Human

Humans are the standard Colonist race, enemies (raiders) can be both the same species or artificial.

Diet

Humans are omnivores. Food supply can be gathered by foraging wild berries, hunting animals for their meat, growing plantations and lastly through cannibalism which causes negative thoughts incurring mood penalties to most but some who favor it.

Combat

Humans can fight with their own fists or equip one type of weapon at a time, either melee or ranged.

Body Parts

Head

Health: 30
Lethal if destroyed/removed.

While humans can (rarely) survive headshots, damage to the brain is still very serious. A single gunshot typically destroys the brain due to its low health, but a slightly lower power weapon like the assault rifle can hit the brain and not kill the colonist. However, brain tissue always scars, and sufficient damage may render a colonist unconscious forever.

Skull

Health: 30
Lethal if shattered.

Container of the brain. Lethal if destroyed, since it holds the brain (again, you need the brain to live, not technically the skull).

Brain

Health: 10
Lethal if destroyed/removed.

The most important organ of a colonist. It's required for consciousness, sight processing, hearing processing, moving, and working.

Eyes

Health: 10

Includes :

Right Eye
Left Eye

Eyes are required for seeing. Lost or damaged eyes will result a -15 "disfigured" opinion relations penalty with other colonists. Eye can be surgically replaced with bionic or archotech eye, though they are rather expensive.

Ears

Health: 10

Includes :

Right Ear
Left Ear

Ears are required for hearing things in the world. Losing both ears results in deafness. A lost or damaged ear can be replaced with a cochlear implant. Some ear function is required for trading and wardening. However, colonists who cannot hear can still interact socially with other colonists.

Currently, loud noises like gunshots do not inflict pain or damage on the ears.

Nose

Health: 10

Though required for smelling, there is no smelling system in place for RimWorld. A damaged or destroyed nose will result in the -15 "disfigured" thought relations penalty with other colonists.

Jaw

Health: 20

Functions for eating and talking. Colonists without jaws will eat slowly and talk with difficulty. Lost or damaged jaws can be surgically replaced with a denture.

Torso

Health: 40
Core Part
Lethal if destroyed

The torso is the core part of a colonist. It is a container for the rest of the major organs of a colonist, and destroying it effectively destroys/disconnects the rest of the colonist's organs. A majority of human characters will die from torso injury/destruction long before they die of anything else.

Neck

Health: 30
Lethal if destroyed/removed.

Technically part of the torso, it connects the head to the torso. Neck damage make colonists bleed out very fast. Loss of the neck results in death, due to disconnecting the brain from the core part, the torso.

Clavicle

Health: 25

Includes :

Right Clavicle
Left Clavicle

The clavicles are the bones between the neck and shoulder (the human damage model does not include shoulders, however, so the clavicle connects the arm instead), and are required for the colonist to work. Shattering a clavicle is equivalent to actually losing the arm in terms of functionality.

Spine

Health: 35

Colonists need their spine for moving and working. Shattering the spine results in complete paralysis, presumably below the neck. Functionality can be restored by installing a bionic spine, which gives 100% effectiveness.

Pelvis

Health: 25

The pelvis is critical for moving, and shattering it results in paralysis below the waist. Colonists are completely unable to walk from this sort of injury, and will be forced to be bed-bound for the rest of their life. There is currently no way to repair or replace a shattered pelvis.

Sternum

Health: 25

Front part of the rib cage.

Ribcage

Health: 30

Damage to ribcage is relatively harmless and only causes pain. Loss of ribcage pending tests

Lung

Health: 20

Includes :

Right Lung
Left Lung
Lethal if both lungs lost.

Colonists have two lungs, a right lung and left lung. Currently, colonists can breathe and survive fine with just one lung, Losing both lungs means instantaneous death, as the colonist will immediately suffocate. Lungs tend to bleed out quite fast when injured, but are otherwise generally survivable. Lungs can be harvested and transplanted, so a damaged or lost lung can be replaced. Pirate traders occasionally have organs for sale.

Stomach

Health: 25

The stomach is a digestive organ and metabolism source. Hard metabolism and eating penalties upon loss.

Heart

Health: 20

The heart is needed for blood pumping in colonists. Complete destruction of the heart results in instant death.

Hearts can be harvested and transplanted - albeit at the cost of the donor's life - so a damaged heart can be replaced. Slave traders occasionally have these organs for sale.

Kidney

Health: 20

Includes :

Right Kidney
Left Kidney
Lethal if both lost

Kidneys are required for blood filtration. Like lungs, losing one isn't life-threatening, but losing both results in death. A loss of blood filtration efficiency also results in drastically reduced disease resistance, so kidney damage can lead to colonists that survive a firefight later dying of malaria or the flu. Kidneys can be harvested and transplanted, so a damaged or lost kidney can be replaced. Slave traders occasionally have these organs for sale.

Arm

Health: 30

Includes :

Right Arm
Left Arm

Arms are required for working, and are containers for the hands and subsequent bones. One-armed colonists can still work, though much slower. A lost or damaged arm can be replaced either with a simple prosthetic arm or a more expensive bionic arm. Simple versions are only 50% as effective whereas bionic versions are 40% more efficient than a natural limb.

