The resolve engine
How villager resolve rises and falls, when villagers walk out, and how resolve turns into reputation.
Hostility
What raises the forest's hostility, what each level costs you, and how forest mysteries unlock.
Production and grades
How a workshop picks what to make, how long a cycle takes, and where extra goods come from.
Orders
How order options are generated, which requirements can appear, and when rewards are decided.
Traders and trade routes
What a good is worth, how a trader's visit works, and how trade route standing compounds.
Glade events and relics
What a glade event asks for, how threat escalates while you stall, and why rewards shrink.
World map generation
How the hex world is built each cycle, where seals land, and how events and modifiers are placed.
Citadel and Prestige
How a settlement is won or lost, what the difficulty chain adds, and what seals ask for.