[File:Gene Inbred.png|64px]]
|
* Complexity: {{Bad|+1}}
* Metabolic efficiency: {{Bad|-2}}
* Forced Trait: [[Slow learner]]
* [[Fertility]]: {{Bad|x50%}}
* [[Immunity gain speed]]: {{Bad|x85%}}
|}

The risk of inbreeding goes as follows, higher numbers taking priority over lower ones:

<div><li style="display: inline-table;">
{| {{STDT| sortable c_07 text-center}}
! Relation
! [[File:Gene Inbred.png|24px]] Inbreeding risk
! Coefficient of relationship
|-
! Parent/Sibling/Child
| 80% || 50%
|-
! Grandparent/Aunt/Uncle/Niece/Nephew/Halfsibling/Grandchild
| 40% || 25%
|-
! Halfniece/Halfnephew
| 40% || 12.5%
|-
! Cousin
| 20% || 12.5%
|-
! G. grandparent/Grandaunt/Granduncle/Grandniece/Grandnephew/G. grandchild
| 10% || 12.5%
|-
! Half grandniece/Half grandnephew/Cousin once removed
| 10% || 6.25%
|-
! Second cousin
| 10% || 3.125%
|-
! Birth parent<ref>Although birth parents are considered on the same level as biological parents, they aren't genetically related to the child they birth, and thus run no risk of inbreeding despite the game's warnings that they do.</ref>/Kin
| 0% || N/A
|}
</li></div>
<references/>

== Fertility ==
{{See also|Fertility}}
Fertility is the main pawn stat affecting pregnancy chances, acting as a percentage multiplier on the chance of getting pregnant naturally or through an ovum implantation. Natural pregnancy chance is equally dependent on the fertility of both partners. Additionally, fertility must be above 0% to extract a pawn's ovum or to fertilize the [[ovum]] into an [[embryo]].

This stat is affected by a variety of factors, such as age, [[genes]], and [[#Contraceptives|contraceptives]]. Age is the baseline for fertility, changing slowly for each colonist over time, and at a different rate by pawn gender. Genes provide an additional multiplier on fertility. Contraceptives instantly bring fertility to 0%, overriding other fertility factors.

For baseline humans without fertility-modifying genes, both men and women start becoming fertile after age 14; but regardless of fertility, pawns can't participate in reproduction until they are 16. Fertility increases differently by gender. Women's fertility increases until age 20, but starts dropping at age 28 until it reaches 0% at age 50. Men's fertility increases until age 18, but starts dropping at age 50 until it's 0% at age 90.

{| class="wikitable"
! Fertility
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 400
| height = 100
| type = line
| x = 0, 14, 18, 20, 28, 35, 40, 45, 50, 90, 120
| y1 = 0, 0, {{#expr: 200/3}}, 100, 100, 50, 10, 2, 0, 0, 0
| y2 = 0, 0, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 0, 0
| xAxisTitle = Pawn age (years)
| yAxisTitle = Fertility (%)
| legend =
| y1Title = Female
| y2Title = Male
}}
|}

Genes affect fertility in direct and indirect ways. There are two direct effects: the [[Fertile]] gene doubles fertility and the [[Sterile]] gene completely nullifies it. The [[Ageless]] gene prevents aging entirely, which prevents fertility loss. [[Biosculpter pod#Age reversal|Age Reversal]]{{IdeologyIcon}} also has a fully restorative effect on fertility. Even a completely infertile pawn (due to age) can start reproduction again.

== Contraceptives ==
There are many ways to manually change the likelihood of natural pregnancy. The simplest way in the game to prevent pregnancy is to not give pawns a [[double bed]] to themselves. However, it deprives them of the [[mood]] bonuses of Lovin' in the first place. By changing a couple's Reproductive Approach "Avoid pregnancy" in the social tab, pregnancy rate will be reduced by {{--|75%}}, but still gives Lovin' at the same rate. Lactation, from having given birth before, gives a {{Bad|x5%}} multiplier to Fertility.

A more stable way to prevent pregnancy is available from the [[Research#Fertility Procedures|Fertility Procedures]] research. This gives access to multiple operations, reversible or permanent, to prevent and stop pregnancies. These surgeries are considered sterilization and are not applicable to pawns who are already sterilized, including sterilization on operation failure (see below). Though, they can be performed on pawns who are infertile by other means (age, Sterile gene).

Neither of the IUD, Vasectomy and Tubal Ligation will be "healed" by luciferium, bioregeneration cycle and by applying healing or resurrection mech serum.

=== IUD ===
This is a method of preventing pregnancies that lasts indefinitely but is reversible. You can stop a female pawn from becoming pregnant with the "Implant IUD" medical operation, which is available at age 16+, has a base 100% success chance and no chance of pawn death upon failure. The operation requires 1 Medicine of any type and will anesthetize the pawn. The IUD lasts indefinitely and can be seen in the pawn's Health tab, but you can later remove it through the "Remove IUD" medical operation for 1 Medicine of Industrial quality (Glitterworld medicine cannot be used, this must be a bug). Women may embark with IUDs already implanted. If either of these operations is botched, the patient will become permanently sterile.{{Check Tag|Bug?|In SurgeryOutcomeBase def, an attempt is made to make the chance of sterilization small, but ImplantIUD def has addsHediffOnFailure property which always applies Sterilized on failure}}

Implanted IUDs also stop pregnancies in the first trimester, an alternative to the Terminate Pregnancy operation.

=== Vasectomy ===
This is another method of preventing pregnancies that lasts indefinitely but is reversible. You can stop a male pawn from impregnating others with the "Perform vasectomy" medical operation, which is available at age 13+ and also has a base 100% success chance with no chance of pawn death upon failure. The vasectomy lasts indefinitely, with the operation requiring 1 Medicine of any type. You can later undo it through the "Reverse vasectomy" medical operation for 1 Medicine of Industrial quality (Glitterworld medicine cannot be used, this must be a bug). Men may embark with the operation already performed.{{Check Tag|Verify}} If either of these operations is botched, the patient will become permanently sterile.{{Check Tag|Bug?|In SurgeryOutcomeBase def, an attempt is made to make the chance of sterilization small, but Vasectomy def has addsHediffOnFailure property which always applies Sterilized on failure}}

=== Tubal ligation ===
This permanently stops a female pawn from being able to reproduce. "Perform tubal ligation" is a medical operation available at age 13+ and requiring 1 Medicine of any type. The surgery success chance is 100% and there is no chance of pawn death upon failure. The operation is irreversible.

=== Termination ===
If the pawn has already become pregnant past the first trimester, the only option left is to terminate the pregnancy. This can be achieved through the medical operation "Terminate pregnancy" requiring 2 Medicine of herbal quality or better and {{ticks|1500}} of work, after which the pawn will no longer be pregnant. There is a 2% of death if this operation fails, but a {{Good|x2}} success chance factor. Note that the maximum success chance still applies, resulting in a 0.04% chance of death with max surgery success.

This operation can upset the affected pawn. Depending on the trimester of the pregnancy, a moodlet of {{Bad|-5}} for the first, {{Bad|-10}} for the second, and {{Bad|-20}} for the third will occur, lasting for 10 days. If a pawn was not happy about the pregnancy, they will gain a {{+|5}} moodlet instead. If performed on another faction's pawn, it is considered a violation and will result in loss of [[goodwill]].

This is the only fertility procedure that does not require the Fertility Procedures research.

== Pregnancy analysis ==
[[Growth vat]]s are the "best" way to create your own children, with it being faster, having no risk to the mother, and able to be done with low Fertility. However, the nutrition cost is non-negligible. The vats themselves cost some steel, components, and research to make.

If both pawns are reasonably young, fertile, and sleeping at the same time, then pregnancy will be quite common; it is easy to get pawns pregnant, if you wanted them to.

== Babies ==
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The end result of pregnancy is a human '''baby'''. Babies are small, helpless creatures that cannot walk or do anything by themselves. They only have three basic [[needs]]: food, sleep, and play.

Babies are born with no traits or skills: these develop during childhood [[Children#Growth moments|Growth Moments]]. They also have no [[Ideoligion|ideoligion]] {{IdeologyIcon}}. Unless they have temporary health effects from being born sick, they have no health conditions, with every health stat at 100%, except for Moving, which is at 0%.

If a prisoner gives birth, the baby will initially be an enemy but can be adopted with a click on the 'adopt' gizmo.

The baby life stage lasts for ages 0-2, with newborn ages tracked in days and quadrums rather than years. Once a baby turns 3, they become a [[Children|child]], and on their [[Children#Age 3|3rd birthday]] you can make special choices for how they will develop further. Under the default [[storyteller|storyteller settings]], babies will age 4x faster than normal, so the biological age of the baby is not how many days/quadrums they have actually been alive. [[Growth vat]]s can speed up a baby's growth by 20x that of an adult, or 5x faster than default. Depending on the [[Ideoligion#Growth vats|growth vat precept]] {{IdeologyIcon}} colonists may be sad about their baby being, or not being, in a growth vat. Using a growth vat seems to have no ill effects on a baby or its development, at least until it exits the baby stage.

If a baby is left on the ground, any colonist (even those incapable of childcare or hauling) can try to bring the baby somewhere safe, like an available crib. Usually a colonist will quickly try to do this automatically. If you draft a colonist while they are carrying a baby, you'll receive a pop-up warning that your colonist is carrying a baby while drafted. If you undraft and redraft the colonist, they will drop the baby.

[[Artificial body parts]] cannot be applied to babies, but [[Xenogerm]]s can be. Babies cannot be ordered to apply xenogerms by selecting them and right-clicking on the xenogerm, as they cannot walk. Players must instead place an order for it on the health tab.

=== Food ===
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{{See also|Saturation}}
Babies need less [[nutrition]] to become full, but their hunger rate is adjusted with it to require [[food]] twice a day. Since babies cannot eat anything by themselves, pawns assigned to childcare will help feed them. The feeding process is fairly slow when compared to adult eating.

They can ''only'' be fed in one of following ways:
* Breastfeeding from any [[#Lactation|lactating]] pawn, even those not their mother.
* Cooking and feeding them [[baby food]], produced at a [[campfire]] or [[stove]] from vegetable ingredients.
* Feeding them animal [[milk]] or [[insect jelly]].

Of these, breastfeeding is usually the easiest. Unlike other foods, which feed in bursts only once the food has been consumed, breastfeeding will gradually increase the food bar. This allows the breastfeeding pawn to pause at any point, whilst also not wasting excess food. Usually, a pawn will sit down to breastfeed, continuing until the baby is full or the pawn is out of milk.

You can control what foods the baby can eat and who will try to feed the baby in the baby's "Feeding" tab. By default, the mother will be set to Urgent, with all other pawns set to Childcare. If a pawn is set to childcare, that does not mean they will feed the baby: their childcare labor may be turned off, or they may be incapable of it.
* "Urgent" means the pawn will feed the baby day or night, even if the pawn is not assigned to childcare or capable of it.
* "Childcare" means the pawn will feed the baby as childcare work.
* "Never" means the pawn won't automatically feed the baby.
You can allow the baby to eat milk, insect jelly, and baby food in this tab, but can't control breastfeeding here.

==== Drugs ====
Although babies are limited to eating certain foods, you can administer drugs to babies under the Health>>Medical Operations tab. These have an outsized influence due to their very small body sizes (x0.20 of the size of an adult). Each drug causes a higher severity, increasing its duration. But due to the massive [[Drugs#Addiction and Tolerance|tolerance]], any further drugs are very likely to get them addicted. The actual effects of a drug are the same between babies and adults.

=== Sleep ===
{{See also|Rest}}
Unlike adults, babies don't follow a sleep schedule, instead falling asleep mostly at random. They may be in a sleeping spot, growing steadily more sleepy and upset, while still not falling asleep.

A [[crib]] or [[bed]] should be provided for the baby to sleep in, as it will negate the negative [[mood]] from sleeping on the floor. There are several benefits of cribs over beds: cribs take up only one tile, multiple can be placed in a room without turning it into a barracks, and high-quality cribs can increase the mood of the baby while it rests or sleeps.

Force-feeding, holding, or playing with the baby will wake them up, possibly keeping them unhappy from being tired.

=== Play ===
Babies need to be played with, in place of standard Recreation. An adult assigned to child care will play with the baby once the play need is almost empty. There are different activities that will fulfill the baby's play need. A [[toy box]] and [[baby decoration]] increases the quality of play. Babies that are somehow [[psychopath]]s or [[inhumanized]]{{AnomalyIcon}} will be unaffected by this need, this cannot be seen outside of developer mode and adding the trait or hediff.

=== Mood ===
Babies' moods are influenced by their needs for food, sleep, and play. These are affected at the same rates as for adults:

{| class=wikitable
! '''Hunger''' || Ravenously Hungry || Hungry || Normal
|-
| '''Mood effect''' || -12 || -6 || 0
|}

{| class=wikitable
! '''Sleep''' || Tired || Drowsy || Normal
|-
| '''Mood effect''' || -12 || -6 || 0
|}

{| class=wikitable
! '''Play''' || Really wants to play || Wants to Play || Normal || Entertained || Very Entertained
|-
| '''Mood effect''' || -10 || -5 || 0 || 5 || 10
|}

Babies share some moodlets with adults but aren't affected by as many thoughts. Babies can gain the {{Bad|-4}} Slept in the Cold moodlet, but aren't affected by temperature while awake. Babies have the same expectations for colony life as other pawns do, influencing their moods at the same rate. They can be influenced by [[psychic drone]]s, [[Psychic soothe|soothes]], and [[psycasts]] {{RoyaltyIcon}} just as much as other pawns, because they have a psychic sensitivity of 100% by default. However, babies don't consider furniture comfort or quality, except while resting or sleeping in a [[crib]], with various crib qualities providing higher mood boosts.

Uniquely, babies get a mood bonus when their parents are very happy: "Parent is happy" {{Good|+6}}, or "Parents are happy" {{Good|+12}}.

Being held or breastfed does not affect the baby or caretaking adult's mood in any direct way. However, babies will temporarily forget any ill mood effects from lack of Sleep while being held, although these needs will still decrease as usual.

A baby's mood affects the moods of all other colonists, much like [[Children#Mood|children's moods]] can. Parents of a baby who is very happy will receive a {{Good|+6}} mood boost for "My child <baby> is happy". If the baby is about 1/3 of its happiness or less, parents have a {{Bad|-6}} mood penalty, thinking "My child <baby> is unhappy". Babies also factor into the colonists' thoughts on the overall happiness of the colony's children, which range from a positive {{Good|+2}} "Happy youngsters" mood boost to a {{Bad|-2}} "Sad youngsters", to worse negative mood penalties, all based on the average of the moods of colonists aged 0-17.

==== Giggling and crying ====
Instead of [[mental inspiration|mental inspirations]] or [[mental breaks]], babies will have giggling or crying ''fits'' which give a mood boost or penalty to other pawns who hear them. The ratio between giggling and crying is directly related with the baby's mood.

[[Mood]] boosts from giggling babies go from {{Good|+4}} up to {{Good|+10}}, while crying babies can cause mood maluses from {{Bad|-8}} down to {{Bad|-20}}. Parents are only half as bothered by their baby crying, and twice as happy when their baby is giggling.

Each fit lasts {{ticks|1200}}, and every {{ticks|151}} the baby emits a sound that can be heard by nearby pawns. Only the initial sound of the series can actually be heard in the game by the player. Each specific fit only affects pawns once; it happens when they first hear it. Pawns with 0% [[Hearing]] don't hear the sounds and aren't affected by them. The maximum distance of hearing the baby is {{Good|9.9}} tiles, with the pawn's Hearing as a multiplier capped at 100%.

Sounds can only travel to other [[rooms]] through open doors (fence gates and animal flaps count as doors) and multiple doors can be traversed sequentially. For this matter, an opening door is considered open, and a closing door is considered closed.{{Check Tag|Bug?|The difference is unnatural.}} Counter-intuitively, hearing distance is not measured along the sound path through the doors, but in a straight line.

In caravans moving across the world map, all caravan members hear the baby's fits, even those who are deaf.{{Check Tag|Bug?}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Giggling occurance
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 400
| height = 100
| type = line
| x = 0 , 25 , 50, 75, 100
| y = 0.125, 0.25, 1, 2, 4
| xAxisTitle = Baby mood (%)
| yAxisTitle = Average occurance (times per day)
}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Crying occurance
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 400
| height = 100
| type = line
| x = 0, 25, 50, 75 , 100
| y = 12, 6, 1, 0.25, 0.125
| xAxisTitle = Baby mood (%)
| yAxisTitle = Average occurance (times per day)
}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Giggling to crying ratio (higher is better)
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 400
| height = 100
| type = line
| x = 0 , 25 , 50, 75, 100
| y = 0.011, 0.042, 1, 8, 32
| xAxisTitle = Baby mood (%)
| yAxisTitle = Occurance of giggling per time crying
}}
|}

=== Social ===
Babies get the same [[social]] opinion boosts from [[Social#Family by Blood|familial relationships]] that other pawns do. They are born aware of their entire family tree, going back to the great-grandparent generation and including dead relatives. In addition, their social relationships are impacted by who feeds them and who hears them crying. They will not know all of your colonists when born, only beginning to remember them after they've interacted a few times (and the colonist will likewise not remember the baby)!

Feeding changes the social opinions between a baby and their caretaker. A baby will gain about {{+|16}} social opinion for another pawn each time they are fed, with the "Fed me" opinion, which wears off over time. Breastfeeding provides a similar{{Check Tag|Same?|Is the opinion boost the same?}} benefit. An adult who feeds a baby will gain about {{+|4}} social opinion for them from this act, and remember the feeding for longer than the baby does. This bonus only stacks up to 5 times, for a maximum of {{+|16}} opinion of the baby. Adults who breastfeed a baby gain about {{+|7}} opinion for the baby from the interaction. These feeding opinion changes are the same whether the caretaker is the baby's parent or not.

Adults who hear a baby cry or giggle will change their opinions of the baby temporarily. A crying baby will gain the ''Cried'' {{Bad|-12}} opinion penalty, while a giggling baby will gain the ''Giggled'' {{Good|+12}} opinion boost. An adult can remember a baby's crying and giggling at the same time, cancelling each effect out. It is unclear if these modifiers stack.{{Check Tag|Detail Needed|Stacking behavior - even if they don't stack, explicitly note this in the article}}

==Analysis==
The [[baby]] stage lasts for 45 days (3/4ths of a year). It requires a notably high amount of colonist labor, as the baby must both be fed and played with by adults.

Feeding babies takes a surprisingly long time, especially if breastfed. The base duration of feeding a baby from empty is {{ticks/gametime/hours|5000}}, and babies need to be fed roughly twice a day. Between this and caring for her own needs, a mother tasked with caring for her baby can spend over half her waking hours, every day, for those 45 days.

[[Growth vat]]s can be used to skip the baby stage, at the cost of nutrition and a slight mood penalty.

== Version history ==
* [[Biotech DLC]] release - Introduced. Humans have a gestation cycle defined without Biotech, but they can not get pregnant.
* [[Version/1.4.3527|1.4.3527]] - Fix regression: Food consumption absurd during lactation.
* [[Version/1.4.3529|1.4.3529]] - Fix: Babies can carry items in caravans.
* [[Version/1.4.3541|1.4.3541]] - Fix: Overactive temperature warning for baby moving.
* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - Lactating no longer prevents pregnancy or ovum extraction, but now inflicts a {{Bad|x5%}} multiplier to Fertility. Update the lactating hediff's description to mention that it reduces fertility. Pawns away on a PawnLend quest won't have their lactating condition expire if there are any babies with them that can feed. Terminate pregnancy operation increased to 2 medicine (from 1), work slightly reduced. Update the wording of the stillbirth letter to be a bit clearer about the choice of naming the baby, and allow the player to decide not to name the baby. Fathers now get a negative thought if their child is stillborn. If a baby is stillborn from a surrogate mother, the gene-mother gets a negative thought.
* [[Version/1.4.3557|1.4.3557]] - Colonists born in the colony no longer stay stuck in labor forever if the Ideology DLC was not active when they became a child.
* [[Version/1.4.3580|1.4.3580]] - Fix: Babies being assigned child body type on load.
* [[Version/1.5.4062|1.5.4062]] - Fix: Error placing hostile baby in bed. Fix: Error in DoPaneContentsFor when trying to change allowed area on a baby that's being held. Fix: Error when a pawn is playing with a baby in some circumstances. Fix: Babies are not dropped after breastfeeding completion if the breastfeeder is downed. Fix: BabyTalk not generated correctly for text with non-ASCII characters. Fix: Exception feeding a baby which died during feeding.
* [[Version/1.6.4566|1.6.4566]] - Fix: Error when baby being breastfed dies.

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Reproduction

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{{Biotech}}
{{About|human pregnancy and babies|older children|Children}}

'''Reproduction''' is the means by which [[human]] babies are created.
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Note: Due to the continuous nature of the subject matter, this page covers from conception to the age of three.

== Acquisition ==
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Babies can be obtained via several different methods:
* Choosing them as a starting colonist via the [[scenario system]].
* Natural reproduction, through [[#Pregnancy|pregnancy]].
* Assisted reproduction, through [[#Surrogacy|surrogacy]] or [[#Growth vat|growth vats]].
* Purchasing them from [[Trade#Slaver|slavers]].{{Check Tag|Can babies be bought?}}
* Receiving them from [[quests]] and [[events]]. Babies of any faction can be adopted instantly to the colony, without angering them.

Note that with the exception of the first point, these methods become unavailable if "Disable children" is toggled on in the [[AI Storytellers#Biotech|storyteller settings]].

== Natural reproduction ==
Pawns in [[Social#Romance|romantic relationships]] have a chance to get pregnant when they initiate [[lovin']]. Note that pawns must share a two-person bed, bedroll, or sleeping spot at the same time to initate lovin'. The ''Sleeping Alone'' debuff only checks if 2 pawns are ''assigned'' the same bed; they don't need to sleep at the same time or ever engage in lovin' to avoid it.

=== Chance ===
The prospective parents' chance of successfully reproducing is primarily controlled by their [[Fertility]] stat. The player has three options to adjust pregnancy rates from Lovin' in any relationship. By opening the social tab, to the right of a Lover, Fiancee, or Spouse, you can see a button that lets you change the couple's approach for having kids.

{| class="wikitable"
! [[File:Normal.png|32px]]
| '''Normal''' (Default) || x1 pregnancy chance.
|-
! [[File:AvoidPregnancy.png|32px]]
| '''Avoid pregnancy''' || x0.25 pregnancy chance.
|-
! [[File:TryForBaby.png|32px]]
| '''Try for baby''' || x4 pregnancy chance.
|}
Therefore, the total chance of pregnancy in one relationship is likely:

'''Pregnancy chance per relationship''' = '''Mother's fertility''' x '''Father's fertility''' x '''Reproductive Approach''' x '''Times Lovin''''

The actual chance that a pair of pawns will do Lovin' each night varies, but it requires them to share the same bed and sleep at the same time. Their chance of Lovin' varies by age, as seen in [[Social#Lovin.27|this chart]]. The [[low libido]] and [[high libido]] genes will also alter this. There have been reports that colonist mood and opinions of each other also influence the chance of doing Lovin'.

=== Pregnancy ===
Pregnancy lasts for 18 days, broken into three 6-day trimesters. The player will receive a notification when the pregnancy starts and when it progresses from one trimester to the next. The pregnant pawn will gain penalties to movement, manipulation, and hunger rate, increasing each trimester as seen in the chart below. Other than the statistical penalties, pregnant pawns have no restrictions on the activities they pursue.

If the mother is in poor health, such as [[Malnutrition]], she might suffer a miscarriage.{{Check Tag|Details|Sick? Injured? Blood loss? Low capacities?}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Stage !! Effects
|-
| First trimester ||
* Hunger rate offset: {{++|10%}}
|-
| Second trimester ||
* [[Moving]]: {{--|10%}}
* [[Manipulation]]: {{--|5%}}
* Hunger rate offset: {{++|30%}}
|-
| Third trimester ||
* [[Moving]]: {{--|50%}}
* [[Manipulation]]: {{--|10%}}
* Hunger rate offset: {{++|50%}}
|}

During the first trimester, a pawn will gain the ''New pregnancy'' moodlet, which can either be positive or negative direction: {{Good|+3}} ''I'm pregnant! It makes me happy.'', or {{Bad|-3}} ''I'm pregnant and not very happy about it.'' When the pawn is not happy about their pregnancy, you can perform an operation to end their pregnancy This will result in a mood buff of {{Good|+5}} ''I'm relieved I'm not pregnant any more''. Throughout their pregnancy, they will also occasionally gain mood buffs or debuffs due to hormone-induced mood swings, which includes the third trimester.{{Check Tag|Detail needed}} Mood swings are visible in the Health tab as a condition affecting the brain. They vary in severity, direction, and duration, appearing as: "Pregnancy Mood (<duration>, <type>)" with the description ''This common side effect of pregnancy represents a rising and falling mood caused by unbalanced hormones.'' Accompanying this, the pawn will get a positive or negative moodlet labeled ''Pregnancy mood <type>''. Mood swings are short-lived, with the longest duration seen so far being 10 hours.

'''Types of Mood swings:'''
* {{Thought|desc=This pregnancy is so hard. My body always feels awful. So exhausting!|label=pregnancy mood collapse|value=-14|stack=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=It feels like everything is going wrong for me today. Pregnancy is tough.|label=pregnancy mood down|value=-8|stack=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=Everything feels a little bit more pleasant today. Pregnancy is nice.|label=pregnancy mood up|value=4|stack=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=I feel amazing! Being pregnant is a gift!|label=pregnancy mood high|value=8|stack=1}}

Pregnant pawns may also receive the "morning sickness" condition, which lasts 4 to 8 in-game hours. Along with health effects, they will gain the {{Bad|-3}} mood debuff ''Sick''.

'''Morning sickness:'''
* [[Consciousness]]: {{Bad|x0.8}}
* [[Moving]]: {{Bad|x0.9}}
* [[Manipulation]]: {{Bad|x0.9}}
* Vomiting {{MTB}}: {{Bad|{{#expr:(24*0.075)}} hours}}

Note that Pawns in the character selection menu can begin the game already pregnant.

== Assisted reproduction ==
Science enables new methods for obtaining babies. After Fertility Procedures has been researched, you can extract [[Ovum|ova]] from female pawns and fertilize them to form an [[embryo]], for use in surrogate pregnancies or vat-grown babies.

Both methods require extracting an ovum from a [[Fertility|fertile]] female pawn, be they [[colonist]], [[prisoner]], or [[slave]]{{IdeologyIcon}}, through a medical operation in the pawn's Health tab: "Extract ovum for IVF". The operation requires one of any type of medicine and a doctor, although it is a relatively easy surgery, with a 500% multiplier on success, and 0% chance of death on failure.

The ovum may then be fertilized by a fertile male colonist or slave (but not a prisoner or guest) to produce an embryo. As long as the male pawn's fertility is above 0% this will be successful. The resulting embryo can then be implanted in female pawns (may be prisoner, colonist, or slave) to initiate a pregnancy, placed in a growth vat, or sold.

=== Surrogacy ===
With the [[Research#Fertility Procedures|Fertility Procedures]] research, you can create [[embryo]]s. They can then be implanted into a pawn for a chance for the pawn to become pregnant. The chance of success depends on the surrogate's own Fertility.

Even if they did not supply the ovum, the surrogate will be considered the birth mother. Otherwise, it will act as a regular pregnancy.{{Check Tag|Verify|Not thoroughly checked, quick devmode run to write this section}}. A pawn born this way will consider both their surrogate and genetic mother as the pawn's parents in terms of social opinions.

=== Growth vats ===
{{See also|Growth vat}}
[[Growth vat]]s are a complete alternative to pregnancy. They require the [[Research#Growth vats|Growth vat]]s research to make, as well as [[Research#Fertility procedures|Fertility Procedures]], and two pawns with > 0% Fertility to actually create embryos.

Growth vats allow an embryo to be born in 9 days, half the time of a natural pregnancy. Active vats must be given a constant supply of 200 W of [[power]] and 6 [[nutrition]] per day - or around 6.5 [[simple meal]]s per day - to ensure survival of the fetus. If lacking either, then the fetus will undergo biostarvation, increasing by 50% per day. If biostarvation reaches 100%, the fetus will be destroyed.

Otherwise, growth vat births always have a [[Reproduction#Quality|quality]] of 70%, which affects the chance of the baby being born healthy. On practice, per 100 birth there will be 2 dead and 10 sick. However, there are benefits to this method: as it avoids natural birth, the mother won't be weighed down, and there is no risk of them dying.

== Birth ==
Your first warning for a pawn's upcoming childbirth comes during a pawn's pregnancy: the player will receive one notification when the mother hits the third trimester about "<Colonist>'s baby prep", which explains all the steps you can take to help the mother give birth successfully. Besides preparing a location and doctor for the birth, this notification reminds you to prepare a food source for the baby and build them a crib. Labor will happen roughly 6 days after, starting with a notification of "<Colonist> in labor!".

Once labor begins, the birthing procedure can be initiated by clicking on the mother, and selecting the "Begin birth" option. This allows the player to select participants and a Doctor, much like [[Ideology]]'s rituals. The procedure will take place at a bed or sleeping spot, chosen automatically (preferring medical beds) if the mother is not already in bed. All of these choices have an effect on the birth's quality, which affects the chance that the mother and baby will come out of childbirth alive and healthy. You can view the exact factors and their influence in the Quality section below. The expected duration of this operation is variable, but will end once the baby has been born or mother has died.

=== Labor ===
The progress of labor can be tracked in the mother's health tab. Labor begins with contractions, different stages of dilation that change randomly over time, with all adding various amounts of pain and restrictions on movement for the mother. Many stages will incapacitate her, so even before the childbirth operation begins, it is important to bring her to a bed. When the childbirth operation has proceeded for a while, you will receive a small notification saying "<mother>'s labor has entered the final stage", and the labor will progress to the final "pushing" stage.

'''Stages of labor:'''
* dilation, mild: pain +25%, moving x40%
* dilation, intense: pain +50%, moving x20%
* dilation, debilitating: pain +85%, moving x0%
* pushing: pain +85%, moving x0%

Once the childbirth procedure has begun, any spectating loved ones may socialize with each other, but the doctor and mother will be focused on their tasks. Spectators and the doctors can leave if needed, by selecting a pawn and then pressing the "Leave child birth" option.
Finally, you can cancel the birth operation by selecting any of the involved pawns and then selecting the "Cancel child birth" option, which allows you to restart childbirth later.

=== Quality ===
When starting the child birth procedure, a screen will show you the expected quality of the birth, determined by (descending order of influence):
* Age of the mother: The mother has a natural {{+|50%}} quality bonus between ages 20-30. Outside this range, the bonus drops. See the graph below.
* Doctor's [[medical]] skill: Can range from {{+|0-25%}}. Starting at 0% with skill level 1 and increasing by 1.25% every level, up to a maximum of 25% at skill level 20.
* Room [[cleanliness]]: Cleanliness can range from 0-0.6, giving {{+|0-10%}} in quality bonuses.
* Other factors, gives up to 5% each:
** Loved one present: The presence of someone that the mother considers a friend or more gives {{+|5%}} quality, with no stacking for multiple friends or a better friend. By default, the father will be selected to be present. If the doctor performing the operation is a friend, they will count towards this bonus too, and forcing father to participate in addition to doctor will give nothing.
** [[Rooms|Indoors]]: If inside, the quality gains {{+|5%}}.
** [[Bed]] health effects: Contributes up to 5% depending on the type of bed: [[sleeping spot]]s and [[bedroll]]s give no bonus. Regular and [[Royal bed|royal]] beds give a {{+|2%}} bonus while [[hospital bed]]s give a {{+|5%}} bonus.

Birth quality is determined at the moment of the baby's birth; allowing the doctor or loved ones to leave, or having the room grow dirty, has an effect on birth quality.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | Additional quality from Mother's age
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| xAxisTitle = Mother Age
| yAxisTitle = Additional Quality (+%)
| x = 14, 15, 20, 30, 40, 65
| y1 = 0, 30, 50, 50, 30, 0
}}
|
* 14 yrs: {{+|0%}}
* 15 yrs: {{+|30%}}
* 20 yrs: {{+|50%}}
* 30 yrs: {{+|50%}}
* 40 yrs: {{+|30%}}
* 65 yrs: {{+|0%}}
Note: Bonus is linearly interpolated between these points
|}

=== Outcomes ===
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Depending on the quality, the baby can be born healthy or sickly, or they may die during birth, also known as being stillborn. At lower qualities, there is also a chance that the mother can die during childbirth. The quality needs to be >90% for the best possible outcomes. Since the probability of a bad outcome increases drastically below 20% birth quality, it's strongly recommended to provide at least the bare necessities, such as a bed indoors, as even a few percent above 0% in birth quality will contribute massively to the outcome.

{| class="wikitable"
! Birth Outcome Chance
! Mother Death Chance
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 300
| height = 200
| type = stackedarea
| xAxisTitle = Birth Quality (%)
| yAxisTitle = Chance (%)
| legend = Outcomes
| x = 0, 5 , 10 , 15 , 20 , 25 , 30 , 35 , 40 , 45 , 50 , 55 , 60 , 65 , 70 , 75 , 80 , 85 , 90 , 100
| y1 = 100, 34 , 20 , 14.7, 11.1, 9.3, 7.9, 6.8, 6 , 5.4, 4.9, 4.5, 4.1, 3.8, 3.5, 3.3, 3.1, 2.9, 2.5, 2.5
| y2 = 0, 5.1, 6.1, 6.6, 6.8, 7 , 7.1, 7.2, 7.2, 7.3, 7.3, 7.3, 7.4, 7.4, 7.4, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5, 7.5, 7.5
| y3 = 0, 60.9, 73.9, 78.7, 82.1, 83.7, 85 , 86 , 86.8, 87.3, 87.8, 88.2, 88.5, 88.8, 89.1, 89.3, 89.4, 89.6, 90 , 90
| y1Title = Stillborn
| y2Title = Sick
| y3Title = Healthy
| interpolate = monotone
| colors = #0066bb, #00aacc, #00ddff
}}
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 300
| height = 200
| type = line
| xAxisTitle = Birth Quality (%)
| yAxisTitle = Chance (%)
| x = 0, 20, 90, 100
| y = 20, 5, 0, 0
}}
|}

You will receive a notification when the birth is complete, and the baby will appear on an adjacent tile. If the baby was born alive, a pawn with the Childcare work enabled can be instructed to either move the baby to a safe space, or to deliver it to the mother for breastfeeding. The baby will be born hungry, with a mood penalty of {{Bad|-6}}.{{Check Tag|Thought Template|Please convert to Template: Thought with all details}}

If your baby was healthy, the notification is "Healthy child birth", and it gives you 24 hours to choose a name for the baby. You can also name stillborn babies via the stillborn notification.{{Check Tag|Notification title?|Like "Healthy child birth" but for stillborn.}}

These are only time where you can completely customize the baby's first and last names, and you additionally can add an optional nickname. The game will suggest the mother and father's last names on this screen, and provide random suggestions for the other names. Until then, the baby's name is temporary, and called "Baby <Mother's last name>". The baby will also receive the Childhood title "Newborn", and belong to the mother's faction. The baby's parents will receive a 15-day mood boost that "<Baby> was born healthy" {{Good|+8}}.

If the baby is born sick, they are affected by a form of [[infant illness]], which can start at a variable intensity. If left untreated before 10 days is up, the baby dies, but if it lives through 10 days after birth, the illness will no longer affect the baby. You will also get the chance to name your baby.

If the baby is stillborn, then the mother and father will experience a negative moodlet. If a surrogate mother is used, the biological mother will receive the moodlet.

If the mother survived childbirth, she will remain in bed, incapacitated by exhaustion (Postpartum exhaustion) for 16 hours. She'll no longer feel any pain from childbirth, but won't be able to move. However, if another pawn delivers her baby to her, she can begin breastfeeding.

=== Lactation ===
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{{Quote|''The condition of being able to breastfeed a baby. The breasts are actively producing and storing milk. The lactating state begins when a mother gives birth, and continues indefinitely as long as she breastfeeds a baby at least once every 10 days. People who are lactating will have a harder time becoming pregnant.''|Description}}

Upon a successful natural childbirth, the birthing mother will begin lactating. A lactating pawn can breastfeed babies, even if not their own. Lactation lasts indefinitely, but stops after 10 days of not breastfeeding a baby or if the pawn is malnourished with a {{MTB}} of 4 hours so roughly stopping at 40% malnutrition. If a lactating pawn is sent on a pawn lending [[quest]], the 10-day timer will tick down unless they are sent along with a baby or babies that they can feed.

While lactating, the pawn gains a milk fullness stat, which starts at 100%. When it is above 0%, a pawn can breastfeed any baby, reducing milk accordingly. If it is below 100%, then the mother's Food Consumption increases. Consumption increases by up to +0.5 [[nutrition]] per day, for a total of 2.1 nutrition per day, until milk is full. For reference, 1 [[simple meal]] is 0.9 nutrition. The increased hunger scales with milk regeneration rate, which decreases as the pawn gets hungry.

{| class=wikitable
! '''Hunger Level''' || Malnourished || Ravenously hungry || Hungry || Full
|-
| '''Milk Regeneration''' || 0% || 25% || 50% || 100%
|-
| '''Extra Nutrition Per Day''' || 0 || 0.13 || 0.25 || 0.5
|}

Lactation also multiplies [[Fertility]] by {{Bad|x5%}}, meaning the mother is very unlikely to get pregnant by any natural means.

== Heredity ==
{{See also|Genes}}
[[File:PawnFamilyTree.png|thumb|right|upright=1.8|A compact chart of familial pawn relationships and its effects on inbreeding. Redundant relations have been hidden for simplicity.]]
When an [[embryo]] is conceived, it will inherit some of the [[genes]] of both parents. During a mother's pregnancy, you can view her child's genes by going to her Health tab and selecting the information button for her pregnancy. The genetics section will list all genes that her child has inherited.

Genes which can be passed down come from the germline DNA, and are called germline genes. Pawns may modify themselves with [[xenogene]]s, but as it's not part of a pawn's germline DNA, it cannot be passed down. If a germline gene is only present in one parent, it has a small chance to be passed down.{{Check Tag|What's the chance?|What is the algorithm for calculating gene inheritance?}} However if an germline gene is present in both parents, it has a higher chance passed down, as long as the previous inherited germline gene didn't reach the metabolic limit. If a pawn is created with a maximum metabolic rating of 3 and the first gene it inherits is a 3 metabolism gene then it won't be able to inherit any more genes with a metabolism cost unless it first inherits one with a negative metabolism cost. This means that the likelihood to inherit genes is not only based on the cost of the gene but the order in which the genes are present on the pawn.

Generally, all pawns will have at least one hair color and skin color germline gene. Offspring will always pick one hair color and skin color germline gene from their parents. If no hair/skin color germline gene can be found in either parent, such as if they were two [[highmates]], a random hair/skin color germline gene will be picked from the natural list of hair/skin colors instead.

If a pawn has multiple [[Genes#Cosmetic|cosmetic genes]] within a category, like body type, one random gene will override the others. This will be the gene represented on the pawn. For non-cosmetic genes within a category there is a fixed priority for overrides, usually favored towards the negative variations. For example, an awful [[shooting]] aptitude will override all other shooting aptitudes. Xenogenes will always take priority over germline genes. Thus, even though the Slow runner germline gene overrides their Fast runner germline gene, the Fast runner ''xenogene'' will override the Slow runner germline gene. Note that overridden germline genes can still be passed down as normal.

Pregnant pawns that haven't been part of the colony atleast once either through being a slave or recruited have their children apply a xenotype from their pawnkind post-birth {{Check Tag|Faction?}} in addition to the genes of the original this does not factor in the xenotype being inheritable. for example Wild Men can have a xenotype applied from any kind, including [[Hussar]]s and [[Genie]]s, but often baseliner will be applied resulting in no additional genes, Sanguophages however do not apply their xenotype to the child and follow similar behavior to wild men. {{Check Tag|Verify|Could just be absurdly rare but i've only gotten wasters and neanderthals}}

=== Inbreeding ===
If a child is born from an incestuous relationship, there's a risk of them becoming [[inbred]]. The likelihood of this is modelled proportionally to the pawns' coefficient of relationship, though it is largely simplified.

As a general rule, the risk is '''80%''' for first-degree, '''40%''' for second-degree, and '''10%''' for third-degree relatives; however some exceptions apply, an example being 20% for cousins. Many fourth-degree relationships and beyond are simply referred to as "Kin". Kin relationships pose no risk for inbreeding, despite being considered incestuous. If two pawns are related in more ways than one, such as being both parent/child (80%) and grandparent/grandchild (40%), the highest number always takes priority when calculating inbreeding. Pawns being inbred will not directly increase this number, but since inbred is a gene it will follow the same rules of gene inheritance as all other genes.

It's possible to check for the inbred gene after conception by using the ''"Inspect baby genes..."'' button on the [[#Pregnancy|pregnant]] pawn or the [[embryo]]. The [[#Outcomes|outcome]] of a pregnancy isn't affected by inbreeding, but should the baby be born, the game will display an additional line in the birth results:
<code>'' The baby shows signs of genetic abnormalities due to inbreeding. ''</code>

{| class="wikitable"
! '''Inbred'''
[[File:Gene Inbred.png|64px]]
|
* Complexity: {{Bad|+1}}
* Metabolic efficiency: {{Bad|-2}}
* Forced Trait: [[Slow learner]]
* [[Fertility]]: {{Bad|x50%}}
* [[Immunity gain speed]]: {{Bad|x85%}}
|}

The risk of inbreeding goes as follows, higher numbers taking priority over lower ones:

<div><li style="display: inline-table;">
{| {{STDT| sortable c_07 text-center}}
! Relation
! [[File:Gene Inbred.png|24px]] Inbreeding risk
! Coefficient of relationship
|-
! Parent/Sibling/Child
| 80% || 50%
|-
! Grandparent/Aunt/Uncle/Niece/Nephew/Halfsibling/Grandchild
| 40% || 25%
|-
! Halfniece/Halfnephew
| 40% || 12.5%
|-
! Cousin
| 20% || 12.5%
|-
! G. grandparent/Grandaunt/Granduncle/Grandniece/Grandnephew/G. grandchild
| 10% || 12.5%
|-
! Half grandniece/Half grandnephew/Cousin once removed
| 10% || 6.25%
|-
! Second cousin
| 10% || 3.125%
|-
! Birth parent<ref>Although birth parents are considered on the same level as biological parents, they aren't genetically related to the child they birth, and thus run no risk of inbreeding despite the game's warnings that they do.</ref>/Kin
| 0% || N/A
|}
</li></div>
<references/>

== Fertility ==
{{See also|Fertility}}
Fertility is the main pawn stat affecting pregnancy chances, acting as a percentage multiplier on the chance of getting pregnant naturally or through an ovum implantation. Natural pregnancy chance is equally dependent on the fertility of both partners. Additionally, fertility must be above 0% to extract a pawn's ovum or to fertilize the [[ovum]] into an [[embryo]].

This stat is affected by a variety of factors, such as age, [[genes]], and [[#Contraceptives|contraceptives]]. Age is the baseline for fertility, changing slowly for each colonist over time, and at a different rate by pawn gender. Genes provide an additional multiplier on fertility. Contraceptives instantly bring fertility to 0%, overriding other fertility factors.

For baseline humans without fertility-modifying genes, both men and women start becoming fertile after age 14; but regardless of fertility, pawns can't participate in reproduction until they are 16. Fertility increases differently by gender. Women's fertility increases until age 20, but starts dropping at age 28 until it reaches 0% at age 50. Men's fertility increases until age 18, but starts dropping at age 50 until it's 0% at age 90.

{| class="wikitable"
! Fertility
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 400
| height = 100
| type = line
| x = 0, 14, 18, 20, 28, 35, 40, 45, 50, 90, 120
| y1 = 0, 0, {{#expr: 200/3}}, 100, 100, 50, 10, 2, 0, 0, 0
| y2 = 0, 0, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 0, 0
| xAxisTitle = Pawn age (years)
| yAxisTitle = Fertility (%)
| legend =
| y1Title = Female
| y2Title = Male
}}
|}

Genes affect fertility in direct and indirect ways. There are two direct effects: the [[Fertile]] gene doubles fertility and the [[Sterile]] gene completely nullifies it. The [[Ageless]] gene prevents aging entirely, which prevents fertility loss. [[Biosculpter pod#Age reversal|Age Reversal]]{{IdeologyIcon}} also has a fully restorative effect on fertility. Even a completely infertile pawn (due to age) can start reproduction again.

== Contraceptives ==
There are many ways to manually change the likelihood of natural pregnancy. The simplest way in the game to prevent pregnancy is to not give pawns a [[double bed]] to themselves. However, it deprives them of the [[mood]] bonuses of Lovin' in the first place. By changing a couple's Reproductive Approach "Avoid pregnancy" in the social tab, pregnancy rate will be reduced by {{--|75%}}, but still gives Lovin' at the same rate. Lactation, from having given birth before, gives a {{Bad|x5%}} multiplier to Fertility.

A more stable way to prevent pregnancy is available from the [[Research#Fertility Procedures|Fertility Procedures]] research. This gives access to multiple operations, reversible or permanent, to prevent and stop pregnancies. These surgeries are considered sterilization and are not applicable to pawns who are already sterilized, including sterilization on operation failure (see below). Though, they can be performed on pawns who are infertile by other means (age, Sterile gene).

Neither of the IUD, Vasectomy and Tubal Ligation will be "healed" by luciferium, bioregeneration cycle and by applying healing or resurrection mech serum.

=== IUD ===
This is a method of preventing pregnancies that lasts indefinitely but is reversible. You can stop a female pawn from becoming pregnant with the "Implant IUD" medical operation, which is available at age 16+, has a base 100% success chance and no chance of pawn death upon failure. The operation requires 1 Medicine of any type and will anesthetize the pawn. The IUD lasts indefinitely and can be seen in the pawn's Health tab, but you can later remove it through the "Remove IUD" medical operation for 1 Medicine of Industrial quality (Glitterworld medicine cannot be used, this must be a bug). Women may embark with IUDs already implanted. If either of these operations is botched, the patient will become permanently sterile.{{Check Tag|Bug?|In SurgeryOutcomeBase def, an attempt is made to make the chance of sterilization small, but ImplantIUD def has addsHediffOnFailure property which always applies Sterilized on failure}}

Implanted IUDs also stop pregnancies in the first trimester, an alternative to the Terminate Pregnancy operation.

=== Vasectomy ===
This is another method of preventing pregnancies that lasts indefinitely but is reversible. You can stop a male pawn from impregnating others with the "Perform vasectomy" medical operation, which is available at age 13+ and also has a base 100% success chance with no chance of pawn death upon failure. The vasectomy lasts indefinitely, with the operation requiring 1 Medicine of any type. You can later undo it through the "Reverse vasectomy" medical operation for 1 Medicine of Industrial quality (Glitterworld medicine cannot be used, this must be a bug). Men may embark with the operation already performed.{{Check Tag|Verify}} If either of these operations is botched, the patient will become permanently sterile.{{Check Tag|Bug?|In SurgeryOutcomeBase def, an attempt is made to make the chance of sterilization small, but Vasectomy def has addsHediffOnFailure property which always applies Sterilized on failure}}

=== Tubal ligation ===
This permanently stops a female pawn from being able to reproduce. "Perform tubal ligation" is a medical operation available at age 13+ and requiring 1 Medicine of any type. The surgery success chance is 100% and there is no chance of pawn death upon failure. The operation is irreversible.

=== Termination ===
If the pawn has already become pregnant past the first trimester, the only option left is to terminate the pregnancy. This can be achieved through the medical operation "Terminate pregnancy" requiring 2 Medicine of herbal quality or better and {{ticks|1500}} of work, after which the pawn will no longer be pregnant. There is a 2% of death if this operation fails, but a {{Good|x2}} success chance factor. Note that the maximum success chance still applies, resulting in a 0.04% chance of death with max surgery success.

This operation can upset the affected pawn. Depending on the trimester of the pregnancy, a moodlet of {{Bad|-5}} for the first, {{Bad|-10}} for the second, and {{Bad|-20}} for the third will occur, lasting for 10 days. If a pawn was not happy about the pregnancy, they will gain a {{+|5}} moodlet instead. If performed on another faction's pawn, it is considered a violation and will result in loss of [[goodwill]].

This is the only fertility procedure that does not require the Fertility Procedures research.

== Pregnancy analysis ==
[[Growth vat]]s are the "best" way to create your own children, with it being faster, having no risk to the mother, and able to be done with low Fertility. However, the nutrition cost is non-negligible. The vats themselves cost some steel, components, and research to make.

If both pawns are reasonably young, fertile, and sleeping at the same time, then pregnancy will be quite common; it is easy to get pawns pregnant, if you wanted them to.

