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Mood is a game mechanic that describes a colonists feelings based on thier environment and experiences, represented by a blue bar in the Needs tab tab ranging from 0 to 100%. Low moods cause mental breaks, while high moods may trigger inspirations. Mood is affected by game difficulty, a colonists traits and environment, and whether or not the pawn is assigned to work they have Passion for.

Prisoners with high mood are easier to recruit and less likely to break out or go berserk, colonists with a low enough mood for a long enough time may leave your colony.

Mechanics

The Needs tab.

Colonists have a "Mood (%)" and a "Mood Target", shown in the Needs tab. A "Mood Target", shown as a white triangle below the mood bar, is a representation of all the positive and negative thoughts held by a colonist and changes instantly depending on the colonists exact situation, while "Mood" is a blue bar that represents a colonist's mood in that exact moment. Pawns have a base mood of 32 and the baseline is affected by the Colonist Mood AI storyteller setting - note that the default difficulty options also change this setting.

The Mood bar moves towards the Mood Target indicator at a maximum rate of +12 per in-game hour when mood is increasing or −8 per in-game hour when decreasing. For example, when a Hungry colonist (-6 mood) eats a meal, you'll see the mood target immediately jump to the right as the Hungry effect disappears, but the mood bar takes some time to inch its way toward the triangle. When a colonist is sleeping or otherwise unconscious, the mood bar stays in place, and any risk of a mental break is paused.

Three dividing lines on the mood bar, called the Mental Break Threshold, represent mental danger zones- if the mood bar falls below these markers, there is a risk of a colonist having a Mental break, where you will lose control over them and they will wander around and act against their and the colony's best interests. For a normal colonist, these lines are placed at 5% for an extreme break risk, 20% for a major break risk, and 35% for a minor break risk, although these thresholds can can changed by a colonist's traits.

Difficulty

Mood as a percentage is calculated by adding the overall difference between positive and negative thoughts to the "Base mood", a stat which is defined by your difficulty. For example, a pawn with Low expectations (+18) and Hungry (-6) on Peaceful difficulty will have a mood target of 54%.

Difficulty	Base Mood
Peaceful	42
Community builder	42
Adventure story	37
Strive to survive	32
Blood and dust	27
Losing is Fun	22

The difficulty can be changed at any time during gameplay.

Mood management

There are various ways of increasing mood, which generally fall into two self-explanatory categories: Remove the bad things and add more good things. There are a lot of mood-influencing Thoughts.

Managing mood shows similarities to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs:

Basic needs

Keeping colonists fed, sheltered, well-rested, clothed, and as far from death as possible is the most important aspect of your colony. Food paste is disgusting but the penalty for a hungry colonist is much greater, otherwise make sure your colony is more than a sleeping spot on an open field- walls and roofs are your friend. Be sure to pay close attention to the traits of your colonists, some hate being outdoors and would rather be kept in a small room, some demand the freedom of nudity, and some are just miserable people. Otherwise your own choices as a player can have a significant impact- making your colonists commit cannibalism, steal people's organs, or forcing everyone to wear cowboy hats made of human skin usually outweigh giving them an extra hour of rest every day.

Safety needs

Sickness and pain are going to be some of the greatest influences to the mood of your colony. Some colonist suffer from pre-existing scars or injuries which naturally lower their mood and you will have to overcompensate for these using other means. Providing clean, spacious, and well decorated bedrooms for each individual colonist, as well as a comfortable place to eat and spend time when not working or sleeping, are generally some of the best ways to provide positive mood. The difference between the best and worst of environments can be as much as 60 mood points.

Social needs

Having a lover or a pet, allowing colonists to socialize, and allotting time for recreational actives (time alone, entertainment, drugs) are all great sources of consistent positive mood. Beware that the death of a loved one, negative social interaction, and unfulfilled drug addictions can all result in negative mood. Providing beautiful work spaces with clean floors and quality furniture also passively increase mood. Consider spreading recreation time over the day to keep colonists' recreation need topped up at all times.

Passion

Assigning colonists to work they are passionate for cause them to learn that specific skill faster and gain a significant boost to mood.

Investing in a large, comfortable and impressive combined recreation and dining room pays off dividends. For a relatively low investment, the entire colony can get a substantial mood boost from simply eating a fine meal at a table and playing some horseshoes. An impressive bedroom only benefits one or two people, but the mood effects are permanent.

Lavish meals, drugs or artifacts can greatly increase mood in the short term, which helps keeping things running during stressful times. They are generally a challenge to keep up in the long-term.

Extreme measures

Sometimes, an unlucky pawn has enough combined negative modifiers (scar pain, drug withdrawal, deaths of family members, psychic drone) that they'll still be in the extreme break risk zone even if given the very best. If you don't want to deal with constant mental breaks, you have a few options.

To have a mental break, a pawn must be awake and able to move. This yields these strategies to prevent a mental break by inhibiting movement:

• Assigning the pawn to go to sleep (works for some hours until the rest bar fills up)
• Anesthetizing the pawn (decent for short periods, but costs medicine every time)
• Putting the pawn in a cryptosleep casket (drug withdrawal probably won't progress during stasis but most effects probably will)
• Using the level 2 psycast Neural heat dump to put the pawn in a psychic coma for one day (Another neural heat-generating psycast must be cast prior in order to use Neural heat dump)
• The famous/infamous "cut their legs off" approach (install peg legs, then remove them).

The Joywire implant gives +30 mood—at the significant cost of -20% consciousness, and it cannot be removed. Thus, it should be used as a permanent solution to permanent problems.

Below is a list of the thoughts that human characters can experience, including how it affects their mood

Moodlet table of contents

Expectations

Death

Debug

Drugs

Exotic

Eating

Gatherings

Misc

Room Stats

Social

Situation General

Situation Needs

Situation RoomStats

Situation Social

Situation Special

Situation Traits

Situation TraitsPerm

Expectations

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Memory_Death.xml

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Sky-high expectations	I should be made very comfortable here.	0	-	-	-
High expectations	There's no reason I shouldn't have the things I want.	+6	-	-	-
Moderate expectations	I can't expect to be totally pampered.	+12	-	-	-
Low expectations	I can't expect great comforts.	+18	-	-	-
Very low expectations	I need to keep myself strong to survive.	+24	-	-	-
Extremely low expectations	I'd better steel myself to survive.	+30	-	-	-
Noble expectations	I am above the little people and should be made happy every moment.	-6	-	-	-
Royal expectations	My majesty... I can hardly believe it myself. A moment's discomfort is below me.	-12	-	-	-
Elite expectations	I shouldn't have to endure any inconveniences that distract me from my important role.	-6	-	-	-
Supreme expectations	My importance here is uncontested, so my comfort must be a critical priority for my people.	-12	-	-	-
Slave expectations	I'm a slave. I don't expect much.	+28	-	-	-
Meager slave expectations	I'm a slave of a group with meager holdings. I expect little.	+34	-	-	-
Poor slave expectations	I'm a slave of a poor group. I expect very little.	+40	-	-	-
Destitute slave expectations	I'm a slave of a destitute group. I expect nothing.	+46	-	-	-

