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The '''AI storyteller''' is the main mechanism used to determine game difficulty and play style. There are currently three presets for narrative settings. Each preset features different raid frequencies and an eponymous cartoon mascot. The player must choose either '''Cassandra Classic, Phoebe Chillax, or Randy Random''' to act as their "unseeable God." They will periodically
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'''AI storytellers''' are driving the gameplay and their choices will affect the story of your colony, but will never entirely disallow events because of population. They create events like pirate raids, resource drops, or animal attacks.
create [[events]] for your colony, including pirate raids, resource drops, or [[manhunter]] animal packs.
 
The AI Storyteller does not have an in-game body, location, or manifestation; it is just a name given to describe game settings.
 
  
Your choice of storyteller sets the tone for your colony - a more benevolent storyteller like Phoebe will send trade caravans or helpful travelers after hitting your colony hard with a tough raid.
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The one that you choose will make decisions about what events it wants you to encounter and when based on the situation you are currently in and on the biases of that particular AI.
  
The frequency and type of storyteller events are based on a number of factors. Colony wealth, building wealth, colonists count, animal count, if a colonist has died or been severely wounded recently, and how long it has been since the last major event are all considered before a storyteller event occurs.  
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Choosing an AI will have a great influence on the narrative that is formed as you play. The difficulty is selected separately from the storyteller, but both are changeable mid-game.
 
 
The difficulty is adjusted separately from the storyteller, however, some storytellers are less merciful than others. Both difficulty and storyteller are changeable mid-game from the Settings Menu, with no downside or penalty.
 
  
 
== Current AI storytellers ==  
 
== Current AI storytellers ==  
[[File:Cassandra.png|left|175px|link=Cassandra_Classic]]<big>'''[[Cassandra Classic]]'''</big><br/><br/>''Cassandra creates story events on a classic increasing curve of challenge and tension.<br/>She'll push you with dangerous events, then give breathing room, then come back to push once more.''
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[[File:Cassandra.png|50px]]'''[[Cassandra Classic]]''' <br>
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The default storyteller. Challenges start easy with a single [[manhunter pack|manhunter animal]] or [[raider]], and become increasingly more difficult over time as wealth increases. She gives time in between raids to recover, but can hit very hard, especially on the higher difficulty settings. Players generally find Cassandra more difficult than Randy, because she tends to give less peace in between the increasingly tougher raids.
 
 
[[File:Phoebe.png|left|175px|link=Phoebe_Chillax]]<big>'''[[Phoebe Chillax]]'''</big><br/><br/>''Phoebe gives lots of time between disasters to build your colony.<br/>But beware - at high difficulties, she'll hit as hard as anyone.''
 
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[[File:Randy.png|left|175px|link=Randy_Random]]<big>'''[[Randy Random]]'''</big><br/><br/>''Randy doesn't follow rules.<br/>He'll generate random events, and he doesn't care if they make a story of triumph or utter hopelessness. It's all drama to him.<br/><br/>Warning: Since Randy is truly random, he will sometimes send extremely difficult or unfair groups of events at you.<br/>It makes for high drama - and unavoidable sacrifices.''
 
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== Difficulties ==
 
There are 6 default difficulties:
 
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! Difficulty !! In-game description
 
|- id="Peaceful"
 
! Peaceful
 
| Build a community in a sandbox environment. Major direct threats are disabled, but challenges like disease, mental breaks, and mad animals can still occur.
 
Recommended for:
 
* Players who want to learn the game mechanics with minimal pressure.
 
* Players who just want to build.
 
* Players who just want to relax.
 
|- id="Community builder"
 
! Community builder
 
| Build a community with a taste of danger. Threats appear, but they're weakened.
 
Recommended for:
 
* Players who are new to this kind of game.
 
* Players who want to build a perfect colony.
 
* Players who want to relax.
 
|- id="Adventure story"
 
! Adventure story
 
| There's room to grow and thrive, but it's still a dangerous planet.
 
Recommended for:
 
* Experienced strategy gamers on their first game of RimWorld.
 
* Experienced RimWorld players who want some breathing room to pursue funny or weird goals.
 
|- id="Strive to survive"
 
! Strive to survive
 
| Strive to survive on a rough, tough planet. There will be triumph and tragedy.
 
