Thought Shards

Thought Shards are important factors in YaoGuai Raising. You can see the Thought Shards of an Animal by going into its "Awakening Intelligence and Thinking" menu then clicking on the "Thought and Thinking" button.

This Animal has obtained 3 Angry Thought shards (2 stored as Memories) and is ready to create a full "Angry" Thought.

Using Thought Shards

Thought

When an Awakened Animal has gathered 3 of the same Thought Shards, they can be formed into a Thought using the "Thinking" action, clearing the rest of the non-memorized thought shards. This also reduces by one the memorization duration of all previously accumulated thoughts and saved memories.

It is also possible to start a thinking session at any time without selecting thought shards, which will reset the randomly generated thought shard counter. It is mostly useful when the maximum of 40 thoughts per thinking session has been reached without 3 desirable thought shards.

This Animal has 3 completed Intelligence Shards (on the left) and 2 Thoughts (on the right)

Intelligence Shard

One Thought from each of the Rationality (Red), Realization (Green) and Perception (Blue) types can then be formed into Intelligence Shards, which may modify the Five Attributes and other Properties of the YaoGuai after being transformed from an Awakened Animal. Thoughts can be put into multiple Intelligence Shards, but the additional Thoughts have no effect.

Once the Intelligence Shard is formed, it is permanently tied to the Awakened Animal and may not be removed in any way, not even with Rebirth. The number of Intelligence Shards that an Animal is Awakened with determines the time it has to its Shapeshifting Tribulation.

Memories

It is possible to "memorize" up to 10 Thought shards. Those thought shards won't be erased by a "Thinking" action, but still will disappear if unused after a while, indicated by the number next to them.

Obtaining Thought Shards

Thought shards generation

Thought Shards are mostly obtained by random, up to a maximum of 40 generated per thinking session. If the preferences of the Awakened Animal are met, Thought Shards will be generated at an increased rate.

Generation rate

The rate to obtain thought shards is $120 * (1.6 - 0.4 * PreferenceRate)$ in seconds, where PreferenceRate varies between 0 and 3 depending on how much preferences are met. A fully comfortable animal will thus generate a thought every 48s of gameplay, or about 2 hours in-game. As a result, a comfortable animal left on their own will fill up their thoughts in 3.2 game days.

Generation Type

Thoughts randomly generated have 25% chance to be Perception (Blue), and 37.5% for Rationality (Red) and Realization (Green). Once the type has been chosen, the game selects a thought shard among the available, some of them weighted to be slightly rarer. Additionally, Snakes and Rabbits have slightly customized weights. This can be summed up this way:

• Rationality (Red)
  • Skygazing, Hearing Earthquake, Hearing Thunder, Smelling rain, Smelling Rotten, Hearing loudness, Climbing, Watching Boulders have 3/194 or 1.55% chance to occur each,
  • The rest have 5/194 or 2.58% chance to occur each.
• Realization (Green)
  • Stars, Treasures, Sun, Moon, Falling Stars, Gems, Sculptures, and Qi of Genesis have 3/164 or 1.83% chance to occur each,
  • The rest have 5/164 or 3.05% chance to occur each.
• Perception (Blue)
  • Low-value and normal value emotions like "A bit ticked off" and "Angry", and "Restlessness" have 5/76 or 6.57% chance to occur each
  • High-value emotions like "Furious" and "Regretful" and "Tranquil" have 3/76 or 3.95% chance to occur each.

For snakes Rationality (Red) thoughts:

• Recalling, Sneezing, Dreaming, Having fun, Daydreaming, Sweating, Defecating, Smelling sweet, Hunting, Sleeping, Facing East, South, West and North have 8/217 or 3.69% chance to occur each,
• Watching dressing, Watching fly,Watching sit, Watching play, Watching Light, SightSeeing, Facing Down have 2/217 or 0.92% chance to occur each,
• Skygazing, Hearing Earthquake, Hearing Thunder, Smelling rain, Smelling Rotten, Hearing loudness, Climbing, Watching Boulders have 3/217 or 1.38% chance to occur each,
• The ones not mentioned have 5/217 or 2.30% chance to occur each.

For Rabbits, Perception (Blue) thoughts:

• "A bit afraid", "Afraid" and "Terrified" are 9.20%,
• Low-value and normal value emotions like "A bit ticked off" and "Angry", and "Restlessness" are 5.75%,
• High-value emotions like "Furious" and "Regretful" and "Tranquil" are 3.45%.

Observation

Thought Shards may also be obtained by Observing. Only one Thought Shard per Thought may be gained from Observing, the remaining two must be gained normally. The Source column shows what can be observed to gain a Thought Shard of that type.

