About Corruption

[Aki]

** Might contain some spoilers I suppose*

Hey everyone,

I´ve finally managed to defeat Mother Alraune by leveling a bit and really enjoyed the game so far. But now I´m running into a little problem that worries me. So after you exit the ruin of Mother Alraune, you of course meet Kasyrra and get the chance to have some fun with her once more. I´ve selected the BJ scene and later on in that scene there is the option to go for another round. This however requires higher corruption. Does someone know how high my corruption must be ?

I´ve thought about boosting corruption by surrending but it feels cheap. I feel like corruption should be more special than something you just gain through some farming. Do you guys think boosting corruption is a bad idea ? I don´t want to mess the game up by being Level 4 and already being more corrupted that Kasyrra herself (lol). I take these scenes and the story to heart and I want gaining corruption to feel really special and happen in the scenes the game offers. But I can´t see any other way to gain corruption really at the current stage in the game. I do really want to select that option though. I´m guessing this encounter is the only chance you get with Kasyrra in the current game stage so I can´t really be corrupted through her before this Mother Alraune quest. That means I´d have to farm corruption or... ? Does someone have an idea / can give me an idea of where to go for corrupting scenes ? (Spoiler-free if possible) Or does someone boost corruption and has an opinion on it ? I´d hate to ruin myself the game due to my curiosity.

I´m worried that this Mother Alraune Quest is supposed to be done late in the game where you already gained lots of corruption. I´m at 46 Corruption right now and I suppose 100 is the limit. Through the early scenes of the BJ i gained up to like 54 but that wasn´t enough. I´m worried that boosting till like 75 liturally ruins the fun in corruption and I´m nearly totally corrupted already although my journey has just started (kind of).

[Pixel Peeper]

Haven't messed around with Corruption very much so I'm not very knowledgeable there.

Not entirely sure when exactly you're supposed to beat the Alraune. She's strong, but she's not "late-game" content and I'm guessing most players wouldn't have much Corruption at that point in the game. Maybe the scene you're trying to access is for people who have truly exceptional levels of Corruption.

I believe having sex with the NPC who guards the river in Harvest Valley raises Corruption. You don't need to lose, but repeatedly beating her up for Corruption is essentially farming, so you might not find this solution to your liking.

Also, about a week ago I stumbled upon what appeared to be a seasonal event (looked like it was Halloween-themed) in the western part of the Old Forest. I don't know if it's still active, but given who is involved, I strongly suspect Corruption gain is likely if you make the relevant choices.

I'm afraid that's all I know.

[Aki]

Publicado originalmente por Tripoteur Ventripotent:

Haven't messed around with Corruption very much so I'm not very knowledgeable there.

Not entirely sure when exactly you're supposed to beat the Alraune. She's strong, but she's not "late-game" content and I'm guessing most players wouldn't have much Corruption at that point in the game. Maybe the scene you're trying to access is for people who have truly exceptional levels of Corruption.

I believe having sex with the NPC who guards the river in Harvest Valley raises Corruption. You don't need to lose, but repeatedly beating her up for Corruption is essentially farming, so you might not find this solution to your liking.

Also, about a week ago I stumbled upon what appeared to be a seasonal event (looked like it was Halloween-themed) in the western part of the Old Forest. I don't know if it's still active, but given who is involved, I strongly suspect Corruption gain is likely if you make the relevant choices.

I'm afraid that's all I know.

Thanks for your input! Yeah the NPC by the river and the tattooed goblin lady have been the main source of corruption for me but at this point I can´t even lose to them. I´ve got powers that can onehit them at times so it feels wrong to just surrender

[Frodie]

Basically being mean and rapey will boost your corruption. For more specific examples (nothing important but spoilers I guess)

- Of course, any sex with Kassyra (you taking her D gives you more than you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ her)
- ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Sugo free when you first encounter him in the forest
- ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Eryka (the knight in the forest) instead of bringing her to town
- Getting impregnated with hornets (by the worker, I don’t think azzy counts)
- ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Infrinth during the orc quest
- Any sex with the tainted witch in harvest valley
- Any sex with the centaur pack leader in harvest valley
- Using the Virility Booster item
- Any of the more mean sex with Etheryn (although she is after the alraune)

There’s a few more oddball corruption gains but that should be all the major ones I think

[Haze]

Publicado originalmente por Frodie:

- Any of the more mean sex with Etheryn (although she is after the alraune)

The meanest thing you can do to Ryn doesn't even actually happen, that would be having a max dong dize character and trying to shove it in. I seriously don't see the point of that giving corruption if you can't even get the damn thing inside. The worst of it all? She still gets the filled status even though the scene describes you spewing it all outside.

