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	'''Ecology''' is the system that turns your stable from a pile of stat lines into a squad game. Your tamed creatures have a '''biome affinity''' — the right creature in the right place quietly outperforms — and a '''Health''' resource that drains in combat and recovers with rest. Together they reward scouting the environment, rotating the right specialists in, and keeping a bench of rested reserves.		'''Ecology''' is the system that turns your stable from a pile of stat lines into a squad game. Your tamed creatures have a '''biome affinity''' — the right creature in the right place quietly outperforms — and a '''Health''' resource that drains in combat and recovers with rest. Together they reward scouting the environment, rotating the right specialists in, and keeping a bench of rested reserves.

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	'''Ecology''' is the system that turns your stable from a pile of stat lines into a squad game. Your tamed creatures have a '''biome affinity''' — the right creature in the right place quietly outperforms — and a '''Health''' resource that drains in combat and recovers with rest. Together they reward scouting the environment, rotating the right specialists in, and keeping a bench of rested reserves.		'''Ecology''' is the system that turns your stable from a pile of stat lines into a squad game. Your tamed creatures have a '''biome affinity''' — the right creature in the right place quietly outperforms — and a '''Health''' resource that drains in combat and recovers with rest. Together they reward scouting the environment, rotating the right specialists in, and keeping a bench of rested reserves.

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	'''Ecology''' is the system that turns your stable from a pile of stat lines into a squad game. Your tamed creatures have a '''biome affinity''' — the right creature in the right place quietly outperforms — and a '''Health''' resource that drains in combat and recovers with rest. Together they reward scouting the environment, rotating the right specialists in, and keeping a bench of rested reserves.		'''Ecology''' is the system that turns your stable from a pile of stat lines into a squad game. Your tamed creatures have a '''biome affinity''' — the right creature in the right place quietly outperforms — and a '''Health''' resource that drains in combat and recovers with rest. Together they reward scouting the environment, rotating the right specialists in, and keeping a bench of rested reserves.

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	== Health, the Fourth Stat ==		== Health, the Fourth Stat ==

	Alongside Power (attack), Guard (defense), and Swiftness (speed), creatures now have '''❤️ Health''', rolled at taming from per-species ranges. A high-roll Health tame of your favourite species is worth chasing.		Alongside Power (attack), Guard (defense), and Swiftness (speed), creatures now have '''{{Icon\|ui-hp}} Health''', rolled at taming from per-species ranges. A high-roll Health tame of your favourite species is worth chasing.

	* Health is a '''resource''': party members absorb a share of the damage from your fights into their own health pools. Higher guard means a smaller share taken.		* Health is a '''resource''': party members absorb a share of the damage from your fights into their own health pools. Higher guard means a smaller share taken.
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	* a toast fires and the report notes that the creature "was in its element";		* a toast fires and the report notes that the creature "was in its element";
	* the creature's card — and its whole species, everywhere — is permanently annotated with the biome it thrives in ("🧭 Field note: thrives in the Murkwater Swamp").		* the creature's card — and its whole species, everywhere — is permanently annotated with the biome it thrives in ("{{Icon\|glyph-banner}} Field note: thrives in the Murkwater Swamp").

	Species descriptions carry soft hints ("thick coat", "eyes like lanterns") for players who like to read the signs before the note is earned. Field notes found while you are away are summarised on return.		Species descriptions carry soft hints ("thick coat", "eyes like lanterns") for players who like to read the signs before the note is earned. Field notes found while you are away are summarised on return.

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	* [[Field Guide]] — where earned field notes are displayed		* [[Field Guide]] — where earned field notes are displayed
	* [[Achievements]] — the Naturalist track (Field Notes earned)		* [[Achievements]] — the Naturalist track (Field Notes earned)

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'''Ecology''' is the system that turns your stable from a pile of stat lines into a squad game. Your tamed creatures have a '''biome affinity''' — the right creature in the right place quietly outperforms — and a '''Health''' resource that drains in combat and recovers with rest. Together they reward scouting the environment, rotating the right specialists in, and keeping a bench of rested reserves.

== One Party, Everywhere ==

Your expedition party is your one roster: the same creatures back you up in '''[[Skills|hunts]]''', '''[[Skills|expeditions]]''', '''[[Skills|delves]]''', and '''dispatch missions''' — there is no separate companion slot.

* The party lends about a '''quarter of its power''' to your hunts, added to your attack.
* The party's guard '''soaks about 40% of incoming damage''' away from you and into its members' own health pools.

== Health, the Fourth Stat ==

Alongside Power (attack), Guard (defense), and Swiftness (speed), creatures now have '''❤️ Health''', rolled at taming from per-species ranges. A high-roll Health tame of your favourite species is worth chasing.

* Health is a '''resource''': party members absorb a share of the damage from your fights into their own health pools. Higher guard means a smaller share taken.
* When a member's health hits zero it becomes '''injured''', and the existing injury system takes over.
* Health '''regenerates only while resting''' — a creature that is not working, not in your party, and not out on dispatch recovers about '''1 health every 30 seconds'''. This is why deep benches and rotation matter: wounded creatures need to sit out and heal.

== Biome Affinity and Thriving ==

Each species '''thrives''' in a small set of biomes (usually its home biome; some thrive in a second — for example cave-dwellers thrive across all delves).

* A '''thriving''' member contributes '''×1.25''' of its stats to that activity — expedition score, hunt support, dispatch rolls.
* '''There is never a penalty.''' Affinity is only ever a bonus you discover; the wrong biome simply means no bonus, never a loss.
* Affinity applies to expeditions and [[Arenas]] (the biome is known), cave delves (for cave-loving species), hunts (using the hunt's biome), and dispatch missions.

== Field Notes ==

Affinities are '''hidden until you discover them'''. The first time a creature thrives in an activity, a '''Field Note''' is written:

* a toast fires and the report notes that the creature "was in its element";
* the creature's card — and its whole species, everywhere — is permanently annotated with the biome it thrives in ("🧭 Field note: thrives in the Murkwater Swamp").

Species descriptions carry soft hints ("thick coat", "eyes like lanterns") for players who like to read the signs before the note is earned. Field notes found while you are away are summarised on return.

== See Also ==

* [[Creatures]] — species, diets, and home biomes
* [[Taming]] — how creatures and their stats are acquired
* [[Field Guide]] — where earned field notes are displayed
* [[Achievements]] — the Naturalist track (Field Notes earned)

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