Terror

Terror
File:SS Qualities Terror.png
Category	Quality
Type	Ship Conditions
Data ID	102025

Terror Levels
Level 0	Serene
Level 1-24	Wary
Level 25-49	Nervous
Level 50-74	Fearful
Level 75-99	Haunted
Level 100	Crazed

Terror is a statistic that influences your journey in Sunless Sea. It is also one of the Qualities in Sunless Sea.

Terror level is indicated by the progress bar labeled with a skull icon, and increases by one increment each time the dots encircling the skull icon are fully lit up. Orange dots light up at a rate of +1 per second; red dots light up at a rate of +2 per second. Green dots are slowly extinguished at a rate of -1 per three seconds.

Quality description

"The fear of the wide black zee, and the things beyond."

Game note: Reduce this with Shore Leave, especially in London. When you return to London after time at zee, your Terror will always drop to 50.

Gaining Terror

In order to play smoothly in Sunless Sea, you must keep an eye on your Terror since higher levels of it will result in negative events for you and your crew.

There are several ways your Terror can go up. These include:

• Sailing without your ship's light enabled;
• Exploring far from shores and lit areas;
• Some attacks from enemies can deal Terror damage;
• Certain interactions or events can give you Terror.

When your Terror reaches 100 points a mutiny is triggered and, if you fail either the Hearts or the Iron challenge, you will get killed and the game ends.

Losing Terror

On the other hand, keeping your level of Terror down is a difficult task. It is best to think that the best way to reduce your Terror is to actually not getting it.

There are several ways to reduce Terror. These include:

• Sail with your lights on and in lit areas;
• Explore close to the shores;
• Upgrade your engines as soon as possible, as the faster you move, the less time you spend in darkness, lowering Terror accumulation rates (note that this will increase your Fuel consumption);
• Docking at London will remove some points of your Terror;
• Certain interactions can reduce your Terror like sleeping or exploring London (for a price) or giving Recent News to any Light Ship you encounter.
• Going to the Surface at Cumaean Canal Staging Area will remove 25 points of Terror in exchange for Fuel and Supplies. (Any subsequent actions on the surface will further reduce Terror, allowing you to cull it to zero before returning below if you take enough of them)
• Killing enemies

Ports of note for reducing Terror

• Frostfound ("Take tea with the squatters at the dock" interaction) File:SS Stories Terror.png -10 x Terror
• Mangrove College ("Eat, drink, be merry" interaction) File:SS Stories Terror.png -10 x Terror
• Salt Lions ("Visit the Unmakers" interaction) File:SS Stories Terror.png -5 x Terror
• Kingeater's Castle ("An act of burning faith" interaction, requires Terror 50+, 1 x Fuel and 1 x Supplies) File:SS Stories Terror.png -25 x Terror
• Pigmote Isle ("A banquet in your honour" interaction, requires you to have  Pigmote Isle: Mastery at 51 or 52. Notable for not having any material requirements.) File:SS Stories Terror.png -5 x Terror