
While more mountainous terrain may be easier to defend and resource-rich, it also has fewer trees and room for grazing. Type of Terrain – Placing our colony on a mountainous, large hill, small hill, or flat area will determine the availability of resources and farmland.

The colony will practically build itself in this location. Take these factors into consideration when choosing your preferred settlement. Picking our starting settlement’s location determines the availability of food and the ease with which we can trade with other outposts. If you like a true rags-to-riches story, prepare for a great and terrible adventure. Naked BrutalityĪs brutal as it sounds, we start with no equipment, no research, and no clothes to boot. While defending and taking care of this survivor is a breeze, recruiting more people and transitioning into a full-fledged colony takes more time to achieve. Take command of a wealthy explorer with many supplies, equipment, and advanced research for a slower playthrough. Each survivor starts injured or with a health condition and is less equipped to survive. Lost Tribeįor a more challenging playthrough that requires more research, we control a total of five survivors with less advanced technology and fewer starting supplies. I recommend this scenario for first time players that want to get started on their colony asap. Better yet, these survivors have researched electricity and can quickly tech up into a comfortable, self-sufficient, and well-defended abode within a month. Here’s a short list of the four kinds of scenarios listed below: Three Crashlanded SurvivorsĮasily the strongest playthrough, this scenario starts us off with three well-equipped spaceship survivors with many supplies and materials to build a small colony. Take special care to pick what type of scenario we want to live in, our location, and our storyteller.

Before you Even Beginīefore we even touch the soil, you’ll need to consider the kind of story you want to experience and how hard it should be.

Ensure the colony lives in a temperate region, so you don’t have to worry about hypothermia or heatstroke. As a bonus, I’ll detail other mechanics the game neglects to tell you, like organ harvesting, Marriage, and cannibalism.īottom Line Up Front: Sow crops, build houses, and power turrets to ensure a well-fed, comfortable, and secure colony. In this Rimworld getting started guide, I’ll review building a self-sufficient settlement with reliable food production, adequate defense, and a surplus of happy colonists. Personally, I’ve always enjoyed my pawns’ slow descent into madness as they succumb to disease, devour their fellow man, and refuse to eat at tables. Watching your megastructure base burn down or overseeing an entirely turret-defended colony get wiped during an EMP Solar flare is horrifying and morbidly hilarious.
