Reputation

“ In trouble with the law? Some less scrupulous individuals may be willing to take a bribe to fix your reputation... ”

― Game Tip

Description[]

Reputation menu — The reputation tab found while sitting at campfires. This is the starting reputation of the Castaway origin.

The world of Deepwoken features diverse factions, each with their own narratives, objectives, characters, and areas. Player reputation shapes how both players and factions interact with each other.

Reputation Status[]

The player's reputation is a value ranging from -300 to 300, with different thresholds granting different titles within a faction, changing how the faction interacts with the player.

Certain NPC dialogues and quests in the game require a specific faction status to be accessible to the player.

Title	Reputation amount	Effects
Hero	300	N/A
Ally	150 to 299	NPCs now will greet you with your first name
Friend	1 to 149	NPCs will call you friend
Neutral	0	N/A
Enemy	⁣-1 to -149	NPCs tied to the relevant faction will attack on sight, including town guards. Player will appear on bounty boards (starting from Power 5) and if the player is enemies with any of these factions, they can be hunted down by Voidwalkers. Player loses the ability to talk to certain faction-tied NPCs, primarily Blacksmiths and Antiquarians.
Hated/Hunted	⁣-150 to -299	Player can be attacked by randomly spawning NPC Ambushes.
Villain	⁣-300	Player cannot pay the Bribe NPCs to reset their reputation.

Reputation Gain and Loss[]

Through various activities and actions, the player is able to gain reputation or lose reputation.

The player can track reputation shifts via status messages, which are as follows:

"Your actions please [Faction Name]...": The player gained reputation
"Your actions anger [Faction Name]...": The player lost reputation
"[Faction Name] has/have declared you their enemy!": The player's reputation dropped below 0, making them an enemy of the faction.
"The perceived threat you pose against [Faction Name] has been reduced...": The player gained reputation through methods only available while being an enemy, such as dying to the specific faction or paying a bribe.
"[Faction Name] no longer sees you as worth fighting...": The player's reputation reached/went above 0 after being an enemy.

The player can gain reputation with a faction by:

Completing quests from specific NPCs .
- There are one time quest and repeatable quests available for most factions.
Completing Bounties and Jobs.
- Factions without Bounty Boards cannot benefit from this.
Helping NPCs in certain random events, primarily Factions VS Factions.

The player can lose reputation with a faction by:

Committing crimes within a faction controlled area, such as towns.
- Crimes include assault, assassinations and killing town guards or players within the town in a non-lawless area.
Killing NPCs from random events that spawn by themselves, without an enemy or opposing faction.

Bribe[]

Players can bribe specific NPCs up to ~1200 notes (depending on how much reputation below 0 they have) to set their reputations back at their starting amounts, usually neutral, at 0.

This starting amount can vary depending on your Origin, so bribing will not always grant you protection from a specific faction.

NOTE: Only 7 of the 11 factions have an NPC that offer this service.

Faction	Name	Location
The Kingdom of Etrea	Nerin	Outside a house in the area above the Etris Antiquarian and near The Barber.
The Summer Company	Nepo	Leaning by the archway reached by going across a series of bridges behind the Summer Isle Castle.
The Hive	Zirik	Near the fountain in The Lordsgrove.
The Central Authority	Rashet	Standing by a pillar at the Merit's Reach from across the river.
The Divers	Gudrin	Standing near a pillar outside north of Castle Light.
The Ignition Union	Maura	Standing inside a house located on a cliff above the main entrance of the Miner's Landing town.
The Ministry	Soothsayer	Sitting in a corner on the way to Starfield Tundra.

Factions/Entities[]

Reputable Factions[]

Non-Reputable Factions[]

Trivia[]

At one point in time, the Summer Company's reputation dialogue was accidentally linked to your reputation with the Authority.
The Celebrity Talent increases your base reputation with all factions and increases the positive reputation you gain.
The Under The Radar Talent requires factions to have more negative reputation with you to put out bounties on you.
Spitting on a guard causes them and other guards nearby to become aggressive regardless of your reputation. This will give you negative reputation with the faction.
- This is negated if you have 51 charisma or more, as they will instead thank you.
Most of downsides to bad reputation can be lessened or weakened by Charisma Talents.
Ringing the bells in The City of the Drowned will give you positive reputation with Lost Celtor.