* = Disabled with Rough Living from Ideology

Death

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Memory_Death.xml

Thought	Caption	Cause	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Justified execution	A guilty prisoner or guest was executed. It was justified, but still sad. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust	Guilty prisoner or guest executed	-2	6	5	0.25
Someone was euthanized	A prisoner or guest was euthanized. It was humane, but still sad. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust	Prisoner or guest euthanized	-3	6	5	0.25
Someone was executed	A prisoner or guest was killed in cold blood. It seemed a bit evil. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust	Non-guilty prisoner or guest is executed	-5	6	5	0.25
Someone organ-harvested	The colony took body parts from a prisoner or guest. It's horrible, breaking people down for parts when they have no choice. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust	Organ harvested from any pawn other than a colonist	-6	6	5	0.25
Justified execution of colonist	A guilty colonist was executed. It was justified, but still sad. Nullifying traits: Psychopath	Guilty imprisoned colonist executed	-2	6	5	0.25
Colonist euthanized	A colonist was euthanized. It was humane, but still sad. Nullifying traits: Psychopath	Colonist euthanized	-3	6	5	0.25
Colonist executed	A colonist was killed in cold blood. It seemed a bit evil. Nullifying traits: Psychopath	Imprisoned colonist executed	-5	6	5	0.25
Colonist organ-harvested	Someone took body parts from a colonist. It's horrible, breaking people down for parts when they have no choice. Nullifying traits: Psychopath	Organ harvested from a colonist	-6	6	5	0.25
Innocent prisoner died	One of our prisoners died despite being harmless. We should be able to take care of our prisoners. If we wanted them dead, we could have at least conducted an orderly execution rather than permit that barbarism. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust	Non-guilty prisoner dies outside of execution or euthanasia	-5	6	5	0.25
Colonist died	One of our people died. We should be able to take care of our people. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust	Colonist dies outside of execution or euthanasia	-3	6	5	0.25
Witnessed ally's death	I saw one of my people die. They were alive one moment, and dead the next. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust	Ally of pawn dies within 12 tiles distance and line of sight	-5	1,5	5	0.4
Witnessed outsider's death	I saw someone die. They were alive one moment, and dead the next. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust	Non-enemy outsider dies within 12 tiles distance and line of sight	-3	1	1	N/A
Witnessed family member's death	I saw a member of my family die. My own flesh and blood... Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust	Family member of pawn dies within 12 tiles distance and line of sight	-7	1	1	N/A
Defeated hostile leader <name>	They were leading efforts to destroy us, and I took them down!	Pawn kills a hostile leader during a raid	+12	3	5	0.4
Defeated <name>	I took down a big threat! I'm a hero!	???	+12	3	5	0.4
Bonded animal <name> died	Such a tender, unique animal. This universe is evil! Nullifying traits: Psychopath	Bonded animal dies	-8	20	5	0.25
My friend <name> died	Such a wonderful person. The universe gets darker every day. Nullifying traits: Psychopath. Note: Actual mood change depends on relations between the pawn and the dead pawn.	Another pawn with positive relations to the original pawn dies	-10	20	5	0.25
My rival <name> died	Serves them right. Things are looking up. Note: Actual mood change depends on relations between the pawn and the dead pawn.	Another pawn with negative relations to the original pawn dies	+10	10	5	0.25
My son <name> died	My son is dead. My own flesh and blood...	Son of pawn dies	-20	30	10	0.25
My daughter <name> died	My daughter is dead. My own flesh and blood...	Daughter of pawn dies	-20	30	10	0.25
My husband <name> died	My husband is dead. I am alone.	Husband of pawn dies	-20	30	10	0.25
My wife <name> died	My wife is dead. I am alone.	Wife of pawn dies	-20	30	10	0.25
My fiance <name> died	My fiance died. Such a man... my future is gone.	Fiance of pawn dies	-18	30	10	0.25
My fiancée <name> died	My fiancée died. Such a woman... my future is gone.	Fiancée of pawn dies	-18	30	10	0.25
My lover <name> died	My lover died. I am so alone.	Lover of pawn dies	-16	30	10	0.25
My brother <name> died	My brother died. My own flesh and blood...	Brother of pawn dies	-14	30	10	0.25
My sister <name> died	My sister died. My own flesh and blood...	Sister of pawn dies	-14	30	10	0.25
My grandchild <name> died	My grandchild died. My own flesh and blood...	Grandchild of pawn dies	-12	30	10	0.25
My father <name> died	My father died. He's gone forever.	Father of pawn dies	-8	30	10	0.25
My mother <name> died	My mother died. She's gone forever.	Mother of pawn dies	-8	30	10	0.25
My niece <name> died	My niece died. Such a wonderful child.	Niece of pawn dies	-5	30	10	0.25
My nephew <name> died	My nephew died. Such a wonderful child.	Nephew of pawn dies	-5	30	10	0.25
My half-sibling <name> died	My half-sibling died. My own flesh and blood...	Half-sibling of pawn dies	-5	30	10	0.25
My aunt <name> died	My aunt died.	Aunt of pawn dies	-4	30	10	0.25
My uncle <name> died	My uncle died.	Uncle of pawn dies	-4	30	10	0.25
My grandparent <name> died	My grandparent died.	Grandparent of pawn dies	-4	30	10	0.25
My cousin <name> died	My cousin died. My own flesh and blood...	Cousin of pawn dies	-4	30	10	0.25
My kin <name> died	My kin died.	Any other kin of pawn dies	-4	30	10	0.25

Thought	Caption	Cause	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Traveler died	One of our companions died.	Pawn from the same group of travelers dies	-12	10	5	0.75

Debug

These are used only for code-checking by creators and modders.
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Moodlets from Thoughts_Memory_Debug.xml

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Debug bad thought	Test thought for debugging.	-10	1	100	1
Debug good thought	Test thought for debugging.	+10	1	100	1

Drugs

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Moodlets from the drug defs

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Inebriated (Warm)	I just feel a bit more relaxed after that drink. That's good.	+8	N/A	1	N/A
Inebriated (Tipsy)	I'm a bit wobbly! And this is quite enjoyable.	+12	N/A	1	N/A
Inebriated (Drunk)	I feel so uninhibited and unafraid! This is a great time!	+18	N/A	1	N/A
Inebriated (Hammered)	Wooo! What is going on?	+24	N/A	1	N/A
Hungover (Pounding)	It feels like a gaggle of geese are pecking at my skull.	-10	N/A	1	N/A
Hungover (Strong)	My head hurts from all that liquor.	-5	N/A	1	N/A
Hungover (Slight)	The headache is almost gone.	-2	N/A	1	N/A
High on smokeleaf	I'm, like, stoned, man.	+13	N/A	1	N/A
High on flake	So good, so good.	+35	N/A	1	N/A
High on yayo	Feeling pumped! Let's do this!	+35	N/A	1	N/A
High on go-juice	Feeling pumped but calm. I am the sniper bullet in flight, ready to cut through you.	+5	N/A	1	N/A

Exotic

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Moodlets from their source defs

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Joywire	It feels amazing.	+30	N/A	1	N/A
Strange feeling	I feel strange, but also very relaxed.	+15	1	4	0,4
Psychic soothe (medium)	It's like a calming voice at the back of my mind, soothing me, settling my nerves.	+16	N/A	1	N/A
Psychic drone (low)	It's like a scratching at the back of my mind. A voice, whispering. I can only make out a few words, and I don't like them.	-12	N/A	1	N/A
Psychic drone (medium)	I feel like someone is always just out of sight, speaking to me. The voice changes but the message doesn't. I'm supposed to hurt people. Make it go away!	-22	N/A	1	N/A
Psychic drone (high)	The voice is unbearably loud. It's hard to concentrate. I find myself talking back to it, yelling at it. But it just keeps shouting!	-30	N/A	1	N/A
Psychic drone (extreme)	My heart pounds and I'm sweating. All I can think of is hurting and suffering and all these enemies around me. They're my nightmare, my nightmare, my nightmare...	-40	N/A	1	N/A

Eating

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Memory_Eating.xml

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Ate lavish meal	That lavish meal was amazing. It nourished my body and my soul. Replaces thought: Ate fine meal	+12	1	1	N/A
Ate fine meal	I ate a really tasty fine meal. Yum! Replaces thought: Ate lavish meal	+5	1	1	N/A
Ate awful meal	I had to eat a disgusting, tasteless meal. I know it keeps you alive, but nobody wants to swallow that glop.	-4	1	1	N/A
Ate raw food	I had to eat raw food. Can't we cook it, or at least synthesize some nutrient paste?	-7	1	1	N/A
Ate kibble	I had to eat animal kibble. It's like I don't get to be human any more.	-12	1	1	N/A
Ate corpse	I had to eat a corpse without even butchering or cooking it. It was horrible.	-12	1	1	N/A
Raw cannibalism	I ate the meat of another human, raw, like an animal. This is a nightmare. Nullifying traits: Cannibal	-20	1	1	N/A
Raw cannibalism	I ate the meat of another human, raw, like an animal. It was so... succulent. Applicable traits: Cannibal	+20	1	1	N/A
Cooked cannibalism	I ate a meal made from the meat of another human. This is horrible. Nullifying traits: Cannibal	-15	1	1	N/A
Cooked cannibalism	I ate a meal made from the meat of another human. So pleasurable. If only I had some fava beans and a nice chianti. Applicable traits: Cannibal	+15	1	1	N/A
Ate insect meat	I ate some gray, slimy insect meat. It was, possibly, the most disgusting thing I've ever tasted.	-6	1	1	N/A
Ate cooked insect meat	I ate a meal cooked from gray, slimy insect meat. The seasoning partly covered the taste, but there were glands and fluid pockets in there that I can't identify.	-3	1	1	N/A
Ate rotten food	I ate some disgusting, putrid food. It was melting in my mouth - but not in a good way.	-10	1	1	N/A

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Ate low-class food	That meal was below my station. My title's formal requirements should always be respected. Note: Only affects conceited nobles	-8	1	1	N/A

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Ate baby food	I had to eat watery slop made for a child. It's not just tasteless; it's demoralizing. Note: Only affects pawns above 3 years of age.	-5	1	1	N/A

Gatherings

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Memory_Gatherings.xml

Thought	Caption	Cause	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Got married to <name>	I got married! It's so wonderful to be starting a new life together!	Getting married to another pawn	+40	30	1	N/A
Attended wedding	It was great to see two people come together to build a future like that.	Attend a wedding ceremony	+20	10	10	1
Attended party	I had a good time at that party.	Attend a party	+8	10	10	1
Attended concert	I enjoyed listening to that performance.	Attend a concert	+8	10	10	1
Held concert	They loved me. They really loved me.	Hold a concert	+8	10	10	1
Terrible speech	That speech was atrocious. It made me realize how little hope we really have.	Attend a throne speech of Terrible quality	-12	8	10	1
Uninspiring speech	That speech was more awkward than inspiring. If that's who we're listening to, I'm worried.	Attend a throne speech of Uninspiring quality	-4	8	10	1
Encouraging speech	That speech made me feel like we have a solid path forward.	Attend a throne speech of Encouraging quality	+4	8	10	1
Inspirational speech	That speech was moving emotionally and intellectually. I am filled with purpose.	Attend a throne speech of Inspirational quality	+8	8	10	1

