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Bats

2025-08-08T23:03:01Z

76561198008297424: Changed the Perks tempalate's usage to have a nicer title and added one more food interaction

{{Version|1.8.6}}
[[File:Bat Portrait.png|thumb|300px|A Bat]]

== Overview ==

Bats are a stern and fiercely devoted people, they take pride in enduring what breaks others and cannot stand being favored. Bats excel at {{Specialization link|Metallurgy}} but find no particular comfort in any type of work.

Their [[Starting Ability]] is the [[#Manorial Court | Manorial Court]] [[blueprint]]. Bats have a base [[Resolve]] of 5, with a [[Break]] interval of 01:40 minutes. Their [[Resilience]] is listed as High, while their first [[Resolve Threshold]] is 12. With a [[Decadence]] level of 4, [[Hunger Tolerance]] of 4, and no ability to [[favor]] them for extra Resolve, Bats are quite fragile without a few stacks of [[#Dedication | Dedication]]. In addition to not being available for favoring, they don't have a comfort [[specialization]].

'''Bats are only available as part of the Nightwatchers DLC'''. They are unlocked at [[level]] 11.

== Consumption and Satisfaction ==

Like all [[species]], Bats 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 Need]]s, every need fulfilled grants an additional effect, like {{rl|Skewers}}'s increased double production chance. With a [[Break]] interval of 100 seconds, Bats require noticeably more goods to keep their [[Resolve]] up, compared to other species.

<gallery mode=nolines class="center" widths="100px" heights="100px">
Icon Resource Biscuits.png | [[Biscuits]]
Icon Resource Paste 1.png | [[Paste]]
Icon_Resource_Skewers.png| [[Skewers]]
Icon Need Brawling.png| [[Brawling]]
Icon Need Education.png | [[Education]]
Icon_Need_BasicHousing.png | [[Basic Housing]]
Icon Needs BatHousing.png | [[Bat Housing]]
Icon Resource Coats.png | [[Coats]]
</gallery>

=== Needs overlap ===

The table below lists the needs Bats share with other species:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! {{species link|Beavers}}
! {{species link|Foxes}}
! {{species link|Frogs}}
! {{species link|Harpies}}
! {{species link|Humans}}
! {{species link|Lizards}}
|-
| {{rl|Biscuits}} {{rl|Coats}} {{Service link|Education}}
| {{rl|Skewers}}
| {{rl|Paste}} {{Service link|Brawling}}
| {{rl|Paste}} {{rl|Coats}} {{Service link|Education}}
| {{rl|Biscuits}} {{rl|Coats}}
| {{rl|Skewers}} {{Service link|Brawling}}
|}

== Bat firekeeper ability ==

{{MainArticle|Hearths#Firekeeper_bonus}}
{{Perks|id=Bats Lower Food Consumption|skip_sources=skip|show_price=no|show_rarity=no|caption=Bat Firekeeper Ability}}

=== Steel Gut interactions with other mechanics ===

# If the 15% chance of not eating triggers for a complex food, the villager will not eat, but the resolve bonus of the given complex food will still apply until the next break of the villager. [[#References|[1]]]
# If multiple complex foods are available then the game will have a separate 15% roll for each available complex food to check if the food will be eaten or not. Resolve will be gained for each complex food available, even if the effect of the bonus prevented one or more foods from being eaten. [[#References|[1]]]
# If the Parasites effect is active in a Prestige 7+ game, then the 15% chance of not eating if triggers will prevent both the original consumption and the 2nd (50% chance) consumption simultaneously, saving around 22.5% of total food consumption on average instead of 15%, making the ability more powerful in Prestige 7+ games. [[#References|[1]]]
# If there is no food available to eat (either because of consumption control or really not having any food in the Warehouse) a hunger stack will always be gained by villagers on a brake, so the Bat firekeeper ability does not prevent hunger stack if there is no food to eat to try to do the 15% roll for.

