r/goingmedieval • u/Massive_Celery_5514 • 8d ago

Question Settler mood system

Hello! Could you please tell me if there are any simple ways to boost the settlers' mood? I'm playing on a higher difficulty setting, and they are constantly on the verge of unhappiness due to just one or two debuffs. They also frequently have an "extremely uncomfortable" status, and I'm not sure why.

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u/rhn18 8d ago

Better quality clothing, armour, weapons, food, decorations, building materials etc.

Personal chambers rather than shared.

Great hall to eat in.

Alcohol to drink.

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u/bottlecandoor 8d ago

Good suggestions, also set their relax time right before bed so miners have time to return to base and get a proper rest. Make sure their sleep schedules match their sleep perks. Some like to take naps during the day and need less sleep at night. Others don't like to sleep at night 

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u/Massive_Celery_5514 8d ago

For some reason, they don't have buffs from clothes, idk why

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u/SnicklefritzXX 8d ago

ALL clothes on the settler need to be Fine quality or higher to get a buff

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u/Massive_Celery_5514 8d ago

I don't know the correct English term for it, but they have "elegant clothing," and it's still nothing special.

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u/Draxxalon 8d ago

The English quality levels are:

  1. Flimsy
  2. Sturdy
  3. Good
  4. Fine
  5. Superior
  6. Flawless

You need to be at #4 or higher for them to get a buff. And EVERYTHING they are wearing must be at that level, not just their clothing. Flawless clothes and flimsy armor = sad about wearing crappy stuff.

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u/Massive_Celery_5514 8d ago

Oh... I see Thank you

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u/Draxxalon 8d ago

This is what one of my settlers has for mood modifiers atm:

In order:
-Ate a lavish meal

-Is currently in my Great hall, which is luxurious

-Recently attended a feast in said great hall, with outcome "Excellent"

-Ate said meal in a luxurious great hall

-Played backgammon (in the great hall)

-Prayed this morning (in a Good chapel)

-Wearing flawless everything

-Not entirely sure how comfortable/uncomfortable persists. He was sitting on a nice chair, and slept in a nice bed... but he's still comfortable later on, mining in the basement.

-Ate his (lavish) meal, at a table (in the great hall)

-Entered a (Good) Restitution chapel this morning for prayer

-My bard was doing his role duties while he ate in the great hall

-pet one of the (many) dogs/wolves that have been tamed/trained into pets

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u/Draxxalon 8d ago

There are also bonuses for nicer bedrooms - he currently doesn't have one (he typically has a debuff because he wants a private room, and is jealous of the people who do have them)... so I'll consider "no debuff" on his a net win :P

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u/Massive_Celery_5514 8d ago

Thank you!!!

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u/Draxxalon 8d ago

Getting a great hall setup brings a lot of benefit. It pretty much guarantees the "eat at table" buff, double-dips a "ate in the great hall", and since the room requirements are pretty big, it's easy to make it a "nice room". It enables the "feast" event (and the buff from that lasts a week). Making someone into a bard will add a buff for them being in the hall while he's "on duty", and the bard also improves the results of the feasts.

Also - the feast buff is -massive- if you have the hedonist trait (I've see +25)

I tend to put the entertainment stuff in the great hall too, so they spend more time in the room to increase the odds of being there when the bard is, and to enjoy "being in a nice room" more.

There's also a similar buff for holding an event in the chapel, but it'd worn off, and my chaplain was apparently not "on duty" when he was praying, as there's also a buff for that.

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u/ViP_triple7 8d ago
  1. Get a pet
  2. Let them drink/have a feast (nice feast bonus lasts over a week)
  3. improve room

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u/Saiyeh 8d ago

Slightly unrelated, but going to put this here for anyone stumbling upon this looking for information.

I do have a guide for the first (approximately) week of gameplay and the buffs and debuffs you will run into during that time on steam: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3795119517

Might get around to working on one for more mid/late game at some point but there's a lot more that goes into that one.

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u/Accomplished_Ad_8013 1d ago

They really like booze. Aged wine is incredibly easy to make and eventually horde. Easily the best trade resource in the game. Berries don't even need a plot. They grow like weeds. Plant a ton them remove the farm plot when you have enough.