• Observing a Building or Plant obtains the Thought and has no additional effect.
• Observing an Item obtains the Thought and results in the item being consumed.
• Some Thought Shards require a Miracle to be cast on the Awakened Animal.
  •  Chant of Phenomena contains most of the Miracles related to observation
  •  Chant of Animal contains the 'Qi of Genesis' Miracle
• Some Thought Shards cannot be gained from Observing, and are labelled as N/A.

Rationality (Red Thought Shards)

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Lvl.	Thought DefName	Source	Pros	Cons
3	Skygazing SeeTheSky	Virtue Statue	+1 Potential Bonus (AddV)	-3 Magic Crafting Skill Level
3	Hearing Earthquake HearEarthQuake	Beginning Statue	+100% Cultivation Speed Bonus (AddV)	-50% Overall Work Efficiency (AddV) -3 Qi Sense Skill Level
3	Hearing Thunder HearFarThunder	Treasures Statue	+100% Learning Speed (AddV) +15 Attainment (AddV)	-3 Magic Skill Level
3	Smelling Rain SmellRain	Rainsword	+100% Comprehension Intelligence Multiplier (AddV)	-3 Battle Skill Level
3	Smelling Rotten SmellDecay	Rubbish	+0.1 Stamina Acquisition Rate (AddV)	-15 Cooking Skill Level
3	Hearing Loudness HearLoud	Drum  Bell (building)	+1 Offensive Secret Body Count	-50% Comprehension Intelligence Multiplier (AddV)
3	Climbing ClimbHigh	Subduer Pagoda  Pagoda	+1 Effective Secret Body Count (AddV)	-50% Cultivation Speed Bonus (AddV)
3	Watching Boulders SeeStone	Sect Stele	+1 Defensive Secret Body Count (AddV)	-5 Magic Skill Level
2	Recalling Memory	Tomb  Grave  Sect Gate  Stele	+200% Qi Absorption Speed Bonus (Qi Recovery) (AddV)	-15 Lifespan (AddV)
1	Watching dressing SeeDisciples	Dressing Table	+0.2 INT (AddV) +20% Cultivation Speed Bonus (AddV)	-40% Adventure Fly Speed (AddV)
2	Watching Fly SeeSwords	Sword Shield	+100% Adventure Fly Speed (AddP) No effect +50% Move Speed (AddP)
2	Watching Sit SeeTrain	Cushion  Qi Cushion	+50% Learning Speed (AddV)	-0.3 Qi Absorption Efficiency (Qi Absorption) (AddV)
1	Watching Play SeePlay	Go Table	+0.1 PER (AddV) +0.1 INT (AddV) +5 Base Mental State (AddV)
1	Watching Light SeeAround	Lantern  Oil Lamp  Lamp Post	+0.1 PER (AddV) +0.1 LUK (AddV) +1 Perception Radius (AddV) -2 Attainment (AddV)
2	SightSeeing SeeScene	Spirit Tree (Decoration)  Strange Rock  Bonsai  Rock Garden (Peak) and Hill  Wudang Pine TreeDLC  Cloudpeak Tea PlantDLC	+100% Adventure Exploration Speed (AddV) +20 True Qi Recovery Rate Base Value (AddV) +30% Mood Multiplier (AddP)
2	Hearing Music HearAround	Zither Table	+50% Qi Absorption Speed Bonus (Qi Recovery) (AddV)
1	Hearing wind HearWind	Dragon Flag  Tai Chi Flag  Trigrams Flag  Bronze Banner  Earthmother Banner  Demonic Banner (both)  Serpentis Banner	+0.2 PER (AddV) +40 Max Qi (AddV)