Humerus

Health: 25

Includes :

Right Humerus
Left Humerus

Upper bones of the arm. While these are usually minor injuries (as bone injuries never scar), shattering one's humerus is equivalent to losing the entire arm, with a complete loss of functionality for the arm, meaning the arm can no longer do work. Definitely not funny.

Radius

Health: 20

Includes :

Right Radius
Left Radius

Forearm bones, similar to humerus in terms of injury and shattering, with a loss of working ability for the affected arm if shattered.

Hand

Health: 20

Includes :

Right Hand
Left Hand

Hands are the containers for fingers, and are required for working. One handed colonists can still work fine, just slower. A lost or damaged hand can be replaced with a power claw or a field hand bought from traders or crafted after researching Specialized limbs. Both provide 100% bodypart efficency but 8% movement penalty. Field hand increases Plant work speed by 160% and power claw is a lethal melee weapon. Alternatively, the arm can be replaced with a prosthetic or bionic replacement. It is still possible to strip without hands.

Fingers

Health: 7

Includes :

Right Thumb
Right Index Finger
Right Middle Finger
Right Ring Finger
Right Pinky
Left Thumb
Left Index Finger
Left Middle Finger
Left Ring Finger
Left Pinky

Colonists have ten fingers, consisting of the thumbs, index, middle, ring, and pinky fingers. Loss of any of these results in a small penalty to manipulation.

Leg

Health: 30

Includes :

Right Leg
Left Leg

Every colonist has two legs. One-legged humans walk slower, and destruction of both removes the ability to walk at all. A lost or damaged leg can be replaced either with a peg leg. simple prosthetic leg or a more expensive bionic leg. Peg legs are only 60% effective, simple prosthetics are only 85% as effective whereas bionic versions are 25% more efficient than a natural limb.

Tibia

Health: 25

Includes :

Right Tibia
Left Tibia

Lower leg bone, required for walking. When shattered, results in a complete loss of function of the leg containing the bone.

Femur

Health: 25

Includes :

Right Femur
Left Femur

Upper leg bone, the same in terms of injury as the tibia, with a loss of walking ability on being shattered.

Foot

Health: 20

Includes :

Right Foot
Left Foot

Humans have two feet, needed for walking. There are also the container for the toes.

Toes

Health: 7

Includes :

Right Little Toe
Right Fourth Toe
Right Middle Toe
Right Second Toe
Right Big Toe
Left Little Toe
Left Fourth Toe
Left Middle Toe
Left Second Toe
Left Big Toe

Probably the most minor injuries a colonist can have would be to the toes. They hurt a colonists' walking by a small amount.

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.

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

Body Parts (Summary)

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

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.

Butchering

Humans can be butchered for human meat and human leather. These resources give mood penalties. The nullifying traits for humans are Cannibal and Bloodlust.

Trivia

Despite a gestation period and litter size being defined for humans, they cannot get pregnant in-game.

Version History

Beta 19/ 1.0 - Debuffed fists very slightly (~5%) in cooldown

Animals

Herbivorous: Alpaca • Bison • Boomalope • Capybara • Caribou • Cassowary • Chicken • Chinchilla • Cow • Deer • Donkey • Dromedary • Duck • Elephant • Elk • Emu • Gazelle • Goat • Goose • Guinea pig • Hare • Horse • Ibex • Megasloth • Muffalo • Ostrich • Rhinoceros • Sheep • Snowhare • Squirrel • Turkey • Yak • Toxalope

Dendrovorous: Alphabeaver • Thrumbo

Omnivorous: Boomrat • Grizzly bear • Human • Husky • Iguana • Labrador retriever • Megascarab • Megaspider • Monkey • Pig • Polar bear • Spelopede • Raccoon • Rat • Tortoise • Wild boar • Yorkshire terrier • Waste rat

Carnivorous: Arctic fox • Arctic wolf • Cat • Cobra • Cougar • Fennec fox • Lynx • Panther • Red fox • Timber wolf • Warg

Dryads: Barkskin • Berrymaker • Carrier • Clawer • Gaumaker • Immature dryad • Medicinemaker • Woodmaker

[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] What apparel coverage covers this body part.

[4] Note that capacities can affect other capacities in turn. Only the primary effect is listed. See specific pages for details.

[5] This is the part that everything else connects to to be considered 'connected'.

[6] Allows a blunt attack of Power 5, Cooldown 2, Chance factor 0.2

[7] A Bite attack of Power 8.2, Cooldown 2 seconds, Chance Factor 0.07

[No_EXP_HP-8] 8.0 ^8.1 This part has no explicitly defined HP. As such, it uses the default max HP of 10

[9] Called "Utility Slot" in game.

[10] If Moving drops below 16% a pawn cannot move.

[11] A Blunt attack of Power 8.2, Cooldown 2 seconds. The first attack can stun for 14 damage. One for each hand.

[Mutually_Exclusive-12] 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.

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Human

Contents

Diet

Combat

Body Parts

Head

Skull

Brain

Eyes

Ears

Nose

Jaw

Torso

Neck

Clavicle

Spine

Pelvis

Sternum

Ribcage

Lung

Stomach

Heart

Kidney

Arm

Humerus

Radius

Hand

Fingers

Leg

Tibia

Femur

Foot

Toes

Body Part Groups

Body Parts (Summary)

Butchering

Trivia

Version History

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