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{{As Of Patch|2.0.201.59}}
The water ritual is a key mechanic that can be initiated with most non-hostile legendary creatures. It is the primary method of manipulating the player character's [[reputation]] with the numerous [[factions]] in game. Creatures that the player has performed the water ritual with will have "You are water-bonded with [them]". During a ritual, both characters treat the other as family, referring to each other as water-siblings.

== The Ritual ==
How the ritual is performed is not described, but is initiated with the saying "Your thirst is mine, my water is yours". If the player has [[Socially Repugnant]], they start the ritual in a socially repugnant fashion instead, such as by saying "Swap spittle?" or licking their lips. The player character then gives the other creature a dram of fresh {{favilink|water}} (or another liquid that the creature or the creature's faction prefers). 

Upon this, the player character's reputation with factions will change depending on the opinion of that creature.
{|class="wikitable"
!Relationship to faction
!Reputation change
|-
|Admired/Loved by
| +100
|-
|Liked by
| +50
|-
|Disliked by
| -50
|-
|Despised/Hated by
| -100
|}
The ritual can be performed multiple times, but the reputation gain will only happen once. If the player character learns [[Tactful]] after the initial reputation gain, the next water ritual will add an additional +25 reputation to their main faction.

== Choices ==
After the initial water sharing, the player may choose to trade reputation with the other creature's main faction in exchange for information, items, or to even assist the player in combat.  The player can gain a maximum of 150 reputation from that creature, excluding the reputation gained from the initial water sharing. Depending on the faction or creature, the player may be able to choose additional options. 
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For ease of use, the creature will be referred to as "water-sib". In game, this term changes depending on the liquid used and what the sibling term of the creature is.
===Main Choices===
{|class="wikitable"
!Option
!Cost
!Result
|-
|{{qud text|I have a secret to share with you.}}
| +50
| Give any [[secret]] that the faction is interested in finding.
|-
|{{qud text|I have some gossip that may interest you.}}
|  +100
| Give any [[gossip]] that the faction is interested in hearing.
|-
|{{qud text|Share a secret with me, water-sib.}}
| -50
| The creature shares a secret that their faction is interested in sharing.
|-
|{{qud text|I would ask you to join me, water-sib.}}
| -(12 * (Creature's Level - Player's Level) + 200) or 50, whichever is higher
| Recruits that creature to be your follower. Unlike [[Beguiling]] or [[Proselytize]], the player character can have an infinite number of concurrent followers through this method.
|-
|{{qud text|Live and drink, water-sib. }}
| 0 
| Ends the water ritual.
|}