1	Watching eating HearChat	Table  Square Table	+0.2 CHA (AddV) +100 Max Hunger (AddV)	-20% Cultivation Speed Bonus (AddV)
1	Smelling Medic HearHeartBeat	Medicine Table	+0.1 CON (AddV) +0.1 CHA (AddV) +12% Remold Speed (AddV) +15 Lifespan (AddV)
2	Watching Work HearTrain	Stonework  Forge  Furnace  Loom  Sewing Table  Timber Station  Mill  Handcraft Station	+10 Base Mental State (AddV) +50% Overall Work Efficiency (AddV)
2	Watching train HearStep	Wooden Dummy	+0.1 CHA (AddV) +0.1 LUK +20% Move Speed (AddP) +20% Learning Speed (AddV)
1	Hearing insects HearWormBeep	Bird Cage	+10 Base Mental State (AddV)	-10% Learning Speed (AddV)
2	Smelling Incense SmellAround	Ancestral Shrine	+0.2 INT (AddV) +200 Max True Qi (AddV)	-50% Cultivation Speed Bonus (AddV)
1	Smelling Soil SmellDirt	Brownstone  Graystone	+0.2 CON (AddV) +100 Max True Qi (AddV) +20% Cultivation Speed Bonus (AddV)
1	Smelling Fur SmellSelf	Leather	+0.2 PER (AddV) +20% Comprehension Intelligence Multiplier (AddV)
2	Smelling Food SmellMeal	Stove	+0.2 LUK (AddV) +75 Max Hunger Bonus (AddV) +0.05 Stamina Acquisition Rate (AddV)
2	Smelling Burn SmellFire	Bonfire	+60% Comprehension Intelligence Multiplier (AddV)	-20% Stamina Acquisition Rate (AddP)
2	Ringing LickSelf	Bell	+0.2 CHA (AddV) +0.5 Potential Bonus (AddV)	-20% Dodge In Battle (AddV)
1	Sneezing Sneeze	Ice Crystal Ore  Ice Crystal Bar	+0.2 CON (AddV) -25°C Lowest Temperature Tolerance (AddV)
2	Dreaming Dream	Double Bed	+0.2 LUK (AddV) -15 Attainment (AddV)	-20% Overall Work Efficiency (AddP)
1	Having Fun PlaySelf	Tic-tac-toe	+0.2 INT (AddV) -0.1 Mood Mutiplier (AddV)	+30% Level of Stable Mental State (AddV) (can be a downside)
1	Daydreaming DayDream	Manual Pavilion  Decoration Shelf  Script	+0.2 INT (AddV) +40 Max Qi (AddV)
1	Sweating Sweat	Igneocopper Ore  Igneocopper Bar	+0.2 CON (AddV) 25°C Highest Temperature Tolerance (AddV)
1	Defecating Poo	Feces	+10 True Qi Recovery Rate Base Value (AddV) +20.00% Learning Speed (AddV)
1	Smelling Sweet Wander	Scented Sachet  Censer (both small and big)  Sacred Nimbus PlateDLC	+0.2 CHA (AddV) +25% Remold Speed (AddV) -10% Level of Stable Mental State (AddV) (can be an upside)
1	Hunting Betouch	Bow (both)	+0.2 CHA (AddV) +100% Move Speed (AddP)
1	Sleeping Sleep	Bed  Bamboo Bed	+0.2 CON (AddV) -20% Energy Consumption Bonus (AddV)	-0.2 Move Speed (AddV)
2	Facing East SeeEast		+30% Wood Law Matching Bonus (AddV)	-0.5 LUK (AddV)
2	Facing South SeeSouth		+30% Fire Law Matching Bonus (AddV)	-0.5 PER (AddV)
2	Facing West SeeWest		+30% Metal Law Matching Bonus (AddV)	-0.5 CON (AddV)
2	Facing North SeeNorth	Triandrus	+30% Water Law Matching Bonus (AddV)	-0.5 INT (AddV)
2	Facing Down SeeDirt		+30% Earth Law Matching Bonus (AddV)	-0.5 CHA (AddV)

