Beavers

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Overview

Beavers are hardworking and honest, but also quite demanding. The are gifted at Woodworking and enjoy Engineering.

Their Starting Ability is to extend available trade offers by 1 in each neighboring town. Beavers has a base Resolve of 10, with a Break interval of 02:00 minutes. Their Resilience is listed as Low, and their Demand, along with Humans', is the highest at 30. With a Decadence level of 2 and a Hunger Tolerance of 6, Beavers are the hardest species to please, but also slowest to raise their expectations. Their Starting Ability, species-specific buildings and Housing Upgrades all encourage a trade-heavy playstyle.

Consumption and Satisfaction

Like all species, Beavers need to fulfill Complex Needs to start generating Reputation. The more Complex Needs you fulfill, the higher their Resolve will go, up to a maximum of 50. With the exception of the Housing Needs, every need fulfilled grants an additional effect, like Biscuits' increased double production chance.

Needs overlap

The table^[1] below lists the needs Beavers share with other species:

Humans	Lizards	Harpies	Foxes	Frogs	Bats
Biscuits Coats Leisure	Pickled Goods	Coats Education	Pickled Goods	Luxury	Biscuits Coats Education

Beaver firekeeper ability

Main article: Hearths#Firekeeper_bonus

1 Perk with ID 'FuelConsumption_HearthEffect_Beaver'
Name	Description
Pragmatic Frugality	Beaver firekeepers know a lot about different burning techniques. Fuel consumption in Hearths is decreased by 20%.

Proficiency & Comfort

Main Page: Woodworking

Woodworking is the Proficiency specialization of Beavers. It grants them a 10% chance to produce twice the amount of resources when working in the following buildings:

Main Page: Engineering

Engineering is the Comfort specialization of Beavers. It grants them 5 Resolve when working in the following buildings:

Beaver-specific buildings

These buildings appear as Reputation rewards only when Beavers are on the map. They can still spawn as Ruins.

Orders

Main article: Orders

14 Orders named 'beaver'
Name	Difficulty	Requirements	Rewards
Beaver Majority	Easy	Have at least 16 Beavers for 30 seconds	+2 to Pickled Goods production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). 30 Pickled Goods Ever since the Great Civil War, all species have been locked in a constant struggle to gain the Queen's favor. The Beaver clan remembers your help. (+3 to Beavers Resolve)
	Medium	Have at least 18 Beavers for 30 seconds
	Hard	Have at least 22 Beavers for 30 seconds Fulfill your villagers' need for education 50 times (retroactive).
Aid For the Beaver Clan	Easy	Deliver 8 Pack of Building Materials.	3 Beavers will join the settlement. Ever since the Great Civil War, all species have been locked in a constant struggle to gain the Queen's favor. The Beaver clan remembers your help. (+3 to Beavers Resolve) 2 Parts
	Medium	Deliver 12 Pack of Building Materials.
	Hard	Deliver 15 Pack of Building Materials.
Happy Beavers	Easy	Keep Beavers Resolve above 20 for 60 seconds Sell goods worth at least 8 Amber to traders or via trade routes.	Woodcutting is a lot easier. Woodcutters' Camp production is 15% quicker. 30 Biscuits 10 Tools
	Medium	Keep Beavers Resolve above 22 for 60 seconds Sell goods worth at least 12 Amber to traders or via trade routes.
	Hard	Keep Beavers Resolve above 24 for 60 seconds Sell goods worth at least 16 Amber to traders or via trade routes.
Beaver Resolve	Easy	Keep Beavers Resolve above 22 for 60 seconds	+1 to Roots production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). 4 Beavers will join the settlement. 20 Amber
	Medium	Keep Beavers Resolve above 26 for 120 seconds
	Hard	Keep Beavers Resolve above 30 for 120 seconds
Beaver Population	Easy	Have at least 8 Beavers for 30 seconds Keep Beavers Resolve above 20 for 30 seconds	Lumber Mill Blueprint 30 Pickled Goods 5 Parts
	Medium	Have at least 10 Beavers for 30 seconds Keep Beavers Resolve above 24 for 30 seconds
	Hard	Have at least 12 Beavers for 30 seconds Keep Beavers Resolve above 28 for 30 seconds
Beaver Relatives	Easy	Fulfill your villagers' need for eating pickled goods 30 times (retroactive). Own at least 4 Beaver Houses.	Ever since the Great Civil War, all species have been locked in a constant struggle to gain the Queen's favor. The Beaver clan remembers your help. (+3 to Beavers Resolve) 50 Roots 5 Beavers will join the settlement.
	Medium	Fulfill your villagers' need for eating pickled goods 40 times (retroactive). Own at least 6 Beaver Houses.
	Hard	Fulfill your villagers' need for eating pickled goods 50 times (retroactive). Own at least 8 Beaver Houses.
Beaver Influx	Easy	Deliver 35 Roots.	5 Beavers will join the settlement. 10 Planks 15 Ale
	Medium	Deliver 50 Roots.
	Hard	Deliver 65 Roots.
Joyful Beavers	Easy	Keep Beavers Resolve above 18 for 30 seconds	5 Roots per minute. Not affected by production bonuses and does not contribute to production-based perks. 10 Tools 3 Beavers will join the settlement.
	Medium	Keep Beavers Resolve above 20 for 30 seconds
	Hard	Keep Beavers Resolve above 22 for 30 seconds
Beaver Colony	Medium	Own at least 5 Beaver Houses.	5 Clay per minute. Not affected by production bonuses and does not contribute to production-based perks. 40 Pickled Goods 5 Beavers will join the settlement.
Beaver Colony	Hard	Own at least 6 Beaver Houses.
Exploring the Wilds	Easy	Cut through the forest to discover 2 glades. Assign 5 Beavers as Woodcutters.	3 Humans will join the settlement. 30 Meat
High Resolve	Easy	Keep Beavers Resolve above 25 for 120 seconds	3 Parts 3 Beavers will join the settlement. 30 Vegetables
The Guild	Easy	Keep Beavers Resolve above 16 for 30 seconds	2 Beavers will join the settlement. 30 Roots 3 Parts
	Medium	Keep Beavers Resolve above 18 for 30 seconds
	Hard	Keep Beavers Resolve above 20 for 30 seconds
The Grove	Easy	Have at least 6 Beavers for 30 seconds	Forester's Hut Blueprint 20 Roots
Safe Place	Easy	Own at least 2 Human Houses. Own at least 2 Beaver Houses.	+2 to Flour production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). 10 Bricks A group of 3 villagers.
Safe Place	Medium, Hard	Own at least 3 Human Houses. Own at least 3 Beaver Houses.

