Reputation

“ The guard gives you a crooked smile. 'Have a nice day, friend. If you ever get into trouble, you know who to look for...' ”

― Nerin

Description

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

Reputation represents how the players interact with a faction and how they interact with the player.

The world of Deepwoken is populated by different factions, each with their stories, goals, characters and locations. The player is bound to interact with them in many ways, in which case reputation will play a part in how these interactions will go.

Reputation status

The player reputations is a value ranging from -300 to 300, with different threshold granting different titles within a faction, changing how the faction interacts with the player.

Certain aspects of the game, such as certain NPCs dialogue or certain quests, requires a certain status within a faction to be available.

Title	Reputation amount	Effects
Hero	300
Ally	150 to 299
Friend	1 to 149
Neutral	0	N/A
Enemy	⁣-149 to -1	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 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.
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 gains and loses

Throught 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 pleases [Faction Name]...": The player gained reputation
• "Your actions angers [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 reputations throught 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 Bounty Hunts
  • "Factions without Bounty Boards" cannot benefit from this.
• Helping NPCs in certain random events, primarly 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
• Killing NPCs from random events that spawn by themselves, without an enemy or opposing faction

Bribe

Players can pay 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 that only 6 of the 11 factions have an NPC that offer this service.

Image	Faction	Location
	The Kingdom of Etrea	Outside a house in the area above the Etris Antiquarian and near The Barber.
	Summer Company	Leaning by the archway reached by going across a series of bridges behind the Summer Isle Castle.
	The Hive	Near the fountain in The Lordsgrove.
	The Central Authority	Standing by a pillar at the Merit's Reach from across the river.
	The Divers	Standing near a pillar outside north of Castle Light.
	The Ignition Union	Standing inside a house located on a cliff above the main entrance of the Miner's Landing town.

Factions/Entities

Reputable Factions

• Etrea
• The Hive
• The Divers
• The Central Authority
• The Summer Company
• The Hundred Legions
• The Children of Navae
• The Ministry
• Knives of Eylis
• The Ignition Union
• Lost Celtor

Non-Reputable Factions

• Bandits
• Songseekers
• Golden Rat Fighters
• Immortal Guardians
• Blacksteel Pirates
• Starkindred Church

Trivia

• At one point in time, the Summer Company's reputation dialogue was accidentally linked to your reputation with the Authority.
• The "Celebrity" Charisma Talent increases your base reputation with all factions and increases the positive reputation you gain.
• 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 these downsides to bad reputation can be lessened or weakened by charisma Talents.

Gallery

Etrean Guard saying the player's name on max positive reputation.

Etrean Guard insulting the player after being knocked with Friends in High Places.