Realization (Green Thought Shards)

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Lvl.	Thought DefName	Source	Pros	Cons
3	Stars Star	Observatory	+5 Overcap Formation Skill Level	-0.30% Stamina Acquisition Rate (AddP)
3	Treasures Cloud	Artifact  Crafting Table  Display	+35% Dodge in Battle (AddV) +5 Overcap Protect Skill Level +5 Overcap Magic Crafting Skill Level	-40.00% Accuracy in Battle (AddV)
3	Sun Sun	Crimson Fruit	+30% Level of Stable Mental State (AddP) (can be a downside) +5 Overcap Spell Skill Level	+10°C Lowest Temperature Tolerance (AddV)
3	Moon Moon	Bread	+5 Overcap Qi Sense Skill Level +5 Overcap Artisanry Skill Level	-20.00% Learning Speed (AddP) -10°C Highest Temperature Tolerance (AddV)
3	Falling Stars Meteriod [sic]	Lumina Core	+5 Overcap Artifact Mastery Skill Level	-30 Lifespan (AddV)
3	Gems Jade	Jade Essence	+5% Global Secret Body Power (AddV) +5 Overcap Artifact Mastery Skill Level
3	Sculptures Sculpture	Divine Dog Statue and other Pet statues  Stone Giant  Stone Lion  Evil Dragon  Ice Phoenix  Claw Sculpture  Savage Statue	+5.00% Global Secret Body Endurance (AddV)
2	Spring Spring	Spring Pill	+3 Overcap Protect Skill Level	-40% Earth Law Matching Bonus (AddV)
2	Summer Summer	Summer Pill	+3 Overcap Spell Skill Level	-50% Metal Law Matching Bonus (AddV)
2	Autumn Autumn	Autumn Pill	+3 Overcap Artifact Mastery Skill Level	-40% Wood Law Matching Bonus (AddV)
2	Winter Winter	Winter Pill	+3 Overcap Formation Skill Level	-40% Fire Law Matching Bonus (AddV)
2	Ground Earth	Ground Pill  Little Rock  Ocher Essence	+3 Overcap Magic Crafting Skill Level	-40% Water Law Matching Bonus (AddV)
2	Rain Rain	Umbrella	+50% Spell Power Bonus (AddV)	-6°C Highest Temperature Tolerance (AddV)
2	Snow Snow	Pine Tree  Huge Pine Tree	+3 Overcap Qi Sense Skill Level +3 Overcap Artisanry Skill Level	-6°C Highest Temperature Tolerance (AddV)
1	Lake Lake	Lotus (Plant)  Lotus Root  Prism Lotus	+0.2 PER (AddV) +5.0% Global Secret Body Suppression (AddV) +8 Artisanry Skill Level
1	Wind Wind	Folding Screen  Bamboo Folding Screen (both)	+10 sec Furious Berserk Duration (AddV)	-10 Farming Skill Level
2	Thunder Thunder	Heaven's Breath	+25% Furious Berserk Effect Multiplier (AddV)	-10 Magic Skill Level
2	Trees Tree	Tree	+3 Overcap Formation Skill Level +12 Farming Skill Level	-10 Mining Skill Level
1	Flowers Flower	Any Elemental Flower except Springhope,  Iceflower, Triandrus	+10 Artisanry Skill Level +2 Overcap Qi Sense Skill Level
1	Men Human	Vessel (one without a soul)	+0.2 LUK (AddV) +12% Furious Berserk Effect Multiplier (AddV) +10 Social Skill Level	-0.3 Stealth (AddP)
1	Myself Self	Water Vat	+0.1 All Stats except LUK (AddV) +6 sec Furious Berserk Duration (AddV)
1	Food Food	Simple Meal  Fine Meal  Lavish Meal  Spoiled Meal  Dried Meat  Li's Dried Amber Fruit  Pig Demon Meat  Water  Dumpling  Unclean Water  Guanyin Clay	+0.2 CON (AddV) +10 Cooking Skill Level +1 Overcap Medicine Skill Level
1	Fence Barrier	Fence (both)	+0.2 INT (AddV) +3.00% Global Secret Body Accuracy (AddV)	-10 Social Skill Level
1	Weed Weed	Grass (plant)	+0.2 Per (AddV) +3 Overcap Medicine Skill Level +1 Overcap Magic Crafting Skill Level	-8 Cooking Skill Level
1	Wall Wall	Wall	+0.2 CON (AddV) +6% Artifact Knockback Distance Reduction (AddP) +2 Overcap Protect Skill Level +5 Construction Skill Level +5 Farming Skill Level
1	Clothing Coat	Shirt	+0.2 LUK (AddV) +6 Overcap Crafting Skill Level	-8 Mining Skill Level
1	Pants Pants	Pants	+0.2 LUK (AddV) +6 Overcap Crafting Skill Level	-8 Farming Skill Level
2	Companions Fellows	Meat (Uncooked)	+0.1 CON (AddV) +0.1 LUK (AddV) +3 Overcap Medicine Skill Level	-8 Artisanry Skill Level
1	Ore Mines	Iron Ore	+0.2 CON (AddV) +3% Global Body Defense Rate (AddV)
1	Weapons Weapon	Weapon	+5% Global Secret Body Suppression (AddV)	-4 Battle Skill Level
3	Qi of Genesis Nature	Qi of Genesis Miracle from  Chant of Animal	+2 Overcap Formation Skill Level +2 Overcap Protect Skill Level +2 Overcap Spell Skill Level +3 Overcap Qi Sense Skill Level +2 Overcap Artifact Mastery Skill Level	+15 Attainment (sometimes an upside)
1	Fog Fog	Dyed Jade	+5% Global Secret Body Def Rate (AddV)	-50% Spell Power Bonus (AddP) -5 Mining Skill Level -6°C Highest Temperature Tolerance
1	Doors House	Door	+0.2 CHA (AddV) +5% Global Secret Body Accuracy (AddV) +6 Construction Skill Level	-3 Crafting Skill Level (see Bugs section)
1	Field Farm	Wheat (Plant)  Bamboo (Plant)DLC	+0.2 CON (AddV) +12 Farming Skill Level	-10 Mining Skill Level
1	Needles Sharp	Acupuncture Needle	+3% Global Secret Body Penetration (AddV)	-5 Farming Skill Level -5 Mining Skill Level
1	Ring Ring	Bracelet	+3% Global Secret Body Suppression (AddV) +5 Crafting Skill Level

