Editing Weather

'''Weather''' gives the valley a living sky. At any moment one weather is in effect, drawn from a pool weighted by the current '''season'''. Weather grants small, always-positive bonuses to your [[Skills|skills]] and activities — there are '''no penalties'''. A bad day is simply Clear Skies, never a setback. Because the forecast is known in advance, weather is a light planning layer rather than a gamble.

== How it works ==

* '''Weather slots.''' Weather changes every '''2 hours''', with each slot drawn from a pool weighted by the active season.
* '''Seasons.''' Four seasons cycle underneath, each lasting '''24 hours''' of real time, so a full seasonal cycle is four days. Each season favors a different set of weathers and carries one small passive bonus of its own.
* '''Forecast.''' The upcoming weather is always visible ahead of time (current weather, time remaining, and the next slots), so you can time your activities around it.
* '''Buffs only.''' Every weather effect is a bonus or neutral. Clear Skies is the common filler and does nothing either way. Bonuses are modest (roughly 8–15%).

Weather is global — the same sky covers every biome.

== Weather types ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Weather !! Effects
|-
| Clear Skies {{Icon|weather-clear}} || None — a plain, honest day.
|-
| Rain {{Icon|weather-rain}} || [[Fishing]] speed +10%; farm growth +12%; [[Alchemy]] speed +10%.
|-
| Storm {{Icon|weather-storm}} || [[Expeditions|Expedition]] strength +10; [[Delving]] double-yield +10%.
|-
| Heatwave {{Icon|weather-heatwave}} || Mining speed +10%; Smithing speed +8%.
|-
| Tailwinds {{Icon|weather-tailwinds}} || Foraging speed +10%; Logging speed +8%.
|-
| Morning Mist {{Icon|weather-mist}} || [[Hunting]] double-yield +12%; [[Crafting]] speed +10%.
|-
| Snowfall {{Icon|weather-snowfall}} || Cooking speed +10%; [[Taming]] speed +8%.
|}

== Severe weather ==

Beyond the everyday skies, each season can roll one '''severe weather''' — rarer, stronger events (bonuses up to '''+25%''') that are still forecast a full day ahead so you can plan around them.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Severe weather !! Season !! Effect
|-
| Aurora {{Icon|weather-aurora}} || Frost || [[Taming]] speed +25%
|-
| Fog Bloom {{Icon|weather-fog-bloom}} || Verdant || [[Foraging]] double-yield +25%
|-
| Migration {{Icon|weather-migration}} || Amber Fall || [[Hunting]] double-yield +25% ''and'' [[Expeditions]] double-yield +25%
|-
| Emberflow {{Icon|weather-emberflow}} || Blaze || [[Mining]] speed +20%, [[Smithing]] speed +25%
|}

=== Weather-window gathers ===

Some gathering actions only appear while a matching sky is overhead — bonus harvests you can only take in the right weather window. These are '''hands-on only''': you must run them yourself, as [[Companions#Hired hands (background gathering)|hired hands]] and [[Tribe|camp workers]] can't be assigned to weather-window actions.

* '''Track the Migration''' ([[Hunting]] 65) — during Morning Mist or Migration — yields the Trailhorn Antler.
* '''Windfall''' ([[Foraging]]) — during Tailwinds — yields Windfall Fruit.
* '''Stormfish run''' ([[Fishing]]) — during Storm or Rain — yields Stormfish.

== Seasons ==

Seasons cycle in the order below. Each raises the chance of certain weathers and grants a small standing passive.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Season !! Passive bonus !! Favored weather
|-
| Verdant {{Icon|season-verdant}} || Farm growth +10% || Rain, Tailwinds
|-
| Blaze {{Icon|season-blaze}} || Mining speed +5% || Heatwave, Storm
|-
| Amber Fall {{Icon|season-amber-fall}} || Foraging speed +5% || Tailwinds, Mist
|-
| Frost {{Icon|season-frost}} || Fishing speed +5% || Snowfall, Mist
|-
|}

Clear Skies stays roughly a third of every season's pool, so any weather can appear in any season — the season only shifts the odds. Even Frost carries no penalty; it simply drops the spring growth bonus rather than adding a debuff.

== Planning around weather ==

Because the schedule is forecastable, you can line up activities with the right sky:

* Batch [[Fishing]] and farm planting under '''Rain'''.
* Run [[Expeditions]] and [[Delving]] under a '''Storm'''.
* Push Mining and Smithing during a '''Heatwave'''.
* Gather with Foraging and Logging on '''Tailwinds'''.
* [[Hunting|Hunt]] in the '''Morning Mist'''.
* Cook and tame during '''Snowfall'''.

== See also ==

* [[Skills]] — the activities weather boosts.
* [[Expeditions]] and [[Delving]] — favored by Storms.

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