Misc

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Memory_Misc.xml

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Ate without table	I had to eat a meal off the ground. Can't we get a table around here?	-3	1	1	N/A
Disturbed sleep	I was disturbed during sleep by people moving around nearby. A private room would solve this. Nullifying condition: Hearing 0%	-1	1	3	1
Initial optimism	It's a tough situation, but I'm excited to be founding a new settlement.	+10	8	1	N/A
Initial hope	I'm getting used to this, but it's still an exciting new situation. I hope this works out...	+5	8	1	N/A
Slept outside	I had to sleep outdoors without any protection from the elements.	-4	1	1	N/A
Slept on ground	I had to sleep on the ground like an animal.	-4	1	1	N/A
Slept in the cold	I had to sleep in the cold. We really need some heaters.	-4	1	1	N/A
Slept in the heat	I had to sleep in unbearable heat. Can't we have air conditioning?	-4	1	1	N/A
A prisoner was sold	This colony sold a prisoner into slavery. That's a worrying thought. Nullifying traits: Psychopath	-3	4	5	1
Freed from slaver	I have been freed from slavery. I'm so thankful!	+15	20	1	N/A
Prisoner released	We released a healthy prisoner. It feels good to know we even treat prisoners well. Nullifying traits: Psychopath	+2	6	5	1
Someone's organ harvested	The colony took body parts from a guest or prisoner. It's horrible, breaking someone down for parts when they have no choice. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust	-5	8	5	0.75
Colonist's organ harvested	Someone took body parts from a colonist. It's horrible, breaking someone down for parts when they have no choice. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust	-5	7.5	5	0.75
My organ harvested	The colony harvested body parts from me! They're breaking me down like an old engine!	-30	8	5	1
Was imprisoned	The colony had me in jail for a while, like a caged animal.	-10	6	1	N/A
Catharsis	It felt good to finally unbottle my feelings.	+40	3	5	0.75
Nuzzled	A cute animal nuzzled me. (inc. only cat, guinea pig, husky, labrador retriever, monkey, and yorkshire terrier) Nullifying traits: Psychopath	+4	1	3	0.5
Buried in sarcophagus	This colony buried someone in an ornamented sarcophagus. May their soul rest in peace.	+4	8	4	0.5
Soaking wet	I'm soaking wet.	-3	0.1	1	N/A
I butchered humanlike	I butchered someone up like an animal. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust, Cannibal	-6	6	10	0.75
We butchered humanlike	We butchered someone up like an animal. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust, Cannibal	-6	6	1	N/A
Observed corpse	I saw a dead body laying on the ground. It was disturbing. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust, Cannibal	-4	0.5	3	0.5
Observed rotting corpse	I saw a rotting corpse laying on the ground. It was disgusting. Nullifying traits: Bloodlust	-6	0.5	5	0.5
Witnessed ally's death	I saw one of my people die. They were alive one moment, and dead the next. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust	-5	1	5	1
Witnessed outsider's death	I saw someone die. They were alive one moment, and dead the next. Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust	-3	1	1	N/A
Witnessed family member's death	I saw a member of my family die. My own flesh and blood... Nullifying traits: Psychopath, Bloodlust	-6	6	1	N/A
Witnessed death with Bloodlust	I saw someone die! That was intense! Applicable traits: Bloodlust	+8	4	5	1
Killed someone	I killed someone! What a rush! Applicable traits: Bloodlust	+12	4	5	1
Defeated faction leader	They were leading efforts to destroy us, and I took them down!	+10	6	5	1
Defeated mech cluster	Blood beats metal, you damn machines!	+4	10	5	1
Colonist banished	We just banished someone. I hope they'll make it, but I'm worried. Nullifying traits: Psychopath	-3	6	5	1
Colonist banished to die	We banished someone in such a way that there's almost no way they'll survive. Nullifying traits: Psychopath	-6	6	5	1
Prisoner banished to die	We banished a prisoner in such a way that there's almost no way they'll survive. Nullifying traits: Psychopath	-4	6	5	1
Bonded animal <Name> banished	My bonded animal was banished! Nullifying traits: Psychopath	-6	6	5	1
Colonist abandoned	We just left someone behind. I hope they'll make it, but I'm worried. Nullifying traits: Psychopath	-3	6	5	0.25
Failed to rescue <name>	We had a chance to rescue my relative, and failed. I could have helped!	-18	30	5	1
Rescued <name>	We rescued one of my relatives. Finally, I can breathe a sigh of relief.	18	30	5	1
Rescued	I was rescued! I almost thought I was done for back there. I'm so thankful.	18	30	5	1
On duty	I have a job to do.	+12	15	1	N/A

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Traveler arrested	One of our companions was taken prisoner!	-12	10	5	1
Traveler surgically violated	One of our companions was surgically violated. Nothing could justify that.	-12	10	5	1

Room stats

These thoughts occur when a colonist personally uses a room (and not just passes through it). Mods can create additional moods that are triggered by other room types, but in vanilla the only rooms are:

• Bedroom/Barracks
• Rec(reation) room
• Dining room
• Prison cell
• Hospital
• Throne room (Royalty DLC only)

Note that most of these can be combined with others, although bedroom/barracks are mutually exclusive.

Also, a general "space" thought can be triggered where a colonist spends much of their time, based on the size of that room.

Intensities

Each of these thoughts have a range of intensities, listed here from worst to best. This is dependent on the room's Impressiveness stat. Most rooms don't have the full range listed.

1. Awful
2. Dull
3. Mediocre
4. Decent
5. Slightly impressive
6. Somewhat Impressive (/ Impressive*)
7. Very impressive
8. Extremely impressive
9. Unbelievably impressive
10. Wondrously impressive

(* As listed in Mood effects for "bedrooms", "cells" and "barracks", below, this is simply "Impressive".)

These thoughts are given by (only) these rooms. If a room fills more than one definition, it can give multiple thoughts:

• Bedrooms: When a colonist is designated to sleep alone (or with a lover*) in a room.
  • Full range except Dull and Mediocre.
  • Somewhat Impressive is listed as simply "Impressive"
• Barracks: When multiple* colonists are designated to sleep in the same room.
  • Full range.
  • Somewhat Impressive is listed as simply "Impressive"
  • As a rule of thumb, a poor quality barracks gives a -5 to mood vs. the equivalent private bedroom, higher quality barracks give -4.
• Dining room: When a colonist eats in a room. This can simply be any room with a table and chair.
  • Starts from Decent.
• Rec room: When a colonist uses Recreation facilities in a room.
  • Starts from Decent.
• Prison cell: When a colonist sleeps alone in a room with a bed/spot designated as a prison bed.
  • Full range except Dull and Mediocre.
  • Somewhat Impressive is listed as simply "Impressive"
• Prison barracks: When multiple colonists sleeps together in a room with beds/spots designated as prison beds.
  • Full range except Mediocre and Decent.
  • Somewhat Impressive is listed as simply "Impressive"
• Hospital: When a colonist stays at a hospital due to injury, illness or surgery.
  • Full range except Mediocre and Decent.

(* A pair of colonists who are lovers and sleep in the same bed do not count against each other when defining a barracks.)

