Traits

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Traits grant special bonuses or conditions to your colonists in addition to adding flavor and allowing more complex player-conceived stories based on those characters.

General traits

Name	Description	Effect	Conflicting Traits
Nudist	NAME enjoys the feeling of freedom that comes from being nude. They can handle clothing, but will be happier without it.	+20 mood modifier when naked (excluding armor and headgear) -3 mood modifier for cloth	-
Bloodlust	NAME gets a rush from hurting people, and never minds the sight of blood or death.	+8 mood for witnessing a stranger's death +13 mood for killing strangers twice as likely to start a social fight	-
Kind	NAME is a nice person. HE has a tendency to brighten everyone else's day and never insults others.	Never insults others (Insults replaced with Kind Words) +5 mood for anyone who has been told Kind Words by this colonist	Abrasive
Psychopath	NAME has no empathy. The suffering of others doesn't bother them at all. They don't mind if others are butchered, left unburied, imprisoned, or sold to slavery - unless it affects them. NAME also feels no mood boost from socializing.	Mood not affected by sight of death, unburied colonists, prisoners sold into slavery, butchering of humans or friendly chats	-
Cannibal	NAME was taught that eating human meat is wrong and horrible. But one time, long ago, they tried it... and they liked it.	+15 mood after eating meal made with human flesh +20 mood after eating raw human flesh	-
Abrasive	NAME always says exactly what's on their mind, especially if it's bugging them. That tends to rub people the wrong way.	-4 mood for anyone who has a social chat with this colonist. Stacks up to 3 times	-
Too Smart	NAME is too smart for their own good. They learn everything much faster than everyone, but can be quite eccentric.	Global learning speed (Experience gained) +80% Mental break threshold +12	Nerves
Brawler	NAME likes to fight up close and personal. Their accuracy is greatly increased in melee combat, but they'll be very unhappy if asked to carry a ranged weapon.	Melee hit chance +75% Melee skill +6 Shooting skill -6 -20 mood for wielding a ranged weapon	Trigger Happy Careful Shooter
Masochist	For NAME, there's something exciting about getting hurt. They don't know why, they're just wired differently.	+5 mood bonus for being in a little pain +10 mood bonus for being in medium pain +15 mood bonus for being in severe pain +20 mood bonus for being in shock	-
Prosthophile	NAME feels limited in their feeble human body. NAME often dreams of going bionic.	+12 mood bonus for having a bionic body part -4 mood penalty for not having a bionic body part	Prosthophobe
Prosthophobe	NAME believes the human body is limited for a reason. To them, bionic body parts are unethical.	-12 mood penalty for having a bionic body part.	Prosthophile
Green Thumb	NAME has a passion for gardening. They get a mood bonus for every plant they sow.	+1 mood from sowing a plant. Stackable up to 20 times.	-
Night Owl	NAME likes to work at night. They get a mood bonus if awake at night and mood loss if awake during the day.	-10 mood during day (starts: ~11:00, ends: ~18:00), +16 mood during night (starts: ~23:00, ends: ~06:00).	-
Greedy	NAME needs a really impressive bedroom. They get a mood loss if they don't get what they want.	-8 mood for not having an impressive bedroom.	Ascetic
Jealous	For NAME, it's degrading to have a less impressive bedroom than someone else. NAME gets a mood loss if any colonist has a more impressive bedroom.	-8 mood for not having the best bedroom.	Ascetic
Ascetic	NAME prefers to live in asceticism. They get a mood loss if they have a bedroom that's too impressive.	-5 mood for having an impressive bedroom. Mood not affected by food quality.	Greedy Jealous
Gay	NAME is romantically attracted to people of their own gender.	Will only have romantic relationships with people of same gender.	-
Dislikes Men	NAME really dislikes and distrusts men.	-25 opinion of men.	Psychopath
Dislikes Women	NAME really dislikes and distrusts women.	-25 opinion of women.	Psychopath
Annoying Voice	NAME's voice has a particularly grating, nasal quality to it, and tends to talk in barked, garbled phrases. This predisposes others to dislike them.	-25 opinion from other colonists	-
Creepy Breathing	NAME breathes heavily all the time, and sweats constantly. People find it creepy.	-25 opinion from other colonists	-
Pyromaniac	NAME loves fire. They will occasionally start fires and will never extinguish them.	Incapable of firefighting Mental state can randomly change to a fire starting spree.	-
Trigger Happy	Pew! Pew! Pew! NAME is a terrible shot, but they don't care, because guns are awesome!	Aiming time -50% Hit chance -50% Shooting skill -2	Careful Shooter Brawler
Careful Shooter	NAME is a pretty good shot, but they need more time to focus on their target.	Aiming time +25% Hit chance +50% Shooting skill +3	Trigger Happy Brawler

Spectrum Traits

All traits in a given spectrum are mutually exclusive

Speed traits

These traits affect a colonist's walk speed.

