Titles

Titles are a new mechanic in the Royalty DLC. They allow the bearer to use Psychic amplifiers and Psycasts without upsetting the Empire, as well as trade with and call help from the Empire, but in exchange the bearer has an increasing number of demands to maintain their mood.

Mechanics

Titles increase in level, starting at Freeholder, increasing to Yeoman, Knight / Dame, Praetor, Baron / Baroness, and Count / Countess. Further ranks include Duke / Duchess, Consul, Stellarch, and Emperor / Empress, but these are not achievable by colonists during standard gameplay. Starting at Esquire, the title holder will start to demand certain apparel, rooms, and furniture, as well as begin to refuse to do particular types of work. These are listed in the table below.

All titles, starting at Yeoman, allow an increasing level of psycast. Yeoman allows level 1, Esquire level 2, Knight level 3, Praetor level 4, Baron level 5, and Count and above level 6. All titles allow the consumption of Lavish meals, insect jelly, milk, berries, ambrosia, chocolate, beer, go-juice, luciferium, penoxycyline, flake, psychite tea, yayo, smokeleaf joint, and wake-up. Certain titles will allow the consumption of 'simpler' meals, these are noted below.

All titles, starting at Esquire, require psycaster apparel as well as any powered armor. Titles of this and higher level also require other specific apparel choices that are listed below. Titles of Esquire and above also require a throne room, and have minimum requirements for bedrooms. These requirements include a minimum number of tiles of room area, and in many cases, a minimum impressiveness. All throne rooms require 2 braziers which must be lit. All bedrooms require a double bed. All throne and bed rooms must be fully floored (IE no soil/ground).

Note that Ascetic pawns have their unique bedroom and food requirements completely override those of their title, and thus still prefer an awful bedroom and raw or simple food. This can provide a significantly easier way to keep high level nobles in the rare instance you find a suitably skilled Ascetic. Keep in mind that the Throne Room requirements are still enforced however. Similarly Cannibal Nobles can eat human meat without penalty, and still gain the normal positive moodlets from doing so. It is currently unknown if Simple Meals with Human Meat are allowed. Lastly, Nudists are not exempt from the need to wear Noble-specific clothing, and still take the penalty from wearing any clothes at all. This results in a Nudist Noble always having a negative moodlet of some kind. A Circadian half-cycler does not negate the need for a bedroom. Couples containing one or more nobles can still share a bedroom, and should they both be nobles they can also share a throne room, however they need individual thrones and the title's usual requirements must still be met.

Some titles come with recreation limits. These, and other limits, generally remain and grow from rank to rank, such that a Baron has all the limits placed on a Praetor, and more.

Starting at Esquire, Nobles gain the ability to call in temporary reinforcements, with additional, more powerful forces being made available at Praetor and Baron. These abilities can be used for free every 45 days, or can be used before the cooldown finishes by expending Royal Favor with the Empire. Each ability calls four fully equipped pawns of the relevant type. See Empire#Pawns for details.

Decrees

Issue quests with no reward, increasingly negative moodlet if unfullfilled, positve moodlet +6 if fullfilled.

List of titles

1. Esquire: Esquires may consume Fine meals, Package Survival Meals, Simple Meals, and Pemmican.
2. Knight / Dame: A Knight's throne room must be 30 tiles, with a minimum impressiveness of 60, and must include 2 Columns and a Harp. A Knight's bedroom must be 24 tiles, with a minimum impressiveness of 40, and must include an end table and dresser. Knights may consume Fine meals. Knights will demand High Culture recreation, and gain the ability to trade with both settlements and caravans.
3. Praetor: All apparel must be or normal or higher quality. A Praetor's throne room must be 40 tiles, with a minimum impressiveness of 90, and must include 4 Columns and a Harp. A Praetor's bedroom must be 24 tiles, with a minimum impressiveness of 50, and must include an end table and dresser. Praetors may consume Fine meals. Praetor's will refuse any dexterity play recreation, as well as have the same limits present in lower ranks (a demand for high culture recreation)
4. Baron / Baroness: A Baron will no longer do any skilled labor or animal work, and will demand the following: Ruffle Shirt, a Royal Vest (male) or Corset (female), and a Coronet. A Baron's throne room must have only fine floors, must have a grand throne, must be 60 tiles, with a minimum impressiveness of 120, and must include 4 Columns and a Harpsichord. Barons gain the ability to trade with imperial orbital traders, and may call cataphract squads. Barons will gain a free psycast amplifier via a transport pod on promotion.
5. Count / Countess: A Count's throne room must have only fine floors, must have a grand throne, must be 80 tiles, with a minimum impressiveness of 160, and must include 6 Columns, 2 Drapes, and a Piano. A Count's bedroom must be 30 tiles, with a minimum impressiveness of 80, and must include a drape, end table and dresser. Counts will gain a free psycast amplifier via a transport pod on promotion.

