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* {{+|10}} moodlet at 100% implantee mood.
 
* {{+|10}} moodlet at 100% implantee mood.
  
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This value is then multiplied by the [[Psychic Sensitivity]] of ''both'' the implantee and the subject of the effect. If a 100% mood implantee has 200% sensitivity, they'd give +20 mood buff. If both the implantee and subject have 200% sensitivity, the subject would receive a +40 mood buff.
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This value is then multiplied by the [[Psychic Sensitivity]] of ''both'' the implantee and the subject of the effect. for example, if a 100% mood implantee has 200% sensitivity, they'd give +20 mood buff. If both the implantee and subject have 200% sensitivity, the subject would receive a +40 mood buff. The final value is uncapped and limited only by the maximum achievable psychic sensitivities of the pawns involved.  
  
 
The effects of multiple psychic harmonizers can stack. However, if a pawn has a psychic harmonizer implant, they cannot be impacted by another psychic harmonizer.
 
The effects of multiple psychic harmonizers can stack. However, if a pawn has a psychic harmonizer implant, they cannot be impacted by another psychic harmonizer.
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Removing the part requires {{Ticks|2500}} of work, 1x medicine of [[Herbal medicine|herbal]] quality or better, and a [[Skills#Medical|Medical skill]] of 5.
 
Removing the part requires {{Ticks|2500}} of work, 1x medicine of [[Herbal medicine|herbal]] quality or better, and a [[Skills#Medical|Medical skill]] of 5.
  
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If the operation fails, the part has a chance{{Check Tag|What Chance?}} to be destroyed.
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If the operation fails, the part will be destroyed.
  
 
==Analysis==
 
==Analysis==
 
Psychic harmonizers can be an extremely powerful tool to keep your pawns happy, if you install it in a pawn who is easily pleased. But if the pawn gets upset, it can quickly cause a "death spiral" of mood.
 
Psychic harmonizers can be an extremely powerful tool to keep your pawns happy, if you install it in a pawn who is easily pleased. But if the pawn gets upset, it can quickly cause a "death spiral" of mood.
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If used on a prisoner: the harmonizer is effective on pawns of the same faction as the prisoner. This can be used to keep other prisoners of that particular faction happy, or it can be used to reduce the mood of their faction's raiders.
  
 
===Pawn Choice===
 
===Pawn Choice===
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The following aspects lend well to being a (motile) harmonizer pawn:
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The following aspects lend well to being a (mobile) harmonizer pawn:
  
 
* Positive [[mood]] traits. [[Sanguine]] and [[Optimist]] have the most straightforward effect on the implantee's mood. Other traits like [[Body modder]], [[Masochist]], and [[Bloodlust]] also work well. Note that traits that impact [[Mental Break Threshold]], like [[Iron-willed]] and [[Nervous]], have 0 impact on the harmonizer.  
 
* Positive [[mood]] traits. [[Sanguine]] and [[Optimist]] have the most straightforward effect on the implantee's mood. Other traits like [[Body modder]], [[Masochist]], and [[Bloodlust]] also work well. Note that traits that impact [[Mental Break Threshold]], like [[Iron-willed]] and [[Nervous]], have 0 impact on the harmonizer.  
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* High mood in general: [[Joywire]]s provide a {{+|30}} mood boost. If a pawn is happy all day, they are a good candidate.
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* High mood in general: [[Joywire]]s and [[Bliss lobotomy|Bliss lobotomies]]{{AnomalyIcon}} provide a {{+|30}} and {{+|20}} mood boost respectively, or a {{+|50}} mood boost together. If a pawn is happy all day, they are a good candidate.
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* High [[Psychic Sensitivity]]. The higher the sensitivity, the greater the mood buff. It also means a greater effect from a [[psychic drone]], so be very careful with this. [[Eltex]] gear and [[psychic foil helmet]]s can be used to modify psychic sensitivity as needed.
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* Pawns that have the [[Genes#Happy|Happy]]{{BiotechIcon}} or [[Genes#Very_happy|Very Happy]]{{BiotechIcon}} genes, which give {{+|5}} and {{+|10}} mood, respectively.
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* Pawns that will naturally be near other pawns. For example, a [[psycast]]er can meditate all day (which also counts as [[Recreation]]) in 1 place. A passionate crafter can sit in a chair all day, gaining mood from the passion and the [[comfort]] of their chair.  
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* High [[Psychic Sensitivity]]. The mood effect scales with the implanted pawn's sensitivity, so assuming you can keep the pawn consistently happy, a higher sensitivity is better. High sensitivity also means a greater effect from a [[psychic drone]], so be very careful with this. [[Eltex]] gear and [[psychic foil helmet]]s can be used to modify psychic sensitivity as needed.
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* "Disposable" pawns. [[Drug]]s and [[joywire]]s may slow the work of a hauler, but do you really need that extra work speed?
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* Pawns that will naturally be near other pawns. For example, a [[psycast]]er can meditate all day (which also counts as [[Recreation]]) in 1 place, a passionate crafter can sit in a chair all day, gaining mood from the passion and the [[comfort]] of their chair, and a genetically happy, joywired, lobotomized, limbless torso can keep other patients happy in your hospital.
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* "Disposable" pawns. [[Drug]]s, [[joywire]]s may slow the work of a hauler, but do you really need that extra work speed?
  