== Babies ==
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The end result of pregnancy is a human '''baby'''. Babies are small, helpless creatures that cannot walk or do anything by themselves. They only have three basic [[needs]]: food, sleep, and play.

Babies are born with no traits or skills: these develop during childhood [[Children#Growth moments|Growth Moments]]. They also have no [[Ideoligion|ideoligion]] {{IdeologyIcon}}. Unless they have temporary health effects from being born sick, they have no health conditions, with every health stat at 100%, except for Moving, which is at 0%.

If a prisoner gives birth, the baby will initially be an enemy but can be adopted with a click on the 'adopt' gizmo.

The baby life stage lasts for ages 0-2, with newborn ages tracked in days and quadrums rather than years. Once a baby turns 3, they become a [[Children|child]], and on their [[Children#Age 3|3rd birthday]] you can make special choices for how they will develop further. Under the default [[storyteller|storyteller settings]], babies will age 4x faster than normal, so the biological age of the baby is not how many days/quadrums they have actually been alive. [[Growth vat]]s can speed up a baby's growth by 20x that of an adult, or 5x faster than default. Depending on the [[Ideoligion#Growth vats|growth vat precept]] {{IdeologyIcon}} colonists may be sad about their baby being, or not being, in a growth vat. Using a growth vat seems to have no ill effects on a baby or its development, at least until it exits the baby stage.

If a baby is left on the ground, any colonist (even those incapable of childcare or hauling) can try to bring the baby somewhere safe, like an available crib. Usually a colonist will quickly try to do this automatically. If you draft a colonist while they are carrying a baby, you'll receive a pop-up warning that your colonist is carrying a baby while drafted. If you undraft and redraft the colonist, they will drop the baby.

[[Artificial body parts]] cannot be applied to babies, but [[Xenogerm]]s can be. Babies cannot be ordered to apply xenogerms by selecting them and right-clicking on the xenogerm, as they cannot walk. Players must instead place an order for it on the health tab.

=== Food ===
{{Stub|section=1|reason=How much less nutrition}}
{{See also|Saturation}}
Babies need less [[nutrition]] to become full, but their hunger rate is adjusted with it to require [[food]] twice a day. Since babies cannot eat anything by themselves, pawns assigned to childcare will help feed them. The feeding process is fairly slow when compared to adult eating.

They can ''only'' be fed in one of following ways:
* Breastfeeding from any [[#Lactation|lactating]] pawn, even those not their mother.
* Cooking and feeding them [[baby food]], produced at a [[campfire]] or [[stove]] from vegetable ingredients.
* Feeding them animal [[milk]] or [[insect jelly]].

Of these, breastfeeding is usually the easiest. Unlike other foods, which feed in bursts only once the food has been consumed, breastfeeding will gradually increase the food bar. This allows the breastfeeding pawn to pause at any point, whilst also not wasting excess food. Usually, a pawn will sit down to breastfeed, continuing until the baby is full or the pawn is out of milk.

You can control what foods the baby can eat and who will try to feed the baby in the baby's "Feeding" tab. By default, the mother will be set to Urgent, with all other pawns set to Childcare. If a pawn is set to childcare, that does not mean they will feed the baby: their childcare labor may be turned off, or they may be incapable of it.
* "Urgent" means the pawn will feed the baby day or night, even if the pawn is not assigned to childcare or capable of it.
* "Childcare" means the pawn will feed the baby as childcare work.
* "Never" means the pawn won't automatically feed the baby.
You can allow the baby to eat milk, insect jelly, and baby food in this tab, but can't control breastfeeding here.

==== Drugs ====
Although babies are limited to eating certain foods, you can administer drugs to babies under the Health>>Medical Operations tab. These have an outsized influence due to their very small body sizes (x0.20 of the size of an adult). Each drug causes a higher severity, increasing its duration. But due to the massive [[Drugs#Addiction and Tolerance|tolerance]], any further drugs are very likely to get them addicted. The actual effects of a drug are the same between babies and adults.

=== Sleep ===
{{See also|Rest}}
Unlike adults, babies don't follow a sleep schedule, instead falling asleep mostly at random. They may be in a sleeping spot, growing steadily more sleepy and upset, while still not falling asleep.

A [[crib]] or [[bed]] should be provided for the baby to sleep in, as it will negate the negative [[mood]] from sleeping on the floor. There are several benefits of cribs over beds: cribs take up only one tile, multiple can be placed in a room without turning it into a barracks, and high-quality cribs can increase the mood of the baby while it rests or sleeps.

Force-feeding, holding, or playing with the baby will wake them up, possibly keeping them unhappy from being tired.

=== Play ===
Babies need to be played with, in place of standard Recreation. An adult assigned to child care will play with the baby once the play need is almost empty. There are different activities that will fulfill the baby's play need. A [[toy box]] and [[baby decoration]] increases the quality of play. Babies that are somehow [[psychopath]]s or [[inhumanized]]{{AnomalyIcon}} will be unaffected by this need, this cannot be seen outside of developer mode and adding the trait or hediff.

=== Mood ===
Babies' moods are influenced by their needs for food, sleep, and play. These are affected at the same rates as for adults:

{| class=wikitable
! '''Hunger''' || Ravenously Hungry || Hungry || Normal
|-
| '''Mood effect''' || -12 || -6 || 0
|}

{| class=wikitable
! '''Sleep''' || Tired || Drowsy || Normal
|-
| '''Mood effect''' || -12 || -6 || 0
|}

{| class=wikitable
! '''Play''' || Really wants to play || Wants to Play || Normal || Entertained || Very Entertained
|-
| '''Mood effect''' || -10 || -5 || 0 || 5 || 10
|}

Babies share some moodlets with adults but aren't affected by as many thoughts. Babies can gain the {{Bad|-4}} Slept in the Cold moodlet, but aren't affected by temperature while awake. Babies have the same expectations for colony life as other pawns do, influencing their moods at the same rate. They can be influenced by [[psychic drone]]s, [[Psychic soothe|soothes]], and [[psycasts]] {{RoyaltyIcon}} just as much as other pawns, because they have a psychic sensitivity of 100% by default. However, babies don't consider furniture comfort or quality, except while resting or sleeping in a [[crib]], with various crib qualities providing higher mood boosts.

Uniquely, babies get a mood bonus when their parents are very happy: "Parent is happy" {{Good|+6}}, or "Parents are happy" {{Good|+12}}.

Being held or breastfed does not affect the baby or caretaking adult's mood in any direct way. However, babies will temporarily forget any ill mood effects from lack of Sleep while being held, although these needs will still decrease as usual.

A baby's mood affects the moods of all other colonists, much like [[Children#Mood|children's moods]] can. Parents of a baby who is very happy will receive a {{Good|+6}} mood boost for "My child <baby> is happy". If the baby is about 1/3 of its happiness or less, parents have a {{Bad|-6}} mood penalty, thinking "My child <baby> is unhappy". Babies also factor into the colonists' thoughts on the overall happiness of the colony's children, which range from a positive {{Good|+2}} "Happy youngsters" mood boost to a {{Bad|-2}} "Sad youngsters", to worse negative mood penalties, all based on the average of the moods of colonists aged 0-17.

==== Giggling and crying ====
Instead of [[mental inspiration|mental inspirations]] or [[mental breaks]], babies will have giggling or crying ''fits'' which give a mood boost or penalty to other pawns who hear them. The ratio between giggling and crying is directly related with the baby's mood.

[[Mood]] boosts from giggling babies go from {{Good|+4}} up to {{Good|+10}}, while crying babies can cause mood maluses from {{Bad|-8}} down to {{Bad|-20}}. Parents are only half as bothered by their baby crying, and twice as happy when their baby is giggling.

Each fit lasts {{ticks|1200}}, and every {{ticks|151}} the baby emits a sound that can be heard by nearby pawns. Only the initial sound of the series can actually be heard in the game by the player. Each specific fit only affects pawns once; it happens when they first hear it. Pawns with 0% [[Hearing]] don't hear the sounds and aren't affected by them. The maximum distance of hearing the baby is {{Good|9.9}} tiles, with the pawn's Hearing as a multiplier capped at 100%.

Sounds can only travel to other [[rooms]] through open doors (fence gates and animal flaps count as doors) and multiple doors can be traversed sequentially. For this matter, an opening door is considered open, and a closing door is considered closed.{{Check Tag|Bug?|The difference is unnatural.}} Counter-intuitively, hearing distance is not measured along the sound path through the doors, but in a straight line.

In caravans moving across the world map, all caravan members hear the baby's fits, even those who are deaf.{{Check Tag|Bug?}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Giggling occurance
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 400
| height = 100
| type = line
| x = 0 , 25 , 50, 75, 100
| y = 0.125, 0.25, 1, 2, 4
| xAxisTitle = Baby mood (%)
| yAxisTitle = Average occurance (times per day)
}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Crying occurance
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 400
| height = 100
| type = line
| x = 0, 25, 50, 75 , 100
| y = 12, 6, 1, 0.25, 0.125
| xAxisTitle = Baby mood (%)
| yAxisTitle = Average occurance (times per day)
}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Giggling to crying ratio (higher is better)
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 400
| height = 100
| type = line
| x = 0 , 25 , 50, 75, 100
| y = 0.011, 0.042, 1, 8, 32
| xAxisTitle = Baby mood (%)
| yAxisTitle = Occurance of giggling per time crying
}}
|}

=== Social ===
Babies get the same [[social]] opinion boosts from [[Social#Family by Blood|familial relationships]] that other pawns do. They are born aware of their entire family tree, going back to the great-grandparent generation and including dead relatives. In addition, their social relationships are impacted by who feeds them and who hears them crying. They will not know all of your colonists when born, only beginning to remember them after they've interacted a few times (and the colonist will likewise not remember the baby)!

Feeding changes the social opinions between a baby and their caretaker. A baby will gain about {{+|16}} social opinion for another pawn each time they are fed, with the "Fed me" opinion, which wears off over time. Breastfeeding provides a similar{{Check Tag|Same?|Is the opinion boost the same?}} benefit. An adult who feeds a baby will gain about {{+|4}} social opinion for them from this act, and remember the feeding for longer than the baby does. This bonus only stacks up to 5 times, for a maximum of {{+|16}} opinion of the baby. Adults who breastfeed a baby gain about {{+|7}} opinion for the baby from the interaction. These feeding opinion changes are the same whether the caretaker is the baby's parent or not.

Adults who hear a baby cry or giggle will change their opinions of the baby temporarily. A crying baby will gain the ''Cried'' {{Bad|-12}} opinion penalty, while a giggling baby will gain the ''Giggled'' {{Good|+12}} opinion boost. An adult can remember a baby's crying and giggling at the same time, cancelling each effect out. It is unclear if these modifiers stack.{{Check Tag|Detail Needed|Stacking behavior - even if they don't stack, explicitly note this in the article}}

==Analysis==
The [[baby]] stage lasts for 45 days (3/4ths of a year). It requires a notably high amount of colonist labor, as the baby must both be fed and played with by adults.

Feeding babies takes a surprisingly long time, especially if breastfed. The base duration of feeding a baby from empty is {{ticks/gametime/hours|5000}}, and babies need to be fed roughly twice a day. Between this and caring for her own needs, a mother tasked with caring for her baby can spend over half her waking hours, every day, for those 45 days.

[[Growth vat]]s can be used to skip the baby stage, at the cost of nutrition and a slight mood penalty.

== Version history ==
* [[Biotech DLC]] release - Introduced. Humans have a gestation cycle defined without Biotech, but they can not get pregnant.
* [[Version/1.4.3527|1.4.3527]] - Fix regression: Food consumption absurd during lactation.
* [[Version/1.4.3529|1.4.3529]] - Fix: Babies can carry items in caravans.
* [[Version/1.4.3541|1.4.3541]] - Fix: Overactive temperature warning for baby moving.
* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - Lactating no longer prevents pregnancy or ovum extraction, but now inflicts a {{Bad|x5%}} multiplier to Fertility. Update the lactating hediff's description to mention that it reduces fertility. Pawns away on a PawnLend quest won't have their lactating condition expire if there are any babies with them that can feed. Terminate pregnancy operation increased to 2 medicine (from 1), work slightly reduced. Update the wording of the stillbirth letter to be a bit clearer about the choice of naming the baby, and allow the player to decide not to name the baby. Fathers now get a negative thought if their child is stillborn. If a baby is stillborn from a surrogate mother, the gene-mother gets a negative thought.
* [[Version/1.4.3557|1.4.3557]] - Colonists born in the colony no longer stay stuck in labor forever if the Ideology DLC was not active when they became a child.
* [[Version/1.4.3580|1.4.3580]] - Fix: Babies being assigned child body type on load.
* [[Version/1.5.4062|1.5.4062]] - Fix: Error placing hostile baby in bed. Fix: Error in DoPaneContentsFor when trying to change allowed area on a baby that's being held. Fix: Error when a pawn is playing with a baby in some circumstances. Fix: Babies are not dropped after breastfeeding completion if the breastfeeder is downed. Fix: BabyTalk not generated correctly for text with non-ASCII characters. Fix: Exception feeding a baby which died during feeding.
* [[Version/1.6.4566|1.6.4566]] - Fix: Error when baby being breastfed dies.

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[[Category:Game mechanics]]

Reproduction

2025-12-03T17:08:08Z

ItsKairoKay: Noting down recent feature/bug from 1.6 under Heredity. Gist is that non-player pawns have a additional xenotype applied to their children, while this is easier to see modded with several xenotypes bloating the pool, i have done testing in vanilla and this also applies. done testing with mild men and sanguophages. another thing to add to rimworld's psychopathic behavior in gamers. Women are slot machines.

{{Biotech}}
{{About|human pregnancy and babies|older children|Children}}

'''Reproduction''' is the means by which [[human]] babies are created.
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Note: Due to the continuous nature of the subject matter, this page covers from conception to the age of three.

== Acquisition ==
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Babies can be obtained via several different methods:
* Choosing them as a starting colonist via the [[scenario system]].
* Natural reproduction, through [[#Pregnancy|pregnancy]].
* Assisted reproduction, through [[#Surrogacy|surrogacy]] or [[#Growth vat|growth vats]].
* Purchasing them from [[Trade#Slaver|slavers]].{{Check Tag|Can babies be bought?}}
* Receiving them from [[quests]] and [[events]]. Babies of any faction can be adopted instantly to the colony, without angering them.

Note that with the exception of the first point, these methods become unavailable if "Disable children" is toggled on in the [[AI Storytellers#Biotech|storyteller settings]].

== Natural reproduction ==
Pawns in [[Social#Romance|romantic relationships]] have a chance to get pregnant when they initiate [[lovin']]. Note that pawns must share a two-person bed, bedroll, or sleeping spot at the same time to initate lovin'. The ''Sleeping Alone'' debuff only checks if 2 pawns are ''assigned'' the same bed; they don't need to sleep at the same time or ever engage in lovin' to avoid it.

=== Chance ===
The prospective parents' chance of successfully reproducing is primarily controlled by their [[Fertility]] stat. The player has three options to adjust pregnancy rates from Lovin' in any relationship. By opening the social tab, to the right of a Lover, Fiancee, or Spouse, you can see a button that lets you change the couple's approach for having kids.

{| class="wikitable"
! [[File:Normal.png|32px]]
| '''Normal''' (Default) || x1 pregnancy chance.
|-
! [[File:AvoidPregnancy.png|32px]]
| '''Avoid pregnancy''' || x0.25 pregnancy chance.
|-
! [[File:TryForBaby.png|32px]]
| '''Try for baby''' || x4 pregnancy chance.
|}
Therefore, the total chance of pregnancy in one relationship is likely:

'''Pregnancy chance per relationship''' = '''Mother's fertility''' x '''Father's fertility''' x '''Reproductive Approach''' x '''Times Lovin''''

The actual chance that a pair of pawns will do Lovin' each night varies, but it requires them to share the same bed and sleep at the same time. Their chance of Lovin' varies by age, as seen in [[Social#Lovin.27|this chart]]. The [[low libido]] and [[high libido]] genes will also alter this. There have been reports that colonist mood and opinions of each other also influence the chance of doing Lovin'.

=== Pregnancy ===
Pregnancy lasts for 18 days, broken into three 6-day trimesters. The player will receive a notification when the pregnancy starts and when it progresses from one trimester to the next. The pregnant pawn will gain penalties to movement, manipulation, and hunger rate, increasing each trimester as seen in the chart below. Other than the statistical penalties, pregnant pawns have no restrictions on the activities they pursue.

If the mother is in poor health, such as [[Malnutrition]], she might suffer a miscarriage.{{Check Tag|Details|Sick? Injured? Blood loss? Low capacities?}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Stage !! Effects
|-
| First trimester ||
* Hunger rate offset: {{++|10%}}
|-
| Second trimester ||
* [[Moving]]: {{--|10%}}
* [[Manipulation]]: {{--|5%}}
* Hunger rate offset: {{++|30%}}
|-
| Third trimester ||
* [[Moving]]: {{--|50%}}
* [[Manipulation]]: {{--|10%}}
* Hunger rate offset: {{++|50%}}
|}

During the first trimester, a pawn will gain the ''New pregnancy'' moodlet, which can either be positive or negative direction: {{Good|+3}} ''I'm pregnant! It makes me happy.'', or {{Bad|-3}} ''I'm pregnant and not very happy about it.'' When the pawn is not happy about their pregnancy, you can perform an operation to end their pregnancy This will result in a mood buff of {{Good|+5}} ''I'm relieved I'm not pregnant any more''. Throughout their pregnancy, they will also occasionally gain mood buffs or debuffs due to hormone-induced mood swings, which includes the third trimester.{{Check Tag|Detail needed}} Mood swings are visible in the Health tab as a condition affecting the brain. They vary in severity, direction, and duration, appearing as: "Pregnancy Mood (<duration>, <type>)" with the description ''This common side effect of pregnancy represents a rising and falling mood caused by unbalanced hormones.'' Accompanying this, the pawn will get a positive or negative moodlet labeled ''Pregnancy mood <type>''. Mood swings are short-lived, with the longest duration seen so far being 10 hours.

'''Types of Mood swings:'''
* {{Thought|desc=This pregnancy is so hard. My body always feels awful. So exhausting!|label=pregnancy mood collapse|value=-14|stack=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=It feels like everything is going wrong for me today. Pregnancy is tough.|label=pregnancy mood down|value=-8|stack=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=Everything feels a little bit more pleasant today. Pregnancy is nice.|label=pregnancy mood up|value=4|stack=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=I feel amazing! Being pregnant is a gift!|label=pregnancy mood high|value=8|stack=1}}

Pregnant pawns may also receive the "morning sickness" condition, which lasts 4 to 8 in-game hours. Along with health effects, they will gain the {{Bad|-3}} mood debuff ''Sick''.

'''Morning sickness:'''
* [[Consciousness]]: {{Bad|x0.8}}
* [[Moving]]: {{Bad|x0.9}}
* [[Manipulation]]: {{Bad|x0.9}}
* Vomiting {{MTB}}: {{Bad|{{#expr:(24*0.075)}} hours}}

Note that Pawns in the character selection menu can begin the game already pregnant.

== Assisted reproduction ==
Science enables new methods for obtaining babies. After Fertility Procedures has been researched, you can extract [[Ovum|ova]] from female pawns and fertilize them to form an [[embryo]], for use in surrogate pregnancies or vat-grown babies.

Both methods require extracting an ovum from a [[Fertility|fertile]] female pawn, be they [[colonist]], [[prisoner]], or [[slave]]{{IdeologyIcon}}, through a medical operation in the pawn's Health tab: "Extract ovum for IVF". The operation requires one of any type of medicine and a doctor, although it is a relatively easy surgery, with a 500% multiplier on success, and 0% chance of death on failure.

The ovum may then be fertilized by a fertile male colonist or slave (but not a prisoner or guest) to produce an embryo. As long as the male pawn's fertility is above 0% this will be successful. The resulting embryo can then be implanted in female pawns (may be prisoner, colonist, or slave) to initiate a pregnancy, placed in a growth vat, or sold.

=== Surrogacy ===
With the [[Research#Fertility Procedures|Fertility Procedures]] research, you can create [[embryo]]s. They can then be implanted into a pawn for a chance for the pawn to become pregnant. The chance of success depends on the surrogate's own Fertility.

Even if they did not supply the ovum, the surrogate will be considered the birth mother. Otherwise, it will act as a regular pregnancy.{{Check Tag|Verify|Not thoroughly checked, quick devmode run to write this section}}. A pawn born this way will consider both their surrogate and genetic mother as the pawn's parents in terms of social opinions.

=== Growth vats ===
{{See also|Growth vat}}
[[Growth vat]]s are a complete alternative to pregnancy. They require the [[Research#Growth vats|Growth vat]]s research to make, as well as [[Research#Fertility procedures|Fertility Procedures]], and two pawns with > 0% Fertility to actually create embryos.

Growth vats allow an embryo to be born in 9 days, half the time of a natural pregnancy. Active vats must be given a constant supply of 200 W of [[power]] and 6 [[nutrition]] per day - or around 6.5 [[simple meal]]s per day - to ensure survival of the fetus. If lacking either, then the fetus will undergo biostarvation, increasing by 50% per day. If biostarvation reaches 100%, the fetus will be destroyed.

Otherwise, growth vat births always have a [[Reproduction#Quality|quality]] of 70%, which affects the chance of the baby being born healthy. On practice, per 100 birth there will be 2 dead and 10 sick. However, there are benefits to this method: as it avoids natural birth, the mother won't be weighed down, and there is no risk of them dying.

== Birth ==
Your first warning for a pawn's upcoming childbirth comes during a pawn's pregnancy: the player will receive one notification when the mother hits the third trimester about "<Colonist>'s baby prep", which explains all the steps you can take to help the mother give birth successfully. Besides preparing a location and doctor for the birth, this notification reminds you to prepare a food source for the baby and build them a crib. Labor will happen roughly 6 days after, starting with a notification of "<Colonist> in labor!".

Once labor begins, the birthing procedure can be initiated by clicking on the mother, and selecting the "Begin birth" option. This allows the player to select participants and a Doctor, much like [[Ideology]]'s rituals. The procedure will take place at a bed or sleeping spot, chosen automatically (preferring medical beds) if the mother is not already in bed. All of these choices have an effect on the birth's quality, which affects the chance that the mother and baby will come out of childbirth alive and healthy. You can view the exact factors and their influence in the Quality section below. The expected duration of this operation is variable, but will end once the baby has been born or mother has died.

=== Labor ===
The progress of labor can be tracked in the mother's health tab. Labor begins with contractions, different stages of dilation that change randomly over time, with all adding various amounts of pain and restrictions on movement for the mother. Many stages will incapacitate her, so even before the childbirth operation begins, it is important to bring her to a bed. When the childbirth operation has proceeded for a while, you will receive a small notification saying "<mother>'s labor has entered the final stage", and the labor will progress to the final "pushing" stage.

'''Stages of labor:'''
* dilation, mild: pain +25%, moving x40%
* dilation, intense: pain +50%, moving x20%
* dilation, debilitating: pain +85%, moving x0%
* pushing: pain +85%, moving x0%

Once the childbirth procedure has begun, any spectating loved ones may socialize with each other, but the doctor and mother will be focused on their tasks. Spectators and the doctors can leave if needed, by selecting a pawn and then pressing the "Leave child birth" option.
Finally, you can cancel the birth operation by selecting any of the involved pawns and then selecting the "Cancel child birth" option, which allows you to restart childbirth later.

=== Quality ===
When starting the child birth procedure, a screen will show you the expected quality of the birth, determined by (descending order of influence):
* Age of the mother: The mother has a natural {{+|50%}} quality bonus between ages 20-30. Outside this range, the bonus drops. See the graph below.
* Doctor's [[medical]] skill: Can range from {{+|0-25%}}. Starting at 0% with skill level 1 and increasing by 1.25% every level, up to a maximum of 25% at skill level 20.
* Room [[cleanliness]]: Cleanliness can range from 0-0.6, giving {{+|0-10%}} in quality bonuses.
* Other factors, gives up to 5% each:
** Loved one present: The presence of someone that the mother considers a friend or more gives {{+|5%}} quality, with no stacking for multiple friends or a better friend. By default, the father will be selected to be present. If the doctor performing the operation is a friend, they will count towards this bonus too, and forcing father to participate in addition to doctor will give nothing.
** [[Rooms|Indoors]]: If inside, the quality gains {{+|5%}}.
** [[Bed]] health effects: Contributes up to 5% depending on the type of bed: [[sleeping spot]]s and [[bedroll]]s give no bonus. Regular and [[Royal bed|royal]] beds give a {{+|2%}} bonus while [[hospital bed]]s give a {{+|5%}} bonus.

Birth quality is determined at the moment of the baby's birth; allowing the doctor or loved ones to leave, or having the room grow dirty, has an effect on birth quality.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | Additional quality from Mother's age
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| xAxisTitle = Mother Age
| yAxisTitle = Additional Quality (+%)
| x = 14, 15, 20, 30, 40, 65
| y1 = 0, 30, 50, 50, 30, 0
}}
|
* 14 yrs: {{+|0%}}
* 15 yrs: {{+|30%}}
* 20 yrs: {{+|50%}}
* 30 yrs: {{+|50%}}
* 40 yrs: {{+|30%}}
* 65 yrs: {{+|0%}}
Note: Bonus is linearly interpolated between these points
|}

=== Outcomes ===
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Depending on the quality, the baby can be born healthy or sickly, or they may die during birth, also known as being stillborn. At lower qualities, there is also a chance that the mother can die during childbirth. The quality needs to be >90% for the best possible outcomes. Since the probability of a bad outcome increases drastically below 20% birth quality, it's strongly recommended to provide at least the bare necessities, such as a bed indoors, as even a few percent above 0% in birth quality will contribute massively to the outcome.

{| class="wikitable"
! Birth Outcome Chance
! Mother Death Chance
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 300
| height = 200
| type = stackedarea
| xAxisTitle = Birth Quality (%)
| yAxisTitle = Chance (%)
| legend = Outcomes
| x = 0, 5 , 10 , 15 , 20 , 25 , 30 , 35 , 40 , 45 , 50 , 55 , 60 , 65 , 70 , 75 , 80 , 85 , 90 , 100
| y1 = 100, 34 , 20 , 14.7, 11.1, 9.3, 7.9, 6.8, 6 , 5.4, 4.9, 4.5, 4.1, 3.8, 3.5, 3.3, 3.1, 2.9, 2.5, 2.5
| y2 = 0, 5.1, 6.1, 6.6, 6.8, 7 , 7.1, 7.2, 7.2, 7.3, 7.3, 7.3, 7.4, 7.4, 7.4, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5, 7.5, 7.5
| y3 = 0, 60.9, 73.9, 78.7, 82.1, 83.7, 85 , 86 , 86.8, 87.3, 87.8, 88.2, 88.5, 88.8, 89.1, 89.3, 89.4, 89.6, 90 , 90
| y1Title = Stillborn
| y2Title = Sick
| y3Title = Healthy
| interpolate = monotone
| colors = #0066bb, #00aacc, #00ddff
}}
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 300
| height = 200
| type = line
| xAxisTitle = Birth Quality (%)
| yAxisTitle = Chance (%)
| x = 0, 20, 90, 100
| y = 20, 5, 0, 0
}}
|}

You will receive a notification when the birth is complete, and the baby will appear on an adjacent tile. If the baby was born alive, a pawn with the Childcare work enabled can be instructed to either move the baby to a safe space, or to deliver it to the mother for breastfeeding. The baby will be born hungry, with a mood penalty of {{Bad|-6}}.{{Check Tag|Thought Template|Please convert to Template: Thought with all details}}

If your baby was healthy, the notification is "Healthy child birth", and it gives you 24 hours to choose a name for the baby. You can also name stillborn babies via the stillborn notification.{{Check Tag|Notification title?|Like "Healthy child birth" but for stillborn.}}

These are only time where you can completely customize the baby's first and last names, and you additionally can add an optional nickname. The game will suggest the mother and father's last names on this screen, and provide random suggestions for the other names. Until then, the baby's name is temporary, and called "Baby <Mother's last name>". The baby will also receive the Childhood title "Newborn", and belong to the mother's faction. The baby's parents will receive a 15-day mood boost that "<Baby> was born healthy" {{Good|+8}}.

If the baby is born sick, they are affected by a form of [[infant illness]], which can start at a variable intensity. If left untreated before 10 days is up, the baby dies, but if it lives through 10 days after birth, the illness will no longer affect the baby. You will also get the chance to name your baby.

If the baby is stillborn, then the mother and father will experience a negative moodlet. If a surrogate mother is used, the biological mother will receive the moodlet.

If the mother survived childbirth, she will remain in bed, incapacitated by exhaustion (Postpartum exhaustion) for 16 hours. She'll no longer feel any pain from childbirth, but won't be able to move. However, if another pawn delivers her baby to her, she can begin breastfeeding.

=== Lactation ===
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{{Quote|''The condition of being able to breastfeed a baby. The breasts are actively producing and storing milk. The lactating state begins when a mother gives birth, and continues indefinitely as long as she breastfeeds a baby at least once every 10 days. People who are lactating will have a harder time becoming pregnant.''|Description}}

Upon a successful natural childbirth, the birthing mother will begin lactating. A lactating pawn can breastfeed babies, even if not their own. Lactation lasts indefinitely, but stops after 10 days of not breastfeeding a baby or if the pawn is malnourished with a {{MTB}} of 4 hours so roughly stopping at 40% malnutrition. If a lactating pawn is sent on a pawn lending [[quest]], the 10-day timer will tick down unless they are sent along with a baby or babies that they can feed.

While lactating, the pawn gains a milk fullness stat, which starts at 100%. When it is above 0%, a pawn can breastfeed any baby, reducing milk accordingly. If it is below 100%, then the mother's Food Consumption increases. Consumption increases by up to +0.5 [[nutrition]] per day, for a total of 2.1 nutrition per day, until milk is full. For reference, 1 [[simple meal]] is 0.9 nutrition. The increased hunger scales with milk regeneration rate, which decreases as the pawn gets hungry.

{| class=wikitable
! '''Hunger Level''' || Malnourished || Ravenously hungry || Hungry || Full
|-
| '''Milk Regeneration''' || 0% || 25% || 50% || 100%
|-
| '''Extra Nutrition Per Day''' || 0 || 0.13 || 0.25 || 0.5
|}

Lactation also multiplies [[Fertility]] by {{Bad|x5%}}, meaning the mother is very unlikely to get pregnant by any natural means.

== Heredity ==
{{See also|Genes}}
[[File:PawnFamilyTree.png|thumb|right|upright=1.8|A compact chart of familial pawn relationships and its effects on inbreeding. Redundant relations have been hidden for simplicity.]]
When an [[embryo]] is conceived, it will inherit some of the [[genes]] of both parents. During a mother's pregnancy, you can view her child's genes by going to her Health tab and selecting the information button for her pregnancy. The genetics section will list all genes that her child has inherited.

Genes which can be passed down come from the germline DNA, and are called germline genes. Pawns may modify themselves with [[xenogene]]s, but as it's not part of a pawn's germline DNA, it cannot be passed down. If a germline gene is only present in one parent, it has a small chance to be passed down.{{Check Tag|What's the chance?|What is the algorithm for calculating gene inheritance?}} However if an germline gene is present in both parents, it has a higher chance passed down, as long as the previous inherited germline gene didn't reach the metabolic limit. If a pawn is created with a maximum metabolic rating of 3 and the first gene it inherits is a 3 metabolism gene then it won't be able to inherit any more genes with a metabolism cost unless it first inherits one with a negative metabolism cost. This means that the likelihood to inherit genes is not only based on the cost of the gene but the order in which the genes are present on the pawn.

Generally, all pawns will have at least one hair color and skin color germline gene. Offspring will always pick one hair color and skin color germline gene from their parents. If no hair/skin color germline gene can be found in either parent, such as if they were two [[highmates]], a random hair/skin color germline gene will be picked from the natural list of hair/skin colors instead.

If a pawn has multiple [[Genes#Cosmetic|cosmetic genes]] within a category, like body type, one random gene will override the others. This will be the gene represented on the pawn. For non-cosmetic genes within a category there is a fixed priority for overrides, usually favored towards the negative variations. For example, an awful [[shooting]] aptitude will override all other shooting aptitudes. Xenogenes will always take priority over germline genes. Thus, even though the Slow runner germline gene overrides their Fast runner germline gene, the Fast runner ''xenogene'' will override the Slow runner germline gene. Note that overridden germline genes can still be passed down as normal.

Pregnant pawns that haven't been part of the colony atleast once either through being a slave or recruited have their children apply a xenotype from their pawnkind{{Check Tag|Faction?}} in addition to the genes of the original post-birth this does not factor in the xenotype being inheritable. for example Wild Men can have a xenotype applied from any kind, including [[Hussar]]s and [[Genie]]s, but often baseliner will be applied resulting in no additional genes, Sanguophages however do not apply their xenotype to the child and follow similar behavior to wild men. {{Check Tag|Verify|Could just be absurdly rare but i've only gotten wasters and neanderthals}}

=== Inbreeding ===
If a child is born from an incestuous relationship, there's a risk of them becoming [[inbred]]. The likelihood of this is modelled proportionally to the pawns' coefficient of relationship, though it is largely simplified.

As a general rule, the risk is '''80%''' for first-degree, '''40%''' for second-degree, and '''10%''' for third-degree relatives; however some exceptions apply, an example being 20% for cousins. Many fourth-degree relationships and beyond are simply referred to as "Kin". Kin relationships pose no risk for inbreeding, despite being considered incestuous. If two pawns are related in more ways than one, such as being both parent/child (80%) and grandparent/grandchild (40%), the highest number always takes priority when calculating inbreeding. Pawns being inbred will not directly increase this number, but since inbred is a gene it will follow the same rules of gene inheritance as all other genes.

It's possible to check for the inbred gene after conception by using the ''"Inspect baby genes..."'' button on the [[#Pregnancy|pregnant]] pawn or the [[embryo]]. The [[#Outcomes|outcome]] of a pregnancy isn't affected by inbreeding, but should the baby be born, the game will display an additional line in the birth results:
<code>'' The baby shows signs of genetic abnormalities due to inbreeding. ''</code>

{| class="wikitable"
! '''Inbred'''
[[File:Gene Inbred.png|64px]]
|
* Complexity: {{Bad|+1}}
* Metabolic efficiency: {{Bad|-2}}
* Forced Trait: [[Slow learner]]
* [[Fertility]]: {{Bad|x50%}}
* [[Immunity gain speed]]: {{Bad|x85%}}
|}

The risk of inbreeding goes as follows, higher numbers taking priority over lower ones:

<div><li style="display: inline-table;">
{| {{STDT| sortable c_07 text-center}}
! Relation
! [[File:Gene Inbred.png|24px]] Inbreeding risk
! Coefficient of relationship
|-
! Parent/Sibling/Child
| 80% || 50%
|-
! Grandparent/Aunt/Uncle/Niece/Nephew/Halfsibling/Grandchild
| 40% || 25%
|-
! Halfniece/Halfnephew
| 40% || 12.5%
|-
! Cousin
| 20% || 12.5%
|-
! G. grandparent/Grandaunt/Granduncle/Grandniece/Grandnephew/G. grandchild
| 10% || 12.5%
|-
! Half grandniece/Half grandnephew/Cousin once removed
| 10% || 6.25%
|-
! Second cousin
| 10% || 3.125%
|-
! Birth parent<ref>Although birth parents are considered on the same level as biological parents, they aren't genetically related to the child they birth, and thus run no risk of inbreeding despite the game's warnings that they do.</ref>/Kin
| 0% || N/A
|}
</li></div>
<references/>

== Fertility ==
{{See also|Fertility}}
Fertility is the main pawn stat affecting pregnancy chances, acting as a percentage multiplier on the chance of getting pregnant naturally or through an ovum implantation. Natural pregnancy chance is equally dependent on the fertility of both partners. Additionally, fertility must be above 0% to extract a pawn's ovum or to fertilize the [[ovum]] into an [[embryo]].

This stat is affected by a variety of factors, such as age, [[genes]], and [[#Contraceptives|contraceptives]]. Age is the baseline for fertility, changing slowly for each colonist over time, and at a different rate by pawn gender. Genes provide an additional multiplier on fertility. Contraceptives instantly bring fertility to 0%, overriding other fertility factors.

For baseline humans without fertility-modifying genes, both men and women start becoming fertile after age 14; but regardless of fertility, pawns can't participate in reproduction until they are 16. Fertility increases differently by gender. Women's fertility increases until age 20, but starts dropping at age 28 until it reaches 0% at age 50. Men's fertility increases until age 18, but starts dropping at age 50 until it's 0% at age 90.

{| class="wikitable"
! Fertility
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 400
| height = 100
| type = line
| x = 0, 14, 18, 20, 28, 35, 40, 45, 50, 90, 120
| y1 = 0, 0, {{#expr: 200/3}}, 100, 100, 50, 10, 2, 0, 0, 0
| y2 = 0, 0, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 0, 0
| xAxisTitle = Pawn age (years)
| yAxisTitle = Fertility (%)
| legend =
| y1Title = Female
| y2Title = Male
}}
|}

Genes affect fertility in direct and indirect ways. There are two direct effects: the [[Fertile]] gene doubles fertility and the [[Sterile]] gene completely nullifies it. The [[Ageless]] gene prevents aging entirely, which prevents fertility loss. [[Biosculpter pod#Age reversal|Age Reversal]]{{IdeologyIcon}} also has a fully restorative effect on fertility. Even a completely infertile pawn (due to age) can start reproduction again.

== Contraceptives ==
There are many ways to manually change the likelihood of natural pregnancy. The simplest way in the game to prevent pregnancy is to not give pawns a [[double bed]] to themselves. However, it deprives them of the [[mood]] bonuses of Lovin' in the first place. By changing a couple's Reproductive Approach "Avoid pregnancy" in the social tab, pregnancy rate will be reduced by {{--|75%}}, but still gives Lovin' at the same rate. Lactation, from having given birth before, gives a {{Bad|x5%}} multiplier to Fertility.

A more stable way to prevent pregnancy is available from the [[Research#Fertility Procedures|Fertility Procedures]] research. This gives access to multiple operations, reversible or permanent, to prevent and stop pregnancies. These surgeries are considered sterilization and are not applicable to pawns who are already sterilized, including sterilization on operation failure (see below). Though, they can be performed on pawns who are infertile by other means (age, Sterile gene).

Neither of the IUD, Vasectomy and Tubal Ligation will be "healed" by luciferium, bioregeneration cycle and by applying healing or resurrection mech serum.

=== IUD ===
This is a method of preventing pregnancies that lasts indefinitely but is reversible. You can stop a female pawn from becoming pregnant with the "Implant IUD" medical operation, which is available at age 16+, has a base 100% success chance and no chance of pawn death upon failure. The operation requires 1 Medicine of any type and will anesthetize the pawn. The IUD lasts indefinitely and can be seen in the pawn's Health tab, but you can later remove it through the "Remove IUD" medical operation for 1 Medicine of Industrial quality (Glitterworld medicine cannot be used, this must be a bug). Women may embark with IUDs already implanted. If either of these operations is botched, the patient will become permanently sterile.{{Check Tag|Bug?|In SurgeryOutcomeBase def, an attempt is made to make the chance of sterilization small, but ImplantIUD def has addsHediffOnFailure property which always applies Sterilized on failure}}

Implanted IUDs also stop pregnancies in the first trimester, an alternative to the Terminate Pregnancy operation.

=== Vasectomy ===
This is another method of preventing pregnancies that lasts indefinitely but is reversible. You can stop a male pawn from impregnating others with the "Perform vasectomy" medical operation, which is available at age 13+ and also has a base 100% success chance with no chance of pawn death upon failure. The vasectomy lasts indefinitely, with the operation requiring 1 Medicine of any type. You can later undo it through the "Reverse vasectomy" medical operation for 1 Medicine of Industrial quality (Glitterworld medicine cannot be used, this must be a bug). Men may embark with the operation already performed.{{Check Tag|Verify}} If either of these operations is botched, the patient will become permanently sterile.{{Check Tag|Bug?|In SurgeryOutcomeBase def, an attempt is made to make the chance of sterilization small, but Vasectomy def has addsHediffOnFailure property which always applies Sterilized on failure}}

=== Tubal ligation ===
This permanently stops a female pawn from being able to reproduce. "Perform tubal ligation" is a medical operation available at age 13+ and requiring 1 Medicine of any type. The surgery success chance is 100% and there is no chance of pawn death upon failure. The operation is irreversible.

=== Termination ===
If the pawn has already become pregnant past the first trimester, the only option left is to terminate the pregnancy. This can be achieved through the medical operation "Terminate pregnancy" requiring 2 Medicine of herbal quality or better and {{ticks|1500}} of work, after which the pawn will no longer be pregnant. There is a 2% of death if this operation fails, but a {{Good|x2}} success chance factor. Note that the maximum success chance still applies, resulting in a 0.04% chance of death with max surgery success.

This operation can upset the affected pawn. Depending on the trimester of the pregnancy, a moodlet of {{Bad|-5}} for the first, {{Bad|-10}} for the second, and {{Bad|-20}} for the third will occur, lasting for 10 days. If a pawn was not happy about the pregnancy, they will gain a {{+|5}} moodlet instead. If performed on another faction's pawn, it is considered a violation and will result in loss of [[goodwill]].

This is the only fertility procedure that does not require the Fertility Procedures research.

== Pregnancy analysis ==
[[Growth vat]]s are the "best" way to create your own children, with it being faster, having no risk to the mother, and able to be done with low Fertility. However, the nutrition cost is non-negligible. The vats themselves cost some steel, components, and research to make.

If both pawns are reasonably young, fertile, and sleeping at the same time, then pregnancy will be quite common; it is easy to get pawns pregnant, if you wanted them to.

== Babies ==
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The end result of pregnancy is a human '''baby'''. Babies are small, helpless creatures that cannot walk or do anything by themselves. They only have three basic [[needs]]: food, sleep, and play.

Babies are born with no traits or skills: these develop during childhood [[Children#Growth moments|Growth Moments]]. They also have no [[Ideoligion|ideoligion]] {{IdeologyIcon}}. Unless they have temporary health effects from being born sick, they have no health conditions, with every health stat at 100%, except for Moving, which is at 0%.

If a prisoner gives birth, the baby will initially be an enemy but can be adopted with a click on the 'adopt' gizmo.

The baby life stage lasts for ages 0-2, with newborn ages tracked in days and quadrums rather than years. Once a baby turns 3, they become a [[Children|child]], and on their [[Children#Age 3|3rd birthday]] you can make special choices for how they will develop further. Under the default [[storyteller|storyteller settings]], babies will age 4x faster than normal, so the biological age of the baby is not how many days/quadrums they have actually been alive. [[Growth vat]]s can speed up a baby's growth by 20x that of an adult, or 5x faster than default. Depending on the [[Ideoligion#Growth vats|growth vat precept]] {{IdeologyIcon}} colonists may be sad about their baby being, or not being, in a growth vat. Using a growth vat seems to have no ill effects on a baby or its development, at least until it exits the baby stage.

If a baby is left on the ground, any colonist (even those incapable of childcare or hauling) can try to bring the baby somewhere safe, like an available crib. Usually a colonist will quickly try to do this automatically. If you draft a colonist while they are carrying a baby, you'll receive a pop-up warning that your colonist is carrying a baby while drafted. If you undraft and redraft the colonist, they will drop the baby.

[[Artificial body parts]] cannot be applied to babies, but [[Xenogerm]]s can be. Babies cannot be ordered to apply xenogerms by selecting them and right-clicking on the xenogerm, as they cannot walk. Players must instead place an order for it on the health tab.

=== Food ===
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{{See also|Saturation}}
Babies need less [[nutrition]] to become full, but their hunger rate is adjusted with it to require [[food]] twice a day. Since babies cannot eat anything by themselves, pawns assigned to childcare will help feed them. The feeding process is fairly slow when compared to adult eating.

They can ''only'' be fed in one of following ways:
* Breastfeeding from any [[#Lactation|lactating]] pawn, even those not their mother.
* Cooking and feeding them [[baby food]], produced at a [[campfire]] or [[stove]] from vegetable ingredients.
* Feeding them animal [[milk]] or [[insect jelly]].

Of these, breastfeeding is usually the easiest. Unlike other foods, which feed in bursts only once the food has been consumed, breastfeeding will gradually increase the food bar. This allows the breastfeeding pawn to pause at any point, whilst also not wasting excess food. Usually, a pawn will sit down to breastfeed, continuing until the baby is full or the pawn is out of milk.

You can control what foods the baby can eat and who will try to feed the baby in the baby's "Feeding" tab. By default, the mother will be set to Urgent, with all other pawns set to Childcare. If a pawn is set to childcare, that does not mean they will feed the baby: their childcare labor may be turned off, or they may be incapable of it.
* "Urgent" means the pawn will feed the baby day or night, even if the pawn is not assigned to childcare or capable of it.
* "Childcare" means the pawn will feed the baby as childcare work.
* "Never" means the pawn won't automatically feed the baby.
You can allow the baby to eat milk, insect jelly, and baby food in this tab, but can't control breastfeeding here.

==== Drugs ====
Although babies are limited to eating certain foods, you can administer drugs to babies under the Health>>Medical Operations tab. These have an outsized influence due to their very small body sizes (x0.20 of the size of an adult). Each drug causes a higher severity, increasing its duration. But due to the massive [[Drugs#Addiction and Tolerance|tolerance]], any further drugs are very likely to get them addicted. The actual effects of a drug are the same between babies and adults.

=== Sleep ===
{{See also|Rest}}
Unlike adults, babies don't follow a sleep schedule, instead falling asleep mostly at random. They may be in a sleeping spot, growing steadily more sleepy and upset, while still not falling asleep.

A [[crib]] or [[bed]] should be provided for the baby to sleep in, as it will negate the negative [[mood]] from sleeping on the floor. There are several benefits of cribs over beds: cribs take up only one tile, multiple can be placed in a room without turning it into a barracks, and high-quality cribs can increase the mood of the baby while it rests or sleeps.

Force-feeding, holding, or playing with the baby will wake them up, possibly keeping them unhappy from being tired.

=== Play ===
Babies need to be played with, in place of standard Recreation. An adult assigned to child care will play with the baby once the play need is almost empty. There are different activities that will fulfill the baby's play need. A [[toy box]] and [[baby decoration]] increases the quality of play. Babies that are somehow [[psychopath]]s or [[inhumanized]]{{AnomalyIcon}} will be unaffected by this need, this cannot be seen outside of developer mode and adding the trait or hediff.

=== Mood ===
Babies' moods are influenced by their needs for food, sleep, and play. These are affected at the same rates as for adults:

{| class=wikitable
! '''Hunger''' || Ravenously Hungry || Hungry || Normal
|-
| '''Mood effect''' || -12 || -6 || 0
|}

{| class=wikitable
! '''Sleep''' || Tired || Drowsy || Normal
|-
| '''Mood effect''' || -12 || -6 || 0
|}

{| class=wikitable
! '''Play''' || Really wants to play || Wants to Play || Normal || Entertained || Very Entertained
|-
| '''Mood effect''' || -10 || -5 || 0 || 5 || 10
|}

Babies share some moodlets with adults but aren't affected by as many thoughts. Babies can gain the {{Bad|-4}} Slept in the Cold moodlet, but aren't affected by temperature while awake. Babies have the same expectations for colony life as other pawns do, influencing their moods at the same rate. They can be influenced by [[psychic drone]]s, [[Psychic soothe|soothes]], and [[psycasts]] {{RoyaltyIcon}} just as much as other pawns, because they have a psychic sensitivity of 100% by default. However, babies don't consider furniture comfort or quality, except while resting or sleeping in a [[crib]], with various crib qualities providing higher mood boosts.

Uniquely, babies get a mood bonus when their parents are very happy: "Parent is happy" {{Good|+6}}, or "Parents are happy" {{Good|+12}}.

Being held or breastfed does not affect the baby or caretaking adult's mood in any direct way. However, babies will temporarily forget any ill mood effects from lack of Sleep while being held, although these needs will still decrease as usual.

A baby's mood affects the moods of all other colonists, much like [[Children#Mood|children's moods]] can. Parents of a baby who is very happy will receive a {{Good|+6}} mood boost for "My child <baby> is happy". If the baby is about 1/3 of its happiness or less, parents have a {{Bad|-6}} mood penalty, thinking "My child <baby> is unhappy". Babies also factor into the colonists' thoughts on the overall happiness of the colony's children, which range from a positive {{Good|+2}} "Happy youngsters" mood boost to a {{Bad|-2}} "Sad youngsters", to worse negative mood penalties, all based on the average of the moods of colonists aged 0-17.

==== Giggling and crying ====
Instead of [[mental inspiration|mental inspirations]] or [[mental breaks]], babies will have giggling or crying ''fits'' which give a mood boost or penalty to other pawns who hear them. The ratio between giggling and crying is directly related with the baby's mood.

