Foxes

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A Fox

Overview

Foxes are majestic and mysterious creatures deeply connected to the forest. They evolved a symbiosis with Blightrot through long exposure to Rainwater. Foxes are great are skilled scouts ( Forest) and feel comfortable cooperating with their own kind ( Cooperation). They are highly susceptible to starvation yet are immune to Hostility.

Their Starting Ability is to reveal the location of the closest Rainwater Geyser. Foxes have a base Resolve of 5, with a Break interval of 02:00 minutes. Their Resilience is listed as Low, and their Demand is at 15. With a Decadence level of 5 and a Hunger Tolerance of 3, Foxes are one of the first to starve and die. They are immune to Forest Hostility and make for a species favored by all Viceroys.

Consumption and Satisfaction

Like all species, Foxes 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  Porridge's increased double production chance.

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  Pickled Goods
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  Porridge
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  Skewers
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  Religion
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  Treatment
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  Basic Housing
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  Fox Housing
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  Boots

Needs overlap

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

Humans	Beavers	Lizards	Harpies	Frogs	Bats
Porridge  Religion	Pickled Goods	Pickled Goods  Skewers  Boots	Boots  Treatment	Porridge  Boots  Religion	Skewers

Fox firekeeper ability

Main article: Hearths#Firekeeper_bonus

1 Perk with ID 'Fox Hostility Hearth Bonus'

Name	Description
Forest Affinity	Fox firekeepers have an unusual ability to calm the forest. Hostility from opened glades is lowered by 2 each.

Proficiency & Comfort

Foxes' Proficiency specialization is  Forest. It grants Foxes -5% Glade Event working time bonus per Fox when assigned to Glade Events.

Foxes' Comfort specialization is  Cooperation. It grants Foxes 5 Resolve when working in buildings occupied by a total of 3 or more Foxes.

Fox-specific buildings

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

•  Beanery
•  Teahouse
•  Tea Doctor

Orders

Main article: Orders

12 Orders named 'fox'

Name	Difficulty	Requirements	Rewards
Fox Villagers	Easy	Keep Foxes Resolve above 16 for 60 seconds Deliver 10 Tea.	+2 to Porridge production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). 4 Foxes will join the settlement. 5 Parts
	Medium	Keep Foxes Resolve above 20 for 120 seconds Deliver 15 Tea.
	Hard	Keep Foxes Resolve above 24 for 120 seconds Deliver 20 Tea.
Aid for the Fox Pack	Easy	Deliver 3 Pack of Provisions. Cut through the forest to discover 1 glades.	3 Foxes 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 Fox tribe remembers your help. (+3 to Foxes Resolve) 2 Parts
	Medium	Deliver 4 Pack of Provisions. Cut through the forest to discover 1 glades.
	Hard	Deliver 5 Pack of Provisions. Cut through the forest to discover 2 glades.
Fox Relatives	Easy	Fulfill your villagers' need for eating porridge 30 times (retroactive). Own at least 4 Fox Houses.	Ever since the Great Civil War, all species have been locked in a constant struggle to gain the Queen's favor. The Fox tribe remembers your help. (+3 to Foxes Resolve) 5 Foxes will join the settlement. 30 Tea
	Medium	Fulfill your villagers' need for eating porridge 40 times (retroactive). Own at least 6 Fox Houses.
	Hard	Fulfill your villagers' need for eating porridge 50 times (retroactive). Own at least 8 Fox Houses.
Homes For Foxes	Medium	Own at least 6 Fox Houses.	5 Tea per minute. Not affected by production bonuses and does not contribute to production-based perks. 10 Pipes 5 Foxes will join the settlement.
	Hard	Own at least 8 Fox Houses.
Fox Influx	Easy	Deliver 35 Herbs.	5 Foxes will join the settlement. 25 Porridge 20 Tea
	Medium	Deliver 50 Herbs.
	Hard	Deliver 65 Herbs.
Fox Majority	Easy	Have at least 16 Foxes for 30 seconds	50 Grain +2 to Porridge production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). 25 Amber
	Medium	Have at least 18 Foxes for 30 seconds
	Hard	Have at least 20 Foxes for 30 seconds Deliver 40 Porridge.
Happy Foxes	Easy	Keep Foxes Resolve above 14 for 30 seconds Complete any 1 Glade Event(s). Totems spawned by Fishmen Caves and Cloned Blood Flowers do not count.	+2 to Tea production (from gathering, farming, fishing, or production). 10 Amber 2 additional Foxes will come with each group of newcomers.
	Medium	Keep Foxes Resolve above 16 for 30 seconds Complete any 2 Glade Event(s). Totems spawned by Fishmen Caves and Cloned Blood Flowers do not count.
	Hard	Keep Foxes Resolve above 18 for 30 seconds Complete any 3 Glade Event(s). Totems spawned by Fishmen Caves and Cloned Blood Flowers do not count.
Fox Population	Easy	Have at least 8 Foxes for 30 seconds Keep Foxes Resolve above 14 for 30 seconds	Druid's Hut Blueprint 30 Pickled Goods 5 Parts
	Medium	Have at least 10 Foxes for 30 seconds Keep Foxes Resolve above 16 for 30 seconds
	Hard	Have at least 12 Foxes for 30 seconds Keep Foxes Resolve above 18 for 30 seconds
Joyful Foxes	Easy	Keep Foxes Resolve above 14 for 30 seconds	5 Mushrooms per minute. Not affected by production bonuses and does not contribute to production-based perks. 35 Boots 3 Foxes will join the settlement.
	Medium	Keep Foxes Resolve above 16 for 30 seconds
	Hard	Keep Foxes Resolve above 18 for 30 seconds
The Pack	Easy	Keep Foxes Resolve above 10 for 30 seconds	2 Foxes will join the settlement. 30 Mushrooms 3 Parts
	Medium	Keep Foxes Resolve above 13 for 30 seconds
	Hard	Keep Foxes Resolve above 15 for 30 seconds
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.
People of the Forest	Easy	Have at least 6 Foxes for 30 seconds	Foragers' Camp Blueprint 30 Vegetables

