Oxygen Not Included - Tutorial Guide (2018) #9 - Morale Guide / Stress Guide

In this Oxygen Not Included Tutorial Guide I show you how to start a successful colony and guide you through the basics. See details below:

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In this episode I:

Talk about Morale and Morale Expectations and how they relate to stress. Morale can be changed through these ways:

Room Bonuses

- Latrine +1 (easy in the first cycle)
- Barracks +1 (easy in the first cycle or 2)
- Mess Hall +3 (aim for cycle 5-10)
- Great Hall +6 (aim for cycle 20)
- Bedroom +2
- Washroom +2

Food

Bad food is -1
Best food is +16
BBQ also is +16 and gives a stress lowering buff called soul food

early game I suggest:

cooked mush bar (if required but try to avoid)
meallice cooked into liceloaf
mushrooms cooked
BBQ
grissle berry

Mid to late Game:

stuffed berry
frost bun (from wild sleet wheat)
pepper bread (from wild sleet wheat)

Breaks

2 shifts of downtime is +1 morale
3 shifts of downtime is +2 morale
4 shifts of downtime is +3 morale
5 shifts of downtime is +4 morale (the max)

Showering is +3

Social Interactions

- social chitchat +1

Decor

greater than 0 is +1
greater than 120 is +12

paintings, sculptures and metal tiles are easy ways to get decor

Later game Morale boosts

- Dancing (at the jukebot) +2
- Playing video games (arcade cabinet) +2



Full Decor List (number is + to morale):

New Hope (first 3 starting dupes for 3 cycles) 1
Nice Bathroom 1
Plumbed Bathroom 2
Mess Hall 3
Great Hall 6
Comfortable Barracks 1
Comfortable Bedroom 2
Socialized 1
Played Video Games 2
Recently Danced 2
Had An Espresso 4
Shower 3
One Shift Break 0
Two Shift Break 1
Three Shift Break 2
Four Shift Break 3
Five Shift Break 4
Grisly Meal -1 (Food Quality = -1)
Terrible Meal 0 (Food Quality 0)
Poor Meal 1 (Food Quality 1)
Standard Meal 4 (Food Quality 2)
Good Meal 8 (Food Quality 3)
Great Meal 12 (Food Quality 4)
Superb Meal 16 (Food Quality 5)
Ugly Decor -1 (Decor Range less than -30)
Poor Decor 0 (Decor Range greater than -30 to -1)
Mediocre Decor 1 (Decor = 0)
Above Average Decor 3 (Decor 30 or higher)
Nice Decor 6 1.1 (Decor 60 or higher)
Charming Decor 9 (Decor 90 or higher)
Gorgeous Decor 12 (Decor 120 or higher)

Source: https://oxygennotincluded.gamepedia.com/Morale

Full Stress List:

https://oxygennotincluded.gamepedia.com/Stress


My earlier stress / morale guide some parts are out of date:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdnnHYHmotE







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