[[Mood]] boosts from giggling babies go from {{Good|+4}} up to {{Good|+10}}, while crying babies can cause mood maluses from {{Bad|-8}} down to {{Bad|-20}}. Parents are only half as bothered by their baby crying, and twice as happy when their baby is giggling.

Each fit lasts {{ticks|1200}}, and every {{ticks|151}} the baby emits a sound that can be heard by nearby pawns. Only the initial sound of the series can actually be heard in the game by the player. Each specific fit only affects pawns once; it happens when they first hear it. Pawns with 0% [[Hearing]] don't hear the sounds and aren't affected by them. The maximum distance of hearing the baby is {{Good|9.9}} tiles, with the pawn's Hearing as a multiplier capped at 100%.

Sounds can only travel to other [[rooms]] through open doors (fence gates and animal flaps count as doors) and multiple doors can be traversed sequentially. For this matter, an opening door is considered open, and a closing door is considered closed.{{Check Tag|Bug?|The difference is unnatural.}} Counter-intuitively, hearing distance is not measured along the sound path through the doors, but in a straight line.

In caravans moving across the world map, all caravan members hear the baby's fits, even those who are deaf.{{Check Tag|Bug?}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Giggling occurance
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 400
| height = 100
| type = line
| x = 0 , 25 , 50, 75, 100
| y = 0.125, 0.25, 1, 2, 4
| xAxisTitle = Baby mood (%)
| yAxisTitle = Average occurance (times per day)
}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Crying occurance
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 400
| height = 100
| type = line
| x = 0, 25, 50, 75 , 100
| y = 12, 6, 1, 0.25, 0.125
| xAxisTitle = Baby mood (%)
| yAxisTitle = Average occurance (times per day)
}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Giggling to crying ratio (higher is better)
|-
| {{Graph:Chart
| width = 400
| height = 100
| type = line
| x = 0 , 25 , 50, 75, 100
| y = 0.011, 0.042, 1, 8, 32
| xAxisTitle = Baby mood (%)
| yAxisTitle = Occurance of giggling per time crying
}}
|}

=== Social ===
Babies get the same [[social]] opinion boosts from [[Social#Family by Blood|familial relationships]] that other pawns do. They are born aware of their entire family tree, going back to the great-grandparent generation and including dead relatives. In addition, their social relationships are impacted by who feeds them and who hears them crying. They will not know all of your colonists when born, only beginning to remember them after they've interacted a few times (and the colonist will likewise not remember the baby)!

Feeding changes the social opinions between a baby and their caretaker. A baby will gain about {{+|16}} social opinion for another pawn each time they are fed, with the "Fed me" opinion, which wears off over time. Breastfeeding provides a similar{{Check Tag|Same?|Is the opinion boost the same?}} benefit. An adult who feeds a baby will gain about {{+|4}} social opinion for them from this act, and remember the feeding for longer than the baby does. This bonus only stacks up to 5 times, for a maximum of {{+|16}} opinion of the baby. Adults who breastfeed a baby gain about {{+|7}} opinion for the baby from the interaction. These feeding opinion changes are the same whether the caretaker is the baby's parent or not.

Adults who hear a baby cry or giggle will change their opinions of the baby temporarily. A crying baby will gain the ''Cried'' {{Bad|-12}} opinion penalty, while a giggling baby will gain the ''Giggled'' {{Good|+12}} opinion boost. An adult can remember a baby's crying and giggling at the same time, cancelling each effect out. It is unclear if these modifiers stack.{{Check Tag|Detail Needed|Stacking behavior - even if they don't stack, explicitly note this in the article}}

==Analysis==
The [[baby]] stage lasts for 45 days (3/4ths of a year). It requires a notably high amount of colonist labor, as the baby must both be fed and played with by adults.

Feeding babies takes a surprisingly long time, especially if breastfed. The base duration of feeding a baby from empty is {{ticks/gametime/hours|5000}}, and babies need to be fed roughly twice a day. Between this and caring for her own needs, a mother tasked with caring for her baby can spend over half her waking hours, every day, for those 45 days.

[[Growth vat]]s can be used to skip the baby stage, at the cost of nutrition and a slight mood penalty.

== Version history ==
* [[Biotech DLC]] release - Introduced. Humans have a gestation cycle defined without Biotech, but they can not get pregnant.
* [[Version/1.4.3527|1.4.3527]] - Fix regression: Food consumption absurd during lactation.
* [[Version/1.4.3529|1.4.3529]] - Fix: Babies can carry items in caravans.
* [[Version/1.4.3541|1.4.3541]] - Fix: Overactive temperature warning for baby moving.
* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - Lactating no longer prevents pregnancy or ovum extraction, but now inflicts a {{Bad|x5%}} multiplier to Fertility. Update the lactating hediff's description to mention that it reduces fertility. Pawns away on a PawnLend quest won't have their lactating condition expire if there are any babies with them that can feed. Terminate pregnancy operation increased to 2 medicine (from 1), work slightly reduced. Update the wording of the stillbirth letter to be a bit clearer about the choice of naming the baby, and allow the player to decide not to name the baby. Fathers now get a negative thought if their child is stillborn. If a baby is stillborn from a surrogate mother, the gene-mother gets a negative thought.
* [[Version/1.4.3557|1.4.3557]] - Colonists born in the colony no longer stay stuck in labor forever if the Ideology DLC was not active when they became a child.
* [[Version/1.4.3580|1.4.3580]] - Fix: Babies being assigned child body type on load.
* [[Version/1.5.4062|1.5.4062]] - Fix: Error placing hostile baby in bed. Fix: Error in DoPaneContentsFor when trying to change allowed area on a baby that's being held. Fix: Error when a pawn is playing with a baby in some circumstances. Fix: Babies are not dropped after breastfeeding completion if the breastfeeder is downed. Fix: BabyTalk not generated correctly for text with non-ASCII characters. Fix: Exception feeding a baby which died during feeding.
* [[Version/1.6.4566|1.6.4566]] - Fix: Error when baby being breastfed dies.

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Training

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ItsKairoKay: adding distinguish since numerous times i got redirected to this article trying to look at animal training, noting down poor work speed under crafting

{{About|the skills for pawns|animals|Animal_husbandry#Training{{!}}Animal training}}
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All [[skills]] in ''Rimworld'' improve simply while they are used, there is nothing special that needs to be done in addition to that. If a colonist is assigned to a task (via the ''Work'' tab) with a sufficiently high priority, they will, ''eventually'', perform that task and (depending on the task) gain skill points in the governing skill.

However, it's also true that untrained workers can be a liability. For example, a poorly trained cook will cause [[food poisoning]] more frequently, and an untrained miner can waste 1/3 of the [[Mining Yield|potential]] resources while trying to extract them, and do it more slowly to boot. A colonist may need just a touch of something to be ''exactly'' the pawn your colony needs.

This article will suggest a few special ways to manipulate '''adult''' colonists into training certain specific skills, even if they have low or no starting levels in that skill. [[Children and reproduction|Child colonists]] {{BiotechIcon}} have a different way of training.

* Note: The simplest, fastest way to "train" a colonist is via a [[skilltrainer]]. However, as those are hard to find and moderately expensive (market value 750), and finding one with the skill you want (1/12 chance each) can be a challenge in itself, this article will assume those are not available to you at this time.
== Overview ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!rowspan=2|Skill
!rowspan=2|Work
!colspan=2|Low-risk tasks
!High-risk tasks
|-
!Longer duration
!Longer duration & Less yield
!Personal dangers
|-
!'''Shooting'''
| Hunt || Shooting at any conscious target with a smoke launcher or EMP launcher. Hunting animals unable to revenge || || Hunting wild animals
|-
!'''Melee'''
| Hunt, Fight || Fist-fight prisoners || || Fighting tamed/wild animals
|-
!'''Construction'''
| Construct || Deconstruction, Smoothing Walls & Floors || Any constructing (ex. [[grand stele]]s) ||
|-
!'''Mining'''
| Mining || || Any mining, even with [[Deep drill|deep drilling]] ||
|-
!'''Cooking'''
| Various || Cooking [[psychite tea]], [[wort]], [[smokeleaf]] || Butchering, Making [[kibble]] Making [[baby food]] {{BiotechIcon}} || Cooking meals (risk of food-poisoning)
|-
!'''Plants'''
| Sowing, Harvesting, Plant cut || Chopping trees, Sowing (unskilled crops) || Harvesting, Chopping stumps ||
|-
!'''Animals'''
| Handling || Train tamed animals || Milk (including [[chemfuel]] from [[boomalope]]s) & shear animals || Tame wild animals (risk of animal revenge)
|-
!'''Crafting'''
| Craft, Smith, Tailor || Using workbenches with poor work speed i.e [[Hand tailor bench]] in poor temperatures and outside a workshop.|| Produce poor-quality products to sell/deconstruct ||
|-
!'''Artistic'''
| Artistic || || Create [[sculptures]] ||
|-
!'''Medical'''
| Doctor || Perform surgery on tamed animals & prisoners Perform euthanasia on badly wounded wild animals || [[Hemogen pack]] extraction{{BiotechIcon}} ||
|-
!'''Social'''
| Warden, Negotiate || Recruit prisoners Reduce resistance or [[certainty]]{{IdeologyIcon}} of [[prisoners]] || Trade Hosting Ideology rituals{{IdeologyIcon}}|| Attempt to negotiate peace treaties
|-
!'''Intellectual'''
| Research || Research technologies, apply [[techprint]]s{{RoyaltyIcon}} Making drugs & medicine|| Meditation ||
|}

== Task/Skill connections ==
In a few cases it is not obvious that a specific task trains a seemingly unrelated ability:
* '''Cooking''':
:* [[Butchery Efficiency|Butchering]] a dead animal
:* Making [[kibble]] (done at a butchering table)
:* Brewing [[beer]] (not Crafting or Intellectual, either of which would be plausible)
:* Making [[smokeleaf joint]]s, either at a [[crafting spot]] or [[drug lab]] (not clear if this is working as intended)
* Making medicine and hard drugs (''[[flake]]'', ''[[yayo]]'', etc.) requires and trains '''Intellectual''' (not Crafting).

Additionally...
* Cutting [[stone block]]s does '''not''' train any skill (but requires Crafting to be allowed as a task).
* "Smith" and "Tailor", despite being listed separately, are actually sub-skills of '''Crafting''', and do not have their own skill level.
* Many '''Construction''' tasks that could plausibly be Crafting tasks (smithing or tailoring) are not. For instance, steel [[hopper]]s (used by [[nutrient paste dispenser]]s), a steel chess table, cloth/wool/fur [[bedroll]]s and fabric/leather [[animal flap]]s are all "Construction".

== Training a skill ==
This is usually only necessary and recommended if you 1) want a certain ability on a specific colonist, 2) can afford to not use this person for normal productive work while they "train", and 3) are willing to invest their time (and yours) for their future in your colony.

A colonist that is bad at everything and passionate for nothing should be assigned to be a hauler and cleaner, or maybe the guy who fulfills that annoying caravan trade request 5 days away, before you give them a "real" job. Long, slow experience is not a great investment of their time, not when someone else can do it faster, and that "skilled" colonist would be wasting their skill hauling or traveling.

* '''If you train a colonist by letting them do busy work, you are wasting one of the most valuable colony resources, namely work hours.'''

=== Daily XP cap ===
There is a "soft" XP cap of 4000 points per day for each skill, after which experience is at only 20% of normal (multiplied by traits and passions, as normal). Some skills do train quickly, so find a different activity; training over the soft cap is not a good use of time. (This can be seen by [[Passion|mouse-hoving]] over the skill in the colonist's Bio tab.)

=== Candidates ===
A good candidate may not be completely, ''truly'' "useless" - maybe they have skills, just not the skills we want, or no skills that we can use now (maybe because other colonists are better, maybe they just need to be improved). Regardless, a candidate for focused training has 1) no skills that we currently value/need, and 2) some sort of potential we ''do'' value (or we'd ignore them and assign them as our full-time Hauler/Cleaner/Refueler/Ammo loader/Undertaker/Prisoner Feeder/etc.).

Specific combinations of traits (good and bad!) and/or passions can determine if a colonist is a trainee candidate or a faceless drone.

==== Lack of passion ====
Be aware that if a skill has no [[passion]] (no "flame" icon(s) next to it), it will train far more slowly than skills that ''do'' reflect a colonist's passion for that skill, gaining only 35% of the experience that a single-passion skill would, and only 17.5% the experience of a double-passion skill*.
: (* assuming no other learning modifiers - see [[Global Learning Factor]])

Training up a non-passion skill to a low level is far more realistic than to something middle or high-level. For example, if you have a drone with a 0 in [[Construction]] and you want to train them to Level 3 so they can haul material to those blueprints, that is not overly difficult, 6,000 experience. However, training from Level 6 up to level 8 is 2.5x as much work, 15,000 experience, and you might spend years on such a project without any bonus to training speed. It's doable, just not very fast.

=== Temporary Zone restrictions ===
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== Combat training ==
If you feel you are not prepared for the next raid, you can train a few combat abilities. This is most easily done manually, i.e. with the trainee [[Drafting|drafted]] and you micro-managing their actions. That means you cannot easily manage the colony in the mean time, and it can be awkward to train more than one colonist at a time without constantly pausing the game. This possibly means a net loss of productivity in your colony and/or a slowing of gameplay in general, so consider your options, depending on your colony's needs and your own personal priorities and preferences.

You can instead assign them "[[Hunt]]ing", but this is slow and dangerous; animal "revenge" is often a risk, depending on the target. However, it has its advantages (see below), and you can often let them hunt for days without oversight.

Activities that do '''not''' improve combat skills:
* Attacking [[downed]] targets.
* Attacking structures or buildings.

=== Shooting ===
The easiest way to train shooting is to prioritize the colonist to the "Hunting" task in the Work tab, give them a ranged weapon, and send them on their way. The best possible method is with an [[EMP launcher]] or [[smoke launcher]], since they do no damage, and, therefore, a colonist can train for an indefinite amount of time without chance of hurting an animal and possibly triggering revenge. Outside of that, giving them a long-range weapon (e.g. a [[great bow]] or [[bolt-action rifle]]) makes hunting safer because animals are less likely to enrage and retaliate if shot at from long range. To guarantee safety, only hunt animals that will never retaliate. (See specific animal descriptions for full information.)

Giving a really bad shooter a weapon not suited for the task, such as a [[machine pistol]] of "awful" quality, means that they will possibly hunt for a ''long'' time before actually killing the animal. Do not expect colonists that you train this way to be very productive food-providers for the colony.

===== Manual hunting =====
Outside of the Hunting task, a special case of deliberately slow "hunting" is to [[drafting|draft]] a colonist and have them attack a specific target. Some resilient animals, such as a [[grizzly bear]], [[rhinoceros]], [[elephant]], [[megasloth]] or [[thrumbo]], can give a lot of shooting skill by kiting them* and continually shooting them with a low-damage weapon. You need to be very careful with this approach because those animals can do a lot of damage if given the chance to get into melee range. Also, this approach does require constant micromanagement, and you, as a player, won't easily be able to oversee other manual tasks in the colony in the meantime.

A special benefit from it is, that you get a 750% increase in xp, if the enemy is in aggro mode (turns [[manhunter]] on the hunter) instead of 90xp per shot with the shortbow, you get 765 for the same shot, no matter if it is a hit or not.

: (* "Kiting" is a general tactic where the player attacks a target and then runs away, encouraging the target to chase them - the image is a kite being pulled by a kite-flyer, the kite following but never catching the puller. Assuming the player's pawn is faster, they can stop, quickly shoot again, and then keep running, repeating the process indefinitely. This requires constant oversight. Kiting can also be used to lure a target away from an area, or into a specific area for other purposes, such as an ambush, mechanical [[trap]]s, or to fight with a third party.)

The best weapon types for this tactic are weapons with a fast windup and high shot frequency, not too short a range, and low damage. This makes you use the skill more often, by firing more shots and having your "training dummy" last longer from low damage.

With large targets, it's quite possible that you will [[downed|down]] the target rather than kill it outright. You can then either kill it for no further combat XP, or choose your [[medical]] pawn to "Rescue" the animal, patch it up, and then either release it to later repeat the exercise or euthanize it, which produces additional medical XP and [[Animal husbandry#Slaughtering|more leather and meat]] than killing by hunting.

It is even possible that actually killing the animal will take so long that your colonist will pass out from exhaustion or go into starvation. You ''must'' have a capable shooter available to finish off the animal and end the training if necessary.

If using tamed targets, you can stop before killing them, and train up your Medical colonist(s), patching the target up for next time.

=== Melee ===
Fighting anything with melee attacks will increase the ''melee'' skill. ''Hunting'' with melee attacks works, but animals are prone to fighting back so be warned (this is true even for animals that never retaliate when hunted from range). You will have to draft the colonist and "hunt" the animal manually by attacking it. An undrafted colonist will not ''hunt'' if they are lacking a ranged weapon.

If you want to train a character this way, use the best possible [[armor]] *(whether [[Armor|flak or plate armor]], or just a good [[duster]]) so they will take less damage from the animal. Taking no damage at all is not likely, so do not train a colonist that you require to be in good shape; they will at least have a few bruises for a day or three, reducing their manipulation skills and movement ability. Also be aware that attacking herd animals (like muffalos and wild boars) can enrage the ''entire herd'', usually leading to a heavily injured colonist, or worse.

Use bare fists, to make the training session last as long as possible.

Tamed animals will fight back, so they are not safe training dummies; they can however be kept in a controlled environment which makes them more convenient targets. There is also no risk of an entire herd taking revenge for you hurting their friend. You can patch up the animal you just abused afterwards, which will train the ''medical'' skill. [[Turtle]]s, especially, make good training "partners", with a small target and good natural "armor".

Using melee attacks does raise the skill very quickly, and you will hit the "soft" XP cap of 4000 points in a matter of a few attacks. Disengage afterwards, because training over the soft cap is not efficient.

To level melee more safely, take prisoners who are incapable of "Violent" and repeatedly punch, then heal them in their prison cell. To avoid accidentally killing your prisoners, use fists only with neither a melee nor ranged weapon equipped. Carefully watch the health of the prisoner pausing the game between each punch if needed. A colonist with no weapon (not even a ranged weapon) does up to 7 base blunt damage per punch (see [[Weapons#Base Melee Stats|Base Melee Stats]] for details), so when any single body part falls below 8 hp remaining, stop and allow the prisoner to heal. This will allow you to train medical skill as well.

==Civilian Skills==
You can slow down the work deliberately, by working under poor conditions (outside, in the dark, not using electricity, in the cold, ...). For many skills, experience is granted over time and not by work units. Crafting as slowly as possible means you will waste less material in the same time span. Only do this while crafting at level 5 or lower; from level 6, you can expect to at least break even on average with regards to material cost.

=== Animals ===
The ''animals'' skill is very versatile, and can be trained in various ways.

There are two animals related tasks where unskilled colonists can be a liability:
* Failed tame attempts may cause the animal to retaliate; this often leads to the animal handler getting injured, usually as far away from the base as possible...
* Milking or shearing animals can fail, resulting in ''all'' of the product going to waste; this is especially painful when shearing (gathering wool), because wool takes many days to grow back.

Because of this it is best to let unskilled animal handlers only ''train animals'' that are already domesticated. If this fails, some food will be wasted, and the animal might lose some training from decay, but nothing worse will happen. Only your qualified animal handlers should be allowed to try to tame wild animals, or to milk or shear tamed animals (if you care about the product).

It is very finicky to assign all your animal handlers to the jobs best suited for them. It can be done with manipulation of temporary [[zone]] restrictions and [[pen]]s, but the recommended way is to install a mod like ''Work Tab'': it allows for fine-grained control of the various animals related sub-tasks.

=== Artistic ===
There is not much to be said about training ''artistic''; just have your aspiring artist craft as many [[sculpture]]s as possible.

If you are looking to beautify your colonists' rooms, and/or have lots of material and are looking for the best value return in the shortest time, make [[large sculpture]]s. On the other hand, if you are short on material and want to get the best return out of that material, and have a little more time to spend, make [[small sculpture]]s

[[Sculptures#Quality of Sculptures|"Awful" sculptures]] actually have a ''negative'' beauty value, so they actually make the environment more ugly. Great to put into the bedrooms of [[ascetic]] colonists, but should be deconstructed or sold otherwise.

Use the material that you can spare the most of; [[wood]] is often a good choice. Contrast that with [[jade]], which has the best balance of beauty and availability, and so should be reserved for more capable, possibly [[mental inspiration|inspired]] artists.

=== Construction ===
Construction is already trained quite efficiently by simply using the skill, since construction is such a common activity in an expanding colony.

As a rule, do not train construction when high value material is involved, such as [[textile]]s (for carpets), [[steel]] (for many workbenches/etc.), or [[component]]s (when making things like power generators). If the colonist "botches" construction in these cases, the entire amount of a valuable material will be irretrievably wasted; only do this if you have plenty of surplus material so such loss does not matter.

===== [[Deconstruct]]ion =====
Deconstructing items gives considerable Construction experience. There is no Quality involved, no chance to botch, no minimum level, and skill level only affects speed. This is (with smoothing, see next) one of the safest and cheapest ways to train Construction.

===== Smoothing =====
Smoothing walls and floors counts as construction, is very time consuming (a good thing for training), and has no quality penalty associated with it. It is perhaps the best way to train a low skilled worker, since there is zero risk of wasting materials or creating bad products. Having your apprentices do the smoothing keeps the master constructors free for more demanding/time-critical work. Restrict the trainee colonists to the respective areas by creating a temporary zone, and let them do wall and floor smoothing exclusively for a while.

===== Walls and floors =====
If you are about to build a lot of [[wall]]s or [[floor]]s in the colony, you can use zones (as described above) or temporarily take your capable builders '''off''' the construction task, and let only your trainee(s) build the floors, walls and roofs. None of these have a quality stat, so it is not possible to create bad products. The apprentices will take a little longer, and probably "botch" construction several times, but the end result will be the same.

===== Wooden chairs =====
The amount of work it takes to build a wooden [[chair]] is much more than most other items. Each chair built generates roughly 1,000 progress points, allowing you to estimate 1K progress points to each chair built. Wood is cheap on many maps, so the "investment" of 45 wood (which then can be deconstructed to get half back) can be worth the training.

Making [[furniture]] is not the best monetary return to train construction, because colonists with low skill will produce low quality/low value furniture. However, you can either sell it as it is, or keep deconstructing and reconstructing any "unacceptable" furniture until you get lucky and a desired quality level is produced, so long as you do not mind losing some resources along the way.*

: (* the popular mod ''Quality Builder'' helps tremendously here)

==== Repairing things ====
You can damage structures, usually purpose-built stone walls, deliberately by attacking them with melee attacks, shots or grenade blasts, and then have your construction builders repair them.

* '''Only do this with a colonist that really needs to be up to speed in construction ''now''''', and if you have absolutely no other suitable construction work to do at the moment. Damaging structures just for training is a waste of work hours not only for the trainee, but also for the colonists [[Drafting|drafted]] to do the damaging.

This will not train shooting skill. Use the shooters only to damage the structure, then undraft them and have them resume their regular colony duties. Of course the shooters could be the very same people who will do the repair work just after. Shooting skill does not matter much in this case, as pretty much everybody is able to hit a wall from point blank range...

* By far the best approach is to ''smooth'' any stone wall, damage it, and repair it. Smoothed walls count as constructed walls, so they can be repaired. A smoothed granite wall does have 900 hit points, almost as much as a [[plasteel]] wall.
* Under the "Work" tab, designate the colonist(s) you intend to train so that they can only "Repair". Create a [[zone]] around the training area, and the general facilities of the base, then restrict the trainees to this zone.
* Skill training becomes much less effective (x20%) after 4000 XP has been acquired in a skill during a day. Take the trainees off the training task by removing their zone restriction after this soft XP cap has been reached for the day.

=== Cooking ===
The ''cooking'' skill level is increased by ''butchering'', ''cooking'' meals at a stove or campfire, brewing beer, and also by making [[smokeleaf joint]]s.

If a low-skilled cook butchers, they will get [[Butchery Efficiency|less leather and meat]], though that's not always a dealbreaker. If a low-skilled cook prepares meals, they carry an increased risk of [[food poisoning]]. This is a fairly disrupting condition that should be avoided, so it is not optimal to train a new cook by letting them prepare meals that you intend to consume (trading them, on the other hand...).

==== Kibble ====
[[Kibble]] never carries food poisoning, making it a safe practice food. It is highly profitable to make kibble if you have [[insect meat]] or [[human meat]], and [[hay]] – even if there are no animals to feed – because all kibble has the same market value, no matter the ingredients.

==== Brewing beer ====
Brewing has no minimum level, and is not quality dependent except for the time it takes. Let your rookie cooks brew all the beer they want; it will take a little longer, but it will taste just as good.

==== Smokeleaf joints ====
This strategy requires ''drug production'' to be researched, and to grow or buy [[smokeleaf leaves]], but training Cooking with smokeleaf production is an excellent strategy. Smokeleaf products have good recreational and cash (trade) value, but be aware that the value ''added'' by making joints from leaves is not work efficient, so outside of training cooks or making the joints for personal use it is better to sell your leaves directly.

Joints have no quality and obviously cannot carry food poisoning, making it a safe task to train any cook.

Set up a dedicated work bill at the [[crafting spot]] or [[drug lab]], and ''restrict it to the character that you would like to train in cooking''. The character needs to have priority to "Craft" things on the work tab. Make sure the drug lab is not occupied by other tasks; the easiest way is to put the smokeleaf job in the first slot on the list of bills.

=== Crafting ===
The only way to practice crafting is to make things, either at a crafting spot, tailoring bench or smithy. Drug production and brewing do '''not''' train crafting.

If you have no good Crafters yet, you will produce many items of "poor" or "awful" quality. It is not possible to retrieve raw materials from ''crafted'' items (unlike ''constructed'' items) – after you have crafted an item, you have to either use it or sell it as it is. This means you should not use any valuable materials, such as [[Thrumbofur]], [[Megasloth wool]], [[Hyperweave]] or [[Plasteel]] to practice crafting. Only let your most competent people handle these super-valuable materials.

If you're concerned about market value, "weapons" are generally not a good class of items to practice crafting because they only sell for 20% of the normal price (for game balance reasons), making it tough to make money from crafted weaponry. However, you can make ''wooden'' melee weapons, which gives the same training but uses no steel - and steel is too valuable to waste on training, as we've already discussed. The [[gladius]] is one of the best value melee weapons, only requires Smithing to be researched, and for some reason [[Trade#Combat supplier|arms dealers]] accept wooden novelty swords. The mace is not far behind in value, and, unlike wooden swords, a wooden mace is a fine basic melee weapon.

Aside from weapons, armor requires valuable ingredients, so '''usually crafting is practiced making clothes'''. [[Duster]]s are the best material/value clothing item*.
: (* It's not clear what is the best experience/material item, but few colonies have "more textiles than they need".)

Crafted items get a ''market value'' that is composed of
* the work invested into making the item
* the value of the raw materials used
* the [[quality]] of the item

The market value multiplier for "awful" items is 50%, for "poor" items it is 75%. In those cases it would have been better to sell the raw materials instead of the item! To cut your inevitable losses, '''only use the cheapest material you can find if you expect to produce a lot of bad quality stuff'''. Good candidates are (in order of less to more useful/valuable): [[birdskin]], [[pigskin]], [[lightleather]], [[patchleather]] and [[plainleather]]. (Note that [[human leather]] is, for some reason, quite valuable).

* See [[Textiles]] for a comparative table and full information

Alternatively, you could create a couple extra (large) growing zones with [[cotton plant]]s, for [[cloth]] to "practice" with. Even poor-quality [[duster]]s sell for a reasonable price.

===== Fabrication =====
Crafting components can only be done by crafters who already have skill level 8 or better. If you have a competent crafter to train further, they can make ([[advanced component|advanced]]) [[component]]s at a [[fabrication bench]]. You will need ''a lot'' more advanced components to build the space ship than you can usually buy from traders, so making them early is never a waste of effort. They do not have a quality rating, so as long as your crafter can make them you will get full value.

Note also that items without Quality do not trigger the bonus of an [[Inspired Creativity]], so they are a good way to train up a crafter before trying for a [[legendary]] item.

In the same vein, [[Artificial body parts|artificial limbs and organs]] can be made by anyone who meets the skill requirement, but it is not always easy to know in advance which ones you will need.*

: (* [[Artificial body parts#Head - Eyes|Artificial eyes]] (of either type) and [[Bionic arm|bionic]] (not "[[Prosthetic arm|prosthetic]]") arms add to [[manipulation]], which always seems to be useful. For the less humane, [[prosthetic heart]]s are cheap to produce, and profitable and mood-penalty free when [[Human resources#Organ harvesting|swapped on prisoners]].)

=== Intellectual ===
''Intellectual'' skill is gained by doing research, and by making hard drugs and medicine. There are no special techniques available to make this more efficient. All research done is equally valuable, and neither medicine nor drugs have a quality rating; this means that who you employ for these jobs only influences how long it takes to finish them.

Usually your colony will want to research new technologies, so there is normally no question how to employ pawns with intellectual skill or interest. This is also a good use of any "retired" [[simple research bench]](es).*

: (* Note that while a simple research bench can be uninstalled and re-installed elsewhere, a hi-tech research bench can only be deconstructed!)

Crafting [[wake-up]], [[flake]] and [[go-juice]] are all very profitable, so this is recommended if you do not need another researcher at the time, and can stock up on [[neutroamine]] and [[psychoid leaves]].

=== Medical ===
There is something that a typical ''Rimworld'' campaign never lacks: work for your doctors and surgeons. Still, it is still possible to arrange some extra training.

Performing any type of '''surgery''' is staggeringly efficient for training Medical; performing surgery awards 16 times as much XP (per time spent) as other work. This includes all kinds of body part replacements, organ harvesting, and euthanizing animals (and humans).

The XP granted by a surgical procedure depends on work speed of the pawn, work units required and skill passion. For reference: at 100% ''medical operation speed'' and ''Interested'' passion, 2,000 XP are granted from performing a leg replacement.

'''Note:''' Because performing surgery gives so much XP, a single colonist will hit the soft learning cap of 4,000 XP per day rather quickly. Spread out the procedures over multiple doctors and days.

Whether caused by [[Ailments|injury or included from the start]], it's often an improvement to a colonist to replace a damaged limb or organ; a heart with even minor [[artery blockage]] can cause a fatal heart attack at any moment. See various links on [[artificial body parts]] for costs and improvement/penalties the post-operative patient will acquire.

==== Animal patients ====
If human subjects are not convenient, you can "'''sterilize'''" and then "'''euthanize'''" tamed/domestic animals. If you want, you can also "rescue" wild ones that are [[downed]] but not killed, which adds "'''tending'''" (aka "bandaging") that animal to the experience. This not only gains Medical XP, but gives a [[Animal husbandry#Slaughtering|larger yield]] of leather and meat than hunting an animal. This is a shorter procedure than the human jaw replacement (and worth only a third of the XP) but it has no medical skill requirement, so is great for training completely unskilled doctors.

Depending on the (lack of) skill, a failed procedure is not uncommon, but actually provides ''more'' experience. A failed operation results in bleeding from various cuts and scratches, so the doctor-in-training then gets to '''tend''' the now injured animal, and then try the operation again - perhaps multiple times. You may wish to turn off "(herbal) medicine" while you bandage animals, since their long-term survival is a non-issue, but you'll have to turn it back on for the operation(s).

Tame chickens are the best source of animals, because they breed like flies and you usually want to weed out the males, and euthanizing a freshly hatched chick will give the same XP as any other animal would.

==== Non-elective surgery ====
If you are not squeamish about it, you can use [[Prisoner]]s for a wide variety of very effective "practice" purposes. Most require nothing more than [[herbal medicine]]* and a (often terrifyingly low) minimum Medical skill.
:: (* at minimum; you probably want to use actual [[medicine]] if the operation is important to you.)

* Install and remove jaw [[denture]], repeatedly. This requires medical skill 2, herbal medicine, no special prosthetics needed, and the patient has no risk of dying on the table. It will leave the person permanently mangled (80% speak/eat), lowering their market value (which is not important unless you want to sell the person into slavery). This procedure is ''not'' counted as "organ harvesting", even if performed on a healthy patient.

* A little more brutal is repeated [[peg leg]]/[[wooden hand]] replacements - install, remove, repeat. Requires minimum Medical skill 3 and some herbal medicine. Oh - and one (1) "log" (seriously!). Some prisoners start with a prosthetic of some sort, but that's hardly a requisite. Also not counted as "organ harvesting".

* The grim business of organ harvesting is great training, and can be done up to four* times per customer. The surgeon can take a tongue (no market value), one kidney and one lung without killing the victim (altho' they will be the worse for it), and a heart or liver, which kills the patient*. It is strongly [[Human resources|frowned upon]] by most colonists. It is also profitable, but only do it if you can afford the colony-wide mood penalty, which lasts for 8 days.

:: * A heart can be replaced with a [[prosthetic heart]] (and minimum Medical skill 4), which then either allows the patient to live (in which case this (only) is not considered "organ harvesting"), or allows the surgeon to continue and harvest the liver, which ''does'' kill the patient. For the accountants, a prosthetic heart has a market value of 230 (and/or can be crafted at a machining table), while a human heart is valued at 500 - profit, even after a trader gets his percentage. There is no prosthetic liver.

: Removing any organ will give all colonists without the [[Psychopath]] or [[Bloodlust]] trait a negative mood modifier. (For a more complete discussion, see also [[Human_resources#Organ_harvesting|organ harvesting]].)

=== Mining ===
Unskilled miners will let resources go to waste if they mine an ore vein. You can check a colonist's '''[[Mining Yield| mining yield]]''' stat to see if they are already at/near 100+%, but even a Skill 6 miner is wasting 5% (or 2 Steel out of every tile), and very high skill levels give a (small) bonus return. If they're not high-skill, do not use them to extract valuable resources from a mountain.

To train miners, restrict them to a temporary zone with a mining job in it that does not include any valuable ores. If you dig into a mountain face randomly, be aware that this could become a space for [[infestation]]s to spawn if the location is too close to your colony.

If you have developed [[Deep drill| deep drilling]] already, you can let your apprentice miners work the drills. Waste of resources is usually not a problem anymore at this point.

=== Plants (growing) ===
It doesn't matter who sows (plants) your crops, but letting an unskilled grower harvest your fields will waste some of the product; check the [[Plant_Harvest_Yield| plant harvest yield]] stat of the colonist. If you need to avoid this, you will have to create a – possibly large – restriction zone to keep this colonist out of the area that they must not harvest. Allow them access only to areas where sowing needs to happen; lower skill levels are slower, but do not hurt harvest amounts.

Chopping trees is a good, safe way to train ''plants''. Disallow the task ("plant cut" in the work tab) for your skilled growers, so your trainees will get more opportunities to chop wood.

If you are growing plants that only skilled workers can sow (like [[Devilstrand]] and [[Healroot]]), make sure that your trainees will sow ''all the other fields''. Do not let your skilled growers take that work away from them. Again, you will probably need to use restriction zones or work tab micromanagement to facilitate this.

* The ''Work Tab'' mod by ''Fluffy'' makes partitioning the growing tasks a ''lot'' easier, avoiding the use of temporary zone restrictions.

=== Social ===
By far the fastest way to level up social XP is to start a role change with the trainee, then remove everyone from the role change except for the trainee. The role change will fail, but in the process the trainee will get a large amount of XP. A fast learner with a burning passion can almost max out their learning for the day with a single failed role change.

Each social chat with a colonist gives 4 ''social'' XP per per speech balloon at ''Interested'' passion and neutral mood modifier. Each instance of [[lovin]]' gives 4 XP as well{{Check Tag|Confirm|I may have miscounted, please double check that it gives 4}}.

Having a friendly chat with a prisoner in order to convince him or her to join the colony gives roughly 50 ''social'' XP at ''Interested'' passion, per speech balloon. If you are recruiting prisoners, only assign the "Wardening" work type to the colonists whose social skill you want to improve. The ''Work Tab'' mod (or a similar mod) allows more control over the various tasks related to wardening, so it is recommended to make this more viable in normal colony operation.

Setting the prisoner interaction mode to "Reduce resistance" (and not "Recruit") will allow wardens to keep having conversations indefinitely, allowing skill training. However, this costs a lot of food over time to keep the prisoner alive and runs the risk of a prison break. Only do this with prisoners you do not want as colonists; recruit them immediately otherwise, so they become productive and improve their skills.

=== Traits ===

When planning to train colonists, might be a good idea to choose pawns with Fast Learner and/or Too Smart traits, so it takes reduced time needed level up skills. Likewise a pawn with Slow Learner trait will require more time.

A child can be assigned both Fast Learner and Too Smart trait on it's growing stage. This can be guaranteed in Reload Anytime Mode, since the traits list to choose from are random, a saved game can be reloaded until that specific traits appears.

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[[Category:Game mechanics]]

Spelopede

2025-11-30T21:46:16Z

ItsKairoKay:

{{Stub|reason=Do spelopedes (after hive destroyed) still attack colonists like megaspiders do? Add to analysis}}
{{Infobox main|animal
| page verified for version = A14C
| name = Spelopede
| image = Spelopede east.png
| description = A medium-sized bioengineered insectoid the size of a sheep. The spelopede is the middle caste of a hive, taking care of most work tasks as well as fighting with its digging claws. It's dangerous in combat, but slow on open ground.
| type = Animal
| type2 = Insectoid
| flammability = 0.7
| marketvalue = 200
| armorblunt = 18
| armorsharp = 18
| combatPower = 75
| movespeed = 3.65
| baseleatheramount = 0
| bodysize = 0.8
| body = BeetleLikeWithClaw
| healthscale = 1.7
| hungerrate = 0.25
| diet = omnivorous, animal products
| wildness = 0.3
| manhuntertame = 0
| manhunter = 0.5
| trainable = Advanced
| meatname = insect meat
| lifespan = 6
| juvenileage = 0.03
| maturityage = 0.2
| toxic resistance = 1
| toxic environment resistance = 0.8
| vacuum resistance = 1
| min comfortable temperature = -25
| max comfortable temperature = 60


| attack1label = head claw
| attack1type = Cut
| attack1dmg = 7
| attack1cool = 2
| attack1part = HeadClaw

| attack2label = head
| attack2type = Blunt
| attack2dmg = 6
| attack2cool = 2
| attack2part = HeadAttackTool
| attack2ensureLinkedBodyPartsGroupAlwaysUsable = true
| attack2chancefactor = 0.2
| isCoastal = false

| devNote = insect
| defName = Spelopede
| label = spelopede
| tradeTags = AnimalInsect
}}
'''Spelopedes''' are giant, bio-engineered, subterranean invertebrates and the middle of the three [[insectoid]] types in both size and danger.

== Acquisition ==
{{PAGENAME}}s can be found underground in [[World generation#Caves|caves]] and [[infestation]]s or inside [[ancient shrine]]s. They can be tamed by a [[Work #Handle|handler]].

== Summary ==
Spelopedes can inhabit any terrain where an [[infestation]] has spawned. They are dangerous in combat, but slow on open ground.

Their body is composed of a head, head claw, mouth, pronotum, shell, elytras (left and right), and two pairs of legs (front and back).

{{Insectoid Summary}}

== Analysis ==
Spelopedes are between [[megaspider]]s and [[megascarab]]s, with in-the-middle speed and health.

Wild {{PAGENAME}}s always generate hostile, making them difficult to tame as they will try to attack the animal handler. However, animal interactions during the process will interrupt any attacks. It may be ideal to equip your handler with armor, or to select a handler with a high melee skill for a higher melee dodge chance to reduce the risk of harm, though this is not strictly necessary.

{{PAGENAME}}s are practically impossible to tame when they first spawn from an infestation. In order to try and tame a {{PAGENAME}}, you will need to down them, then destroy all hives from the infestation. With Too Deep: Infestation event and Wastepack Infestations, there are no hives, so all you need to do is down the insect. This does not make them non-hostile, but it will prevent them from seeking out colonists like a raider would. Note that wild {{PAGENAME}}s unlike other animals cannot be operated on and thus can't be anesthetized, and they are prone to waking up and attacking the pawn treating them, Waiting for blood loss to reach extreme can prevent this.

They are rather accessible and easy to maintain haulers having the lowest wildness, being only beaten by [[Husky|Huskies]], and [[Labrador retriever]]s however for most purposes the [[megaspider]] is the better option. Megaspiders are stronger in combat, but have 40% wildness and move {{Bad|{{#expr: {{P|Move Speed Base}} - {{Q|Megaspider|Move Speed Base}} }} }} {{CS}} slower along with slightly higher hunger rate. With [[Odyssey]] Spelopedes can be taught to dig.

For [[Orbit]],{{OdysseyIcon}} Spelopedes even with vacuum immunity still struggle with space due to the -75 outdoor temperature and their poor min temp. Spelopedes can only handle a short period in space before being downed by [[Ailments#Hypothermic_slowdown|hypothermic slowdown]] which will also reduce their [[manipulation]] making them worse at mining being capable of mining roughly 3 vacstone before needing rescue, thus they are surpassed in work speed by colonists wearing [[Vacsuit]]s or [[Tunneler]]s.{{BiotechIcon}} For combat and hauling in space, Megaspiders can be out for longer with higher minimum temperature.

== Training ==
{{TrainingTable}}

== Health ==
=== Body parts ===
{{Animal Health Table|BeetleLikeWithClaw}}
=== 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}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Spelopede east.png|Facing east
Spelopede north.png|Facing north
Spelopede south.png|Facing south
</gallery>
<gallery>
File:Dessicated spelopede east.png|Dessicated facing east
File:Dessicated Spelopede north.png|Dessicated facing north
File:Dessicated Spelopede south.png|Dessicated facing south
</gallery>
== Version history ==
* Beta 19/1.0 - All insects main attack cooldowns 2.5 -> 2.9
* 1.3 - Manhunter on tame fail decreased from 20% to 10% - manhunter on harm increased from 35% to 50% - wildness decreased from 95% to 30% - trainability changed from intermediate to advanced - gestation changed from N/A to 6
* [[Version/1.3.3200|1.3.3200]] - Fix: Remove gestation period stat, since they do not breed.
* [[Biotech DLC]] release - Now gains [[pollution stimulus]] on [[polluted]] terrain.

{{Nav|animal}}
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Insectoid]]

Spelopede

2025-11-30T21:37:16Z

ItsKairoKay:

{{Stub|reason=Do spelopedes (after hive destroyed) still attack colonists like megaspiders do? Add to analysis}}
{{Infobox main|animal
| page verified for version = A14C
| name = Spelopede
| image = Spelopede east.png
| description = A medium-sized bioengineered insectoid the size of a sheep. The spelopede is the middle caste of a hive, taking care of most work tasks as well as fighting with its digging claws. It's dangerous in combat, but slow on open ground.
| type = Animal
| type2 = Insectoid
| flammability = 0.7
| marketvalue = 200
| armorblunt = 18
| armorsharp = 18
| combatPower = 75
| movespeed = 3.65
| baseleatheramount = 0
| bodysize = 0.8
| body = BeetleLikeWithClaw
| healthscale = 1.7
| hungerrate = 0.25
| diet = omnivorous, animal products
| wildness = 0.3
| manhuntertame = 0
| manhunter = 0.5
| trainable = Advanced
| meatname = insect meat
| lifespan = 6
| juvenileage = 0.03
| maturityage = 0.2
| toxic resistance = 1
| toxic environment resistance = 0.8
| vacuum resistance = 1
| min comfortable temperature = -25
| max comfortable temperature = 60


| attack1label = head claw
| attack1type = Cut
| attack1dmg = 7
| attack1cool = 2
| attack1part = HeadClaw

| attack2label = head
| attack2type = Blunt
| attack2dmg = 6
| attack2cool = 2
| attack2part = HeadAttackTool
| attack2ensureLinkedBodyPartsGroupAlwaysUsable = true
| attack2chancefactor = 0.2
| isCoastal = false

| devNote = insect
| defName = Spelopede
| label = spelopede
| tradeTags = AnimalInsect
}}
'''Spelopedes''' are giant, bio-engineered, subterranean invertebrates and the middle of the three [[insectoid]] types in both size and danger.

== Acquisition ==
{{PAGENAME}}s can be found underground in [[World generation#Caves|caves]] and [[infestation]]s or inside [[ancient shrine]]s. They can be tamed by a [[Work #Handle|handler]].

== Summary ==
Spelopedes can inhabit any terrain where an [[infestation]] has spawned. They are dangerous in combat, but slow on open ground.

Their body is composed of a head, head claw, mouth, pronotum, shell, elytras (left and right), and two pairs of legs (front and back).

{{Insectoid Summary}}

== Analysis ==
Spelopedes are between [[megaspider]]s and [[megascarab]]s, with in-the-middle speed and health.

Wild {{PAGENAME}}s always generate hostile, making them difficult to tame as they will try to attack the animal handler. However, animal interactions during the process will interrupt any attacks. It may be ideal to equip your handler with armor, or to select a handler with a high melee skill for a higher melee dodge chance to reduce the risk of harm, though this is not strictly necessary.

{{PAGENAME}}s are practically impossible to tame when they first spawn from an infestation. In order to try and tame a {{PAGENAME}}, you will need to down them, then destroy all hives from the infestation. With Too Deep: Infestation event and Wastepack Infestations, there are no hives, so all you need to do is down the insect. This does not make them non-hostile, but it will prevent them from seeking out colonists like a raider would. Note that wild {{PAGENAME}}s unlike other animals cannot be operated on and thus can't be anesthetized, and they are prone to waking up and attacking the pawn treating them, Waiting for blood loss to reach extreme can prevent this.

They are rather accessible and easy to maintain haulers having the lowest wildness, being only beaten by [[Husky|Huskies]], and [[Labrador retriever]]s however for most purposes the [[megaspider]] is the better option. Megaspiders are stronger in combat, but have 40% wildness and move {{Bad|{{#expr: {{P|Move Speed Base}} - {{Q|Megaspider|Move Speed Base}} }} }} {{CS}} slower along with slightly higher hunger rate. With [[Odyssey]] Spelopedes can be taught to dig.

For [[Orbit]],{{OdysseyIcon}} Spelopedes even with vacuum immunity still struggle with space due to the -75 outdoor temperature and their poor min temp. Spelopedes can only handle a short period in space before being downed by [[Ailments#Hypothermic_slowdown|hypothermic slowdown]] which will also reduce their [[manipulation]] making them worse at mining, thus they are surpassed in work speed by colonists wearing [[Vacsuit]]s or [[Tunneler]]s.{{BiotechIcon}} For combat and hauling in space, Megaspiders can be out for longer with higher minimum temperature.

== Training ==
{{TrainingTable}}

== Health ==
=== Body parts ===
{{Animal Health Table|BeetleLikeWithClaw}}
=== 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}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Spelopede east.png|Facing east
Spelopede north.png|Facing north
Spelopede south.png|Facing south
</gallery>
<gallery>
File:Dessicated spelopede east.png|Dessicated facing east
File:Dessicated Spelopede north.png|Dessicated facing north
File:Dessicated Spelopede south.png|Dessicated facing south
</gallery>
== Version history ==
* Beta 19/1.0 - All insects main attack cooldowns 2.5 -> 2.9
* 1.3 - Manhunter on tame fail decreased from 20% to 10% - manhunter on harm increased from 35% to 50% - wildness decreased from 95% to 30% - trainability changed from intermediate to advanced - gestation changed from N/A to 6
* [[Version/1.3.3200|1.3.3200]] - Fix: Remove gestation period stat, since they do not breed.
* [[Biotech DLC]] release - Now gains [[pollution stimulus]] on [[polluted]] terrain.

{{Nav|animal}}
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Insectoid]]

Spelopede

2025-11-30T21:29:38Z

ItsKairoKay:

{{Stub|reason=Do spelopedes (after hive destroyed) still attack colonists like megaspiders do? Add to analysis}}
{{Infobox main|animal
| page verified for version = A14C
| name = Spelopede
| image = Spelopede east.png
| description = A medium-sized bioengineered insectoid the size of a sheep. The spelopede is the middle caste of a hive, taking care of most work tasks as well as fighting with its digging claws. It's dangerous in combat, but slow on open ground.
| type = Animal
| type2 = Insectoid
| flammability = 0.7
| marketvalue = 200
| armorblunt = 18
| armorsharp = 18
| combatPower = 75
| movespeed = 3.65
| baseleatheramount = 0
| bodysize = 0.8
| body = BeetleLikeWithClaw
| healthscale = 1.7
| hungerrate = 0.25
| diet = omnivorous, animal products
| wildness = 0.3
| manhuntertame = 0
| manhunter = 0.5
| trainable = Advanced
| meatname = insect meat
| lifespan = 6
| juvenileage = 0.03
| maturityage = 0.2
| toxic resistance = 1
| toxic environment resistance = 0.8
| vacuum resistance = 1
| min comfortable temperature = -25
| max comfortable temperature = 60


| attack1label = head claw
| attack1type = Cut
| attack1dmg = 7
| attack1cool = 2
| attack1part = HeadClaw

| attack2label = head
| attack2type = Blunt
| attack2dmg = 6
| attack2cool = 2
| attack2part = HeadAttackTool
| attack2ensureLinkedBodyPartsGroupAlwaysUsable = true
| attack2chancefactor = 0.2
| isCoastal = false

| devNote = insect
| defName = Spelopede
| label = spelopede
| tradeTags = AnimalInsect
}}
'''Spelopedes''' are giant, bio-engineered, subterranean invertebrates and the middle of the three [[insectoid]] types in both size and danger.