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Memory_RoomStats.xml

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Decent dining room	I ate my meal in a decent dining room.	+2	1	1	N/A
Slightly impressive dining room	I ate my meal in a slightly impressive dining room.	+3	1	1	N/A
Somewhat impressive dining room	I ate my meal in an impressive dining room.	+4	1	1	N/A
Very impressive dining room	I ate my meal in a very impressive dining room.	+5	1	1	N/A
Extremely impressive dining room	I ate my meal in an extremely impressive dining room. I could stay there forever.	+6	1	1	N/A
Unbelievably impressive dining room	I ate my meal in an unbelievably impressive dining room. I could stay there forever.	+7	1	1	N/A
Wondrously impressive dining room	I ate my meal in a wonderful dining room. I could stay there forever.	+8	1	1	N/A
Decent rec room	I had fun in a decent rec room.	+2	1	1	N/A
Slightly impressive rec room	I had fun in a nice rec room.	+3	1	1	N/A
Somewhat impressive rec room	I had a great time in an impressive rec room.	+4	1	1	N/A
Very impressive rec room	I had a great time in a very impressive rec room.	+5	1	1	N/A
Extremely impressive rec room	I had a great time in an extremely impressive rec room. I could stay there forever.	+6	1	1	N/A
Unbelievably impressive rec room	I had a great time in an unbelievably impressive rec room. I could stay there forever.	+7	1	1	N/A
Wondrously impressive rec room	I had a great time in a wonderful rec room. I could stay there forever.	+8	1	1	N/A
Awful bedroom	I had to sleep in an awful room.	-4	1	1	N/A
Decent bedroom	I got to sleep in a pretty decent bedroom.	+2	1	1	N/A
Slightly impressive bedroom	I got to sleep in a slightly impressive bedroom. I like it.	+3	1	1	N/A
Impressive bedroom	My bedroom is impressive. I love it!	+4	1	1	N/A
Very impressive bedroom	I slept in a very impressive bedroom. I love it.	+5	1	1	N/A
Extremely impressive bedroom	I slept in an extremely impressive bedroom. It was marvelous.	+6	1	1	N/A
Unbelievably impressive bedroom	slept in an unbelievably impressive bedroom. It was truly astounding.	+7	1	1	N/A
Wondrously impressive bedroom	I slept in a heavenly bedroom. It was wondrous.	+8	1	1	N/A
Awful barrack	I had to sleep in an awful barrack. Not only was it a horrible room, but I also had to share it!	-7	1	1	N/A
Dull barrack	I had to sleep in a dull barrack. Not only that, but I also had to share it with other people.	-5	1	1	N/A
Mediocre barrack	I had to sleep in a mediocre barrack with other people around. I really don't like this.	-4	1	1	N/A
Decent barrack	I slept in a decent barrack, but I really dislike sharing a sleeping space.	-3	1	1	N/A
Slightly impressive barrack	I got to sleep in a pretty nice barrack. But I really don't like sharing a room with others.	-2	1	1	N/A
Impressive barrack	I got to sleep in an impressive barrack. It sucks that I had to share it, though.	-1	1	1	N/A
Very impressive barrack	I slept in a very impressive barrack. I don't even mind sharing it.	+1	1	1	N/A
Extremely impressive barrack	I slept in an extremely impressive barrack. I don't even mind sharing it.	+2	1	1	N/A
Unbelievably impressive barrack	The barrack I slept in was so impressive that I don't even mind sharing it.	+3	1	1	N/A
Wondrously impressive barrack	I slept in a barrack that was simply wondrous. Even sharing such a space makes me happy.	+4	1	1	N/A

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Awful throneroom	I had to reign in an awful throneroom. It's like a deliberate insult from my inferiors.	-6	1	1	N/A
Dull throneroom	I had to reign in a dull throneroom. It clearly diminished my stature.	-4	1	1	N/A
Mediocre throneroom	I had to reign in a mediocre throneroom. It didn't express my stature.	-2	1	1	N/A
Very impressive throneroom	I reigned in a very impressive throneroom. It expressed noticeable stature.	+2	1	1	N/A
Extremely impressive throneroom	I reigned in an extremely impressive throneroom. It effectively demonstrated my stature.	+4	1	1	N/A
Unbelievably impressive throneroom	I reigned in an unbelievably impressive throneroom. The commoners will be amazed at my highness.	+5	1	1	N/A
Wondrously impressive throneroom	I reigned in a heavenly throneroom. It matched my grace and nobility.	+6	1	1	N/A

Social

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Situation_.xml

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Insulted	I've been directly insulted! What an awful person!	-5	2	10	0.9
Kind words	I've been bestowed with kind words! What a nice person!	+5	2	10	0.9
Loved one sold	Someone I love was sold to a trader like a piece of meat!	-10	120	10	1
Bonded animal given away	My special bonded animal was given away!	-10	60	10	1
Forced to take drugs	I'm a teetotaler; I would never take drugs by choice. But I was forced! I feel unclean.	-20	6	10	1
Forced to take luciferium	I'm a teetotaler; I would never take luciferium by choice. But I was forced! I feel unclean.	-20	6	10	1
Rebuffed by <name>	I attempted to create a romance, but I got the cold shoulder. Feels bad man.	-5	3	5	0.9
Had to rebuff <name>	Someone I don't like tried to romance me.	-3	3	5	0.9
Broken up with by <name>	I was just dumped like a load of garbage.	-15	25	2	1
Cheated on by <name>	How could someone cheat on me!	-20	25	2	1
Divorced by <name>	We made a commitment, and they just tore it apart.	-20	30	2	1
My proposal was rejected by <name>	I thought we were meant to marry. But I was just shot down.	-18	25	5	0.5
Got some lovin’	There's nothing like a tumble between the sheets to lift the mood.	+8	3	10	0.6

Situation general

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Situation_General.xml

Note, although sky-high expectations does not affect mood, it still appears as a thought, and thus is shown here

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
In darkness	I've been in the dark for a while. I don't like it. Nullifying traits: Undergrounder, Night owl	-5	N/A	1	N/A
Ratty apparel	The holes in my outfit are annoyingly large. Can't I get something decent to wear?	-3	N/A	1	N/A
Tattered apparel	This thing looks like it's about to fall apart. Can't I wear something that doesn't belong in a trash heap?	-5	N/A	1	N/A
Wearing <other gender's> apparel	I'm wearing apparel that was clearly made for <other gender>s! This is embarrassing.	-5	N/A	1	N/A
Tainted <name>	I am wearing apparel that someone died in. It creeps me out and feels dirty. Nullifying traits: Bloodlust	-5	N/A	1	N/A
Tainted <name> (+1)	I am wearing two pieces of apparel that someone died in. It creeps me out and feels dirty. Nullifying traits: Bloodlust	-5	N/A	1	N/A
Tainted <name> (+2)	I am wearing three pieces of apparel that someone died in. It creeps me out and feels dirty. Nullifying traits: Bloodlust	-8	N/A	1	N/A
Tainted <name> etc	I am wearing four or more pieces of apparel that someone died in. It creeps me out and feels dirty. Nullifying traits: Bloodlust	-14	N/A	1	N/A
Human leather <name>	Wearing human leather is disturbing. Who could do this? Nullifying traits: Bloodlust, Cannibal	-2	N/A	1	N/A
Human leather <name> (+1)	I'm dressed like an insane person. Nullifying traits: Bloodlust, Cannibal	-4	N/A	1	N/A
Human leather <name> (+2)	I think there may be a face on my clothes. Oh, no, my clothes *are* a face. Nullifying traits: Bloodlust, Cannibal	-6	N/A	1	N/A
Human leather <name> etc	I look like a freak from a horror show, and I feel like I'm in a horror show. Nullifying traits: Bloodlust, Cannibal	-8	N/A	1	N/A
Human leather <name>	I enjoy wearing the suffering of others. Applicable traits: Bloodlust, Cannibal	+2	N/A	1	N/A
Human leather <name> (+1)	This will scare them. All will know my power. Applicable traits: Bloodlust, Cannibal	+4	N/A	1	N/A
Human leather <name> (+2)	The faces on my clothes aren't smiling, but they make *me* happy. Applicable traits: Bloodlust, Cannibal	+6	N/A	1	N/A
Human leather <name> etc	The flesh! The flesh signals my triumph! Applicable traits: Bloodlust, Cannibal	+8	N/A	1	N/A
Sick	I don't feel very well, I'm sick.	-5	N/A	1	N/A
Chilly	I'm uncomfortably cold.	-4	N/A	1	N/A
Cold	I'm so cold, I'm shivering.	-8	N/A	1	N/A
Numbing cold	I can't stop shivering. My teeth are chattering. All I can think of is getting warm.	-12	N/A	1	N/A
Absolutely freezing	My teeth are chattering so hard I can barely speak. My toes are numb. I need to get warm.	-16	N/A	1	N/A
Sweaty	It's too hot here. I'm sweating.	-4	N/A	1	N/A
Hot	It's way too hot here. If I could just have a breath of cool air...	-8	N/A	1	N/A
Sweltering hot	I feel like I'm in an oven! I'm not sure how long I can handle this.	-12	N/A	1	N/A
Blistering hot	This place is searing hot. I think I could die from this heat!	-16	N/A	1	N/A

