Doom Clock

The Doom Clock is a measure of how close the Blight entity is to being awake. Once it fully awakes then the game will end and the player will lose. The only time this will change is in the various final victory missions.

The Doomclock has a minimum value that it will not drop below. This is equal to 5 * the current era if it is greater than 1.

Doom points
You will increase in doom points if you:-
 * Flee from combat
 * Decline to help a family under attack
 * Lose any fight (Settlement attacks give more points than a scout mission)
 * Find a new settlement

You will reduce doom points if you:-
 * Save villagers under attack
 * Slay bosses

If you gain enough doom points the clock will advance.

The current doom level has no other impact on the game. It does not affect how often your settlements are attacked or by how many. It is purely a measure of when the final boss is awake.

In the circumstances it is not something to worry about too much in the early game.