Bats

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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 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. 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 Needs, every need fulfilled grants an additional effect, like  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.

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  Biscuits
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  Paste
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  Skewers
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  Brawling
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  Education
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  Basic Housing
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  Bat Housing
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  Coats

Needs overlap

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

Beavers	Foxes	Frogs	Harpies	Humans	Lizards
Biscuits  Coats  Education	Skewers	Paste  Brawling	Paste  Coats  Education	Biscuits  Coats	Skewers  Brawling

Bat firekeeper ability

Main article: Hearths#Firekeeper_bonus

Bat Firekeeper Ability

Name	Description
Steel Gut	Focused minds forget hunger. Villagers have a 15% chance of not consuming food during a break.

Steel Gut 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]
2. 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. ^[1]
3. 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. ^[1]
4. If there is no food available to eat (either because of consumption control or completely running out of food) a hunger stack will always be gained by villagers on break, so Steel Gut does not prevent hunger if there is no food to eat in the first place.

Proficiency & Comfort

Main Page: Metallurgy

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

•  Cooperage
•  Flawless Cooperage
•  Finesmith
•  Furnace
•  Mine
•  Rainpunk Foundry
•  Smelter
•  Flawless Smelter
•  Smithy
•  Stamping Mill
•  Tinkerer

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

Manorial Court

Main article: Manorial Court

Dedication

Bats take pride in surviving what breaks other species, and they do not take failure lightly. Bats gain +1 Resolve for every 2 members of other species who leave or die. One stack of Dedication is removed each time a Bat leaves or dies.

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.

•  Academy
•  Grill

Orders

Main article: Orders

9 Orders named 'bat'

Name	Difficulty	Requirements	Rewards
Bat Population	Easy	Have at least 6 Bats for 30 seconds Keep Bats Resolve above 14 for 30 seconds	30 Skewers 5 Parts Grill Blueprint
	Medium	Have at least 8 Bats for 30 seconds Keep Bats Resolve above 18 for 60 seconds
	Hard	Have at least 10 Bats for 30 seconds Keep Bats Resolve above 22 for 120 seconds
Determined Bats	Medium	Maintain at least 1 stack(s) of the Bats' Dedication effect for 60 seconds.	3 Copper Ore per minute. Not affected by production bonuses and does not contribute to production-based perks. 5 Parts 2 Bats will join the settlement.
	Hard	Maintain at least 2 stack(s) of the Bats' Dedication effect for 90 seconds.
Bat Majority	Easy	Have at least 16 Bats for 30 seconds	+1 to Coal production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). or +1 to Sea Marrow production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). or +1 to Copper Ore production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). or +1 to Salt production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). 20 Amber +2 to Scrolls production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production).
	Medium	Have at least 18 Bats for 30 seconds
	Hard	Have at least 22 Bats for 30 seconds Deliver 20 Scrolls.
Bat Influx	Easy	Deliver 35 Copper Ore.	5 Bats will join the settlement. +1 to Copper Bars production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). 25 Scrolls
	Medium	Deliver 50 Copper Ore.
	Hard	Deliver 65 Copper Ore.
Bat Relatives	Easy	Fulfill your villagers' need for eating skewers 30 times (retroactive). Own at least 4 Bat Houses.	Bats have always been wary and somewhat hostile, but you've proven yourself worthy of their trust. (+3 to Bats Resolve) 5 Bats will join the settlement. 30 Copper Bars
	Medium	Fulfill your villagers' need for eating skewers 40 times (retroactive). Own at least 6 Bat Houses.
	Hard	Fulfill your villagers' need for eating skewers 50 times (retroactive). Own at least 8 Bat Houses.
Bat Villagers	Easy	Have at least 8 Bats for 60 seconds Have at least 6 villagers with the Biscuits need fulfilled for 60 seconds.	+1 to Copper Ore production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). or +1 to Coal production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). or +1 to Salt production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). or +1 to Sea Marrow production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). 4 Bats will join the settlement. 30 Scrolls
	Medium	Have at least 10 Bats for 120 seconds Have at least 8 villagers with the Biscuits need fulfilled for 60 seconds.
	Hard	Have at least 12 Bats for 120 seconds Have at least 10 villagers with the Biscuits need fulfilled for 60 seconds.
Bat Colony	Medium	Own at least 6 Bat Houses.	5 Fish per minute. Not affected by production bonuses and does not contribute to production-based perks. 30 Biscuits 5 Bats will join the settlement.
	Hard	Own at least 8 Bat Houses.
Aid for the Bat Clan	Easy	Deliver 20 Copper Ore.	3 Bats will join the settlement. Bats have always been wary and somewhat hostile, but you've proven yourself worthy of their trust. (+3 to Bats Resolve) 2 Parts
	Medium	Deliver 25 Copper Ore.
	Hard	Deliver 30 Copper Ore.
Dwellings	Easy	Own at least 2 Bat Houses. Own at least 2 Fox Houses.	+2 to Dye production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). 15 Copper Bars A group of 3 villagers.
	Medium, Hard	Own at least 3 Bat Houses. Own at least 3 Fox Houses.

Cornerstones and Perks

4 Perks with ID 'Bats Lower Food Consumption' and mentioning 'bat'

Name	Rarity	Description	Sources										Price
			Alt	Cor	Ord	Rel	Tra	Dec	Por	Fir	Ser	Bio
Bat Clan Support	Rare	Bats have always been wary and somewhat hostile, but you've proven yourself worthy of their trust. (+3 to Bats Resolve)	x	x	Ord	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Festering Wounds	Legendary	Some old grudges still linger. Bats gain +2 Resolve for every 2 Frog villagers that leave or die. Global Resolve drops 30% faster.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Steel Focus	Legendary	Seeing Bats excel at their craft has a motivating effect on the rest of the settlement. Gain +8% global production speed for every Bat working in a building with the Metallurgy (?) specialization.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Steel Gut	None	Focused minds forget hunger. Villagers have a 15% chance of not consuming food during a break.	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Fir	x	x	0

Strategy

• The ability to exile villagers on a whim from the Manorial Court can be used to manage hostility and trigger Cornerstones that benefit from villagers leaving in addition to the benefits from Dedication and Diligence.
• Conversely, without the Manorial Court, Bats are extremely fragile and vulnerable to downward spirals due to their low base Resolve and lack of easy to access bonuses like Comfort specialization and Favoring. Players who have just unlocked Bats but have not unlocked their starting ability may struggle to use them effectively.
  • Judicious use of Rainpunk engines to increase the Resolve of Bats working in buildings and building Bat Houses to fulfill their species housing need can offset this weakness somewhat, but both options require the use of  Pipes, so be aware of potential shortages.
  • The World Event Hanged Viceroy has an option that requires you to win without any villagers leaving your settlement. This makes the Manorial Court useless, as using it would instantly fail the challenge.
  • World Event Followers of the Forsaken Gods' 2nd option does not benefit from the Manorial Court, as villagers are exiled, not executed, so they do not count as deaths.

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.
• Bats are the only species that shares exactly 1 Complex Food need with each other species. Lizards share at least 1 Complex Food need with each other species, but shares 2 with Foxes.
• At 9 blueprints, Bats are tied with Humans for most Proficiency bonuses of all species.

References

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

See also

• Beavers
• Foxes
• Frogs
• Humans
• Harpies
• Lizards