Human

Humans are the primary inhabitants of the Rimworlds and the foundation of—if not the whole of—player colonies, as well as the only known sapient species in the universe of RimWorld.

Diet

Humans are omnivores, able to eat all foodstuffs with the exception of hay. Food can generally be gathered by foraging wild berries, hunting wild animals for their meat, farming, and in desperate times or for those of specific tastes, through cannibalism, usually of dead raiders.

Combat

Humans have the ability to equip a weapon, either melee or ranged. If not equipped with a weapon, they will fight with their fists or relevant artificial body parts.

Butchering

Main article: Human Resources

Like most creatures, humans can be butchered for their meat and leather. However, doing so will inflict negative thoughts on the butcher and all other pawns in the colony, and consuming meat or wearing clothes made of human leather will likewise inflict negative thoughts. However, these thoughts will be nullified or replaced with positive thoughts for pawns with the Cannibal or Bloodlust traits, as well as relevant precepts.

Xenotypes

Main article: Xenotypes

Gene editing has created many different subspecies of humans, called xenotypes. They all remain human in nature, dropping human meat and human leather as usual. Humans without any genetic modification are called Baseliners.

Baseliners by faction

The table below describes the chance for a given pawn from each faction being a baseliner. Note that this value does not account for chances in xenotype chance from ideoligion or from pawn kind, it only shows the base value before those factors.

Faction		Chance
	Gentle tribe	100%
	Fierce tribe	100%
	Savage tribe	100%
	Cannibal tribe	100%
	Nudist tribe	100%
	Fierce neanderthal tribe	0%
	Savage impid tribe	0%
	Civil outlander union	85%
	Rough outlander union	85%
	Rough pig union	0%
	Pirate gang	70%
	Cannibal pirate gang	70%
	Yttakin pirates	0%
	Waster pirates	2.5%
	Shattered empire	70%

Body Parts

Being biological creatures, humans have a lot of body parts that work together to make them tick.

Body Part Groups

Each body part is part of a body part group. Armor and Clothing can go over one or more of these body part groups, but they can't go over individual body parts. See table, below.

Body Part Group Name	Contents
Torso	clavicles, sternum, ribs, pelvis, spine, stomach, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, neck
UpperHead	head, skull, brain, ears
FullHead	head, skull, brain, eyes, ears, nose, jaw
Shoulders	shoulders
Arms	arms, hands, humeri, radii
Hands	hands, fingers.
LeftHand	left hand, left hand fingers
RightHand	right hand, right hand fingers
Legs	legs, feet, femurs, tibiae
Feet	feet, toes

Special Notes:

Brain injuries are always permanent and will never heal on their own. Eye injuries have a much greater chance of being permanent than usual.

