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[[File:ChooseScenario.png|500px|thumb|Default scenario choosing window, with the [[Biotech DLC]] installed and one custom-set scenario.]]
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The '''scenario system''' allows you to choose, randomize, and customize special situations to play in. Determine the starting situation, type of community (tribe, colony), permanent map conditions, starting items, animals, health conditions, traits, and change special rules. In the image on the right, you can see the window for choosing scenarios and the "Open Steam Workshop" button (if you are using the steam version of the game).
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==New Tribe vs New Arrivals==
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Starting scenarios can be roughly grouped into one of two types, determined by the faction type the player will inherit. These are:
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*'''New tribes:''' Inherited by the "Lost Tribe" default scenario, and selectable in the scenario editor.
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*'''New arrivals:'''  Inherited by the "Crashlanded", "Rich Explorer", and "Naked Brutality" default scenarios, and selectable in the scenario editor.
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There are some significant differences between the New Tribe and New Arrivals scenarios.
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=== Research ===
 
The most significant difference is the starting [[research]] and the long term effects on research speed. New Tribes begin with a different, and lower tech, set of research projects already completed, as described below. Note that custom and default scenarios may also add additional technologies to these lists.
 
The most significant difference is the starting [[research]] and the long term effects on research speed. New Tribes begin with a different, and lower tech, set of research projects already completed, as described below. Note that custom and default scenarios may also add additional technologies to these lists.
  
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Furthermore, new tribes start with a tech level of "Neolithic", while new arrivals begin with a tech level of "Industrial". This increases the research needed for new tribes to research technologies above neolithic, with the penalty increasing as the tech level does. Note that a great majority of techs on the research tree are classified as Industrial or higher.
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Furthermore, new tribes start with a tech level of "Neolithic", while new arrivals begin with a tech level of "Industrial". This increases the research points required by new tribes by {{Bad|+50%}} per level for technologies above '''Neolithic''', capped at 200% ('''Industrial'''). Note that most techs on the research tree are classified as '''Industrial''' or higher.
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* [[Research#Passive cooler|Passive Cooler]]
 
* [[Research#Tree sowing|Tree Sowing]]
 
* [[Research#Tree sowing|Tree Sowing]]
 
* [[Research#Recurve bow|Recurve Bow]]
 
* [[Research#Recurve bow|Recurve Bow]]
 
* [[Research#Psychoid brewing|Psychoid Brewing]]
 
* [[Research#Psychoid brewing|Psychoid Brewing]]
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* [[Research#Pemmican|Pemmican]]
 
* [[Research#Pemmican|Pemmican]]
 
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* [[Research#Passive cooler|Passive Cooler]]
 
* [[Research#Passive cooler|Passive Cooler]]
 
* [[Research#Stonecutting|Stonecutting]]
 
* [[Research#Stonecutting|Stonecutting]]
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! rowspan = "2"|Project tech level
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! rowspan = "2"| Project tech <br/>level
 
! colspan = "2"| Research cost multiplier
 
! colspan = "2"| Research cost multiplier
 
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! New Arrivals
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! New Tribe !! New Arrivals
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! New Tribe
 
 
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| Neolithic
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! Neolithic
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| style="text-align: center | 100% || style="text-align: center | 100%
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| 100% || 100%
 
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| Medieval
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! Medieval
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| style="text-align: center | 100% || style="text-align: center | 150%
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| 150% || 100%
 
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| Industrial
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! Industrial
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| style="text-align: center | 100% || style="text-align: center | 200%
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| 200% || 100%
 
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! Spacer
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| style="text-align: center | 100% || style="text-align: center | 200%
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| 200% || 100%
 
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| Ultra
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! Ultra
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| style="text-align: center | 100% || style="text-align: center | 200%
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| 200% || 100%
 
