Seasons

Each Settlement must brave the three seasons of The Forest:

1. Drizzle lasts 6:00 minutes. Crops are planted and positive Forest Mysteries are active.
2. Clearance lasts 4:15 minutes. Crops are harvested.
3. Storm lasts 1:40 minutes. Crops that are not harvested die and negative negative Forest Mysteries are active. Traders will not arrive. If Blightroot is present it will attempt to corrupt the Ancient Hearth.

Forest Mysteries

Main article: Forest Mysteries

Forest Mysteries are generated at the start of each game, based on the map’s difficulty and biome. Some effects are simple modifiers influencing production, lowering speed or destroying buildings, but some are based on your villagers' needs. For example: Hailstorm can kill villagers during the Storm, but if they have a home, they are safe.

Positive Forest Mysteries

Positive Forest mysteries are active during the Drizzle season.

Forest Mystery	Effects
Aurora	+1 Resolve every minute from Service
Berry New Year	+3 Berry production
Clear Skies	+300% Trade arrival speed
Cricket Mating Grounds	+30 Insects per discovered Glade
Euphoric Vapors	+1 Resolve from Complex Food
Fermented Rain	Rain Collector buildings produce Wine
Fresh Breeze	Villagers with Complex Food and Housing move 20% faster
Heavy Drops	+5 Sparkdew production
Invigorating Winds	Villagers with Complex Food move 20% faster
Lightweight Wood	+10 Woodcutter carry capacity
Mushrooms After the Rain	+3 Mushroom Production
Untapped Wealth	+50% Chance to collect additional resources from resource deposits
Warm Welcome	Double Reputation from Resolve
Worms After the Rain	Scavengers' Camp buildings can harvest Insect deposits

Negative Forest Mysteries

Negazite Forest mysteries are active during the Storm season. Some of them require a certain Hostility level to become active.

Forest Mystery	Effects	Hostility Level
Looming Darkness	-4 Global Resolve per Hostility level	0
Creeping Shadows	-10 Global Resolve for 3 minutes after discovering a Glade	1
Fog	Villagers without Housing more 40% slower	1
Greater Threat	-2 Global Resolve for for each discovered Dangerous and Forbidden Glade (penalty is added retroactively)	1
Muddy Ground	-30% Villager speed outside Roads	1
Regular Storm	Villagers without Shelter have a 10% chance to die every 60 seconds	1
Under an Open Sky	Villagers without Housing have -5 Resolve	1
Aura of Fear	Reolves drops twice faster	2
No Contact	Reputation doesn't lower Queen's Impatience	2
Rotten Rain	Living Matters spawns on one farm field every 70 seconds	2
Cloudburst	Villagers without Coats lose 10 Resolve for 10 minutes	3
Faint Flame	-40% Sacrifice duration	3
Strange Lights	Villagers without Services have a 20% chance to destroy the yield	4
Eerie Song	Villagers without Services have a 5% chance to die every 15 seconds	5