Recommended for:
 
* Experienced players who want a rough story requiring skill to survive.
 
|- id="Blood and dust"
 
! Blood and dust
 
| Face brutal survival challenges. Even if you play well, people will die. You will need to anticipate threats before they arrive, and seek out every advantage.
 
Recommended for:
 
* Experienced players who want to struggle to survive.
 
|- id="Losing is fun"
 
! Losing is fun
 
| This setting is designed to be unfair. Huge threats will crash upon you without mercy until your colony dies. Only choose this setting if you are happy with the drama of struggling and dying.
 
Recommended for:
 
* Experienced players who want to face a brutal, unfair challenge where even great skill may not prevent death.
 
* Lovers of tragedy.
 
* Digital masochists.
 
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Each difficulty works by changing the values of each setting, displayed down below. Using the Custom difficulty will allow you to change each setting yourself. The default values are based on the "Strive to survive" difficulty level, where most values are at 1.0, or 100%. When creating a custom difficulty, you can use the "Set to Standard Playstyle" button to change the values to one of the 6 default difficulties.
 
  
=== Commitment mode===
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[[File:Phoebe.png|50px]]'''[[Phoebe Chillax]]'''<br>
When creating a game, the player must choose between "Commitment" and "Reload anytime" mode. Unlike storyteller and difficulty, '''this cannot be changed after game creation'''. If desired, you can disable (or enable) commitment mode by [[Permadeath save conversion guide|editing the save file]].
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A storyteller whose main characteristic is a long break between challenges, leaving the player with ample time to rest and recover after an event, and live without much to worry about. This gives new players a more relaxed experience to get familiar with the game. However, long breaks between raids means huge spikes of difficulty and troubles equipping your pawns with weapons and armor. When playing with Phoebe, in the beginning its always likely to gain one or two more colonists, typically a wanderer. A trade caravan or two will also arrive before completing the first full [[quadrum]] (15 days).
  
With reload anytime, you can save and reload the game as you wish. Good if you're still learning the game, if you intend to self-enforce commitment mode, or if you want to have a more relaxed experience. RimWorld is a single player game - nobody will judge you for playing with saves.
 
  
In commitment mode, you only get one save file and can only save when quitting the game. You cannot reload the game to fix mistakes. When the entire colony dies, but ''only'' when the entire colony dies, [[Endings#Colony End|that's it]]. This is the way RimWorld was meant to be played with every dramatic turn - whether tragic or hopeful - played out to full impact. (Note: this can be dangerous if you use lots of mods - if something soft-locks, you cannot go back to an earlier save to avoid the situation!)
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[[File:Randy.png|50px]]'''[[Randy Random]]'''<br>
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An unpredictable storyteller whose main characteristic is triggering challenges at any time of any difficulty, to the extent of launching several dangerous threats all at the same time or consecutively. The upside is that if(!) you can survive, you can get advanced gear earlier from "overpowered" enemies.
  
 
== Options ==
 
== Options ==
  
 
=== Threats ===
 
=== Threats ===
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! style="width:200px;" | Options !! style="width:750px;" | Description !! style="width:150px;" | Value options !! style="width:150px;" | Peaceful !! style="width:150px;" | Community builder !! style="width:150px;" | Adventure story !! style="width:150px;" | Strive to survive !! style="width:150px;" | Blood and dust || style="width:150px;" | Losing is fun
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! Options !! Description !! Value options !! Peaceful !! Community builder !! Adventure story !! Strive to survive !! Blood and dust || Losing is fun
|- id="Threat scale"
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|-
 
! Threat scale           
 
! Threat scale           
 
| Adjust the size of threats like raids (using [[raid points]]) and infestations, and the difficulty of quests. || 0% - 500% || 10% || 30% || 60% || 100% || 155% || 220%
 
| Adjust the size of threats like raids (using [[raid points]]) and infestations, and the difficulty of quests. || 0% - 500% || 10% || 30% || 60% || 100% || 155% || 220%
|- id="Major threats"
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|-  
 
! Major threats         
 
! Major threats         
 
| Allow major threats such as [[raids]], [[infestation]]s, manhunter packs, crashed mechanoid ships and more.|| Toggle || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}}
 
| Allow major threats such as [[raids]], [[infestation]]s, manhunter packs, crashed mechanoid ships and more.|| Toggle || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}}
|- id="Quests threats"
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|-
 