Situation needs

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Situation_Needs.xml

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Hungry	I'm really hungry.	-6	N/A	1	N/A
Ravenously hungry	These hunger pangs are hard to ignore.	-12	N/A	1	N/A
Malnourished	It's been so long since I ate. I'm all fuzzy and it's hard to focus. My body is starting to waste away.	-20	N/A	1	N/A
Badly malnourished	I can feel my body wasting away. My stomach hurts like never before.	-26	N/A	1	N/A
Starving	I can barely think about anything but food. My skin is stretching over my bones. Am I going to die?	-32	N/A	1	N/A
Advanced starvation	I can barely move or think about anything but food. My stomach hurts like never before. I feel like I'm going to pass out.	-38	N/A	1	N/A
Starving (extreme)	Food... food... anything... please...	-44	N/A	1	N/A
Drowsy	I haven't slept in a while. It's hard to keep focus.	-6	N/A	1	N/A
Tired	I'm so tired. I just want to lay down and rest for a few minutes...	-12	N/A	1	N/A
Exhausted	I'm so exhausted I can barely stand. My eyelids have lead weights on them. Let me sleep...	-18	N/A	1	N/A
Recreation-starved	It's been so long since I did anything for fun on my own time.	-20	N/A	1	N/A
Recreation-deprived	We need more variation in recreation activities, and I need time to enjoy them. This place is really dull.	-10	N/A	1	N/A
Recreation unfulfilled	We need more variation in the recreation activities, and I need time to enjoy them.	-5	N/A	1	N/A
Recreation satisfied	I've been having a great time doing various things I like to do.	+5	N/A	1	N/A
Recreation fully satisfied	I've been enjoying myself so much, I love it!	+10	N/A	1	N/A
Uncomfortable	I've been kind of uncomfortable recently. We need to get something soft to sit on around here.	-3	N/A	1	N/A
Comfortable	I've been comfortable recently.	+4	N/A	1	N/A
Very comfortable	I've been very comfortable recently.	+6	N/A	1	N/A
Extremely comfortable	I've been extremely comfortable recently. This place is so cushy!	+8	N/A	1	N/A
Luxuriantly comfortable	I am resting on clouds of heaven.	+10	N/A	1	N/A
Hideous environment	This place is unbearably grotesque. I can't look at this any more.	-15	N/A	1	N/A
Ugly environment	This place is really ugly. I wish I didn't have to look at this any more.	-10	N/A	1	N/A
Unsightly environment	This place is kind of unsightly. I wish I didn't have to look at all this.	-5	N/A	1	N/A
Pretty environment	This place looks nice.	+5	N/A	1	N/A
Beautiful environment	I really like this place. It's beautiful.	+10	N/A	1	N/A
Gorgeous environment	This place is beautiful. It lifts me up and makes me love life.	+15	N/A	1	N/A
Confined interior	This space is so tiny. I feel like a rat in a cage.	-10	N/A	1	N/A
Cramped interior	This room is too small. I wish I had more space to move around and breathe.	-5	N/A	1	N/A
Spacious interior	This room is so expansive, I feel free.	+5	N/A	1	N/A
Entombed underground	I've been underground too long. I feel like the weight of this mountain is crushing me. I need to see the sky and feel the wind.	-9	N/A	1	N/A
Trapped underground	How long have I been underground? I need to get out in the fresh air and spend some time under the sky.	-7	N/A	1	N/A
Cabin fever	I've spent so long indoors I feel like the roof is pressing in. I need to get out and see the sky.	-5	N/A	1	N/A
Trapped indoors	It's been too long since I've seen the sky.	-3	N/A	1	N/A
Stuck indoors	I'd like to go outside and get some fresh air.	-1	N/A	1	N/A
Chemical want	I'm fascinated by drugs. I want to experience them more. Required traits: Chemical fascination	-4	N/A	1	N/A
Chemical hunger	I'm fascinated by drugs. I want to experience them a lot harder. Required traits: Chemical fascination	-8	N/A	1	N/A
Chemical starvation	I'm fascinated by drugs. I want them! More intensity! Required traits: Chemical fascination	-12	N/A	1	N/A
Chemical comfort	I'm fascinated by drugs, and I love satisfying my desires. Required traits: Chemical fascination	+3	N/A	1	N/A
Chemical satisfaction	I'm fascinated by drugs, and I am fully satisfied with my drug consumption. Required traits: Chemical fascination	+6	N/A	1	N/A
Chemical want	I'm interested in drugs. I want to try more. Required traits: Chemical interest	-2	N/A	1	N/A
Chemical hunger	I'm interested in drugs. I want to experience a lot more. Required traits: Chemical interest	-4	N/A	1	N/A
Chemical starvation	I'm interested in drugs. I want to consume drugs really badly. Required traits: Chemical interest	-6	N/A	1	N/A
Chemical comfort	I'm interested in drugs. I enjoyed satisfying my desire. Required traits: Chemical interest	+1	N/A	1	N/A
Chemical satisfaction	I'm interested in drugs. I am really satisfied with all the drugs I've gotten recently. Required traits: Chemical interest	+3	N/A	1	N/A

Situation room stats

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Situation_RoomStats.xml

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Awful prison cell	My prison cell is an awful place.	-4	N/A	1	N/A
Decent prison cell	My prison cell is pretty decent.	+2	N/A	1	N/A
Slightly impressive prison cell	My prison cell seems to be a nice place.	+3	N/A	1	N/A
Impressive prison cell	My prison cell is impressive. I can't believe they are keeping me in a room like this.	+4	N/A	1	N/A
Very impressive prison cell	My prison cell is very impressive. I can't believe they are keeping me in a room like this. I love it!	+5	N/A	1	N/A
Extremely impressive prison cell	My prison cell is extremely impressive. I can't believe they are keeping me in a room like this. I love it!	+6	N/A	1	N/A
Unbelievably impressive prison cell	My prison cell is unbelievably impressive. This is the best place ever!	+7	N/A	1	N/A
Wondrously impressive prison cell	My prison cell is the best place one can ever imagine. I can stay here forever.	+8	N/A	1	N/A
Awful prison barrack	My prison barrack is an awful place.	-4	N/A	1	N/A
Dull prison barrack	I'm living in a dull barrack.	-2	N/A	1	N/A
Slightly impressive prison barrack	My prison barrack is slightly impressive.	+1	N/A	1	N/A
Somewhat impressive prison barrack	My prison barrack is impressive. I like it.	+2	N/A	1	N/A
Very impressive prison barrack	My prison barrack is very impressive. I like it.	+3	N/A	1	N/A
Extremely impressive prison barrack	My prison barrack is extremely impressive. I can't believe they are keeping me in a place like this.	+4	N/A	1	N/A
Unbelievably impressive prison barrack	My prison barrack is unbelievably impressive. I can't believe they are keeping me in a place like this.	+5	N/A	1	N/A
Wondrously impressive prison barrack	My prison barrack is wonderful! I can't believe they are keeping me in a place like this.	+6	N/A	1	N/A
Awful hospital	This hospital is awful.	-4	N/A	1	N/A
Dull hospital	I'm stuck in a dull hospital.	-2	N/A	1	N/A
Slightly impressive hospital	My hospital is slightly impressive. It makes me feel a bit better.	+1	N/A	1	N/A
Somewhat impressive hospital	My hospital is impressive. It makes me feel better.	+2	N/A	1	N/A
Very impressive hospital	My hospital is very impressive. It makes me feel better.	+3	N/A	1	N/A
Extremely impressive hospital	My hospital is extremely impressive. It makes me feel better already.	+4	N/A	1	N/A
Unbelievably impressive hospital	My hospital is unbelievably impressive. It makes me feel better already.	+5	N/A	1	N/A
Wondrously impressive hospital	My hospital is wonderful! It makes me feel better already.	+6	N/A	1	N/A

Situation social

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Situation_Social.xml

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Opinion of my <lover type> <name>	Being with my lover makes me feel this way.	Variable (-? to +?)	N/A	1	N/A
<name>'s master/Master of <names>	Being together with my bonded <animal/animals> makes me feel better. Nullifying traits: Psychopath	+5	N/A	N/A	1
Not <name>'s master/ Not master of <names>	I should be together with my bonded <animal/animals>. Nullifying traits: Psychopath	-3	N/A	N/A	1
Want to sleep with <name>	I don't like sleeping apart from my partner.	?	N/A	1	N/A

Situation special

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Situation_Special.xml

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Sharing bed	I have to share a bed with someone who I don't particularly want to. Mood Effect scales with opinion: -5 mood at 0 opinion, changes by 1 for every 20 opinion	-	N/A	1	N/A
Colonist left unburied	One of us died and we're just leaving them lying in the open. Nobody should be left like that. People deserve a decent burial. Nullifying traits: Psychopath	-10	N/A	1	N/A
Naked	I'm naked. This is humiliating. Nullifying traits: Nudist	-6	N/A	1	N/A
Minor pain	Ow... That hurts. Nullifying traits: Masochist	-5	N/A	1	N/A
Serious pain	Ughhh... When will it end? Nullifying traits: Masochist	-10	N/A	1	N/A
Intense pain	Make it stop... make it stop... make it stop... Nullifying traits: Masochist	-15	N/A	1	N/A
Mind-shattering pain	AAAAAHHH! Nullifying traits: Masochist	-20	N/A	1	N/A
Psychic emanator soothe	The psychic emanator makes me feel strange, but also very relaxed. Multiplying Stat: Psychic Sensitivity	+5	N/A	1	N/A
Psychic soothe	It's like a calming voice at the back of my mind, soothing me, settling my nerves. Multiplying Stat: Psychic Sensitivity	+16	N/A	1	N/A
Low psychic drone	It's like a scratching at the back of my mind. A voice, whispering. I can only make out a few words, and I don't like them. Multiplying Stat: Psychic Sensitivity	-12	N/A	1	N/A
Moderate psychic drone	I feel like someone is always just out of sight, speaking to me. The voice changes but the message doesn't. I'm supposed to hurt people. Make it go away! Multiplying Stat: Psychic Sensitivity	-22	N/A	1	N/A
High psychic drone	The voice is unbearably loud. It's hard to concentrate. I find myself talking back to it, yelling at it. But it just keeps shouting! Multiplying Stat: Psychic Sensitivity	-30	N/A	1	N/A
Extreme psychic drone	My heart pounds and I'm sweating. All I can think of is hurting and suffering and all these enemies around me. They're my nightmare, my nightmare, my nightmare... Multiplying Stat: Psychic Sensitivity	-40	N/A	1	N/A
Joywire	It feels amazing. Required Hediff: Joywire	+30	N/A	1	N/A
Beautiful aurora	The view is amazing.	+14	N/A	1	N/A
Minor passion for my work	I enjoy my work.	+8	N/A	1	N/A
Burning passion for my work	I love my work. I could do this all day, every day	+14	N/A	1	N/A

