Clanfolk Clan Members Guide - Attributes, Traits, and Skills

There are a lot of moving parts in Clanfolk, but one of the primary resources you have is your clan itself. The randomized people who populate your colony are an important resource, as each member of your clan is built differently, with unique stats, traits, and even likes and dislikes that might help or hinder your survival. Even the animals you raise have the same stats tied to them. This Clankfolk Members guide will go over some of the key information you need to know about the folk in Clanfolk, and how these stats fit together with the rest of the game. 

Clanfolk Attributes

Each member of the clan has their own personal statistics, called attributes. These attributes can raise or lower depending on the conditions the character is in, if they have any afflictions, or start with a general trait. Since certain conditions can raise or lower the attributes of your characters, knowing what each attribute is governed by becomes incredibly important. 

Most attributes are slowly recovered at night while sleeping. You can also recover some attributes during the day, though at a slower rate as well. All but three of these attributes, Age, Environment, and Plaid, can have negative effects attached to them based on the conditions surrounding the clan member. 

One of the attributes, in particular, is important to understand, and that is Age.  Age reflects the age of your clan member. In-game, characters age up or out each day, similar to what you would see in The Sims. Babies age up after 20 days in the game time, Juveniles age up after 40 days, while adults age up after 128 - 192 days. Finally, seniors age down (die) after 24 to 36 days. In total, the lifespan of a character can range from 212 to 288 days, or roughly 5.3 to 7.2 years. Players should use that to essentially try and plan out the effectiveness of their clan members, so they can monitor their attributes accordingly for long-term survival, or at the very least know how long they will have clan members in-game. 

The rest of your attributes are as follows:

Mood

Base Max Value: 5000
Reduced By: Negative afflictions or being lonely. 
Increased By: Free time usage, flute playing, wearing plaid, other positive afflictions.

Work Efficiency 

Base Max Value: 10,000
Reduced By: Being hungry, sleepy, or having low light.
Increased By: Being well-fed, positive afflictions.

Health

Base Max Value: Varies by Age.
Reduced By: Starvation
Increased By: Being well-fed

Food

Base Max Value: Babies and Juveniles - Proportional to health, Adults and Seniors - 10,000
Reduced By: Time (leading to starvation)
Increased By: Eating (leading to well-fed)

Water

Base Max Value: Babies and Juveniles - Proportional to health, Adults and Seniors - 10,000
Reduced By: Dehydration, Sweating, Diarrhea 
Increased By: Drinking 

Sleep

Base Max Value: Babies and Juveniles - Proportional to health, Adults and Seniors - 10,000 
Reduced By: Working
Increased By: Sleeping

Warmth

Base Max Value: Varies, depends on temperature
Reduced By: Cold Weather and Ice Jugs
Increased By: Fire (Cooking Fire or Fireplace), Clothing, Hot Weather

Cleanliness

Base Max Value: Baby and Juvenile - Proportional to health, Adults and Seniors - 10,000
Reduced By: Working and pooping
Increased By: Washing in a wash zone or a bathtub

Bathroom

Base Max Value: Baby and Juvenile - Proportional to heath, Adults and Seniors - 10,000
Reduced By: Diarrhea and other afflictions
Increased By: Poop Holes and Toilets

Social

Base Max Value: Varies
Reduced By: Not socializing with other characters
Increased By: Talking or Listening to other characters

Fun

Base Max Value: 7200
Reduced By: Boredom affliction
Increased By: Having free time or playing the flute

Environment

Base Max Value: Varies
Increased By: Environment only increases mood positively, and seems to be based on various factors of where the clan is living. The size of a room for a shelter for example seems to slowly increase the environment.

Plaid

Base Max Value: Varies
Increased By: Plaid refers to clan folk wearing traditional tartans. Simply put, the more plaid they wear, the higher their mood increases. 

Clanfolk Afflictions

One of the more hidden aspects of Clanfolk is afflictions and traits. Afflictions refer to temporary modifiers for each character may have, which directly affect their attributes. Afflictions are not always negative modifiers either, and sometimes you can have multiple afflictions on a clan member at once. Some afflictions are also on a set timer, meaning they will last on a character until their time runs out. 