Cornerstones and Perks

6 Perks mentioning 'Beaver'
Name	Rarity	Description	Sources										Price
Name	Rarity	Description	Alt	Cor	Ord	Rel	Tra	Dec	Por	Fir	Ser	Bio	Price
Beaver Clan Support	Rare	Ever since the Great Civil War, all species have been locked in a constant struggle to gain the Queen's favor. The Beaver clan remembers your help. (+3 to Beavers Resolve)	x	x	Ord	x	Tra	x	x	x	x	x	24
Beaver Friendship	Epic	2 additional Beavers will come with each group of newcomers.	x	x	x	x	Tra	x	x	x	x	x	28
Friends of the Forest	Legendary	Though Beavers are an industrious and technologically minded species, they share a unique bond with the forest. Beaver villagers do not increase Hostility.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	Por	x	x	x	0
Pragmatic Frugality	None	Beaver firekeepers know a lot about different burning techniques. Fuel consumption in Hearths is decreased by 20%.	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Fir	x	x	0
Spirit of Cooperation	Legendary	High spirits can be contagious. Beavers gain +2 Resolve for every Reputation Point gained through Harpy Resolve. This effect is retroactive.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Vineyard Town	Epic	The settlement specializes in wine production. Gain +1 to Beaver Resolve for every 70 Wine produced.	x	Cor	Ord	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0

Strategy

Beavers are not a species a Viceroy should rely on for Resolve-based Reputation gain. Out of all species, Beavers need the most Resolve to start generating Reputation at +20 from base Resolve.
Consider assigning a Beaver Firekeeper when you have more than 1 Hearth and want to save on fuel. This is especially effective if you have the Secret Techniques of the Firekeeper Perk.
Beaver Housing is prohibitively expensive at Prestige 6+. Combined with Beavers' low Reputation generation potential and higher than average base Resolve, there is little reason to build their species Housing.
Woodworking Proficiency in the Woodcutters' Camp has minimal impact on Wood output. In a low Wood biome like Marshlands, a Beaver woodcutter will bring in an average of ~34 Wood over the course of a 12-minute year compared to ~31 Wood for other species.
Since the most reliable route to winning in the Sealed Forest is through Trade Routes, the Beaver starting ability to increase Trade Route options shines the brightest when trying to reforge a Seal.

Trivia

There is a Beaver Trader named Old Farluf.
Beavers have two skins, bearded and beardless, they also have two voice pitches, high and low.
At 5 blueprints, Beavers have the fewest Proficiency bonuses of all species.
Beavers were one of the three initial species available in Against the Storm.
Beavers are immortalized into Plushies that Eremite Games once sold and occasionally give away in events.