Happiness

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Happiness is determined by the sum of the addition by Happiness Sources, minus Happiness Consumption.

Happiness must be managed carefully, especially on harder difficulties as Unhappiness will cause your population growth to stop and Unhappy units have a -20% production debuff.

The Eikthyrnir Clan benefits particularly from because of the knowledge :

Young and Proud

Increase the Attack of your warband by 3% for every positive Happiness you have (25% max).

Effects on the Settlement

Happiness is the factor that determines how fast your Clans population will grow. While Happiness is 0 or above new Villagers will spawn at your Town Hall. The more positive Happiness you have, the faster new Villagers will join your clan.

(Thanks to Steam user "Bow to Gbowee" for the formula.)

Primary Happiness Sources

Brewer or Skald

• Territory - How many Areas your clan has colonized.

• Food Reserves - Having a large surplus of Food.

+1 Happiness for 500 Food.

+2 Happiness for 1500 Food.

• Geyser Tile - When colonized will grant +2 Happiness.

• Baldr's Blessing - +3 Happiness

Secondary Happiness Sources

Slidrugtanni	Eikthyrnir	Huginn and Muninn
Greater blessings ( 500 bonus) + Baldr's Blessing : +5 Osmosis You gain 1 1 Happiness for every 3 colonized tiles. Tiles with Forest, Fish or Swamp provide 1 Happiness. Feeling Safe Gain +3 Happiness for your Warchief and +1 Happiness per upgraded military camp.	Eradication Food Silos gain 10% food production bonus. Reduces Food Silo upgrade cost by 50%. Feeling Safe Gain +3 Happiness for your Warchief and +1 Happiness per upgraded military camp.	Journeymen Increases your Happiness based on the areas you have explored. Exotic Goods Gain +1 Happiness per Harbor, +2 if upgraded. Feeling Safe Gain +3 Happiness for your Warchief and +1 Happiness per upgraded military camp.
Heidrun	Fenrir	Bjarki
Feeling Safe Gain +3 Happiness for your Warchief and +1 Happiness per upgraded military camp.	Starting bonus : +1 Happiness for each military Units. (The bonus decrease with the size of the army).	Protector Of the Land no Tooltip available Winter Festival During winter, Food production loss is reduced by 50%, Happiness is increased by 3, and Trade routes income is increased by 50%.
Sváfnir	Nidhogg	Svadilfari
Feeling Safe Gain +3 Happiness for your Warchief and +1 Happiness per upgraded military camp. Under Pressure Skirmishers gain +20% Attack Power and supply penalty reduction. +10% to other military unit. You gain +0.5 happiness and +1 Food for each military unit in a non allied zone next to or in an enemy territory. Rapacious Exploitation Bonus of Special Tiles is doubled. Tiles with Ruins or Shipwrecks provide +2 Happiness.	Nanna’s Influence: +2 Happiness (Thane: +3 / Jarl: +4) Feeling Safe Gain +3 Happiness for your Warchief and +1 Happiness per upgraded military camp.	clan Quality of life no Tooltip available Feeling Safe Gain +3 Happiness for your Warchief and +1 Happiness per upgraded military camp.

Happiness Consumption

• Expected Happiness

Depends on the amount of Kinsmen in your Settlement and on Difficulty

• We want better houses! - Not having enough upgraded houses

• We want a better Town Hall! - Not having an upgraded Town Hall

• Too many wounded units! (Starting at 4 Wounded Kinsmen)
• We're Freezing! - Not having enough Wood for firewood
• We're Starving! - Not having enough Food
• We're Sick!

References

Pictures and data taken from:

The Viking's Almanac: A comprehensive guide to Northgard