[Aki]

Publicado originalmente por Frodie:

Basically being mean and rapey will boost your corruption. For more specific examples (nothing important but spoilers I guess)

- Of course, any sex with Kassyra (you taking her D gives you more than you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ her)
- ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Sugo free when you first encounter him in the forest
- ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Eryka (the knight in the forest) instead of bringing her to town
- Getting impregnated with hornets (by the worker, I don’t think azzy counts)
- ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Infrinth during the orc quest
- Any sex with the tainted witch in harvest valley
- Any sex with the centaur pack leader in harvest valley
- Using the Virility Booster item
- Any of the more mean sex with Etheryn (although she is after the alraune)

There’s a few more oddball corruption gains but that should be all the major ones I think

Well I usually take every chance I get with Kasyrra really. In my game my character kind of became addicted to her. 😅

And I don´t really do rapey stuff. I´m going for more of a "Heroine turned Bad" Style where I pick the best choices at all times until Kasyrra and her creations catch up with me and I yet again can´t resist them, dragging me into corruption.

Maybe I should turn up the difficulty again and see if that fixes the easy peasy stuff. I´ve recently learned a power that deals 123 Damage on a Hit, Then the assassinate power which deals 500 damage on a hit and also that armor crack power which deals around 60. Those combined usually kill everything in my way now. Except Orcs and Hashat. Although Hashat is easy to deal with if you´re an elf. Likely my new favourite character I have to say! 😄

[Darkpheonix]

though this costs a (relative) large amount of electrum. Vaush in the foothills sometimes sells a booster (its all he sells but most times he's a combat encounter) for 150 E and drinking it raises corruption by 3 per with a max effective corruption at 75. These also boost your ♥♥♥ output, wetness, or rarely ball size. So just by walking in the foot kills you can raise your corruption 18 per stack. at 5k electrum you can get almost max corruption outside certain events which don't have a max cap.

[Haze]

Publicado originalmente por Darkpheonix:

...or rarely ball size.

What do you mean rarely? There is absolutely no way you get to the max output without them turning your balls into hideously oversized, which is the maximum and one step above barrel sized.

[Darkpheonix]

Publicado originalmente por Hex:

What do you mean rarely?

As in 10% chance to increase ball size otherwise its just increase load output.

Just going by what the texts says when you use it not what the appearance shows.

[Zalie]

The easiest way that i found to gain corruption is to go south from town and find the river crossing. Every time you try to pass there you will have to do a fight with some cultists and if you then have sex with them you raise corruption every time (will have to have leveld up a bit before though). Spam that fight until you hit 75 corruption, if you had then saved the Kasyrra encounter after the Alruanne fight you can hit 100 corruption if you pick the correct scenes.

[Aki]

Turns out that option just ends the game. All this for nothing lol. Oh well.

[Pixel Peeper]

Publicado originalmente por AkiKay:

Turns out that option just ends the game. All this for nothing lol. Oh well.

Hah.

The game is full of "Bad Ends" (mostly sexual, but sometimes you just straight-up get murdered) and some of them have got to be pretty obscure.

[Darkpheonix]

at 100% corruption you run the risks that any sex scene will make you a demon and thus end the game. its not a 100% chance though.

[Aki]

Publicado originalmente por Darkpheonix:

at 100% corruption you run the risks that any sex scene will make you a demon and thus end the game. its not a 100% chance though.