Part Name	Health	Quantity	Coverage^[1]	Target Chance^[2]	Subpart of	Group^[3]	Capacity^[4]	Effect if Destroyed/Removed
Torso	40	1	100%	15%	N/A^[5]	Torso	-	Death
Neck	25	1	7.5%	1.5%	Torso	Neck	Eating Talking Breathing	Death
Head	25	1	80%	1.74%	Neck	UpperHead FullHead HeadAttackTool^[6]	-	Death
Skull	25	1	18%	0.216%	Head	UpperHead Eyes FullHead	-	Cannot be destroyed Increasing Pain based on damage.
Brain	10	1	80%	0.864%	Skull	UpperHead Eyes FullHead	Consciousness	Death Damage always results in scarring.
Eye	10	2	7.0%	0.42%	Head	FullHead Eyes	Sight	−25% Sight. −100% if both lof both lost. −15 Disfigured Social penalty Damage always results in scarring 0% Hit Chance against Blunt damage.
Ear	12	2	7.0%	0.42%	Head	UpperHead FullHead	Hearing	−25% Hearing. −100% if both lost. −15 Disfigured Social penalty
Nose	10	1	10%	0.6%	Head	FullHead	-	−15 Disfigured Social penalty
Jaw	20	1	15%	0.8991%	Head	Teeth FullHead Mouth	Eating Talking	−100% Talking and −90% Eating −15 Disfigured Social penalty Can no longer use Teeth attack.^[7]
Tongue	10^[8]	1	0.1%	0.0009%	Jaw	FullHead	Talking	−100% Talking and −50% Eating −15 Disfigured Social penalty
Waist^[9]	10^[8]	1	0%	0%	Torso	Waist	-	N/A
Spine	25	1	2.5%	2.5%	Torso	Torso	Moving	×0 Moving^[10]
Ribcage	30	1	3.6%	3.6%	Torso	Torso	Breathing	Cannot be destroyed Up to −48% Breathing. Increasing Pain based on damage.
Sternum	20	1	1.5%	1.5%	Torso	Torso	Breathing	Cannot be destroyed Up to −48% Breathing. Increasing Pain based on damage.
Stomach	20	1	2.5%	2.5%	Torso	Torso	Digestion	−50% Digestion
Heart	15	1	2.0%	2.0%	Torso	Torso	Blood Pumping	Death
Lung	15	2	2.5%	2.5%	Torso	Torso	Breathing	−50% Breathing. Death if both lost
Kidney	15	2	1.7%	1.7%	Torso	Torso	Blood Filtration	−50% Blood Filtration. Death if both lost
Liver	20	1	2.5%	2.5%	Torso	Torso	Digestion	Death
Shoulder	30	2	12%	1.68%	Torso	Shoulders	Manipulation	−50% Manipulation. −100% if both lost
Clavicle	25	2	9.0%	1.08%	Shoulder	Torso	Manipulation	Cannot be destroyed Up to −48% Manipulation. Increasing Pain based on damage.
Arm	30	2	77%	6.0984%	Shoulder	Arms	Manipulation	−50% Manipulation. −100% if both lost
Humerus	25	2	10%	0.924%	Arm	Arms	Manipulation	−50% Manipulation. −100% if both lost
Radius	20	2	10%	0.924%	Arm	Arms	Manipulation	−50% Manipulation. −100% if both lost
Hand	20	2	14%	0.827904%	Arm	Hands	Manipulation	−50% Manipulation. −100% if both lost Can no longer use Fist attack^[11]
Pinky	8	2	6.0%	0.077616%	Hand	Hands LeftHand^[12] RightHand^[12]	Manipulation	−8% Manipulation. −16% if both lost
Ring Finger	8	2	7.0%	0.090552%	Hand	Hands LeftHand^[12] RightHand^[12]	Manipulation	−8% Manipulation. −16% if both lost
Middle Finger	8	2	8.0%	0.103488%	Hand	Hands LeftHand^[12] RightHand^[12]	Manipulation	−8% Manipulation. −16% if both lost
Index Finger	8	2	7.0%	0.090552%	Hand	Hands LeftHand^[12] RightHand^[12]	Manipulation	−8% Manipulation. −16% if both lost
Thumb	8	2	8.0%	0.103488%	Hand	Hands LeftHand^[12] RightHand^[12]	Manipulation	−8% Manipulation. −16% if both lost
Pelvis	25	1	2.5%	2.5%	Torso	Torso	Moving	Cannot be destroyed Up to −96% Moving. Increasing Pain based on damage.
Leg	30	2	14%	9.8%	Torso	Legs	Moving	−50% Moving. −100% if both lost
Femur	25	2	10%	1.4%	Leg	Legs	Moving	−50% Moving. −100% if both lost
Tibia	25	2	10%	1.4%	Leg	Legs	Moving	−50% Moving. −100% if both lost
Foot	25	2	10%	0.854%	Leg	Feet	Moving	−50% Moving. −100% if both lost
Little Toe	8	2	6.0%	0.084%	Foot	Feet	Moving	−4% Moving. −8% if both lost
Fourth Toe	8	2	7.0%	0.098%	Foot	Feet	Moving	−4% Moving. −8% if both lost
Middle Toe	8	2	8.0%	0.112%	Foot	Feet	Moving	−4% Moving. −8% if both lost
Second Toe	8	2	9.0%	0.126%	Foot	Feet	Moving	−4% Moving. −8% if both lost
Big Toe	8	2	9.0%	0.126%	Foot	Feet	Moving	−4% Moving. −8% if both lost

↑ Coverage determines the chance to hit this body part. It refers to the percentage of the super-part that this part covers, before its own sub-parts claim their own percentage. For example, if the base coverage of the super-part is 100%, and the coverage of the part is 20%, 20% of hits would hit the part, and 80% the super-part. If the part had its own sub-part with 50% coverage, the chances would be 10% sub-part, 10% part, 80% super part.
↑ Target Chance is the actual chance for each part to be be selected as the target when each part's coverage has been taken into account(I.E. Neck covers 7.5% of Torso but Head covers 80% of Neck so it actually has only a 1.5% chance to be selected). This is not pure hit chance, as different damage types propagate damage in different ways. See that page for details.
↑ What apparel coverage covers this body part.
↑ Note that capacities can affect other capacities in turn. Only the primary effect is listed. See specific pages for details.
↑ This is the part that everything else connects to to be considered 'connected'.
↑ Allows a blunt attack of Power 5, Cooldown 2, Chance factor 0.2
↑ A Bite attack of Power 8.2, Cooldown 2 seconds, Chance Factor 0.07
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 This part has no explicitly defined HP. As such, it uses the default max HP of 10
↑ Called "Utility Slot" in game.
↑ If Moving drops below 16% a pawn cannot move.
↑ A Blunt attack of Power 8.2, Cooldown 2 seconds. The first attack can stun for 14 damage. One for each hand.
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 ^12.3 ^12.4 ^12.5 ^12.6 ^12.7 ^12.8 ^12.9 Only the relevant choice of LeftHand OR RightHand will apply, not both.