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===Other differences===
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|-
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! New Tribe !! New Arrivals
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|-
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| Can build the [[Hoopstone ring]]<br>{{Required Resources|Hoopstone ring}}, {{Q|Hoopstone ring|Work To Make}}<br>(Rec Power: {{%|{{Q|Hoopstone ring|Recreation Power}}}})
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| Can build the [[Horseshoes pin]]<br>{{Required Resources|Horseshoes pin}}, {{Q|Horseshoes pin|Work To Make}}<br>(Rec Power: {{%|{{Q|Horseshoes pin|Recreation Power}}}})
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|-
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| Can build the [[Game-of-Ur board]]<br>{{Required Resources|Game-of-Ur board}}, {{Q|Chess table|Work To Make}}<br>(Rec Power: {{%|{{Q|Game-of-Ur board|Recreation Power}}}})
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| Can build the [[Chess table]]<br>{{Required Resources|Chess table}}, {{Q|Chess table|Work To Make}}<br>(Rec Power: {{%|{{Q|Chess table|Recreation Power}}}})
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|-
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| Starting pawns:
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* Have [[Backstories|backstories]] from the "Tribal" category, which have the Natural [[meditation focus]]. This allows most tribals to meditate at the [[Anima tree]]{{RoyaltyIcon}}.
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** 3 player created backstories lack the natural mediation focus but can appear as possible starting pawns. These include:
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***Samantha 'Sam' Haxton's Ranger Child
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***Valentin 'Val' Anastasi's Mad scientist
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***Christian 'Wolle' Alberts's Gamer Fanatic
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** Any [[children]]{{BiotechIcon}} of a tribe also gain the natural meditation focus, unless [[Growth vat|Vatgrown]] for enough time.
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* Have a 2% chance to have one of the following artificial body parts: {{Tag List|value=50|techHediffsTags|Poor}}
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| Starting pawns:
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* Have [[Backstories|backstories]] from the "Offworld" category.
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* Have a 3% chance to have one of the following artificial body parts: {{Tag List|value=800|techHediffsTags|Poor|Simple|ImplantEmpireCommon}}
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Recruitment is handled by InteractionWorker_RecruitAttempt.
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| [[Prisoner#Starting resistance|Recruitment difficulty]] increased by {{Bad|32%}} for the factions: {{Check Tag|This may not be true.}}
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* [[Outlanders]]
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* [[Pirates]]
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| [[Prisoner#Starting resistance|Recruitment difficulty]] increased by {{Bad|32%}} for the factions: {{Check Tag|This may not be true.}}
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* [[Tribal]]s
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|-
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| Tribals forage 70% more food while traveling. See [[Caravan#Foraging|Caravan]] for details. ||
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| Can craft the [[tribal headdress]] and [[war mask]] ||
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|-
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| colspan=2| {{Ideology|section=1}}
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| Allows the '''Drum party''' [[Ritual]] || Allows the '''Dance party''' [[Ritual]]
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=== Starting Memes ===
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{{Ideology|section=1}}
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In addition to the above, some [[memes]] affect the starting scenario in one or more ways.
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! Meme !! Starts with tech !! Allows to Build !! Others
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! '''[[Blindsight]]'''<br/>[[File:Blindsight.png|64px]]
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| - || - || Pawns will start [[Blindness|blinded]]
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|-
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! '''High life'''<br/>[[File:High life.png|64px]]
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| - || [[Autobong]]<br/>[[Mindbend carpet]] || -
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|-
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! '''Pain is virtue'''<br/>[[File:Pain is virtue.png|64px]]
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| - || [[Slab bed]]<br/>[[Slab double bed]] || Starting Pawns will have [[scar]]s. <br/>Though its memes, nullifies:
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* "Ate without table -3"
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* "Slept outside -4"
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* "Slept on ground -4"
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* "Soaking wet -3"
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* "Slept in the cold -4"
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* "Slept in the heat -4"
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|-
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! '''Transhumanist'''<br/>[[File:Transhumanist.png|64px]]
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| - || [[Hex carpet]]<br/>[[Hex tile]]<br/>[[Neural supercharger]]<br/>[[Sleep accelerator]] || -
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|-
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! '''Tree connection'''<br/>[[File:Tree connection.png|64px]]
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| [[Tree sowing]] || - || Though its memes, nullifies:
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* "Ate without table -3"
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* "Slept outside -4"
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* "Slept on ground -4"
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* "Soaking wet -3"
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* "Slept in the cold -4"
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* "Slept in the heat -4"
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! '''Tunneler'''<br/>[[File:Tunneler.png|64px]]
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| [[Research#Stonecutting|Stonecutting]] || [[Fungal gravel]] || Grants the [[Ideoligion#Small spaces|Small spaces]] meme.
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! '''Bloodfeeding'''<br/>{{BiotechIcon}}<br/>[[File:Bloodfeeding.png|64px]]
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| [[Research#Electricity|Electricity]]<br/>[[Deathrest]] || - || -
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==Default Scenarios==
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These four scenarios are in the base game. Each offers a different set of challenges, and encourages different playstyles to a certain extent. For example: you could start off as a 'rich explorer' who came from a high-tech glitterworld but yearned to explore the universe, or you could also start as a desperate tribe that's on the brink of starvation after fleeing from a devastating group of '[[mechanoid|blood machines]]'. On the other hand, you could be managing a few crashlanded civilians who barely escaped an assaulted passenger liner with their lives.
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Here are the four scenarios listed in order as shown in game:
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!!! Crashlanded !! Lost Tribe !! The Rich Explorer !! Naked Brutality
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! Summary
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| Three crashlanded survivors - the classic RimWorld experience. || Five lost tribespeople attempt to rebuild. Difficult. ||  One rich explorer out to experience the universe. Extra difficult. ||Naked, alone, and utterly unprepared. Can you survive? Extremely difficult and unfair.
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| rowspan=2|The three of you awake in your cryptosleep sarcophagi to the sound of sirens and ripping metal. You barely get to the escape pods before the ship is torn apart. Some time later, you land on this unknown rimworld. || Your tribe was destroyed by the great blood machines sent by the gods. Five of you managed to escape. Now, it's time to build up a new home.|| People called you crazy for leaving your glitterworld home, but you always yearned to explore the stars - outside the neurosimulator. Now you're at the end of your long journey in cryptosleep, landing on an unknown rimworld to see what it's like.  || You went under anesthetic for a minor surgery. Now you've awoken in a drop pod crashing into a distant planet. You're naked, alone and utterly unprepared. Can you survive?
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| '''Note:''' Since you'll start poor and research slowly, this is a difficult scenario. || '''Note:''' Since your starting character will lack some skills, this is an especially difficult scenario in the early game. || '''Warning:''' There is nothing fair about this scenario - it is extremely difficult and death can happen for any reason.
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! Scenario Type