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Decree ignored	My decree has been ignored for far too long <details>	0	N/A	1	N/A
Minor psychic breakdown	There's an electrical pain behind my eyes. It's hard to focus; hard to think. Required Hediff: Psychic breakdown	-6	N/A	1	N/A
Major psychic breakdown	My mind has been stir-fried. Dizzy, fuzzy, can't think, always aching. Required Hediff: Psychic breakdown	-12	N/A	1	N/A
Total psychic breakdown	I'm spinning, it hurts, I'm dizzy, think, can't think, can't think... Required Hediff: Psychic breakdown	-18	N/A	1	N/A
Anima scream	Such a pain in my head when the tree died. And it keeps echoing... Multiplying Stat: Psychic Sensitivity	-6	5	3	?
Joyfuzz	No matter what happens, I feel like I'm okay with it for some reason. Required Hediff: Joyfuzz	+30	N/A	1	N/A
Psychic love	Required Hediff: Psychic love	0	N/A	1	N/A

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Archotech emanation	These thoughts coming from the structure, they open doors to such vastness... I feel so small that I might disappear. Caused by: Major archotech structure Multiplying Stat: Psychic Sensitivity	-10	N/A	1	N/A
Archotech emanation	I can feel the edge of its wordless whispers... They make me uneasy. Caused by: Major archotech structure Multiplying Stat: Psychic Sensitivity	-5	N/A	1	N/A
Archotech emanation	It makes me perceive so much. Eyeless knowledge of absolute existence, all minds speaking and dying and birthing at once. It's hard not to lose connection with myself. Caused by: Grand archotech structure Multiplying Stat: Psychic Sensitivity	-14	N/A	1	N/A
Archotech emanation	It pays no attention to me but I sense the edge of its perception. Flashes of terrifying timeless sight. Hard to ignore. Caused by: Grand archotech structure Multiplying Stat: Psychic Sensitivity	-7	N/A	1	N/A
Archotech emanation	The scale of it. The fractal logic-scape of the multiversal hyperplane. No distance. No time. No me or them. I'm everything. I'm nothing. Caused by: Archonexus core Multiplying Stat: Psychic Sensitivity	-18	N/A	1	N/A
Archotech emanation	I can feel the edge of its thoughts, see the endless scope when I close my eyes. I need to focus on my physical body or I drift away. Caused by: Archonexus core Multiplying Stat: Psychic Sensitivity	-9	N/A	1	N/A

Situation traits

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Situation_Traits.xml

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Masochist in a little pain	Ow... Heh heh heh... I could get used to this! Applicable traits: Masochist	+5	N/A	1	N/A
Masochist in moderate pain	Ughhh... It hurts, but I love it! Keep it coming! Applicable traits: Masochist	+10	N/A	1	N/A
Masochist in acute pain	Ouch... I think something's broken... But what an exquisite feeling! Applicable traits: Masochist	+15	N/A	1	N/A
Masochist in exceptional pain	Ahhh... Am I in heaven? Applicable traits: Masochist	+20	N/A	1	N/A
Transhumanist frustrated	Flesh is so limiting. I wish I had some kind of artificial body part. Applicable traits: Transhumanist	-4	N/A	1	N/A
Transhumanist pleased	This artificial part is cool. I want more. Applicable traits: Transhumanist	+4	N/A	1	N/A
Transhumanist quite pleased	Two artificial parts are better than one. I wish I had more. Applicable traits: Transhumanist	+7	N/A	1	N/A
Transhumanist delighted	Three artificial parts, and my weak human flesh is receding. But I still want more machine power. Applicable traits: Transhumanist	+9	N/A	1	N/A
Transhumanist enchanted	Four artificial body parts and I am becoming more than human. But there's still some flesh that needs replacing. Applicable traits: Transhumanist	+11	N/A	1	N/A
Transhumanist overjoyed	Five artificial body parts! How could an enhanced being like me ever feel sad? Applicable traits: Transhumanist	+12	N/A	1	N/A
Machine body is complete	I asked for this. Applicable traits: Transhumanist	+13	N/A	1	N/A
Body purist squeamish	I hate having this unnatural thing attached to me. It feels so filthy! Applicable traits: Body purist	-10	N/A	1	N/A
Body purist disgusted	Two artificial parts are sullying my natural, pure body. It makes me sick to think of it. Applicable traits: Body purist	-15	N/A	1	N/A
Body purist violated	Three artificial parts violate my body's pure flesh. I shudder when I think of it... and these objects shudder with me. Applicable traits: Body purist	-20	N/A	1	N/A
Body purist horrified	I have four artificial body parts; it's like I'm becoming a robot. What a horrifying sensation. Applicable traits: Body purist	-25	N/A	1	N/A
Body purist nightmare	Five artificial body parts... Is there anything left of me? Or am I just a robot that thinks it's human? Applicable traits: Body purist	-30	N/A	1	N/A
I have become what I hate	I asked for the exact opposite of this! Applicable traits: Body purist	-35	N/A	1	N/A
Brawler has ranged weapon	I hate shooting from a distance. I want to get up close and personal! Applicable traits: Brawler	-20	N/A	1	N/A
Pyromaniac has incendiary weapon	It makes me think of flame and fire. I'm so happy. Applicable traits: Pyromaniac	+5	N/A	1	N/A
Constraining clothes	I'm a nudist but I have to wear these clothes. It's not unbearable - but I still feel constrained and uncomfortable. Applicable traits: Nudist	-3	N/A	1	N/A
Happily nude	I'm nude and loving it! I feel so free and unconstrained and in touch with my surroundings! Applicable traits: Nudist	+20	N/A	1	N/A
Undergrounder indoors	I like working or simply being indoors. Applicable traits: Undergrounder	+3	N/A	1	N/A
Underground	I love working or simply being in the underground. Applicable traits: Undergrounder	+4	N/A	1	N/A
Undergrounder outdoors	I don't like being outside. I want to get back to the underground. Applicable traits: Undergrounder	-3	N/A	1	N/A
Night owl in daytime	I don't like working during the day. Applicable traits: Night Owl	-10	N/A	1	N/A
Night owl at night	I feel much better at night. Applicable traits: Night Owl	+16	N/A	1	N/A
Greedy for impressive bedroom	I'm greedy. I want a really impressive bedroom. Applicable traits: Greedy	-8	N/A	1	N/A
Greedy for impressive bedroom	I'm greedy. My room is pathetic! I want a really impressive bedroom. Applicable traits: Greedy	-8	N/A	1	N/A
Greedy for impressive bedroom	I'm greedy. My room isn't nearly good enough. I want a really impressive bedroom. Applicable traits: Greedy	-8	N/A	1	N/A
Greedy for impressive bedroom	I'm greedy. My room isn't good enough. I want a really impressive bedroom. Applicable traits: Greedy	-6	N/A	1	N/A
Greedy for impressive bedroom	I'm greedy. My room isn't quite good enough. I want a really impressive bedroom. Applicable traits: Greedy	-4	N/A	1	N/A
Jealous of <name>'s bedroom	I need to have the best one! Applicable traits: Jealous	-8	N/A	1	N/A
Ascetic has awful bedroom	My bedroom is just how I want it to be. Very humble and simple. Applicable traits: Ascetic	+5	N/A	1	N/A
Ascetic has dull bedroom	My bedroom is very humble and simple. I like it. Applicable traits: Ascetic	+4	N/A	1	N/A
Ascetic has mediocre bedroom	My bedroom is just how I want it to be. Very humble and simple. Applicable traits: Ascetic	+3	N/A	1	N/A
Ascetic has impressive bedroom	I don't like having an impressive bedroom. Applicable traits: Ascetic	-5	N/A	1	N/A

Situation traits permanently

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Situation_TraitsPerm.xml

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Sanguine	Natural bonus from Sanguine trait. Applicable traits: Sanguine	+12	N/A	1	N/A
Optimist	Natural bonus from Optimist trait. Applicable traits: Optimist	+6	N/A	1	N/A
Pessimist	Natural penalty from Pessimist trait. Applicable traits: Pessimist	-6	N/A	1	N/A
Depressive	Natural penalty from Depressive trait. Applicable traits: Depressive	-12	N/A	1	N/A
Tortured Artist	Natural penalty from Tortured Artist trait. Applicable traits: Tortured artist	-8	N/A	1	N/A

Thoughts royal titles

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Moodlets from Thoughts_RoyalTitles.xml

