Ideoligion

Ideoligions are both a system of mechanics introduced by, and the primary focus of, the Ideology DLC. They allow colonies to introduce a variety of new restrictions and capabilities to change gameplay, as well as new interactions with other factions.

Structure

Choosing your structure affects which symbols the game uses for your ideoligion. It does not affect gameplay.

Image	Structure	Description	Styles	Unlocked Rituals	Chance to Have Precept
	Abstract theist	The god(s) do not have physical form, but are everywhere at once. They know all, and can do anything. Their will defines the moral structure of the universe.
	Animist	Spirits live in everything around us. In the plants and animals, rivers and trees, sky and stars. The moral structure of the universe springs from the necessity of respecting them.	Animalist
	Archist	Archotechs are the true gods. They know the moral structure of the universe, and serving them is how we will connect with it.
	Buddhist origin	This ideoligion is a descendant of ancient Buddhism. It may have very different precepts than those of thousands of years ago, but its symbols are similar.	Buddhist	Smokeleaf circle	Headwrap: Relaxed Broadwrap: Relaxed
	Christian origin	This is a variant of the abstract theist structure. This ideoligion is a descendant of ancient Christianity. It may have very different precepts than those of thousands of years ago, but its symbols are similar.	Christian	Christmas tree party	Headwrap: Relaxed Broadwrap: Relaxed
	Embodied theist	The god(s) walk the planets like us, yet they are powerful and immortal as we are not. They decide the moral structure of the universe.
	Hindu origin	This is a variant of the embodied theist structure. This ideoligion is a descendant of ancient Hinduism. It may have very different precepts than those of thousands of years ago, but its symbols are similar.	Hindu	Smokeleaf circle	Headwrap: Relaxed Broadwrap: Relaxed
	Ideological	There are no gods. The moral structure of the universe is found in our grand narrative of social forces.		Symbol burning
	Islamic origin	This is a variant of the abstract theist structure. This ideoligion is a descendant of ancient Islam. It may have very different precepts than those of thousands of years ago, but its symbols are similar.	Islamic		Headwrap: Relaxed Broadwrap: Relaxed

Cultures

Cultures affect names, appearances, and symbols.

Image	Culture	Factions Allowed	Description
	Astropolitan	New Arrivals	A broad collection of cultures common among frequent space travelers.
	Rustican	Outlander Factions	A hardy industrial cultures common among rimworld outlanders.
	Corunan	New Tribe Tribal Factions	An ancient culture common among rimworld tribes.
	Kriminul	Pirate Factions	A broad category describing the styles and practices of many pirate groups.
	Sophian	Empire Faction Ancient Factions	A techno-feudal culture centered on the planet Sophiamunda.

Memes

You must choose one to four memes at the beginning of your playthrough to form the foundational ideas of your ideoligion. Some have much more gameplay impact than others. Hovering over a meme will show you the information in this table.