The following is a known list of Clanfolk Traits: 

• Alone Time - Need to be left alone, mood -1500 max, decreases sleep.
• Bad Talk -  Bad conversation with a clan member, mood -5000 max
• Blowout Shame - The shame associated with poopy pants, mood -500 max
• Bored - Decreases entertainment
• Carrying Baby - For adults, mood +2000 max
• Carried - For babies, mood +4000 max
• Cheerful - Work +1500 max, gains x2 experience for skills
• Child Labour -  Juveniles only, work -3000 max
• Darkness Fear - Decreases sleep, mood - 2000 max
• Diarrhea - Gained from drinking water, mood -1000 max, bathroom -1000 max, decreases water and bathroom. 
• Disturbed Sleep - Mood - 2000 max, decreases sleep.
• Entertained - Gains mood +1000 max
• Free Time - Gains fun, +5000 max
• Good Talk - Good conversation with a clan member, mood +5000 max 
• Huge Room - 35+ Tiles, environment +500 max
• Kid Brain -  Juveniles only, increases experience gain for skills by x6. 
• Large Room - 15-34 Tiles, environment +200 max
• Listening - Increases social
• Lonely -  Need someone to talk to, decreases mood, mood - 1000 max.
• Low Light - harder to work at dusk, dawn, and night, environment -1250 max, work - 2000 max
• Private Room - A private bedroom in a home, mood +1000 max, increases sleep. 
• Public Poop Shame - someone sees you poop, mood -1000 max.
• Public Pooper - mood -4000 max, decreases bathroom
• Sleepy -  Work -1500 max, mood -1000 max
• Small Room - 3-5 Tiles, environment +100 max
• Sweating -  Decreases water, mood -250 max 
• Talking -  Increases social
• Thirsty - Mood - 1000 max, work -500 max 
• Tiny Room - 1-2 Tiles, environment +50 max
• Turtle Head - need to poop now, mood -1000 max, work - 1000 max
• Well Fed -  Increases health when full, mood +500 max, work +1000 max 

There are likely more afflictions out there, so make sure to track them so you know what is increasing or decreasing your attributes. 

Clanfolk Traits

Traits work the same way but are mostly permanent modifiers that stay with clan members until death. Traits can change from juveniles to adults, but for the most part, they stay on a character for the long haul. Your characters start with these traits when you generate a clan, so keep that in mind as some traits are more positive than others. 

The following is a known list of Clanfolk Traits: 

• Afraid of the Dark - Decreases mood in the dark, only found in babies and juveniles.
• Fast Metabolism - Movement Speed +10%, work +1000 max, decreases food quicker.
• Gloomy - Decreases fun over time. 
• Hard Worker - work +1000 max.
• Healthy - Has a sickness chance of -50%. 
• Heavy Sleeper -
• Jolly - Increases fun over time.
• Lazy -  work -1000 max. 
• Optimist - +10% XP gain for skills, mood +1000 max.
• Pessimist - -10% XP gain for skills, mood - 1000 max.
• Sickly -  Has a sickness chance of +100%.
• Slow Metabolism - Movement Speed -10%, increases food quicker. 
• Tireless - Increases sleep over time.
• Weary -  Decreases sleep over time. 

Clanfolk Skills

There are a total of 14 skills in Clanfolk. Each character will have preferences for skills as well, typically indicated by a smile or frown face next to the skills icon on their character sheet. If there is a smiley face next to a skill, the more likely a clan member has an aptitude for the skill and will enjoy doing work with it. 

Performing tasks related to your skill increases your aptitude, so doing repetitive tasks, such as hunting, farming, or simply gathering rocks, can quickly raise your aptitude for skill and level it up accordingly. Most skills range from 1 to 10, with some exceptions; a 0 in a skill is one a character simply can’t do well, while 10 or higher is something they are particularly good at. Your clan folks' age can also determine your starting skill numbers at the start of the game. Juveniles will be level 1 for most skills, if at all. Adults will be in the 2 to 3 range, while Seniors will likely start with a level 4 skill or two.

Here's the full list of Clanfolk Skills:

• Doctor - Ability to take care of the sick or injured
• Repair - Keeping objects in good shape and repairing them as needed.
• Gathering - Clearing and collecting items, such as berries, mushrooms, and branches.
• Harvest - Using sickles to reap crops.
• Hunting - Using weapons to hunt foxes and rabbits, clearing eel traps and snares.
• Lumber - Using axes to cut down trees.
• Mining - Using pickaxes to clear mountain tiles, or mining the ground.
• Building - Constructing buildings or objects.
• Cooking - Using the cooking fire or stoves to make edible food.
• Farming - Using a hoe to till the ground, sow seeds, or use the thresher. 
• Crafting - Constructing tools and objects for use. 
• Clothes - Using straw to make clothing at a clothing zone.
• Hauling - Bringing items on the map to stockpiles or storage bins.
• Cleaning - Reducing environmental dirt on the map, and cleaning oneself, increasing the mood of your clanfolk. 

Don't be afraid to try and specialize some members of your clan, particularly juveniles and adults. Making them incredibly skilled in one or two areas, whether it is hunting, farming, making clothing, or another skill, having an expert in your clan can increase productivity for you in the long run. In general, you want to focus on skills your characters have an aptitude for or have some increased level in. A few characters can be jacks of all trades, but you need a master or two to really survive in the long term, so planning ahead is essential for this.

And there is a breakdown of the attributes, skills, traits and afflictions you can find in Clanfolk. Knowing what each of these different stats do is critical for long term survival, so hopefully this guide gives you a basic idea of what you need to make it through the winter. 

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