! Quests threats         
 
! Quests threats         
 
| Allow quests to present with violent threats and challenges. If this is disabled, quests will be modified to be non-violent. || Toggle || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}}
 
| Allow quests to present with violent threats and challenges. If this is disabled, quests will be modified to be non-violent. || Toggle || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}}
|- id="Introthreats"
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|-
 
! Intro threats         
 
! Intro threats         
 
| Enable the fixed intro threats that appear near game start. || Toggle || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}}
 
| Enable the fixed intro threats that appear near game start. || Toggle || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}}
|- id="Predators hunt humans "
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|-
 
! Predators hunt humans  
 
! Predators hunt humans  
 
| Allow wild predators to hunt humans. || Toggle || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}}
 
| Allow wild predators to hunt humans. || Toggle || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}}
|- id="Extreme weather"
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|-
 
! Extreme weather       
 
! Extreme weather       
| Allow extreme weather incidents such as [[Events#Toxic Fallout|toxic fallout]], [[Events#Volcanic Winter|volcanic winters]] and [[Events#Flashstorm|flashstorms]]. || Toggle || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}}
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| Allow extreme weather incidents such as toxic fallout, volcanic winters and flashstorms. || Toggle || {{Cross}} || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}}
 
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|-
 
|}
 
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=== Economy ===
 
=== Economy ===
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! style="width:200px;" | Options !! style="width:750px;" | Description !! style="width:150px;" | Value options !! style="width:150px;" | Peaceful !! style="width:150px;" | Community builder !! style="width:150px;" | Adventure story !! style="width:150px;" | Strive to survive !! style="width:150px;" | Blood and dust !! style="width:150px;" | Losing is fun
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! Options !! Description !! Value options !! Peaceful !! Community builder !! Adventure story !! Strive to survive !! Blood and dust !! Losing is fun
|- id="Harvest yield"
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|-
 
! Harvest yield               
 
! Harvest yield               
 
| Adjust the amount of materials produced when harvesting [[plants]] and crops. This includes harvesting plants and cutting [[trees]]. || 0% - 500% || 120% || 120% || 100% || 100% || 95% || 80%
 
| Adjust the amount of materials produced when harvesting [[plants]] and crops. This includes harvesting plants and cutting [[trees]]. || 0% - 500% || 120% || 120% || 100% || 100% || 95% || 80%
|- id="Mining yield"
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|-
 
! Mining yield               
 
! Mining yield               
 
| Adjust the amount of materials produced when mining. || 0% - 500% || 120% || 120% || 100% || 100% || 95% || 80%
 
| Adjust the amount of materials produced when mining. || 0% - 500% || 120% || 120% || 100% || 100% || 95% || 80%
|- id="Butchering yield"
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|-
 
! Butchering yield           
 
! Butchering yield           
 
| Adjust the amount of materials produced when butchering. This includes [[meat]], [[leather]], and yield from shredding [[mechanoids]]. || 0% - 500% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 90% || 80%
 
| Adjust the amount of materials produced when butchering. This includes [[meat]], [[leather]], and yield from shredding [[mechanoids]]. || 0% - 500% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 90% || 80%
|- id="Research speed"
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|-
 
! Research speed             
 
! Research speed             
 
| Adjust the speed of research. || 0% - 500% || 120% || 120% || 100% || 100% || 95% || 90%
 
| Adjust the speed of research. || 0% - 500% || 120% || 120% || 100% || 100% || 95% || 90%
|- id="Quest rewards"
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|-
 
! Quest rewards               
 
! Quest rewards               
| Adjust the value of rewards given for quests. Note: Quest reward value is also automatically scaled to compensate for threat scale. If you adjust this setting, you'll be adding an additional multiplier. || 0% - 500% || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;" | 100%
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| Adjust the value of rewards given for quests. Note: Quest reward value is also automatically scaled to compensate for threat scale. If you adjust this setting, you'll be adding an additional multiplier. || 0% - 500% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100%
|- id="Raid loot"
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|-
 