Cornerstones and Perks

3 Perks mentioning 'Fox'

Name	Rarity	Description	Sources										Price
			Alt	Cor	Ord	Rel	Tra	Dec	Por	Fir	Ser	Bio
Forest Affinity	None	Fox firekeepers have an unusual ability to calm the forest. Hostility from opened glades is lowered by 2 each.	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	Fir	x	x	0
Fox Friendship	Rare	2 additional Foxes will come with each group of newcomers.	x	x	Ord	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Fox Pack Support	Rare	Ever since the Great Civil War, all species have been locked in a constant struggle to gain the Queen's favor. The Fox tribe remembers your help. (+3 to Foxes Resolve)	x	x	Ord	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0

Strategy

• The combination of immunity to the passive Resolve penalty from Hostility and extremely easy to fulfill Comfort specialization results in Foxes being arguably the strongest species in terms of Reputation generation through high Resolve.
  • Having 3 Foxes in a Woodcutters' Camp immediately results in them gaining a +5 bonus to their Resolve, plus they ignore any penalty from the increased hostility from having extra Woodcutters.
  • When having Fox Woodcutters is infeasible due to hostility issues (i.e. during the Storm), they can be assigned as Haulers in the Main Warehouse to trigger their Comfort bonus.
  • Having Foxes in multiples of 3 can be helpful for maintaining a high average Resolve for their species, though this can be relaxed if buildings with 4 worker slots, such as the Cookhouse and Mine, are available.
  • Service Buildings are a great place for Foxes to work. With the exception of the Market, all Service Buildings have 3 worker slots. By filling those slots with Foxes, you can trigger their Comfort bonus and allow other species to work in other buildings that take advantage of their Proficiency bonuses instead.
• At Prestige 9+, the Foxes' Proficiency bonus is more useful than ever, as the +5% Glade Event work rate per Fox bonus greatly helps to offset the 33% penalty.
• The Fox Firekeeper ability is very useful, but only under the right circumstances. If assigning a Fox Firekeeper can reduce the Hostility to a lower level (indicated by multiples of 100), then the Firekeeper can effectively raise Global Resolve by 2 for other species outside of the Storm, and by 6 (4 for Foxes) during the Storm while also potentially deactivating some Negative Forest Mysteries. In any other situation, having a Fox Firekeeper is completely useless, and a different Firekeeper should be assigned to take advantage of other bonuses.

Trivia

• There are multiple Fox Traders, named Alune Soulgazer and Ruenhar Brightclaw.
  
• Foxes have two skins, with one skin having wide blue pauldrons, pants and a blue tail stripe, and the other skins having narrower green pauldrons, pants and a green tail stripe.
• They also have two voice pitches, high and low.
• Foxes were added during Early Access in the Sentinels of the Forest update after a community vote, where they got 11,197 votes or ~57% of total votes^[2].
• Before update 1.4, Foxes' Comfort specialization used to be  Rainwater.
• Before update 1.8, Foxes' Comfort specialization used to be Blightrot.
• Before update 1.4, Foxes had  Brawling and  Luxury needs instead of  Religion and Boots.

References

1. Table was made by Discord user @2siders
2. Favoring update blog post on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1336490/view/3659774324617359177?l=english

See also

• Bats
• Beavers
• Frogs
• Harpies
• Humans
• Lizards