	Meme	Description	Impact	Required Precepts	Chance to Have Precept	Disabled Precepts	Unlocked Roles	Required Rituals	Unlocked Rituals	New Buildables	Unlocked Craftables	Start with Research	Agreeing Traits	Conflicting Traits	Styles
	Animal personhood	Animals have rights as humans do.	High	Animal connection: Strong Slaughtering animals: Prohibited, Horrible, or Disapproved Meat eating: Abhorrent, Horrible, or Disapproved	-	-	Animals specialist	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Blindsight	Only those who are blind can perceive true reality.	High	Blind psysense: Strong Blindness: Respected, Elevated, or Sublime	-	Blindness: Horrible Lighting: Darklight preferred Combat in darkness: preferred	Medical specialist	Blinding	-	-	Blindfold	-	-	-	-
	Cannibal	We must consume human flesh.	High	Organ use: Acceptable Cannibalism: Preferred, Required (strong), or Required (ravenous) Execution: Don't care, Respected if guilty, or Required	-	Execution: Always horrible or Horrible if innocent	-	-	Cannibal feast	-	-	-	Cannibal	-	Morbid
	Collectivist	A person's role is to serve the community.	Low	Work drive: Tripled	Visage mask: Relaxed	Marriage name: Keep names	-	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Darkness	Bright light burns and destroys! Darkness nourishes and creates. People ought to live in darkness.	High	Lighting: Darklight preferred Combat in darkness: Preferred	-	-	Mining specialist	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Female supremacy	Women are the superior gender and should rule.	Medium	-	Burka: Relaxed Veil: Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Misandrist	-	-
	Flesh purity	The human body should not be debased.	Medium	Drug use: Prohibited Biosculpting: Despised Body modification: Abhorrent Scarification: Horrible	-	Body modification: Approved Physical love: Free and approved	Medical specialist	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	Body purist Nudist	Body modder	-
	Guilty	Our people carry guilt from ages past. Others are more worthy.	Low	Pain: Idealized Charity: Essential, Important, or Worthwhile	-	Apostasy: Abhorrent, Horrible, and Guilty Slavery: Honorable	-	-	Symbol burning	-	Torture crown	-	-	-	-
	High life	Exotic states of mind are central to a good life.	Medium	Drug use: Essential	Flophat: Relaxed	Drug use: Prohibited, Medical only, or Medical/social only	Plants specialist	Smokeleaf circle	Smokeleaf circle	Autobong Mindbend carpet	-	-	Chemical interest Chemical fascination	-	-
	Human primacy	Humans are the moral center of the universe.	Medium	Bonding: Disapproved	-	Slaughtering animals: Prohibited, Horrible, and Disapproved Killing innocent animals: Abhorrent, Horrible, and Disapproved Meat eating: Abhorrent, Horrible, Disapproved, Mildly required, Seriously required, and Strictly required Mining: Prohibited, Horrible, and Disapproved Cutting trees: Prohibited, Horrible, and Disapproved	Production specialist	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Individualist	A community's role is to serve each individual.	Low	-	-	Slavery: Honorable	-	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Loyalist	We stand for our own before others.	Low	-	-	-	-	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Male supremacy	Men are the superior gender and should rule.	Medium	-	Burka: Relaxed Veil: Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Misogynist	-	-
	Nature primacy	Man is a stain on nature's perfection.	Medium	-	-	-	Plants specialist	Scarification	-	-	-	-	-	-	Animalist
	Nudism	Clothing binds, controls, and suffocates us. We should all hang free.	High	Male clothing: Fully nude or Pants at most Female clothing: Fully nude or Pants at most	-	-	-	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	Nudist	-	-
	Pain is virtue	Virtue is shown through suffering of self and others.	High	Pain: Idealized Comfort: Ignored Slab bed: Preferred	-	Charity: Essential, Important, and Worthwhile Execution: Always abhorrent and Always horrible Scarification: Horrible Skullspike: Disapproved	-	Scarification	Symbol burning	Slab bed Slab double bed	Torture crown	-	Ascetic Tortured artist Masochist	Wimp Gourmand	Morbid
	Proselytizer	It is our duty to spread our beliefs.	Medium	Proselytizing: Occasional, Sometimes, or Frequent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Raider	The strong should take from the weak.	Medium	Raiding: Respected or Required Execution: Horrible if innocent, Don't care, Respected if guilty, or Required	-	Skullspike: Disapproved Slavery: Abhorrent, Horrible, and Disapproved	Shooting specialist Melee specialist	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rancher	Raising animals is the right way; raising plants to eat is not.	High	Ranching: Central Meat eating: Mildly required, Seriously required, or Strictly required	-	-	Animals specialist	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Supremacist	Our people should dominate all others.	Low	Slavery: Acceptable or Honorable Execution: Required, Respected if guilty, or Don't care	-	Charity: Essential, Important and Worthwhile Skullspike: Disapproved	Shooting specialist Melee specialist	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Transhumanist	Human progress means merging with technology.	Medium	Sleep accelerator: Preferred Neural supercharge: Preferred Biosculpting: Accelerated Age reversal: Demanded Eating nutrient paste: Dont[sic] mind Body modification: Approved	Slicecap: Relaxed	Body modification: Abhorrent or Disapproved	Research specialist	-	-	Hex carpet Hex tile Neural supercharger Sleep accelerator	-	-	Body modder	Body purist	Techist
	Tree connection	Trees are the essence of life, and we must be near them.	High	Trees: Desired	-	-	Plants specialist	-	-	-	-	Tree sowing	-	-	-
	Tunneler	Humans ought to live underground, and enjoy the succulent fruit of the depths.	High	Fungus: Preferred Insect meat: Loved Small spaces: Don't care	-	Mining: Prohibited, Horrible, or Disapproved	Mining specialist	-	-	Fungal gravel	-	Stonecutting	Undergrounder	-	-