! Raid loot                   
 
! Raid loot                   
| Adjust the value of loot carried by raiders. Note: Raid loot value is also automatically scaled to compensate for threat scale. If you adjust this setting, you'll be adding an additional multiplier. || 0% - 500% || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;" | 100%
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| Adjust the value of loot carried by raiders. Note: Raid loot value is also automatically scaled to compensate for threat scale. If you adjust this setting, you'll be adding an additional multiplier. || 0% - 500% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100%
|- id="Trade price disadvantage"
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|-
 
! Trade price disadvantage   
 
! Trade price disadvantage   
 
| When trading, buy prices are increased by this amount while sell prices are reduced by this amount. || 0% - 50% || 0% || 0% || 0% || 0% || 10% || 20%
 
| When trading, buy prices are increased by this amount while sell prices are reduced by this amount. || 0% - 50% || 0% || 0% || 0% || 0% || 10% || 20%
|- id="Turret rearm cost"
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|-
 
! Turret rearm cost           
 
! Turret rearm cost           
| Adjust the cost of rearming turrets. || 1% - 100% || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;" | 100%
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| Adjust the cost of rearming turrets. || 1% - 100% || 50% || 50% || 75% || 100% || 100% || 100%
|- id="Scaria rot chance"
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|-
 
! Scaria rot chance           
 
! Scaria rot chance           
 
| The probability that a corpse will immediately rot upon death, if the creature has the [[scaria]] disease. Note: The default settings are designed to exactly balance out the increase in animal count at higher difficulties, so all players get the same meat rewards. || 0% - 100% || 0% || 0% || 33% || 60% || 74% || 82%
 
| The probability that a corpse will immediately rot upon death, if the creature has the [[scaria]] disease. Note: The default settings are designed to exactly balance out the increase in animal count at higher difficulties, so all players get the same meat rewards. || 0% - 100% || 0% || 0% || 33% || 60% || 74% || 82%
|- id="Enemy death on downed"
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! Enemy death on downed       
 
! Enemy death on downed       
| Adjust the [[Downed#Death on down|extra chance]] that an enemy will immediately die when downed. This affects the chances to take prisoners, and thus colony population growth rates. || 0% - 100% || 50% || 90% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100%
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| Adjust the extra chance that an enemy will immediately die when downed. This affects the chances to take prisoners, and thus colony population growth rates. || 0% - 100% || 50% || 90% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100%
 
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=== General ===
 
=== General ===
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! Options !! Description !! Value options !! Peaceful !! Community builder !! Adventure story !! Strive to survive !! Blood and dust !! Losing is fun
|- id="Colonist mood"
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|-
 
! Colonist mood                   
 
! Colonist mood                   
 
| A permanent mood offset applied to every colonist and prisoner. Colonists have a base mood of 50%. || -20 - +20 || +10 || +10 || +5 || +0 || -5 || -10
 
| A permanent mood offset applied to every colonist and prisoner. Colonists have a base mood of 50%. || -20 - +20 || +10 || +10 || +5 || +0 || -5 || -10
|- id="Food poison chance"
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|-
 
! Food poison chance             
 
! Food poison chance             
 
| Adjust the chance that a person will get [[food poisoning]] from eating a potentially-poisoned meal. || 0% - 500% || 30% || 50% || 75% || 100% || 110% || 120%
 
| Adjust the chance that a person will get [[food poisoning]] from eating a potentially-poisoned meal. || 0% - 500% || 30% || 50% || 75% || 100% || 110% || 120%
|- id="Animal revenge chance"
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|-
 
! Animal revenge chance           
 
! Animal revenge chance           
 
| Adjust the chance that injuring a wild animal will cause it to attack. || 0% - 500% || 25% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100%
 
| Adjust the chance that injuring a wild animal will cause it to attack. || 0% - 500% || 25% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100%
|- id="Infection chance"
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|-
 
! Infection chance               
 
! Infection chance               
 
| Adjust the chance that a wound will become [[Infection|infected]]. || 0% - 500% || 30% || 50% || 75% || 100% || 100% || 110%
 
| Adjust the chance that a wound will become [[Infection|infected]]. || 0% - 500% || 30% || 50% || 75% || 100% || 100% || 110%
|- id="Disease frequency"
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|-
 
