Factions

Caves of Qud contains 67 factions that are persistent across playthroughs, as well as many other procedurally generated factions that are unique to each playthrough, such as sultan cult factions and village factions. The NPCs of Qud belong to various factions and have varying starting reputation with the player character. Based on these reputations and individual creature demeanor, some will attack on sight, while others will remain neutral unless provoked.

Reputation

Main article: Reputation

• Hostile- Actively trying to attack the player. Cannot be spoken to for water rituals or conversations.
• Neutral- Has no major feeling either way. Will become hostile if purposefully struck.
• Friendly- If the creature that the faction is friendly to is attacked, all members will turn hostile towards the attacker.

Reputation	Demeanor			Other
	Docile	Neutral	Aggressive
≤-600	Hostile	Hostile	Hostile
-599 to -250	Neutral	Hostile	Hostile
-249 to 249	Neutral	Neutral	Hostile	Neutral demeanors will also be hostile in Holy Places
250 to 599	Friendly	Friendly	Friendly	Creatures that can be pet will be allowed to be pet
≥600	Friendly	Friendly	Friendly

Water Ritual

Main article: Water Ritual

The water ritual can be initiated with most non-hostile legendary creatures via the dialogue box and is one of the primary ways of manipulating reputation. Killing a creature you have initiated the water ritual with will cause you character to become an oathbreaker, giving them -100 to -200 reputation with every faction.

Main Choices

Option	Cost	Result
I have a secret to share with you.	+50	Give any secret that the faction is interested in finding.
I have some gossip that may interest you.	+100	Give any gossip that the faction is interested in hearing.
Share a secret with me, water-sib.	-50	The creature shares a secret that their faction is interested in sharing.
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.
Live and drink, water-sib.	0	Ends the water ritual.

List of Factions

A list of all visible factions that are persistent across playthroughs (click headers to sort ascending/decending):
Toggle columns: Water Ritual Liquid - Recipe Taught