 
Unconscious pawns are especially good with a harmonizer, though with the downside of being unable to move. See below for details.
 
Unconscious pawns are especially good with a harmonizer, though with the downside of being unable to move. See below for details.
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Regardless of method, your patient should have the highest mood and highest Psychic Sensitivity as possible. Using some combination of [[yayo]], [[flake]], [[psychite tea]], [[beer]], [[lavish meal]]s, and [[fine meal]]s should get all but the most devastated pawns to 100% mood (assuming they can take drugs at all).
 
Regardless of method, your patient should have the highest mood and highest Psychic Sensitivity as possible. Using some combination of [[yayo]], [[flake]], [[psychite tea]], [[beer]], [[lavish meal]]s, and [[fine meal]]s should get all but the most devastated pawns to 100% mood (assuming they can take drugs at all).
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=== Defensive use against Enemy Raids ===
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[[File:Psychic_Harmonizer_Defense.png|400px|right]]
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Always remember that installed harmonizers only affect pawns of the same faction, and that a psychic sensitivity of >0 is essential for both the prisoner and raider.
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* Ensure the prisoner is as unhappy as possible; use [[mindscrew]]s, feed them [[kibble]], and do whatever else you can to unappease their ideological requirements ([[Ideology DLC]]).
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* Build a long corridor/maze to maximize the time enemy raiders spend in the influence zone of the harmonizers. The spacing of prison cells will depend on the width of your corridor; for a 5-tile wide corridor, a spacing of 25-tiles between cells is optimal. Building the corridor underneath overhead mountain is ideal to stop drop pods from skipping the corridor.
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* It's advisable to make the prison cells at least 3-tiles in area so as to fit a sleeping spot, and a heater or cooler. Again, refer to the prisoners' ideologies when creating the worst possible cell for them.
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* It's also strongly recommended that you remove all prisoners' legs to prevent them from having mental breaks and escape attempts.
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A single prisoner at 0 mood, with a psychic sensitivity of 125%, will cause -14 mood in a raider with 100% psychic sensitivity. This will stack by adding more prisoners within the harmonizers' range, but remember that harmonized prisoners cannot be affected by the harmonizers of other prisoners. By pairing this with other negative moodlets (or simply using enough prisoners), it is possible to make a raiding party go berserk and attack each other until they flee or give up. The longer the corridor, the more chance they will break before reaching your colonists.
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This strategy is expensive to set up, but requires only kibble (and potentially power/wood for temperature control in prison cells) to maintain.
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Eventually the prisoners will die of natural causes and need to replaced, so be sure to harvest their installed implants before they die.
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This will not be effective against sieges unless you can force them to attack.
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Above is an example image (the plans in the image show the 25-tile spacing for the corridor width of 5-tiles) of an optimized corridor of psychically-harmonic deterrence, made for 1 specific enemy faction:
  
 
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[[Category:Medical Item]] [[Category:Body Part]] [[Category:Implant]]

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Psychic harmonizer

Psychic harmonizer

This brain implant projects the user's mood in a spherical psychic field, forcing others nearby to feel a blurred, simplified version of their emotions. It can be an powerful tool to keep morale high, but if the user becomes unhappy, it can lead to collective disaster.

Base Stats

Type
Medical Items – Body Parts
Tech Level
Archotech
Market Value
1030 Silver
Mass
4 kg
HP
50
Flammability
100%
Technical
thingSetMakerTags
ImplantEmpireRoyal
techHediffsTags
ImplantEmpireRoyal
tradeTags
ImplantEmpireRoyal


The Psychic Harmonizer is a special psychic implant that projects the mood of the user to other pawns.

Acquisition[edit]

Psychic harmonizers cannot be crafted, and instead must be acquired through trade or as a quest reward.

Summary[edit]

Once implanted in a pawn, the harmonizer projects a psychic effect with a radius of 30 tiles that affects nearby pawns (of the same faction) with a moodlet.

This moodlet is dependent on the implantee's current mood value. It is linearly interpolated between these values:[Rounding?]