Thought	Caption	Mood Effect	Expiration time (days)	Stack Limit	Stacking Multiplier
Received <title> title	I have been given the title of <title>. I love the recognition! Nullifying traits: Ascetic	8	7	N/A	N/A
Lost <title> title	I lost my <title> title. Nullifying traits: Ascetic	8	7	N/A	N/A
Want <title>-specific apparel	A <title> like myself should be covered in apparel appropriate to my stature: <List of missing items> Nullifying traits: Ascetic	-4	N/A	N/A	N/A
Want <title>-quality apparel	A <title> like myself should only wear apparel of <quality> quality or better. Nullifying traits: Ascetic	-4	N/A	N/A	N/A
Undignified throneroom	I am a <title> and I should have these items in my throneroom: <List of missing items> Nullifying traits: Ascetic	-8	N/A	N/A	N/A
Undignified bedroom	A <title> like myself deserves a bedroom that meets these requirements: <List of missing items> Nullifying traits: Ascetic	-6	N/A	N/A	N/A
No throne room	What is a royal with no throneroom? Nullifying traits: Ascetic	-8	N/A	N/A	N/A
No personal bedroom	A <title> should have a personal bedroom. Nullifying traits: Ascetic	-6	N/A	N/A	N/A

Thoughts ideoligion

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Moodlets from Thoughts_Ideoligion.xml

Thoughts/Thoughts Ideoligion

Thought details

Justified execution

This thought occurs in every colonist when a "guilty" prisoner is killed by a colonist. A prisoner is guilty for 24 hours after attacking the colony, killing/downing a colonist or attempting escape.

Someone was organ-harvested

This thought occurs in every colonist when an organ is harvested from a prisoner or guest. This does not occur when the organ is harvested by the installation of a replacement, such as a bionic heart, nor does it happen when removing an artificial body part.

Justified execution of colonist

This thought occurs in every colonist when a "guilty" colonist that is held prisoner is subsequently killed by another colonist. A prisoner is guilty for 24 hours after attacking the colony, killing/downing a colonist or attempting escape.

Colonist organ-harvested

This thought occurs in every colonist when an organ is harvested from a colonist. This does not occur when the organ is harvested by the installation of a replacement, such as a bionic heart, nor does it happen when removing an artificial body part.

A prisoner was sold

This thought occurs in every colonist when a prisoner is sold into slavery.

Ate fine meal

This thought occurs when a humanoid eats a fine meal.

Ate lavish meal

This thought occurs when a humanoid eats a lavish meal.

Ate nutrient paste

This thought occurs when a humanoid eats nutrient paste.

Ate without table

This thought occurs when a humanoid eats without a table.

It occurs frequently even if you have tables, for many times colonists aren't bothered to go long distances to a table to eat and will simply eat off the floor instead. This can be avoided by watching pawns who are far from base, and when they pull out food and start to eat, draft and immediately undraft them, then have them haul the dropped food back to storage.

Ate raw food

This thought occurs when a humanoid eats raw food.

Beauty

These thoughts occur when a human's environment opinion rises above or falls below certain values.

• Hideous environment: When their opinion dips below 15.
• Very ugly environment: When their opinion dips below 30.
• Ugly environment: When their opinion dips below 42.
• Pleasant environment: When their opinion rises above 58.
• Very pleasant environment: when their opinion rises above 70.
• Gorgeous environment: When their opinion rises above 85.

Bionics

These thoughts occur when a pawn with specific traits has bionic body parts installed on them.

For Body modder pawns:

• Body modder frustrated: no parts.
• Body modder pleased: 1 part.
• Body modder quite pleased: 2 parts.
• Body modder delighted: 3 parts.
• Body modder enchanted: 4 parts.
• Body modder overjoyed: 5 parts.
• Machine body is complete: 6 or more parts.

For Body purist pawns:

• Body purist squeamish: 1 part.
• Body purist disgusted: 2 parts.
• Body purist violated: 3 parts.
• Body purist horrified: 4 parts.
• Body purist nightmare: 5 parts.
• I have become what I hate: 6 or more parts.

Cabin fever (outdated information)

This thought occurs when a humanoid has spent a great amount of time inside. It has 2 stages:

• Mild: more than 140000 ticks (7 game days) inside.
• Serious: more than 280000 ticks (14 game days) inside.

The humanoid does not take on this thought when incapacitated (whether indoors or not) or imprisoned, but the timer for ticks inside is still active.

Cannibalism

This thought occurs when a humanoid eats human meat in various forms.

• Raw cannibalism: When the humanoid eats raw human meat, butchered or not. This happens concurrently with the 'Ate raw food' debuff.
• Cooked cannibalism: When the humanoid eats human meat cooked into meals.

Catharsis

This thought occurs after a colonist has a mental break due to poor mood.

For this thought to occur the mental break must be allowed to run its course. Interrupting the break, by downing or arresting the affected colonist, will cause this thought to not occur. Berserk breaks are an exception, being able to grant the Catharsis buff even if interrupted.

Cold

This thought occurs when the outside temperature drops below a pawn's minimum comfortable temperature. There are 3 variations depending on how low the temperature is relative to this value

• Cold: 1 °C – 10 °C (1.8 °F – 18 °F) below comfort.
• Very cold: 11 °C – 20 °C (19.8 °F – 36 °F) below comfort.
• Shivering: 21 °C (37.8 °F) or lower below comfort.

My <relation> <name> died

This thought occurs when a colonist's family member dies. The death need not happen in the player's colony to cause this mood. Severity is dependent on the closeness of the relation - with children and spouses being highest, and relations outside of their immediate family being lower.

Colonist banished

This thought occurs when a colonist is banished from the colony or a caravan.

Colonist left to die

This thought occurs when a colonist is abandoned from a caravan in conditions where he will most likely not survive. It usually occurs if the outside temperature is outside of the colonist's comfortable range, or the colonist is downed.

If this colonist is a relative, friend or rival of another colonist, they will gain the thought relating to their deaths (eg "My son died" if a son is abandoned) on top of this thought.

Colonist left unburied

This thought occurs when a colonist corpse is in the open for more than 80000 ticks (4 game days).

Comfort

This thought occurs when a colonist's comfort rises above or falls below a certain value. It has various stages:

• Uncomfortable: When comfort falls below 10%.
• Comfortable: When comfort reaches 60% and above.
• Very comfortable: When comfort reaches 70% and above.
• Extremely comfortable: When comfort reaches 80% and above.
• Luxuriantly comfortable: When comfort reaches 90% and above.

Tainted apparel

This though occurs when a pawn is wearing apparel stripped from a corpse. Mood effect ranges from -3 to -8 based on how many pieces the pawn's wearing.
Bloodlust pawns don't gain the debuff.

Defeated hostile leader

This occurs when the colony kills an enemy faction leader.

Disturbed sleep

This thought occurs when a humanoid or animal walks within seven squares (without walls in between) of a sleeping humanoid, or the humanoid is called to do work while sleeping.

Exhaustion

These thoughts occur when a humanoid's rest level dips below certain values. See Rest.

• Drowsy: When rest level dips below 28%.
• Tired: When rest level dips below 14%.
• Exhausted: When rest level dips below 1%. Afterwards the pawn may collapse and start sleeping on the ground.

Forced to take drugs

This thought occurs when you administer non-medical drugs to a teetotaler using a medical operation.

Medical drugs such as penoxycyline do not trigger this thought.

Hot

This thought occurs when the outside temperature is higher than the pawn's maximum comfortable temperature. There are 4 variations depending on high the temperature is relative to this value.

• Hot: 1 °C – 10 °C (1.8 °F – 18 °F) above comfortable temperature.
• Very hot: 11 °C – 20 °C (19.8 °F – 36 °F) above comfortable temperature.
• Extremely hot: 21 °C – 30 °C (37.8 °F – 54 °F) above comfortable temperature.
• Burning up: 31 °C (55.8 °F) or higher above comfortable temperature.

Human leather apparel

This though occurs when a pawn is wearing apparel made using human leather. Mood effect ranges from -3 to -8 based on how many pieces the pawn's wearing.
Bloodlust or Cannibal pawns instead gain a mood buff from +3 to +8.

Hungover (pounding)

This thought is the first of three hangover stages that occurs after a humanoid has become drunk. It has a mood effect of -10. Consciousness is reduced by 18% and is accompanied by mild vomiting.

Hungover (strong)

This thought is the second hangover stage that occurs after a humanoid has become drunk. It has a mood effect of -5. Consciousness is reduced by 8%.

Hungover (slight)

This thought is the third and final hangover stage that occurs after a humanoid has become drunk. It has a mood effect of -2. Consciousness is reduced by 3%.

Hunger

These thoughts occurs when a humanoid is hungry and needs food. There are several severity levels depending on how long the pawn hasn't had access to food. See Saturation.

• Hungry: When saturation level dips below 0.3.
• Urgently hungry: When saturation level dips below 0.2.
• Starving: When saturation level reaches 0 and malnutrition kicks in, which will eventually kill the colonist.
  • Trivial: 0 - 19% severity of malnutrition.
  • Minor: 20 - 39% severity of malnutrition.
  • Moderate: 40 - 59% severity of malnutrition.
  • Severe: 60 - 79% severity of malnutrition.
  • Extreme: 80 - 100% severity of malnutrition. After this, the unfortunate pawn dies.

