Syx Species Statistics

Explanation

I have excluded explanations for obvious traits (eg. Lifespan and Hunger).

Adulthood

Lower is better, as this means children enter the workforce faster, and your nurseries can produce children faster.

Diet

Scored based on how easy it is to get their desired food (see explanation for nurseries).

1. Fishing is moderately easy to set up (only requires wood), produces a constant output year-round, and only requires water access, which you'll likely already have. The only major downside is fish are tied for having the highest decay rate (100%), so it is difficult to create a large stockpile.
2. Grain, which can be refined into bread, is tied for easiest to set up (requires no resources), is usually tied with fruit for requiring the fewest workers per unit output, and is tied for the lowest decay rate (10%) of all food sources (excl. rations). However, it only produces once every year (in fall), and requires bakeries to refine into an edible form, which need a constant supply of wood or coal to function.
3. Fruit is tied for easiest to set up (requires no resources), and is usually tied with fruit for requiring the fewest workers per unit output, assuming you go for orchards. However, they only produce once a year (late summer), and orchards take years before they start producing, meaning you'll need less efficient fruit farms, or another food source entirely in the early game.
4. Vegetables are tied for easiest to set up (require no resources). However, they only produce once a year (late summer). They are essentially a slightly worse alternative to fruit.
5. Meat is produced constantly year-round. However, they are expensive to set up (requiring lots of wood, and furniture in the case of hunters), and have a fairly high decay rate (75%), though not as bad as fish.
6. Eggs are produced constantly year-round, and are tied for the lowest decay rate (10%) of all food sources (excl. rations). However, they are expensive to set up (requiring lots of wood), and require 8 tech points to be invested in Globdien domestication. Additionally, the pastures produce fairly little for their size and upkeep requirements.
7. Rations are a good way to preserve food (to create a large stockpile), having the lowest decay rate of all foods. However, they require herbs to produce (if using meat), or alcohol (if using fruit), so are fairly expensive and aren't an option in the early game.
8. Mushrooms... exist. I have nothing good to say about mushrooms. They need to be indoors, so require a structure to be built around them, or be in a cavern, and require 5 tech points to be invested in mushroom domestication. Additionally, they only produce once a year. They only make economical sense in a cold biome, but only Dondorians like cold biomes.

Drink

When it comes to preferred drink, I slightly prefer shedeh (wine) to piva (beer) due to its decay rate. But it is of course much better if a species prefers both.

Climate

Since all species have at least one climate with 100% preference, scoring is determined by the arithmetic mean of the three preferences.

Tourism

Occurence multiplier times credit multiplier should give a rough approximation of tourism income.

Nursery Cost

Based on the row "Most Efficient Food Sources, per Worker, incl Climate". Species are scored by how easy it is to produce their needed food (excl. hunters, which don't scale).

Structure

From best to worst (ie. cheapest to most expensive, excludes "outdoors" and "mountain"):

1. Mud
2. Wood
3. Stone
4. Grand

Road

Sorted from least tech points required to most required, subsorted by cost:

1. 0
   1. Dirt (free)
2. 5
   1. Cobblestone = Paved (1 stone ~ $10)
   2. Fungus (1 clay ~ $25)
3. 65
   1. Bricked Road (2 stone ~ $20)
   2. Fungus Highway (2 clay ~ $50)
   3. Highway (1 cut stone ~ $125)
   4. Forest Plaza (2 cut stone ~ $250)
4. 165 (all of the following cost 2 cut stone so are equal)
   • Dark Plaza
   • Plaza
   • Sacred Path
   • Crystal Water

I have determined species rating by their opinion of dirt, followed by their opinion of cobblestone, followed by their opinion of fungus.

Pool

Pond is objectively cheaper than Moat and Pool, which are equal to each other. Thus, scoring is determined by preference of pond.

Punishment

Scored by apathy, with preference towards liking imprisonment > enslavement > rest.

Stocking

Stocking results in lower prison sentences and entertainment. Therefore, I am scoring approval = apathy > disapproval.

Environment

Apathy > Approval ~ Disapproval. Approval and Disapproval are scored on a case-by-case basis depending on how costly it is.

Decorations

Scored by total cost of preferred decorations. Cost:

1. Tree = 1 wood (~$10)
2. Humidifier = 1 clay (~$25)
3. Flower = 2 stone, 1 wood (~$30)
4. Torch = 1 stone, 4 wood (~$50)
5. Pillar = Statue = X cut stone (~$125)

Misc

Harvest Dates

• 0.3750 = Summer, Day 3: Herbs, Vegetables
• 0.4375 = Summer, Day 4: Fruit
• 0.5000 = Fall, Day 1: Cotton
• 0.5625 = Fall, Day 2: Grain, Opium
• 0.7500 = Winter, Day 1: Mushroom