How to Increase Happiness in The Alters

Managing your crew’s happiness is a key part of The Alters, but each version of Jan has a different perspective on the situation, and you can’t please everyone at once. Unless you want a rebellion on your hands, you’ll need to talk to your Alters and figure out the best ways to increase their happiness during your playthrough of The Alters.

Thankfully, each of the Alters is fairly easy to please as long as you set aside enough time for them. After all, as different as they are, they’re all the same person at their core. Hanging out, socializing, and eating good food will raise everyone’s spirits, but you can also go above and beyond by rewarding your crew with special items that you find during your journey. You can’t avoid every source of frustration, anxiety, and gloom in The Alters, though, so take a break from mining and exploring every now and then to check on your crew.

Best Alters to Get First in The Alters

Each Alter in The Alters has their uses, but some are far more effective than others. Here’s a breakdown of the best Alters to get first.

How to Increase Happiness in The Alters

There are five key ways to increase the happiness of your Alters in The Alters. In general, you should avoid overworking your crew and give them ample time to enjoy themselves. You should also ensure that the base remains in working condition and that there are some creature comforts for the crew so they don’t get bored after their daily shifts.

Dialogue

The Alters Rebel Refiner Returns To Base

Simply checking in with your Alters is enough to keep a smile on their faces. If you see a speech bubble next to the portrait of an Alter in the top-left corner of the screen, that means there’s an optional conversation available back at base. Hear them out and try to choose the best dialogue options to ease their minds.

Movies

A movie night is another great way to raise everyone’s spirits, but you’ll need to find movies on the planet’s surface first. After building the Social Room, you can spend three in-game hours to catch a flick with your Alters and give everyone a happiness boost in the process. New movies will reward even more happiness, so keep an eye out for new films when exploring.

Beer Pong

Also in the Social Room, you can play beer pong with any of your Alters as long as they’re not busy. They’ll get a happiness bonus no matter how the game goes, but an Alter will get an additional boost to motivation if you manage to beat them.

Each Alter has a different skill level at beer pong, so some are harder to please in this way than others. The Scientist is an easy mark, for example, but the Technician will be a tough opponent to take.

Requests

Sometimes, your Alters will give you optional tasks that you can complete for huge happiness bonuses. If you create the Refiner, for example, you will be asked to build a Gym in the base so your Alter can keep up with his workout routine.

Make sure to jump on these tasks as soon as possible. You can always upgrade your base to get more space later on anyway.

Personal Items

You can find cargo drops across the planet’s surface, and you can bring the stuff you find to your Alters to cheer them up. They’re all Jan’s items, but since every Alter is a version of Jan, they’ll appreciate them just as much.

Items that are seemingly useless to Jan can have huge sentimental value to an Alter, so be sure to check every nook and cranny of the planet’s surface to find new personal items.