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| New Arrivals || New Tribe || New Arrivals || New Arrivals
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! Starting pawns
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| Start with three people, chosen from eight
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* Arrive in drop pods
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* 50% chance of having [[cryptosleep sickness]] (Only lasts 3.2 to 4.8 in-game hours)
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* All potential options will have backstories from the "Offworld" category.
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|Start with five people, chosen from eight
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* They have a 50% chance of starting with [[malnutrition]]
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** Severity ranges from 20% (minor) to 40% (moderate)
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* They will have a 'food' need between 0-10%
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* All potential options will have backstories from the "Tribal" category.
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| Start with one person, chosen from eight
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* Arrive in drop pods
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* All potential options will have backstories from the "Offworld" category.
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| Start with one person, chosen from eight
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* All potential options will have backstories from the "Offworld" category.
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|-
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! Starting Pet
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| One random pet, which will be bonded to a random colonist
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| 3 random pets
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* Has a 100% chance of being bonded with random colonists
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* Has a 100% chance of being bonded with the starting colonist
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| One random pet, which will be bonded to the starting colonist
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| None
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|-
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! Starting Techs
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* [[Scenario system#Tech Packs|New Arrival Package]]
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* [[Scenario system#Tech Packs|New Tribe Package]]
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* [[Scenario system#Tech Packs|New Arrival Package]]
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* [[Research#Smithing|Smithing]]
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* [[Research#Machining|Machining]]
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* [[Research#Gunsmithing|Gunsmithing]]
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* [[Research#Blowback Operation|Blowback Operation]]
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* [[Research#Gun turrets|Gun Turrets]]
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* [[Scenario system#Tech Packs|New Arrival Package]]
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|-
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! rowspan=3 | Starting Supplies
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* 800 [[silver]]
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* 50 [[packaged survival meal]]s (around 8 days worth of food)
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* 30 [[components]]
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* 30 [[medicine]]
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* 200 [[silver]]
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* 400 [[pemmican]] (slightly more than 2 day's worth of food, 300 pre-Beta 19)
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* 20 [[herbal medicine]]
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* 2,000 [[silver]]
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* 40 [[packaged survival meal]]s (around 20 days worth of food)
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* 30 [[component]]s
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* 30 [[glitterworld medicine]]
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* 30 [[gold]]
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* No supplies
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| Nearby building materials
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* 450 [[steel]]
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* 300 [[wood]]
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| Nearby building materials
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* 500 [[wood]]
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| Nearby building materials
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* 450 [[steel]]
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* 300 [[wood]]
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|Various resources scattered around the map
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* 3 [[ship chunk]]s
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* 720 [[steel]]
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* 7 [[packaged survival meal]]s
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| 1 to 2 [[steel slag chunk]]s from the drop pod.
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! Others
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| Start with three normal-quality weapons
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* 1 [[bolt-action rifle]]
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* 1 [[revolver]]
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* 1 plasteel [[knife]]
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Start with three pieces of armor (in addition to synthread clothes)
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* 1 plasteel [[flak helmet]]
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* 1 [[flak pants]]
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* 1 [[flak vest]]
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| Start with 6 weapons
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* 2 [[short bow]]s
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* 1 bundle of [[pila]]
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* 1 wooden [[club]]
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* 1 steel [[ikwa]]
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* 1 [[Jade knife]] (unique item to this scenario only)
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Start with a high-tech weapon
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* 1 [[charge rifle]]
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| Colonist arrives naked
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{{Biotech|section=1}}
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!!! The Mechanitor !! The Sanguophage
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! Summary
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| One mechanitor and a few servant mechanoids. || One crashlanded sanguophage needing blood to survive, and one human colonist.
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| You knew you could only achieve greatness with help. People were too unreliable, so you chose to take on mechanoids as your servants, workers, and warriors. As you gained strength, others became fearful. It became clear you needed to get away from the influence of humanity. Now you've migrated to this sparsely-populated rimworld with some of your metallic helpers. Finally, you have the space to grasp your true potential!
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| When a dark stranger offered you a cure for your cancer, you were ready to agree to anything. He made you into a sanguophage - an immortal blood-drinker hated by a thousand religions. You hid your condition for years, but eventually a hunter tracked you down. Stowing away on the first starship leaving the system, you barely escaped alive.
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| '''Note:''' Since your starting character will lack some skills, this is a difficult scenario. || '''Note:''' Sanguophages have unique strengths and weaknesses, which makes this a difficult scenario.
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! Scenario Type
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| colspan=2 | {{center|New Arrivals}}
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! Starting pawns
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| Start with one person, chosen from eight
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* They will always be a [[mechanitor]]
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* Forced trait: [[Recluse]]
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* Forbidden traits: [[Body purist]], [[Psychically dull]], [[Psychically deaf]]
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* They will always be capable of Intellectual
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* They will always be equipped with:
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** 1x [[Flak vest]]
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** 1x [[Duster]]
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** 1x [[Button-down shirt]]
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** 1x [[Pants]]
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** 1x [[Airwire headset]]
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** 1x Masterwork [[Biocoded]] [[Autopistol]]
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* Arrive in drop pods