== Acquisition ==
{{PAGENAME}}s can be found underground in [[World generation#Caves|caves]] and [[infestation]]s or inside [[ancient shrine]]s. They can be tamed by a [[Work #Handle|handler]].

== Summary ==
Spelopedes can inhabit any terrain where an [[infestation]] has spawned. They are dangerous in combat, but slow on open ground.

Their body is composed of a head, head claw, mouth, pronotum, shell, elytras (left and right), and two pairs of legs (front and back).

{{Insectoid Summary}}

== Analysis ==
Spelopedes are between [[megaspider]]s and [[megascarab]]s, with in-the-middle speed and health.

Wild {{PAGENAME}}s always generate hostile, making them difficult to tame as they will try to attack the animal handler. However, animal interactions during the process will interrupt any attacks. It may be ideal to equip your handler with armor, or to select a handler with a high melee skill for a higher melee dodge chance to reduce the risk of harm, though this is not strictly necessary.

{{PAGENAME}}s are practically impossible to tame when they first spawn from an infestation. In order to try and tame a {{PAGENAME}}, you will need to down them, then destroy all hives from the infestation. With Too Deep: Infestation event and Wastepack Infestations, there are no hives, so all you need to do is down the insect. This does not make them non-hostile, but it will prevent them from seeking out colonists like a raider would. Note that wild {{PAGENAME}}s unlike other animals cannot be operated on and thus can't be anesthetized, and they are prone to waking up and attacking the pawn treating them, Waiting for blood loss to reach extreme can prevent this.

They are rather accessible and easy to maintain haulers having the lowest wildness, being only beaten by [[Husky|Huskies]], and [[Labrador retriever]]s however for most purposes the [[megaspider]] is the better option. Megaspiders are stronger in combat, but have 40% wildness and move {{Bad|{{#expr: {{P|Move Speed Base}} - {{Q|Megaspider|Move Speed Base}} }} }} {{CS}} slower along with slightly higher hunger rate. With [[Odyssey]] Spelopedes can be taught to dig.

For [[Orbit]],{{OdysseyIcon}} Spelopedes even with vacuum immunity still struggle with space due to the -75 outdoor temperature and their poor min temp. Spelopedes can only handle a short period in space before being downed by [[Ailments#Hypothermic_slowdown|hypothermic slowdown]] which will also reduce their [[manipulation]] making them worse at mining, thus they are mostly surpassed in work speed by colonists wearing [[Vacsuit]]s or [[Tunneler]]s.{{BiotechIcon}} For combat and hauling in space, Megaspiders can be out for longer with higher minimum temperature.

== Training ==
{{TrainingTable}}

== Health ==
=== Body parts ===
{{Animal Health Table|BeetleLikeWithClaw}}
=== 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}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Spelopede east.png|Facing east
Spelopede north.png|Facing north
Spelopede south.png|Facing south
</gallery>
<gallery>
File:Dessicated spelopede east.png|Dessicated facing east
File:Dessicated Spelopede north.png|Dessicated facing north
File:Dessicated Spelopede south.png|Dessicated facing south
</gallery>
== Version history ==
* Beta 19/1.0 - All insects main attack cooldowns 2.5 -> 2.9
* 1.3 - Manhunter on tame fail decreased from 20% to 10% - manhunter on harm increased from 35% to 50% - wildness decreased from 95% to 30% - trainability changed from intermediate to advanced - gestation changed from N/A to 6
* [[Version/1.3.3200|1.3.3200]] - Fix: Remove gestation period stat, since they do not breed.
* [[Biotech DLC]] release - Now gains [[pollution stimulus]] on [[polluted]] terrain.

{{Nav|animal}}
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Insectoid]]

Spelopede

2025-11-30T21:28:54Z

ItsKairoKay: Smart idea on paper but giving a more in-depth analysis on spelopedes in orbit., in short they are really bad for it. even getting surpassed by megaspiders and the digging skill is nearly useless in space cause they just get made useless by hypothermic slowdown.

{{Stub|reason=Do spelopedes (after hive destroyed) still attack colonists like megaspiders do? Add to analysis}}
{{Infobox main|animal
| page verified for version = A14C
| name = Spelopede
| image = Spelopede east.png
| description = A medium-sized bioengineered insectoid the size of a sheep. The spelopede is the middle caste of a hive, taking care of most work tasks as well as fighting with its digging claws. It's dangerous in combat, but slow on open ground.
| type = Animal
| type2 = Insectoid
| flammability = 0.7
| marketvalue = 200
| armorblunt = 18
| armorsharp = 18
| combatPower = 75
| movespeed = 3.65
| baseleatheramount = 0
| bodysize = 0.8
| body = BeetleLikeWithClaw
| healthscale = 1.7
| hungerrate = 0.25
| diet = omnivorous, animal products
| wildness = 0.3
| manhuntertame = 0
| manhunter = 0.5
| trainable = Advanced
| meatname = insect meat
| lifespan = 6
| juvenileage = 0.03
| maturityage = 0.2
| toxic resistance = 1
| toxic environment resistance = 0.8
| vacuum resistance = 1
| min comfortable temperature = -25
| max comfortable temperature = 60


| attack1label = head claw
| attack1type = Cut
| attack1dmg = 7
| attack1cool = 2
| attack1part = HeadClaw

| attack2label = head
| attack2type = Blunt
| attack2dmg = 6
| attack2cool = 2
| attack2part = HeadAttackTool
| attack2ensureLinkedBodyPartsGroupAlwaysUsable = true
| attack2chancefactor = 0.2
| isCoastal = false

| devNote = insect
| defName = Spelopede
| label = spelopede
| tradeTags = AnimalInsect
}}
'''Spelopedes''' are giant, bio-engineered, subterranean invertebrates and the middle of the three [[insectoid]] types in both size and danger.

== Acquisition ==
{{PAGENAME}}s can be found underground in [[World generation#Caves|caves]] and [[infestation]]s or inside [[ancient shrine]]s. They can be tamed by a [[Work #Handle|handler]].

== Summary ==
Spelopedes can inhabit any terrain where an [[infestation]] has spawned. They are dangerous in combat, but slow on open ground.

Their body is composed of a head, head claw, mouth, pronotum, shell, elytras (left and right), and two pairs of legs (front and back).

{{Insectoid Summary}}

== Analysis ==
Spelopedes are between [[megaspider]]s and [[megascarab]]s, with in-the-middle speed and health.

Wild {{PAGENAME}}s always generate hostile, making them difficult to tame as they will try to attack the animal handler. However, animal interactions during the process will interrupt any attacks. It may be ideal to equip your handler with armor, or to select a handler with a high melee skill for a higher melee dodge chance to reduce the risk of harm, though this is not strictly necessary.

{{PAGENAME}}s are practically impossible to tame when they first spawn from an infestation. In order to try and tame a {{PAGENAME}}, you will need to down them, then destroy all hives from the infestation. With Too Deep: Infestation event and Wastepack Infestations, there are no hives, so all you need to do is down the insect. This does not make them non-hostile, but it will prevent them from seeking out colonists like a raider would. Note that wild {{PAGENAME}}s unlike other animals cannot be operated on and thus can't be anesthetized, and they are prone to waking up and attacking the pawn treating them, Waiting for blood loss to reach extreme can prevent this.

They are rather accessible and easy to maintain haulers having the lowest wildness, being only beaten by [[Husky|Huskies]], and [[Labrador retriever]]s however for most purposes the [[megaspider]] is the better option. Megaspiders are stronger in combat, but have 40% wildness and move {{Bad|{{#expr: {{P|Move Speed Base}} - {{Q|Megaspider|Move Speed Base}} }} }} {{CS}} slower along with slightly higher hunger rate. With [[Odyssey]] Spelopedes can be taught to dig.

For [[Orbit]],{{OdysseyIcon}} Spelopedes even with vacuum immunity still struggle with space due to the -75 outdoor temperature and their poor min temp. Spelopedes can only handle a short period in space before being downed by [[Ailments#Hypothermic_slowdown|hypothermic slowdown]] which will also reduce their [[manipulation]] making them worse at mining, thus they are mostly surpassed in work speed by colonists wearing [[Vacsuits]] or [[Tunneler]]s.{{BiotechIcon}} For combat and hauling in space, Megaspiders can be out for longer with higher minimum temperature.

== Training ==
{{TrainingTable}}

== Health ==
=== Body parts ===
{{Animal Health Table|BeetleLikeWithClaw}}
=== 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}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Spelopede east.png|Facing east
Spelopede north.png|Facing north
Spelopede south.png|Facing south
</gallery>
<gallery>
File:Dessicated spelopede east.png|Dessicated facing east
File:Dessicated Spelopede north.png|Dessicated facing north
File:Dessicated Spelopede south.png|Dessicated facing south
</gallery>
== Version history ==
* Beta 19/1.0 - All insects main attack cooldowns 2.5 -> 2.9
* 1.3 - Manhunter on tame fail decreased from 20% to 10% - manhunter on harm increased from 35% to 50% - wildness decreased from 95% to 30% - trainability changed from intermediate to advanced - gestation changed from N/A to 6
* [[Version/1.3.3200|1.3.3200]] - Fix: Remove gestation period stat, since they do not breed.
* [[Biotech DLC]] release - Now gains [[pollution stimulus]] on [[polluted]] terrain.

{{Nav|animal}}
[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Insectoid]]

Insectoids

2025-11-12T18:38:02Z

ItsKairoKay: adding structures section, moving ancient shrines to it, adding landmarks

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{{See also|Infestation}}
{{Quote|These giant insect-like creatures live underground and burrow up to attack when attracted by noise or pheromone signals. Originally from the planet Sorne, interstellar entrepreneurs managed to capture, genetically-modify, and vat-grow the insect colonies for use as weapons. It's not clear who placed Sorne insects on this planet, but they are here and as dangerous as ever.|Faction description}}
'''Insectoids''' are an ecosystem of genetically engineered insect-like [[animals]] that function, in part, like a permanently hostile [[faction]]. The insectoids that populate this faction are animals that are not always automatically hostile to colonists, but can be a serious surprise threat to any colony when encountered during an [[infestation]].

== Pawns ==
{{:Insectoids/Pawns}}

== Summary ==
[[File:Insectoids from Infestation rushed up to 150 tiles after triggering old deadfall trap.png|200px|thumb|right|Insectoids from Infestation attack after triggering old trap]]
Insectoids are [[animal]]s. Uniquely, insectoids experience [[hypothermic slowdown]] instead of [[hypothermia]]. They have 100% [[Toxic Resistance]] along with [[Vacuum Resistance]],{{OdysseyIcon}} rendering them immune to [[toxic buildup]] and [[Ailments#Vacuum_exposure|vacuum exposure]].{{OdysseyIcon}} When butchered, they give [[insect meat]], which is disgusting for humans to eat. Insectoids may be tamed, but as most spawn hostile, it is a very difficult task - often relying on the [[bond]] chance whenever you tend to them.

=== Infestation ===
As part of an [[infestation]], they are a "faction" that is hostile to every other faction in the world. They will maintain [[hive]]s, which, if left untampered, will produce more insectoids - as well as [[insect jelly]]. Unlike other raiders, and because they are animals, insectoids don't have any ranged attacks. However, their decent armor and sheer numbers make them extreme threats if not handled properly.

Infestations will normally stay within a 10-tile radius from their hive. While awake, insectoids will attack any creature within that radius. Insectoids are "triggered" when any of them are downed or killed, for any reason. Once triggered, they'll rush vaguely towards colonists and buildings, up to 100 tiles away, attempting to find other hostiles. An insectoid will continue to chase if they see an enemy, and the 100 tile radius resets from where they last slept. They move slowly and attack directly and mindlessly, so are vulnerable to more sophisticated tactics like kiting. Insectoids will mine through walls and rock anywhere they roam around, even to the point of ceiling collapses. If necessary to reach their targets, triggered insects will behave like sappers, or even mine through [[collapsed rocks]], a terrain they normally ignore to ensure their nests remain safe underground.

The Too Deep: Infestation [[event]], caused by using [[deep drill]]s, creates hostile insectoids but without hives.
===Wild Insectoids===
[[Megascarab]]s may be found in the wild in the desert or extreme desert [[biome]]s, where they are not hostile until attacked. Other insectoid types are not found naturally. If a hostile insect is [[downed]] and has no hive, they will become neutral.

=== Structures ===
Hives can spawn as part of [[ancient shrine]]s, only becoming active when the area is revealed, non-hostile [[megascarab]]s can be stored in [[ancient cryptosleep casket]]s. For [[Landmarks#Stockpile|Stockpiles]]{{OdysseyIcon}} Insectoids can also be found inside rooms apart from the exit room, unlike ancient shrines their hives are dormant, and incapable of producing more hives. [[Landmarks#Infested_settlements|Infested settlements]]{{OdysseyIcon}} will also contain dormant hives along with Insectoids.

== Lore ==
{{See also|Lore}}
<onlyinclude>
Only a limited amount is known as about the origins of Insectoids, and most is provided from the faction description above. The planet Sorne was the original homeworld of the [[insectoid]]s, before they were captured, genetically modified, and [[Lore#Technologies and Militaries|vat-grown]] by interstellar entrepreneurs for use as weapons, and exported to other worlds by parties unknown. As all seemingly-alien life is claimed to have originated on Earth,<includeonly><ref name="Cryptosleep Revival Briefing"/></includeonly><noinclude><ref name="Cryptosleep Revival Briefing">[[Lore#Cryptosleep Revival Briefing|Cryptosleep Revival Briefing]]</ref></noinclude> it is possible that the original pre-weaponization Sorne Geneline evolved from Earth life on the planet, or were already genetically engineered for some reason before being modified again.<ref name="Insectoid Faction Description">[[Insectoid]] Faction Description</ref>

The purpose of the modification is known however - they were intended to act as artificial ecosystem of insectoids designed to fight mechanoid invasions.<ref name="Megascarab Description">[[Megascarab]] description</ref> Given the past tense used in the source, it is possible that the current insectoid ecosystem seen on the rimworld does not function as originally designed. Notably however, [[mechanoids]] and insectoids do remain permanently hostile to each other, a fact that can occasionally be exploited.</onlyinclude>

=== References ===
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Ancient cryptosleep casket

2025-11-12T17:45:46Z

ItsKairoKay:

{{Infobox main|Ship
| name = Ancient cryptosleep casket
| image = ShipCryptosleepCasket.png
| imagesize = 192px
| description = This cryptosleep casket looks like it has been here for a very long time. Who knows what it might contain?
| type = Misc
| type2 =
| marketvalue = 370
| placeable = True
| rotatable = True
| size = 2 ˣ 1
| hp = 250
| power =
| flammability = 1
| cover = 0.5
| deconstruct yield = {{Icon Small|steel}} 135 + {{Icon Small|uranium}} 4
}}
The '''cryptosleep casket''' is used to contain a humanoid or animal in a state of suspended animation.

== Acquisition ==
Can only be found inside [[ancient shrine]]s. They are almost always occupied by [[Ancients]] and guarded by either [[mechanoid]]s, [[insectoids]] or [[fleshbeasts]],{{AnomalyIcon}} however the information panel will only show the contents as 'unknown' without any specification. If any of the caskets in a shrine are disturbed, every one of the caskets will release their occupants which are often, but not always hostile. They will automatically eject their occupants when hit with any type of attack.

An empty cryptosleep casket may be [[claim]]ed and used by the colony as its own.

== Summary ==
A pawn can enter or be carried into a cryptosleep casket to activate cryptosleep. Inside, the occupants biological functions are suspended; they will not age biologically, and most needs and health conditions like hunger, drug addiction, disease, are suspended. However, social standing and time-sensitive [[mood]] effects do tick down while in cryptosleep. While in a casket, a colony's pawn counts as 100% of their actual wealth, but only count as 30% of a colonist when determining [[raid points]]. This means that pawns ''do'' count for determining raid size, but at a lesser amount.

For colonists, simply select the colonist, right click the casket, and select "Enter ancient cryptosleep casket". Other colonists can drag downed pawns by right clicking the pawn in question. Animals or prisoners can be put into cryptosleep caskets, but they need to be downed first. You can set an operation to apply anesthesia, which requires a unit of medicine. Alternatively, you can use violence, or, if they have a brain implant {{RoyaltyIcon}}, they can also be [[EMP]]ed to cause [[brain shock]] to quickly and cheaply down them.

After waking from cryptosleep, a humanoid will have [[cryptosleep sickness]] for a short time, which reduces consciousness and manipulation and causes vomiting.

In order to exit an ancient cryptosleep casket, another pawn must be directed to open it. If no controllable pawn is available to open a casket, you are unable to do anything until a [[raider]] or another random event happens to destroy it.

When an ancient cryptosleep casket is damaged to less than 20% of its maximum health, it will begin to spark and emit a hissing sound for anywhere between {{ticks|140}} to {{ticks|150}} before exploding, dealing 10 [[Flame]] damage in a 2.66-tile radius and potentially igniting [[Flammability|flammable]] pawns, buildings, and flooring in the area. For a full list of effects, see [[Flame]].

== Analysis==
This device can help relieve a colony during a crisis, such as an intense psychic wave or medicine shortage, by safely storing pawns until the problem is resolved. Additionally, pawns addicted to a drug will not progress through withdrawal during stasis, making the casket a handy way of saving the life of a [[Luciferium]]-user, or decrease total demand over time.

With the use of anesthetic, prisoners can also be stored temporarily to lessen the drain on colony resources while they await [[trade|sale]], [[human resources|harvesting]] or, if the [[Royalty DLC]] is installed, exchanged for [[Title|Honor]]. It is also useful to save enemies/animals for recruitment and taming until an [[Mental_inspiration|inspiration]], particularly - [[thrumbo]]s and enemies with high resistance.

Unlike the other two types of cryptosleep casket, ancient caskets do not need to be built. See below for more details.
=== Comparisons to other caskets ===
There are three types of cryptosleep casket:
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{| {{STDT| sortable c_01 text-center}}
! Casket !! Acquisition !! Placement !! Opening !! Resource Cost
|-
| [[Cryptosleep casket]] || Built || Anywhere || Can only be opened by a [[Work#Haul|hauler]], using the '[[Orders#Open|Open]]' designator || {{Required Resources|Cryptosleep casket|sep=<nowiki> </nowiki>+|simple=1}}
|-
| [[Ship cryptosleep casket]] || Built || Must Connect to [[Ship structural beam|Ship Beam]] || Colonist may eject self || {{Required Resources|Ship cryptosleep casket|sep=<nowiki> </nowiki>+|simple=1}} (+{{Required Resources|Ship structural beam|sep=<nowiki> </nowiki>+|simple=1}} per 8 caskets)
|-
| [[Ancient cryptosleep casket]] || Found in [[Ancient shrine]]s || Where found || Can only be opened by a [[Work#Haul|hauler]], using the '[[Orders#Open|Open]]' designator || None
|}
</li><div>

Ancient cryptosleep caskets have the massive advantage of not requiring research or materials. However, you are also required to empty out a potentially dangerous [[ancient shrine]], along with its [[Ancients|current inhabitants]]. Also, ancient cryptosleep caskets cannot be moved. Cryptosleep caskets can be built anywhere, while ship cryptosleep caskets can only be built next to a ship structural beam.

== Version history ==
* [[Version/0.8.657|0.8.657]] - Ancient cryptosleep shrines now generate on the map.
* [[Version/0.9.722|0.9.722]] - Cryptosleep sickness added.
* [[Version/0.12.906|0.12.906]] - ‘Open’ designator added
* Sprite was updated in in A14
* Sprite was updated again at some point.
* [[Version/1.1.0]] - Open caskets now look different from closed ones.
* [[Version/1.5.4062|1.5.4062]] - Fix: Empty caskets aren’t claimable.

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Ship cryptosleep casket south.png|Second Sprite
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Ship cryptosleep casket]]
* [[Cryptosleep casket]]

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Sightstealer

2025-11-09T02:34:02Z

ItsKairoKay:

{{Anomaly}}
{{Spoiler}}
{{Infobox main|entity
| name = Sightstealer
| image = Sightstealer.png
| description = Emaciated and misshapen humanoids. Their arms end in sharp, curled claws formed from bioferrite. Sightstealers are fragile, but use psychic influence to render themselves invisible until they get close to their victims. They are known to emit haunting screams as they gather on their terrible hunts.

| type = Entity
| type2 = Basic
| flammability = 0.7
| hidden while undiscovered = true
| tradeability = None

| minimum containment strength = 30
| anomaly knowledge = 1.5
| knowledge category = Basic
| study interval = 120000
| bioferrite density = 2
| min monolith level for study = 1
| requires holding platform = true
| base escape interval MTB days = 60

| combatPower = 70
| movespeed = 4.83
| healthscale = 0.75
| bodysize = 0.8
| body = Human
| diet = none
| lifespan = 250
| trainable = None
| psychic sensitivity = 2
| toxic resistance = 0.5
| vacuum resistance = 1
| minimum comfortable temperature = -40
| maximum comfortable temperature = 60

| leatheryield = 20
| leathername = Dread leather
| meatname = Twisted meat
| meatyield = 70


| attack1label = left claw
| attack1labelNoLocation = claw
| attack1dmg = 7.0
| attack1type = Scratch
| attack1part = LeftHand
| attack1cool = 2
| attack1alwaysTreatAsWeapon = true

| attack2label = right claw
| attack2labelNoLocation = claw
| attack2dmg = 7.0
| attack2type = Scratch
| attack2part = RightHand
| attack2cool = 2
| attack2alwaysTreatAsWeapon = true

| attack3label = head
| attack3dmg = 3
| attack3type = Blunt
| attack3part = HeadAttackTool
| attack3cool = 2
| attack3chancefactor = 0.1
| attack3ensureLinkedBodyPartsGroupAlwaysUsable = true

| defName = Sightstealer
| label = sightstealer
}}
The '''sightstealer''' is an [[entity]] added by the [[Anomaly DLC]]. It is likely to be one of the first anomalous entities a colony will encounter.

== Occurrence ==
Sightstealers appear:
* In the [[sightstealer arrival]] event.
* When a [[creepjoiner]] becomes hostile due to friendly fire and has the [[Creepjoiner#Drawbacks|Sightstealer attack]] drawback.

== Summary ==
{{Stub|section=1|reason=Check tags}}
{{For|further detail about howling and multi-wave sightstealer attacks|Sightstealer arrival}}
Sightstealers are ambush predators, entering a map [[invisible]] to both pawns and the player, and remain so until they get close to a target. Targets of a Sightstealer includes colonists, friendly NPCs, and raiders. {{Check Tag|When is invis broken?| How close? Just proximity to another pawn or do they have to be targeting them? Mechs, enemy and friendly? Reports of them walking through tamed animals without detection etc.}}{{Check Tag|Targets?|Who do they target?}}{{Check Tag|Doors?|Can they pass through doors? Over fences?}} The player is not notified of a Sightstealer arrival, unless they are summoned by attacking a creepjoiner, in which case the player is only notified in advance. Sightstealers are also revealed from invisibility when they take damage, get hit by [[firefoam]] or an [[EMP]] explosion, or they are affected by a [[Disruptor flare pack#Summary|disruptor flash]], Sightstealers will return to being invisible when not nearby any targets. Invisible sightstealers will trigger [[proximity detector]]s when in range, however they will not be revealed by it. Additionally, they will make a howling sound effect and track [[filth]] even when invisible, you can look for this to narrow down their location, instead of using a proximity detector.

Despite the description stating that it uses psychic influence to render themselves invisible, pawns with 0% [[psychic sensitivity]] are '''not''' immune to this effect, and are unable to see them when they are invisible.

Sightstealers do not trigger [[traps]] regardless of their current visibility.

They are relatively weak entities in terms of both {{DPS}} and {{HP}}, feel [[pain]] and [[bleeding|bleed]] and have a high [[psychic sensitivity]] of {{%|{{P|Psychic Sensitivity}}}} - instead the primary risk comes from ambush and numbers.

They do not sleep and bleed at 50% the normal rate.

=== Containment ===
The Sightstealer is fairly weak, requiring only 30 containment strength. This means you can use [[wood]]en [[wall]]s and a basic [[holding spot]] to contain it with minimal risk.

Contained sightstealers yield 1.6 [[bioferrite]] per day when attached to a [[Bioferrite harvester]].

== Analysis ==
Only marginally more dangerous than an unarmed baseliner but with claws that can cause bleeding, a single sightstealer is unlikely to be a threat to most colonists. However, they can be dangerous in large groups especially if a pawn is caught by surprise. Their speed means that they can quickly surround pawns and, unlike manhunter packs, sightstealers give no warning for pawns to run inside. As such, if the initial sightstealer is spotted, a howl occurs, or "Distant shrieks" are heard, it's best to zone your colonists inside, install a [[proximity detector]] or turn up the game volume and listen for their howling sound.

'' '''Sightstealer revealed:''' A twisted creature has appeared out of thin air! ''

Once they are detected, combat is largely similar to manhunters despite their anomalous nature. A constriction, strong [[Melee block]]ers and a good backline of gunners can handle even the largest sightstealer waves. Carefully targeted [[frag grenades]] from behind the melee blockers are also particularly devastating. Sightstealers are also vulnerable to fire. A pawn armed with an [[incendiary launcher]], [[molotov cocktails]], or [[incinerator]] can easily cripple even a pack of sightstealers but watch out for burning sightstealers losing collision and moving through your blockers.

If the colony contains a [[mechanitor]],{{BiotechIcon}} [[scyther]]s, [[scorcher]]s,{{BiotechIcon}} [[tesseron]]s,{{BiotechIcon}} and [[centipede burner]]s are effective counters. If a sightstealer howls, drafted mechanoids are valid targets for the sightstealers, and they will reveal themselves to attack. This can be used to force sightstealers to become visible before they draw close to colonists.

Sightstealers is one of the easiest anomalies to contain, both in terms of containment requirment and risk posed during escapes. When combined with the ease of defeating them, they are effectively a blessing to most colonies, providing an easy source of beginning research.

== Health ==
{{Animal Health Table|Human}}
{{Pawn Attack Table}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Sightstealer A east.png|Variant A facing east
Sightstealer A north.png|Variant A facing north
Sightstealer A south.png|Variant A facing south

Sightstealer B east.png|Variant B facing east
Sightstealer B north.png|Variant B facing north
Sightstealer B south.png|Variant B facing south
</gallery>
<gallery>
Sightstealer C east.png|Variant C facing east
Sightstealer C north.png|Variant C facing north
Sightstealer C south.png|Variant C facing south

Sightstealer D east.png|Variant D facing east
Sightstealer D north.png|Variant D facing north
Sightstealer D south.png|Variant D facing south
</gallery>
<gallery>
Dessicated Sightstealer east.png|Desiccated facing east
Dessicated Sightstealer north.png|Desiccated facing north
Dessicated Sightstealer south.png|Desiccated facing south
</gallery>

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

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Sightstealer

2025-11-09T02:32:51Z

ItsKairoKay: noting down filth tracking and returning to invisbility might consider removing the howling sound effect, i've never been able to hear it so either its really subtle or non-existent, filth tracking ends up being more reliable, might be worth looking into that for revenants

{{Anomaly}}
{{Spoiler}}
{{Infobox main|entity
| name = Sightstealer
| image = Sightstealer.png
| description = Emaciated and misshapen humanoids. Their arms end in sharp, curled claws formed from bioferrite. Sightstealers are fragile, but use psychic influence to render themselves invisible until they get close to their victims. They are known to emit haunting screams as they gather on their terrible hunts.

| type = Entity
| type2 = Basic
| flammability = 0.7
| hidden while undiscovered = true
| tradeability = None

| minimum containment strength = 30
| anomaly knowledge = 1.5
| knowledge category = Basic
| study interval = 120000
| bioferrite density = 2
| min monolith level for study = 1
| requires holding platform = true
| base escape interval MTB days = 60

| combatPower = 70
| movespeed = 4.83
| healthscale = 0.75
| bodysize = 0.8
| body = Human
| diet = none
| lifespan = 250
| trainable = None
| psychic sensitivity = 2
| toxic resistance = 0.5
| vacuum resistance = 1
| minimum comfortable temperature = -40
| maximum comfortable temperature = 60

| leatheryield = 20
| leathername = Dread leather
| meatname = Twisted meat
| meatyield = 70


| attack1label = left claw
| attack1labelNoLocation = claw
| attack1dmg = 7.0
| attack1type = Scratch
| attack1part = LeftHand
| attack1cool = 2
| attack1alwaysTreatAsWeapon = true

| attack2label = right claw
| attack2labelNoLocation = claw
| attack2dmg = 7.0
| attack2type = Scratch
| attack2part = RightHand
| attack2cool = 2
| attack2alwaysTreatAsWeapon = true

| attack3label = head
| attack3dmg = 3
| attack3type = Blunt
| attack3part = HeadAttackTool
| attack3cool = 2
| attack3chancefactor = 0.1
| attack3ensureLinkedBodyPartsGroupAlwaysUsable = true

| defName = Sightstealer
| label = sightstealer
}}
The '''sightstealer''' is an [[entity]] added by the [[Anomaly DLC]]. It is likely to be one of the first anomalous entities a colony will encounter.

== Occurrence ==
Sightstealers appear:
* In the [[sightstealer arrival]] event.
* When a [[creepjoiner]] becomes hostile due to friendly fire and has the [[Creepjoiner#Drawbacks|Sightstealer attack]] drawback.

== Summary ==
{{Stub|section=1|reason=Check tags}}
{{For|further detail about howling and multi-wave sightstealer attacks|Sightstealer arrival}}
Sightstealers are ambush predators, entering a map [[invisible]] to both pawns and the player, and remain so until they get close to a target. Targets of a Sightstealer includes colonists, friendly NPCs, and raiders. {{Check Tag|When is invis broken?| How close? Just proximity to another pawn or do they have to be targeting them? Mechs, enemy and friendly? Reports of them walking through tamed animals without detection etc.}}{{Check Tag|Targets?|Who do they target?}}{{Check Tag|Doors?|Can they pass through doors? Over fences?}} The player is not notified of a Sightstealer arrival, unless they are summoned by attacking a creepjoiner, in which case the player is only notified in advance. Sightstealers are also revealed from invisibility when they take damage, get hit by [[firefoam]] or an [[EMP]] explosion, or they are affected by a [[Disruptor flare pack#Summary|disruptor flash]], Sightstealers will return to being invisible when not nearby any targets. Invisible sightstealers will trigger [[proximity detector]]s when in range, however they will not be revealed by it. Additionally, they will make a howling sound effect and track filth even when invisible, you can look for this to narrow down their location, instead of using a proximity detector.

Despite the description stating that it uses psychic influence to render themselves invisible, pawns with 0% [[psychic sensitivity]] are '''not''' immune to this effect, and are unable to see them when they are invisible.

Sightstealers do not trigger [[traps]] regardless of their current visibility.

They are relatively weak entities in terms of both {{DPS}} and {{HP}}, feel [[pain]] and [[bleeding|bleed]] and have a high [[psychic sensitivity]] of {{%|{{P|Psychic Sensitivity}}}} - instead the primary risk comes from ambush and numbers.

They do not sleep and bleed at 50% the normal rate.

=== Containment ===
The Sightstealer is fairly weak, requiring only 30 containment strength. This means you can use [[wood]]en [[wall]]s and a basic [[holding spot]] to contain it with minimal risk.

Contained sightstealers yield 1.6 [[bioferrite]] per day when attached to a [[Bioferrite harvester]].

== Analysis ==
Only marginally more dangerous than an unarmed baseliner but with claws that can cause bleeding, a single sightstealer is unlikely to be a threat to most colonists. However, they can be dangerous in large groups especially if a pawn is caught by surprise. Their speed means that they can quickly surround pawns and, unlike manhunter packs, sightstealers give no warning for pawns to run inside. As such, if the initial sightstealer is spotted, a howl occurs, or "Distant shrieks" are heard, it's best to zone your colonists inside, install a [[proximity detector]] or turn up the game volume and listen for their howling sound.

'' '''Sightstealer revealed:''' A twisted creature has appeared out of thin air! ''

Once they are detected, combat is largely similar to manhunters despite their anomalous nature. A constriction, strong [[Melee block]]ers and a good backline of gunners can handle even the largest sightstealer waves. Carefully targeted [[frag grenades]] from behind the melee blockers are also particularly devastating. Sightstealers are also vulnerable to fire. A pawn armed with an [[incendiary launcher]], [[molotov cocktails]], or [[incinerator]] can easily cripple even a pack of sightstealers but watch out for burning sightstealers losing collision and moving through your blockers.

If the colony contains a [[mechanitor]],{{BiotechIcon}} [[scyther]]s, [[scorcher]]s,{{BiotechIcon}} [[tesseron]]s,{{BiotechIcon}} and [[centipede burner]]s are effective counters. If a sightstealer howls, drafted mechanoids are valid targets for the sightstealers, and they will reveal themselves to attack. This can be used to force sightstealers to become visible before they draw close to colonists.

Sightstealers is one of the easiest anomalies to contain, both in terms of containment requirment and risk posed during escapes. When combined with the ease of defeating them, they are effectively a blessing to most colonies, providing an easy source of beginning research.

== Health ==
{{Animal Health Table|Human}}
{{Pawn Attack Table}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Sightstealer A east.png|Variant A facing east
Sightstealer A north.png|Variant A facing north
Sightstealer A south.png|Variant A facing south

Sightstealer B east.png|Variant B facing east
Sightstealer B north.png|Variant B facing north
Sightstealer B south.png|Variant B facing south
</gallery>
<gallery>
Sightstealer C east.png|Variant C facing east
Sightstealer C north.png|Variant C facing north
Sightstealer C south.png|Variant C facing south

Sightstealer D east.png|Variant D facing east
Sightstealer D north.png|Variant D facing north
Sightstealer D south.png|Variant D facing south
</gallery>
<gallery>
Dessicated Sightstealer east.png|Desiccated facing east
Dessicated Sightstealer north.png|Desiccated facing north
Dessicated Sightstealer south.png|Desiccated facing south
</gallery>

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

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Unnatural darkness

2025-08-15T13:02:30Z

ItsKairoKay: mentioning glowforest biome

{{Anomaly}}
{{Spoiler}}
{{Stub|reason=needs more exact information, page mostly copied from [[Noctolith]]}}

'''Unnatural darkness''' is an event added by the [[Anomaly DLC]]. After a short warning, all unlit tiles in the map will become shrouded in near-total darkness and lingering within it will cause damage to human pawns. This damage can occur indoors and under roofs.

== Summary ==
{{Rewrite|section=1|reason=Only non-mentally broken colonists are affected by the damage in the darkness - NPCs (friendly or enemy) and pawns on mental breaks they not be harmed (note: event suppresses many other events so only NPC fact rarely relevant). Unknown if NPCs affected by mood penalty. Unknown raider immunity is bug or intended. Note: if mental break pawn recovers in dark, can then die. If animals (tamed &/or wild) and player mechanoids, immune, make specific note. Wb downed pawns?}}
When the event begins, the map will gradually grow dark no matter the time of day. However, this is only the first phase. Several hours after it reaches the equivalent of standard nightfall, all colonists without [[inhumanized]] will receive a {{Thought|desc=I am suffocated under a blanket of darkness.|label=Unnatural Darkness|value=-5|stack=1}} while those that are get a {{Thought|desc=The truth finally comes and swallows this false world.|label=Unnatural Sky|value=+5|stack=1}}{{Check Tag|Verify|Data was gathered from the xml file and checking the thoughtworker class but not actually tested in-game}}
and several [[Noctolith|Noctoliths]] will appear at random locations and the map will be rapidly covered in darkness, rendering objects which are not within range of a light source difficult to see.

Any pawn that spends time within these dark areas will have a {{Thought|desc=The darkness is suffocating. I can't see or think!|label=Swallowed by darkness|value=-10|stack=1}} and risks being randomly injured by an unspecified claw attack, inflicting sharp damage and bleeding. These attacks do not originate from any particular entity, and are instead inflicted by the darkness itself. A light level of at least 1% is sufficient for preventing this. Throughout the event, [[Noctol]] raids are triggered, spawning them in any unlit areas. However, Noctols are significantly weaker if exposed to any amount of light, suffering {{bad|+15%}} pain, {{bad|+200%}} melee cooldown, and {{bad|-50%}} movement speed. As such, it is important to keep one's colony well-lit to keep the Noctol attacks manageable. The damage and mood the darkness inflicts is entirely unaffected by ideology,{{IdeologyIcon}} [[Dark vision|genes]],{{BiotechIcon}} and [[Traits]].

The Noctoliths that spawn do not take any direct action against you, but the only way to end the darkness early is to destroy them all. However, when attacked, a Noctolith will summon a group of Noctols to defend itself. These noctols can spawn in the light but they will prefer to spawn in the dark. A spot is selected that is the darkest and they will spawn in a large circle around that point. Doors tend to attract spawns as they have a lower light level than the rooms surrounding them. If you can endure several days of being sieged, you can simply wait it out. Within 6-8 days, the Unnatural darkness passes naturally.

[[Lightning]] and [[Orbital power beam targeter|orbital power beam]] can still lit entire map for the duration they exist.

== Analysis ==
The Unnatural Darkness event can be an enormous pain if encountered in early game. The random damage dealt to pawns that wander outside lit areas can be debilitating or even deadly if endured long enough, and the Noctols which periodically raid the player pose a significant threat. It is important to note that most other events may still occur during this time: for example, there is nothing stopping a Pit Gate from spawning during a Noctol raid. [[Solar flare]]s specifically are disallowed from occurring during the unnatural darkness.<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/684960023020961812/1237171445394706463/1237172553467039806 Dev comment on a bug report] "Cynapse — 05/06/2024 3:42 PM
Unnatural darkness overrides a solar flare"</ref> {{Check Tag|Others?|Are any other events disallowed during UD?}} and the weather would be forced to clear disabling [[rain|firewatch]] While it is entirely possible to wait out the event, relying on your food stocks and well-lit fortifications to fend off the Noctols, you increase the chance of disaster if you allow the event to last longer than it needs to. Unnatural darkness can be especially dangerous if you rely on outdoor farming or [[solar generator]]s, neither of which will function without light. [[Sun lamp]]s, [[hydroponics basin]]s can overcome this limitation while [[nutrifungus]]{{IdeologyIcon}} can still be farmed but only safely by [[agrihand]]s {{BiotechIcon}} as a less power intensive solution, but ideally you should have several days' worth of food stocked regardless.

Although it will likely be too late to fix if one is surprised by this event, keeping one's base well-lit is a live-saving preventative measure, as it both prevents the spawning of Noctoliths inside the base, and ensures that the Noctols will be weakened when they approach. It could be theoretically advantageous for a Noctolith to spawn within one's base as it drastically shortens the journey required to reach and destroy it, but because the spawn locations are unpredictable, this strategy is not recommended.

Keeping pawns from wandering is crucial if you want to avoid needless deaths. Consider adjusting work priorities to keep your pawns inside, researching and cleaning rather than going outdoors. They might not enjoy these tasks, but it's far safer. Another option is to assign areas and restrict your pawns to these safe zones. Alternatively, you can attempt to destroy the Noctoliths. This is risky, but can significantly hasten the end of the event and rewards you with [[shard]]s.

[[Flood light]] is a powerful tool to deal with this event. They illuminate a large area, slowing the Noctols and intensifying their light exposure before they reach your pawns. They can also be used with batteries to create a path to the Noctoliths; you can reinstall the light from the back of your path to the front to reduce the number of lights needed. It's also useful to have a flood light at the Noctolith to expose attacking Noctols when you damage it.

Alternatively, sending out teams of builders to create a path of torches is sufficient to reach a Noctolith safely. Managing haulers to bring wood to the front line as it creeps forward can speed up the process significantly. Even faster is to use [[disruptor flare]]s or the [[solar pinhole]] psycast{{RoyaltyIcon}} to quickly create a path. A riskier but admittedly quick option is to command a pawn armed with [[molotov cocktail]]s or other incendiary weapons to start fires by targeting the Noctolith from a distance. Noctol raids will almost certainly occur while you travel, but a crew of well-armed pawns can easily shoot down single Noctols before they can enter melee range, even in darkness. Noctol raids announce the direction they will come from as soon as they spawn, allowing you to retreat to a well-lit part of the map and give yourself even more of an advantage.

Also remember that you don't need to travel all the way to a Noctolith to destroy it. Pawns with long range guns like the [[bolt-action rifle]] or [[sniper rifle]] can pick away at them from a distance in relative safety. Alternatively, [[mortar]]s can very effectively destroy a Noctolith without leaving a base with about 5 hits from [[high-explosive shell]]s, though the cost of doing so should be evaluated: the ammunition cost and mortar deterioration will likely be much higher than 5 shots per Noctolith due to missed shots. Even so, the relative safety of this option makes it worth considering for late-game colonies which can afford to spend the resources. In addition, as the Noctoliths themselves generate several tiles of light, a [[ghoul]] can be sent through moderate stretches of darkness to deal with it in melee. It can regenerate the damage from any hits the darkness delivers, and once it arrives at the Noctolith, it can gradually punch the structure to rubble in relative safety. Alternately, a melee pawn with fast movement speed, the skip psycast, or a jetpack can sprint through the darkness and rapidly tear down a noctolith, especially if they're wielding a breach axe for the extra building damage. Consider sending them immediately after finishing a wave of enemies to reduce the chances of them getting isolated and surrounded by a fresh wave of Noctols.

If you lit up the entire map except for one tile, the Noctols are guaranteed to spawn on it which you can take advantage.

In [[Glowforest]]s {{OdysseyIcon}} Unnatural darkness's tedium is effectively nullified due to the large amount of natural light sources creating a path to most noctoliths.

== Anomaly Endgame ==
In addition to spawning as a unique event, Unnatural darkness will also occur once the [[Void monolith]] is awakened. In this case, the darkness requires defeating two waves of [[Void structure]]s rather than Noctoliths, but the darkness' damage mechanics remain the same.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Unnatural darkness message 1.png|The first message that appears once the Unnatural darkness incident has occurred, advising the use of light sources
Unnatural darkness message 2.png|The second unnatural darkness message warning of the impending danger
Unnatural darkness message 3.png|The third unnatural darkness message marking the appearance of noctoliths
Unnatural darkness message 5.png|This message preempts a noctol raid. It will be triggered either naturally by time progressing or if a noctolith is severely damaged (under 25% hp)
Unnatural darkness message 6.png|Message received after the first noctolith is destroyed during an unnatural darkness
Unnatural darkness message 7.png|The message received when the final noctolith is destroyed and the unnatural darkness incident is over
Unnatural darkness message 8.png|The message received when the unnatural darkness incident naturally runs it's course and ends (i.e the noctolith aren't destroyed)
Unnatural darkness message 4.png|The message which appears when a colonist takes damage by being outside in Unnatural darkness
Unnatural darkness starting.png|The beginnings of the unnatural darkness. At this early stage the darkness is unremarkable and typical of night
Unnatural darkness fully dark.png|Unnatural darkness which has progressed to it's final state of darkness. It is much darker than a standard night and there are black particles falling
Unnatural darkness particles.png|Close of up the falling particles
Unnatural darkness damage.png|Example of ambient damage taken by standing in unnatural darkness. This is the cumulative damage of three separate "attacks"
Unnatural darkness noctolith all.png|All three noctoliths during an unnatural darkness. Note that they provide a small amount of light as does the anima tree
Unnatural darkness noctolith.png|Example of the faint light given off by a noctolith during an unnatural darkness
Unnatural darkness noctolith torches.png|Using a chain of torches to provide a lit path to a noctolith during an unnatural darkness
Unnatural darkness noctol attack eyes.png|Noctol eyes glowing in the dark as it approaches a colonist
Unnatural darkness noctol pet.png|Noctol attacking an unzoned pet during an unnatural darkness raid. In this instance, the dog was able to down the noctol in a single scratch to it's left leg
Unnatural darkness noctol raid.png|Noctol raid during unnatural darkness breaching the wall after having destroyed all the torches outside. The torches are destroyed not because they generate light but because they are furniture that the noctol can immediately path to upon spawning
Unnatural darkness gone.png|Example of light levels after the unnatural darkness has lifted by destroying all three noctoliths
</gallery>

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

== References ==
<references />

Gravship

2025-08-02T15:45:39Z

ItsKairoKay: /* Launch ritual quality */ linking and renaming "piloting skill" to pilot ability both for clarity and convenience since piloting is not a separate skill

{{Odyssey}}
{{Stub|reason= New feature in recent release}}

{{For|the endgame ship|Ship}}
{{For|trade ships|Trade ship}}

'''Gravships''' are a new method of traversal and living introduced by the [[Odyssey DLC]].

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
| [[file:Placeholder.png|100px|link=Grav engine]]
| [[file:Placeholder.png|100x|link=Gravship substructure]]
| [[file:Placeholder.png|100px|link=Gravship hull]]
| [[file:Placeholder.png|100px|link=Pilot console]]
| [[file:Placeholder.png|100px|link=Small chemfuel tank]]
| [[file:Placeholder.png|100px|link=Large chemfuel tank]]
| [[file:Placeholder.png|100px|link=Small thruster]]
| [[file:Placeholder.png|100px|link=Large thruster]]
| [[file:Placeholder.png|100px|link=Grav field extender]]
| [[file:Placeholder.png|100px|link=Signal jammer]]
| [[file:Placeholder.png|100px|link=Gravcore power cell]]
|-
| width=100px height=50px | [[Grav engine]]
| width=100px height=50px | [[Gravship substructure]]
| width=100px height=50px | [[Gravship hull]]
| width=100px height=50px | [[Pilot console]]
| width=100px height=50px | [[Small chemfuel tank]]
| width=100px height=50px | [[Large chemfuel tank]]
| width=100px height=50px | [[Small thruster]]
| width=100px height=50px | [[Large thruster]]
| width=100px height=50px | [[Grav field extender]]
| width=100px height=50px | [[Signal jammer]]
| width=100px height=50px | [[Gravcore power cell]]
|-
|}

==Summary==

A functional gravship requires various parts in order to be spaceworthy. A gravship begins with a [[grav engine]], and various structures and walls can be connected to the grav engine via [[gravship substructure]], which acts as the floor of the gravship. Anything built on the connected substructure will be considered part of the ship and brought along upon launch.

At the very minimum, a gravship requires only one [[small thruster]], one [[small chemfuel tank]], a [[pilot console]] and a grav engine with enough gravship substructure to connect all of the mentioned parts. A gravship of this calibre is able to travel between tiles of the world map, akin to a portable [[transport pod]] or [[shuttle]]. However, attempts to travel to locations in orbit without the protection of [[gravship hull]]s or [[vacsuit]]s will be met with a swift end.

A list of fundamental parts are listed below:
* [[Grav engine]]
* [[Gravship substructure]]
* [[Pilot console]]
* [[Small chemfuel tank]] or [[Large chemfuel tank]]
* [[Small thruster]] or [[Large thruster]]

A gravship also comes with various limitations and constraints:
* The grav engine can only initially support up to 500 tiles of gravship substructure, all of which can only be built within a radius of 19 tiles around the grav engine originating from its center.
** This limitation can be improved using [[grav field extender]]s. Each one added to a gravship increases this limit of buildable tiles by 250 tiles, up to a maximum of 2000 supported tiles with 6 grav field extenders. Grav field extenders themselves have a supported radius of 17 tiles.
* Any substructure built beyond the limit supported by a grav engine will be left behind upon launch, including anything or anyone standing on said substructure.

When desiring to launch the gravship into [[orbit]], additional preparation is required in order to make the gravship spaceworthy in a sense that the crew can survive sufficiently in the absence of an atmosphere. The research [[Research#Orbital tech|Orbital tech]] will allow pawns to build [[orbital scanner]]s, [[oxygen pump]]s, and [[vacsuit]]s that protect against the vacuum of space.

==Analysis==

===Obtaining a Gravship===

To start building a gravship, a [[grav engine]] must be obtained either by beginning the game with the gravship start scenario, or obtaining the grav engine via a quest that will cause a grav engine to fall onto the map from space. The grav engine can then be inspected and reinstalled at a more convenient location in order to further expand it.

