Forsaken Altar

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{{Version|1.3.3}}

[[File:Altar icon.png|thumb|360px|Forsaken Altar]]

[[Category:Buildings]]
[[Category:Prestige]]
[[Category:Cornerstones]]

== Overview ==

The '''Forsaken Altar''' is a building unlocked for missions on all [[Difficulty|Prestige difficulty]] levels. It enables Viceroys to purchase Stormforged Cornerstones, which include especially powerful versions of regular [[Perks|Cornerstones]] and some unique ones.

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== Usage ==

The Forsaken Altar can be found in the ''Essential Buildings'' tab, and once placed, cannot be destroyed. The altar may be used once in the [[Seasons#Storm|Storm Season]] after you earn 3 [[Reputation]] points, and then once again after earning 6 and again after earning 9 Reputation points.

[[File:AltarProgress.png|thumb|The UI indicates in red the Reputation milestones when you may earn another Stormforged Cornerstone.]]

When the priestess arrives during the [[Seasons#Storm|Storm Season]], you may choose one of three Stormforged Cornerstones. There is a price, and you may choose to pay with Meta Rewards and/or [[Villager]] lives (although you can only pay 50% of the price with villager lives). You may also choose not to purchase one of these Stormforged Cornerstones. You will be offered the same set of Stormforged Cornerstones each Storm until you either make a purchase or decline the offering. If you decline the offering, your chance to purchase a Stormforged Cornerstone (represented by the red pips on the Reputation bar) is consumed as if you had made a purchase. You will be offered a different set of Stormforged Cornerstones the next time you pass a Forsaken Altar Reputation milestone, but you will not get an additional offering later to make up for the one you declined.

[[File:AltarUI.png|thumb|Example of the priestess's screen on which you may choose one of three offered Stormforged Cornerstones.]]

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== List of Stormforged Cornerstones ==
{{Perks|source=Altar}}

== Trivia ==

* The priestess is rumored to be half fishman and half human.

== Version History ==

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! Version !! Changes
|-
| 0.21.1R
| The Forsaken Altar was introduced alongside [[Difficulty|Prestige Difficulty]] in the [[Prestige Update]].
|}

Difficulty

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{{Version|1.6.2}}
[[File:PrestigeChoice.png|thumb|360px|Prestige 1 unlocked]]

== Overview ==

A Viceroy can create settlements on varying levels of difficulty. These range from the easiest, Settler to the most challenging, [[ #Prestige Difficulties | Prestige 20]]. Each difficulty has an increased challenge multiplier that is applied to everything ranging from [[Orders]] to [[Forest Mysteries]]. Prestige levels all have [[ #Prestige Difficulties | Prestige Modifiers]] accompanying them. These modifiers stack, so if you play Prestige 3, you will receive both Prestige 1 and 2 modifiers, as well as the Prestige 3 modifier.

The higher difficulty a Viceroy overcomes, the greater the rewards.

== Forest Mysteries==

The amount of [[Forest Mysteries]] will change depending on the level of difficulty a Viceroy attempts.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:middle;
! Level
! Settler
! Pioneer
! Veteran
! Viceroy
! Prestiges
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; font-weight:bold;| Positive
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; font-weight:bold;| Negative
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 4
| 4
|}