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* All potential options will have backstories from the "Offworld" category.
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| Starts with 2 persons:
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* One adult/children [[sanguophage]] and one baseliner colonist of any age.
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* Arrive in drop pods
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|-
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! Starting Mechanoids
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* 1 [[Lifter]]
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* 1 [[Constructoid]]
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! Starting Techs
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* [[Scenario system#Tech Packs|New Arrival Package]]
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* [[Research#Microelectronics|Microelectronics]]
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* [[Research#Basic mechtech|Basic mechtech]]
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* [[Battery]]
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* [[Scenario system#Tech Packs|New Arrival Package]]
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* [[Deathrest]]
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|-
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! Starting Supplies
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* 1,000 [[silver]]
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* 40 [[packaged survival meal]]s (around 20 days worth of food)
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* 55 [[component]]s
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* 10 [[medicine]]
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* 100 [[plasteel]]
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* 900 [[steel]]
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* 300 [[wood]]
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* 5 [[Basic subcore]]
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* 2,000 [[silver]]
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* 30 [[packaged survival meal]]s (around 15 days worth of food)
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* 10 [[component]]s
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* 20 [[medicine]]
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* 100 [[plasteel]]
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* 200 [[steel]]
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* 200 [[wood]]
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* 30 [[Hemogen pack]]
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* 1 Masterwork Steel [[Longsword]]
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|-
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! Others
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| The exostrider remains that usually spawn on the starting map will also be disabled. ||style="text-align: center">| -
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{{Anomaly|section=1}}
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! colspan=2 | The Anomaly
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|-
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! Summary
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| Three researchers and a ghoul investigate an ancient monolith.<br>
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|-
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! rowspan=2 | Description
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| Your research expedition has finally arrived at the source of the anomalous signal: an ancient archotech monolith on a distant planet. As you survey the structure from orbit, the scanner's audio feed forms garbled syllables which repeat your own name over and over. Your crewmate screams as her flesh begins flowing and reforming. A blinding beam of energy reaches up from the planet and tears your research vessel apart. You have disturbed something ancient and inhuman.
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|-
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| '''Note:''' This is a difficult scenario and is not recommended for new players.
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! Scenario Type
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| {{Hover title|As New Arrivals, but with labcoats and relevant backstories|Research Expedition}}
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|-
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! Starting pawns
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| Start with one ghoul and three colonists.
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* They have a 4% chance{{Check Tag|Each?}} of having a flesh tentacle, flesh whip, fleshmass lung, or fleshmass stomach
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* Arrive in drop pods
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|-
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! Starting Techs
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| Start with technology already researched
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* [[Scenario system#Tech Packs|New Arrival Package]]
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* [[Research#Security door|Security door]]
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* [[Research#Battery|Battery]]
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|-
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! Starting Supplies
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|
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* 50 [[packaged survival meal]]s (around 16 days worth of food)
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* 100 [[twisted meat]]
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* 45 [[medicine]]
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* 45 [[component]]
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* 1 [[holding platform]]
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* 1 [[proximity detector]]
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* 2 [[Quality|normal]] [[textbook]]s
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* 1 [[Quality|good]] [[tome]]
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* 1 [[Quality|normal]] [[pump shotgun]]
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* 1 [[Quality|normal]] [[Steel]] [[knife]]
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* 1 [[shard]]
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* 2 [[turret pack]]s
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* 100 [[bioferrite]]
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* 250 [[wood]]
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* 800 [[steel]]
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* 70 [[plasteel]]
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* Various resources scattered around the map
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** 5 [[ship chunk]]s
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** 700 [[steel]]
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|-
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! Others
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|
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* After 12-15 days, a ghoul transport pod crash incident will occur.
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* The [[monolith]] is activated from the start
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== Scenario editor ==
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[[File:ScenarioEditor.png|200px|thumb|Scenario edit mode]]
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The scenario editor looks somewhat like the default scenario choosing window except for the left side of the page has changed, there are now three buttons: Load, which you can use to load your previously saved custom scenarios. Save, which is used to save your custom scenarios. And randomize seed, which is used to randomize the scenario. Under these buttons is the Edit mode, which you can toggle to open a window like the one on the bottom-right.
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=== Edit mode ===
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In this mode, you can change a scenario however you want. Each of the parts on the right of the window is explained below, including the possible inputs.
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==== Mandatory parts ====
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<div><li style="display: inline-table;">
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{| {{STDT| sortable c_07 text-center}}
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! Part name
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! Description
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! Possible inputs
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|-
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! Title
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| The title for the scenario.
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| Text
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|-
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! Summary
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| A short version of the description for the scenario.
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| Text
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|-
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! Description
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| The description for the scenario.
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| Text
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|-
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! Player faction
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| The type of faction you will run. (changes what research you have and don't have)