Name	Description	Effect
Jogger	NAME always moves with a sense of urgency - so much so that others often fail to keep up.	Movement speed +0.4 c/s
Fast Walker	NAME likes to be where HE's going. HE walks quicker than most people.	Movement speed +0.2 c/s
Slowpoke	NAME is always falling behind the group whenever HE goes anywhere.	Movement speed -0.2 c/s

Natural mood

These traits affect the colonist's base mood.

Name	Description	Effect
Sanguine	NAME is just naturally upbeat about HIS situation, pretty much all the time, no matter what it is.	Permanent +12 mood modifier
Optimist	NAME is naturally optimistic about life. It's hard to get HIM down.	Permanent +6 mood modifier
Pessimist	NAME tends to look on the bad side of life.	Permanent -6 mood modifier
Depressive	NAME is perennially unhappy. HE has trouble sustaining a good mood even when everything is fine.	Permanent -12 mood modifier

Nerves

These traits affect the colonist's mental break threshold.

Name	Description	Effect
Iron-Willed	NAME's will is an iron shield. HE keeps going through thick and thin, when others broke down long before.	Mental break threshold -18
Steadfast	NAME is mentally tough and won't break down under stresses that would crack most people.	Mental break threshold -9
Nervous	NAME tends to crack under pressure.	Mental break threshold +8
Volatile	NAME is on a hair-trigger all the time. HE is the first to break in any tough situation.	Mental break threshold +15

Neurotic

These traits affect the colonist's mental break threshold and their global work speed.

Name	Description	Effect
Neurotic	NAME likes to have things squared away. HE will work harder than most to attain this state of affairs, but HIS nerves can get the better of HIM.	Work speed +20% Mental break threshold +8
Very Neurotic	NAME feels constantly nervous about everything that has to get done. HE will work extremely hard to attain this state of affairs, but HIS nerves can easily get the better of HIM.	Work speed +40% Mental break threshold +14

Industriousness

These traits affect the colonist's global work speed.

Name	Description	Effect
Industrious	NAME has an easy time staying on-task and focused, and gets things done much faster than the average person.	Work speed +35%
Hard Worker	NAME is a natural hard worker and will finish tasks faster than most.	Work speed +20%
Lazy	NAME is a little bit lazy.	Work speed -20%
Slothful	NAME loves idleness and hates anything productive. HE moves slowly and rarely stays focused on a task.	Work speed -35%

Psychic Sensitivity

These traits influence how much a colonist is affected by psychic phenomena.

Name	Description	Effect
Psychically Hypersensitive	NAME's mind is like a psychic tuning fork. HE is extremely sensitive to psychic phenomena.	Psychic sensitivity +80%
Psychically Sensitive	NAME's mind is unusually sensitive to psychic phenomena.	Psychic sensitivity +40%
Psychically Dull	NAME's mind is psychically out of tune with others. HE isn't as affected by psychic phenomena.	Psychic Sensitivity -50%
Psychically Deaf	NAME's mind works on a psychic frequency different from everyone else. HE just isn't affected by psychic phenomena.	Psychic sensitivity -100%

Temperature Preference

These traits influence how much a colonist is affected by extreme temperatures.

Name	Description	Effect
Cold Lover	NAME's body produces tremendous amounts of heat. HE isn't bothered by temperatures which would send another into shivers, but HE also doesn't like heat.	Comfy Temp. Min/Max: -22 / -4
Cold Tolerant	NAME is naturally warm and handles cool temperatures better than most.	Comfy Temp. Min/Max: -14 / -2
Heat Tolerant	NAME is naturally cool and handles warm temperatures better than most.	Comfy Temp. Min/Max: +2 / +14
Heat Lover	NAME is a human icicle and loves hot weather - but HE doesn't handle cold very well.	Comfy Temp. Min/Max: +4 / +22

Drug Desire

These traits affect a colonist's likelihood to consume drugs.

Name	Description	Effect
Chemical Fascination	NAME has an intense fascination with chemical sources of enjoyment. HE will consume much more of them, and is more likely to go on binges.	-
Chemical Interest	NAME has an unusual interest in chemical sources of enjoyment. HE will consume more of them, and is more likely to go on binges.	-
Teetotaler	NAME abhors the idea of gaining pleasure from chemicals, and avoids alcohol and drugs.	Will not go on binges

Prettiness

These traits influences a colonist's appearance and how it affects other colonists' opinions of them.

Name	Description	Effect
Beautiful	NAME is exceptionally beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze. People are attracted to HIM before HE even opens HIS mouth.	+40 opinion from other colonists
Pretty	NAME has a pretty face, which predisposes people to like HIM.	+20 opinion from other colonists
Ugly	NAME is somewhat ugly. This subtly repels others during social interactions.	-20 opinion from other colonists
Staggeringly Ugly	NAME is staggeringly ugly. HIS face looks like a cross between a drawing by an untalented child, a malformed fetus in a jar of formaldehyde, and a piece of modern art. Others must exert conscious effort to look at HIM while conversing.	-80 opinion from other colonists