Needs

For well-being effects, see Well-Being.

Each  Beaver has a set of Needs to be met, which are either necessary to its survival, or simply effect how efficiently the beaver works.

These present as either unique effects, such as the -10% move speed gained from having a negative Sleep value, or as points towards the beaver's total  Well-Being score, which grants bonuses to Work Speed, Movement Speed, Growth Speed for kits, and overall Life Expectancy, at certain thresholds.

 Bots have different Needs to beavers, and the points each need grants add towards its Condition instead of Well-Being, which grants Work Speed and Movement Speed at each threshold.

Beavers

Categories

A  Beaver's needs are divided into the following categories, with differing satisfaction criteria.

• Basic Needs contains needs that must be met for a beaver's survival, as well as those that give negative conditions.
• Nutrition needs can be satisfied by consuming specific  Food items. Except  Coffee, all food items that sate these needs provide the  Hunger basic need too.
• Social Life needs are satisfied by visiting certain  Leisure buildings which take multiple visitors.
• Aesthetics needs are met by being in close proximity to certain  Decorations.
• Awe needs are similarly met by being near  Monuments.
• Fun can be satisfied in specific  Leisure buildings.
• Knowledge is unique to  Folktails, and can be satisfied by reading  Books.

Basic Needs

In addition to the details in the next section, there can be serious behavioral consequences when basic needs are unmet.

👀 Note: Unemployable population unable to satisfy the depleted basic need wander Paths aimlessly.

Beaver behavior

Basic need	Consequences
Hunger	They only work for a short shift, remaining unemployable most of the time. If any  Food is available at all, they go to it and eat. This is the only time Beavers eat  Berries. While
Thirst	Similar to Hunger, but for drinkable Water.
Sleep	When  Exhausted they become unemployable. Those with allocated  Housing head to that. Homeless head for the  District Center. Once there, they sleep. When such travel is too far, at some point they sleep, unsheltered, on the spot.
Injury	They are immediately unemployable and seek a  Medical Bed. Similarly,  Contaminated Beavers seek the appropriate healing for their faction.
Shelter	They need to sleep longer to recover that need.
Wet fur	No serious consequences. It merely becomes their priority activity when not working.

Bot behavior

Basic need	Consequences
Energy	Similar to Hunger for Beavers, but for  Biofuel or unallocated  Charging Stations.

Satisfaction Effects

When a beaver's needs are satisfied, it gains points towards its  Well-Being score, with each need granting a different number of points.

Certain needs also give negative points if the needs are not met, indicated by the needs bar being red instead of green. In these cases, the appropriate Status icon will appear above the beaver.

Certain Needs also have additional effects - mainly negative ones from basic needs not being met.

Basic Needs	Range		Well-Being Bonus		Decay per Day	Condition when below zero	Condition at lowest range
	Min	Max	< 0	Max
Hunger	-300	100	-10	+1	80	Starving  Work Speed -50%  Growth Speed -40% (kits)	Death Max to Min: 5 Days 0 to Min: 3.75 Days
Thirst	-300	100	-10	+1	70	Thirst  Movement Speed -25%	Death Max to Min: 5.71 Days 0 to Min: 4.29 Days
Sleep	-20	80	-10	+1	60	Exhausted  Movement Speed -10%	Drops everything and immediately starts sleeping on the spot after a short while, if unable to reach  Shelter in time.
Shelter	-20	80	-3	+1	30	None -  Well-Being Debuff
Wet Fur	0	100	0	+1	30	None
Antidote (utility need)	0	100	0	0	50 (2 )	+25 per , only needed when  Contaminated Required for passively curing  Contamination Will not take more  Antidote when above 50

Basic Ailments (in red)	Range		Well-Being Debuff	Decay per Day	Days to recovery	Condition when above zero
	Min	Max
Bee Sting	0	100	-1	75	1.33 Days	None -  Well-Being Debuff
Broken Teeth	0	100	-2	none		Tree Cutting Chance -75%
	Teeth Grindstone			Instant 0 after use (2hrs)
Injury	0	100	-1	10	10* Days	Refuses to work *Injury time depends on workplace: Maximums shown here.
	Medical Bed			46 (+36 per Day)	2.17* Days
Contamination	0	100	-10	none		Refuses to work All non-basic need fixed at 0 Wet Fur and Bee Sting fixed at 0
	Antidote			25	4 Days (8 )
	Decontamination Pod			50	2 Days

Sleep	Satisfies	%-Points per Hour	max Bonus	Decay per Day
(sleeping outside)	Sleep, Exhausted	9.9	Sleep: +1	Sleep: 60
	Sleep, Not Exhausted	15
Housing	Sleep, Exhausted	13.2	Sleep: +1	Sleep: 60
	Sleep, Not Exhausted	20
	Shelter	30	Shelter: +1	Shelter: 30

The satisfaction range for other non-basic needs are on a scale of 0-100.