To add structures and walls such as [[gravship hull]]s, [[gravship substructure]] must be placed underneath and must be connected to the grav engine. Gravship substructure can be placed using [[gravlite panel]]s which will be given during the initial grav engine quest. Gravship substructure acts as the floor of the gravship and anything placed on the substructure of a functioning gravship will be taken to space as well. However, gravships have limitations on the total number of tiles of substructure that can be placed, initially supporting only 500 tiles, all of which can only be placed within a set radius around the grav engine. Both of these limitations can be reduced with [[grav field extender]]s which increases the max amount of substructure tiles supported, and extends the radius of placeable substructure beyond the initial radius of the grav engine. Any attempt to build beyond the max supported limit of substructure will result in excess substructure, and anything placed upon them, to be left behind on launch, these tiles will be highlighted in red to indicate that they are not supported, this is also true for substructure that are not connected to the grav engine.

Gravships are built around a grav engine and start with a limit of 500 tiles, and a 19 tile radius around the engine.

Both the number of tiles and the available area of a gravship may be increased by using extenders. Extenders must be placed within the radius of the grav engine to - up to a maximum of 6 extenders, each providing a radius of 17 tiles and increasing the number of tiles by {{+|250}}, up to a maximum of 2000 tiles.

If a gravship leaves a tile with no [[grav anchor]] installed, then the map will be deleted, and cannot be returned to. Any pawns left behind will be lost. [[Toxic_wastepack|Wastepacks]] left on the map will be dumped.

=== Expeditions ===
Make sure to always bring enough resources. Especially important are chemfuel, food, medicine and components to fly, eat, heal and repair.

=== Additional modules ===

[[Pilot subpersona core]]: Increases piloting efficiency by 15 percent up to a maximum of 30.

[[Fuel optimizer]]: Increases fuel efficiency by 30 percent up to a maximum of 60.

[[Gravcore power cell]]: Passively generates electricity on the ship.

[[Signal jammer]]: Allows the gravship to land on heavily-defended orbital locations.

[[Gravship shield generator]]: Generates a shield with a radius that blocks incoming ground level and overhead projectiles.

=== Take off ===

====Gravship range====

Grav Ship travel distance is based on the amount of Thrusters, assuming there is sufficient fuel loaded into Small or Large Chemfuel tanks.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
| Structure || Maximum structures || Range per structure || Maximum range
|-
| Small thrusters || 4 || 10 || 40
|-
| Large thrusters || 6 || 16 || 96
|-
| Total || || || 136
|-
|}

====Launch ritual quality====

The chance for a minor crash landing and the cooldown to launch a Gravship again is entirely based on the Launch Ritual quality.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
| colspan=2 | Source || % per || Maximum || Maximum quality gain
|-
| colspan=2 | Crew count || 2% || 5* || 10%
|-
| colspan=2 | Small thrusters || 1% || 4 || 4%
|-
| colspan=2 | Large thrusters || 3% || 6 || 18%
|-
| colspan=2 | Pilot subpersona core || 15% || 2 || 30%
|-
| rowspan=3 | Pilot's [[piloting ability]] || 10% || 0% || 1 || 0%
|-
| 100% || 20% || 1 || 20%
|-
| 250% || 30% || 1 || 30%
|-
| rowspan=3 | Co-pilot's piloting ability || 10% || 0% || 1 || 0%
|-
| 100% || 10% || 1 || 10%
|-
| 250% || 15% || 1 || 15%
|-
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>You may have additional crew on-board, but they will not contribute to the Launch Ritual quality

Launch quality is capped at 100%

Launch Cooldown is based on Ritual Quality:

{{Graph:Chart | width = 400 | height = 200 | xAxisTitle = Quality (%) | yAxisTitle = Cooldown (days) | type = line | x = 0, 25, 50, 80, 100 | y1 = 10, 5, 2, 0.5, 0.33}}

Chance of Gravship landing mishap is based on ritual quality:

{{Graph:Chart | width = 400 | height = 200 | xAxisTitle = Quality (%) | yAxisTitle = Chance of landing mishap (%) | type = line | x = 0, 50, 100 | y1 = 100, 25, 2}}

====Gravship Landing Mishaps====

{|class="wikitable"
| Incident name || Description || Result
|-
|Minor Gravship Crash
|''While landing <Gravship Name>, <pilot> accidentally disengaged the grav engine too early, causing the gravship to free-fall for several feet. Some buildings on the gravship have sustained light damage from the crash.''
|Some buildings on the ship will have taken damage and will need to be repaired.
|-
|Thruster Breakdown
|''While landing <Gravship Name>, <pilot> overheated the ship's thrusters, frying valuable components. The thrusters will need to be repaired before they can be used again.''
|Thrusters will be broken down and will need components to be fixed.
|-
|Overheated Grav Engine
|''While landing <Gravship Name>, <pilot> over-engaged the grav engine, causing it to overheat. The grav engine will take longer than normal to cool down. In the meantime, the gravship can't be launched.''
|Grav engine cooldown will be extended longer than expected.
|-
|Grav Nausea
|''While landing <Gravship Name>, <pilot> was forced to do an emergency maneuver, resulting in an intense and prolonged deceleration. The experience has left your colonists feeling extremely nauseous. The effects will quickly fade.''
|Colonists on the ship will suffer from [[Grav nausea|grav nausea]] for 2-5 hours.
|-
|}

All incidents are equally likely.

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

NAV and cats go here.

Piloting Ability

2025-08-02T15:44:48Z

ItsKairoKay: adding pilot assistant

{{Odyssey}}
{{Stub|reason=1) How it translates to grav ship outcomes 2) passenger shuttle? 3) Interlinking}}
{{Verified|1.6.4523}}{{Stat
| default base value = 1
| to string style = PercentZero
| description = How well this person can pilot a vehicle.
| category = PawnWork
}}

== Factors ==
=== Factors ===
* [[Skills#Intellectual|Intellectual]][[Skill::Intellectual| ]]: [[Skill Base Factor::0.2|2%]] plus [[Skill Bonus Factor::0.075|7.5%]] per skill level
* [[Consciousness]]: [[Consciousness Importance::1|100%]] importance, [[Consciousness Limit::-|No]] max
* [[Sight]]: [[Sight Importance::0.5|50%]] importance, [[Sight Limit::1|100%]] max
* [[Manipulation]]: [[Manipulation Importance::0.5|50%]] importance, [[Manipulation Limit::1|100%]] max
* [[Pilot assistant]]: {{+|45%}}
{{Stat Factors Table}}

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Toxic wastepack

2025-08-01T14:33:59Z

ItsKairoKay: wrong template

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| description = A compacted package of toxic waste that will slowly dissolve if not frozen. The surface is heat-sealed for safe transport. Wastepacks will pollute the surrounding terrain if they dissolve, deteriorate, or are otherwise destroyed. Toxic wastepacks are flammable. If burned or damaged, they will release tox gas.
| mass base = 6
| stack limit = 5
| hp = 100
| beauty = -40
| flammability = 1
| deterioration = 4
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'''Toxic wastepacks''' are waste products created by mech-related buildings or the cleanup of [[polluted]] tiles.

== Acquisition ==
[[Pollution pump]]s and pawns manually cleaning [[pollution]] on the ground will generate wastepacks, at a rate of 1 wastepack per 6 polluted tiles. Wastepacks may also be dropped into your colony as part of a [[Quests#Wastepack_Dumping|quest]].

===Mechanoid Recharging and Gestation===
Toxic wastepacks are produced when [[friendly mechanoids]] utilize [[mech recharger]]s or [[large mech recharger]]s, or whenever a [[mech gestator]] or [[large mech gestator]] finishes gestating one. The amount of wastepacks produced is proportional to the Bandwidth of the mech recharged or gestated.
{{Mech Bandwidth}}

== Summary ==
Up to 5 toxic wastepacks can fit into 1 tile, and they do not fit on [[shelf|shelves]].

===Pollution===
When a wastepack is destroyed in any fashion, they will [[pollution|pollute]] 6 ground tiles of a colony, per wastepack. A full stack of 5 wastepacks pollutes 30 tiles. This pollution can spread through constructed [[wall]]s, but will not bypass natural stone walls.

When burned or damaged, wastepacks release [[tox gas]], in addition to the pollution.

When dumped from a [[caravan]], a caravan that is carrying them is destroyed, or sent via unmanned [[transport pod]], wastepacks will lower the [[goodwill]] of whatever faction has a faction base closest to the tile the wastepacks were dumped at, regardless of how far away that base is. The goodwill loss is proportional to the amount of waste dumped and it's proximity to any nearby faction bases: {{--|1}} goodwill for just a few packs nearby, {{--|60}} or more for multiple pods filled with wastepacks dumped directly on a base. Wastepacks dumped on the world map immediately pollute the world tile by 0.05%, requiring 2000 wastepacks to completely pollute a hex from 0% to 100%. If dumped in [[Orbit]]{{OdysseyIcon}}, Wastepacks will solely affect goodwill towards the [[Traders guild]] without affecting any tiles on the world. {{Check Tag|How much?}}

If the angered faction is hostile (including those made hostile by the wastepack dump), they may decide to retaliate. The percentage probability of retaliation is equal to the goodwill lost by the wastepack dump. Factions (except [[tribes]]) may retaliate by dropping wastepacks back at you, and hostile factions of any kind may send a [[raid]] in response to your "gifts". Factions will randomly select (with equal probability) between the available responses, and the response will arrive after a random delay of one to three days. Multiple wastepack pod salvos done in short succession may result in back-to-back or even simultaneous raids. Both forms of retaliation are announced upon arrival with a "Pollution retaliation" letter.

===Dissolving===
1 wastepack per stack will dissolve every 8 days, with the following factors:
* 0.5x if indoors.
* 2x if in [[Weather|rain]] and outdoors, even if [[roof]]ed.
* 0x if {{Temperature|0}} or lower. Any temperature above freezing point will not slow the dissolving of the wastepack.

The packs also deteriorate in the same way as all other items. As an example, 5 Toxic wastepacks left out in the rain will dissolve 1 wastepack after 4 days and deteriorate the rest over the course of the next day or so as they lose HP at a rate of 20 per day outside in the rain. This means that even if temperature is below freezing when left outside or unroofed, a wastepack will slowly lose HP and eventually be destroyed, releasing the pollution inside. Unlike most other items, deterioration leaves behind the pollution inside rather than deleting the item altogether.

== Analysis ==
===Storage===
A 7x7 room holds 245 wastepacks, and can be cooled by a single [[cooler]] in a double-walled room, and is effective up to an outside temperature of {{Temperature|41}}. 245 wastepacks are enough storage:
* To constantly run 8 [[bandwidth]] worth of [[mechanoids]] for 1 entire year, 4 bandwidth of mechs for 2 years...
* To store the waste of 2 [[toxifier generator]]s for ''6 years''. A [[pollution pump]], or a pawn cleaning the pollution by hand, is required to turn ground pollution into wastepacks.
Depending on [[biome|climate]] and freezer setup, you can get more storage with 1 cooler. And this is 1 cooler - worth {{Required Resources|Cooler}} and {{Q|Cooler|Power Consumption}} W of [[power]] (plus the material for [[wall]]s and [[door]]s). You can easily use multiple coolers to store your waste. This gives you enough time to get a form of waste disposal ready.

===Disposal===
[[File:Wastepack disposal by shuttle.jpg|thumb|400px|right|An Empire shuttle full of wastepacks. credit to /u/BenightedAlizar on r/rimworld]]
Most means of destroying wastepacks have some sort of consequence:

* '''Letting it pollute.''' Pollution is localized - wastepacks that deteriorate or dissolve away from your base won't have an impact, at least for a while. [[Insectoid]]s may come as wastepacks are destroyed, and [[acidic smog]] can happen at high enough pollution levels.
* '''Dumping it offsite.''' Dumping will always incur a goodwill loss for a single faction based on the current relationship status, distance from the nearest [[faction base]] and number of wastepacks dumped. You will receive significantly larger penalties for dumping closest to allies than for dumping closest to hostile or neutral factions (e.g 1 wastepack dumped directly on a hostile will give -1 goodwill but if dumped on an ally it will give -12 goodwill).

You will always get at least -1 goodwill for dumping wastepacks. Even if you are situated on one pole of a 100% generated world and the nearest faction base is on the opposite pole and you dump a single wastepack one tile away from your base you will still receive a -1 penalty.

{| class="wikitable"
! Faction status !! Dumping distances in tiles !! Goodwill lost (25 wastepacks)
|-
| Allied || 0 || 31
|-
| Allied || 1 || 15
|-
| Allied || 2 - 4 || 6
|-
| Allied || 5 - 16 || 2
|-
| Allied || 17+ || 1
|-
| Neutral || 0 || 25
|-
| Neutral || 1 || 12
|-
| Neutral || 2 - 5 || 5
|-
| Neutral || 6 - 18 || 2
|-
| Neutral || 19+ || 1
|-
| Hostile || 0 || 25
|-
| Hostile || 1 || 12
|-
| Hostile || 2 - 4 || 5
|-
| Hostile || 5 - 16 || 2
|-
| Hostile || 17+ || 1
|}

Wastepacks may also be dropped back at you, and if the faction is already hostile, you may start a [[raid]]. Dumping within 4 tiles of your colony will increase the chance for acidic smog.
** '''[[Caravan]]s''' take time and food to set up, and have a limited carrying capacity - especially without [[pack animal]]s or [[friendly mechanoids]].
** '''[[Transport pod]]s''' can dump wastepacks far away. 1 pod, which can store up to 25 wastepacks, and per launch costs {{Required Resources|Transport pod}}, and a variable amount of {{icon small|chemfuel}} [[chemfuel]] depending on how far you launch it.
** '''[[Shuttle]]s''' {{RoyaltyIcon}} store up to 166 wastepacks (1000kg) at a time, and simply transporting waste will not anger the [[Empire]] - dumping it has the usual penalties. This costs 1 permit slot, has a cooldown of 40 days, and requires a [[noble]] pawn of at least Knight/Dame rank. This permit can theoretically support up to 5 bandwidth without honor costs (although the realistic value is slightly smaller).
* '''[[Wastepack atomizer]]s''' have no direct consequences from their use. However, they require a precious [[nano structuring chip]] to create, a fair amount of [[power]], and aren't fast. One atomizer can support 4.8 [[bandwidth]] of mechanoids - a [[mechanitor]] is very likely to have more.
* '''[[Polux tree]]s''', which are another clean form of pollution removal. These trees only grow naturally if there is plenty of pollution already, though [[polux seed|seeds]] can be bought from traders. They clean only 20% as fast as a [[Wastepack atomizer]], and can only clean if there is no artificial buildings in the area, but will erase [[pollution]] directly from the ground. This is also a downside for dealing with future pollution, as these trees do not stop wastepack infestations.

[[File:Diabolus killing drop pods.png|thumb|336px|right|Diabolus destroying wastepack pods]]
When a landed [[transport pod]] is destroyed, its contents are vanished, which allows you:

* '''Bomb landed transport pods''', which exploitatively deletes wastepacks carried in them, leaving only [[steel slag chunk]]s and no pollution. Each pod can load 25 wastepacks. However this method costs a lot of [[steel]]s and [[component]]s to operate.
** While pods drop scattered around the target position, they always drop in the chosen, enclosed room.
** The most reliable way to destroy landed transport pods is the [[hellsphere cannon]] of a [[Diabolus]], which can destroy 25 pods and 625 wastepacks in one hit.

A pawn can be ordered to carry any chosen item by forming caravans. Additionally, by exploitatively forming caravans, a pawn can carry in its inventory up to the total colony carrying capacity, allows rapidly disposing wastepacks. This enables the following methods:

* '''[[Death acidifier]]s''', which exploitatively deletes wastepacks carried on a pawn with the implant on death. This does not cause pollution.
* '''[[Subcore ripscanner]]s''', which exploitatively locks wastepacks carried on a pawn on death. The pawn's corpse can then be destroyed along with any wastepacks in its inventory. This does not cause pollution.
* '''Pollute the [[undercave]]'''{{AnomalyIcon}}, which also helps you deal with [[fleshbeast]]s since they are not immune to [[toxic buildup]]. Pollution of the undercave does not pollute your colony in any way, and they cease to exist once its associated [[pit gate]] collapsed.
** Note once the polluted tiles reach the Dreadmeld's room, it will slowly die of toxic buildup, triggering the cave to collapse as normal when it does.
* '''Pollute the [[labyrinth]]'''{{AnomalyIcon}}, but you must destroy all wastepacks there, or the [[warped obelisk]] will teleport them back to your colony when you leave there.
* '''Pollute the [[metal hell]]'''{{AnomalyIcon}}, wastepacks dropped there do not come back with your pawns.
* '''Pollute [[Landmarks|underground stockpiles]]'''{{OdysseyIcon}}, for all the advantages of polluting the undercave, indefinitely.
{{clear}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Wastepack_a.png
File:Wastepack_b.png
File:Wastepack_c.png
</gallery>

== Version history ==
* [[Biotech DLC]] Release - Added.
* [[Version/1.4.3528|1.4.3528]] - Fix: Letting a pawn die on the world map with wastepacks will not pollute terrain.
* [[Version/1.4.3542|1.4.3542]] - Fix: Can destroy wastepacks on temp tiles to avoid relationship penalty loss.
* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - Added more consequences for dumping near a [[faction base]].

{{Biotech navbox}}

Toxic wastepack

2025-08-01T14:32:42Z

ItsKairoKay: Orbital pollution, still unsure on what other effects but didn't notice any apart from goodwill

{{Biotech}}{{Stub|reason=1) 1.4.3555 impacts for dumping. Analysis, inc. whenever they are worth disposing at all 2) Type }}
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| name = Toxic wastepack
| image = Wastepack_a.png
| type =
| tech level =
| description = A compacted package of toxic waste that will slowly dissolve if not frozen. The surface is heat-sealed for safe transport. Wastepacks will pollute the surrounding terrain if they dissolve, deteriorate, or are otherwise destroyed. Toxic wastepacks are flammable. If burned or damaged, they will release tox gas.
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| stack limit = 5
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| deterioration = 4
| marketvalue = 0
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'''Toxic wastepacks''' are waste products created by mech-related buildings or the cleanup of [[polluted]] tiles.

== Acquisition ==
[[Pollution pump]]s and pawns manually cleaning [[pollution]] on the ground will generate wastepacks, at a rate of 1 wastepack per 6 polluted tiles. Wastepacks may also be dropped into your colony as part of a [[Quests#Wastepack_Dumping|quest]].

===Mechanoid Recharging and Gestation===
Toxic wastepacks are produced when [[friendly mechanoids]] utilize [[mech recharger]]s or [[large mech recharger]]s, or whenever a [[mech gestator]] or [[large mech gestator]] finishes gestating one. The amount of wastepacks produced is proportional to the Bandwidth of the mech recharged or gestated.
{{Mech Bandwidth}}

== Summary ==
Up to 5 toxic wastepacks can fit into 1 tile, and they do not fit on [[shelf|shelves]].

===Pollution===
When a wastepack is destroyed in any fashion, they will [[pollution|pollute]] 6 ground tiles of a colony, per wastepack. A full stack of 5 wastepacks pollutes 30 tiles. This pollution can spread through constructed [[wall]]s, but will not bypass natural stone walls.

When burned or damaged, wastepacks release [[tox gas]], in addition to the pollution.

When dumped from a [[caravan]], a caravan that is carrying them is destroyed, or sent via unmanned [[transport pod]], wastepacks will lower the [[goodwill]] of whatever faction has a faction base closest to the tile the wastepacks were dumped at, regardless of how far away that base is. The goodwill loss is proportional to the amount of waste dumped and it's proximity to any nearby faction bases: {{--|1}} goodwill for just a few packs nearby, {{--|60}} or more for multiple pods filled with wastepacks dumped directly on a base. Wastepacks dumped on the world map immediately pollute the world tile by 0.05%, requiring 2000 wastepacks to completely pollute a hex from 0% to 100%. If dumped in [[Orbit]]{{OdysseyIcon}}, Wastepacks will solely affect goodwill towards the [[Traders guild]] without affecting any tiles on the world. {{check|How much?}}

If the angered faction is hostile (including those made hostile by the wastepack dump), they may decide to retaliate. The percentage probability of retaliation is equal to the goodwill lost by the wastepack dump. Factions (except [[tribes]]) may retaliate by dropping wastepacks back at you, and hostile factions of any kind may send a [[raid]] in response to your "gifts". Factions will randomly select (with equal probability) between the available responses, and the response will arrive after a random delay of one to three days. Multiple wastepack pod salvos done in short succession may result in back-to-back or even simultaneous raids. Both forms of retaliation are announced upon arrival with a "Pollution retaliation" letter.

===Dissolving===
1 wastepack per stack will dissolve every 8 days, with the following factors:
* 0.5x if indoors.
* 2x if in [[Weather|rain]] and outdoors, even if [[roof]]ed.
* 0x if {{Temperature|0}} or lower. Any temperature above freezing point will not slow the dissolving of the wastepack.

The packs also deteriorate in the same way as all other items. As an example, 5 Toxic wastepacks left out in the rain will dissolve 1 wastepack after 4 days and deteriorate the rest over the course of the next day or so as they lose HP at a rate of 20 per day outside in the rain. This means that even if temperature is below freezing when left outside or unroofed, a wastepack will slowly lose HP and eventually be destroyed, releasing the pollution inside. Unlike most other items, deterioration leaves behind the pollution inside rather than deleting the item altogether.

== Analysis ==
===Storage===
A 7x7 room holds 245 wastepacks, and can be cooled by a single [[cooler]] in a double-walled room, and is effective up to an outside temperature of {{Temperature|41}}. 245 wastepacks are enough storage:
* To constantly run 8 [[bandwidth]] worth of [[mechanoids]] for 1 entire year, 4 bandwidth of mechs for 2 years...
* To store the waste of 2 [[toxifier generator]]s for ''6 years''. A [[pollution pump]], or a pawn cleaning the pollution by hand, is required to turn ground pollution into wastepacks.
Depending on [[biome|climate]] and freezer setup, you can get more storage with 1 cooler. And this is 1 cooler - worth {{Required Resources|Cooler}} and {{Q|Cooler|Power Consumption}} W of [[power]] (plus the material for [[wall]]s and [[door]]s). You can easily use multiple coolers to store your waste. This gives you enough time to get a form of waste disposal ready.

===Disposal===
[[File:Wastepack disposal by shuttle.jpg|thumb|400px|right|An Empire shuttle full of wastepacks. credit to /u/BenightedAlizar on r/rimworld]]
Most means of destroying wastepacks have some sort of consequence:

* '''Letting it pollute.''' Pollution is localized - wastepacks that deteriorate or dissolve away from your base won't have an impact, at least for a while. [[Insectoid]]s may come as wastepacks are destroyed, and [[acidic smog]] can happen at high enough pollution levels.
* '''Dumping it offsite.''' Dumping will always incur a goodwill loss for a single faction based on the current relationship status, distance from the nearest [[faction base]] and number of wastepacks dumped. You will receive significantly larger penalties for dumping closest to allies than for dumping closest to hostile or neutral factions (e.g 1 wastepack dumped directly on a hostile will give -1 goodwill but if dumped on an ally it will give -12 goodwill).

You will always get at least -1 goodwill for dumping wastepacks. Even if you are situated on one pole of a 100% generated world and the nearest faction base is on the opposite pole and you dump a single wastepack one tile away from your base you will still receive a -1 penalty.

{| class="wikitable"
! Faction status !! Dumping distances in tiles !! Goodwill lost (25 wastepacks)
|-
| Allied || 0 || 31
|-
| Allied || 1 || 15
|-
| Allied || 2 - 4 || 6
|-
| Allied || 5 - 16 || 2
|-
| Allied || 17+ || 1
|-
| Neutral || 0 || 25
|-
| Neutral || 1 || 12
|-
| Neutral || 2 - 5 || 5
|-
| Neutral || 6 - 18 || 2
|-
| Neutral || 19+ || 1
|-
| Hostile || 0 || 25
|-
| Hostile || 1 || 12
|-
| Hostile || 2 - 4 || 5
|-
| Hostile || 5 - 16 || 2
|-
| Hostile || 17+ || 1
|}

Wastepacks may also be dropped back at you, and if the faction is already hostile, you may start a [[raid]]. Dumping within 4 tiles of your colony will increase the chance for acidic smog.
** '''[[Caravan]]s''' take time and food to set up, and have a limited carrying capacity - especially without [[pack animal]]s or [[friendly mechanoids]].
** '''[[Transport pod]]s''' can dump wastepacks far away. 1 pod, which can store up to 25 wastepacks, and per launch costs {{Required Resources|Transport pod}}, and a variable amount of {{icon small|chemfuel}} [[chemfuel]] depending on how far you launch it.
** '''[[Shuttle]]s''' {{RoyaltyIcon}} store up to 166 wastepacks (1000kg) at a time, and simply transporting waste will not anger the [[Empire]] - dumping it has the usual penalties. This costs 1 permit slot, has a cooldown of 40 days, and requires a [[noble]] pawn of at least Knight/Dame rank. This permit can theoretically support up to 5 bandwidth without honor costs (although the realistic value is slightly smaller).
* '''[[Wastepack atomizer]]s''' have no direct consequences from their use. However, they require a precious [[nano structuring chip]] to create, a fair amount of [[power]], and aren't fast. One atomizer can support 4.8 [[bandwidth]] of mechanoids - a [[mechanitor]] is very likely to have more.
* '''[[Polux tree]]s''', which are another clean form of pollution removal. These trees only grow naturally if there is plenty of pollution already, though [[polux seed|seeds]] can be bought from traders. They clean only 20% as fast as a [[Wastepack atomizer]], and can only clean if there is no artificial buildings in the area, but will erase [[pollution]] directly from the ground. This is also a downside for dealing with future pollution, as these trees do not stop wastepack infestations.

[[File:Diabolus killing drop pods.png|thumb|336px|right|Diabolus destroying wastepack pods]]
When a landed [[transport pod]] is destroyed, its contents are vanished, which allows you:

* '''Bomb landed transport pods''', which exploitatively deletes wastepacks carried in them, leaving only [[steel slag chunk]]s and no pollution. Each pod can load 25 wastepacks. However this method costs a lot of [[steel]]s and [[component]]s to operate.
** While pods drop scattered around the target position, they always drop in the chosen, enclosed room.
** The most reliable way to destroy landed transport pods is the [[hellsphere cannon]] of a [[Diabolus]], which can destroy 25 pods and 625 wastepacks in one hit.

A pawn can be ordered to carry any chosen item by forming caravans. Additionally, by exploitatively forming caravans, a pawn can carry in its inventory up to the total colony carrying capacity, allows rapidly disposing wastepacks. This enables the following methods:

* '''[[Death acidifier]]s''', which exploitatively deletes wastepacks carried on a pawn with the implant on death. This does not cause pollution.
* '''[[Subcore ripscanner]]s''', which exploitatively locks wastepacks carried on a pawn on death. The pawn's corpse can then be destroyed along with any wastepacks in its inventory. This does not cause pollution.
* '''Pollute the [[undercave]]'''{{AnomalyIcon}}, which also helps you deal with [[fleshbeast]]s since they are not immune to [[toxic buildup]]. Pollution of the undercave does not pollute your colony in any way, and they cease to exist once its associated [[pit gate]] collapsed.
** Note once the polluted tiles reach the Dreadmeld's room, it will slowly die of toxic buildup, triggering the cave to collapse as normal when it does.
* '''Pollute the [[labyrinth]]'''{{AnomalyIcon}}, but you must destroy all wastepacks there, or the [[warped obelisk]] will teleport them back to your colony when you leave there.
* '''Pollute the [[metal hell]]'''{{AnomalyIcon}}, wastepacks dropped there do not come back with your pawns.
* '''Pollute [[Landmarks|underground stockpiles]]'''{{OdysseyIcon}}, for all the advantages of polluting the undercave, indefinitely.
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== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Wastepack_a.png
File:Wastepack_b.png
File:Wastepack_c.png
</gallery>

== Version history ==
* [[Biotech DLC]] Release - Added.
* [[Version/1.4.3528|1.4.3528]] - Fix: Letting a pawn die on the world map with wastepacks will not pollute terrain.
* [[Version/1.4.3542|1.4.3542]] - Fix: Can destroy wastepacks on temp tiles to avoid relationship penalty loss.
* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - Added more consequences for dumping near a [[faction base]].

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Vacstone

2025-07-29T21:52:02Z

ItsKairoKay: mentioning mechanoids

{{Odyssey}}
{{Stub|reason=general}}
{{About|the wall-like, stone structure|the material that items and structures can be made from|Vacstone blocks}}
{{See also|Smoothed granite}}

{{Infobox main|Structure
| name = Vacstone
| image = Vacstone.png
| description = Compacted rock and dust harvested from asteroids.

| type = Structure
| hp = 600
| flammability = 0
| beauty = -2
| rotatable = false

| size = 1 * 1
| passability = impassable
| cover = 1
| blockswind = true

| defName = Vacstone
| label = vacstone

| category = Building
| selectable = true
| drawerType = MapMeshOnly
| filthLeaving = Filth_RubbleRock
| scatterableOnMapGen = false
| artificialForMeditationPurposes = false

| castEdgeShadows = true
| thingClass = Mineable
| texPath = Things/Building/Linked/Rock_Atlas
| graphicClass = Graphic_Single
| linkType = CornerFiller
| linkFlags = Rock, MapEdge
| altitudeLayer = Building
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| saveCompressible = true
| holdsRoof = true
| staticSunShadowHeight = 1.0
| blockLight = true
| mineable = true
| fertility = 0
| canOverlapZones = false
| isInert = true
| isNaturalRock = true
| canBuildNonEdificesUnder = false
| deconstructible = false
| supportsWallAttachments = true
| damageMultipliers = Thump
| multiplier = 4

| mineableYieldWasteable = false

| color = (105,95,97)
| mineableThing = ChunkVacstone
| mineableDropChance = 0.25
| smoothedThing = SmoothedVacstone
}}

'''Vacstone''' is a natural structure that can be [[mine]]d to obtain a {{Icon Small|vacstone block}} vacstone {{Icon Small|Stone chunk}} stone chunk. Do note that this is not a guarantee. Vacstone is only found within asteroids in [[orbit]].

== Summary ==
'''Vacstone''' tiles have 600 health each, making it the third hardest stone block to mine. Each mined block has ~25% chance base to yield a {{Icon Small|Vacstone block}} vacstone {{Icon Small|Stone chunk}} stone chunk, each of which can be transform into {{Icon Small|Vacstone block}} 20 vacstone blocks.

This tile can also be [[Structure#Smoothed_walls|smoothed]] to create [[Smoothed vacstone]].

== Analysis ==
Vacstone is used to craft advanced gravstructures like large thrusters, gravlite panels, and gravlite power cores. Therefore, the player needs to visit orbit to improve their gravship (it is unknown if vacstone can drop as a meteorite). The fact that vacstone is mined in orbit necessitates some preparation. Vacstone can be mined without vacuum protection suits if done right. For that, the player lands with one of the gravships' doors on the side of the asteroid and mines a room into the asteroid, which is then equipped with oxygen pumps (and heaters if necessary). The player can then gradually mine out the asteroid while being protected from the vacuum. Extreme caution should be taken, as even minor mistakes can kill colonists from vacuum exposure. Mining using vacuum-resistant suits is therefore much safer. If [[Biotech]]{{BiotechIcon}} is installed, then a combination of [[Tunneler]]s{{BiotechIcon}} and [[Lifter]]s{{BiotechIcon}} can be used to quickly gather Vacstone while pawns safely reside inside the ship.

The player can alternatively consider hauling the vacstone chunks onboard the ship and wait until they are back on solid ground to cut them. While this method is less space-efficient, it allows the player to retreat from orbit as soon as possible instead of waiting for all chunks to be cut into blocks.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Vacstone.png|Natural vacstone wall
Smoothed vacstone.png|Smoothed vacstone wall
Vacstone chunk A.png|Vacstone chunk variant A
Vacstone chunk B.png|Vacstone chunk variant B
Vacstone chunk C.png|Vacstone chunk variant C
Vacstone blocks A.png|Single stack of vacstone blocks
Vacstone blocks B.png|Stack of multiple vacstone blocks
Vacstone blocks C.png|Full stack of vacstone blocks
</gallery>

[[Category:Natural wall]]

Crow

2025-07-25T13:16:22Z

ItsKairoKay: adding analysis for combat, also begging for the training table to get updated for odyssey's unique trainability on some animals

{{Odyssey}}
{{Stub}}
{{infobox main|animal|
| name = Crow
| image = Crow east.png
| description = Intelligent black birds with complex social structures. With a little patience, crows can be tamed to perform a number of fairly complex tasks.
| type = Animal
| movespeed = 3.10
| flammability = 0.7
| marketvalue = 30
| armorblunt =
| armorsharp =
| armorheat =
| min comfortable temperature = -10
| max comfortable temperature = 40
| bodysize = 0.15
| healthscale =
| hungerrate =
| filth rate = 1
| diet = omnivorous, animal products
| lifespan = 4
| trainable = intermediate
| attack1dmg =
| attack1type =
| attack1cool =
| attack1part =
| attack5chancefactor =
| livesin_borealforest = 1
}}
A '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an [[animal]] added by the [[Odyssey DLC]].

== Occurrence ==
{{PAGENAME}}s can be found in {{Habitats}}.

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== Acquisition ==
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== Summary ==
Crows are a flying animal that can be rarely found in Boreal Forests, but they can be trained to attack specific targets.

== Analysis ==
Crows in combat are best described as "Disruptors", thanks to their attack target training and flight they can ignore terrain costs when pursuing specific targets, this allows them to interrupt otherwise dangerous ranged units that any regular melee pawn wouldn't be able to get to in time to prevent serious damage. Unfortunately, Crows are not flying rats, being hindered by their rather slow reproduction, limiting their role as true cannon fodder.
== Training ==
{{Error|Remove if not applicable}}
{{TrainingTable}}

== Health ==
{{Error|Specify body type when known.}}
{{Animal Health Table}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Crow east.png|Facing east
Crow north.png|Facing north
Crow south.png|Facing south
</gallery>
<gallery>
Crow Flying east.gif|Flying east (Click to view animation)
Crow Flying north.gif|Flying north (Click to view animation)
Crow Flying south.gif|Flying south (Click to view animation)
</gallery>
<gallery>
File:Dessicated Crow east.png|Desiccated facing east
File:Dessicated Crow north.png|Desiccated facing north
File:Dessicated Crow south.png|Desiccated facing south
</gallery>

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

{{Nav|animal}}
[[Category:Animals]]

Ideoligion

2025-07-17T00:39:25Z

ItsKairoKay: /* Memes */ adding fishing disapproved or prohibited to animal personhood

{{Ideology}}
'''Ideoligions''' are both a system of mechanics introduced by, and the primary focus of, the [[Ideology DLC]]. They allow colonies to introduce a variety of new restrictions and capabilities to change gameplay, as well as new interactions with other factions.
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== Type of ideoligion ==
Whenever you start a new game, you will see the Ideology selection menu once you've selected a world tile.

* '''Ideology system inactive''' - Disables most of the Ideology system. Player colonies and factions will no longer have any ideoligion. With this option, you can create any ''style'', or cosmetic variant, of building (click the circle icon in the [[Architect]] tab, right next to the search bar).
:However, some aspects of the ideoligion system remain. You can still assign a [[Leader]], and will have access to a funeral and 2 [[ritual]]s - a dance party and drum party.{{Check Tag|Verify|Extremely quick testing}} In addition, there will be 3 randomized [[relic]]s that you can search for.

* '''Create ideoligion (fluid)''' - Design an ideoligion that can change over time.
:A fluid ideoligion only has access to 1 [[meme]] at the start of the game, which cannot be a high impact meme. Otherwise, a fluid ideoligion has the same customization options as a fixed ideoligion. The difference is that a fluid ideology can change over the course of the game. As you gain [[#Development points|development points]], you can add / remove memes, and re-customize just about everything else.

* '''Create ideoligion (fixed)''' - Design an ideoligion with complete control.

* '''Presets''' - Use an ideoligion already created for you. Want to live under the mountain, but don't want to make a full ideoligion? Pick the "Mole people" preset. You will start with a Funeral and 2 other random [[ritual]]s, as well as a random [[relic]]. Other aspects of the ideoligion will also be randomized.
:For example, the "Classic-like" preset will have the following precepts:
<div style="column-count:2; width:600px">
* [[#Corpses|Corpses: Ugly]]
* [[#Insect meat|Insect meat: Despised]]
* [[#Marriage name|Marriage name: Usually man's]]
* [[#Eating nutrient paste|Eating nutrient paste: Disgusting]]
* [[#Physical love|Physical love: Free]]
* [[#Women's spouses|Women's spouses: One only]]
* [[#Men's spouses|Men's spouses: One only]]
</div>

=== Development points ===
{{For|a guide for how to convert a non-fluid ideoligion to a fluid ideoligion via save editing|Fluid ideoligion save conversion guide}}
Fluid ideoligions are mostly the same as a static one, but can be changed over time through development points. When you have enough points, you can reform the ideoligion. It costs 10 points for the first reformation, and increases by +2 per reform until a max of 20 points. You cannot "store" points; once you can reform, no more points are gained.

Development points can be obtained in the following ways:
* Performing [[rituals]]. Rituals will give a varying amount of points depending on if they are "anytime" rituals or "dated" rituals, how many rituals the ideoligion has and the quality of the ritual. If a ritual achieves a goal that awards development points (such as a conversion), both the points for the goal and the ritual are received in full. Anytime rituals (including funerals) give 1 point for a good outcome and 2 points for a great outcome.
Dated rituals grant more points the fewer rituals the ideoligion has, -as detailed below- however Funerals, Gladiator Duels, Blinding, and Scarification rituals '''''Do not''''' count for the following table.
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Terrible
! Boring
! Fun
! Unforgettable
|-
! 1 Ritual
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 7
|-
! 2 Rituals
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
|-
! 3 Rituals
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 3
|-
! 4 Rituals
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
|-
! 5+ Rituals
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
|}

* Converting someone: 1 point.
Certain [[#Precepts|precepts]] allow an ideoligion to gain points from actions related to the precept.
* [[#Blindness|Blindness: Respected, Elevated or Sublime]]: Blinding someone: 1 point
* [[#Charity|Charity: Worthwhile, Important or Essential]]: Completing charity quests and accepting charity events
** [[Quests#Beggars|Helping beggars]]: 2 points
** [[Events#Wanderer joins|Accepting joining wanderer]]: 1 point
** [[Quests#Hospitality|Giving hospitality]] {{RoyaltyIcon}}: 2 points
** [[Quests#Shuttle Crash|Saving shuttle crash survivors]] {{RoyaltyIcon}}: 3 points
** [[Events#Transport pod crash|Saving a pod crash victim]]: 1 point
** [[Quests#Noble Wimp|Saving the noble wimp]] {{RoyaltyIcon}}: 1 point
** [[Quests#Threatened Joiner|Helping the threatened joiner]]: 2 points
* [[#Execution|Execution: Respected if guilty or Required]]: Executing prisoner: 1 point
* [[#Proselytizing|Proselytizing: Occasional, Sometimes or Frequent]]:
** Converting a new member: 1 point (in addition to the normal 1 point)
** Obtaining a [[Relic|relic]]: 5 points
** Completing the [[Quests#Pilgrims|pilgrims]] quest: 2 points
* [[#Raiding|Raiding: Respected or Required]]:
** Raiding someone: 1 point
** Raiding a bandit camp or work site: 2 points
* [[#Ranching|Ranching: Central]]: Successfully completing an [[Quests#Hospitality|Animal Hospitality quest]]{{RoyaltyIcon}}: 2 points
* [[#Slavery|Slavery: Honorable]]: Enslaving new prisoner: 1 point
* [[#Gauranlen connection|Gauranlen Connection: Strong]]: Planting gauranlen tree: 1 point

Reformation allows you to add ''or'' remove 1 meme, ''or'' change the structure of your ideoligion. If you add a meme, you cannot remove / replace another meme or change structure. In addition, you can only add 1 [[style]] at a time. All other changes are unlimited.

== Forming an ideoligion ==
An ideoligion consists of many separate aspects to customize:

'''Primary'''
* '''[[#Structure|Structure]]''' - What deities (or lack thereof) that followers believe in. Examples include ''Abstract theist'', that "god(s) are formless and everywhere", or ''Christian origin'', which is closer to the Abrahamic religions of the west. Structure helps determine the randomized names and lore of your ideoligion. This is almost entirely cosmetic, but can add a few ritual options.

* '''[[#Memes|Memes]]''' - The basic beliefs of the ideoligion. An ideoligion with the ''Cannibal'' meme will definitely enjoy human meat. Each ideoligion can have up to 4 memes. Most memes do not add much on their own, but affect what precepts the ideoligion has and cannot have. Some memes have access to [[roles|specialists]].

* '''[[#Precepts|Precepts]]''' - What a follower's belief systems are. Precepts directly determine how colonists will react to certain actions. An ideoligion with ''Cannibalism: Preferred'' will have followers enjoy eating human meat. An ideoligion with ''Cannibalism: Required (Ravenous)'' will want to eat human meat for every meal.
:Certain precepts have statistical effects beyond mood. For instance, ''Drugs: Essential'' boosts drug crop yield, synthesis speed, and sell price. These tend to be locked behind their associated meme.

'''Secondary'''
* '''[[Rituals]]''' - Special occasions, from Dance Party to Animal Sacrifice to Funerals. Every time you do a ritual, you can end up with a good or bad outcome. Good outcomes will increase colonist [[mood]], and come with a special, defined reward. For example, a spectacular festival can give you a random recruit, or cause a [[gauranlen pod]] to sprout.

:You can increase the chances of a good outcomes by following the ritual's requirements. A funeral can be done without your colonist's body, but the quality will be increased if the corpse is buried.

* '''[[#Roles|Roles]]''' - Every ideoligion has a Leader and Moral Guide. From there, you can have up to 2 types of specialists. A Shooting Specialist will be great at ranged combat, but is unable to do many types of skilled work. Note that you can have as many specialists of a specific type as you want. For example, you can have 3 Shooting Specialists in a single colony, but cannot have a Shooting, Plants, AND Research specialist in the same ideoligion.

* '''[[Relic]]s''' - Ideoligions can have relics. Relics can be either Legendary [[quality]] weapons or specific types of items that serve no other purpose. Relics must be found from a specific, multi-part relic hunt quest, which can take many years. Having a relic present will cause a number of benefits.

* '''Buildings''' - Buildings used by your ideoligion: [[altar]]s, [[sacrificial flag]]s, etc. Largely used for rituals. Altars and the like will eventually be demanded by followers of your ideoligion in a temple room.

* '''Preferences''' - Ideoligions can prefer [[apparel]], [[weapon]]s, and [[xenotype]]s {{BiotechIcon}}, as well as venerate specific [[animal]]s. Colonists will like having/being around preferred items. Whether a colonist will dislike a non-preferred item is dependent on the preference in question.

'''Descriptive'''
* '''[[#Styles|Styles]]''' - How buildings made by an ideoligious builder will look. Largely cosmetic. However, it interacts with the Diversity of Thought precept. If colonists are neutral or bigoted, then they will enjoy being near styles of the same ideoligion. If colonists appreciate Diversity of Thought, they will enjoy being near styled buildings that their ideoligion could not make. Certain styles will affect more or less buildings.

* '''[[#Cultures|Cultures]]''' - Roughly where your ideoligion comes from. Astropolitian represents those coming from space. Corunan represents [[New Tribe|tribes]] in general. Entirely cosmetic.

* '''Lore''' - A randomly generated description of the ideoligion, based off of memes, structures, cultures, etc. Entirely cosmetic.

* '''Icon / color''' - An ideoligion's icon is used whenever an ideology will be displayed. The color of the icon will be a preferred color for followers. Followers gain a {{+|1}} moodlet for wearing their ideology's color, or their own favorite color. All colors require [[dye]] and the same amount of dye.

== Certainty ==
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{{See also|Conversion Power|Global Certainty Loss Factor}}
'''Certainty''' is how willing a colonist is to maintain their current ideoligion. Conversion attempts reduce certainty. Once certainty hits 0%, a pawn's ideology will change.
=== Reassurance ===
Certainty increases by a set rate per day, which is dependent on current [[mood]].
* 1% / day at 20% mood or less
* 2% / day at 50% mood
* 3% / day at 80% mood or more
Between 20% and 80% mood, certainty gain is linearly interpolated.
Certainty does not regenerate while [[deathrest]]ing.{{BiotechIcon}}{{Check Tag|What else?|What else pauses reassurance}}
The [[Moral guide]] of an ideoligion can also reassure pawns of the same ideoligion, which increases certainty based on [[Conversion Power]].
If a pawn is converted, then they will start with 50% certainty in their new ideoligion.
=== Conversion ===
These ways to lower certainty are all considered "Conversion". The certainty reduction is increased by the converter's [[Conversion Power]], and decreased by the convertee's [[Global Certainty Loss Factor]]. Conversion strength is then multiplied by relevant [[trait]]s. For example, an [[Undergrounder]] will be harder to convert from an ideology with the Tunneler meme.
* Pawns will naturally try to convert each other during day-to-day conversation. This is governed by the [[Ideoligion Spread Chance]], which is increased by the [[#Proselytizing|Proselytizing]] precept.
* The [[role]] of [[Moral guide]] has a "Convert" ability. This is the same as normal conversion, but done on command. This has a cooldown of 3 days.
* If a pawn is held [[prisoner]], you can set the prisoner to Convert in the Prisoner. If there is a warden of the selected ideoligion available, they will start converting the prisoner.
The certainty reduction of a convert attempt can be calculated as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
| '''Certainty loss''' = 6% × [[Conversion Power]] of the Converter × If Converter is [[#Moral Guide|Moral Guide]] ({{Good|x2}}) × [[Global Certainty Loss Factor]] of Convertee × Relic Conversion Power Factor × Trait/Meme Agreeableness × AI Storyteller's Low pop conversion boost multiplier
|}
*'''Relic conversion factor:'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Relic Conversion Power Factor
|-
| {{Graph:Chart|width=200|height=200|yAxisMin=|xAxisMax=10| yAxisTitle=Conversion Power Factor|xAxisTitle=Relics in Reliquaries (#)|type=line|x=0, 1, 3, 5, 10 |y1=1.00, 1.10, 1.20, 1.25, 1.30}}
|}
'''Other certainty reduction''':
These ways reduce certainty by a set percentage. Reduction is not (directly) impacted by Conversion Power or Certainty Loss Factor.
* [[Rituals#Conversion ritual|Conversion ritual]]. Requires a Moral Guide. An effective conversion ritual reduces certainty by 30%. A masterful conversion ritual instantly converts the user to the desired ideoligion. Poor quality rituals instead ''increase'' certainty. The quality of the ritual increases the chance of an effective/masterful ritual; quality is increased by [[Social Impact]] of the moral guide, among other factors.
* [[Crisis of belief]] is an extreme [[mental break]] which immediately reduces certainty by 50%. If certainty reaches 0%, then the pawn will convert to a ''random'' ideoligion - even if you've attempted to convert them to a specific ideoligion prior. Notably, crisis of belief is one of 2 mental breaks that [[prisoner]]s associated with another faction are able to go through. (Colonists who have been arrested can go through other breaks)
* A [[Rituals#Throne speech|throne speech]]{{RoyaltyIcon}} can convert listeners to the speaker's ideoligion.{{Check Tag|Verify|Detail, too}}
[[Children]]{{BiotechIcon}} are a unique case of conversion, as babies have no ideoligion and one is assigned to them once they turn 3. For a more detailed description of how the ideoligion of a child is determined, see the [[Children#Ideoligion|Children]] page.

== Structure ==
Choosing your structure affects which symbols the game uses for your ideoligion, and allows for the selection of some rituals that would otherwise require specific memes. It also influences some random generation options and flavor text but these can be overridden by player selection.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Structure !! Description !! Styles !! Unlocked Rituals !! Chance to Have Precept
|- id="Abstract theist"
! Abstract theist [[File:Abstract theist.png|64px]]
| The god(s) do not have physical form, but are everywhere at once. They know all, and can do anything. Their will defines the moral structure of the universe. || || ||
|- id="Animist"
! Animist [[File:Animist.png|64px]]
| Spirits live in everything around us. In the plants and animals, rivers and trees, sky and stars. The moral structure of the universe springs from the necessity of respecting them. || Animalist || ||
|- id="Archist"
! Archist [[File:Archist.png|64px]]
| Archotechs are the true gods. They know the moral structure of the universe, and serving them is how we will connect with it. || || ||
|- id="Buddhist origin"
! Buddhist origin [[File:Buddhist origin.png|64px]]
| This ideoligion is a descendant of ancient Buddhism. It may have very different precepts than those of thousands of years ago, but its symbols are similar. || Buddhist || Smokeleaf circle || Headwrap: Relaxed Broadwrap: Relaxed
|- id="Christian origin"
! Christian origin [[File:Christian origin.png|64px]]
| This is a variant of the abstract theist structure. This ideoligion is a descendant of ancient Christianity. It may have very different precepts than those of thousands of years ago, but its symbols are similar. || Christian || Christmas tree party || Headwrap: Relaxed Broadwrap: Relaxed
|- id="Embodied theist"
! Embodied theist [[File:Embodied theist.png|64px]]
| The god(s) walk the planets like us, yet they are powerful and immortal as we are not. They decide the moral structure of the universe. || || ||
|- id="Hindu origin"
! Hindu origin [[File:Hindu origin.png|64px]]
| This is a variant of the embodied theist structure. This ideoligion is a descendant of ancient Hinduism. It may have very different precepts than those of thousands of years ago, but its symbols are similar. || Hindu || Smokeleaf circle || Headwrap: Relaxed Broadwrap: Relaxed
|- id="Ideological"
! Ideological [[File:Ideological.png|64px]]
| There are no gods. The moral structure of the universe is found in our grand narrative of social forces. || || Symbol burning ||
|- id="Islamic origin"
! Islamic origin [[File:Islamic origin.png|64px]]
| This is a variant of the abstract theist structure. This ideoligion is a descendant of ancient Islam. It may have very different precepts than those of thousands of years ago, but its symbols are similar. || Islamic || || Headwrap: Relaxed Broadwrap: Relaxed
|}

== Cultures ==
Cultures affect names, appearances, and symbols.