== Proficiency & Comfort ==

[[Bats]]' Proficiency specialization is [[File:Icon Spec Metallurgy 64x64.png|16px]] [[Metallurgy]]. It grants Bats a 10% chance to produce twice the amount of [[resources]] when working in the following [[buildings]]:
* {{bl|Cooperage|medium}}
* {{bl|Finesmith|medium}}
* {{bl|Furnace|medium}}
* {{bl|Mine|medium}}
* {{bl|Rainpunk Foundry|medium}}
* {{bl|Smelter|medium}}
* {{bl|Smithy|medium}}
* {{bl|Stamping Mill|medium}}
* {{bl|Tinkerer|medium}}

Bats don't have a Comfort specialization. Instead, they have Dedication and bring the Manorial Court [[blueprint]] ([[Starting Ability]]).

=== Manorial Court ===

=== Dedication ===

== Bat-specific buildings ==

These [[buildings]] appear as [[Reputation]] rewards only when Bats are on the map. They can still spawn as [[Ruins]]. Bats are the only species to have only 2 species locked blueprints, as the third one is their [[Starting Ability]] - [[#Manorial Court | Manorial Court]].

* {{bl|Academy|medium}}
* {{bl|Grill|medium}}

== Cornerstones and Perks ==

pending template update

== Strategy ==

== Trivia ==

* Bats are currently the only [[species]] that doesn't have a representative among [[traders]].
* As with all species, Bats have two skins. The female model is slightly smaller, with a slender build, and has a blueish black coat.
* They also have two voice pitches, high and low.
* Bats are the only species to not have a container-based [[Complex Need]].
* Bats are the only species that has all [[Complex Food]] available from the [[Field Kitchen]].
* At 9 [[blueprints]], Bats are tied with {{species link|Humans}} for most Proficiency bonuses of all species.

== References ==

# Testing done by Reddit user u/nightw17 (Discord username: nightw7176)

{{SeeAlso|Beavers|Foxes|Frogs|Humans|Harpies|Lizards}}

[[Category:Complex Needs]]
[[Category:Complex Food]]
[[Category:Need]]
[[Category:Resolve]]
[[Category:Villagers]]

Bats

2025-08-07T21:43:19Z

76561198008297424: Mediawiki formatting fix on my previous edit

{{Version|1.8.6}}
[[File:Bat Portrait.png|thumb|300px|A Bat]]

== Overview ==

Bats are a stern and fiercely devoted people, they take pride in enduring what breaks others and cannot stand being favored. Bats excel at metallurgy but find no particular comfort in any type of work.

Their [[Starting Ability]] is the [[#Manorial Court | Manorial Court]] [[blueprint]]. Bats have a base [[Resolve]] of 5, with a [[Break]] interval of 01:40 minutes. Their [[Resilience]] is listed as High, while their first [[Resolve Threshold]] is 12. With a [[Decadence]] level of 4, [[Hunger Tolerance]] of 4, and no [[favoring]], Bats are quite fragile without a few stacks of [[#Dedication | Dedication]]. In addition to not being available for favoring, they don't have a comfort [[specialization]].

'''Bats are only available as part of the Nightwatchers DLC'''. They are unlocked at [[level]] 11.

== Consumption and Satisfaction ==

Like all [[species]], Bats 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 Need]]s, every need fulfilled grants an additional effect, like {{rl|Skewers}}'s increased double production chance. With a [[Break]] interval of 100 seconds, Bats require noticeably more goods to keep their [[Resolve]] up, compared to other species.

<gallery mode=nolines class="center" widths="100px" heights="100px">
Icon Resource Biscuits.png | [[Biscuits]]
Icon Resource Paste 1.png | [[Paste]]
Icon_Resource_Skewers.png| [[Skewers]]
Icon Need Brawling.png| [[Brawling]]
Icon Need Education.png | [[Education]]
Icon_Need_BasicHousing.png | [[Basic Housing]]
Icon Needs BatHousing.png | [[Bat Housing]]
Icon Resource Coats.png | [[Coats]]
</gallery>

=== Needs overlap ===

The table below lists the needs Bats share with other species:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! {{species link|Beavers}}
! {{species link|Foxes}}
! {{species link|Frogs}}
! {{species link|Harpies}}
! {{species link|Humans}}
! {{species link|Lizards}}
|-
| {{rl|Biscuits}} {{rl|Coats}} {{Service link|Education}}
| {{rl|Skewers}}
| {{rl|Paste}} {{Service link|Brawling}}
| {{rl|Paste}} {{rl|Coats}} {{Service link|Education}}
| {{rl|Biscuits}} {{rl|Coats}}
| {{rl|Skewers}} {{Service link|Brawling}}
|}

