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Caves of Qudis packed with extensive lore and history, with each settlement having its own complex background. What’s more, you’re able to find people around the map who have relationships with each other, as well as factions that have their own bonds.
While traveling around, you will get the chance to form your own relationships, both by completing quests and performing Water Rituals. What is this sacred ritual, you ask? We’ve got you covered! In this guide, we are going to go over all that you need to know about a Water Ritual, as well as what the effects are.
What Is The Water Ritual?
The Water Ritual isn’t described to us, but it involvessharing one dram of water with a Legendary creature.These are characters in the world withpurple names;if you aren’t quite sure if a non-hostile NPC is Legendary and can do a Water Ritual you,simply talk to them.If the Water Ritual option is available, you can perform it!
During the Water Ritual, you canexchange information to gain or lose favor with the faction,as well as factions that have relations with the person that you are doing the ritual with.
Water Alternatives
To do the Water Ritual, you’ll needat least one dram of water.There are a few exceptions to this, such as cannibals, who require one dram of blood. Below, you can check out thealternatives, as well as who uses them.
Highly Entropic Beings
Water Ritual Effects On Relationships
Right after performing the start of the Water Ritual, you’llgain favor with other factions in the world depending on whether they like the person you’re doing the ritual with or not.These are standard favor portions, which you can find below.
Admired or Loved
+100
+50
-50
-100
Water Ritual Interactions
During a Water Ritual, you will have a variety of options to choose from that have a cost in favor.Some options will earn you favor,such as sharing a secret, butothers will decrease favor,such as asking for a recipe.
While it’s good to stay in good graces with a faction,it’s also necessary at times to choose options that cost favor.For example, this is the best way to gain recipes from settlements. When doing the Water Ritual,you’ll have some main choices that usually appear, which you can find below.
Share a secret
Share some gossip
Ask for a secret
Ask for the NPC to join you
Dependent on the level of NPC
Depending on the NPC, they may have someunique interactions.You can find these below, as well as when they appear.
Teach you their ways (which is one skill)
Lose favor that corresponds to the skill points
OnlyNPCs that teach skills can do this (there are not a lot of NPCs that do this)
Share dish of their people/teach signature dish
Only NPCsfrom settlementsteach the dish of their people
OnlyLegendary Chefscan teach their signature dish
Give an item
Putus Templar
Robots(including in Naphtaali Tribe)
Teach a secret of aggregate mind (which is a mental mutation)
Only NPCs fromSeekers of the Sightless Wayscan do this
Teach you how to craft an item
Dependent on Recipe Tier
Only NPCs fromDaughters of Exile and Barathrumitescan do this
Colonize fungi on you (this will give you a fungal infection)
-30
OnlyFungiNPCs can do this
Teach you to think like a child (gain 200 skill points)
-200
Promise not to bother them
OnlyHermitNPCs have this interaction
Can You Perform The Ritual Again?
The Water Ritual can be done again, butyou won’t gain or lose favor from initiating it a second time. If there are still interactions left for you to complete,you’ll be able to choose those.For example, if you do the ritual, leave, learn a secret, and then come back,then you may be able to share it with the NPC.
Those with whom you’ve already done the Water Ritual will bewater-bonded.By inspecting the NPC in question, you’ll be able to see a summary of them, with the phrase"You are water-bonded with him/her".
If you happen to have theTactful mutation,you can go back to NPCs that you’ve done the Water Ritual with andinitiate it a second time to gain 25 favor.This mutation can be taught byrandomly generated factions,so keep your eyes peeled!