== Difficulty Multipliers ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+
|- style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"
! Difficulty
! Rewards Multiplier
! Seal Fragments Rewarded
! Tile Reach Max
! Experience Multiplier
! Score Multiplier
! Blight Footprint Rate
! Blight Corruption Rate
! Hostility Multiplier
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Settler
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 0.5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Pioneer
| 2.5
| 2
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.5
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Veteran
| 4
| 3
| 11
| 4
| 1.5
| 1
| 1
| 2
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Viceroy
| 5
| 4
| 13
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 1
| 5.1
| 5
| -
| 5.1
| 2.1
| 1
| 1
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 2
| 5.2
| 5
| -
| 5.2
| 2.2
| 1
| 1
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 3
| 5.3
| 5
| -
| 5.3
| 2.3
| 1
| 1
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 4
| 5.4
| 5
| -
| 5.4
| 2.4
| 1
| 1
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 5
| 5.5
| 5
| 15
| 5.5
| 2.5
| 1
| 1
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 6
| 5.6
| 6
| -
| 5.6
| 2.6
| 1
| 1
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 7
| 5.7
| 6
| -
| 5.7
| 2.7
| 1
| 1
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 8
| 5.8
| 6
| -
| 5.8
| 2.8
| 1
| 1
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 9
| 5.9
| 6
| -
| 5.9
| 2.9
| 1
| 1
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 10
| 6
| 6
| 18
| 6
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 11
| 6.1
| 7
| -
| 6.1
| 3.1
| 2
| 1.5
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 12
| 6.2
| 7
| -
| 6.2
| 3.2
| 2
| 1.5
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 13
| 6.3
| 7
| -
| 6.3
| 3.3
| 2
| 1.5
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 14
| 6.4
| 7
| -
| 6.4
| 3.4
| 2
| 1.5
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 15
| 6.5
| 7
| 21
| 6.5
| 3.5
| 2
| 1.5
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 16
| 6.6
| 8
| -
| 6.6
| 3.6
| 2
| 1.5
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 17
| 6.7
| 8
| -
| 6.7
| 3.7
| 2
| 1.5
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 18
| 6.8
| 8
| -
| 6.8
| 3.8
| 2
| 1.5
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 19
| 6.9
| 8
| -
| 6.9
| 3.9
| 2
| 1.5
| 3
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Prestige 20
| 8
| 9
| 24
| 8
| 4
| 2
| 1.5
| 3
|}

== Orders ==
The difficulty of [[Orders]] a Viceroy receives depends on the game difficulty. They are as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- "
! style="text-align:left;" | Orders
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
|-
| style=" text-align:left;" | Settler
| Easy
| Easy
| Easy
| Easy
| Easy
| Easy
| Easy
| Easy
| Easy
| Easy
| Easy
| Easy
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Pioneer
| Easy
| Easy
| Medium
| Easy
| Medium
| Easy
| Medium
| Medium
| Easy
| Easy
| Medium
|
|-
| style=" text-align:left;" | Veteran
| Easy
| Medium
| Medium
| Medium
| Medium
| Medium
| Medium
| Hard
| Medium
| Hard
|
|
|-
| style=" text-align:left;" | Viceroy
| Medium
| Medium
| Hard
| Medium
| Hard
| Medium
| Medium
| Hard
| Medium
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Prestiges
| Hard
| Hard
| Hard
| Hard
| Hard
| Hard
| Hard
| Hard
| Hard
|
|
|
|}

