Recreation

Template:Tocright Joy is one of a colonist's needs. Colonists gain joy in three ways:

• Consuming something pleasurable.
• Performing a task that they are passionate about.
• Doing an activity.

Colonists may do joy activities when their timetable allows. Some activities require nothing more than an allotted time while certain activities require the relevant building or item. Certain items can only be purchased from traders. Some activities have an added benefit of improving skill experience points. Colonists develop an increasing tolerance, or resistance, to a kind of activity the more it is done. Tolerances are shown in the Joy tooltip (hover the mouse over the Joy meter) and are listed by kind and percentage. A variety of kinds of activities should be made available to avoid tolerance buildup.

Activities table

Activity	Duration	Gain Rate	Kind	Interaction	Improves Skill	+XP Per Tick
Skygazing	4000	1	Meditative	Solitary	-	-
Meditating	4000	1	Meditative	Solitary	-	-
Praying	3000	1	Meditative	Solitary	-	-
Going for a walk	8000	1	Meditative	Solitary	-	-
Relaxing socially	4000	1	Social	Social	-	-
Playing horseshoes	4000	1	Gaming Dexterity	Building	Shooting	0.003
Playing chess	4000	1	Gaming Cerebral	Building	Research	0.002
Playing billiards	4000	1.3	Gaming Dexterity	Building	Shooting	0.004
Using telescope *	4000	1.2	Study	Building	Research	0.004
Watching television *	4000	1.2	Passive	Building	-	-

* Only acquired from traders.

Consumables table

Item	+Joy (%)	Kind
Beer	17	Chemical
Berries	0.4	Gluttonous
Chocolate *	7	Gluttonous
Fine meal	4.5	Gluttonous
Lavish meal	6.5	Gluttonous
Nutrient paste meal	-4	Gluttonous
Packaged Survival Meal	2	Gluttonous
Simple meal	2	Gluttonous

* Only acquired from traders.