Other Faction Customization

Meme	Civil outlander	Rough outlander	Gentle tribe	Fierce tribe	Savage tribe	Cannibal tribe	Nudist tribe	Pirate gang	Pirate cannibal gang	Shattered Empire	Ancient faction
Supremacist		Required			Required			Required	Required	*
Loyalist		*			*					Required
Guilty		*			*					*
Individualist	Required**	*			*					*
Collectivist	Required**									Required
Transhumanist
Flesh purity
Raider								Required	Required
Proselytizer
High life
Nature primacy
Human primacy
Female supremacy
Male supremacy
Animal personhood
Rancher
Pain is virtue
Darkness
Tunneler
Tree connection
Nudism							Required
Blindsight
Cannibal						Required			Required

*Appears on faction's options but conflicts with required meme
**Individualist OR Collectivist must be chosen

Precepts

	Percepts	Description	Approval	Effect
	Animal Connection
	Apostasy
	Biosculpting
	Bonding
	Blindness
	Blind psysense
	Body Modification
	Cannibalism
	Charity
	Corpses	Thoughts on viewing of (rotting) (human) corpses	Ugly Don't care - Needs either Pain is Virtue, Cannibal, Supremacist or Raider meme
	Combat in Darkness	Thoughts on fighting under darkness	Preferred - Required for Darkness Meme
	Cutting trees	Thoughts on cutting trees	Disapproved - Must not have Human primacy Meme Horrible - Must not have Human primacy Meme Prohibited - Must not have Human primacy Meme
	Diversity of thought
	Eating Nutrient Paste
	Execution
	Fungus	Thoughts on eating Fungus, or any meals containing fungus	Despised Preferred - Needs, and required for Tunneler Meme
	Insect Meat	Thoughts on eating Insect Meat, or any meals containing it.	Despised Preferred - Needs, and required for Tunneler Meme
	Gauranlen Connection	Feelings of connection to the Gauranlen Tree	Great - Needs, and required for Tree connection Meme
	Lightness	Feelings of walking under the light.	Darklight preferred - Required for Darkness Meme
	Meat Eating	Feelings of eating meat, or any meals containing meat	Abhorrent - Required for Animal personhood Meme Horrible - Required for Animal personhood Meme Disapproved - Required for Animal personhood Meme Mildly Required - Required for Rancher Meme Seriously Required - Required for Rancher Meme Strictly Required - Required for Rancher Meme
	Marriage Name
	Organ use
	Raiding	Feeling of raiding faction's minor and major bases	Respected - Required for Raider Meme Required - Required for Raider Meme
	Rough Living	Feeling of doing actions that usually affects pawn's mood (Sleeping on ground for instance)	Welcomed - Needs either Tree Connection or Pain is Virtue Meme.
	Slavery
	Small Space	Feelings of being inside a small space	Don't care - Needs, and required for Tunneler Meme
	Temperature		Tough - Needs either Tree Connection or Pain is Virtue Meme.

Roles

General info

Some factors are consistent across roles all roles.

Roles can have assigned equipment that they will demand when they have the role - they get a -? Mood debuff without it and a +? mood buff with it.

Only New Tribe colonies can select the War mask and Tribal headdress as options, while only New Arrivals colonies can select the Slicecap and Beret .

Leaders

A leader who holds the group together and represents your faction in diplomatic interactions.

Will always be restricted to any Supreme gender selected.

Moral Guide abilities share a cooldown of 600,000 ticks (166.67 mins) or 10 in-game days.

Leaders can select between these apparels as assigned equipment:

• Headwrap
• Broadwrap
• War mask
• Slicecap
• Visage mask
• Authority cap
• Cowboy hat
• Tribal headdress
• Beret

Ability Image	Ability	Abililty Desc	Ability Effect
	Leader Speech	A rousing speech intended to improve morale. Colonists will gather, and the leader will speak for a few hours. If all goes well, listeners will feel inspired, and gain respect for the leader. If it goes poorly, the speech will do social damage.	?
	Work Drive	Call on a person to work harder for some time.	The sense of being called upon by a leader to work harder. Global Work Speed +50%
	Combat Command	Create an aura that boosts the combat skills of everyone nearby. The effect lasts 24 hours and remains attached to the leader for the duration.	Combat abilities are boosted thanks to being near someone who is using the combat command ability. Shooting Accuracy +3 Melee Hit Chance +3 AoE: 9.9 tile radius aura centered on Caster Duration: Aura: 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) or 1 in-game day Effect: While in aura radius
	Trial	A trial over some heinous accusation. The initiator will accuse someone of terrible wrongdoing and gather people for a trial. Spectators will listen as the accuser and accused argue back and forth, then decide if the accusation is true. If the accused is convicted, you can freely banish, arrest or execute them and nobody will mind. The chance of a conviction depends on the social abilities of the accused and accuser, and the number of spectators.	If successful, you are allowed to execute, banish, or arrest a person without social consequences.