! Disease frequency               
 
! Disease frequency               
 
| Adjust the frequency of random [[disease]] events. || 0% - 500% || 33% || 40% || 67% || 100% || 105% || 111%
 
| Adjust the frequency of random [[disease]] events. || 0% - 500% || 33% || 40% || 67% || 100% || 105% || 111%
|- id="Insect spawning rate"
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|-
 
! Insect spawning rate           
 
! Insect spawning rate           
 
| Adjust the rate at which existing insect [[hive]]s spawn new [[insects]]. Lower values means more time between spawn events. This does not affect whether infestations can occur - only the speed at which active hives produce insects. || 0% - 500% || 10% || 15% || 50% || 100% || 100% || 100%
 
| Adjust the rate at which existing insect [[hive]]s spawn new [[insects]]. Lower values means more time between spawn events. This does not affect whether infestations can occur - only the speed at which active hives produce insects. || 0% - 500% || 10% || 15% || 50% || 100% || 100% || 100%
|- id="Deep drilling infestations"
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|-
 
! Deep drilling infestations     
 
! Deep drilling infestations     
 
| Adjust the chance that [[deep drill]]ing will trigger an [[infestation]]. || 0% - 500% || 0% || 25% || 75% || 100% || 110% || 130%
 
| Adjust the chance that [[deep drill]]ing will trigger an [[infestation]]. || 0% - 500% || 0% || 25% || 75% || 100% || 110% || 130%
|- id="Friendly fire"
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|-
 
! Friendly fire                   
 
! Friendly fire                   
| Adjust the chance of [[friendly fire]]. Note: This setting only affects direct shots which were going to hit their target. It does not prevent damage from explosions, or from shots which were going to miss their target. || 0% - 100% || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;" | 40%
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| Adjust the chance of [[friendly fire]]. Note: This setting only affects direct shots which were going to hit their target. It does not prevent damage from explosions, or from shots which were going to miss their target. || 0% - 100% || 40% || 40% || 40% || 40% || 40% || 40%
|- id="Colonist instant kills"
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! Colonist instant kills         
 
! Colonist instant kills         
| Adjust the chance that a colonist can die instantly due to an attack. The incoming damage is adjusted so it will down the colonist instead. This only prevents some kinds of instant kills - colonists can still be downed and bleed to death, die from fire, explosions, disease, and so on. || 0% - 100% || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;" | 100%
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| Adjust the chance that a colonist can die instantly due to an attack. The incoming damage is adjusted so it will down the colonist instead. This only prevents some kinds of instant kills - colonists can still be downed and bleed to death, die from fire, explosions, disease, and so on. || 0% - 100% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 100%
|- id="Map generation ancient threats"
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! Map generation ancient threats  
 
! Map generation ancient threats  
 
| [[Ancient shrine|Ancient structures]] may contain [[mechanoids|dangerous]] [[insectoids|threats]]. || Toggle || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}}
 
| [[Ancient shrine|Ancient structures]] may contain [[mechanoids|dangerous]] [[insectoids|threats]]. || Toggle || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}}
|- id="Map generation natural hives"
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! Map generation natural hives   
 
! Map generation natural hives   
 
| Dormant insect [[hive]]s may spawn in natural caves. This setting only applies to map generation and does not affect active insects that may tunnel in during play. || Toggle || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}}
 
| Dormant insect [[hive]]s may spawn in natural caves. This setting only applies to map generation and does not affect active insects that may tunnel in during play. || Toggle || {{Cross}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}} || {{Check}}
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=== Player tools ===
 
=== Player tools ===
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! Options !! Description !! Value options
|- id="Player can build spike traps"
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! Player can build spike traps  
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! Player can built spike traps  
| Player can build traps like [[spike trap]]s and [[IED trap]]s. || Toggle || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;"| {{Check}}
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| Player can build traps like [[spike trap]]s and [[IED trap]]s. || Toggle
|- id="Player can build turrets"
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! Player can build turrets  
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! Player can built turrets  
| Player can build static turrets like [[mini-turret]]s, [[autocannon turret]]s, and [[uranium slug turret]]s. You can still use captured turrets even if this is disabled. || Toggle || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;"| {{Check}}
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| Player can build static turrets like [[mini-turret]]s, [[autocannon turret]]s, and [[uranium slug turret]]s. You can still use captured turrets even if this is disabled. || Toggle
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! Player can build mortars  
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! Player can built mortars  
| Player can build mortars. You can still use captured mortars even if this is disabled. || Toggle || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;"| {{Check}}
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| Player can build mortars. You can still use captured mortars even if this is disabled. || Toggle
 
|- id="Classic mortars"
 
|- id="Classic mortars"
 