Obtainable Titles	Royal Favor Required (total)	Psychic Amplifiers	Incapable of (New in Bold)	Throne Room Requirements	Bedroom Requirements	Food Requirements (lost next tier in italic)	Clothing Requirement	New Abilities with this Rank
Freeholder	1	0	None	None	None	Any	Any	None
Yeoman	6 (7)	1	None	None	None	Any	Any	None
Esquire	6 (13)	2	Cleaning	Area 24, All floored, x2 Brazier, All braziers must be lit	Area 16, all floored, double bed	Fine meal, Packaged survival meal, Simple meal, Pemmican, Lavish meal, insect jelly, milk, berries, ambrosia, chocolate, beer	Ruffle shirt, Top hat or Ladies hat	Call Trooper Squad (4 Pawns, 4 favor)
Knight/Dame	8 (21)	3	Cleaning, Plant cut, Haul	Area 30, Impressiveness 60, Throne, all floored, x2 Brazier, x2 Column, Harp, All braziers lit	Area 24, impressiveness 40, all floored, double bed, end table, dresser	Fine meal, Lavish meal, insect jelly, milk, berries, ambrosia, chocolate, beer	Ruffle shirt, Top hat or Ladies hat	Trade with Empire Caravan/Settlements
Praetor	10 (31)	4	Cleaning, Plant cut, Haul, Grow, Mining	Area 40, Impressiveness 90, Throne, all floored, x2 Brazier, x4 Column, harp, all braziers lit	Area 24, impressiveness 50, all floored, double bed, end table, dresser	Fine meal, Lavish meal, insect jelly, milk, berries, ambrosia, chocolate, beer	Ruffle shirt, Top hat or Ladies hat	Call Janissary squad (4 Pawns, 6 favor)
Baron/Baroness	14 (45)	5	Cleaning, Plant cut, Haul, Grow, Mining, Cook, Construct, Smith, Handle, Tailor, Craft	Grand Throne, Area 60, Impressiveness 120, all fine floored, x2 brazier, x4 column, x2 drape, harpsichord, all braziers lit	Area 30, impressiveness 70, All floored, royal bed, end table, dresser, drape	Lavish meal, insect jelly, milk, berries, ambrosia, chocolate, beer	Ruffle shirt, Royal vest (male) or Corset (female), Coronet	Call Cataphract squads (4 Pawns, 12 favor), trade with Imperial orbital traders, gain a free psycast amplifier via transport pod on promotion
Count/Countess	20 (65)	6	Cleaning, Plant cut, Haul, Grow, Mining, Cook, Construct, Smith, Handle, Tailor, Craft, Art, Research, Basic, Doctor, Firefight	Grand throne, Room area 80, Room impressiveness 160, all fine floored, brazier x2, x6 Column x6, Drape x2, Piano, All Braziers must be lit.	Area 30, Room impressiveness 80, All fine floored, royal bed, end table, dresser, drape	Lavish meal, insect jelly, milk, berries, ambrosia, chocolate, beer	Ruffle shirt, Royal vest (male) or Corset (female), Royal robe, Coronet	Gain a free psycast amplifier via transport pod on promotion

NPC Titles	Psychic Amplifiers	Incapable of	Throne Room Requirements	Bedroom Requirements	Food Requirements	Clothing Requirement	Abilities New with this Rank
Duke/Duchess	6	Cleaning, Plant cut, Haul, Grow, Mining, Cook, Construct, Smith, Handle, Tailor, Craft, Art, Research, Basic, Doctor, Firefight	Grand throne, Room area:80, Room impressiveness 160, all fine floored, brazier x2, Column x6, Piano, All Braziers must be lit.	Room Area: 30, Room impressiveness 80, All fine floored, royal bed, end table, dresser, drape	Lavish meal, insect jelly, milk, berries, ambrosia, chocolate, beer	Ruffle shirt, Royal vest (male) or Corset (female), Royal robe, Coronet	None
Consul	6	Cleaning, Plant cut, Haul, Grow, Mining, Cook, Construct, Smith, Handle, Tailor, Craft, Art, Research, Basic, Doctor, Firefight	Grand throne, Room area:80, Room impressiveness 160, all fine floored, brazier x2, Column x6, Piano, All Braziers must be lit.	Room Area: 30, Room impressiveness 80, All fine floored, royal bed, end table, dresser, drape	Lavish meal, insect jelly, milk, berries, ambrosia, chocolate, beer	Ruffle shirt, Royal vest (male) or Corset (female), Royal robe, Coronet	None
Stellarch	6	Cleaning, Plant cut, Haul, Grow, Mining, Cook, Construct, Smith, Handle, Tailor, Craft, Art, Research, Basic, Doctor, Firefight	Grand throne, Room area:80, Room impressiveness 160, all fine floored, brazier x2, Column x6, Piano, All Braziers must be lit.	Room Area: 30, Room impressiveness 80, All fine floored, royal bed, end table, dresser, drape	Lavish meal, insect jelly, milk, berries, ambrosia, chocolate, beer	Ruffle shirt, Royal vest (male) or Corset (female), Royal robe, Coronet	None
Emperor/Empress	6	Cleaning, Plant cut, Haul, Grow, Mining, Cook, Construct, Smith, Handle, Tailor, Craft, Art, Research, Basic, Doctor, Firefight	Grand throne, Room area:80, Room impressiveness 160, all fine floored, brazier x2, Column x6, Piano, All Braziers must be lit.	Room Area: 30, Room impressiveness 80, All fine floored, royal bed, end table, dresser, drape	Lavish meal, insect jelly, milk, berries, ambrosia, chocolate, beer	Ruffle shirt, Royal vest (male) or Corset (female), Royal robe, Coronet	None

Additional footnote : Do NOT make a very important pawn too high of a rank as it might cause your colony to run into issues, Make sure you also have the materials/food/room requirements for the nobles that you are promoting yourself or having from quests as they will quickly have mental breaks and tantrums.

Version History

In 1.1.2579, the mechanics were changed from all Nobles having hard restrictions, to only some.