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| New Arrivals<br>New Tribe
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|-
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! Starting people
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| The number of people you will start with.
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| Number (max 10)
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|-
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! Starting people {{BiotechIcon}}
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| The number of people you will start with and what kind of xeno races. (More can be added)
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| Number (max 10)<br>Racetype<br>Required? (Cannot go below 1)
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|-
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! Arrival method
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| How your colonists will arrive.
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| Standing<br>Drop pods
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|}
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==== Voluntary parts ====
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{| {{STDT| sortable c_07 text-center}}
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! Part name
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! Description
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! Possible inputs
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|-
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! Allowed age range
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| The biological age range of your starting colonists.
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| Number slider (min 15, max 120)
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|-
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! Characters explode on death
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| Self explanatory. Number determines radius.
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| Number (max 1000000000) and type of explosion (bomb or flame)
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|-
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! Create incident
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| Creating of an [[events|incident]] for the colony, with the option to repeat every X days.
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| Number (max 1000000000)<br />Repeat checkbox
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|-
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! Disable exostrider remains {{BiotechIcon}}
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| Disable chance of exostrider remains showing up. Recommended not to start without [[Mechanitor]] as this disables the ability to get the required implant for Mechanoid control.
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| None (Only can be added once)
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|-
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! Disable incident
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| Disabling of an incident for the colony.
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| Any incident
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|-
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! Disallow building
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| Disallows a building from being built.
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| Any building
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|-
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! Forced health condition
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| Forces the characters specified to have a specific health condition.
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| Type of health condition<br />Severity of the condition<br />Chance for having the condition<br />Who will have the condition
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|-
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! Forced trait
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| Forces the characters specified to have a specific trait.
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| Trait<br />Chance for having the trait<br />Who will have the trait
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|-
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! Game start dialog
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| Text shown at the start of the game
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| Text
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|-
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! Naked
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| Chance of colonists or planet inhabitants being naked
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| Chance of nudity<br />Who will be naked
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|-
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! Permanent game condition
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| Forces the world to have a constant planetary effect
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| Game condition
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|-
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! Permanent map condition
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| Forces the map to have the specified map condition permanently on
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| Map condition
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|-
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! Planetkiller weapon incoming
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| Makes the game end after a specified amount of days
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| Number (max 1000000000)
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|-
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! Scattered randomly
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| Makes the game scatter the specified items randomly around the map.
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| Item<br />Number (max 100000000000)
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|-
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! Set need level
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| Sets the starting level of need until the characters can restore themselves.
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| Need<br />Severity of need<br />Chance<br />Who the need is applied to
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|-
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! Start near
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| Makes the game spawn the specified items near your starting location.
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| Item<br />Number (max 100000000000)
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|-
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! Start with
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| Makes the game drop the specified items to your starting location.
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| Item<br />Number (max 100000000000)
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|-
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! Start with animal(s)
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| Makes the game start you with the specified animals as pets.
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| Number (max 100000000000)<br>Animal
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|-
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! Start with mechanoid{{BiotechIcon}}
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| Makes the game start you with the specified controllable mechanoids
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| Number (max 100000000000)<br>Mechanoid
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|-
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! Start with research
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| Makes the game start you with the specified research.
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| Research
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|-
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! Stat multiplier
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| The multiplier for [[Stat]]s
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| Number (max 10000)
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|}
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These parts are self explanatory and require no input: Cannot mine, cannot sow, cannot tame and cannot hunt.
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== Version history ==
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* [[Version/0.12.906|0.12.906]] - Colonies now start with a pet.
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* [[Version/0.14.1234|0.14.1234]] - Scenario system added. The previous default experience is now the Crashlanded scenario.
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* [[Version/0.19.2009|0.19.2009]] - Naked Brutality scenario added.
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* ? - Crashlanded scenario's starting packaged survival meals increased from 44 to 50.
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* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - Fix: You can start as a psychically deaf mechanitor.
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* [[Version/1.4.3563|1.4.3563]] - Fix: [[Children]]{{BiotechIcon}} generated at tribal game start don't have [[Psyfocus|natural meditation focus]].{{RoyaltyIcon}}
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[[Category:RimWorld game]]