=== Additional Choices ===
{|class="wikitable"
!Option
!Cost
!Result
!Exclusions
|-
|{{qud text|Would you teach me your ways?}}
| -cost of skill in skill points
| Teaches the player the specified skill. The player does not need the stat requirement nor the base skill to learn it.  
| Limited to rituals with factions or individuals that teach skills.
|-
|{{qud text|Would you share the favorite dish of your people?}}
| -50
|Teaches the player character the village's signature recipe to cook later if the player has [[Cooking and Gathering]].
| Reserved only for characters that reside within villages.
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{Qud text|Would you gift me your <item>?}}
|rowspan="2"| -[[Commerce]]/4 or 5, whichever is higher
| Gifts the player the creature's most valuable item in their inventory.
| Reserved for members of the [[Consortium of Phyta]] and [[Merchants' Guild]].
|-
| Gifts a {{favilink|cybernetics credit wedge}}, which only appears after initiating the ritual.
| Reserved for [[Putus Templar]], [[Robots]] (as in the faction), and [[robotic]] members of the [[Naphtaali tribe]].
|-
|{{qud text|Teach me a secret of the aggregate mind.}} 
| -50*mutation cost
|Grants the player character a [[:Category:Mental Mutations|mental mutation]]. These mutations cannot be gained if the player is a [[Chimera]] or True Kin.
|Limited only to [[Seekers of the Sightless Way]]. 
|-
|{{qud text|Would you teach me to craft (tinkerable item or item [[mod]] recipe)?}}}
|  -50*Recipe Tier/3 
| Teaches the player character a [[Tinkering|tinkerable]] recipe.
|Reserved only for rituals with the [[Barathrumites]], with a chance of being able to teach 1-3 recipes. [https://cavesofqud.gamepedia.com/index.php?title=Special%3ACargoQuery&tables=ItemsTable%2C+GeneralData%2C+&fields=ItemsTable._pageName%3DItem%2C+FLOOR%28GeneralData.Tier%29%2F3*50%3DReputation+Cost&where=CanBuild%3D%271%27+AND+Bits+%3C%3E+%27%27&join_on=ItemsTable.JoinKey%3DGeneralData.JoinKey&group_by=&having=&order_by%5B0%5D=GeneralData.Tier&order_by_options%5B0%5D=ASC&limit=50&offset=50&format= (Full Item List)] [https://cavesofqud.gamepedia.com/index.php?title=Special%3ACargoQuery&tables=Mods%2C+&fields=Mods._pageName%3DMod%2C+FLOOR%28Mods.TinkerTierNum%29%2F3*50%3DReputation+Cost&where=Tinkerable+%3D+%271%27&join_on=&group_by=&having=&order_by%5B0%5D=Mods.TinkerTier&order_by_options%5B0%5D=ASC&limit=50&offset=0&format= (Full Mod List)]
|-
|{{qud text|I am a friend to fungi. Colonize me.}}
| -?
| Infects a chosen limb with the specified [[fungal infection]].
| Reserved only for rituals with [[fungi]].
|-
|{{qud text|Teach me to think like a child again.}}
| -variable amount
| Grants the player a specified amount of skill points.
| Reserved only for rituals with [[newly sentient beings]].
|-
|{{qud text|I promise not to bother you again, hermit.}}
| +100
| Make a promise to never speak with that hermit again. The player will lose 200 reputation the next time they speak to the hermit.
|Reserved only for legendary [[hermits]].
|-
|{{qud text|Teach me to cook one of your signature dishes.}}
| -50
| Teaches the recipe from the chef's oven.
| Reserved only for legendary {{favilink|chef|plural}}.
|}

== Skills That Can Be Learned Through Water Ritual ==
Factions and rarely, individuals, can teach skills. The skill requirement need not be to learn the skills. The cost of the skill is the same cost of the skill in SP, unless specified otherwise.

=== By faction ===
{{#cargo_query:table=Factions
|fields=CONCAT('[[:',_pagename,'|',PlainName,']]')=Faction,WaterRitualSkill= Skill
|where=WaterRitualSkill IS NOT NULL
}}

=== By Individuals===
{{#cargo_query:table=WaterRitualSkills
|fields=CONCAT('{{((}}favilink id{{!}}', ObjectID, '{{))}}')=Character, Skill
|where=_pageNamespace= '0' AND Skill <> 'False'
}}

== Water Ritual Liquid Types ==
{{#invoke:Water Ritual Liquids|main}}Some dynamically generated village leaders will use other liquids when performing the water ritual, such as {{Favilink|cider}} or {{Favilink|wine}}.

== List of Static water ritual-able characters ==
{{#invoke:CargoQuery|main
| tables=GeneralData=GD, ExtraInfo=EI, CreatureFactions = CF
|join on=GD.ObjectID=EI.ObjectID, GD.ObjectID = CF.ObjectID
|fields={{Favilink format args}}
| order by=CF.Faction
| group by=GD.ObjectID
|where=EI.Info LIKE '%Ritualable,,,%'
| one_to_many= CONCAT(' ([[', CF.Faction, ']])')=outro, GD.ObjectID
| one_to_many_group=GD.ObjectID
| one_to_many_sep=,
| template = favilink format
| format = ul
| columns = 2
}}

== Breaking the Oath==
If the player kills a creature that they have been bonded to, they have broken the sacred covenant. This causes the player to lose 100-200 reputation with every faction. Doing this for the first time grants the player the [[Oathbreaker]] achievement.

If the game detects that a creature's death was caused by the player and accidental, it will not be considered breaking the oath.

Though breaking the oath is discouraged by the sweeping reputation loss, creatures that the player has performed the ritual with will not be deterred from violating the water ritual should the player perform an action that causes them to become hostile, or they revert to a hostile state after a status forcing them to become friendly wears off.

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