What exactly are Stormforged perks?

[Selphos]

They come up in every patch but I've never actually seen them.

[Livy]

Think they might be the altar you get in prestige?

[Shadeon]

Stormforged perks are very powerful perks that can be accessed via a building called a Forsaken Altar, but that can only be built on a run at Prestige 1 difficulty or higher.

As you gain reputation during a run, you'll eventually gain blueprints (blue dots on the reputation bar), but you'll also gain up to 3 'altar charges' (red dots on the bar), which can be spent at the Forsaken Altar anytime during Storm season (so not during Drizzle or Clearance season) to gain Stormforged perks.

As mentioned, these perks are very powerful (usually they're upgraded versions of normal perks, and also come with no downsides whatsoever), but obtaining them comes at an additional cost. The total cost being, one 'altar charge' plus some meta resources and sacrificing a few of your villagers. Or one 'altar charge' and just meta resources (though the resource cost will be higher this way if you choose not to kill any villagers).

Hopefully that explains it for you :)

[Selphos]

It's a prestige thing, that explains it. I haven't really touched prestige difficulties. The risk/reward sounds highly favorable from how stormforged perks are described, but I try to avoid deaths at all times, so we'll see.

Thanks for the answer.

[el Darkness]

If you are playing of Viceroy and winning, you definitely should try Prestige difficulty. If you are struggling on Viceroy (or below) you may want to get some city upgrades first (or learn some advanced tips).

To have access to Forsaken Altar you need to play on Prestige 1 or above, only difference betwen Viceroy and P1 is that you need 4 more Reputation to win a game, so it will take a little longer to establish your settlement.

[Clawyer]

First of all: you do not need to sacrifice villagers. You can disable the blood cost which then just doubles the citadel ressource cost.
But that also means that the Forsaken Altar isn't really helpful if you are still upgrading the citadel as the cost of one stormforged cornerstone might in the end be higher than what you earn for the settlement. It's a nice help if you want to do achievements or already have maxed out your citadel but otherwise you should be aware of the investment (some bricks and wood are also needed to build the altar).

[Livy]

Yeah, you might as well jump into prestige 1 if you do viceroy. The difference is only a slightly longer game.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Origineel geplaatst door Clawyer:

First of all: you do not need to sacrifice villagers. You can disable the blood cost which then just doubles the citadel ressource cost.
But that also means that the Forsaken Altar isn't really helpful if you are still upgrading the citadel as the cost of one stormforged cornerstone might in the end be higher than what you earn for the settlement. It's a nice help if you want to do achievements or already have maxed out your citadel but otherwise you should be aware of the investment (some bricks and wood are also needed to build the altar).

Actually even then it is helping. If you lose your settlement you get 0 or very very minor amount of meta resources.
If you just use one charge of forsaken altar for like 80 meta resources you still get at least 100+ something meta resources so you come out with a +.
And usually one of them can be enough, especially if you have no hostility reducing cornerstones. The only thing that i miss about them is the reroll. You cannot reroll the perks they offer, but it rerolls once you select and pay for one.

[kory]

Origineel geplaatst door Nordil(Hun):

Origineel geplaatst door Clawyer:

First of all: you do not need to sacrifice villagers. You can disable the blood cost which then just doubles the citadel ressource cost.
But that also means that the Forsaken Altar isn't really helpful if you are still upgrading the citadel as the cost of one stormforged cornerstone might in the end be higher than what you earn for the settlement. It's a nice help if you want to do achievements or already have maxed out your citadel but otherwise you should be aware of the investment (some bricks and wood are also needed to build the altar).

Actually even then it is helping. If you lose your settlement you get 0 or very very minor amount of meta resources.
If you just use one charge of forsaken altar for like 80 meta resources you still get at least 100+ something meta resources so you come out with a +.
And usually one of them can be enough, especially if you have no hostility reducing cornerstones. The only thing that i miss about them is the reroll. You cannot reroll the perks they offer, but it rerolls once you select and pay for one.

In my experience and estimation, you get around half the resources in a loss, as long as you don't lose/abandon in the first few years.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Origineel geplaatst door kory:

Origineel geplaatst door Nordil(Hun):

Actually even then it is helping. If you lose your settlement you get 0 or very very minor amount of meta resources.
If you just use one charge of forsaken altar for like 80 meta resources you still get at least 100+ something meta resources so you come out with a +.
And usually one of them can be enough, especially if you have no hostility reducing cornerstones. The only thing that i miss about them is the reroll. You cannot reroll the perks they offer, but it rerolls once you select and pay for one.

In my experience and estimation, you get around half the resources in a loss, as long as you don't lose/abandon in the first few years.

Strange i had a loss at year 14. I did not pay that much attention and took a few unnecessary risks at p13. I got if i recall 0 resources. (Or just 5? really cant tell)
But i might remember wrong since i usually just quick skip to start the next settlemet:)
I am still getting back to learn the game:) 8 months of absences shows, especially with the new foxy race. Currently on P14 and soon i think i'll move a bit upward, since even with the harpies, lizards and foxies i can win most of the games. (Allthough depending on the cornerstones i get it can get REALLY hard. Once i won a P13 on year 18 cuz of this trio.)

[kory]

Origineel geplaatst door Nordil(Hun):

Origineel geplaatst door kory:

In my experience and estimation, you get around half the resources in a loss, as long as you don't lose/abandon in the first few years.

Strange i had a loss at year 14. I did not pay that much attention and took a few unnecessary risks at p13. I got if i recall 0 resources. (Or just 5? really cant tell)
But i might remember wrong since i usually just quick skip to start the next settlemet:)
I am still getting back to learn the game:) 8 months of absences shows, especially with the new foxy race. Currently on P14 and soon i think i'll move a bit upward, since even with the harpies, lizards and foxies i can win most of the games. (Allthough depending on the cornerstones i get it can get REALLY hard. Once i won a P13 on year 18 cuz of this trio.)

Just had a game where going in I was supposed to get 126 food and when I lost in year 8 I got 96 food. I did not get the seal fragments that I would have got if I won though, was supposed to get 4 and got 0.

[el Darkness]

I believe you will earn full rewards when you complete Reputation bar (duh). When you do not win I think you will get rewards based on the % of Reputation earner, so if you lose with 50% Reputation filled then you would probably get 50% of food for this settlement. Other resources may behave in a different way.