Perception (Blue Thought Shards)

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Lvl.	Thought DefName	Source	Pros	Cons
1	A bit afraid SlightlyFear		+0.5 CON (AddV)	-10% Water Damage Reduction (AddV)
2	Afraid Fear		+1 CON (AddV)	-25% Water Damage Reduction (AddV)
3	Terrified GreatlyFear	Understanding: Fear ( Chant of Phenomena)	+1.5 CON (AddV)	-50% Water Damage Reduction (AddV)
1	A bit happy SlightlyHappy		+0.5 LUK (AddV)	-10% Fire Damage Reduction (AddV)
2	Delighted Happy		+1 LUK (AddV)	-25% Fire Damage Reduction (AddV)
3	Ecstatic GreatlyHappy	Understanding: Joy ( Chant of Phenomena)	+1.5 LUK (AddV)	-50% Fire Damage Reduction (AddV)
1	A bit ticked off SlightlyAnger		+0.5 INT (AddV)	-10% Wood Damage Reduction (AddV)
2	Angry Anger		+1 INT (AddV)	-25% Wood Damage Reduction (AddV)
3	Furious GreatlyAnger	Understanding: Resentment ( Chant of Phenomena)	+1.5 INT (AddV)	-50% Wood Damage Reduction (AddV)
1	A bit anxious SlightlyWorry		+0.5 CHA (AddV)	-10% Metal Damage Reduction (AddV)
2	Anxious Worry		+1 CHA (AddV)	-25% Metal Damage Reduction (AddV)
3	Distraught GreatlyWorry	Understanding: Anxiety ( Chant of Phenomena)	+1.5 CHA (AddV)	-50% Metal Damage Reduction (AddV)
1	A vague yearning SlightlyMiss		+0.5 PER (AddV)	-10% Earth Damage Reduction (AddV)
2	Yearning Miss		+1 PER (AddV)	-25% Earth Damage Reduction (AddV)
3	Desire GreatlyMiss	Understanding: Thoughts ( Chant of Phenomena)	+1.5 PER (AddV)	-50% Earth Damage Reduction (AddV)
3	Tranquil Peace	Serenity Soul Gem	+10% Fire Damage Reduction (AddV) +10% Wood Damage Reduction (AddV) +10% Metal Damage Reduction (AddV) +10% Water Damage Reduction (AddV) +10% Earth Damage Reduction (AddV)	-0.1 PER (AddV) -0.1 CON (AddV) -0.1 CHA (AddV) -0.1 INT (AddV) -0.1 LUK (AddV)
2	Restlessness Eruption	Spirit Soul Gem	+0.3 PER (AddV) +0.3 CON (AddV) +0.3 CHA (AddV) +0.3 INT (AddV)	-20% Fire Damage Reduction (AddV) -20% Wood Damage Reduction (AddV) -20% Metal Damage Reduction (AddV) -20% Water Damage Reduction (AddV) -20% Earth Damage Reduction (AddV)
3	Regretful Regret	Anguish Soul Gem	+1 PER (AddV) +1 CON (AddV) +1 CHA (AddV) +1 INT (AddV)	-2 LUK (AddV)

Known bugs

The Doors realization thought shard lowers the crafting level by 3. If it is not counterbalanced by the other thought improving crafting level, Ring, it will result in-game in a displayed lowered cap due to an oversight in the way max level is calculated. However this doesn't actually lower the crafting cap and the skill can still be leveled up to 20 as normal as shown in the example.

Example of Bear Yaoguai with the Doors thought shard still reaching 20 skill level

However in case the yaoguai is promoted with a Xiandao or Shendao law, their cap will be effectively lower as the game uses that same faulty max level calculation to determine if you can spend Inspiration to level a skill. It is technically possible to get a starting skill level of 20, bypassing that check, but that would require extremely high levels of Magic Crafting and Magic and is not realistic.

After promotion, the 17 false Crafting cap is transferred to an actual 17 Artifact Crafting cap.