Moral Guides

A moral/spiritual leader who heads rituals and personally counsels believers

Moral Guide abilities share a cooldown of 180,000 ticks (50 mins) or 3 in-game days.

Moral Guides can select between these apparels as assigned equipment:

• Cape
• Veil
• Hood
• Headwrap
• Broadwrap
• Burka
• Tribal headdress, only for tribal factions
• War mask, only for tribal factions
• Slicecap, requires Transhumanist meme
• Visage mask

Ability Image	Ability	Abililty Desc	Ability Effect
	Convert	Attempt to convert someone to the speaker's ideoligion. This will reduce the target's certainty in their own beliefs. The certainty reduction depends on the speaker's negotiation ability.	?
	Counsel	Offer counsel to a person to cancel the effects of a sad memory. The chance of success depends on the speaker's social skills and their relationship with the listener.	?
	Reassure	Increase someone's certainty in their own beliefs. The regained certainty is based on the speaker's negotiation ability.	?
	Conversion Ritual	Try to persuade someone into joining your ideoligion. If it goes well, target's ideoligion certainty will be reduced or they will convert. If it goes badly, they will gain certainty in their old beliefs.	?
	Preach Health	Preach moral strength to a sick or wounded person through the concepts of your ideology. This will improve their rate of wound healing and immunity gain.	This person's will to survive was reinforced by a talk with a moral guide of their ideoligion. That moral certainty has improved their healing and immunization gain rates. Immunity Gain Speed +0.25% Injury Healing Factor +0.25% AoE: 1 target, touch range Cast time: 12s Duration: 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) or 1 in-game day Can only be used on pawns with the same Ideoligion as the Moral Guide themselves.