{| class="wikitable"
! Culture !! Factions Allowed !! Description
|- id="Astropolitan"
! Astropolitan [[File:Astropolitan.png|32px]]
| [[New Arrivals]] || A broad collection of cultures common among frequent space travelers.
|- id="Rustican"
! Rustican [[File:Civil outlander.png|32px]]
| [[Outlander]] Factions || A hardy industrial cultures common among rimworld outlanders.
|- id="Corunan"
! Corunan [[File:GentleTribe.png|32px]]
| [[New Tribe]] [[Tribal]] Factions || An ancient culture common among rimworld tribes.
|- id="Kriminul"
! Kriminul [[File:Pirate.png|32px]]
| [[Pirate]] Factions || A broad category describing the styles and practices of many pirate groups.
|- id="Sophian"
! Sophian {{RoyaltyIcon}} [[File:Empire map marker.png|32px]]
| [[Empire]] Faction [[Ancient]] Factions || A techno-feudal culture centered on the planet Sophiamunda.
|}

== Styles ==
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An ideoligion can have 0-3 associated styles. People belonging to that ideoligion will apply those styles when making specific items. Colonists will get thoughts based on the styles of the objects around them, depending on their ideoligion's [[#Diversity of thought|diversity of thought]] precept either for having surroundings match or not match their ideoligion. Neutral surroundings produce no thought. If multiple styles of an ideoligion affect the same object, left-most applies. Note that building appearance in the construction menu will be based on your primary ideoligion, but the actual building might be different if built by a pawn of a different ideoligion.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style=width:6em | Style !! New buildables !! Affects items !! Affects objects !! Affects ritual ambience sound !! Player-accessible
|- id="Style Hindu"
| [[File:Style Hindu.png|18px]] Hindu
| -
| [[Simple helmet#Styles|Simple helmet]], [[Flak helmet#Styles|Flak helmet]]
| [[Small sculpture#Styles|Small sculpture]], [[Large sculpture#Styles|Large sculpture]], [[Grand sculpture#Styles|Grand sculpture]]
| Yes
| Yes
|- id="Style Christian"
| [[File:Style Christian.png|18px]] Christian
| -
| -
| [[Small sculpture#Styles|Small sculpture]], [[Large sculpture#Styles|Large sculpture]], [[Grand sculpture#Styles|Grand sculpture]]
| Yes
| Yes
|- id="Style Islamic"
| [[File:Style Islam.png|18px]] Islamic
| -
| -
| [[Small sculpture#Styles|Small sculpture]], [[Large sculpture#Styles|Large sculpture]], [[Grand sculpture#Styles|Grand sculpture]]
| Yes
| Yes
|- id="Style Buddhist"
| [[File:Style Buddhism.png|18px]] Buddhist
| -
| -
| [[Small sculpture#Styles|Small sculpture]], [[Large sculpture#Styles|Large sculpture]], [[Grand sculpture#Styles|Grand sculpture]]
| Yes
| Yes
|- id="Style Morbid"
| [[File:Style Morbid.png|18px]] Morbid
| [[Morbid carpet]], [[Morbid slab (broad)]], [[Morbid slab (medium)]], [[Morbid stone tile]] || [[Recon helmet#Styles|Recon helmet]], [[Marine helmet#Styles|Marine helmet]], [[Cataphract helmet#Styles|Cataphract helmet]]
| [[Small sculpture#Styles|Small sculpture]], [[Large sculpture#Styles|Large sculpture]], [[Grand sculpture#Styles|Grand sculpture]], [[Small altar#Styles|Small altar]], [[Medium altar#Styles|Medium altar]], [[Large altar#Styles|Large altar]], [[Grand altar#Styles|Grand altar]], [[Stool#Styles|Stool]], Table ([[Table (1x2)#Styles|1x2]], [[Table (2x2)#Styles|2x2]], [[Table (2x4)#Styles|2x4]], [[Table (3x3)#Styles|3x3]]), [[Standing lamp#Styles|Standing lamp]], [[Wall lamp#Styles|Wall lamp]], [[Torch lamp#Styles|Torch lamp]], [[Column#Styles|Column]]
| Yes
| Yes
|- id="Style Totemic"
| [[File:Style Totemic.png|18px]] Totemic
| [[Totemic boards]], [[Totemic slab (broad)]], [[Totemic slab (medium)]], [[Totemic stone tile]]
| [[Recon helmet#Styles|Recon helmet]], [[Marine helmet#Styles|Marine helmet]], [[Cataphract helmet#Styles|Cataphract helmet]]
| [[Small sculpture#Styles|Small sculpture]], [[Large sculpture#Styles|Large sculpture]], [[Grand sculpture#Styles|Grand sculpture]], [[Small altar#Styles|Small altar]], [[Medium altar#Styles|Medium altar]], [[Large altar#Styles|Large altar]], [[Grand altar#Styles|Grand altar]], [[Stool#Styles|Stool]], [[Dining chair#Styles|Dining chair]], Table ([[Table (1x2)#Styles|1x2]], [[Table (2x2)#Styles|2x2]], [[Table (2x4)#Styles|2x4]], [[Table (3x3)#Styles|3x3]]), [[Standing lamp#Styles|Standing lamp]], [[Wall lamp#Styles|Wall lamp]], [[Torch lamp#Styles|Torch lamp]], [[Column#Styles|Column]]
| Yes
| Yes
|- id="Style Spikecore"
| [[File:Style Spikecore.png|18px]] Spikecore
| [[Spikecore floor-star (broad)]], [[Spikecore floor-star (medium)]], [[Spikecore plates]], [[Spikecore stone tile]] || [[Simple helmet#Styles|Simple helmet]], [[Flak helmet#Styles|Flak helmet]], [[Flak jacket#Styles|Flak jacket]], [[Duster#Styles|Duster]], [[Jacket#Styles|Jacket]], [[Parka#Styles|Parka]]
| Table ([[Table (1x2)#Styles|1x2]], [[Table (2x2)#Styles|2x2]], [[Table (2x4)#Styles|2x4]], [[Table (3x3)#Styles|3x3]]), [[Standing lamp#Styles|Standing lamp]], [[Wall lamp#Styles|Wall lamp]], [[Torch lamp#Styles|Torch lamp]], [[Column#Styles|Column]]
| Yes
| Yes
|- id="Style Rustic"
| [[File:Style Rustic.png|18px]] Rustic
| [[Rustic rug (broad)]], [[Rustic rug (medium)]]
| [[Simple helmet#Styles|Simple helmet]], [[Flak helmet#Styles|Flak helmet]]
| [[Column#Styles|Column]], [[Standing lamp#Styles|Standing lamp]], [[Wall lamp#Styles|Wall lamp]], [[Torch lamp#Styles|Torch lamp]], Table ([[Table (1x2)#Styles|1x2]], [[Table (2x2)#Styles|2x2]], [[Table (2x4)#Styles|2x4]], [[Table (3x3)#Styles|3x3]])
| Yes
| Yes
|- id="Style Animalist"
| [[File:Style Animalist.png|18px]] Animalist
| [[Animalist slab (broad)]], [[Animalist slab (medium)]]
| [[Recon helmet#Styles|Recon helmet]], [[Marine helmet#Styles|Marine helmet]], [[Cataphract helmet#Styles|Cataphract helmet]], [[War mask#Styles|War mask]]
| [[Small sculpture#Styles|Small sculpture]], [[Large sculpture#Styles|Large sculpture]], [[Grand sculpture#Styles|Grand sculpture]]
| Yes
| Yes
|- id="Style Techist"
| [[File:Style Techist.png|18px]] Techist
| [[Hex carpet]], [[Hex tile]]
| -
| [[Column#Styles|Column]], [[Plant pot#Styles|Plant pot]], [[Standing lamp#Styles|Standing lamp]], [[Wall lamp#Styles|Wall lamp]], [[Shelf#Styles|Shelf]], [[Autodoor#Styles|Autodoor]], Table ([[Table (1x2)#Styles|1x2]], [[Table (2x2)#Styles|2x2]], [[Table (2x4)#Styles|2x4]], [[Table (3x3)#Styles|3x3]])
| Yes
| Yes
|- id="Style Horaxian"
| [[File:Style Horaxian.png|18px]] Horaxian{{AnomalyIcon}}
| -
| [[Axe#Styles|Axe]], [[Club#Styles|Club]], [[Gladius#Styles|Gladius]], [[Knife#Styles|Knife]], [[Mace#Styles|Mace]]
| -
| No
| No
|}

=== Style dominance ===
Pawns consider objects with style dominance within 27 tiles outdoors, or in the same room regardless of distance. An item is considered "uniform" if pawn's ideoligion can build it, and "diverse" otherwise, regardless of the actual style: for example, a totemic table will be considered diverse for an ideoligion with morbid and totemic styles, because the morbid style overrides totemic tables. If the total style dominance of uniform or diverse objects is at least 10 more than the other category, pawns will get an appropriate thought; the actual style of the object does not matter for stacking either: a morbid slab and a totemic slab in the same room will be uniform for an ideoligion with both styles, cancel each other out and give no thought for an ideoligion with one of those styles, and diverse for an ideoligion with neither.

An ideoligion with no styles would still consider its own buildings (such as ideogram), but not ritual seats, to be uniform.

Clothing, whether worn or placed on the ground, and uninstalled objects have no impact on style dominance.

{{#ask: [[Style Dominance::+]]
| ?Style Dominance
}}

== Memes ==
You must choose one to four memes at the beginning of your playthrough to form the foundational ideas of your ideoligion. Some have much more gameplay impact than others. Hovering over a meme will show you the information in this table.

{| {{STDT| sortable text-valign:top}}
! Meme !! Description !! Impact !! Incompatible Memes !! Required Precepts !! Chance to Have Precept !! Disabled Precepts !! Unlocked Roles !! Required Rituals !! Unlocked Rituals !! New Buildables !! Unlocked Craftables !! Start with Research !! Agreeing Traits !! Conflicting Traits !! Styles
|- id="Animal personhood"
! '''Animal personhood''' [[File:Animal personhood.png|64px]]
| Animals have rights as humans do. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=3|[[File:High meme impact.png|32x32px]] High || [[#Rancher|Rancher]] || '''[[#Animal connection|Animal connection:]]''' Strong '''[[#Slaughtering animals|Slaughtering animals:]]''' Prohibited, Horrible, or Disapproved '''[[#Meat eating|Meat eating:]]''' Abhorrent, Horrible, or Disapproved {{OdysseyIcon}}'''[[#Fishing|Fishing:]]''' Prohibited, or Disapproved || - || - || [[Ideoligion#Animals specialist|Animals specialist]] || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- id="Blindsight"
! '''[[Blindsight]]''' [[File:Blindsight.png|64px]]
| Only those who are blind can perceive true reality. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=3|[[File:High meme impact.png|32x32px]] High || [[#Darkness|Darkness]] || '''[[#Blind psysense|Blind psysense:]]''' Strong '''[[#Blindness|Blindness:]]''' Respected, Elevated, or Sublime || - || '''[[#Blindness|Blindness:]]''' Horrible '''[[#Lighting|Lighting:]]''' Darklight preferred '''[[#Combat in darkness|Combat in darkness:]]''' preferred || [[Ideoligion#Medical specialist|Medical specialist]] || Blinding || - || - || [[Blindfold]] || - || - || - || -
|- id="Cannibal"
! '''Cannibal''' [[File:Cannibal.png|64px]]
| We must consume human flesh. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=3|[[File:High meme impact.png|32x32px]] High || - || '''[[#Organ use|Organ use:]]''' Acceptable '''[[#Cannibalism|Cannibalism:]]''' Preferred, Required (strong), or Required (ravenous) '''[[#Execution|Execution:]]''' Don't care, Respected if guilty, or Required || - || '''[[#Execution|Execution:]]''' Always horrible or Horrible if innocent || - || - || Cannibal feast || - || - || - || [[Cannibal (Trait)|Cannibal]] || - || Morbid
|- id="Collectivist"
! '''Collectivist''' [[File:Collectivist.png|64px]]
| Each person is part of a greater whole. People should work to play their part and help the group. ||style="text-align: center;"data-sort-value=1|[[File:Low meme impact.png|32x32px]] Low || [[#Individualist|Individualist]] || '''[[#Work drive|Work drive:]]''' Tripled || Visage mask: Relaxed || '''[[#Marriage name|Marriage name:]]''' Keep names || - || - || Symbol burning || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- id="Darkness"
! '''Darkness''' [[File:Darkness.png|64px]]
| Bright light burns and destroys! Darkness nourishes and creates. People ought to live in darkness. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=3|[[File:High meme impact.png|32x32px]] High || [[#Blindsight|Blindsight]] || '''[[#Lighting|Lighting:]]''' Darklight preferred '''[[#Combat in darkness|Combat in darkness:]]''' Preferred || - || - || [[Ideoligion#Mining specialist|Mining specialist]] || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- id="Female supremacy"
! '''Female supremacy''' [[File:Female supremacy.png|64px]]
| Women are the superior gender and should rule. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=2|[[File:Medium meme impact.png|32x32px]] Medium || [[#Male supremacy|Male supremacy]] || - || Burka: Relaxed Veil: Strong || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || [[Misandrist]] || [[Misogynist]] || -
|- id="Flesh purity"
! '''Flesh purity''' [[File:Flesh purity.png|64px]]
| The human body should not be debased. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=2|[[File:Medium meme impact.png|32x32px]] Medium || [[#High life|High life]] [[#Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] || '''[[#Drug use|Drug use:]]''' Prohibited '''[[#Body modification|Body modification:]]''' Abhorrent '''[[#Scarification|Scarification:]]''' Horrible || - || '''[[#Body modification|Body modification:]]''' Approved '''[[#Physical love|Physical love:]]''' Free and approved || [[Ideoligion#Medical specialist|Medical specialist]] || - || Symbol burning || - || - || - || [[Body purist]] [[Nudist]] || [[Body modder]] || -
|- id="Guilty"
! '''Guilty''' [[File:Guilty.png|64px]]
| Our people carry guilt from ages past. Others are more worthy. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=1|[[File:Low meme impact.png|32x32px]] Low || [[#Supremacist|Supremacist]] [[#Loyalist|Loyalist]] || '''[[#Pain|Pain:]]''' Idealized '''[[#Charity|Charity:]]''' Essential, Important, or Worthwhile || - || '''[[#Apostasy|Apostasy:]]''' Abhorrent, Horrible, and Guilty '''[[#Slavery|Slavery:]]''' Honorable || - || - || Symbol burning || - || [[Torture crown]] || - || - || - || -
|- id="High life"
! '''High life''' [[File:High life.png|64px]]
| Exotic states of mind are central to a good life. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=2|[[File:Medium meme impact.png|32x32px]] Medium || [[#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]] || '''[[#Drug use|Drug use:]]''' Essential || Flophat: Relaxed || '''[[#Drug use|Drug use:]]''' Prohibited, Medical only, or Medical/social only || [[Ideoligion#Plants specialist|Plants specialist]] || Smokeleaf circle || Smokeleaf circle || [[Autobong]] [[Mindbend carpet]] || - || - || [[Chemical interest]] [[Chemical fascination]] || - || -
|- id="Human primacy"
! '''Human primacy''' [[File:Human primacy.png|64px]]
| Humans are the moral center of the universe. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=2|[[File:Medium meme impact.png|32x32px]] Medium || [[#Nature primacy|Nature primacy]] || '''[[#Bonding|Bonding:]]''' Disapproved || - || '''[[#Slaughtering animals|Slaughtering animals:]]''' Prohibited, Horrible, and Disapproved '''[[#Killing innocent animals|Killing innocent animals:]]''' Abhorrent, Horrible, and Disapproved '''[[#Mining|Mining:]]''' Prohibited, Horrible, and Disapproved '''[[#Cutting trees|Cutting trees:]]''' Prohibited, Horrible, and Disapproved || [[Ideoligion#Production specialist|Production specialist]] || - || Symbol burning || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- id="Individualist"
! '''Individualist''' [[File:Individualist.png|64px]]
| Each person is a free individual with the right to their own ideas and decisions. Nobody should be made to conform. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=1|[[File:Low meme impact.png|32x32px]] Low || [[#Collectivist|Collectivist]] [[#Supremacist|Supremacist]] || - || - || '''[[#Slavery|Slavery:]]''' Honorable || - || - || Symbol burning || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- id="Loyalist"
! '''Loyalist''' [[File:Loyalist.png|64px]]
| We stand for our own before others. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=1|[[File:Low meme impact.png|32x32px]] Low || [[#Supremacist|Supremacist]] [[#Guilty|Guilty]] || - || - || - || - || - || Symbol burning || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- id="Male supremacy"
! '''Male supremacy''' [[File:Male supremacy.png|64px]]
| Men are the superior gender and should rule. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=2|[[File:Medium meme impact.png|32x32px]] Medium || [[#Female supremacy|Female supremacy]] || - || Burka: Relaxed Veil: Strong || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || [[Misogynist]] || [[Misandrist]] || -
|- id="Nature primacy"
! '''Nature primacy''' [[File:Nature primacy.png|64px]]
| Man is a stain on nature's perfection. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=2|[[File:Medium meme impact.png|32x32px]] Medium || [[#Human primacy|Human primacy]] || - || - || - || [[Ideoligion#Plants specialist|Plants specialist]] || || - || - || - || - || - || - || Animalist
|- id="Nudism"
! '''Nudism''' [[File:Nudism.png|64px]]
| Clothing binds, controls, and suffocates us. We should all hang free. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=3|[[File:High meme impact.png|32x32px]] High || - || '''[[#Male clothing|Male clothing:]]''' Fully nude or Pants at most '''[[#Female clothing|Female clothing:]]''' Fully nude or Pants at most || - || - || - || - || Symbol burning || - || - || - || [[Nudist]] || - || -
|- id="Pain is virtue"
! '''Pain is virtue''' [[File:Pain is virtue.png|64px]]
| Virtue is shown through suffering of self and others. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=3|[[File:High meme impact.png|32x32px]] High || - || '''[[#Pain|Pain:]]''' Idealized '''[[#Comfort|Comfort:]]''' Ignored '''[[#Slab bed|Slab bed:]]''' Preferred || - || '''[[#Charity|Charity:]]''' Essential, Important, and Worthwhile '''[[#Execution|Execution:]]''' Always abhorrent and Always horrible '''[[#Scarification|Scarification:]]''' Horrible '''[[#Skullspike|Skullspike:]]''' Disapproved || - || Scarification || Symbol burning || [[Slab bed]] [[Slab double bed]] || [[Torture crown]] || - || [[Ascetic]] [[Tortured artist]] [[Masochist]] || [[Wimp]] [[Gourmand]] || Morbid
|- id="Proselytizer"
! '''Proselytizer''' [[File:Proselytizer.png|64px]]
| It is our duty to spread our beliefs. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=2|[[File:Medium meme impact.png|32x32px]] Medium || - || '''[[#Proselytizing|Proselytizing:]]''' Occasional, Sometimes, or Frequent || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- id="Raider"
! '''Raider''' [[File:Raider.png|64px]]
| The strong should take from the weak. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=2|[[File:Medium meme impact.png|32x32px]] Medium || - || '''[[#Raiding|Raiding:]]''' Respected or Required '''[[#Execution|Execution:]]''' Horrible if innocent, Don't care, Respected if guilty, or Required || - || '''[[#Skullspike|Skullspike:]]''' Disapproved '''[[#Slavery|Slavery:]]''' Abhorrent, Horrible, and Disapproved || [[Ideoligion#Shooting specialist|Shooting specialist]] [[Ideoligion#Melee specialist|Melee specialist]]|| - || Symbol burning || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- id="Rancher"
! '''Rancher''' [[File:Rancher.png|64px]]
| Raising animals is the right way; raising plants to eat is not. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=2|[[File:Medium meme impact.png|32x32px]] Medium || [[#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]] || '''[[#Ranching|Ranching:]]''' Central '''[[#Meat eating|Meat eating:]]''' Mildly required, Seriously required, or Strictly required || - || - || [[Ideoligion#Animals specialist|Animals specialist]] || - || Symbol burning || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- id="Supremacist"
! '''Supremacist''' [[File:Supremacist.png|64px]]
| Our people should dominate all others. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=1|[[File:Low meme impact.png|32x32px]] Low || [[#Individualist|Individualist]] [[#Loyalist|Loyalist]] [[#Guilty|Guilty]] || '''[[#Slavery|Slavery:]]''' Acceptable or Honorable '''[[#Execution|Execution:]]''' Required, Respected if guilty, or Don't care || - || '''[[#Charity|Charity:]]''' Essential, Important and Worthwhile '''[[#Skullspike|Skullspike:]]''' Disapproved || [[Ideoligion#Shooting specialist|Shooting specialist]] [[Ideoligion#Melee specialist|Melee specialist]] || - || Symbol burning || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- id="Transhumanist"
! '''Transhumanist''' [[File:Transhumanist.png|64px]]
| Human progress means merging with technology. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=2|[[File:Medium meme impact.png|32x32px]] Medium || [[#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]] || '''[[#Sleep accelerator|Sleep accelerator:]]''' Preferred '''[[#Neural supercharge|Neural supercharge:]]''' Preferred '''[[#Biosculpting|Biosculpting:]]''' Accelerated '''[[#Age reversal|Age reversal:]]''' Demanded '''[[#Eating nutrient paste|Eating nutrient paste:]]''' Don't mind '''[[#Body modification|Body modification:]]''' Approved || Slicecap: Relaxed || '''[[#Body modification|Body modification:]]''' Abhorrent or Disapproved || [[Ideoligion#Research specialist|Research specialist]] || - || - || [[Hex carpet]] [[Hex tile]] [[Neural supercharger]] [[Sleep accelerator]] || - || - || [[Body modder]] || [[Body purist]] || Techist
|- id="Tree connection"
! '''Tree connection''' [[File:Tree connection.png|64px]]
| Trees are the essence of life, and we must be near them. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=3|[[File:High meme impact.png|32x32px]] High || - || '''[[#Trees|Trees:]]''' Desired '''[[#Rough living|Rough living:]]''' Welcomed '''[[#Temperature|Temperature:]]''' Tough '''[[#Gauranlen connection|Gauranlen connection:]]''' Strong
|| - || - || [[Ideoligion#Plants specialist|Plants specialist]] || - || - || - || - || [[Research#Tree sowing|Tree sowing]] || - || - || -
|- id="Tunneler"
! '''Tunneler''' [[File:Tunneler.png|64px]]
| Humans ought to live underground, and enjoy the succulent fruit of the depths. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=3|[[File:High meme impact.png|32x32px]] High || - || '''[[#Fungus|Fungus:]]''' Preferred '''[[#Insect meat|Insect meat:]]''' Loved '''[[#Indoors|Indoors:]]''' Preferred '''[[#Mining yield|Mining yield:]]''' High || - || '''[[#Mining|Mining:]]''' Prohibited, Horrible, or Disapproved || [[Ideoligion#Mining specialist|Mining specialist]] || - || - || [[Fungal gravel]] || - || [[Research#Stonecutting|Stonecutting]] || [[Undergrounder]] || - || -
|- id="Bloodfeeding"
! '''Bloodfeeding''' {{BiotechIcon}} [[File:Bloodfeeding.png|64px]]
| Drinking blood is sacred. Bloodfeeders should be worshipped. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=2|[[File:Medium meme impact.png|32x32px]] Medium || - || '''[[#Bloodfeeders|Bloodfeeders:]]''' Revered '''[[#Organ use|Organ use:]]''' Acceptable '''[[#Cannibalism|Cannibalism:]]''' Acceptable or Preferred '''[[#Execution|Execution:]]''' Don't care, Respected if guilty, or Required || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || [[Research#Electricity|Electricity]] [[Research#Deathrest|Deathrest]] || - || - || Morbid
|- id="Ritualist"
! '''Ritualist''' {{AnomalyIcon}} [[File:Ritualist.png|64px]]
| There is a greater energy in the universe. Through ritual we can understand it and harness its power. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=2|[[File:Medium meme impact.png|32x32px]] Medium || - || '''[[#Psychic rituals|Psychic rituals:]]''' Exalted '''[[#Void study|Void study:]]''' Very efficient '''[[#Research|Research:]]''' Slow, Very Slow or Extremely Slow || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || Morbid
|- id="Inhuman"
! '''Inhuman''' {{AnomalyIcon}} [[File:Inhuman.png|64px]]
| Humanity is a barrier to our connection with the machine god and its pleasurable rewards. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=3|[[File:High meme impact.png|32x32px]] High|| - || '''[[#Inhumanizing|Inhumanizing:]]''' Required '''[[#Execution|Execution:]]''' Respected if guilty '''[[#Cannibalism|Cannibalism:]]''' Acceptable '''[[#Corpses|Corpses:]]''' Don't care '''[[#Eating nutrient paste|Eating nutrient paste:]]''' Don't mind '''[[#Skullspike|Skullspike:]]''' Desired '''[[#Slavery|Slavery:]]''' Acceptable '''[[#Physical love|Physical love:]]''' Free '''[[#Male clothing|Male clothing:]]''' No rules '''[[#Female clothing|Female clothing:]]''' No rules '''[[#Organ use|Organ use:]]''' Acceptable '''[[#Diversity of thought|Diversity of thought:]]''' Neutral, Mild bigotry, Moderate bigotry or Intense bigotry || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- id="Shipborn"
! '''Shipborn''' {{OdysseyIcon}} [[File:Shipborn.png|64px]]
| Humans were destined to live among the stars. ||style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value=3|[[File:Medium meme impact.png|32x32px]] Medium|| - || '''[[#Space_Habitat|Space habitat:]]''' Preferred '''[[#Indoors|Indoors:]]''' Preferred '''[[#Eating_Nutrient_Paste|Eating nutrient paste:]]''' Don't mind '''[[#Temperature|Temperature:]]''' Tough || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || [[Undergrounder|Undergrounder]] || -
|}

=== Other Faction Customization ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Meme !! Civil outlander !! Rough outlander !! Gentle tribe !! Fierce tribe !! Savage tribe !! Cannibal tribe{{IdeologyIcon}} !! Nudist tribe{{IdeologyIcon}} !! Pirate gang !! Pirate cannibal gang{{IdeologyIcon}} !! Shattered Empire{{RoyaltyIcon}} !! Ancient faction*** !! Outlander refugee group{{RoyaltyIcon}} !! Beggars & Pilgrims{{IdeologyIcon}} !! Yttakin pirates{{BiotechIcon}} !! Waster pirates{{BiotechIcon}} !! Sanguophages{{BiotechIcon}} !! Horax cult{{AnomalyIcon}}
|-
| Supremacist || {{Cross}} || '''Required''' || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || '''Required''' || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || '''Required''' || '''Required''' || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || '''Required''' || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Loyalist || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}}* || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}* || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || '''Required''' || '''Required''' || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Guilty || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}}* || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}* || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Individualist || {{Check}}** || {{Cross}}* || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}* || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Collectivist || {{Check}}** || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || '''Required''' || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Transhumanist || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || '''Required''' || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Flesh purity || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Raider || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || '''Required''' || '''Required''' || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || '''Required''' || '''Required''' || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Proselytizer || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| High life || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Nature primacy || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Human primacy || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || '''Required''' || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Female supremacy || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Male supremacy || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Animal personhood || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || '''Required''' || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Rancher || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Pain is virtue || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Darkness || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Tunneler || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Tree connection || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Nudism || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || '''Required''' || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Blindsight || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}}
|-
| Cannibal || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || '''Required''' || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || '''Required''' || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || '''Required''' || {{Cross}}
|-
| Bloodfeeding{{BiotechIcon}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || '''Required''' || {{Cross}}
|-
| Ritualist{{AnomalyIcon}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || '''Required'''
|-
| Inhuman{{AnomalyIcon}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || '''Required'''
|}
<nowiki/>* Appears on faction's options but conflicts with required meme 
<nowiki/>** Since only two memes available, one of Individualist OR Collectivist must be chosen 
<nowiki/>*** Only restricts what memes can be auto-generated and loaded from saved ideoligions, can otherwise lack or possess any memes

=== Natural goodwill with other factions ===
Additionally, Supremacist and Raider have {{Bad|-50}} with everyone, Loyalist {{Bad|-10}} with everyone, and Guilty {{Good|+10}} with everyone. There is a {{Good|+10}} bonus for having the same ideoligion.

Modifiers stack, but each pair only applies once; for example Flesh purity + Cannibal vs Flesh purity + Cannibal give {{Good|+10}} for Flesh purity/Flesh purity, {{Good|+10}} for Cannibal/Cannibal, and {{Good|+10}} for Flesh purity/Cannibal.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! !! Individualist !! Collectivist !! Transhumanist !! Flesh purity !! Proselytizer !! High life !! Nature primacy !! Human primacy !! Female supremacy !! Male supremacy !! Animal personhood !! Rancher !! Pain is virtue !! Nudism !! Cannibal
|-
! Individualist
| style="background-color:#d5d9db; color:forestgreen;"|'''+10''' || style="color:firebrick;|'''-10''' || || || style="color:firebrick;|'''-10''' || || || || style="color:firebrick;|'''-10''' || style="color:firebrick;|'''-10''' || || || || || style="color:firebrick;|'''-10'''
|-
! Collectivist
| style="color:firebrick;|'''-10''' || style="background-color:#d5d9db" |{{Good|+10}} || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! Transhumanist
| || || style="background-color:#d5d9db" |{{Good|+10}} || style="color:firebrick;|'''-20''' || || || style="color:firebrick;|'''-20''' || style="color:forestgreen;|'''+10''' || || || || || || ||
|-
! Flesh purity
| || || style="color:firebrick;|'''-20''' || style="background-color:#d5d9db" |{{Good|+10}} || || style="color:firebrick;|'''-30''' || || style="color:forestgreen;|'''+10''' || || || || || || || style="color:forestgreen;|'''+10'''
|-
! Proselytizer
| style="color:firebrick;|'''-10''' || || || ||style="background-color:#d5d9db" | || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! High life
| || || || style="color:firebrick;|'''-30''' || || style="background-color:#d5d9db" |{{Good|+10}} || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! Nature primacy
| || || style="color:firebrick;|'''-20''' || || || || style="background-color:#d5d9db" |{{Good|+10}} || style="color:firebrick;|'''-30''' || || || style="color:forestgreen;|'''+10''' || style="color:firebrick;|'''-30''' || || ||
|-
! Human primacy
| || || style="color:forestgreen;|'''+10''' || style="color:forestgreen;|'''+10''' || || || style="color:firebrick;|'''-30''' || style="background-color:#d5d9db" |{{Good|+10}} || || || style="color:firebrick;|'''-10''' || || || ||
|-
! Female supremacy
| style="color:firebrick;|'''-10''' || || || || || || || || style="background-color:#d5d9db" |{{Good|+10}} || style="color:firebrick;|'''-30''' || || || || ||
|-
! Male supremacy
| style="color:firebrick;|'''-10''' || || || || || || || || style="color:firebrick;|'''-30''' || style="background-color:#d5d9db" |{{Good|+10}} || || || || ||
|-
! Animal personhood
| || || || || || || style="color:forestgreen;|'''+10''' || style="color:firebrick;|'''-10''' || || || style="background-color:#d5d9db" |{{Good|+10}} || style="color:firebrick;|'''-10''' || || ||
|-
! Rancher
| || || || || || || style="color:firebrick;|'''-30''' || || || || style="color:firebrick;|'''-10''' ||style="background-color:#d5d9db" | || || ||
|-
! Pain is virtue
| || || || || || || || || || || || || style="background-color:#d5d9db" |{{Good|+10}} || || style="color:forestgreen;|'''+10'''
|-
! Nudism
| || || || || || || || || || || || || || style="background-color:#d5d9db" |{{Good|+10}} ||
|-
! Cannibal
| style="color:firebrick;|'''-10''' || || || style="color:forestgreen;|'''+10''' || || || || || || || || || style="color:forestgreen;|'''+10''' || || style="background-color:#d5d9db" |{{Good|+10}}
|}

== Precepts ==
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Associated precepts have a chance to appear if a meme is present, but can still be removed if not required.

Some precepts are available to all ideologies, some require at least one of the enabling memes, and some may be unavailable if certain memes are present.

=== Present in every ideoligion ===
There are 19 issues (precept categories) that are present in every ideoligion and may not be removed. However, their level may be changed. They include "basic" precepts from the base game, used in "Play Classic".

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Issue !! Precept !! Description !! Requirement !! Associated !! Effects

|- id="Blindness"
! rowspan="4"| Blindness [[File:Blindness.png|64px]]
| Horrible || Blinding people for ideoligious reasons is horrible. || Not [[#Blindsight|Blindsight]] || || Colonists gain Mood: Someone got blinded: -2 unless they have the Psychopath or Bloodlust traits
|-
| Respected || To be blind is a moral thing worthy of respect. || [[#Blindsight|Blindsight]] || [[#Blindsight|Blindsight]] || Colonists gain Moods: Blind (+5), Vision Blocked (+2), or Was Blinded (+3). They also gain a +10 Opinion bonus towards blind pawns, or a -2 Opinion malus to sighted pawns.
|-
| Elevated || The blind stand pure above the sighted. || [[#Blindsight|Blindsight]] || [[#Blindsight|Blindsight]] || Moods as Respected, but Blind increases to +10 and Was Blinded to +5. Half-Blind (+1) and Not Blind (-3) are added. Opinion bonus towards blind pawns increases to +35 and malus towards sighted pawns increases to -10. Opinion bonus towards half-blind pawns is added (+10).
|-
| Sublime || Only the blind can be truly noble, for the sighted find their minds clouded by physical vision. || [[#Blindsight|Blindsight]] || [[#Blindsight|Blindsight]] || Moods as Elevated, but Blind increases to +15, Was Blinded to +6. Half-Blind drops to -1, and Not Blind to -6. Opinion bonus towards blind pawns increases to +50 and malus towards sighted pawns increases to -30.

|- id="Cannibalism"
! rowspan="7" | Cannibalism [[File:Cannibalism.png|64px]]
| Abhorrent || Eating human flesh is a deeply abhorrent and disgusting act. || || || -20 mood for eating human meat -12 mood for butchering a human -5 mood for a human butchered in the colony -20 opinion for butchering a human -10 opinion for eating human meat -2, -4, -6, -8 mood for 1, 2, 3, 4 human leather clothing
|-
| Horrible || Eating human flesh is a horrible thing to do. || || || -12 mood for eating human meat -6 mood for butchering a human -3 mood for a human butchered in the colony -10 opinion for butchering a human -5 opinion for eating human meat -2, -3, -5, -6 mood for 1, 2, 3, 4 human leather clothing
|-
| Disapproved || Eating human flesh is an ugly thing to do. || || [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] || -5 mood for eating human meat -3 mood for butchering a human -1 mood for a human butchered in the colony -5 opinion for butchering a human -3 opinion for eating human meat -1, -2, -3, -4 mood for 1, 2, 3, 4 human leather clothing
|-
| Acceptable || Human meat is just meat, like any other. || || [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] ||'''Mood:''' Nullifies {{Thought|desc=I saw a dead body laying on the ground. It was disturbing.|label=observed corpse|value=-4|stack=3|multi=0.5|duration=0.5}}
|-
| Preferred || To consume human meat is a noble and necessary part of life. || || [[#Cannibal|Cannibal]] || '''Mood:''' Nullifies {{Thought|desc=I saw a dead body laying on the ground. It was disturbing.|label=observed corpse|value=-4|stack=3|multi=0.5|duration=0.5}} +2 mood for eating human meat -2 mood for not eating human meat for ? days +1, +2, +3, +4 mood for 1, 2, 3, 4 human leather clothing
|-
| Required (strong) || Consuming human flesh is important. It should be in every meal. || [[#Cannibal|Cannibal]] || [[#Cannibal|Cannibal]] || '''Mood:''' Nullifies {{Thought|desc=I saw a dead body laying on the ground. It was disturbing.|label=observed corpse|value=-4|stack=3|multi=0.5|duration=0.5}} -2 mood for eating food without human meat -3 opinion for eating food without human meat +4 mood for eating human meat -4 mood for not eating human meat for ? days +2, +3, +5, +6 mood for 1, 2, 3, 4 human leather clothing
|-
| Required (ravenous) || Man-flesh is morality. To eat a meal without it is unthinkable. || [[#Cannibal|Cannibal]] || [[#Cannibal|Cannibal]] || '''Mood:''' Nullifies {{Thought|desc=I saw a dead body laying on the ground. It was disturbing.|label=observed corpse|value=-4|stack=3|multi=0.5|duration=0.5}} -4 mood for eating food without human meat -5 opinion for eating food without human meat +6 mood for eating human meat -8 mood for not eating human meat for ? days +2, +4, +6, +8 mood for 1, 2, 3, 4 human leather clothing

|- id="Corpses"
! rowspan="2" | Corpses [[File:Precept corpses.png|64px]]
| Ugly || The sight of a dead person is horrible. || || || '''Mood:''' Experiences default {{Thought|desc=I saw a dead body laying on the ground. It was disturbing.|label=observed corpse|value=-4|stack=3|multi=0.5|duration=0.5}} upon seeing a [[human]] [[corpse]]. Note that this thought is nullified by the [[Bloodlust]], [[Psychopath]], and [[Cannibal (Trait)|Cannibal]] traits, as well as pro-[[#Cannibalism|Cannibalism]] precepts. Experiences default {{Thought|desc=I saw a rotting corpse laying on the ground. It was disturbing.|label=observed rotting corpse|value=-6|stack=5|multi=0.5|duration=0.5}}
|-
| Don't care || The sight of a dead person is nothing to be concerned about. || [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] [[#Cannibal|Cannibal]] [[#Supremacist|Supremacist]] [[#Raider|Raider]] || [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] [[#Cannibal|Cannibal]] [[#Raider|Raider]] || '''Mood:''' Nullifies {{Thought|desc=I saw a dead body laying on the ground. It was disturbing.|label=observed corpse|value=-4|stack=3|multi=0.5|duration=0.5}} Nullifies {{Thought|desc=I saw a rotting corpse laying on the ground. It was disturbing.|label=observed rotting corpse|value=-6|stack=5|multi=0.5|duration=0.5}}

|- id="Diversity of thought"
! rowspan="7" | Diversity of thought [[File:IdeoDiversity.png|64px]]
| Intense bigotry || Other beliefs are evil deceptions ruining the world. It's totally unacceptable to let them exist in the community. || || [[#Loyalist|Loyalist]] [[#Proselytizer|Proselytizer]] || -3, -6, or -9 mood for having other ideologies in the colony +3 for having all colonists of the same ideology -25 opinion for different ideology -5 mood for having a leader of a different ideoligion -4 mood for having another ideoligion's altar in the same room as own ideoligion's +5 mood for matching style surroundings -4 mood for mismatching style surroundings -6 mood for participating in another ideoligion's ritual
|-
| Moderate bigotry || Other beliefs are immoral delusions which do real harm. It's bad to let them exist in the community. || || [[#Loyalist|Loyalist]] [[#Proselytizer|Proselytizer]] || -2, -4, or -6 mood for having other ideologies in the colony +2 for having all colonists of the same ideology -15 opinion for different ideology -4 mood for having a leader of a different ideoligion -2 mood for having another ideoligion's altar in the same room as own ideoligion's +4 mood for matching style surroundings -3 mood for mismatching style surroundings -4 mood for participating in another ideoligion's ritual
|-
| Mild bigotry || Other beliefs are clearly folly. It's not good to let them exist in the community. || || [[#Loyalist|Loyalist]] [[#Proselytizer|Proselytizer]] || -1, -2, or -3 mood for having other ideologies in the colony +1 for having all colonists of the same ideology -5 opinion for different ideology -3 mood for having a leader of a different ideoligion -1 mood for having another ideoligion's altar in the same room as own ideoligion's +3 mood for matching style surroundings -2 mood for mismatching style surroundings -3 mood for participating in another ideoligion's ritual
|-
| Neutral || Other beliefs are neither approved or disapproved. || || || -2 mood for having a leader of a different ideoligion +2 mood for matching style surroundings 0 mood for mismatching style surroundings
|-
| Appreciated || Other beliefs are worth understanding. It's good to live with others who think differently. || || [[#Individualist|Individualist]] || +1, +2, or +3 mood for having other ideologies in the colony 0 mood for matching style surroundings +2 mood for mismatching style surroundings
|-
| Highly appreciated || Other beliefs hold unique knowledge. It's great to live with others who think differently. || [[#Individualist|Individualist]] || [[#Individualist|Individualist]] || +2, +4, or +6 mood for having other ideologies in the colony 0 mood for matching style surroundings +3 mood for mismatching style surroundings
|-
| Exalted || Working through disagreement is the height of morality. It's very moral to live with others who think differently. || [[#Individualist|Individualist]] || [[#Individualist|Individualist]] || +3, +6, or +9 mood for having other ideologies in the colony 0 mood for matching style surroundings +4 mood for mismatching style surroundings

|- id="Eating nutrient paste"
! rowspan="2" | Eating Nutrient Paste [[File:EatingNutrientPaste.png|64px]]
| Disgusting || Nutrient paste is disgusting. || || || '''Mood:''' Experiences default {{Thought|desc=I had to eat a disgusting, tasteless meal. I know it keeps you alive, but nobody wants to swallow that glop.|label=ate nutrient paste meal|value=-4|stack=1|duration=1}} Note that this thought is nullified by the [[ascetic]] trait.
|-
| Don't mind || There's nothing wrong with a meal of efficient, healthy nutrient paste. || [[#Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] [[#Inhuman|Inhuman]] || [[#Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] || '''Mood:''' Prevents {{Thought|desc=I had to eat a disgusting, tasteless meal. I know it keeps you alive, but nobody wants to swallow that glop.|label=ate nutrient paste meal|value=-4|stack=1|}}

|- id="Execution"
! rowspan=6 | Execution [[File:Execution.png|64px]]
| Always abhorrent || Executing a prisoner is an abhorrent evil under any circumstances. || Not [[#Pain is virtue|pain is virtue]] || [[#Individualist|Individualist]] || Pawns will not execute prisoners -20 mood for 6 days for killing a prisoner -3/-4/-6/-7/-7 mood for 6 days for guilty execution/euthanasia/execution/organ harvest/ripscanning kill on a colonist -3/-4/-6/-7/-7 mood for 6 days for guilty execution/euthanasia/execution/organ harvest/ripscanning kill on a prisoner or guest -7 mood for 6 days for non-execution prisoner death -25 opinion for executing a prisoner -25 opinion for killing a prisoner{{Check Tag|Moods need verification}}
|-
| Always horrible || Executing a prisoner is a horrible thing under any circumstances. || Not [[#Pain is virtue|pain is virtue]] Not [[#Cannibal|cannibal]] || [[#Individualist|Individualist]] || -15 mood for 6 days for killing or executing a prisoner -2/-3/-5/-6 mood for 6 days for guilty execution/euthanasia/execution/organ harvest kill on a colonist -2/-3/-5/-6 mood for 6 days for guilty execution/euthanasia/execution/organ harvest kill on a prisoner or guest -5 mood for 6 days for non-execution guilty prisoner death -15 opinion for executing a prisoner -15 opinion for killing a prisoner{{Check Tag|Moods need verification}}
|-
| Horrible if innocent || Executing an innocent prisoner is a horrible thing. If the prisoner is guilty, it's acceptable. || Not [[#Cannibal|cannibal]] || || -15 mood for 6 days for killing or executing an innocent prisoner -2/-3/-5/-6 mood for 6 days for guilty execution/euthanasia/execution/organ harvest kill on a colonist -2/-3/-5/-6 mood for 6 days for guilty execution/euthanasia/execution/organ harvest kill on a prisoner or guest -5 mood for 6 days for non-execution guilty prisoner death -30 opinion for executing an innocent prisoner -15 opinion for killing an innocent prisoner{{Check Tag|Moods need verification}}
|-
| Don't care || Executing prisoners is acceptable, whether they are guilty or innocent. || || ||
|-
| Respected if guilty || Executing prisoners is acceptable. If the prisoner is guilty, it is cause for great happiness. || || [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] [[#Collectivist|Collectivist]] || +10 mood for 6 days for executing a guilty prisoner +3 mood for 6 days for a guilty prisoner executed +20 opinion for executing a guilty prisoner
|-
| Required || Prisoners must be executed on a regular basis. When they are, it is a happy occasion. || || [[#Supremacist|Supremacist]] [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] || +10 mood for 6 days for executing a prisoner +10 mood for killing a prisoner +3 mood for 2 days for prisoner or guest executed -3 mood for no executions for 30 days +15 opinion for executing a prisoner +15 opinion for killing a prisoner

|- id="Fungus"
! rowspan="2" | Fungus [[File:Fungus.png|64px]]
| Despised || That dark-grown fungus food is just disgusting || Not [[#Tunneler|Tunneler]] || || Ate [[raw fungus|fungus]] raw: -6 Ate fungus cooked: -3
|-
| Preferred || Fungus is the right crop to eat. Crops of the light are poisoned by the air and sun. || [[#Tunneler|Tunneler]] || [[#Tunneler|Tunneler]] || Ate [[raw fungus|fungus]]: +3 Ate cooked fungus: +3 Ate non-fungus plant raw: -5 Ate non-fungus plant cooked: -3

|- id="Insect meat"
! rowspan="2" | Insect Meat [[File:InsectMeat.png|64px]]
| Despised || Insect meat is disgusting to even look at, much less eat. Slimy! || || || -6 mood for eating insect meat -3 mood for eating cooked insect meat
|-
| Loved || There is nothing more divine than the succulent, slimy flesh of an insect || || || Gives a +6 moodlet when pawns eat meals with insect meat as an ingredient, duration 1 day.

