Morale

Morale refers to how happy the settlement population is in After Inc. It is represented by an emoticon.

Morale is a percentage value (represented internally by decimals). The default percentage depends on the chosen difficulty.

Morale significantly affects settlement population growth. When Morale becomes negative (or below -10% in casual difficulty), the player starts to lose Authority due to Low Morale, and the abandonment process starts to happen.

If the player resolves factors that cause morale to decrease, a "Historical" penalty will apply (referring to historical losses of morale), which slows down the increase of morale.

When choosing inspire in the Settlement Losing Hope situation, the settlement will gain +8 authority, but at a cost of starting losing authority when current morale at 20% or lower (instead of 0%).

Factors affecting Morale

Morale can be influenced by the following:

• Insufficient resources (shortage of resources required for services)
• Inadequate services
• Poor decisions regarding situations or negative consequences from choices
• Delayed responses to bad situations
• Negative Stamina (which can occur when using the Personal Trainer leader or during specific decisions)
• Lack of adequate housing (which can occur when playing as the Slumlord leader)
• Exploration near Settlement (which can occur when playing as the Hermit leader)
• Historical losses in Morale (which improve over time)
• Abandonment (settlers leaving)
• Presence of Zombies
• Isolated areas