Latest revision as of 01:00, 30 November 2024

Basics Menus Game Creation Gameplay Pawns Plants Resources Gear Mods
Game Creation Scenario system AI Storytellers World Generation Biomes
Default scenario choosing window, with the Biotech DLC installed and one custom-set scenario.

The scenario system allows you to choose, randomize, and customize special situations to play in. Determine the starting situation, type of community (tribe, colony), permanent map conditions, starting items, animals, health conditions, traits, and change special rules. In the image on the right, you can see the window for choosing scenarios and the "Open Steam Workshop" button (if you are using the steam version of the game).

New Tribe vs New Arrivals[edit]

Starting scenarios can be roughly grouped into one of two types, determined by the faction type the player will inherit. These are:

  • New tribes: Inherited by the "Lost Tribe" default scenario, and selectable in the scenario editor.
  • New arrivals: Inherited by the "Crashlanded", "Rich Explorer", and "Naked Brutality" default scenarios, and selectable in the scenario editor.

There are some significant differences between the New Tribe and New Arrivals scenarios.

Research[edit]

The most significant difference is the starting research and the long term effects on research speed. New Tribes begin with a different, and lower tech, set of research projects already completed, as described below. Note that custom and default scenarios may also add additional technologies to these lists.

Furthermore, new tribes start with a tech level of "Neolithic", while new arrivals begin with a tech level of "Industrial". This increases the research points required by new tribes by +50% per level for technologies above Neolithic, capped at 200% (Industrial). Note that most techs on the research tree are classified as Industrial or higher.

Starting Research
New Tribe New Arrivals
Project tech
level 		Research cost multiplier
New Tribe New Arrivals
Neolithic 100% 100%
Medieval 150% 100%
Industrial 200% 100%
Spacer 200% 100%
Ultra 200% 100%


Other differences[edit]

New Tribe New Arrivals
Can build the Hoopstone ring
Stuff 20 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 200 for SMVs), 100
(Rec Power: 100%) 		Can build the Horseshoes pin
Stuff 10 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 100 for SMVs), 100
(Rec Power: 100%)
Can build the Game-of-Ur board
Stuff 35 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 350 for SMVs), 8,000
(Rec Power: 80%) 		Can build the Chess table
Stuff 70 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 700 for SMVs), 8,000
(Rec Power: 100%)
Starting pawns:
  • Have backstories from the "Tribal" category, which have the Natural meditation focus. This allows most tribals to meditate at the Anima treeContent added by the Royalty DLC.
    • 3 player created backstories lack the natural mediation focus but can appear as possible starting pawns. These include:
      • Samantha 'Sam' Haxton's Ranger Child
      • Valentin 'Val' Anastasi's Mad scientist
      • Christian 'Wolle' Alberts's Gamer Fanatic
    • Any childrenContent added by the Biotech DLC of a tribe also gain the natural meditation focus, unless Vatgrown for enough time.
  • Have a 2% chance to have one of the following artificial body parts: Denture Peg leg Wooden foot Wooden hand
 Starting pawns:
Recruitment difficulty increased by 32% for the factions: [This may not be true.] Recruitment difficulty increased by 32% for the factions: [This may not be true.]
Tribals forage 70% more food while traveling. See Caravan for details.
Can craft the tribal headdress and war mask
IdeologyIcon.png
This section relates to content added by Ideology (DLC). Please note that it will not be present without the DLC enabled.
Allows the Drum party Ritual Allows the Dance party Ritual

Starting Memes[edit]

IdeologyIcon.png
This section relates to content added by Ideology (DLC). Please note that it will not be present without the DLC enabled.

In addition to the above, some memes affect the starting scenario in one or more ways.

Meme Starts with tech Allows to Build Others
Blindsight
Blindsight.png 		- - Pawns will start blinded
High life
High life.png 		- Autobong
Mindbend carpet		 -
Pain is virtue
Pain is virtue.png 		- Slab bed
Slab double bed		 Starting Pawns will have scars.
Though its memes, nullifies:
  • "Ate without table -3"
  • "Slept outside -4"
  • "Slept on ground -4"
  • "Soaking wet -3"
  • "Slept in the cold -4"
  • "Slept in the heat -4"
Transhumanist
Transhumanist.png 		- Hex carpet
Hex tile
Neural supercharger
Sleep accelerator		 -
Tree connection
Tree connection.png 		Tree sowing - Though its memes, nullifies:
  • "Ate without table -3"
  • "Slept outside -4"
  • "Slept on ground -4"
  • "Soaking wet -3"
  • "Slept in the cold -4"
  • "Slept in the heat -4"
Tunneler
Tunneler.png 		Stonecutting Fungal gravel Grants the Small spaces meme.
Bloodfeeding
Content added by the Biotech DLC
Bloodfeeding.png 		Electricity
Deathrest		 - -