== Bat firekeeper ability ==

{{MainArticle|Hearths#Firekeeper_bonus}}
pending template update

=== Not eating effect interactions with other mechanics ===

# If the 15% chance of not eating triggers for a complex food, the villager will not eat, but the resolve bonus of the given complex food will still apply until the next break of the villager
# If multiple complex foods are avilable then the game will have a separate 15% roll for each available complex food to check if the food will be eaten or not (reolve will always be gained for each, see previous point)
# If the Parasites effect is active in a Prestige 7+ game, then the 15% chance of not eating if triggers will prevent both the original consumption and the 2nd (50% chance) consumption at the same go saving around 22.5% of total food consumption on average instead of 15% making the abilty more powerful in Prestige 7+ games. (FIXME: this is _very_ likely, but only validated with a smallish sample size of rolls in a training expedition)

== Proficiency & Comfort ==

[[Bats]]' Proficiency specialization is [[File:Icon Spec Metallurgy 64x64.png|16px]] [[Metallurgy]]. It grants Bats a 10% chance to produce twice the amount of [[resources]] when working in the following [[buildings]]:
* {{bl|Cooperage|medium}}
* {{bl|Finesmith|medium}}
* {{bl|Furnace|medium}}
* {{bl|Mine|medium}}
* {{bl|Rainpunk Foundry|medium}}
* {{bl|Smelter|medium}}
* {{bl|Smithy|medium}}
* {{bl|Stamping Mill|medium}}
* {{bl|Tinkerer|medium}}

Bats don't have a Comfort specialization. Instead, they have Dedication and bring the Manorial Court [[blueprint]] ([[Starting Ability]]).

=== Manorial Court ===

=== Dedication ===

== Bat-specific buildings ==

These [[buildings]] appear as [[Reputation]] rewards only when Bats are on the map. They can still spawn as [[Ruins]]. Bats are the only species to have only 2 species locked blueprints, as the third one is their [[Starting Ability]] - [[#Manorial Court | Manorial Court]].

* {{bl|Academy|medium}}
* {{bl|Grill|medium}}

== Cornerstones and Perks ==

pending template update

== Strategy ==

== Trivia ==

* Bats are currently the only [[species]] that doesn't have a representative among [[traders]].
* As with all species, Bats have two skins. The female model is slightly smaller, with a slender build, and has a blueish black coat.
* They also have two voice pitches, high and low.
* Bats are the only species to not have a container-based [[Complex Need]].
* Bats are the only species that has all [[Complex Food]] available from the [[Field Kitchen]].
* At 9 [[blueprints]], Bats are tied with {{species link|Humans}} for most Proficiency bonuses of all species.

{{SeeAlso|Humans|Harpies|Foxes}}

[[Category:Complex Needs]]
[[Category:Complex Food]]
[[Category:Need]]
[[Category:Resolve]]
[[Category:Villagers]]

Bats

2025-08-07T21:42:14Z

76561198008297424: Added details on interactions between the not eating Bat firekeeper ability and other mechanics (Resolve, multiple complex foods and Prestige 7+ debuff)

{{Version|1.8.6}}
[[File:Bat Portrait.png|thumb|300px|A Bat]]

== Overview ==

Bats are a stern and fiercely devoted people, they take pride in enduring what breaks others and cannot stand being favored. Bats excel at metallurgy but find no particular comfort in any type of work.

Their [[Starting Ability]] is the [[#Manorial Court | Manorial Court]] [[blueprint]]. Bats have a base [[Resolve]] of 5, with a [[Break]] interval of 01:40 minutes. Their [[Resilience]] is listed as High, while their first [[Resolve Threshold]] is 12. With a [[Decadence]] level of 4, [[Hunger Tolerance]] of 4, and no [[favoring]], Bats are quite fragile without a few stacks of [[#Dedication | Dedication]]. In addition to not being available for favoring, they don't have a comfort [[specialization]].

'''Bats are only available as part of the Nightwatchers DLC'''. They are unlocked at [[level]] 11.