Food and Nutrition
Food	Satisfies	%-Points per Unit	%-Points per 100	+	Decay per Day
Water (Good)	Thirst	+33	--	: +1	Thirst: -70
		2.12 per per Day
Blueberry (Beavers will eat other foods when available)	Hunger	+30	--	: +1	Hunger: -80
		2.6 per per Day
Note: Hunger and Thirst has a range of -300 to 100 Beavers eat food items only when Hungry
Carrots	See Hunger: +30 per food, +1  Well-Being, -80 per Day
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+1	-5 (4 Days/)
Sunflower Seeds	Hunger
	Nutrition:	+50	166.67 (3.33 ) (max 100; 2 )	+1	-5 (10 Days/)
Grilled Potato	Hunger
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+2	-5 (4 Days/)
Grilled Chestnut	Hunger
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+2	-5 (4 Days/)
Grilled Spadderdock	Hunger
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+2	-5 (4 Days/)
Bread	Hunger
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+2	-5 (4 Days/)
Cattail Cracker	Hunger
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+2	-5 (4 Days/)
Maple Pastry	Hunger
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+3	-5 (4 Days/)
Books (Can be taken at any time)		+40	--	+3	-10 (4 Days/)
Food	Satisfies	%-Points per Unit	%-Points per 100	+	Decay per Day
Kohlrabies	See Hunger: +30 per food, +1  Well-Being, -80 per Day
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+1	-5 (4 Days/)
Mangrove Fruits	Hunger
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+1	-5 (4 Days/)
Fermented Cassava	Hunger
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+2	-5 (4 Days/)
Fermented Soybeans	Hunger
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+2	-5 (4 Days/)
Fermented Mushroom	Hunger
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+2	-5 (4 Days/)
Corn Ration	Hunger
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+2	-5 (4 Days/)
Eggplant Ration	Hunger
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+2	-5 (4 Days/)
Algae Ration	Hunger
	Nutrition:	+20	66.67 (3.33 )	+2	-5 (4 Days/)
Coffee (Does not satisfy hunger, can be taken at any time)		+40	--	+3	-5 (8 Days/)

Activities	Satisfies	%-Points per Hour	max Bonus	Decay per Day
(dipping in water)	Wet fur	+??	Wet Fur: +1	Wet Fur: 30
Shower	Wet fur	+??	Wet Fur: +1	Wet Fur: 30
Double Shower	Wet fur	+??	Wet Fur: +1	Wet Fur: 30
Social Life
Campfire		+??	+1	40
Rooftop Terrace		+??	+1	40
Contemplation Spot		+??	+1	10
Agora		+??	+3	10
Dance Hall		+??	+5	40
Aesthetics
Building	Satisfies	%-Points per Hour	max Bonus	Decay per Day
Shrub		+??	+1	50
Lantern		+??	+1	70
Roofs		+??	+1	70
Scarecrow		+??	+1	50
Brazier		+??	+1	40
Beaver Bust		+??	+1	50
Beaver Statue		+??	+2	50
Bulletin Pole		+??	+2	40
Clock		+??	+2	40
Awe
Monuments	Satisfies	%-Points per Hour	max Bonus	Decay per Day
Farmer Monument		+??	+3	50
Brazier of Bonding		+??	+5	50
Fountain of Joy		+??	+8	50
Earth Recultivator		+??	+10	1
Laborer Monument		+??	+3	50
Flame of Unity		+??	+5	50
Tribute to Ingenuity		+??	+8	50
Earth Repopulator		+??	+10	1
Fun
Activities	Satisfies	%-Points per Hour	max Bonus	Decay per Day
Detailer		+??	+1	5
Lido	Wet fur	+??	Wet Fur: +1	Wet Fur: 30
	Fun:	+??	+1	40
Carousel		+??	+3	40
Mud Pit		+??	+3	20
Scratcher		+??	+1	10
Swimming Pool	Wet fur	+??	Wet Fur: +1	Wet Fur: 30
	Fun:	+??	+1	40
Exercise Plaza		+??	+3	40
Mud Bath		+??	+3	20
Wind Tunnel		+??	+3	40
Motivarium		+??	+5	40

Bots

A  Bot's needs are separated into two categories:

• Basic Needs, which consists of the bot's respective faction's fuel source, and causes a bot to refuse work if unmet.
• Boosts, which purely contribute towards the bot's Condition score.

Satisfaction Effects

When a need is satisfied, it contributes to the total Condition, positively or negatively, depending on the need and its fulfilment.

Certain needs also give negative points if the needs are not met, indicated by the needs bar being red instead of green. In these cases, the appropriate Status icon will appear above the bot.

Need	Range		Condition Bonus		%-Points per Unit	Decay per Day	Condition when zero
	Min	Max	0	Max
Basic Needs
Biofuel	0	100	-3	0	+?? per	58	Movement speed -75%. Refuses to work.
Energy	0	100	-3	0	+??/hr	58	Movement speed -75%. Refuses to work.

Boost	Range		%-Points per unit	Condition Bonus	Decay per Day
	Min	Max
Boosts
Catalyst	0	100	+30	+1	20
Punchcards	0	100	+30	+1	20
Control Tower	0	100	--	+1	--
	Decays immediately when out of tower's range.
Grease	0	100	+30	+1	20