The Rat guide describes a progression built around economic upgrades, healing and wounded-unit mechanics, and large conversion waves. Its suggested lore order allows variations and reflects a particular build approach. The choices below are limited to effects and conditions supported by the supplied evidence.
The guide takes Sharp Axes first; it unlocks Healing Fire and Medicine, central to Rat’s playstyle. Healing Fire supports Overwork timing, Medicine improves healing from Healing Fire, Shamans, and Eir, and Overcrowding permits two identical buildings on one tile. Carpentry Mastery reduces Stone costs for upgrades in 801 and Upkeep costs later.
Sharp Axes Healing Fire Medicine Overcrowding Carpentry MasteryEnrollment reduces unit-conversion cost by 30%. Military Strategy grants 15–20% extra damage depending on whether a teammate fights alongside you. The guide often chooses between Military Strategy and Feeling Safe as the ninth lore; Feeling Safe provides a happiness boost through upgraded camps.
Enrollment Military Strategy Feeling SafeRecruitment and Feeling Safe together support Rat’s recovery phase. Blood Ties lets Rat sacrifice 50% of Eir’s HP to apply passive regeneration to units in the tile for 5 seconds; the guide estimates about 25% health restored overall. It describes Jörd first, Freya usually second, and Ancestral Knowledge as a second or third choice for a Longship Dock lore-win plan.
Recruitment Blood Ties Blessings: Jörd, Freya, and Ancestral KnowledgeChoose a topic to see how it works, where it helps and what to consider.
The guide identifies Sharp Axes as Rat’s first lore choice and the gateway to two central parts of its plan: Healing Fire and Medicine. It frames these as key to the clan’s wounded-unit and healing mechanics.
Understand this choiceHealing Fire is one of the key Rat lores unlocked after Sharp Axes. The guide advises timing it before winter and pairing it with Overwork to manage the clan’s wounded-unit mechanics.
Understand this choiceMedicine increases healing from Healing Fire, Shamans, and Eir. The Rat guide usually places it third, while allowing it to be delayed to fourth or sixth.
Understand this choiceOvercrowding lets Rat build two identical buildings in one tile. The guide describes it as a key lore that helps ensure access to multiple food buildings and supports strong profession-focused upgrades.
Understand this choiceCarpentry Mastery supports Rat’s upgrade-heavy development. The guide says it reduces the Stone needed for upgrades in 801 and reduces upkeep costs in 802 and later.
Understand this choiceEnrollment reduces the cost of converting units, and the guide calls it a build-defining Rat lore. Its value is tied to the clan’s plan to field large groups through conversion.
Understand this choicePain Suppressant increases movement and attack speed for wounded units by 20%. The guide calls it Rat’s equivalent to Weaponsmith, but cautions that its effect may be difficult to realize in battle.
Understand this choiceMilitary Strategy increases unit damage by 15–20%, with the amount depending on whether a teammate is fighting alongside Rat, according to the guide.
Understand this choiceFeeling Safe is one of the guide’s recovery choices. With many upgraded camps, the guide says it provides a large happiness boost.
Understand this choiceRecruitment is described as Rat’s second major recovery lore. The guide says it combines with Feeling Safe to make the recovery phase almost instantaneous.
Understand this choiceBlood Ties lets Rat sacrifice 50% of Eir’s HP to apply a passive regeneration effect to all units in her tile for five seconds, according to the guide.
Understand this choiceThe guide’s Rat build describes three distinct blessing uses: Jörd for early upgrades and relic iron, Freya to help sustain a large conversion through winter, and Ancestral Knowledge as a lore-win option.
Understand this choiceOverwork raises unit resource production by 40% for one month, while units heal from campfires at half the normal rate and gradually lose HP. The guide warns that villager deaths drain the population reserve and can interrupt growth; monitor healing to avoid unnecessary losses.
Pain Suppressant increases wounded units’ movement and Attack Speed by 20%. The guide says its practical value can be limited because units often heal to full before a fight and focused units may be eliminated before the bonus matters.
The guide presents Ancestral Knowledge as a second or third blessing for an alternative Wisdom victory and says it is taken only with a Longship Dock. It also mentions forging Jörmunr for that plan.
Rat clan lore progression and related unit development, limited to the build choices and effects shown in the supplied Rat guide evidence.
Explanations prepared with GPT-6 Luna and checked against the linked references. These are source-reviewed guides. They do not establish independently tested optimal builds or exact upgrade budgets. How coverage works.
