Thoughts list

A list of the thoughts that colonists can experience.

Colonist Thoughts:

Thought	Subtext	Happiness	Fear	Expiration time (days)	Stackable	Stacking Multiplier	Stack Maximum
Hungry	I haven't eaten in a while.	-8	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Urgently hungry	The hunger pangs are clawing my insides. I need food or I'll starve soon.	-20	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Starving	I just want something - anything - to eat. I can feel my body wasting away. It hurts...	-50	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Tired	I haven't slept in a while.	-8	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Very tired	I'm so tired. I just want to lay down and rest for a few minutes...	-20	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Exhausted	I'm so exhausted I can barely stand. My eyelids have lead weights on them and my body weighs a ton.	-40	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Ugly environment	This place is unpleasant to be in.	-5	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Very ugly environment	This place is really unpleasant. I don't want to be here.	-10	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Hideous environment	This place is unbearable. Get me out of here...	-15	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Pleasant environment	This place is nice.	5	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Very pleasant environment	I really like this place. It's beautiful.	10	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Beautiful environment	This place is beautiful. It lifts me up and makes me feel alive.	15	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Cramped environment	This place is really closed-in. I feel like I have no space to breathe.	-5	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Spacious interior	This is a really comfortably open indoor space.	+15	0	?	?	?	?
Very cramped environment	It's claustrophobic in here. I have nowhere to move. I feel like a rat in a tiny cage.	-10	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
In darkness	I don't like spending time in the dark.	-5	5	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Imprisoned	I hate being locked up.	-15	20	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Sharing bedroom	Sharing a room with others is annoying. I want some privacy.	-8	0	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Observed corpse	I saw a dead body laying on the ground.	-10	5	5.0	Yes	0.5	5
Observed dead colonist in dump	I saw one of ours lying in a dump. Better than leaving them in the open, but that's still undignified.	-5	2	5.0	Yes	0.7	5
Observed empty gibbet cage	Those gibbet cages look so cruel.	-2	5	5.0	Yes	0.5	5
Observed dead stranger in gibbet cage	I saw a dead stranger on display in a gibbet cage.	-3	10	5.0	Yes	0.5	5
Observed dead colonist in gibbet cage	I saw one of our own dead in the gibbet cage. I've talked to that person. This place is terrifying.	-12	15	5.0	Yes	0.5	5
New colony optimism	I'm excited to be founding a new colony.	20	0	10.0	No	N/A	N/A
Ate nutrient paste	I had to eat nutrient paste. I know it keeps you alive, but nobody wants to swallow that glop.	-8	0	1.0	Yes	1.0	3
Ate raw food	I had to eat raw food. Can't we cook it, or at least synthesize some nutrient paste?	-12	0	1.0	Yes	1.0	3
Cooked canibalism	I ate a meal made from the meat of another human, this is horrible.	-15	0	2.0	Yes	Unknown, 1st -15 happiness / 2nd -19	-19 (?)
Slept outside	I had to sleep outdoors like an animal.	-8	0	1.0	No	N/A	N/A
Wounded	That's my blood! I've been wounded in a fight!	-8	20	2.0	No	N/A	N/A
A prisoner was beaten	They're beating a prisoner.	0	8	1.0	No	N/A	N/A
A prisoner was sold	This colony sold a prisoner into slavery. That's a worrying thought.	-8	8	5.0	Yes	1.0	5
A prisoner was executed	A prisoner was executed in cold blood. This colony seems more evil by the day.	-8	40	10.0	Yes	1.0	5
Witnessed someone's death	I saw someone die. They were alive one moment, and dead the next.	-10	20	5.0	Yes	0.4	20
Convinced by warden	That warden and I had a talk about the colony. It sounds like a good place...	2.6	0	6.0	Yes	0.98	40
Beaten by warden	That warden just beat me up. He didn't break anything but, damn, it hurts.	-3	3	5.0	Yes	0.95	20
Beaten viciously by warden	That warden just layed into me with extreme viciousness. They're not holding back. I could die from this so easily.	-6	6	5.0	Yes	0.95	20
Had social chat	I just had a good chat with someone.	4	0	1.0	Yes	0.5	3

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Under these categories you can add additional information that doesn't really fit in the list above.

A prisoner was sold

The whole colony suffers a mental penalty for selling a prisoner.

Cooked Cannibalism

This thought appears when a colonist eats anything containing human meat in any amount, this thought gives -15 to happiness, this effect stacks, still unknown exactly how much, the effect have a cooldown of 2.0 days, and a colonist eats about 1 time a day, therefore I draw the conclusion that the effect only stacks twice, this obviously needs confirmation.

Cramped environment

A 4x4 room will produce this thought, although it might not be the minimum.

Spacious interior

A 5x6 room gives this thought, although it might not be the minimum.

Very cramped environment

A 2x2 room will produce this thought.

Very pleasant environment

Created by placing carpets and flowers.

Witnessed someone's death

Often produced during combat with raiders, whether a colonist or raider is killed.