Caves Of Qud: Water Ritual, Explained

Caves of Qud is packed with extensive lore and history, with each settlement having its own complex background. What's more, you can 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 involves sharing one dram of water with a Legendary creature. These are characters in the world with purple 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 can exchange 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 need at 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 the alternatives, as well as who uses them.

Water Alternative Which Faction Uses This? Blood Cannibals Cloning Draught Girsh Oil Robots Slime Mollusks Warm Static Highly Entropic Beings Water Alternative	Which Faction Uses This?
Blood	Cannibals
Cloning Draught	Girsh
Oil	Robots
Slime	Mollusks
Warm Static	Highly Entropic Beings

Water Ritual Effects On Relationships

Right after performing the start of the Water Ritual, you'll gain 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.

Relationship To Water Ritual Partner Reputation Effect Admired or Loved 100 Liked 50 Disliked -50 Hated -100 Relationship To Water Ritual Partner	Reputation Effect
Admired or Loved	100
Liked	50
Disliked	-50
Hated	-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, but others 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.

Option Favor Gained/Lost Share a secret 50 Share some gossip 100 Ask for a secret -50 Ask for the NPC to join you Dependent on the level of NPC Option	Favor Gained/Lost
Share a secret	50
Share some gossip	100
Ask for a secret	-50
Ask for the NPC to join you	Dependent on the level of NPC

Depending on the NPC, they may have some unique interactions. You can find these below, as well as when they appear.

Option Favor Gained/Lost Notes Teach you their ways (which is one skill) Lose favor that corresponds to the skill points Only NPCs that teach skills can do this (there are not a lot of NPCs that do this) Share dish of their people/teach signature dish -50 Only NPCs from settlements teach the dish of their people Give an item Dependent on Commerce Only NPCs from the following: Teach a secret of aggregate mind (which is a mental mutation) Dependent on Mutation Cost Only NPCs from Seekers of the Sightless Ways can do this Teach you how to craft an item Dependent on Recipe Tier Only NPCs from Daughters of Exile and Barathrumites can do this Colonize fungi on you (this will give you a fungal infection) -30 Only Fungi NPCs can do this Teach you to think like a child (gain 200 skill points) -200 Only Newly Sentient Beings can do this Promise not to bother them 100 Only Hermit NPCs have this interaction Option	Favor Gained/Lost	Notes
Teach you their ways (which is one skill)	Lose favor that corresponds to the skill points	Only NPCs that teach skills can do this (there are not a lot of NPCs that do this)
Share dish of their people/teach signature dish	-50	Only NPCs from settlements teach the dish of their people
Give an item	Dependent on Commerce	Only NPCs from the following:
Teach a secret of aggregate mind (which is a mental mutation)	Dependent on Mutation Cost	Only NPCs from Seekers of the Sightless Ways can do this
Teach you how to craft an item	Dependent on Recipe Tier	Only NPCs from Daughters of Exile and Barathrumites can do this
Colonize fungi on you (this will give you a fungal infection)	-30	Only Fungi NPCs can do this
Teach you to think like a child (gain 200 skill points)	-200	Only Newly Sentient Beings can do this
Promise not to bother them	100	Only Hermit NPCs have this interaction

Can You Perform The Ritual Again?

The Water Ritual can be done again, but you 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 be water-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 the Tactful mutation, you can go back to NPCs that you've done the Water Ritual with and initiate it a second time to gain 25 favor. This mutation can be taught by randomly generated factions, so keep your eyes peeled!

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