Default Scenarios[edit]

These four scenarios are in the base game. Each offers a different set of challenges, and encourages different playstyles to a certain extent. For example: you could start off as a 'rich explorer' who came from a high-tech glitterworld but yearned to explore the universe, or you could also start as a desperate tribe that's on the brink of starvation after fleeing from a devastating group of 'blood machines'. On the other hand, you could be managing a few crashlanded civilians who barely escaped an assaulted passenger liner with their lives.

Here are the four scenarios listed in order as shown in game:

Crashlanded Lost Tribe The Rich Explorer Naked Brutality
Summary Three crashlanded survivors - the classic RimWorld experience. Five lost tribespeople attempt to rebuild. Difficult. One rich explorer out to experience the universe. Extra difficult. Naked, alone, and utterly unprepared. Can you survive? Extremely difficult and unfair.
Description The three of you awake in your cryptosleep sarcophagi to the sound of sirens and ripping metal. You barely get to the escape pods before the ship is torn apart. Some time later, you land on this unknown rimworld. Your tribe was destroyed by the great blood machines sent by the gods. Five of you managed to escape. Now, it's time to build up a new home. People called you crazy for leaving your glitterworld home, but you always yearned to explore the stars - outside the neurosimulator. Now you're at the end of your long journey in cryptosleep, landing on an unknown rimworld to see what it's like. You went under anesthetic for a minor surgery. Now you've awoken in a drop pod crashing into a distant planet. You're naked, alone and utterly unprepared. Can you survive?
Note: Since you'll start poor and research slowly, this is a difficult scenario. Note: Since your starting character will lack some skills, this is an especially difficult scenario in the early game. Warning: There is nothing fair about this scenario - it is extremely difficult and death can happen for any reason.
Scenario Type New Arrivals New Tribe New Arrivals New Arrivals
Starting pawns Start with three people, chosen from eight
  • Arrive in drop pods
  • 50% chance of having cryptosleep sickness (Only lasts 3.2 to 4.8 in-game hours)
  • All potential options will have backstories from the "Offworld" category.
 Start with five people, chosen from eight
  • They have a 50% chance of starting with malnutrition
    • Severity ranges from 20% (minor) to 40% (moderate)
  • They will have a 'food' need between 0-10%
  • All potential options will have backstories from the "Tribal" category.
 Start with one person, chosen from eight
  • Arrive in drop pods
  • All potential options will have backstories from the "Offworld" category.
 Start with one person, chosen from eight
  • All potential options will have backstories from the "Offworld" category.
Starting Pet One random pet, which will be bonded to a random colonist 3 random pets
  • Has a 100% chance of being bonded with random colonists
  • Has a 100% chance of being bonded with the starting colonist
 One random pet, which will be bonded to the starting colonist None
Starting Techs
Starting Supplies
  • No supplies
Nearby building materials Nearby building materials Nearby building materials -
Various resources scattered around the map - - 1 to 2 steel slag chunks from the drop pod.
Others Start with three normal-quality weapons

Start with three pieces of armor (in addition to synthread clothes)

Start with 6 weapons

Start with a high-tech weapon

Colonist arrives naked
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This section relates to content added by Biotech (DLC). Please note that it will not be present without the DLC enabled.
The Mechanitor The Sanguophage
Summary One mechanitor and a few servant mechanoids. One crashlanded sanguophage needing blood to survive, and one human colonist.
Description You knew you could only achieve greatness with help. People were too unreliable, so you chose to take on mechanoids as your servants, workers, and warriors. As you gained strength, others became fearful. It became clear you needed to get away from the influence of humanity. Now you've migrated to this sparsely-populated rimworld with some of your metallic helpers. Finally, you have the space to grasp your true potential! When a dark stranger offered you a cure for your cancer, you were ready to agree to anything. He made you into a sanguophage - an immortal blood-drinker hated by a thousand religions. You hid your condition for years, but eventually a hunter tracked you down. Stowing away on the first starship leaving the system, you barely escaped alive.
Note: Since your starting character will lack some skills, this is a difficult scenario. Note: Sanguophages have unique strengths and weaknesses, which makes this a difficult scenario.
Scenario Type
New Arrivals
Starting pawns Start with one person, chosen from eight Starts with 2 persons:
  • One adult/children sanguophage and one baseliner colonist of any age.
  • Arrive in drop pods
Starting Mechanoids -
Starting Techs
Starting Supplies
Others The exostrider remains that usually spawn on the starting map will also be disabled. -
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This section relates to content added by Anomaly (DLC). Please note that it will not be present without the DLC enabled.
The Anomaly
Summary Three researchers and a ghoul investigate an ancient monolith.
Description Your research expedition has finally arrived at the source of the anomalous signal: an ancient archotech monolith on a distant planet. As you survey the structure from orbit, the scanner's audio feed forms garbled syllables which repeat your own name over and over. Your crewmate screams as her flesh begins flowing and reforming. A blinding beam of energy reaches up from the planet and tears your research vessel apart. You have disturbed something ancient and inhuman.
Note: This is a difficult scenario and is not recommended for new players.
Scenario Type Research Expedition
Starting pawns Start with one ghoul and three colonists.
  • They have a 4% chance[Each?] of having a flesh tentacle, flesh whip, fleshmass lung, or fleshmass stomach
  • Arrive in drop pods
Starting Techs Start with technology already researched
Starting Supplies
Others
  • After 12-15 days, a ghoul transport pod crash incident will occur.
  • The monolith is activated from the start