|- id="Marriage name"
! rowspan="6" | Marriage Name [[File:MarriageName.png|64px]]
| Always Man's || Couples must share the man's name. || || [[#Male Supremacy|Male supremacy]] || Couples always take man's name
|-
| Usually Man's || Most couples share the man's name || || || As random, but 95% to not consider taking woman's name and 75% to not consider keeping names
|-
| Random || Couples randomly choose whether to share a name, and which name to share. || || || Couples randomly select between taking man's, woman's, or keeping names
|-
| Keep Names || Both partners keep their names upon marriage. || Not [[#Collectivist|Collectivist]] || || Couples always keep their names
|-
| Usually Woman's || Most couples share the woman's name || || || As random, but 95% to not consider taking man's name and 75% to not consider keeping names
|-
| Always Woman's || Couples must share the woman's name. || || [[#Female supremacy|Female supremacy]] || Couples always take woman's name

|- id="Female clothing"
! rowspan=7 | Female Clothing [[File:Nudity Female.png|64px]]
| Fully nude || Women must be entirely nude at all times. Utility items like shields belts or jump packs are acceptable. || || [[#Male supremacy|Male supremacy]] [[#Nudism|Nudism]] || -4 mood when wearing any clothing and for 0.5 days after removing it -5 opinion for wearing clothes
|-
| Pants at most || Women should cover their groin, but may not cover anything else. Utility items like shields belts or jump packs are acceptable. || || [[#Nudism|Nudism]] || -4 mood when wearing any clothing except pants and for 0.5 days after removing it -4 mood for not covering groin -5 opinion for wearing clothes other than pants -10 opinion for uncovered groin
|-
| No rules || A woman may display or cover any part of her body. || || [[#Individualist|Individualist]] ||
|-
| Pants || Women must cover their groin. The rest of the body may be covered, or not. || || || -4 mood for not covering groin -10 opinion for uncovered groin
|-
| Pants and shirt || Women must cover their groin and chest. The rest of the body may be covered, or not. || || || -4 mood for not covering groin or chest -10 opinion for uncovered groin or chest
|-
| Pants, shirt, and hat || Women must cover their entire body and hair. The face may be covered, or not. || || [[#Male supremacy|Male supremacy]] || -4 mood for not covering groin, chest, or hair -10 opinion for uncovered groin, chest, or hair
|-
| Fully covered || Women must cover their entire body, including their hair and face. || || [[#Male supremacy|Male supremacy]] || -4 mood for not covering groin, chest, hair, or face -10 opinion for uncovered groin, chest, hair, or face

|- id="Male clothing"
! rowspan=7 | Male Clothing [[File:Nudity Male.png|64px]]
| Fully nude || Men must be entirely nude at all times. Utility items like shields belts or jump packs are acceptable. || || [[#Female supremacy|Female supremacy]] [[#Nudism|Nudism]] || -4 mood when wearing any clothing and for 0.5 days after removing it -5 opinion for wearing clothes
|-
| Pants at most || Men should cover their groin, but may not cover anything else. Utility items like shields belts or jump packs are acceptable. || || [[#Nudism|Nudism]] || -4 mood when wearing any clothing except pants and for 0.5 days after removing it -4 mood for not covering groin -5 opinion for wearing clothes other than pants -10 opinion for uncovered groin
|-
| No rules || A man may display or cover any part of his body. || || [[#Individualist|Individualist]] ||
|-
| Pants || Men must cover their groin. The rest of the body may be covered, or not. || || || -4 mood for not covering groin -10 opinion for uncovered groin
|-
| Pants and shirt || Men must cover their groin and chest. The rest of the body may be covered, or not. || || || -4 mood for not covering groin or chest -10 opinion for uncovered groin or chest
|-
| Pants, shirt, and hat || Men must cover their entire body and hair. The face may be covered, or not. || || [[#Female supremacy|Female supremacy]] || -4 mood for not covering groin, chest, or hair -10 opinion for uncovered groin, chest, or hair
|-
| Fully covered || Men must cover their entire body, including their hair and face. || || [[#Female supremacy|Female supremacy]] || -4 mood for not covering groin, chest, hair, or face -10 opinion for uncovered groin, chest, hair, or face

|- id="Organ use"
! rowspan=4 | Organ use [[File:OrganUse.png|64px]]
| Totally abhorrent || Any harvesting, trading, or installing natural organs is an abhorrent evil. || || Flesh purity || -30 mood for harvesting someone's organ -10 mood for organ harvested in the colony -30 mood for trading an organ -5 mood for organ traded in the colony -30 mood for installing an organ -4 mood for organ installed in the colony -30 opinion for harvesting an organ -30 opinion for trading an organ -15 opinion for installing an organ
|-
| No harvest or sell || Harvesting organs is a horrible thing. Selling any natural organ is pretty bad too. However, it's okay to buy and install them. || || Flesh purity || -15 mood for harvesting someone's organ -5 mood for organ harvested in the colony -8 mood for selling an organ -2 mood for organ sold in the colony -20 opinion for harvesting an organ -10 opinion for selling an organ
|-
| No harvest || Harvesting organs is a horrible thing. However, it's okay to buy, install, or sell them. || || Cannibal Raider Collectivist || -15 mood for harvesting someone's organ -5 mood for organ harvested in the colony -20 opinion for harvesting an organ
|-
| Acceptable || It's okay to harvest, buy, install, or sell organs. || || Cannibal Raider Collectivist ||

|- id="Physical love"
! rowspan="7" | Physical Love [[File:PhysicalLove.png|64px]]
| Free || Physical intimacy is a natural part of life, with any partner, married or not. || || Individualist
|-
| Prohibited || The physical act of lust is always vile, disgusting, and wrong. || || [[#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]] [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] || Pawns will not share beds -30 mood for 1 day for lovin' -20 opinion for lovin'
|-
| Horrible || The physical act of lust is vile, though within marriage it is necessary. || || [[#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]] [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] || Pawns will not share beds with non-spouses -30 mood for 1 day for lovin' with non-spouse -20 opinion for lovin' with non-spouse -5 mood for 1 day for lovin' with spouse -5 opinion for lovin' with spouse
|-
| Spouse only (strict) || To make love with another outside of marriage is deeply immoral. || || || Pawns will not share beds with non-spouses -30 mood for 1 day for lovin' with non-spouse -20 opinion for lovin' with non-spouse
|-
| Spouse only (moderate) || To make love with another outside of marriage is wrong. || || || Pawns will not share beds with non-spouses -15 mood for 1 day for lovin' with non-spouse -10 opinion for lovin' with non-spouse
|-
| Spouse only (mild) || Though it's understandable to make love with another outside of marriage, it's not a good thing. || || || Pawns will not share beds with non-spouses -5 mood for 1 day for lovin' with non-spouse -5 opinion for lovin' with non-spouse
|-
| Free and approved || The physical act of love is a noble thing, no matter who does it with whom. || Not [[#Flesh purity|flesh purity]] || [[#Individualist|Individualist]] || +5 opinion for loving'

|- id="Research"
! rowspan="7"| Research [[File:Research.png|64px]]
| Not allowed || To research technology is an immoral act. It is not to be done. || || || '''Prohibition:''' Pawns are unwilling to research.
|-
| Extremely slow || Research isn't a worthwhile activity at all. Why try hard at it? || || || '''Stats:''' [[Research Speed]]: {{Bad|x0.25}}
|-
| Very slow || Research work is unworthy of serious respect. Better not to be seen trying hard at it. || || || '''Stats:''' [[Research Speed]]: {{Bad|x0.50}}
|-
| Slow || Research work just isn't particularly meaningful. Why try hard at it? || || || '''Stats:''' [[Research Speed]]: {{Bad|x0.75}}
|-
| Normal || Research is a worthwhile form of work that the community needs. || || || '''Stats:''' [[Research Speed]]: '''×1.00'''
|-
| Fast || Research is an especially virtuous activity. || || || '''Stats:''' [[Research Speed]]: {{Good|x1.25}}
|-
| Very fast || Research is among the most meaningful acts a person can perform. || || || '''Stats:''' [[Research Speed]]: {{Good|x1.50}}

|- id="Scarification"
! rowspan="4"| Scarification [[File:Scarification.png|64px]]
| Extreme || Every person ought to bear the ritual scars - all over. || [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] || || +6 mood for getting scarified +3 mood for having 5 scars -3 mood for having fewer than 5 scars +10 opinion for having 5 scars -5 opinion for having 1-4 scars -10 opinion for having no scars
|-
| Heavy || Every person ought to bear the ritual scars - many of them. || [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] || || +5 mood for getting scarified +2 mood for having 3 scars -2 mood for having fewer than 3 scars +5 opinion for having 3 scars -3 opinion for having 1-2 scars -5 opinion for having no scars
|-
| Minor || Every person ought to bear a ritual scar. || [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] || || +3 mood for getting scarified +1 mood for having a scar -1 mood for having no scars +3 opinion for having a scar -3 opinion for having no scars
|-
| Horrible || Scarifying people for ideoligious reasons is horrible. || Not [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] || || -2 mood for scarification ceremony in the colony

|- id="Skullspike"
! rowspan="2" | Skullspike [[File:Precept skullspike.png|64px]]
| Desired || A skull on a spike symbolizes our superiority. || || [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] [[#Supremacist|Supremacist]] [[#Raider|Raider]] || Adds a mood increase of {{+|1}} for 1-3 [[Skullspike|skullspikes]], {{+|2}} for 4-8 skullspikes, and {{+|3}} for 9+ skullspikes. Mood effects negated by the [[Masochist]] trait.
|-
| Disapproved || Putting skulls on spikes is a barbaric practice. || Not [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] Not [[#Supremacist|Supremacist]] Not [[#Raider|Raider]] || || Adds a mood malus of {{--|1}} for 1-3 [[Skullspike|skullspikes]], {{--|2}} for 4-8 skullspikes, and {{--|3}} for 9+ skullspikes. Mood effects negated by the [[Masochist]] trait.

|- id="Slavery"
! rowspan="5" | Slavery [[File:Slavery.png|64px]]
| Abhorrent || Owning or trading human beings is deeply evil. || Not [[#Raider|raider]] || [[#Guilty|Guilty]] [[#Individualist|Individualist]] || '''Prohibitions:''' Pawns will not sell pawns into [[slavery]] Pawns will not enslave [[prisoners]] '''Mood:''' {{Thought|desc=We solve{{sic}} someone into slavery. It was an abhorrent, barbaric act.|label=slave sold|value=-10|stack=5|multi=0.75|duration=6}} (Colony wide). Does not apply to quest lodgers. {{Thought|desc=We're keeping slaves. It's barbaric.|label=slaves in colony|value=-3}}, per slave. Does not apply to quest lodgers. '''Opinion:''' {{--|20}} for selling a pawn into slavery {{--|20}} opinion for enslaving a pawn
|-
| Horrible || Owning or trading human beings is a horrible thing. || Not [[#Raider|raider]] || [[#Guilty|Guilty]] [[#Individualist|Individualist]] || '''Mood:''' {{Thought|desc=We're keeping slaves. It's wrong.|label=slaves in colony|value=-2}}, per [[slave]]. Does not apply to quest lodgers. {{Thought|desc=I sold a person into slavery. I'm not sure I can forgive myself.|label=sold slave|value=-10|stack=1|duration=6}} {{Thought|desc=I forced someone into slavery. How can I justify that?|label=enslaved prisoner|value=-10|stack=1|duration=6}} (Only if they weren't previously enslaved) {{Thought|desc=We sold someone into slavery. What a horrible thing to do.|label=slave sold|value=-3|stack=5|multi=0.75|duration=6}} (Colony wide). Does not apply to quest lodgers. {{Thought|desc=We enslaved someone. What a horrible thing to do to another human.|label=prisoner enslaved|value=-3|stack=5|multi=0.75|duration=6}} (Colony wide). Does not apply to quest lodgers. '''Opinion:''' {{--|10}} for selling a pawn into slavery {{--|10}} opinion for enslaving a pawn
|-
| Disapproved || Slavery is part of life, though it is extremely distasteful. || Not [[#Raider|raider]] || [[#Guilty|Guilty]] [[#Individualist|Individualist]] || '''Mood:''' {{Thought|desc=We're keeping slaves. Even if it's necessary, it's distasteful and I wish we wouldn't.|label=slaves in colony|value=-1}}, per [[slave]]. Does not apply to quest lodgers. {{Thought|desc=I sold a person into slavery. I hope nothing terrible happens to them.|label=sold slave|value=-5|stack=1|duration=6}} {{Thought|desc=I enslaved a person. It's hard to justify such actions.|label=enslaved prisoner|value=-5|stack=1|duration=6}} (Only if they weren't previously enslaved) {{Thought|desc=We sold a person into slavery. We shouldn't have done that.|label=slave sold|value=-2|stack=5|multi=0.75|duration=6}} (Colony wide). Does not apply to quest lodgers. {{Thought|desc=We enslaved someone. We shouldn't have done that.|label=prisoner enslaved|value=-2|stack=5|multi=0.75|duration=6}} (Colony wide). Does not apply to quest lodgers. '''Opinion:''' {{--|5}} for selling a pawn into slavery {{--|5}} opinion for enslaving a pawn
|-
| Acceptable || Slavery is a normal, unremarkable part of life. || || || ''No mood or opinion effects for enslaving, buying, or selling slaves.'' Faction will accept slaves when being traded with.
|-
| Honorable || One who owns and trades slaves should be honored and respected. || Not [[#Guilty|guilty]] Not [[#Individualist|individualist]] || [[#Supremacist|Supremacist]] [[#Collectivist|Collectivist]] [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] || '''Mood:''' {{Thought|desc=We've got slaves. It means we're on the right path.|label=slaves in colony|value=+1}}, per [[slave]] {{Thought|desc=Without slaves, nobody will respect us.|label=no slaves in colony|value=-2|stack=1}}, if Low [[expectations]] or higher {{Thought|desc=I sold someone into slavery. It'll make people notice my stature.|label=sold slave|value=+4|stack=1|duration=6}} {{Thought|desc=I took someone into slavery. With no choice, they had to submit to me.|label=enslaved prisoner|value=+4|stack=1|duration=6}} (Only if they weren't previously enslaved) {{Thought|desc=We sold someone into slavery! A great display of our honor and power.|label=slave sold|value=+2|stack=5|multi=0.75|duration=6}} (Colony wide) {{Thought|desc=We enslaved someone. Now they know our honor and power!|label=prisoner enslaved|value=+2|stack=5|multi=0.75|duration=6}} (Colony wide) '''Opinion:''' {{+|10}} for selling a pawn into slavery {{+|10}} opinion for enslaving a pawn Faction will accept slaves when being traded with.
|- id="Women's spouses"
! rowspan=5 | Women's spouses [[File:SpouseCountFemale.png|64px]]
| One only || Women may have one spouse only. || || ||
|-
| Two or fewer || Women may have up to two spouses. || || [[#Female Supremacy|Female supremacy]] ||
|-
| Three or fewer || Women may have up to three spouses. || || [[#Female Supremacy|Female supremacy]] ||
|-
| Four or fewer || Women may have up to four spouses. || || [[#Female Supremacy|Female supremacy]] ||
|-
| Unlimited || Women may have as many spouses as they like. || || [[#Female Supremacy|Female supremacy]] ||

|- id="Men's spouses"
! rowspan=5 | Men's spouses [[File:SpouseCountMale.png|64px]]
| One only || Men may have one spouse only. || || ||
|-
| Two or fewer || Men may have up to two spouses. || || [[#Male Supremacy|Male supremacy]] ||
|-
| Three or fewer || Men may have up to three spouses. || || [[#Male Supremacy|Male supremacy]] ||
|-
| Four or fewer || Men may have up to four spouses. || || [[#Male Supremacy|Male supremacy]] ||
|-
| Unlimited || Men may have as many spouses as they like. || || [[#Male Supremacy|Male supremacy]] ||
|}

=== Optional ===
These precepts can be added through memes or by player choice.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Issue !! Precept !! Description !! Requirement !! Associated !! Effects
|- id="Slaughtering animals"
! rowspan="3"| Slaughtering animals [[File:AnimalSlaughter.png|64px]]
| Prohibited || Slaughtering animals is absolutely prohibited. || || [[#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]] [[#Nature Primacy|Nature primacy]] || '''Prohibitions:''' Slaughter animal '''Mood:'''
* {{Thought|desc=Someone slaughtered an animal! A tragic loss of a unique life.|label=animal slaughtered|value=-4|duration=6|stacks=5|multi=0.75}}
'''Opinions:''' Slaughtered animal: {{Bad|-10}}
|-
| Horrible || To slaughter an animal is a horrible thing. || || [[#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]] [[#Nature Primacy|Nature primacy]] || '''Mood:'''
* {{Thought|desc=I had to slaughter an animal! It was horrible to snuff out a mind like that.|label=slaughtered animal|value=-15|duration=6|stacks=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=Someone slaughtered an animal! What a horrible thing, to snuff out a mind like that.|label=animal slaughtered|value=-2|duration=6|stacks=5|multi=0.75}}
'''Opinions:''' Slaughtered animal: {{Bad|-5}}
|-
| Disapproved || To slaughter an animal is an ugly thing. || || [[#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]] [[#Nature Primacy|Nature primacy]] || '''Mood:'''
* {{Thought|desc=I had to slaughter an animal. It was an ugly thing to do.|label=slaughtered animal|value=-5|duration=6|stacks=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=Someone slaughtered an animal. It's a sad thing.|label=animal slaughtered|value=-1|duration=6|stacks=5|multi=0.75}}
'''Opinions:''' Slaughtered animal: {{Bad|-3}}
|- id="Apostasy"
! rowspan="3"| Apostasy [[File:Apostasy.png|64px]]
| Abhorrent || To leave our ideoligion after having known it is the depth of immorality. || Not [[#Guilty|Guilty]] || [[#Loyalist|Loyalist]] [[#Proselytizer|Proselytizer]] || '''Opinions:''' 
*Changed ideoligion: {{Bad|-30}} 
*Apostate: {{Bad|-10}} 
'''Stats:'''
* [[Global Certainty Loss Factor]]: {{Good|×40%}}
|-
| Horrible || To leave our ideoligion after having known it indicates deep moral flaws. || Not [[#Guilty|Guilty]] || [[#Loyalist|Loyalist]] [[#Proselytizer|Proselytizer]] || '''Opinions:''' 
*Changed ideoligion: {{bad|-15}} 
*Apostate: {{Bad|-5}} 
'''Stats:'''
* [[Global Certainty Loss Factor]]: {{Good|×60%}}
|-
| Disapproved || To leave our ideoligion after having known it indicates character flaws. || Not [[#Guilty|Guilty]] || [[#Loyalist|Loyalist]] [[#Proselytizer|Proselytizer]] || '''Opinions:''' 
*Changed ideoligion: {{Bad|-8}} 
*Apostate: {{Bad|-3}} 
'''Stats:'''
* [[Global Certainty Loss Factor]]: {{Good|×80%}}
|- id="Autonomous weapons"
! rowspan="3"| Autonomous weapons [[File:AutonomousWeapons.png|64px]]
| Prohibited || Allowing a machine to decide to kill is an absolutely inhuman thing to do. || || [[#Nature primacy|Nature primacy]] || Cannot build Turrets Colonists gain Mood: {{Thought|desc=We use automated weapons. It's absolutely abhorrent to give life-and-death decisions to a machine.|label=automated weapons|value=-12|stack=1}}
|-
| Horrible || Allowing a machine to decide to kill is a terrible thing. || || [[#Nature primacy|Nature primacy]] || Colonists gain Mood: {{Thought|desc=We use automated weapons. It's horrible to give life-and-death decisions to a machine.|label=automated weapons|value=-8|stack=1}}
|-
| Disapproved || Allowing a machine to decide to kill is an ugly thing. || || [[#Nature primacy|Nature primacy]] || Colonists gain Mood: {{Thought|desc=We use automated weapons. It's really ugly to give life-and-death decision to a machine.|label=automated weapons|value=-4|stack=1}}
|- id="Body modification"
! rowspan="3"| Body modification [[File:BodyModifications.png|64px]]
| Abhorrent || To modify the natural human body is a flagrant violation of clear moral laws. || Not [[#Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] || [[#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]] || '''Mood''':
* {{Thought|desc=I had to install an artificial body enhancement. This was deeply offensive to my beliefs.|label=installed enhancement|value=-30|duration=6}}
* {{Thought|desc=I have an artificial body enhancement. It's an abhorrent offense against everything I believe!|label=artificial enhancement|value=-18|duration=6}}
'''Opinion:''' {{Bad|-10}} against anyone that installed a prosthetic or artificial part, {{Bad|-5}} against anyone with a prosthetic or artificial part. 
These do not apply if the pawn is not a Body Modder. Xenogenes trigger this mood penalty if they are not inheritable.
|-
| Disapproved || To modify the natural human body is an ugly, dirty act. || Not [[#Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] || [[#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]] || '''Mood''':
* {{Thought|desc=I had to install an artificial body enhancement. This was clearly against my beliefs.|label=installed enhancement|value=-5|duration=6}}
* {{Thought|desc=I have an artificial body enhancement. I don't believe such things are acceptable.|label=artificial enhancement|value=-4|duration=6}}
'''Opinion:''' {{Bad|-5}} against anyone that installed a prosthetic or artificial part, {{Bad|-3}} against anyone with a prosthetic or artificial part. 
These do not apply if the pawn is not a Body Modder. Xenogenes trigger this mood penalty if they are not inheritable.
|-
| Approved || Humans should strive to reach our full potential by improving our flawed natural bodies. || Not [[#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]] || [[#Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] || '''Mood:'''
* {{Thought|desc=I don't have any artificial body enhancements. It's against my beliefs to be so unenhanced.|label=no artificial enhancement|value=-3|stack=1}} at or above moderate expectations, nullified by Boddy purist.
* {{Thought|desc=This artificial enhancement matches my belief.|label=transhumanist modded|value=1|stack=1}} for 1 artificial part.
* {{Thought|desc=The more artificial enhancements I get, the stronger my expression of my beliefs.|label=transhumanist connected|value=1|stack=1}} for 2 artificial part.
* {{Thought|desc=My connection to my belief is increased by my third artificial enhancement. But I could use more.|label=transhumanist enhanced|value=2|stack=1}} for 3 artificial part.
* {{Thought|desc=Only two more artificial enhancements are required to fully synchronize with my beliefs.|label=transhumanist synchronized|value=2|stack=1}} for 4 artificial part.
* {{Thought|desc=Five artificial enhancements! I'm beginning to feel perfect integration with my beliefs.|label=transhumanist integrated|value=3|stack=1}} for 5 artificial part.
* {{Thought|desc=It's as though I've left the weak flesh behind.|label=transhumanist transformed|value=3|stack=1}} for 5+ artificial part.
All bonus disabled for Body Modder. 
{{Bad|-3}} opinion for zero artificial parts if expectations ≥ Moderate (disabled for Body Purist) {{Check Tag|Xenogenes?|Xenogens count as artificial for body modder/purist traits, do they also count for ideo?}}
|- id="Charity"
! rowspan=3| Charity [[File:Charity.png|64px]]
| Essential || We must always be charitable to those in need. To refuse one would be an inhuman act, no matter the circumstances. || Not [[#Supremacist|supremacist]] Not [[#Pain is virtue|pain is virtue]] || [[#Guilty|Guilty]] || -8 mood for refusing to help on a charity quest<ref group="Optional precepts" name="Charity quest">Charity quest is one marked as such in the quest log, and includes: beggars, relic pilgrims, joining wanderer, crashing shuttle, pod crash refugee, refugees, chased noble, and joining wanderer in danger</ref> -12 mood for attacking beggars or pilgrims +4 mood for helping on a charity quest<ref group="Optional precepts" name="Charity quest"/>
|-
| Important || It's important to be charitable to those in need. Refusing to help is a terrible act. || Not [[#Supremacist|supremacist]] Not [[#Pain is virtue|pain is virtue]] || [[#Guilty|Guilty]] || -4 mood for refusing to help on a charity quest<ref group="Optional precepts" name="Charity quest"/> -8 mood for attacking beggars or pilgrims +2 mood for helping on a charity quest<ref group="Optional precepts" name="Charity quest"/>
|-
| Worthwhile || Helping those in need is a good thing. It makes the community stronger. || Not [[#Supremacist|supremacist]] Not [[#Pain is virtue|pain is virtue]] || [[#Guilty|Guilty]] || -2 mood for refusing to help on a charity quest<ref group="Optional precepts" name="Charity quest"/> -6 mood for attacking beggars or pilgrims +1 mood for helping on a charity quest<ref group="Optional precepts" name="Charity quest"/>
|- id="Drug use"
! rowspan=4| Drug use [[File:DrugUse.png|64px]]
| Prohibited || The body should absolutely not be poisoned by chemicals. The only exception is the use of medicine in direct medical care. || Not [[#High life|High life]] || [[#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]] [[#Collectivist|Collectivist]] || Pawns are unwilling to take or administer drugs 
* {{Thought|desc=I used a drug. Such chemicals in the body are a horrible offense against my beliefs.|label=used drug|value=-4|duration=3}}
* {{Thought|desc=I administered a drug. It was a horrible offense against my beliefs.|label=administered drug|value=-15|duration=3}}<ref group="Optional precepts" name="Drug use">As pawns with this precept are unwilling to administer drugs, this won't appear on normal gameplay.</ref>
{{Bad|-3}} opinion for consuming or administering a drug, for 5 days. 
None of the above applies to pawns with [[Traits#Chemical fascination|Chemical fascination]] or [[Traits#Chemical interest|Chemical interest]]
|-
| Medical only || Poisoning the body for recreational purposes is a deeply immoral act. || Not [[#High life|High life]] || [[#Collectivist|Collectivist]] || Pawns are unwilling to take or administer recreational drugs. 
* {{Thought|desc=I used a recreational drug. It was an offense against my beliefs.|label=used recreational drug|value=-15|duration=3}}
* {{Thought|desc=I administered a recreational drug. It was a horrible offense against my beliefs.|label=administered recreational drug|value=-15|duration=3}}
{{Bad|-5}} opinion for consuming or administering a recreational drug, for 5 days. 
None of the above applies to pawns with [[Traits#Chemical fascination|Chemical fascination]] or [[Traits#Chemical interest|Chemical interest]]
|-
| Medical or social only || A drink with a smoke is fine, especially with friends, but poisoning the body with powerful chemicals is wrong. || Not [[#High life|High life]] || [[#Collectivist|Collectivist]] || Pawns are unwilling to take or administer hard drugs.
* {{Thought|desc=I used a hard drug - not medical or even social. It was a horrible offense against my beliefs.|label=used hard drug|value=-15|duration=3}}
* {{Thought|desc=I administered a hard drug - not medical or even social. It was a horrible offense against my beliefs.|label=used hard drug|value=-15|duration=3}}
{{Bad|-8}} opinion for consuming or administering a hard drug, for 5 days. 
None of the above applies to pawns with [[Traits#Chemical fascination|Chemical fascination]] or [[Traits#Chemical interest|Chemical interest]]
|-
| Essential || Exotic states of mind are central to a good life. || [[#High life|High life]] || [[#High life|High life]]
| '''Stats:'''
* [[Drug Crop Harvest Yield]]: {{Good|×150%}}
* [[Drug Synthesis Speed]]: {{Good|×150%}}
* [[Drug Sell Price Improvement]]: {{+|10%}}
'''Moods''' (excludes [[Teetotaler]]s):
* {{Thought|desc=The right path goes through altered consciousness, and I am walking it.|label=high life|value=3|duration=0.75|stack=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=This is a hidden state.|label=high life|value=0|duration=0.25|stack=1}}. An invisible state.
* {{Thought|desc=I should be altering my consciousness. It's not right to be sober so long.|label=high life missing|value=-1|duration=1|stack=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=I should be altering my consciousness. It's not right to be sober so long.|label=high life missing|value=-10|duration=9|stack=1}}
The moods above are scaled linearly based on the time since last non-medical drug ingested. First a {{Good|+3}} mood that last 0.75 days, decaying to 0 over the course the following 0.25 days. At 2 days since last consumption, first mood penalty applies. This penalty will increase by {{Bad|-1}} each day without further consumption, reaching the maximum of {{Bad|-10}} at 11 days.
|- id="Combat in darkness"
! Combat in darkness [[File:DarknessCombat.png|64px]]
| Preferred || We fight better in the dark. || Not [[#Blindsight|blindsight]] || [[#Darkness|Darkness]]
| '''Stats:'''
* [[Shooting Accuracy]]:
** [[Shooting Accuracy Outdoors Dark|Outdoors Dark]] and [[Shooting Accuracy Indoors Dark|Indoors Dark]]: {{+|25%}}
** [[Shooting Accuracy Outdoors Lit|Outdoors Lit]] and [[Shooting Accuracy Indoors Lit|Indoors Lit]]: {{--|20%}}
* [[Melee Dodge Chance]]:
** [[Melee Dodge Chance Outdoors Night|Outdoors Night]] and [[Melee Dodge Chance Indoors Dark|Indoors Dark]]: {{+|10%}}
** [[Melee Dodge Chance Outdoors Day|Outdoors Day]] and [[Melee Dodge Chance Indoors Lit|Indoors Lit]]: {{--|10%}}
* [[Melee Hit Chance]]:
** [[Melee Hit Chance Outdoors Dark|Outdoors Dark]] and [[Melee Hit Chance Indoors Dark|Indoors Dark]]: {{+|10%}}
** [[Melee Hit Chance Outdoors Lit|Outdoors Lit]] and [[Melee Hit Chance Indoors Lit|Indoors Lit]]: {{--|10%}}
|- id="Cutting trees"
! rowspan=3 | Cutting trees [[File:Precept tree cutting.png|64px]]
| Prohibited || To violate the forest by cutting down a tree is a deeply abhorrent act and should never be done. || Not [[#Human primacy|Human primacy]] || [[#Nature primacy|Nature primacy]] || Disables logging camps. Pawns will not cut trees {{Thought|desc=We cut down a tree. Such things violations of nature should never be done.|label=tree felled|value=-4|stack=5|multi=0.75|duration=3}} for cutting a tree {{Thought|desc=We extracted a tree from the ground and then let it die. Such things violations of nature should never be done.|label=extracted tree died|value=-4|stack=5|multi=0.75|duration=3}} for an uprooted tree dying {{--|10}} opinion for cutting a tree
|-
| Horrible || To cut down a tree is a horrible act. || Not [[#Human primacy|Human primacy]] || [[#Nature primacy|Nature primacy]] || Disables logging camps. {{Thought|desc=I had to cut down a tree. It was wrong to scar nature this way.|label=tree felled|value=-10|stack=1|duration=3}} for cutting a tree {{Thought|desc=We cut down a tree. It's wrong to scar nature this way.|label=tree felled|value=-2|stack=5|multi=0.75|duration=3}} for a tree cut {{Thought|desc=We extracted a tree from the ground and let it die. It's wrong to scar nature this way.|label=extracted tree died|value=-2|stack=5|multi=0.75|duration=3}} for an uprooted tree dying {{--|5}} opinion for cutting a tree
|-
| Disapproved || To cut down a tree is a distasteful thing to do. || Not [[#Human primacy|Human primacy]] || [[#Nature primacy|Nature primacy]] || Disables logging camps. {{Thought|desc=I had to cut down a tree. It was wrong to scar nature this way.|label=tree felled|value=-5|stack=1|duration=3}} for cutting a tree {{Thought|desc=We cut down a tree. It wasn't good to harm nature this way.|label=tree felled|value=-1|stack=5|duration=3}} for a tree cut {{Thought|desc=We extracted a tree from the ground and let it die. It wasn't good to harm nature this way.|label=extracted tree died|value=-1|stack=5|multi=0.75|duration=3}} for an uprooted tree dying {{--|3}} opinion for cutting a tree
|- id="Killing innocent animals"
! rowspan="3" | Killing innocent animals [[File:KillingInnocentAnimals.png|64px]]
| Abhorrent || To kill an innocent animal is a horrifically inhuman act. Innocent animals are those who are not attacking, or who were only driven to attack by human provocation.<ref group="Optional precepts" name="Innocent animal">An animal is deemed innocent if: It isn't under a mental state, or the mental state was caused by damage (ex: Manhunter, PanicFlee) or psycast (ex: Berserk, Neuroquake psycast). The above excludes animals belonging to hostile factions, animals hunting humans (or animals belonging to a human faction), and animals with scaria.</ref> || Not [[#Human primacy|human primacy]] || [[#Nature primacy|Nature primacy]] [[#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]] || Disables hunting camps Pawns will not attack innocent animals {{Thought|desc=An innocent, adorable animal was killed! That's murder!|label=innocent animal killed|value=-4|stack=5|mult=0.75|duration=6}} if innocent animal is killed {{--|15}} opinion for killing innocent animal
|-
| Horrible || To kill an innocent animal is a horrible act. Innocent animals are those who are not attacking, or who were only driven to attack by human provocation. || Not [[#Human primacy|human primacy]] || [[#Nature primacy|Nature primacy]] [[#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]] || Disables hunting camps {{Thought|desc=I had to kill an innocent animal. It was almost like being forced to murder.|label=killed innocent {0}|value=-15|duration=6}} for killing an innocent animal {{Thought|desc=An innocent animal was killed. What a terrible, heartless act against another being.|label=innocent animal killed|value=-2|stack=5|mult=0.75|duration=6}} if innocent animal is killed {{--|10}} opinion for killing innocent animal
|-
| Disapproved || To kill an innocent animal is an ugly act. Innocent animals are those who are not attacking, or who were only driven to attack by human provocation. || Not [[#Human primacy|human primacy]] || [[#Nature primacy|Nature primacy]] [[#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]] || Disables hunting camps {{Thought|desc=I had to kill an innocent animal. It was not something I approve of.|label=killed innocent {0}|value=-5|duration=6}} for killing an innocent animal {{Thought|desc=An innocent animal was killed. I do not approve of this.|label=innocent animal killed|value=-1|stack=5|mult=0.75|duration=6}} if innocent animal is killed {{--|5}} opinion for killing innocent animal

|- id="Lighting"
! Lighting [[File:Lighting.png|64px]]
| Darklight preferred || Normal lights are too bright. Darklights are better. || Not [[#Blindsight|blindsight]] || [[#Darkness|Darkness]] || {{Thought|desc=This dim light is perfect. I feel focused and energized.|label=darklight|value=+4|stack=1}} with [[Darklight]] {{Thought|desc=This indoor light is too bright. I would prefer something dimmer.|label=indoor light|value=-4|stack=1}} in dim light (30% - 89% [[light]]){{Check Tag|Verify|Verify bounds match normal definition}} {{Thought|desc=I cannot stand this terrible light. My senses are overwhelmed!|label=blinding light|value=-8|stack=1}} in bright light. (90% - 100% [[light]]){{Check Tag|Verify|Verify bounds match normal definition}} No modifier for Darkness. (0% - 29% [[light]]){{Check Tag|Verify|Verify bounds match normal definition}} Surgery penalty without Darklight. Disables low-[[light]] [[move speed]] penalties Disables low-[[light]] [[global work speed]] penalties
|- id="Meat eating"
! rowspan=6 | Meat eating [[File:MeatEating.png|64px]]
| Abhorrent || Eating meat of any kind is deeply evil. || Not [[#Human primacy|human primacy]] || [[#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]] [[#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]] || Disables hunting camps {{Thought|desc=I had to eat meat. It was an abhorrent violation of everything I believe.|label=ate meat|value=-24|duration=1|stack=1}} for eating meat {{--|15}} opinion for eating meat
|-
| Horrible || Eating meat of any kind is a horrible act. || Not [[#Human primacy|human primacy]] || [[#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]] [[#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]] || Disables hunting camps {{Thought|desc=I had to eat meat. It was a horrible violation of my beliefs.|label=ate meat|value=-12|duration=1|stack=1}} for eating meat {{--|10}} opinion for eating meat
|-
| Disapproved || Eating meat of any kind should be avoided. || Not [[#Human primacy|human primacy]] || [[#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]] [[#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]] || Disables hunting camps {{Thought|desc=I had to eat meat. It's not something I approve of.|label=ate meat|value=-4|duration=1|stack=1}} for eating meat {{--|5}} opinion for eating meat
|-
| Mildly required || Every meal ought to have meat. || Not [[#Human primacy|human primacy]] || [[#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]] (but conflicts) [[#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]] || Disables farming camps {{Thought|desc=I ate a meal without any meat. It was an unacceptable deviation from the proper carnivore diet. Some eggs, milk, or processed food without vegetables or would have also been okay.|label=ate vegetarian|value=-4|duration=1|stack=1}} for eating food without meat {{--|5}} opinion for eating food without meat
|-
| Seriously required || Every meal must have meat. Eggs, milk, and processed food are okay as well. || Not [[#Human primacy|human primacy]] || [[#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]] (but conflicts) [[#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]] || Disables farming camps {{Thought|desc=I ate a meal without any meat. It was an horrible violation of the proper carnivore diet. Some eggs, milk, or processed food without vegetables would have also been okay.|label=ate vegetarian|value=-10|duration=1|stack=1}} for eating food without meat {{--|10}} opinion for eating food without meat
|-
| Strictly required || If a meal doesn't have meat, the person who eats it must be morally deficient. Eggs, milk, and processed foods are fine. || Not [[#Human primacy|human primacy]] || [[#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]] (but conflicts) [[#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]] || Disables farming camps {{Thought|desc=I ate a meal without any meat. It was an abhorrent violation of the proper carnivore diet. Some eggs, milk, or processed food without vegetables would have also been okay.|label=ate vegetarian|value=-16|duration=1|stack=1}} for eating food without meat {{--|15}} opinion for eating food without meat

|- id="Mining"
! rowspan=3 | Mining [[File:Mining.png|64px]]
| Prohibited || Raping the natural earth with mining tools is a horrifically evil act. || Not [[#Human primacy|human primacy]] Not [[#Tunneler|tunneler]] || [[#Nature primacy|Nature primacy]] || Disables mining camps Pawns will not mine 
* {{Thought|desc=We mined a hole in the pure earth. What a terrible offense against nature.|label=mined|value=-4|duration=2|stacks=5|multi=0.75}}
* {{Thought|desc=I destroyed a natural wall. What a terrible offense against nature.|label=destroyed natural wall|value=-40|duration=2|stacks=1}}
{{Bad|-15}} opinion for mining a block, for 4 days.
|-
| Horrible || Violating the natural earth with mining tools is a horrible act. || Not [[#Human primacy|human primacy]] Not [[#Tunneler|tunneler]] || [[#Nature primacy|Nature primacy]] || Disables mining camps 
* {{Thought|desc=I had to mine a hole. It was an offense against the earth.|label=mined|value=-20|duration=2|stacks=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=Someone mined a hole in the pure earth. It was a horrible violation of nature.|label=mined|value=-2|duration=2|stacks=5|multi=0.75}}
* {{Thought|desc=I destroyed a natural wall. It was a horrible violation of nature.|label=destroyed natural wall|value=-20|duration=2|stacks=1}}
{{Bad|-10}} opinion for mining a block, for 2 days.
|-
| Disapproved || Mining into the natural earth is an ugly act. || Not [[#Human primacy|human primacy]] Not [[#Tunneler|tunneler]] || [[#Nature primacy|Nature primacy]] || Disables mining camps 
* {{Thought|desc=I had to mine a hole. I disapprove of harming the earth this way.|label=mined|value=-3|duration=2|stacks=1}}
* {{Thought|desc=Someone mined a hole in the pure earth. It's wrong to scar the world this way.|label=mined|value=-1|duration=2|stacks=5|multi=0.75}}
* {{Thought|desc=I destroyed a natural wall. It's wrong to scar the world this way.|label=destroyed natural wall|value=-3|duration=2|stacks=1}}
{{Bad|-5}} opinion for mining a block, for 2 days.
|- id="Raiding"
! rowspan=2 | Raiding [[File:Raiding.png|64px]]
| Respected || We don't work like common laborers, we take from the weak as the strong should. Failing to do so is a mark of shame. || || || '''Mood:''' {{+|3}} mood for 5 days for participating in a raid {{+|6}} mood for a raid less than 25 days ago {{--|6}} mood for a raid more than 25 days ago 
'''Stats:'''
* [[Global Work Speed]] {{--|8%}}
|-
| Required || We don't work like common laborers, we take from the weak as the strong should. Failing to do so is a tremendous shame. || || || '''Mood:''' {{+|6}} mood for 5 days for participating in a raid {{+|12}} mood for a raid less than 25 days ago {{--|12}} mood for a raid more than 25 days ago 
'''Stats:'''
* [[Global Work Speed]] {{--|16%}}
|- id="Trees"
! Trees [[File:Trees.png|64px]]
| Desired || It's essential to live surrounded by beautiful trees. || || [[#Tree connection|Tree connection]] || Gives a thought, scaling from -5 to +9 for having (or not having) many trees on the map Gives a thought, scaling from 0 to -20 for the number of trees chopped in the last quadrum
|- id="Biosculpting"
! rowspan="2" | Biosculpting [[File:Precept biosculpting.png|64px]]
| Despised || Biosculpter pods violate the purity human flesh and should never be used. || Not [[#Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] || || '''Mood:''' {{Thought|desc=My body was despoiled by the use of a biosculpter pod.|label=used biosculpter pod|value=-8|stack=1|duration=12}} after using [[biosculpter pod]].
|-
| Accelerated || All biosculpting cycles take half the usual time. || [[#Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] || [[#Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] || All biosculpting cycles take half the usual time.
|- id="Growth vats"
! rowspan="2"| Growth vats{{BiotechIcon}} [[File:GrowthVats.png|64px]]
| Prohibited || Growth vats rob children of their childhood. || || || '''Prohibitions:''' Build [[growth vat]] '''Mood:'''
* {{Thought|desc=I hate the thought of that awful growth vat being in our colony.|label=growth vat|value=-3|stack=1}} 
* {{Thought|desc=I can't stand the thought of my child floating in that awful machine.|label=my child is in a growth vat|value=-3|stack=3}}. Nullifying trait: [[Psychopath]] 
* {{Thought|desc=I'm happy to see my kids be kids. Their childhood is too precious to be wasted in a vat.|label=Child not in growth vat|value=1|stack=1}} 
|-
| Essential || We have the technology for safer childbirth and faster childhoods. Believers will develop faster in growth vats but will be unhappy if their children are not in a vat. || || [[#Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] || '''Mood:'''
* {{Thought|desc=Childbirth is a terrifying thought. We should have vats to safely grow our children.|label=natural pregnancy|value=-5|stack=1}}. Minimum [[expectations]]: Moderate
* {{Thought|desc=I don't feel safe with my child running around. They should be growing safely in a vat.|label=Child not in growth vat|value=-2|stack=3}}. Minimum [[expectations]]: Moderate 
'''Stats:'''
* {{BiotechIcon}} [[Growth Vat Occupant Speed]]: {{Good|×130%}} (only to pawns with the ideoligion; [[embryo]]s / [[babies]] are not boosted)
|- id="Bloodfeeders"
! rowspan="2"| Bloodfeeders{{BiotechIcon}} [[File:Bloodfeeders.png|64px]]
| Revered || Bloodfeeders should be worshipped. Believers will be happy if there is a bloodfeeder in the colony and will not mind being fed upon. || || || '''Mood:'''
* {{Thought|desc=The bloodfeeders stand above us, yet one has died here. We will surely be punished for this.|label=bloodfeeder died|value=-2|stack=3|duration=10}} (Colony wide) when a bloodfeeder dies.{{Check Tag|Any faction?|Does the bloodfeeder have to be of the player faction? Any allied faction? Any faction at all including enemies?}}.
* {{Thought|desc=Let them worship me. Feeding upon them places them below me, as animals are below humans.|label=revered bloodfeeder|value=+4|stack=1}} for being a bloodfeeder.
* {{Thought|desc=Without a bloodfeeder master, our colony feels incomplete and pointless. We should make a bloodfeeder our leader.|label=no bloodfeeders|value=-2|stack=1}} (Colony wide) for having no bloodfeeders in the colony.
* {{Thought|desc=Without a bloodfeeder master, our colony feels incomplete and pointless. We should make a bloodfeeder our leader.|label=no bloodfeeder master|value=-1|stack=1}} (Colony wide) for having bloodfeeders in the colony, but not as the [[#Leaders|leader]].
* {{Thought|desc=The bloodfeeder's presence is a great honor. May they live forever.|label=bloodfeeder master|value=+2|stack=1}} (Colony wide) for having A bloodfeeder as the [[#Leaders|leader]].
Nullifies {{Thought|desc=I was violated by a bloodfeeder like some kind of livestock.|label=fed on by <NAME>|value=-5|stack=1|duration=5}}{{Check Tag|Stacking?|Check if it stacks, change stack var as appropriate}} '''Opinions:''' {{+|20}} for being a Bloodfeeder
|-
| Reviled || Anyone who drinks blood to survive is a monster. || || || '''Mood:'''
* {{Thought|desc=The only good bloodfeeder is a dead one.|label=bloodfeeder died|value=+5|stack=3|duration=10}} (Colony wide) when a bloodfeeder dies.
* {{Thought|desc=I am what I hate. I must rid myself of this curse.|label=bloodfeeder self hatred|value=-12|stack=1}} for being a bloodfeeder.
* {{Thought|desc=One of them walks among us. We should expel the bloodfeeder from our home.|label=bloodfeeder among us|value=-8|stack=1}} (Colony wide) for having a bloodfeeder in the colony.
'''Opinions:''' {{--|40}} for being a Bloodfeeder
|- id="Child labor"
! rowspan="2"| Child labor{{BiotechIcon}} [[File:ChildLabor.png|64px]]
| Encouraged || Children build character through work. It's important for everyone to contribute.|| || [[#Collectivist|Collectivist]] || '''Mood:'''
* {{Thought|desc=Why are we letting children waste their youth on games?|label=children assigned recreation|value=-3|stack=1}}. Adults only. 
'''Stats:'''
* [[Global Work Speed]]: {{+|20%}} ([[Children]] only)
|-
| Disapproved || Childhood is sacred. We should let kids be kids. || || [[#Individualist|Individualist]] || '''Mood:'''
* {{Thought|desc=It's upsetting to see children forced to work. They only get one childhood.|label=children assigned work|value=-3|stack=1}}. Adults only. 
'''Stats:'''
* [[Learning Rate Factor]]: {{+|20%}} ([[Children]] only)
|- id="Mechanoid labor"
! Mechanoid labor{{BiotechIcon}} [[File:MechanoidLabor.png|64px]]
| Enhanced || Why should we work when we have machines? || ||
| '''Stats:'''
* [[Global Work Speed]]: {{--|8%}}
* {{BiotechIcon}} [[Mech Work Speed Offset]]: {{+|20%}}
|- id="Psychic rituals"
! rowspan=3| Psychic rituals{{AnomalyIcon}} [[File:PsychicRituals.png|64px]]
| Abhorrent || Psychic rituals are utterly evil. || || || '''Prohibitions:''' Participate in psychic ritual '''Mood:''' Psychic ritual performed: {{--|4}} Involved in psychic ritual: {{--|12}} '''Opinions:''' Involved in psychic ritual: {{--|20}}
|-
| Disapproved || Psychic rituals should be avoided when possible. || || ||| '''Mood:''' {{Thought|desc=We shouldn't be using such dark powers. It's just not right.|label=Psychic ritual performed|value=-2|stack=1}} {{Thought|desc=That ritual was wrong. I should not have been there.|label=Involved in psychic ritual|value=-6|stack=1}} '''Opinions:''' Involved in psychic ritual: {{--|10}} '''Stats:'''
* [[Psychic Ritual Quality Offset]]: {{--|10%}}
|-
| Exalted || Connecting with psychic flows brings us closer to truth. || || [[#Ritualist|Ritualist]] || '''Mood:''' {{Thought|desc=It was an amazing experience to truly connect with something greater than myself.|label=Involved in psychic ritual|value=+3|stack=1}}. {{Thought|desc=Failing to use these rituals shows everyone how misguided we are.|label=No psychic ritual for 6 days (Min expectations: High)|value=-3|stack=1}}. '''Opinions:''' Involved in psychic ritual: {{+|10}} '''Stats:'''
* [[Psychic Ritual Quality Offset]]: {{+|10%}}
|- id="Void study"
! rowspan=4| Void study{{AnomalyIcon}} [[File:VoidStudy.png|64px]]
| Very inefficient || All this void nonsense is superstition. Let's focus on reality. || ||
| '''Stats:'''
* [[Study Efficiency]]: {{Bad|×50%}}
|-
| Inefficient || Trying to understand the unknowable is pointless. We should focus more on meaningful activities. || ||
| '''Stats:'''
* [[Study Efficiency]]: {{Bad|×75%}}
|-
| Efficient || The void is a true mystery that deserves to be studied. || ||
| '''Stats:'''
* [[Study Efficiency]]: {{Good|×125%}}
|-
| Very efficient || The void is the ultimate truth. || || [[#Ritualist|Ritualist]]
| '''Stats:'''
* [[Study Efficiency]]: {{Good|×150%}}
|-
|- id="Inhumanizing"
! Inhumanizing{{AnomalyIcon}} [[File:Inhumanizing.png|64px]]
| Required || Human morality and feeling are a distraction. We must leave humanity behind. Mental breaks will cause followers to become [[inhumanized]]. || || [[#Inhuman|Inhuman]] || '''Mood:'''
*{{Thought|desc=I'm ashamed of my humanity. I want to embrace the void but I fear it.|label=Human shame|value=-8|stack=1}}. Only if not inhumanized.
*{{Thought|desc=The vibrations of reality pulse into me and soothe everything.|label=Void pleasure|value=+8|stack=1}}. Only if inhumanized. 
'''Mental breaks:'''
* [[Mental_break#Humanity_break|Humanity break]]
|-

|- id="Fishing"
! rowspan=3 | Fishing{{OdysseyIcon}} [[File:Fishing.png|64px]]
| Prohibited || Fishing is immoral. We should never do it. || || [[#Animal Personhood|Animal Personhood]] || '''Prohibitions:''':
*[[Fishing]]
'''Mood''':
*{{Thought|desc=Someone is killing fish! Our slippery brothers and sisters are dying.|label=Someone slaughtered fish|value=-4|stack=1|duration=6}}.
{{--|10}} opinion for slaughtering fish
|-

|-
| Disapproved || Fishing is gruesome. We should avoid it. || || || '''Mood''':
*{{Thought|desc=I had to kill fish. It was an ugly thing to do.|label=Slaughtered fish|value=-4|stack=1|duration=6}}.
*{{Thought|desc=Someone is killing fish! We should protect these beautiful creatures.|label=Someone slaughtered fish|value=-2|stack=1|duration=6}}.
'''Stats''':
*[[Fishing speed]]: {{--|25%}}
*[[Fishing yield]]: {{--|10%}}
{{--|5}} opinion for slaughtering fish
|-

|-
| Sacred || Fishing is part of the right path. || || || '''Mood''':
*{{Thought|desc=I wish we were somewhere we could fish.|label=Not enough fish|value=-4|stack=1}}.
*{{Thought|desc=Fishing puts me on the right path - at least for a little while.|label=Fished recently|value=+2|stack=1|duration=1}}.
'''Stats''':
*[[Fishing yield]]: {{Good|+10%}}
|-

|}
<references group="Optional precepts"/>

=== Meme-specific ===
These issues and their precepts can only be added by having a specific meme, and cannot be removed as long as the meme is present.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Issue !! Precept !! Description !! Meme !! Effects

|- id="Age reversal"
! Age reversal [[File:AgeReversal.png|64px]]
| Demanded || Why get old? One must have a once-yearly age reversal treatment in the biosculpter pod. || [[#Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] || '''Mood:''' {{Thought|desc=I'm getting old. I should get an age reversal in a biosculpter pod.|label=harmful aging|value=-4|stack=1}}, if a pawn with at least high expectations and a biological age of 25 didn't have age reversal in the last year. {{Thought|desc=My youth is draining away. I should get an age reversal in a biosculpter pod.|label=terrible aging|value=-7|stack=1}}, if a pawn with at least high expectations and a biological age of 25 didn't have age reversal in the last year and 15 days. {{Thought|desc=I am trapped in a decaying prison of flesh! I need to get an age reversal in a biosculpter pod.|label=horrific aging|value=-10|stack=1}}, if a pawn with at least high expectations and a biological age of 25 didn't have age reversal in the last year and 30 days. {{Thought|desc=Aging and death have no hold on me. I am forever, as an enhanced human ought to be.|label=received age reversal|value=+3|stack=1|duration=4}} after age reversal. '''Notes:'''
*Initial colonists, newly generated pawns (due to events, quests, raids, etc.), as well as pawns after changing map due to Archonexus quest have a 20 to 40 day grace period before they start demanding age reversal (it will replace their age reversal demanded date, even if it would come after that period).
*Whenever a pawn's faction or ideology change they'll get a 15-20 day grace period before they start demanding age reversal (unless their next age reversal demanded date will come after that period).

