Affinity

There are two types of affinity in Princess and Conquest: reign affinity and princess affinity. Both can be viewed on the kingdom status screen, available by pressing S on the world map or interacting with the billboard in the tavern. If a reign is conquered, neither type of affinity with that reign will have any further use.

See also: Kingdom Status.

## Reign Affinity

Reign affinity is a measure of the Knight's influence with a particular reign. It is represented on the kingdom status screen by a scale going from -10 to 10; the crown represents the current reign affinity. Reign affinity can be positive or negative and typically starts at 0 for all reigns. Certain traits will affect reign affinity. Reign affinity has multiple uses:

* Reign affinity is needed to gain an audience with the princess of the reign, which is required in order to converse with her, give her gifts, and access the Influence Menu
* Reign affinity is needed to continue having new conversations with the princesses in their reigns and to unlock certain quests from them
* If the Knight has enough reign affinity when speaking with a princess, he can ask her to either start or end a war with another reign via the Influence Menu
* In Goblin Reign, the Knight can spend influence at the slave auctions to "oil their wheels," affecting the quality of the slave sold during the next day's auction or guaranteeing that a captive princess will be sold

There are multiple ways to affect reign affinity with a particular reign:

* Upon reaching level 2 with Knights INC., the Knight will gain access to a number of quests which can increase reign affinity with a specific reign
* Defeating bandits near a reign capital will increase reign affinity by one
* While two reigns are at war, fighting against either side will affect reign affinity
	+ For example, if the humans and skeletons are at war, every battle the Knight wins against the skeletons will increase affinity with Human Reign by one and decrease reign affinity with Skeleton Reign by two
* Doing certain quests for the reign's princess and choosing certain dialogue options during conversations will affect reign affinity
* Getting caught while sneaking into a princess' home will decrease reign affinity by two
* Gifting a princess a Royal Present, available from Lina for 750 Swirlies, will increase reign affinity by one
* Certain other items, when gifted to the right princess, will increase reign affinity
* Certain other actions will also affect reign affinity

If a reign loses its princess (i.e. she elopes with the Knight,) the player can no longer access the Influence Menu or visit the princess in her home, rendering reign affinity with that reign useless.

## Princess Affinity

Princess affinity is a measure of the relationship the Knight has with the princess of the reign. It is represented on the kingdom status screen by the hearts and broken hearts under "Relationship," with hearts representing positive affinity and broken hearts representing negative affinity. Princess affinity typically starts at 0 for all princesses, but taking the trait Prince Knight will increase this to 1. Princess affinity has two primary uses:

* The Knight can sneak into a princess' home while she sleeps and wake her up. If he has sufficient princess affinity, he can have sex with her. Otherwise, he will be removed from their home and lose reign affinity.
* After sneaking in and having sex with a princess, she may become pregnant and eventually give birth to an heir. The player will be notified if this happens. The Knight can then sneak in again and, if his princess affinity is still high enough, he can wake her up and ask her to elope with him, recruiting the princess into his party. The Knight can also choose to have sex with her again instead.
	+ The default princess affinity needed for both of these cases is 3. However, DesertP and GhostP only needs 2, while GoblinP only needs 1.

For more information about recruiting specific princesses and sneaking into their homes, see Recruiting Princesses.

There are multiple ways to change princess affinity:

* Taking the trait Prince Knight at the end of the intro (or the beginning of the game if the intro is skipped) will increase princess affinity with all princesses by one
	+ (v0.16.14) This trait might be necessary to gain enough affinity to sneak in and sex certain princesses, including CatP and GhostP
* Completing certain quests will affect princess affinity
* Choosing certain dialogue options during conversations will affect princess affinity

If a reign loses its princess (i.e. she elopes with the Knight,) the player can no longer sneak into the princess' home to see her, rendering princess affinity with that princess useless.