Scenario editor[edit]

Scenario edit mode

The scenario editor looks somewhat like the default scenario choosing window except for the left side of the page has changed, there are now three buttons: Load, which you can use to load your previously saved custom scenarios. Save, which is used to save your custom scenarios. And randomize seed, which is used to randomize the scenario. Under these buttons is the Edit mode, which you can toggle to open a window like the one on the bottom-right.

Edit mode[edit]

In this mode, you can change a scenario however you want. Each of the parts on the right of the window is explained below, including the possible inputs.

Mandatory parts[edit]

  • Part name Description Possible inputs
    Title The title for the scenario. Text
    Summary A short version of the description for the scenario. Text
    Description The description for the scenario. Text
    Player faction The type of faction you will run. (changes what research you have and don't have) New Arrivals
    New Tribe
    Starting people The number of people you will start with. Number (max 10)
    Starting people Content added by the Biotech DLC The number of people you will start with and what kind of xeno races. (More can be added) Number (max 10)
    Racetype
    Required? (Cannot go below 1)
    Arrival method How your colonists will arrive. Standing
    Drop pods

    • Voluntary parts[edit]

    Part name Description Possible inputs
    Allowed age range The biological age range of your starting colonists. Number slider (min 15, max 120)
    Characters explode on death Self explanatory. Number determines radius. Number (max 1000000000) and type of explosion (bomb or flame)
    Create incident Creating of an incident for the colony, with the option to repeat every X days. Number (max 1000000000)
    Repeat checkbox
    Disable exostrider remains Content added by the Biotech DLC Disable chance of exostrider remains showing up. Recommended not to start without Mechanitor as this disables the ability to get the required implant for Mechanoid control. None (Only can be added once)
    Disable incident Disabling of an incident for the colony. Any incident
    Disallow building Disallows a building from being built. Any building
    Forced health condition Forces the characters specified to have a specific health condition. Type of health condition
    Severity of the condition
    Chance for having the condition
    Who will have the condition
    Forced trait Forces the characters specified to have a specific trait. Trait
    Chance for having the trait
    Who will have the trait
    Game start dialog Text shown at the start of the game Text
    Naked Chance of colonists or planet inhabitants being naked Chance of nudity
    Who will be naked
    Permanent game condition Forces the world to have a constant planetary effect Game condition
    Permanent map condition Forces the map to have the specified map condition permanently on Map condition
    Planetkiller weapon incoming Makes the game end after a specified amount of days Number (max 1000000000)
    Scattered randomly Makes the game scatter the specified items randomly around the map. Item
    Number (max 100000000000)
    Set need level Sets the starting level of need until the characters can restore themselves. Need
    Severity of need
    Chance
    Who the need is applied to
    Start near Makes the game spawn the specified items near your starting location. Item
    Number (max 100000000000)
    Start with Makes the game drop the specified items to your starting location. Item
    Number (max 100000000000)
    Start with animal(s) Makes the game start you with the specified animals as pets. Number (max 100000000000)
    Animal
    Start with mechanoidContent added by the Biotech DLC Makes the game start you with the specified controllable mechanoids Number (max 100000000000)
    Mechanoid
    Start with research Makes the game start you with the specified research. Research
    Stat multiplier The multiplier for Stats Number (max 10000)

    These parts are self explanatory and require no input: Cannot mine, cannot sow, cannot tame and cannot hunt.

    Version history[edit]

    • 0.12.906 - Colonies now start with a pet.
    • 0.14.1234 - Scenario system added. The previous default experience is now the Crashlanded scenario.
    • 0.19.2009 - Naked Brutality scenario added.
    • ? - Crashlanded scenario's starting packaged survival meals increased from 44 to 50.
    • 1.4.3555 - Fix: You can start as a psychically deaf mechanitor.
    • 1.4.3563 - Fix: ChildrenContent added by the Biotech DLC generated at tribal game start don't have natural meditation focus.Content added by the Royalty DLC
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