Overview
If you have no idea how to survive in Rimworld, then this guide is for you.
Enviroment
When you start a new game, you are given the choice to edit the climate of your graveyard I mean planet….. You can leave the rainfall and temperature at default or you could set the tempurature to freeze you nipples off or melt your fingers when you step out side. if you set rainfall to max and temperature to minimum you will get tundra, if you set no rain and min tempurature you will get ice sheets, max temp and max rainfall will get you rainforests and tundras, max temp and no rainfall is deserts and death.
I recommend for new players to leave that temperature setting alone but you can still mess around with the rainfall if you want, since the amount of rain only effects the types of biomes you will have on the planet
Crash zone
You can crash anywere but the dark color mountains and beside a faction base.
The best place to crash land is in the mountains not the hills, plains, tundra, ice sheets, forests, or rainforests, it its the mountains
if you make a base inside one of the Mountains, they are immune to mortar fire, regular fire, gunfire, and they are colder the farther in you go, so if you use a high temp planet…. USE THE DAMN MOUNTAINS!!!!!
Be careful not to dig out to big of a area or the roof will collapse on your sorry arses.
However….there is a slight problem with…infestations….those damn insects burrow into your base and plant a few hives and a bunch of bugs, now, dont be fooled into thinking your safe from them because you got 20 people with guns, they will ♥♥♥♥ you up and feast on your useless corpse, my recommendation? Kill them with fire! Send someone you dont like in there with a doomsday launcher, or if you have mods, a flamethrower. Make sure to forbid the others from entering that room after you send in the offering, and hope they manage to burn s few insects, another good way is to call for help from your allies, and let their people die instead of yours.
Character Choices
In Rimworld you can choose up to ten colonist at the start if you click the editor button in the backstory menu(lost tribe,crashlanded and rich exlorer).
the best types of backstories to have are the ones that don’t limit thier abilities, for example: medical assistant= no firefighting, Pop idol= no dumb labor(sometimes no firefighting too).
Survivors that are NOT addicted to anything like Yayo,smoke leaf, wake up and go juice are the best to start out with.
NEVER start with a collonist with a luciferm need, they will die if they dont get it, it’s also very hard to find.
Some of the best choices for backstories are: Military child, Adventurer, Smuggler, and Joywire Artist.
If you want more of a customization or just want that sandbox feel. there is a mod that allows you to customize everything about your colonists when you start. It is called “prepare carefully”.
Survival Tips
The best ways to survive are making allies, stocking up on food, makeing complex defences and a HUGE amount of turrets, oh medkits also help… and weapons too i guess.
Or you could die like a tribesperson when they attack my super fortress
Secret Advice
Make a wall around your base to keep your colonist safe from the certain doom that is a 5000 point raid
End
If there is something still unclear about how to survive, you either need to A) comment and point it out. B) be a ♥♥♥♥ about it and ♥♥♥♥♥ at me.