== Prestige Difficulties ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; "width=100%;"
|-
! colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;" | Description
! style="vertical-align:middle;" | Modifier
! style="vertical-align:middle;" | Explanation
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 1
| style="text-align:left;" | More [[Reputation]] required to win.
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_PrestigiousExpedition.png}} Prestigious Expedition
| style="text-align:left;" | Only the best Viceroys can embark on a Prestigious Expedition. You'll need to earn 4 additional [[Reputation]] Points to win. [[Reputation]] rewards are distributed differently, and [[Orders]] are harder.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" | The [[Storm Season]] lasts longer.
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_CrumblingSeal.png}} Crumbling Seal
| style="text-align:left;" | One of the seals is loosening its grip, leaking darkness upon this land. [[Storm Season]] lasts 100% longer.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 3
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Blightrot]] appears every 3rd [[Clearance Season]].
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_BlightSwarm.png}} Blight Swarm
| style="text-align:left;" | Large swarms of [[Blightrot]] migrate across the realm. Every third [[Clearance Season]], [[Blightrot]] Cysts will appear in the settlement.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 4
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Blueprint]] rerolls cost more.
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_ExpensiveLottery.png}} Expensive Lottery
| style="text-align:left;" | The Archivist assigned to your settlement is fiercely loyal to the Loyal Court, so bribing him will be more expensive. Blueprint rerolls cost 10 {{rl|Amber}} more.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" | Villagers with low [[Resolve]] leave faster.
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_HigherStandards.png}} Higher Standards
| style="text-align:left;" | Villagers are less understanding than they used to be. They're probably getting a bit spoiled by now. Villagers are 100% faster to leave if they have low [[Resolve]].
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" | Buildings costs more.
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_WetSoil.png}} Wet Soil
| style="text-align:left;" | It's particularly hard to build anything in this region. Buildings require 50% more materials.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" | Higher food consumption.
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_Parasites.png}} Parasites
| style="text-align:left;" | One of the villagers was sick, and infected the rest of the settlement with a parasite. All villagers have 50% chance of eating twice as much during their break.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" | Villagers consume more luxury goods.
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_Consumerism.png}} Consumerism
| style="text-align:left;" | Villagers have forgotten what a modest life looks like. They want to enjoy life to the fullest. Villagers have a 50% chance to consume double the amount of luxury goods.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" | Villagers work slower on [[Events]].
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_Procrastination.png}} Procrastination
| style="text-align:left;" | Villagers are reluctant to venture into Dangerous Glades. Scouts work 33% slower on [[Glade Events]].
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" | Goods are worth less to [[Traders]].
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_GuildOfThieves.png}} Guild of Thieves or Traders?
| style="text-align:left;" | Traders gossip about you doing pretty well lately. All your goods are worth 50% less to traders.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 11
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Blightrot]] has a stronger impact.
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_SinisterBlight.png}} Sinister Blight
| style="text-align:left;" | The [[Blightrot]]'s impact is stronger. [[Cyst]] generation rate is now increased by 100%, the [[Hearth]] corrupts +50% quicker than normal and all effects that spawn [[Blightrot]] now add twice as many Cysts.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 12
| style="text-align:left;" | Fewer [[Blueprints]] to choose from.
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_LessIsMore.png}} Less is More
| style="text-align:left;" | The greedy Royal Archivist sold most of the [[Blueprints]] to [[Traders]] and fled the [[Citadel]]. You have 2 fewer [[Blueprint]] choices.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 13
| style="text-align:left;" | Fewer [[Cornerstone]] choices.
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_Restrictions.png}} Restrictions
| style="text-align:left;" | The Royal Envoy comes to you with bad news. [[The Queen]] has restricted your [[Cornerstone]] choices by 2.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 14
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Queen's Impatience]] reduced less upon gaining [[Reputation]].
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_HigherExpectations.png}} Higher Expectations
| style="text-align:left;" | [[The Queen]] expects a lot from a Viceroy of your rank. [[Impatience]] falls by 0.5 points less for every [[Reputation]] Point you gain.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 15
| style="text-align:left;" | More [[Resolve]] needed to gain [[Reputation]].
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_Malcontents.png}} Malcontents
| style="text-align:left;" | You took a very peculiar group of settlers with you. They seem perpetually dissatisfied. The [[Resolve]] threshold at which each species starts producing [[Reputation]] increases by 1 more point for every [[Reputation]] point they generate.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 16
| style="text-align:left;" | One fewer [[Blueprint]] to choose from.
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_BudgetCuts.png}} Budget Cuts
| style="text-align:left;" | [[The Queen]] has visited the [[Obsidian Archives]] in person, and was dissatisfied with the amount of funding spent on expeditions. You have one fewer initial [[Blueprint]].
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 17
| style="text-align:left;" | Stronger [[Hunger]] penalty.
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_FamineOutbreak.png}} Famine Outbreak
| style="text-align:left;" | Famine outbreaks in your previous settlements have made the villagers particularly sensitive to food shortages. Every time villagers have nothing to eat during a break, they will gain two stacks of [[Hunger]] instead of one.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 18
| style="text-align:left;" | Sacrifices in the [[Hearth]] costs more.
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_HearthDefect.png}} Hearth Defect
| style="text-align:left;" | The Ancient [[Hearth]] seems to have a defect. No matter how hard the firekeeper tries, sacrificed resources are burning 35% quicker.
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 19
| style="text-align:left;" | Pay tax for each discovered [[Glade]].
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_LandTax.png}} Land Tax
| style="text-align:left;" | Taking advantage of the riches of this new land will cost you. You must pay 2 {{rl|Amber}} every time you discover a small [[Glade]], and 6 {{rl|Amber}} every time you discover a Dangerous or Forbidden [[Glade]]. Otherwise, 2 [[Villagers]] will be recalled to the [[Citadel]].
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
| 20
| style="text-align:left;" | Higher penalty from losing [[Villagers]].
| {{Perk|Red|File:Icon_PrestigeMod_TheQueensPeople.png}} The Queen's People
| style="text-align:left;" | For the [[Queen]], nothing is more important than her people. Losing [[Villagers]] will add 0.5 more points to her [[Impatience]].
|}

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