== Consumption and Satisfaction ==

Like all [[species]], Bats 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 Need]]s, every need fulfilled grants an additional effect, like {{rl|Skewers}}'s increased double production chance. With a [[Break]] interval of 100 seconds, Bats require noticeably more goods to keep their [[Resolve]] up, compared to other species.

<gallery mode=nolines class="center" widths="100px" heights="100px">
Icon Resource Biscuits.png | [[Biscuits]]
Icon Resource Paste 1.png | [[Paste]]
Icon_Resource_Skewers.png| [[Skewers]]
Icon Need Brawling.png| [[Brawling]]
Icon Need Education.png | [[Education]]
Icon_Need_BasicHousing.png | [[Basic Housing]]
Icon Needs BatHousing.png | [[Bat Housing]]
Icon Resource Coats.png | [[Coats]]
</gallery>

=== Needs overlap ===

The table below lists the needs Bats share with other species:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! {{species link|Beavers}}
! {{species link|Foxes}}
! {{species link|Frogs}}
! {{species link|Harpies}}
! {{species link|Humans}}
! {{species link|Lizards}}
|-
| {{rl|Biscuits}} {{rl|Coats}} {{Service link|Education}}
| {{rl|Skewers}}
| {{rl|Paste}} {{Service link|Brawling}}
| {{rl|Paste}} {{rl|Coats}} {{Service link|Education}}
| {{rl|Biscuits}} {{rl|Coats}}
| {{rl|Skewers}} {{Service link|Brawling}}
|}

== Bat firekeeper ability ==

{{MainArticle|Hearths#Firekeeper_bonus}}
pending template update

=== Not eating effect interactions with other mechanics ===

1. If the 15% chance of not eating triggers for a complex food, the villager will not eat, but the resolve bonus of the given complex food will still apply until the next break of the villager
1. If multiple complex foods are avilable then the game will have a separate 15% roll for each available complex food to check if the food will be eaten or not (reolve will always be gained for each, see previous point)
1. If the Parasites effect is active in a Prestige 7+ game, then the 15% chance of not eating if triggers will prevent both the original consumption and the 2nd (50% chance) consumption at the same go saving around 22.5% of total food consumption on average instead of 15% making the abilty more powerful in Prestige 7+ games. (FIXME: this is _very_ likely, but only validated with a smallish sample size of rolls in a training expedition)

== Proficiency & Comfort ==

[[Bats]]' Proficiency specialization is [[File:Icon Spec Metallurgy 64x64.png|16px]] [[Metallurgy]]. It grants Bats a 10% chance to produce twice the amount of [[resources]] when working in the following [[buildings]]:
* {{bl|Cooperage|medium}}
* {{bl|Finesmith|medium}}
* {{bl|Furnace|medium}}
* {{bl|Mine|medium}}
* {{bl|Rainpunk Foundry|medium}}
* {{bl|Smelter|medium}}
* {{bl|Smithy|medium}}
* {{bl|Stamping Mill|medium}}
* {{bl|Tinkerer|medium}}

Bats don't have a Comfort specialization. Instead, they have Dedication and bring the Manorial Court [[blueprint]] ([[Starting Ability]]).

=== Manorial Court ===

=== Dedication ===

== Bat-specific buildings ==

These [[buildings]] appear as [[Reputation]] rewards only when Bats are on the map. They can still spawn as [[Ruins]]. Bats are the only species to have only 2 species locked blueprints, as the third one is their [[Starting Ability]] - [[#Manorial Court | Manorial Court]].

* {{bl|Academy|medium}}
* {{bl|Grill|medium}}

== Cornerstones and Perks ==

pending template update

== Strategy ==

== Trivia ==

* Bats are currently the only [[species]] that doesn't have a representative among [[traders]].
* As with all species, Bats have two skins. The female model is slightly smaller, with a slender build, and has a blueish black coat.
* They also have two voice pitches, high and low.
* Bats are the only species to not have a container-based [[Complex Need]].
* Bats are the only species that has all [[Complex Food]] available from the [[Field Kitchen]].
* At 9 [[blueprints]], Bats are tied with {{species link|Humans}} for most Proficiency bonuses of all species.

{{SeeAlso|Humans|Harpies|Foxes}}

[[Category:Complex Needs]]
[[Category:Complex Food]]
[[Category:Need]]
[[Category:Resolve]]
[[Category:Villagers]]