Specialists

Image	Name	Description	Required Memes	Pawn requirements	Bonuses	Disabled Work Types	Ability Image	Ability	Abililty Desc	Ability Effect	Required Equipment
	Shooting Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on ranged combat to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased accuracy and the ability to boost the shooting abilites[sic] of nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to do many kinds of non-shooting-related work.	Raider Supremacist	Shooting skill > 6 Capable of: Shooting Violent	Shooting Accuracy +7 Aiming Time -50%	Crafting Cooking Plantwork Mining Constructing		Marksman Command	Call out shots and boost the shooting skills of everyone nearby. The effect remains attached to the caster for 24 hours.	Someone is using the marksman command ability nearby, boosting this person's shooting abilities. Shooting Accuracy +4 Aiming Time -40% AoE: 9.9 tile radius aura centered on Caster Duration: Aura: 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) or 1 in-game day Effect: While in aura radius	Tailcap
	Animals Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on animals to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased taming and training efficiency, and the ability to boost the animals-related abilities of nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to perform some non-animals-related tasks.<	Animal personhood Rancher	Animals skill > 6 Capable of: Animals	2x Tame Animal Chance 2x Train Animal Chance 0.2x Animal revenge chance	Crafting Cooking Plantwork Mining Constructing		Animal Calm	Use unique methods of connecting with animals to calm a maddened beast.	Hold animal stunned while casting, calms hostile animals if successful. Casting time: 1.5s AoE: Single target? Touch range. Duration: Instantaneous
	Medical Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on medicine to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives improved surgery and tending efficiency, and the ability to boost the medical abilities of nearby allies. Believers who receive care from one of this role will be happy about it. Holders of this role will refuse to perform some non-medical tasks.	Flesh purity Blindsight	Medicine skill > 6 Capable of: Caring	1.5x Medical Tend Quality 1.5x Medical Operation Speed 1.5x Medical Surgery Success Chance Mood buff to pawns treated by this specialist	Violent		Immunity Drive	Offer moral support that energizes the body, boosting someone's immunity gain for one day.	"This person has received moral support of an ideoligious nature. Their mental certainty has energized their body and boosted their immune system." 2x Immunity Gain Speed
	Melee Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on melee combat to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased dodge and hit chance in melee combat and ability to the boost melee abilites for nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to do many kinds of non-melee-related work.	Raider Supremacist	Melee skill > 6 Capable of: Violent	Melee Hit Chance +8 Melee Dodge Chance +8	Crafting Cooking Plantwork Mining Constructing Hunting Shooting		Berserk Trance	The caster fills himself with anger over ideological grievances. This strengthens the body past normal limits, but also means losing control and attacking every enemy nearby in an unstoppable rage. The berserk state will last for 3 hours.	"Driven by fierce moral certainty and stories of ideoligious grievance, this person has driven him or herself into a rage. Every muscle is at peak performance, but it's hard to shut down the anger." Melee Hit Chance +8 Melee Dodge Chance +8 0.1x Pain Puts user in Berserk Trance mental state (Unknown effects) Casting time: 1.5s AoE: Self Duration: 7,500 ticks (2.08 mins)
	Mining Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on mining to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased mining speed, and the ability to boost the mining speed of nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to do some non-mining work.	Darkness Tunneler	Mining skill > 6 Capable of: Mining	Mining Speed +70%	Animals Crafting Cooking Plantwork Constructing		Mining Command	Offer guidance on mining techniques, boosting the mining speed for everyone nearby. The effect remains attached to the caster for 24 hours.	"This person's mining speed is boosted thanks to being near someone who is using the mining command ability."' Mining Speed +40% AoE: 9.9 tile radius aura centered on Caster Duration: Aura: 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) or 1 in-game day Effect: While in aura radius
	Plants Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on planting to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased sowing and harvesting efficiency, and the ability to boost the farming speed of nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to perform some non-plants-related work.	High life Nature primacy Tree connection	Plants skill > 6 Capable of: Plantwork	Plant Work Speed +70% Plant Harvest Yield +30%	Animals Crafting Cooking Constructing Mining		Farming Command	Offer guidance on farming techniques, boosting the farming abilities for everyone nearby. The effect remains attached to the caster for 24 hours.	"This person's farming abilities are boosted thanks to being near someone who is using the farming command ability."' Plant Work Speed +40% AoE: 9.9 tile radius aura centered on Caster Duration: Aura: 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) or 1 in-game day Effect: While in aura radius	Shadecone
	Production Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on crafting and construction to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased crafting and construction efficiency, and the ability to boost the production abilities of nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to do some non-production work.	Human primacy	Construction skill > 6 OR Crafting skill > 6 Capable of: Construction OR Crafting	Construction Speed +70% General Labor Speed +70 Quality +1 level	Dumb labor Animals Cooking Plantwork		Production Command	Offer guidance on construction techniques, boosting construction and crafting abilities for everyone nearby. The effect remains attached to the caster for 24 hours.	"This person's construction and crafting speeds are boosted thanks to being near someone who is using the production command ability." Construction Speed +40% General Labor Speed +20 AoE: 9.9 tile radius aura centered on Caster Duration: Aura: 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) or 1 in-game day Effect: While in aura radius
	Research Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on research to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased research and hacking speed, and the ability to boost research abilities of nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to perform some non-research tasks.	Transhumanist	Intelectual skill > 6 Capable of: Intellectual	Research Speed +70% Hacking Speed +70%	Dumb labor Animals Cooking Plantwork Mining		Research Command	Provide suggestions and mental support, boosting the research speed of everyone nearby. The effect remains attached to the caster for 24 hours.	"This person's research speed is boosted because they are near someone who is using the research command ability." Research Speed +30% AoE: 9.9 tile radius aura centered on Caster Duration: Aura: 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) or 1 in-game day Effect: While in aura radius

Tattoos

Style	Face	Body
Tribal	tiger, cobweb, eclipse, line, oracle, pantheon, war paint, worried	tiger, buttons, rings
Punk	tear, headshot, double, love, stars	heart, cross, jester, moon, power, royal, wings
Cannibal	skull, spider	scar, skeleton, spike
Misc	-	insect, sun

Version History

• Ideology DLC Release - Added.
• 1.3.3069 -
  • Adjust trees-related thoughts. Negatives for killing trees are reduced. Positives for seeing trees are amplified.
  • Chance of resentment on failed conversion attempt reduced from 36% to 20%. Chance of fight reduced from 4% to 2%.
  • If a pawn has sight under 50%, he should gain a psychic sensitivity bonus of up to 50%.
• 1.3.3069b - Added a feature that lets you save and load ideoligions within the ideoligion customization screen.
• 1.3.3074 - Desired apparel now uses the same faction restrictions as role apparel does. Tribal-Only: War mask, Tribal Headdress. Non-tribal only: Slicecap, Beret. Removed visage mask restriction to non-tribal only.
• 1.3.3076 - Tree connection pawns have a 25% boost to Pruning Speed.
• 1.3.3080 - Fixed Immunity Drive. Was previously targetting wrong stat and inoperative.