|- id="Animal connection"
! Animal connection [[File:Precept animal connection.png|64px]]
| Strong || We have a strong connection to our animal friends || [[#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]] ||
* 2x [[Tame Animal Chance]]
* 2x Animal Bonding Chance

|- id="Blind psysense"
! Blind psysense [[File:BlindPsysense.png|64px]]
| Strong|| Our blind have special ways of connecting with the psychic aether || [[#Blindsight|Blindsight]] || '''Stats:''' [[Psychic Sensitivity]]: {{+|30%}} for [[Sight|blind]] pawns.

|- id="Bonding"
! Bonding [[File:Bonding.png|64px]]
| Disapproved || To emotionally bond with a lower being is a shameful act || [[#Human primacy|Human primacy]] || Disables [[Animals#Bonding|animal bonding]] event for pawns with ideology. Does '''not''' disable pre-existing bonds or disable their [[thoughts]].

|- id="Comfort"
! Comfort [[File:Comfort.png|64px]]
| Ignored || We should pay no attention to comfort || [[#Pain is virtue|Pain Is Virtue]] || Disables [[comfort]] need, and comfort-related thoughts, both positive and negative

|- id="Eclipse"
! Eclipse [[File:Precept Eclipse.png|64px]]
| Beautiful || Eclipses are a beautiful respite from the blinding sunlight. || [[#Darkness|Darkness]] ''unless'' [[#Blindsight|blindsight]] || {{+|5}} mood for seeing an [[eclipse]]

|- id="Gauranlen connection"
! Gauranlen connection [[File:GauranlenConnection.png|64px]]
| Strong || We have a special connection with the Gauranlen trees. The trees refocus production easily under our influence, and we are not satisfied unless we have that connection. || [[#Tree connection|Tree connection]] || '''Mood:''' {{Thought|desc=I am happily connected to a Gauranlen tree.|label=Gauranlen connection|value=+3|stack=1}} when connected to [[Gauranlen tree]]. {{Thought|desc=Without a connection to a Gauranlen tree, I feel disconnected from nature.|label=want Gauranlen connection|value=-0|stack=1}}, at Very Low [[expectations]]. {{Thought|desc=Without a connection to a Gauranlen tree, I feel disconnected from nature.|label=want Gauranlen connection|value=-1|stack=1}}, at Low [[expectations]]. {{Thought|desc=Without a connection to a Gauranlen tree, I feel disconnected from nature.|label=want Gauranlen connection|value=-2|stack=1}}, at Moderate [[expectations]]. {{Thought|desc=Without a connection to a Gauranlen tree, I feel disconnected from nature.|label=want Gauranlen connection|value=-4|stack=1}}, at High [[expectations]]. {{Thought|desc=Without a connection to a Gauranlen tree, I feel disconnected from nature.|label=want Gauranlen connection|value=-6|stack=1}}, at Sky High [[expectations]]. '''Stats:''' [[Pruning speed]]: {{+|25%}}

|- id="Mining yield"
! Mining yield [[File:MiningYield.png|64px]]
| High || Mining is so important that we do it with great focus and respect, and we get more resources because of that. || [[#Tunneler|Tunneler]] || '''Stats:''' [[Mining yield]]: {{+|10%}}

|- id="Neural supercharge"
! Neural supercharge [[File:NeuralSupercharger.png|64px]]
| Preferred || Having a neural supercharge is the new standard. Without it, you're obsolete. || [[#Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] || '''Mood:''' {{Thought|desc=Without a neural supercharge, I'm running below my true capacity. It's depressing.|label=want neural supercharge|value=-6|stack=1}} whenever 2+{{Check Tag|Verify time|Is it two days?}} days have passed since [[Neural supercharger|neural supercharging]], assuming Moderate [[expectations]] or higher.

|- id="Pain"
! Pain [[File:Pain.png|64px]]
| Idealized || To experience nerve-singing pain is a mark of morality. || [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] [[#Guilty|Guilty]] || '''Mood:''' {{Thought|desc=The pain grounds me. I appreciate it|label=minor pain|value=+3|stack=1}}, [[pain]] between 1% and 14% inclusive. Replaces default {{--|5}} {{Thought|desc=The pain cleanses me. I like it.|label=serious pain|value=+5|stack=1}}, [[pain]] between 15% and 39% inclusive. Replaces default {{--|10}} {{Thought|desc=The pain purifies me. I need it!|label=intense pain|value=+7|stack=1}}, [[pain]] between 40% and 79% inclusive. Replaces default {{--|15}} {{Thought|desc=The pain makes me sublime! I wish to become it!|label=mind-shattering pain|value=+9|stack=1}}, [[pain]] of 80%+. Replaces default {{--|20}} '''Note:''' These thoughts are replaced by the [[Masochist]] specific thoughts for pawns with that trait, and with the default values for [[Wimp]]s.

|- id="Proselytizing"
! rowspan=3 | Proselytizing [[File:Proselytizing.png|64px]]
| Occasional || Those who know the truth should try to bring it to others, when it seems appropriate. || [[#Proselytizer|Proselytizer]] || '''Stats:''' Social chat [[conversion]] attempt frequency: '''×300''' '''Development points:''' {{+|1}} each pawn converted to the ideoligion.{{Check Tag|Verify|Based on code, needs to be tested and confirmed in game}} {{+|5}} for a successful [[relic]] hunt.{{Check Tag|Final Quest only?|Is this only given when the relic is actually acquired?}}{{Check Tag|Verify|Based on code, needs to be tested and confirmed in game}} {{+|2}} for each successful Reliquary Pilgrims quest.{{Check Tag|Verify|Based on code, needs to be tested and confirmed in game}}
|-
| Sometimes || Those who know the truth should bring it to others at every opportunity. || [[#Proselytizer|Proselytizer]] || '''Stats:''' Social chat [[conversion]] attempt frequency: '''×500''' '''Development points:''' {{+|1}} each pawn converted to the ideoligion.{{Check Tag|Verify|Based on code, needs to be tested and confirmed in game}} {{+|5}} for a successful [[relic]] hunt.{{Check Tag|Final Quest only?|Is this only given when the relic is actually acquired?}}{{Check Tag|Verify|Based on code, needs to be tested and confirmed in game}} {{+|2}} for each successful Reliquary Pilgrims quest.{{Check Tag|Verify|Based on code, needs to be tested and confirmed in game}}
|-
| Frequent || Those who know the truth have a duty to always spread it and drive out other beliefs. || [[#Proselytizer|Proselytizer]] || '''Stats:''' Social chat [[conversion]] attempt frequency: '''×700''' '''Development points:''' {{+|1}} each pawn converted to the ideoligion.{{Check Tag|Verify|Based on code, needs to be tested and confirmed in game}} {{+|5}} for a successful [[relic]] hunt.{{Check Tag|Final Quest only?|Is this only given when the relic is actually acquired?}}{{Check Tag|Verify|Based on code, needs to be tested and confirmed in game}} {{+|2}} for each successful Reliquary Pilgrims quest.{{Check Tag|Verify|Based on code, needs to be tested and confirmed in game}}

|- id="Ranching"
! Ranching [[File:Ranching.png|64px]]
| Central || We must raise and consume many large animals, and we must not eat plants. || [[#Rancher|Rancher]] || '''Stats:''' [[Plant Work Speed]]: {{Bad|x70%}} [[Tame Animal Chance]]: {{Good|x120%}} [[Animal Gather Yield]]: {{Good|x120%}} [[Butchery Efficiency]]: {{Good|x120%}} [[Animals Learning Factor]]: {{Good|x200%}}. [[Animal Products Price Improvement]]: {{+|10%}}.{{Check Tag|Mechanics?|How does this apply in the order of operations}} Affects [[meat]], [[leather]] and [[wool]] of all types, including [[Human]]. [[Eggs]], [[milk]], [[insect jelly]], and live [[animals]] are not affected. '''Mood:''' {{--|3}}/{{--|2}}/{{--|1}}/{{+|1}}/{{+|2}}/{{+|3}} [[mood]] based on total animal body size per colonist,{{Check Tag|What ratios?|What ratio is each cut off?}}{{Check Tag|Colonist only?|Wb slaves, prisoners, quest guests etc? What about colonists without this precept?}} if Low [[expectations]] or higher. Does not apply to quest lodgers. {{Thought|desc=I sowed a human food plant. It was wrong - humans should eat animals, and animals should eat nature-made plants.|label=sowed human food plant|value=-4|duration=2}} if Low [[expectations]] or higher.{{Check Tag|Which plants?}}{{Check Tag|Sow only?|Can you harvest plants without issue?}} Does not apply to quest lodgers. '''Development points:''' {{+|2}} for each successful [[Quests#Hospitality|Animal hospitality]] quest.{{RoyaltyIcon}}

|- id="Rough living"
! Rough living [[File:RoughLiving.png|64px]]
| Welcomed || We don't need to separate ourselves from the roughness of nature. || [[#Tree connection|Tree connection]] [[#Pain is virtue|Pain Is Virtue]] || Nullifies:
*{{Thought|desc=I had to eat a meal off the ground. Can't we get a table around here?|label=Ate without table|value=-3|stack=1|duration=1}}
*{{Thought|desc=I had to sleep outdoors without any protection from the elements.|label=slept outside|value=-4|stack=1|duration=1}}
*{{Thought|desc=I had to sleep on the ground like an animal.|label=slept on ground|value=-4|stack=1|duration=1}}
*{{Thought|desc=I'm soaking wet.|label=soaking wet|value=-3|stack=1|duration=0.1}}

|- id="Slab bed"
! Slab bed [[File:Precept Slab Bed.png|64px]]
| Preferred || The right way to sleep is on a slab bed. || [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] || Makes colonists prefer slab beds, and gives a +2 thought when they sleep in slab beds.

|- id="Sleep accelerator"
! Sleep accelerator [[File:Precept sleep accelerator.png|64px]]
| Preferred || One should always use a sleep accelerator. Slow-sleeping is just foolishly wasting your potential. || [[#Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] || +3 mood for 1 day when using [[sleep accelerator]]

|- id="Indoors"
! Indoors [[File:SmallSpaces.png|64px]]
| Preferred || We were meant to live indoors. There's nothing bothersome about being in tight quarters. || [[#Tunneler|Tunneler]] [[#Shipborn|Shipborn]]{{OdysseyIcon}} ||
*Adds needs: [[Needs#Indoors|Indoors]]
*Removes needs: [[Needs#Outdoors|Outdoors]]

|- id="Temperature"
! Temperature [[File:Precept temperature.png|64px]]
| Tough || Extreme temperatures don't bother us as much. || [[#Tree connection|Tree connection]] [[#Pain is virtue|Pain is virtue]] [[#Shipborn|Shipborn]]{{OdysseyIcon}} || Nullifies:
*{{Thought|desc=I had to sleep in the cold. We really need some heaters.|label=slept in the cold|value=-4|stack=1|duration=1}}
*{{Thought|desc=I had to sleep in unbearable heat. Can't we have air conditioning?|label=slept in the heat|value=-4|stack=1|duration=1}}
'''Note''': It doesn't appear to affect comfortable temperatures or the related [[hypothermia]]/[[heatstroke]] tolerances. It is only referenced for the above moodlets

|- id="Work drive"
! Work drive [[File:Precept work drive.png|64px]]
| Tripled ||The duration of the leader's work drive ability is tripled. || [[#Collectivist|Collectivist]] || 3x Work Drive Duration (from 3 days to 9 days)

|- id="Space habitat"
! Space Habitat{{OdysseyIcon}} [[File:Precept space habitat.png|64px]]
| Preferred || Planetary living is for lower animals. We should live in orbit or among the stars. || [[#Shipborn|Shipborn]] || '''Mood''':
*{{Thought|desc=I'll never feel at home here in the dirt. We should be in space.|label=Planetary habitat|value=-2|stack=1}}
*{{Thought|desc=It feels good to be where I belong. I can't stand being down there in the dirt.|label=Space habitat|value=4|stack=1}}
|}

== Roles ==
{{Main|Roles}}
Roles are positions available to pawns that grant them both special benefits and drawbacks. Every ideoligion has at least two roles: [[Leader]] and [[Moral guide]]. There can be only 1 '''leader''' globally, and 1 '''moral guide''' per ideoligion.

<div style="display:inline-table; padding: 0.5em;">
{| {{STDT| sortable text-valign:top}}
!Name !! colspan=5 | Abilities
|- id="Leader"
! [[Leader]] [[File: Leader.png|link=Leader]]
| style="text-align:center" | [[Combat command]] [[File:CombatCommand.png|link=Combat command|64px]]
| style="text-align:center" | [[Work drive]] [[File:WorkDrive.png|link=Work drive|64px]]
| style="text-align:center" | [[Leader speech]] [[File:LeaderSpeech.png|link=Leader speech|64px]]
| style="text-align:center" | [[Trial]] [[File:Trial.png|link=Trial|64px]]
|-
|- id="Moral guide"
! [[Moral guide]] [[File: MoralGuide.png|link=Moral guide]]
| style="text-align:center" | [[Roles#Convert|Convert]] [[File:Convert.png|link=Roles#Convert|64px]]
| style="text-align:center" | [[Counsel]] [[File:Counsel.png|link=Counsel|64px]]
| style="text-align:center" | [[Reassure]] [[File:Reassure.png|link=Reassure|64px]]
| style="text-align:center" | [[Conversion ritual]] [[File:ConversionRitual.png|link=Conversion ritual|64px]]
| style="text-align:center" | [[Preach health]] [[File:PreachHealth.png|link=Preach health|64px]]
|}
</div>

Additionally, each ideoligion grants up to 2 types of [[specialist]]s; a role that grants large bonuses and abilities related to a specific field in exchange of inability of doing one or more types of work. This limitation only applies to the type of specialization, not the total number of specialists.

<div style="display:inline-table; padding: 0.5em;">
{| {{STDT| sortable text-valign:top}}
!Name !! Required Memes !! Disabled Work Types !! Abilities
|- id="Shooting specialist"
! [[Shooting specialist]] [[File: SpecialistShooting.png|link=Shooting specialist]]
|
* [[Ideoligion#Raider|Raider]]
* [[Ideoligion#Supremacist|Supremacist]]
|
* Crafting
* Cooking
* Plantwork
* Mining
* Constructing
| style="text-align:center" |[[Marksman command]] [[File:MarksmanCommand.png|link=Marksman command|64px]]
|- id="Animals specialist"
! [[Animals specialist]] [[File: SpecialistAnimals.png|link=Animals specialist]]
|
* [[Ideoligion#Animal personhood|Animal personhood]]
* [[Ideoligion#Rancher|Rancher]]
|
* Crafting
* Cooking
* Plantwork
* Mining
* Constructing
| style="text-align:center" |[[Animal calm]] [[File:AnimalCalm.png|link=Animal calm|64px]]
|- id="Medical specialist"
! Medical Specialist [[File: SpecialistMedical.png|link=Medical specialist]]
|
* [[Ideoligion#Flesh purity|Flesh purity]]
* [[Ideoligion#Blindsight|Blindsight]]
|
* Violent
| style="text-align:center" |[[Immunity drive]] [[File:ImmunityDrive.png|link=Immunity drive|64px]]
|- id="Melee specialist"
! Melee Specialist [[File: SpecialistMelee.png|link=Melee specialist]]
|
* [[Ideoligion#Raider|Raider]]
* [[Ideoligion#Supremacist|Supremacist]]
|
* Crafting
* Cooking
* Plantwork
* Mining
* Constructing
* Hunting
* Shooting
| style="text-align:center" |[[Berserk trance]] [[File:BerserkTrance.png|link=Berserk trance|64px]]
|}
</div>

<div style="display:inline-table; padding: 0.5em;">
{| {{STDT| sortable text-valign:top}}
!Name !! Required Memes !! Disabled Work Types !! Abilities
|- id="Mining specialist"
! [[Mining specialist]] [[File: SpecialistMining.png|link=Mining specialist]]
|
* [[Ideoligion#Darkness|Darkness]]
* [[Ideoligion#Tunneler|Tunneler]]
|
* Animals
* Crafting
* Cooking
* Plantwork
* Constructing
| style="text-align:center" |[[Mining command]] [[File:MiningCommand.png|link=Mining command|64px]]
|- id="Plants specialist"
! [[Plants specialist]] [[File: SpecialistPlants.png|link=Plants specialist]]
|
* [[Ideoligion#High life|High life]]
* [[Ideoligion#Nature primacy|Nature primacy]]
* [[Ideoligion#Tree connection|Tree connection]]
|
* Animals
* Crafting
* Cooking
* Constructing
* Mining
| style="text-align:center" |[[Farming command]] [[File:FarmingCommand.png|link=Farming command|64px]]
|- id="Production specialist"
! [[Production specialist]] [[File: SpecialistProduction.png|link=Production specialist]]
|
* [[Ideoligion#Human primacy|Human primacy]]
|
* Dumb labor
* Animals
* Cooking
* Plantwork
* Mining
| style="text-align:center" |[[Production command]] [[File:ProductionCommand.png|link=Production command|64px]]
|- id="Research specialist"
! [[Research specialist]] [[File: SpecialistResearch.png|link=Research specialist]]
|
* [[Ideoligion#Transhumanist|Transhumanist]]
|
* Dumb labor
* Animals
* Cooking
* Plantwork
* Mining
| style="text-align:center" |[[Research command]] [[File:ResearchCommand.png|link=Research command|64px]]
|}
</div>

== Rituals ==
{{Main|Rituals}}

{{Ritual table}}

== Relics ==
{{Main|Relic}}
Relics are objects revered by your ideoligion that require a series of quests in order to be obtained. These are always of legendary quality, when applicable. Relics grant various boni, both when found and when present in rituals, some of which require being placed in a [[Reliquary]]. A relic being lost causes a malus of {{Thought|desc=The relic has been lost! A travesty!|label=relic lost|value=-5|stack=5|duration=30}} while a relic being destroyed causes a malus of {{Thought|desc=The relic was destroyed! A travesty!|label=relic destroyed|value=-5|stack=5|duration=30}}.

When placed in a Reliquary, pilgrims of your ideoligion will visit your colony to pay reverence to the relic.

== Buildings ==
Ideoligions can add special buildings that are required for either rituals or as statues of that ideologion.

=== Ritual seat ===
Ideologions can have a maximum of 1 type of ritual seat.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[File:Kneel_pillow.png|32px]]
| [[Kneel_pillow|Kneel pillow]]
|-
! [[File:Kneel_sheet.png|32px]]
| [[Kneel_sheet|Kneel sheet]]
|-
! [[File:Pew.png|32px]]
| [[Pew]]
|}

=== Building ===
Ideologions can have a maximum of 5 types of ideologion-related buildings.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Image !! Name !! Type !! Minimum expectations !! Room requirements !! Note
|-
! [[File:Ideogram_morbid_b.png|32px]]
| [[Ideogram]] || Altar / Ideogram || Moderate || All floored No beds allowed No work facilities allowed ||! rowspan="5" | You can only have one Altar / Ideogram at the same time.
|-
! [[File:Small_altar.png|32px]]
| [[Small_altar|Small altar]] || Altar / Ideogram || Moderate || Room impressiveness 60 All floored No beds allowed No work facilities allowed
|-
! [[File:Medium_altar.png|32px]]
| [[Medium_altar|Medium altar]] || Altar / Ideogram || Moderate || Room impressiveness 60 No beds allowed No work facilities allowed
|-
! [[File:Large_altar.png|32px]]
| [[Large_altar|Large altar]] || Altar / Ideogram || Moderate || Room area: 25 tiles No beds allowed No work facilities allowed
|-
! [[File:Grand_altar.png|32px]]
| [[Grand_altar|Grand altar]] || Altar / Ideogram || Moderate || All floored Room area: 25 tiles No beds allowed No work facilities allowed
|-
! [[File:Christmas_tree.png|32px]]
| [[Christmas_tree|Christmas tree]] || Christmas tree || N/A || N/A || N/A
|-
! [[File:Sacrificial_flag.png|32px]]
| [[Sacrificial_flag|Sacrificial flag]] || Sacrificial flag || Moderate || All floored No beds allowed No work facilities allowed || N/A
|-
| colspan="6" | Ideologions can add statue-like buildings that are required when there are 3 or more pawns of the ideoligion in your faction and their expectations reach moderate or higher. These buildings can be placed in the same room. Placing the buildings in a room which doesn't meet the requirements will give a "[building name] disrespected" negative moodlet to all pawns of the ideologion.
|-
! [[File:Sculpture_small_totemic_a.png|32px]]
| [[Small_sculpture|Small sculpture]] || Statue || High || Room impressiveness 60 Column x4 No beds allowed No work facilities allowed || Small sculpture as a named ideologion building is a variation of the regular small sculpture. Its [[Small_sculpture#Styles|appearance]] depends on the Origin or the Style that the ideologion has.
|-
! [[File:Sculpture_large_totemic_a.png|32px]]
| [[Large_sculpture|Large sculpture]] || Statue || High || All floored No beds allowed No work facilities allowed || Large sculpture as a named ideologion building is a variation of the regular large sculpture. Its [[Large_sculpture#Styles|appearance]] depends on the Origin or the Style that the ideologion has.
|-
! [[File:Sculpture_grand_totemic_a.png|32px]]
| [[Grand_sculpture|Grand sculpture]] || Statue || Moderate || Room area: 25 tiles All floored No beds allowed No work facilities allowed || Grand sculpture as a named ideologion building is a variation of the regular grand sculpture. Its [[Grand_sculpture#Styles|appearance]] depends on the Origin or the Style that the ideologion has.
|}

== Weapon preferences ==
Ideoligion can have one or several pairs of noble and despised weapons types. Weapon pairs can't be combined if they overlap.

Wielding a noble weapon grants +3 mood while wielding a despised one grants -5.

Killing any pawn{{Check Tag|Verify}} with a noble weapon grants +3 mood for 1 day{{Check Tag|Thought Template|Convert to thought template}} while using a despised one to attack anything - including objects - grants -5 for 2 days.{{Check Tag|Thought Template|Convert to thought template}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Pair !! First group !! Second group
|-
| Melee / Ranged || All melee weapons, including beer and wood || All ranged weapons, including grenades
|-
| Melee piercer / Melee blunt || [[Thrumbo horn]], [[Elephant tusk]], [[Breach axe]], [[Gladius]], [[Longsword]], [[Knife]], [[Ikwa]], [[Spear]], [[Persona monosword]], [[Monosword]], [[Plasmasword]], [[Persona plasmasword]] || [[Beer]], [[Wood]], [[Mace]], [[Club]], [[Persona zeushammer]], [[Axe]], [[Warhammer]], [[Zeushammer]], [[Eltex staff]]
|-
| Long shots / Short shots || [[Bolt-action rifle]], [[Sniper rifle]] || [[Machine pistol]], [[Pump shotgun]], [[Chain shotgun]], [[Heavy SMG]]
|-
| Ranged heavy / Ranged light || [[Incendiary launcher]], [[Smoke launcher]], [[EMP launcher]], [[Heavy SMG]], [[LMG]], [[Sniper rifle]], [[Minigun]], [[Triple rocket launcher]], [[Greatbow]], [[Charge lance]] || [[Revolver]], [[Autopistol]], [[Machine pistol]], [[Short bow]], [[Recurve bow]], [[Charge rifle]]
|-
| Neolithic / Ultratech || [[Wood]], [[Club]], [[Knife]], [[Ikwa]], [[Spear]], [[Short bow]], [[Pila]], [[Recurve bow]], [[Greatbow]] || [[Persona monosword]], [[Persona zeushammer]], [[Persona plasmasword]], [[Monosword]], [[Zeushammer]], [[Plasmasword]], [[Eltex staff]]
|}

== Apparel preferences ==
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=== Apparel type combinations ===
Some kinds of [[apparel]] can be set as desired apparel.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Apparel type !! Name
|-
| [[Apparel#Headgear|Headgear]] || [[Authority_cap|Authority cap]], [[Beret]], [[Bowler_hat|Bowler hat]], [[Broadwrap]], [[Ceremonial_hood|Ceremonial hood]], [[Cowboy_hat|Cowboy hat]], [[Face_mask|Face mask]], [[Flophat]], [[Headwrap]], [[Hood]], [[Ritual_mask|Ritual mask]], [[Shadecone]], [[Slicecap]], [[Tailcap]], [[Torture_crown|Torture crown]], [[Tribal_headdress|Tribal headdress]], [[Tuque]], [[Veil]], [[Visage_mask|Visage mask]], [[War_mask|War mask]]
|-
| [[Apparel#Eyes|Eyes]] || [[Blindfold]]
|-
| [[Apparel#Skin|Skin]] || [[Button-down_shirt|Button-down shirt]]
|-
| [[Apparel#Outer|Outer]] || [[Burka]], [[Robe]]
|}
The player can set any of these pieces to be desired for men, women, or both, and can choose between a relaxed and strong desire. Multiple kinds (a maximum of 8 {{Check Tag|Verify?|Verify what's the limit?}}) of apparel can be chosen. You can select both a relaxed and a strong desire for the same gender / apparel type combination, for example, a female relaxed headgear and a female strong headgear. Note that selecting the same apparel type and preference twice will result in a conflict, for example, if you select a female: strong cowboy hat and an everyone: strong hood. To maximize the number of available desired apparel:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Apparel type !! Gender / Preference combination
|-
| [[Apparel#Headgear|Headgear]] || Female: relaxed Female: strong Male: relaxed Male: strong
|-
| [[Apparel#Eyes|Eyes]] || [[Blindfold]]
|-
| [[Apparel#Skin|Skin]] || [[Button-down_shirt|Button-down shirt]]
|-
| [[Apparel#Outer|Outer]] || Everyone: relaxed Everyone: strong
|}

=== Mood effects ===

Wearing a desired apparel or a certain color has mood effect on the pawn.

==== Desired apparel ====

Pawns that are wearing all of their desired apparel will gain a small mood bonus of {{+|1}} for a relaxed desire, and {{+|2}} for a strong desire. There is no difference in the mood bonus for having multiple pieces of desired apparel in the ideology, the bonus is only for wearing all of their desired apparel. Unlike role-specific apparel, there is no mood penalty for not wearing desired apparel.

==== Color mood effect ====

Ideoligions have an ideoligion color. Pawns gain a gain a {{+|1}} mood buff if more than 60% of a colonist's apparel is their favorite color or the color of their ideoligion. If their favorite color and their ideoligion's color are the same, they will gain both mood buffs for a total of {{+|2}}. For a full list of valid apparel color options, see the [[Dye]] page.

The color of the ideoligion can be set at generation, while a pawn's favorite color is determined when the pawn is generated.{{Check Tag|Children?|Confirm when children gain a favorite color}} Apparel can be dyed at the [[styling station]] for one [[dye]] per piece of apparel. Note that unlike with preferred apparel, outside of the [[Man in Black]] event, pawns will not necessarily spawn wearing color that matches their ideoligion or preferred colors.

=== Spawning ===

Pawns that have an ideologion with desired apparel may spawn wearing it. The criteria for this are not fully understood, but pawnkinds that do not spawn with apparel that occupies the coverage and layer of the item preferred by the ideoligion appear to always spawn with the item. If the pawnkind does have conflicting apparel that may, or is required to, spawn, then a portion of those pawnkinds will spawn with the apparel. This can lead to knock-on effects, such as some Empire [[Empire#Cataphract|Cataphracts]] {{RoyaltyIcon}} spawning with hats in place of their [[cataphract helmet|helmets]] {{RoyaltyIcon}} making them weaker in combat. Note that this also applies to colonist spawns, including at game start. In any case, it is unknown if this is limited by the apparel value limits imposed on some pawnkinds.

== Xenotype preferences ==
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Believers consider this xenotype to hold a higher moral or spiritual status than others. They will be happy if their colony has only preferred xenotypes. However, having any preferred xenotypes means that all other xenotypes are considered disliked and believers will be unhappy living alongside them.

Up to three [[Xenotypes]] can be selected as preferred xenotypes, including baseliner and a custom xenotype. If at least one is selected then a positive mood will be generated if every colonist is a preferred type, but a negative scaling mood if even one colonist is not a preferred type.

Believers will not accept becoming a non-preferred xenotype via reimplant ability or [[xenogerm]]s. If [[Sanguophage]] is not a preferred type and at least one other preferred type is set, colonists will refuse Sanguophage xenogerm implantation and quests that award Sanguophage xenogerm will fail to give the reward.{{Check Tag|Fail?|Will not offer that as a reward? Will generate as a reward but not give it? Will not generate the quest? Will not generate the option that would be to receive the xenogerm? Will replace it with something else?}}

Opinion:
* Preferred xenotype: {{+|10}}
* Disliked xenotype: {{--|30}}

Mood:
* All preferred xenotype: {{+|2}}
* Some disliked xenotypes: {{--|2}}
* Many disliked xenotypes: {{--|3}}
* Tons of disliked xenotypes: {{--|4}}
* I am disliked xenotype<: {{--|6}}

== Venerated animals ==
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{{Quote|This animal is considered by believers to hold a special spiritual or moral status, which means it must be venerated and may never be harmed.|Description}}
An ideoligion can have up to 18 venerated [[animal]]s.

Colonists will not hunt or attack venerated animals with ranged weapons (but will attack them in melee), unless the animal is in manhunter mood. They will not slaughter tame venerated animals.

Colonists will butcher venerated animals without any issue, but will refuse to eat their [[meat]] or any meal made with it (including meals stacked together), even when starving. They can be manually ordered to eat such food, but will get -8 mood for 5 days. If a colonist that venerates an animal is unconscious, other colonists (of any ideoligion) will not feed them such food, and '''cannot''' be manually ordered to do so. Colonists take no issue using [[leather]], [[wool]], [[milk]], or [[eggs]] of the venerated animal.

Colonists will get -5 mood for 5 days if a tame venerated animal dies for any reason. Releasing tame animals is fine.

Colonists will get a positive thought for the amount of tame venerated animals in the colony, depending on their total body size divided by the total number of colonists: +2 for 1 or more, +3 for 2 or more, +4 for 4 or more, and +5 for 6 or more. In case of multiple venerated animals, all their body sizes are added together, producing a single thought. All colonists are counted for this, but only those of an appropriate ideoligion will get the thought.

Despite being tameable, [[Insectoids]] cannot be selected as a venerated animal.

Venerated animals are twice as easy to tame.

== Hair and tattoos ==
An ideoligion has associated hairstyles, beards, and tattoos. Specific hairstyles and tattoos may be allowed for men, women, or either. Some of those may be more or less common.

Newly spawned pawns of an ideoligion will always have matching appearance.

If pawn's hairstyle, beard, or tattoo do not match what their ideoligion allows (usually as a result of a conversion), they will try to use [[styling station]] on their free time to automatically change their looks, and will have a -??{{Check Tag|Value?}} mood penalty until they do so. They can also be sent to adjust their appearance manually.

== Version history ==
* [[Ideology DLC]] Release - Added.
* [[Version/1.3.3067|1.3.3067]] - Fixed gender supremacy memes having opposite agreeing traits e.g. Female Supremacy inexplicably being agreed with by Misogynist traited pawns. Fix: Essential roles can be removed.
* [[Version/1.3.3069|1.3.3069]] -
** Adjust trees-related thoughts. Negatives for killing trees are reduced. Positives for seeing trees are amplified.
** Chance of resentment on failed conversion attempt reduced from 36% to 20%. Chance of fight reduced from 4% to 2%.
** If a pawn has sight under 50%, he should gain a psychic sensitivity bonus of up to 50%.
* [[Version/1.3.3069b|1.3.3069b]] - Added a feature that lets you save and load ideoligions within the ideoligion customization screen.
* [[Version/1.3.3074|1.3.3074]] - Desired apparel now uses the same faction restrictions as role apparel does. Tribal-Only: War mask, Tribal Headdress. Non-tribal only: Slicecap, Beret. Removed visage mask restriction to non-tribal only. Integrate art for rough living issue and set it to medium importance. Ensure Tunneler meme always has the MiningYield_High precept. Fix 5234: Pawns can build turrets when prohibited by precepts.
* [[Version/1.3.3076|1.3.3076]] - Tree connection pawns have a 25% boost to [[Pruning Speed]]. Added temperature tough issue and precept. Fix: High life meme ideos generate with a warning about conflicting apparel.
* [[Version/1.3.3080|1.3.3080]] - Fixed Immunity Drive. Was previously targeting wrong stat and inoperative. Add a new ideoligion setup interface which allows playing like classic RimWorld, using presets, or fully customizing. Change harmful aging thought minimum age from 20 to 25. Added temperature precept icon.
* [[Version/1.3.3087|1.3.3087]] - Fix: Nutrient paste does not produce ate meat or ate non meat thoughts.
* [[Version/1.3.3101|1.3.3101]] - Fluid ideoligion system added. Reduce production specialist crafting speed buffs from +70% to +50%. Increase impact of 'lost role' thought from {{--|5}} to {{--|15}}. Pawns now recover from [[#Melee specialist|berserk trance]] on being downed. Fix: There are some duplicate ideoligion icons. Fix: Tree lovers don't care about harvesting / chopping down cocoa trees. Individualist meme description changed from ''A community's role is to serve each individual.'' changed to ''Each person is a free individual with the right to their own ideas and decisions. Nobody should be made to conform.'' Collectivist meme description changed from ''A person's role is to serve the community.'' changed to ''Each person is part of a greater whole. People should work to play their part and help the group.''
* [[Version/1.3.3117|1.3.3117]] -
** Fix: Sunlamp does not trigger blinding light for Darkness pawns.
** Improved viability of multi-ideo colonies. Pawns of pawns of any ideo can now spectate any ritual, even if it's not of their own ideo.
** Gaining, changing, or removing a role now requires a simple ritual.
** Added a precept related to Darkness meme that gives believers a positive thought during an eclipse.
* [[Version/1.3.3159|1.3.3159]] - Precept name length is now limited.
* [[Version/1.3.3200|1.3.3200]] - Pawns can now install pre-built furniture even if it is incompatible with their ideoligion. Fix: Special characters on named precepts can break UI.
* [[Version/1.3.3287|1.3.3287]] - A thin faint box is now drawn around ideoligion preset selectables, precept and meme boxes for aesthetic reasons. Reworked eclipse precept artwork. Remove the 'no recent animal slaughter' negative thought from the rancher meme, along with all associated code and content. This particular thought was too limiting for players and not worth having. Previously inflicted a {{--|3}} mood. Fix: Classic mode ideoligions don't start with some classic precepts. Fix: Ideoligion info available on ritual begin dialog in classic mode. Meme "Flesh Purity" no longer forces the anti-biosculpting precept.
* [[Version/1.3.3326|1.3.3326]] - Display incompatible issue and precept names instead of just precept names in reformation confirmation dialog. Fix: Reforming a fluid ideo lists some precepts as "incompatible" when they actually aren’t. Fix: Ability gizmos are still available for roles that have been removed via reformation.
* [[Version/1.3.3387|1.3.3387]] - Fix: Not all precepts are added to memes during fluid ideoligion development. "No slaves in colony" thought does not apply at "Very low" expectations or below.
* [[Version/1.4.3523|1.4.3523]] - Fix: Berserker trance makes pawn guilty even though they cannot attack allies. Fix: High Life harvest yield for Drug Use: Essential precept doesn't work. Randomizing precepts no longer brings up a confirmation dialog if the user has not edited precepts.
* [[Version/1.4.3542|1.4.3542]] - Fix: Certainty bar doesn't display for games where Ideology has been enabled after the game was started.
* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - [[Biotech DLC]] cross integration. Added mechanoid labor, child labor, growth vats, and bloodfeeders precepts. Added bloodfeeding meme. Added a new category of precept: Preferred xenotypes. Fix: Pilgrims coming to venerate a relic cause charity believers to get unhappy regardless of outcome. Yttakin factions no longer get desired apparel precepts, because they’re uncomfortable in all clothes.
* [[Version/1.4.3557|1.4.3557]] - Assign a fallback ideo{{Check Tag|Detail Needed}} to non-baby colonists during load that don't have an ideo set. Fix: "Child not in growth vat" thought appears for dead children. Fix: Banishing colonists doesn't recalculate faction ideoligions.
* [[Version/1.4.3563|1.4.3563]] - Fix: Animals specialist role mentions boosting animal-related abilities of nearby allies, which is false. "''A special ideoligious status focusing on animals to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased taming and training efficiency, and the ability to boost the animals-related abilities of nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to perform some non-animals-related tasks.''" -> ''"A special ideoligious status focusing on animals to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased taming and training efficiency. Holders of this role will refuse to perform some non-animals-related tasks."''
* [[Version/1.4.3613|1.4.3613]] - Fix: Randomize symbols doesn't update member noun in ideology's description. Fix: Pawn auto-uses age reversal after changing from Transhumanist to Non-Transhumanist ideoligion.

<gallery>
Precept Eclipse OLD.png|Eclipse Precept icon prior to 1.3.3287
</gallery>

[[Category:Game mechanics]]

Topic:Ytvozdqxdvspeuys

2025-06-24T15:28:14Z

ItsKairoKay (talk | contribs) commented on "Filth beauty seems to be inverse rather then worse indoors" (From testing blood, animal filth, and vomit the value is actually reduced to the outdoors value if it is under a roof contrary to this cl...)

Horse

2025-06-24T14:10:07Z

ItsKairoKay: rewriting comparison tidbit since the base hunger rate got increased to 0.525 i am unsure if the nutrition section just updates automatically

{{Infobox main|animal
| name = Horse
| image = Horse east.png
| description = A large hoofed mammal with a short coat, a long mane, and a long tail. Horses have been domesticated since ancient times. When in a caravan, people can ride horses to increase the caravan's speed.
| type = Animal
| movespeed = 5.8
| min comfortable temperature = -35
| max comfortable temperature = 45
| flammability = 0.7
| marketvalue = 550
| filth rate = 16
| ridingspeed = 1.6
| herdanimal = true
| combatPower = 100
| bodysize = 2.4
| healthscale = 1.75
| hungerrate = 0.525
| diet = herbivorous
| leathername = plainleather
| wildness = 0.35
| petness = 0.6
| manhuntertame = 0
| manhunter = 0
| roamMtb = 2
| trainable = none
| mateMtb = 12
| packanimal = true
| meatname = horse meat
| gestation = 6.66
| offspring = 1
| lifespan = 30
| juvenileage = 0.25
| maturityage = 0.3333
| tradeTags = AnimalFarm, AnimalCommon
| attack1dmg = 10
| attack1type = Blunt
| attack1cool = 2.9
| attack1part = head
| attack2dmg = 7
| attack2type = Blunt
| attack2cool = 2
| attack2part = front left leg
| attack3dmg = 7
| attack3type = Poke
| attack3cool = 2
| attack3part = front left leg
| attack4dmg = 7
| attack4type = Blunt
| attack4cool = 2
| attack4part = front right leg
| attack5dmg = 7
| attack5type = Poke
| attack5cool = 2
| attack5part = front right leg
| attack6dmg = 5
| attack6type = Bite
| attack6cool = 2
| attack6part = teeth
| attack6chancefactor = 0.5
| livesin_temperateforest = 0.2
| livesin_temperateswamp = 0.2
| livesin_borealforest = 0.15
| livesin_aridshrubland = 0.1
}}
'''Horses''', called '''Mares''' if female and '''Stallions''' if male and '''foals''' as babies, are tameable [[herbivore]]s with a fast movement speed.

Horses can come in a variety of different colors: White, Gray, Black, Brown, and Light Brown.

== Acquisition ==
Horses can be found in {{Habitats}}. They can either be tamed by a [[Work#Handle|handler]] or self-tame in a random event, and can be bought and sold in other [[Trade#Faction base|faction bases]] and from [[Trade#Bulk goods trader 2|bulk goods traders]]. Horses purchased from traders will be already tamed.

== Summary ==
{{Pen Animal Note|Horses}}

Horses are also [[pack animal]]s, and will carry up to {{P|Pack Capacity}} kg of weight in a [[caravan]]. They can additionally be ridden for up to 160% caravan speed, the highest of any animal (tied with the [[thrumbo]]).

== Analysis ==
=== Pack animal ===
Horses are easily the best pack animal in the game. They are tied with [[thrumbo]]s for the highest caravan speed bonus in the game, and thrumbos refuse to carry goods. In addition, horses carry the most weight per unit nutrition. For the fastest riding speed, you should have at least 1 horse for every colonist you send on a caravan.

They also make for a great slaughter animal.

=== Nutrition ===
When slaughtered, a horse yields {{#vardefineecho:baby_meat|{{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*0.2*140}}}}}} meat and {{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*0.2*40}}}} leather as a baby; {{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*0.5*140}}}} meat and {{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*0.5*40}}}} as a juvenile; or {{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*140}}}} meat and {{Meat Leather Curve|{{#expr:{{P|Body Size}}*40}}}} leather as an adult. 1 meat is equal to 0.05 nutrition.

An adult horse consumes {{P|Real Hunger Rate}} nutrition per day, and a female creates up to {{#expr: 1/{{P|Gestation Period Days}} round 2}} offspring per day.
* When offspring are slaughtered as babies, a mare will produce {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|baby}} round 2}} nutrition of meat per day, giving an optimal nutrition efficiency of {{%|{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|baby}}/{{P|Real Hunger Rate}} round 3}}.
* If the offspring are allowed to grow to adulthood, they will consume an additional {{#expr:{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|adult}} - {{P|Real Hunger Rate}} round 2}} nutrition per day, but will instead yield {{#expr:{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|adult}} round 2}} nutrition per day as they are slaughtered, resulting in an nutrition efficiency of {{%|{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|adult}}/{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|adult}} round 3}}.
When considering a population of equal numbers of males and females, these nutrition efficiencies fall to {{%|{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|baby|1|1}}/{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|baby|1|1}} round 3}} for baby slaughter and {{%|{{Meat Production|{{PAGENAME}}|adult|1|1}}/{{Nutrition Consumption|{{PAGENAME}}|adult|1|1}} round 3}} for adult slaughter.

Horses are comparable to [[cow]]s. But are still beaten in nutrition efficiency by [[ibex]]es. They take more work to slaughter, but offer better nutrition efficiency. [[Chicken]]s may be even better, but take more work to slaughter.

== Training ==
{{TrainingTable}}

== Health ==
{{Animal Health Table|QuadrupedAnimalWithHooves}}

== Version history ==
* [[Version/1.1.0|1.1.0]] - Added as part of the integration of the Vanilla Animals Expanded - Livestock mod into the basegame.
* [[Version/1.3.3066|1.3.3066]] - Trainability changed from advanced to none, Horses are now ridable and increase caravan speed.
** Body Size: 2.0 -> 2.4
** Base Hunger Rate: 0.85 -> 0.425
** Wildness: 0.5 -> 0.35
** Manhunter chance: 0.1|0.013 -> 0|0
** Gestation: 28 -> 6.66
** Maturity age: 0.45 -> 0.333
** Nuzzle mtb: 120 -> never
* 1.6.4488 - Increased base hunger rate from 0.425 to 0.525
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Horse east.png|Facing east
Horse north.png|Facing north
Horse south.png|Facing south
Dessicated horse east.png|Decaying
</gallery>
<gallery>
Horse1 east.png|Chestnut variant
Horse2 east.png|Cream variant
Horse3 east.png|Blue roan variant
Horse4 east.png|Black variant
Horse5 east.png|Dun variant
Horse6 east.png|Brown variant
</gallery>
<gallery>
Horse pack east.png|Packing bags facing east
Horse pack north.png|Packing bags facing north
Horse pack south.png|Packing bags facing south
</gallery>

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Topic:Ytlcoc8injvvjupw

2025-06-20T13:18:08Z

ItsKairoKay (talk | contribs) commented on "Moved and welcome back!" (Mainly just trusted perms, given how my previous account had that. But I understand if I must get it again.)

Lynx

2025-06-19T17:46:50Z

ItsKairoKay: changing trainability in accordance to changelog

{{Infobox main|animal
| page verified for version = A14C
| name = Lynx
| image = Lynx.png
| description = A wildcat larger than a housecat, but smaller than a cougar. Lynxes survive on a diet of small birds and animals. Their very warm fur keeps them safe from the brutally cold temperatures of their frozen territories.
| type = Animal
| movespeed = 5
| min comfortable temperature = -50
| max comfortable temperature = 40
| flammability = 0.7
| marketvalue = 250
| filth rate = 2
| predator = true
| combatPower = 80
| bodysize = 0.6
| healthscale = 0.8
| hungerrate = 0.12
| diet = carnivorous, ovivorous
| leathername = panthera fur
| wildness = 0.8
| manhuntertame = 0.2
| manhunter = 0.5
| trainable = intermediate
| mateMtb = 12
| gestation = 10
| offspring = 1
| lifespan = 9
| juvenileage = 0.2
| maturityage = 0.5
| tradeTags = AnimalUncommon, AnimalFighter
| attack1dmg = 9
| attack1type = Scratch
| attack1cool = 1.5
| attack1part = front left paw
| attack1stun = 14
| attack2dmg = 9
| attack2type = Scratch
| attack2cool = 1.5
| attack2part = front right paw
| attack2stun = 14
| attack3dmg = 12
| attack3type = Bite
| attack3cool = 2
| attack3part = teeth
| attack3chancefactor = 0.7
| attack3stun = 14
| attack4dmg = 6
| attack4type = Blunt
| attack4cool = 2
| attack4part = head
| attack4chancefactor = 0.2
| livesin_temperateforest = 0.07
| livesin_temperateswamp = 0.07
| livesin_borealforest = 0.07
| livesin_tundra = 0.07
| livesin_coldbog = 0.07
| livesin_icesheet = 0.1
}}
'''Lynxes''', called '''lynx kittens''' as babies, are medium-sized, solitary feline predators found in {{Habitats}}. Although not too dangerous to a moderately experienced, well-equipped hunter, lynxes can menace livestock and pets, and probably will where food is scarce. Their fur has excellent insulation value.

== Hunting ==
Lynxes are fast and have a fairly high chance to turn [[Mental break#Manhunter|manhunter]] upon being attacked, so caution is advised when hunting. You may want to have a couple of people drafted when hunting a Lynx, but a Lynx can be kited by most with a few leg shots and in enough pain to adversely affect consciousness.

While it is twice as valuable as {{Icon small|cloth}} [[cloth]], the {{Icon small|Panthera fur}} [[panthera fur]] provided when butchering a lynx is not particularly useful in the colder environments that they are found.

== Taming ==
Lynx can be tamed wild, randomly join your colony in an event, or bought pre-tamed from a trading ship.

== Training ==
{{TrainingTable}}

== Health ==
{{Animal Health Table|QuadrupedAnimalWithPawsAndTail}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Lynx east.png|Lynx facing east
Lynx north.png|Lynx facing north
Lynx south.png|Lynx facing south
Dessicated lynx east.png|Lynx decaying
</gallery>

== Version history ==
* 0.18/1.0 - Now provides the new [[Panthera fur]], which merged its previous leather type, lynxskin, with pantherskin and cougarskin.
* 1.6.4488 - Trainability has been changed from None to Intermediate.

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