Becoming a demon ends the game ? But.. why did I base my entire playthrough and choices on becoming a demon ? I gathered all this corruption and made all these choices for it to ultimately end the game later on ? Corruption is absolutely pointless then. There is not even a challenge in it since loosing it is really easy. I thought gaining corruption "rewards" the player by making them become a demon unlocking some kinky scenes or something. So this is a totally linear story where you always stay the hero and we all live happy till the end of our lives ?

I thought that when Kasyrra calls us "Champion" , she intends to have us getting stronger through battles until she then pulls some strings and abuses the power we gathered and makes the player into her "true strong Champion", converting the player into a powerful demon rather than a useless pet. When I lost to Mother Alraune once, she called me weak for not even defeating her most simple creations so I thought I´d have to fight my way through the game, gather power and in the end Kasyrra would "reward" the player by making them into a demon for being such a good Champion and getting so strong for her / being useful to her now.

[Doesn't Learn From Mistakes]

Becoming a demon has always been a bad end in the games. IDK what you expected, it basically puts the game into an unplayable state because it'd be a completely different plotline altogether that would warrant an entirely different game.

It's not like they've made any secret of this, from their public writers' guide:

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Corruption of the Soul. This is less a physical thing than CoC's corruption was, or the "oh, you can't TF back to being human" business. Remember that demons aren't a force of physical destruction, especially with Lethice not in the picture. They strip out everything good and compassionate and empathetic in a person, leaving nothing but a hedonistic husk that's obsessed with its own selfish pleasure. Addiction, sexual self-gratification, and domination without compassion. Demons are a force of moral destruction, and I want to emphasize that.

Especially since this is a world that hasn't already fallen to the demons, as Mareth had. Savarra is just suffering the first thrust of the invasion when the story kicks off, and we need to show that off. Imagine a village Alderman who's been seduced by a demon, who's willing to open the gates to the horde in order to attain the heights of pleasure she showed him on a daily basis. A warrior-queen who's become addicted to corrupted semen, and is slowly burning her soul out one minotaur blowjob at a time. In order for Heroic / Paladin PCs to really stand out, we need to show the world being Corrupted around them; similarly, there needs to be distinct beacons of good the Heroic player can rely on -- an order of Paladins, maybe, or a Lawful Good king. These same allies are those that a Corrupted PC can betray and corrupt.

The PC is not, and never will be, an ally of the demons outside specific bad-ends. You can become a demon-morph, and in the story's conclusion move towards a commanding presence as a demon lord (as in CoC), but during the story's course you will actively oppose the demon faction within Savarra.

Even Corrupted PCs recognize that a demonic invasion means an end to their freedom and way of life. If you're corrupt, you want to spread corruption and hedonism on your terms -- whether that means working as a humanoid or striving towards True Demonhood -- but you will not ever surrender to Kasyrra's control outside of a bad end. Thus the conflict ensues between the PC and Kasyrra, regardless of alignment.

One thing I do want to make possible, however, is a relationship between the player character and the main antagonist. One of the worst things about CoC, in my view, was how distant an antagonist Lethice was. You barely ever heard her name, never saw her or felt her hand directly in your adventures. The Champion only really opposes her because she's the Big Bad and that's how you beat the game. I want the PC to get to know Kasyrra, and to have the chance to find a reason to hate her -- or want to follow in her footsteps.

[Pixel Peeper]

I think it's simply a way to unlock content. Someone with a corruption fetish, for example, might go for a high Corruption score so they can unlock all sorts of "Bad Ends" where they get fully corrupt. Becoming corrupt would naturally cause the player character to abandon their quest or, at the very least, acquire different priorities.

For someone who wants to become a demon, actually becoming a demon and staying one kills the goal; the part they wanted is over and is never going to come again. This instead offers the possibility of seeing many variants of how one would end up turning into a demon, all without killing the goal.

It seems like there will be branching paths in the story later, and some of them will involve allying with Kasyrra. If that's the case, one can imagine there will be have multiple relevant endings: you become a demon and her partner, you stay super corrupt and subjugate her instead, you find a way to purify her, etc. Some of those endings are going to require different levels of Corruption.

Basically, Corruption is just a way for the player to influence what kind of content they're going to see with their character.