Faction	Initial Player Reputation	Skill Taught	Recipe Taught	Water Ritual Liquid	Shares Secrets About	Interested In Learning
Faction	Initial Player Reputation	Skill Taught	Recipe Taught	Water Ritual Liquid	Shares Secrets About	Interested In Learning
antelopes	0			Water	water weeps • cat lairs	water weeps • cat lairs
apes	0	Conk		Water	insect lairs • ape lairs • the lair of Oboroqoru	insect lairs • ape lairs
arachnids	-475	Lunge		Water	insect lairs • haberdashers	insect lairs • haberdashers
baboons	-300			Water	baboon lairs • gossip	baboon lairs • gossip
baetyls	0			Water	all sultans	all sultans • sultan tomb inscriptions
Barathrumites	0	Tinkering	The Porridge	Water	ruins • the location of Stopsvalinn • templar lairs	ruins • templar lairs
bears	-475			Water	honey weeps • ichor merchants	honey weeps • ichor merchants
birds	0			Water	gossip	gossip
cannibals	-500	Butchery		Blood	humanoid settlements • humanoid lairs	humanoid settlements • humanoid lairs
cats	-300	Acrobatics		Water	settlements	settlements
Chavvah	0	Tomorrowful	Crystal Delight	Water	moon stair	Ptoh • oddities
Children of Mamon	-600			Blood	goatfolk settlements • jungle locations	goatfolk settlements
Consortium of Phyta	-10	Snake Oiler		Water	Consortium lairs • location of the Glowpad Merchant • gossip	dromad merchant locations • humanoid merchant locations
crabs	-475	Calloused		Water	underground locations	underground locations
cragmensch	-500			Water	mountain locations	mountain locations
Cult of the Coiled Lamb	0	Physic		Water
Daughters of Exile	0	Repair		Water	secrets about rebekah	sultan tomb propaganda
denizens of the Yd Freehold	0	Spicer	Tongue and Cheek	Water	Lake Hinnom • Palladium Reef	technology • oddities • settlements • historic sites
dogs	300			Water	humanoid settlements	humanoid settlements
dromad merchants	0			Water	dromad merchant locations • salt dunes locations	humanoid merchant locations • consortium locations
equines	0	Longstrider		Water	flower fields locations • desert canyon locations	flower fields locations • desert canyon locations
Farmers' Guild	0			Water		humanoid settlements
Fellowship of Wardens	-150	Shield		Water	settlements	settlements
fish	-400	Swimming		Water	river locations	river locations
flowers	0	Persuasion		Water	Flower Fields locations	Flower Fields locations
frogs	-475	Jump		Water	insect lairs	insect lairs
fungi	0			Water	fungal forests	settlements
Girsh	-800			Cloning draught	moon stair locations	moon stair locations
Glow-Wights	-650			Blood	Girsh	Girsh
goatfolk	-475	Butchery		Water	jungle locations	jungle locations
grazing hedonists	0			Water	water weeps • wine weeps • cider weeps	water weeps • wine weeps • cider weeps
Gyre wights	0			Water	Girsh lairs • Nephilim cradles	Girsh lairs
hermits	-100	Berate		Water	books	books
highly entropic beings	0			Warm static		everything
hindren of Bey Lah	-200		Mah Lah Soup	Water	flower fields locations	flower fields locations
insects	-475			Water	flower lairs • flower fields locations	flower lairs • flower fields locations
Issachari tribe	-475	Weathered		Water	salt dune locations	salt dune locations
Mechanimists	0	Proselytize		Water	technology • ruins • historic sites • gunsmiths • robot lairs	technology • ruins • historic sites • gunsmiths • robot lairs
Merchants' Guild	0			Water	merchants • gossip	merchants • gossip
mollusks	-475			Slime	slime bogs • salt weeps • bird lairs	slime bogs • salt weeps • bird lairs
mopango	-150		Bone Babka	Water	technology	rust bogs • technology
mysterious strangers	0	Akimbo		Water	oddities	everything
Naphtaali tribe	-350			Water	jungle locations	jungle locations • robot lairs
newly sentient beings	0			Water		everything
oozes	-550			Water	slime bogs • weeps	slime bogs • weeps
pariahs	0	Trash Divining		Water	Settlements • gossip	Water weeps • recipes • technology
Putus Templar	-700			Water	Cybernetic nook locations • historic sites	anything except ruins • technology • historic sites • sultan history • cybernetic nook locations
robots	-475	Iron Mind		Oil	technology • the locations of ruins • the locations of historic sites • all sultans	the location of rust bogs • sultan tomb inscriptions • sultans they admire or despise
roots	-475	Wilderness Lore: Jungles		Water	underground locations	underground locations
Seekers of the Sightless Way	-500	Self-discipline		Water	the Darkling Star	the Darkling Star
snapjaws	-475			Water	the location of Stopsvalinn • snapjaw settlements	pig farms • apple farms
succulents	0	Fasting Way		Water	salt dunes locations	salt dunes locations
Sultan cult	-500			Water
svardym	-475	Jump		Water	the plagues of the Gyre	insect lairs
swine	-475			Water	pig farms	pig farms
tortoises	0			Water
trees	-300			Water	all sultans	sultans they admire or despise
trolls	-475			Water	storied items	storied items
unshelled reptiles	-475			Water	insect lairs • lava weeps	insect lairs • lava weeps
urchins	-500			Water	gel weeps	gel weeps
villagers of Ezra	0	Customs and Folklore	Goat in Sweet Leaf	Water	historic • banana grove locations • sultan history	banana grove locations
villagers of Joppa	-140	Harvestry	Apple Matz	Water	apple farms • pig farms • salt marsh locations	snapjaw settlements • salt marsh locations
villagers of Kyakukya	0	Cooking and Gathering	Mulled Mushroom Cider	Water	jungle locations • robot lairs	jungle locations
vines	-475	Multiweapon Expertise		Water
water barons	0	Snake Oiler		Water	water weeps	settlements
winged mammals	0			Water	fish lairs • frog lairs	fish lairs • frog lairs
worms	-475			Water	underground locations	underground locations

Hidden Factions

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There are also factions that are ordinarily hidden from the player in-game, but visible factions are children of these factions. Because they were not intended to be encountered in game, they are not water ritualable.

A list of all visible factions (click headers to sort ascending/decending):

Faction	Initial Player Reputation
Faction	Initial Player Reputation
Beasts	-475
Humanoids	-475
Plants	-475
Playerneutral	0
Solos	0
Waydroids	0
Cherubim	0
Playerhater	-300
Slumberlings	-475