  • −8 moodlet at 0% implantee mood.
  • 0 moodlet at 50% implantee mood
  • +10 moodlet at 100% implantee mood.

This value is then multiplied by the Psychic Sensitivity of both the implantee and the subject of the effect. for example, if a 100% mood implantee has 200% sensitivity, they'd give +20 mood buff. If both the implantee and subject have 200% sensitivity, the subject would receive a +40 mood buff. The final value is uncapped and limited only by the maximum achievable psychic sensitivities of the pawns involved.

The effects of multiple psychic harmonizers can stack. However, if a pawn has a psychic harmonizer implant, they cannot be impacted by another psychic harmonizer.

It only impacts members of the same faction. SlavesContent added by the Ideology DLC are considered to be part of their owners' faction for the purposes of the psychic harmonizer, not of their original faction.

Installation[edit]

Installing the part requires 2,500 ticks (41.67 secs) of work, 2x medicine of herbal quality or better, and a Medical skill of 5.

Removing the part requires 2,500 ticks (41.67 secs) of work, 1x medicine of herbal quality or better, and a Medical skill of 5.

If the operation fails, the part will be destroyed.

Analysis[edit]

Psychic harmonizers can be an extremely powerful tool to keep your pawns happy, if you install it in a pawn who is easily pleased. But if the pawn gets upset, it can quickly cause a "death spiral" of mood.

If used on a prisoner: the harmonizer is effective on pawns of the same faction as the prisoner. This can be used to keep other prisoners of that particular faction happy, or it can be used to reduce the mood of their faction's raiders.

Pawn Choice[edit]

The following aspects lend well to being a (mobile) harmonizer pawn:

  • Positive mood traits. Sanguine and Optimist have the most straightforward effect on the implantee's mood. Other traits like Body modder, Masochist, and Bloodlust also work well. Note that traits that impact Mental Break Threshold, like Iron-willed and Nervous, have 0 impact on the harmonizer.
  • High mood in general: Joywires and Bliss lobotomiesContent added by the Anomaly DLC provide a +30 and +20 mood boost respectively, or a +50 mood boost together. If a pawn is happy all day, they are a good candidate.
  • Pawns that have the HappyContent added by the Biotech DLC or Very HappyContent added by the Biotech DLC genes, which give +5 and +10 mood, respectively.
  • High Psychic Sensitivity. The mood effect scales with the implanted pawn's sensitivity, so assuming you can keep the pawn consistently happy, a higher sensitivity is better. High sensitivity also means a greater effect from a psychic drone, so be very careful with this. Eltex gear and psychic foil helmets can be used to modify psychic sensitivity as needed.
  • Pawns that will naturally be near other pawns. For example, a psycaster can meditate all day (which also counts as Recreation) in 1 place, a passionate crafter can sit in a chair all day, gaining mood from the passion and the comfort of their chair, and a genetically happy, joywired, lobotomized, limbless torso can keep other patients happy in your hospital.
  • "Disposable" pawns. Drugs, joywires may slow the work of a hauler, but do you really need that extra work speed?

Unconscious pawns are especially good with a harmonizer, though with the downside of being unable to move. See below for details.

Comatose pawns[edit]

A pawn's mood does not change when unconscious. If you can stack mood to 100%, then make a pawn comatose, you'll end up with a permanent +10 moodlet in the area (so long as the pawn is fed). Because the pawn is unconscious, even a psychic drone won't bother them, meaning you can stack Psychic Sensitivity as much as you want.

  • The easiest way to do this is with the Biotech DLC. A pawn with the Deathrest geneContent added by the Biotech DLC can willingly enter deathrest, where mood is frozen, and stay in this state indefinitely. A deathrester can be woken on-command, allowing you to replace eltex gear as needed. As a side benefit, pawns don't need food during deathrest.
  • An alternative method is to use brain damage. The goal is to get Consciousness below 30% (but above 0%). You can use an already comatose pawn, but if needed, the fastest way to cause brain damage is to fail to install a brain implant (like a painstopper). If further Consciousness reduction is needed, you can use a joywire (-20%) and circadian half-cycler (-15%). If you need to make the pawn conscious again, then either go-juice or wake-up can be used for a Consciousness boost.

Regardless of method, your patient should have the highest mood and highest Psychic Sensitivity as possible. Using some combination of yayo, flake, psychite tea, beer, lavish meals, and fine meals should get all but the most devastated pawns to 100% mood (assuming they can take drugs at all).

Defensive use against Enemy Raids[edit]

Psychic Harmonizer Defense.png

Always remember that installed harmonizers only affect pawns of the same faction, and that a psychic sensitivity of >0 is essential for both the prisoner and raider.

