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Worship and Blessings - Version 14 vs Version 15
Sep 21, 2026, 06:14 AM
Added god quests and the studio's description of the Favor system (Favor Points from skill experience, December 2025 single-tree restructure); relinked The Gods and Worship in Related Pages
Sep 21, 2026, 06:43 AM
Replaced the tree-shape hedge with the studio's own worship-versus-favor distinction so the per-god unlocks are no longer conflated with the merged favor tree
11Worship and Blessings is the focused mechanics page for the Altar system in Romestead. It complements The Gods and Worship (which catalogs the seven gods) by explaining the underlying numbers and interface.22The Altar55The Altar is the worship interface. It is crafted at the Workbench from 3 Stone and can be placed anywhere in a settlement. Interacting with it opens the god panel, which is split into five tabs: Offerings, Quests, Blessings, Sacrifices, and Teleport. A running Worship count sits at the top of the panel next to the row of seven gods, and rewards the player has not earned yet are listed as Undiscovered.77Offerings and Affinity99Players click on a god portrait to open that god's offering window. Items are offered from inventory and fill that god's affinity meter. Filling the meter rewards 1 Worship Point. The "Discover Gods" quest tracks the first offering made to each god.1111Offerings are not the only route. Since the December 2025 build each god also has god quests tied to them that unlock rewards and worship points, sending the player out to retrieve items, defeat enemies, or complete other objectives. The studio uses these quests to unlock the story gradually as the gods regain their power and memories.1313Each item resonates with a specific god. The relationship is not random; each god has a domain.Confirmation is required when buying favors (patch 0.21.1_3), preventing accidental Worship Point spends.The Altar shows a preview of upcoming worship unlocks (patch 0.20.2_1).Offering window money-splitting bugs were fixed in patch 0.20.1_26.Research notes were removed as Mercury offerings in patch 0.20.1_25 to focus the route.1515Sacrifices1717A recruited citizen can be sacrificed at the Altar for bonus Worship Points. The baseline is +5 Worship Points across all gods per sacrifice; the relevant god gains an additional +10 per level of the citizen's aligned skill. A high-Blacksmithing citizen sacrificed to Vulcan therefore returns much more than a brand-new survivor.1919Worship Points and Talent Trees2121Worship Points are spent in a god's talent tree. Each god's tree contains:2323Construction unlocks (new buildings or building upgrades).Stat bonuses (damage types, armor, resistance).Citizen-buff favors (improving expertise, efficiency, etc.).An Altar Blessing (described below).2525Talent point costs range from 1 to 3 per node, with most upgrades sitting at the 1-2 range.2727The studio's own framing of the favor side, from its March 2025 devlog, is that exploring, fighting, building, and growing earns experience in specific skills, and that experience earns Favor Points, which unlock god-specific skills and abilities. In December 2025 it said the favor trees, which playtesters had known as separate trees unlocked god by god, were merged into one big tree with different paths so that points no longer sat unspent behind a locked god, and that the change made room for more favors. No patch note since launch describes the tree's current shape, so the per-god structure above is the in-game presentation as documented here rather than a confirmed map of the tree.28+The studio's own framing of the favor side, from its March 2025 devlog, is that exploring, fighting, building, and growing earns experience in specific skills, and that experience earns Favor Points, which unlock god-specific skills and abilities. In December 2025 it said the favor trees, which playtesters had known as separate trees unlocked god by god, were merged into one big tree with different paths so that points no longer sat unspent behind a locked god, and that the change made room for more favors. That merged tree is the favor system, which is separate from the per-god worship unlocks above: in the studio's words from the same devlog, "Worship shapes the world. Favor shapes you." Offerings raise a Worship Level that unlocks new buildings, upgrades and decorations, and god quests grant worship points, while Favor Points come from skill experience. No patch note since launch describes the favor tree's current shape.2929Altar Blessings (One Active at a Time)3131Six Blessings are available from the Altar, one per god except Minerva, and only one can be active on a character at a time. Each is unlocked by spending Worship Points partway up that god's tree, and the choice is effectively a build decision: melee, ranged and caster each have a dedicated attack-power Blessing, while Ceres, Venus and Vulcan cover survivability.3333BlessingEffectBlessing of Ceres+25% overall Health.Blessing of Diana+10% overall Ranged attack power.Blessing of Mars+10% overall Melee attack power.Blessing of Mercury+10% overall Magic attack power.Blessing of Venus+10% overall Health and +10% overall Energy.Blessing of Vulcan+10% overall Armor.3535Minerva is the exception: her name does not appear in the Altar's Blessing list, and her worship route rewards quest progression and construction unlocks rather than a wearable buff. Ceres is the outlier on value, granting more than double the health of any other single-stat Blessing, which makes it the common pick for players pushing into a biome above their gear tier.3636Altar Upgrades and Teleportation3838Altars upgraded to level 2 unlock teleportation. To teleport between two altars, both must be level 2. This makes multi-base play and quick travel between distant settlements practical. The Altar level-up XP display was added in patch 0.23.1_7.4040The Altar itself upgrades twice, and each tier is gated behind a quest rather than raw resources, so the cost is trivial compared to the quest work in front of it. Both upgrades widen the pool of worship unlocks the player can spend Worship Points on.4242Altar LevelUpgrade CostUnlocked ByWhat It AddsLevel 13 Stone (initial craft)Available from the startOfferings, quests, blessings and sacrifices for all seven godsLevel 25 StoneThe Giant Owl questFurther worship unlocks, plus teleportation between level 2 altarsLevel 33 Stone, 2 Clay, 6 BrickVirgil's Poem questThe deepest tier of worship unlocks4444Because the level 2 upgrade is what enables teleportation, most players push The Giant Owl early in a second settlement's life, then upgrade both altars so the pair links together. A level 3 altar in a single settlement does nothing for travel on its own.4545The Worship Overhaul4747Patch 0.23.1_3 was the major worship overhaul for Early Access:4949Worship values per item changed.XP required to level up gods changed.Unique buildings moved from Altar offerings to offering-quests.5151Subsequent patches added bread worship buffs (0.23.3_0), Mars-aligned grappling hook offerings (0.23.1_10), and ranged/caster gear re-routing from Vulcan to Diana (0.20.1_14).5353Related Pages5555The Gods and Worship: overview of the seven gods.Settlements and Buildings: the Altar building.Citizens and Artisans: sacrifice mechanics.
