The major break threshold is 4/7 of the minor break threshold, while the extreme break threshold is 1/4 of that (1/7 of the minor break threshold). Multiple traits have an additive effect, but the minor break threshold is capped between 1% and 50%. Some traits add permanent negative thoughts, like Pessimist, or conditional negative thoughts, like Night owl. Traits may directly raise or lower mental break threshold, such as Steadfast or Nervous respectively. Some mental breaks are unavoidable in even the finest, happiest colonies, such as Fire Starting Sprees by pyromaniac pawns.Ī specific pawn's mental break thresholds are affected by various personality traits. Pawn mood is related to the sum of all the thoughts a pawn has, so minor penalties can quickly add up to large effects on a pawn's stability. Mental break events and frequencies are different for each mood level. The three mental break severity levels directly correspond to the low mood levels Stressed, On edge, and About to break, respectively. Mood is found in the Needs tab of the pawn Inspect pane. It is lowered by negative thoughts about the pawn's environment and raised by positive thoughts. Mood is a visual indicator of how likely your pawn is to have a mental break. Some breaks may be induced by the player in battle, via psycasts or weapons like the psychic shock lance or psychic insanity lance. Minor events include hiding in the pawn's room for a day, extreme events include murder.Ĭolonists, visitors, enemies, tamed, and wild animals all have types of mental breaks. Each severity level has a different pool of possible events that may occur at different frequencies.
There are three levels of severity for mental break events: minor, major, and extreme.
A breaking colonist may be interrupted by arresting or downing them. The pawn will then become uncontrollable and shirk work tasks for a short while, or even worse, they will attempt to sabotage the colony. A mental break is a pawn event that may occur when a pawns's mood drops below the mental break threshold.
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