  • Ensure the prisoner is as unhappy as possible; use mindscrews, feed them kibble, and do whatever else you can to unappease their ideological requirements (Ideology DLC).
  • Build a long corridor/maze to maximize the time enemy raiders spend in the influence zone of the harmonizers. The spacing of prison cells will depend on the width of your corridor; for a 5-tile wide corridor, a spacing of 25-tiles between cells is optimal. Building the corridor underneath overhead mountain is ideal to stop drop pods from skipping the corridor.
  • It's advisable to make the prison cells at least 3-tiles in area so as to fit a sleeping spot, and a heater or cooler. Again, refer to the prisoners' ideologies when creating the worst possible cell for them.
  • It's also strongly recommended that you remove all prisoners' legs to prevent them from having mental breaks and escape attempts.

A single prisoner at 0 mood, with a psychic sensitivity of 125%, will cause -14 mood in a raider with 100% psychic sensitivity. This will stack by adding more prisoners within the harmonizers' range, but remember that harmonized prisoners cannot be affected by the harmonizers of other prisoners. By pairing this with other negative moodlets (or simply using enough prisoners), it is possible to make a raiding party go berserk and attack each other until they flee or give up. The longer the corridor, the more chance they will break before reaching your colonists.

This strategy is expensive to set up, but requires only kibble (and potentially power/wood for temperature control in prison cells) to maintain. Eventually the prisoners will die of natural causes and need to replaced, so be sure to harvest their installed implants before they die.

This will not be effective against sieges unless you can force them to attack.

Above is an example image (the plans in the image show the 25-tile spacing for the corridor width of 5-tiles) of an optimized corridor of psychically-harmonic deterrence, made for 1 specific enemy faction:

Artificial body parts
Arm/Hand
Archotech arm • Bionic arm • Power claw • Prosthetic arm • Wooden hand • Drill arm Content added by the Royalty DLC • Elbow blade Content added by the Royalty DLC • Field hand Content added by the Royalty DLC • Hand talon Content added by the Royalty DLC • Venom talon Content added by the Royalty DLC • Flesh tentacleContent added by the Anomaly DLC • Flesh whipContent added by the Anomaly DLC
Head
Archotech eye • Bionic eye • Bionic ear • Bionic jaw • Bionic tongue • Cochlear implant • Denture • Aesthetic nose Content added by the Royalty DLC
Head implants
Joywire • Painstopper • Circadian assistant Content added by the Royalty DLC • Circadian half-cycler Content added by the Royalty DLC • Gastro-analyzer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Learning assistant Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mindscrew Content added by the Royalty DLC • Neurocalculator Content added by the Royalty DLC • Psychic harmonizer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Psychic reader Content added by the Royalty DLC • Psychic sensitizer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Venom fangs Content added by the Royalty DLC • Control sublink (Standard, High) Content added by the Biotech DLC • Mechlink Content added by the Biotech DLC • Mech gestation processor Content added by the Biotech DLC • Remote repairer Content added by the Biotech DLC • Remote shielder Content added by the Biotech DLC • Repair probe Content added by the Biotech DLC
Spine
Bionic spine • Revenant vertebraeContent added by the Anomaly DLC
Stomach
Bionic stomach • Nuclear stomach Content added by the Royalty DLC • Reprocessor stomach Content added by the Royalty DLC • Sterilizing stomach Content added by the Royalty DLC • Fleshmass stomach Content added by the Anomaly DLC
Heart
Bionic heart • Prosthetic heart • Heart • Adrenal heartContent added by the Anomaly DLC • Corrosive heartContent added by the Anomaly DLC • Metalblood heartContent added by the Anomaly DLC
Lung
Lung • Detoxifier lung Content added by the Biotech DLC • Fleshmass lung Content added by the Anomaly DLC
Kidney
Kidney • Detoxifier kidney Content added by the Biotech DLC
Organs
Liver
Visceral implants
Death acidifier • Aesthetic shaper Content added by the Royalty DLC • Coagulator Content added by the Royalty DLC • Healing enhancer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Armorskin gland Content added by the Royalty DLC • Stoneskin gland Content added by the Royalty DLC • Toughskin gland Content added by the Royalty DLC • Immunoenhancer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Love enhancer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Ghoul platingContent added by the Anomaly DLC • Ghoul barbsContent added by the Anomaly DLC
Leg/Foot
Archotech leg • Bionic leg • Prosthetic leg • Peg leg • Wooden foot • Knee spike Content added by the Royalty DLC
Related
Psylink neuroformer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Xenogerm Content added by the Biotech DLC
Deprecated
Scyther blade • Psychic silencer Content added by the Royalty DLC

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