I Butchered humanlike

This thought occurs when a humanoid processes a humanlike corpse at a butcher table.

Imprisoned

This thought occurs when a humanoid is kept as a Prisoner.

Insulted

This thought occurs when a humanoid is insulted by another humanoid.

In darkness

This thought occurs when a humanoid has spent more than 4000 ticks (1/5 of a game day) away from any light source.

The humanoid does not take on this thought when sleeping (whether in darkness or not), but the timer for ticks away from a light source is still active while sleeping.

Inebriated (warm)

This thought occurs after a humanoid consumes beer and their alcohol level reaches 10%. Pain level is reduced by 10%, while manipulation is reduced by 2%.

Inebriated (tipsy)

This thought occurs after a humanoid consumes beer and their alcohol level reaches 25%. Pain level is reduced by 20%, while consciousness is reduced by 10%.

Inebriated (drunk)

This thought occurs after a humanoid consumes beer and their alcohol level reaches 40%. Pain level is reduced by 50%, while consciousness is reduced by 35%, accompanied by mild vomiting. At this level it triggers a tale that may show up in an art description; and the humanoid will soon start having a hangover.

Inebriated (hammered)

This thought occurs after a humanoid consumes beer and their alcohol level reaches 70%. Pain level is reduced by 70%, while consciousness is reduced by 60%, accompanied by vomiting. Consuming more beer at this stage may trigger a blackout.

Joywire

A pawn with a joywire implant has a permanent +30 mood buff. However, the implant also permanently reduces consciousness.

Expectation moodlets

These thoughts occurs when total colony wealth is below certain thresholds. It has 6 stages at different wealth values, and also affects recreation tolerance loss (higher wealth colonies need more recreation variety).

Additionally, conceited nobles have Noble and Royal Expectations at the ranks of Baron and Count respectively. These expectations replace the normal expectations moodlet. Note that despite only being seen in-game with the Royalty DLC activated, these additional moodlets are defined in the Core game.

Finally, Ideoligious Roles can increase the expectations of the pawn by two levels, so a pawn that would normally have Low Expectations would then have High Expectations. To prevent these "going off the scale", at High and Sky-High, Elite and Supreme are used instead. Note that despite only being seen in-game with the Ideology DLC activated, these additional moodlets are defined in the Core game.

Name	Mood	Wealth Limits	Recreation Tolerance Loss/Day	Num. of Recommended Recreation Types
Extremely low expectations	+30	0 - 15,000	18%	2
Very low expectations	+24	15,000 - 31,000	13%	3
Low expectations	+18	31,000 - 81,000	11%	3
Moderate expectations	+12	81,000 - 182,000	10%	4
High expectations	+6	182,000 - 308,000	8%	5
Sky-high expectations	0	308,000 - 1,000,000,000	7%	6
Noble expectations	−6	N/A	7%	6
Royal expectations	−12	N/A	7%	6
Elite expectations	−6	See above	7%	6
Supreme expectations	−12	See above	7%	6

Slaves do not have the default expectations of colonists, instead they have unique expectations with a generally higher mood boost. These expectations replace colonist expectations based on what the pawn's expectations would be if they were a colonist based on colony wealth and noble status.

Expectation	Mood Effect	Replaces Colonist Expectation
Destitute slave expectations	+46	Extremely low expectations
Poor slave expectations	+40	Very low expectations
Meager slave expectations	+34	Low expectations
Slave expectations	+28	all other expectations

My organ harvested

This thought occurs when a pawn has an organ harvested. This stacks for every organ taken.

Naked

This thought occurs when a non-nudist humanoid is not wearing any clothing.

New colony hope

Occurs once "New colony optimism" expires. This thought is the second stage of the start-of-game "boost" to help the newly landed colonists keep their mood up while they set up beds, furniture, decorations, and other structures.

New colony optimism

A starting "boost", this thought occurs at the start of the game to help the newly landed colonists keep their mood up while they set up beds, furniture, decorations, and other structures.

Observed corpse

This thought occurs when a corpse is visible to a colonist - not buried or incinerated.
Corpses can be seen within a radius of 4 tiles, but not if they are being carried by someone else.

Pain

These thoughts occur when a humanoid is under pain. It has 4 stages depending on pain severity.

• Pain (little): When pain is between 1 - 14%.
• Pain (moderate): When pain reaches 15%.
• Pain (acute)： When pain reaches 40%.
• Pain (shock)：When pain reaches 80%. Colonists in this state are incapacitated.

Passion (work)

These thoughts occur when a pawn is doing work they have a passion for (see the bio).

• Minor passion: When a pawn does work they have a passion level of interested for.
• Burning passion: When a pawn does work they have a passion level of burning for.

These work passions, especially burning, can help a colonist who does that work full time become much more likely to gain inspirations and much less likely to have mental breaks due to a much better mood most of the time. Combined with the exp boost to skills a pawn is passionate about, it makes passion in a desired field invaluable - a colonist with a moderate skill level but a burning passion is in many cases superior to a mid-high skill pawn due to the ability to become incredibly skilled in a comparatively short period of time.

As dumb labor like hauling and cleaning are not tied to a skill, no one will ever gain happiness from them. Even thousands of years in the future, we still all have boring chores to do.

Psychic effects

Psychic drones occur during the psychic ship or psychic drone events.

• Low: Psychic drone event, or 0 - 2.5 days after the crash.
• Medium: Psychic drone event, or 2.5 - 5 days after the crash.
• High: Psychic drone event, or 5 - 7.5 days after the crash.
• Extreme: 7.5 days or later after the crash.

Psychic soothes occur during the psychic soothe event.

Recreation

Main article: Recreation

These thoughts occur when the recreation meter of a humanoid rises or falls below certain values.

• Recreation-starved: When the recreation meter is at 0%.
• Recreation-deprived: When the recreation meter is between 1% and 14%.
• Recreation unfulfilled: When the recreation meter is between 15% and 29%.
• Recreation satisfied: When the recreation meter is between 70% and 84%.
• Recreation fully satisfied: When the recreation meter is at least 85%.

Sick

This thought occurs when a colonist has an illness.

Sleeping conditions

These thoughts occur when a humanoid sleeps in various unfavorable conditions.

• Slept outside: When a humanoid sleeps in an outdoor space, or an incomplete room.
  • This thought does not occur in unroofed rooms.
• Slept on ground: When a humanoid uses a sleeping spot or sleeps on the ground.
• Slept in cold: When a humanoid sleeps when the temperature falls below 16 °C (60.8 °F). (clothing doesn't change value)
• Slept in heat: When a humanoid sleeps when the temperature raises above 26 °C (78.8 °F). (clothing doesn't change value)

Someone's organ harvested

This thought occurs in every colonist, except for the patient and the one performing the operation, when an organ is harvested from a prisoner, guest, or colonist.

Strange feeling

This thought occurs when a psychic soothe pulser is used.

Spacious interior

This thought occurs when a humanoid has 41 or more tiles accessible within radius 7 in the current room (objects that can be walked over do not affect this - see Space).

Cramped interior

This thought occurs when a humanoid has 4-10 tiles accessible within radius 7 in the current room (objects that can be walked over do not affect this - see Space).

Confined interior

This thought occurs when a humanoid has 3 or less tiles accessible within radius 7 in the current room (objects that can be walked over do not affect this - see Space).

Was imprisoned

This thought occurs after a prisoner is released. It does not occur to newly recruited prisoners.

Ratty apparel

This thought occurs when a humanoid is wearing apparel which has health between 21% and 50%.

Tattered apparel

This thought occurs when a humanoid is wearing apparel which has health 20% or less.

We butchered humanlike

This thought occurs when a human corpse is processed at a butcher table.

Notes

If a colonist is resurrected using a Resurrector mech serum, the various mood penalties from losing a spouse, friend, colonist and so forth are removed. If there were bonuses such as from a recent marriage, these will not return, either for the directly affected pawns or anybody else in the colony.

Version history

• 0.9.722 - Tattered apparel thought added.
• 0.10.785 - Pain now creates unhappiness.
• 0.12.906 - Crowded thought added. Added room quality related thoughts for doing Joy or Eating in them, and owning an impressive bedroom or barracks. Nuzzling added.
• 1.1.0 - Added ‘freed from slavery’ mood-boosting thought for pawns bought from a trader. Added mood boost when prisoner released.
• Between 1.2.2723 and 1.3.3087 - "Slave sold" penalty reduced from -5 to -3.
• 1.3.3117 - Fix: Selling prisoners doesn't trigger negative thoughts on selling to slavers.

References

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Status levels

Needs

Beauty • Chemical • Comfort • Drug addiction • Food • Indoors • Outdoors • Recreation • Rest • Deathrest • Energy • Kill satiety • Learning • Play

Related

Hemogen

Other

Mood (Mental break • Mental inspiration)