! Classic mortars  
 
! Classic mortars  
 
| Mortars will not require [[reinforced barrel]]s to construct or reload, and are balanced for this ease of access.
 
| Mortars will not require [[reinforced barrel]]s to construct or reload, and are balanced for this ease of access.
With "Classic Mortars", mortars are as they were before 1.3. Namely:
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With "classic {{subst:lc:Mortars}"}, mortars are as they were before 1.3. Namely:
 
* The barrel need not be changed every 20 shots.
 
* The barrel need not be changed every 20 shots.
 
* Reinforced barrels are removed from the recipe and game.
 
* Reinforced barrels are removed from the recipe and game.
 
* Forced miss radius increased from 9 to 13.
 
* Forced miss radius increased from 9 to 13.
* [[Steel]] cost of all mortar shells increased by 10.
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* Steel cost of all mortar shells increased by 10.
Note that the [[Mortar Miss Radius Multiplier]] still applies with this setting applied.
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| Toggle
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=== Adaptation ===
 
=== Adaptation ===
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! Options !! Description !! Value options !! Peaceful !! Community builder !! Adventure story !! Strive to survive !! Blood and dust !! Losing is fun
|- id="Adaptation growth rate"
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! Adaptation growth rate  
 
! Adaptation growth rate  
 
| Adaptation means the storyteller makes the game more challenging when you're doing well. An adaptation score grows over time, and is knocked down when you take damage. This setting adjusts how fast the adaptation score grows over time. || 0% - 100% || 0% || 25% || 75% || 100% || 100% || 100%
 
| Adaptation means the storyteller makes the game more challenging when you're doing well. An adaptation score grows over time, and is knocked down when you take damage. This setting adjusts how fast the adaptation score grows over time. || 0% - 100% || 0% || 25% || 75% || 100% || 100% || 100%
|- id="Adaptation impact"
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|-
 
! Adaptation impact   
 
! Adaptation impact   
 
| Adaptation means the storyteller makes the game more challenging when you're doing well. An adaptation score grows over time, and is knocked down when you take damage. This setting adjusts how much the adaptation score affects the difficulty. || 0% - 100% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 90% || 70% || 40%
 
| Adaptation means the storyteller makes the game more challenging when you're doing well. An adaptation score grows over time, and is knocked down when you take damage. This setting adjusts how much the adaptation score affects the difficulty. || 0% - 100% || 100% || 100% || 100% || 90% || 70% || 40%
|- id="Wealth-independent progress mode"
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|-
 
! Wealth-independent progress mode  
 
! Wealth-independent progress mode  
| Play in a wealth-independent progress mode. In normal mode, the storyteller scales threats according to colonist count, player wealth, and a variety of other factors. Wealth-independent mode removes the wealth factor and replaces it with a fixed progress curve based on time. The time is counted from the founding of each colony. This is only recommended for those looking for a strict skill challenge. In wealth-independent mode, it may be nearly impossible to recover from serious losses unless you found a new settlement. It's also possible to get too far ahead of the curve and find the game too easy. || Toggle || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;" | {{Cross}}
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| Play in a wealth-independent progress mode. In normal mode, the storyteller scales threats according to colonist count, player wealth, and a variety of other factors. Wealth-independent mode removes the wealth factor and replaces it with a fixed progress curve based on time. The time is counted from the founding of each colony. This is only recommended for those looking for a strict skill challenge. In wealth-independent mode, it may be nearly impossible to recover from serious losses unless you found a new settlement. It's also possible to get too far ahead of the curve and find the game too easy. || Toggle || Togglable || Togglable || Togglable || Togglable || Togglable || Togglable
|- id="Years until maximum threat"
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|-
 
! Years until maximum threat  
 
! Years until maximum threat  
| The number of game years until the wealth-independent mode reaches its maximum threat level. Note that the storyteller will still scale threats according to colonist count and a variety of other factors. || 1 - 20 || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;" | 12
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| The number of game years until the wealth-independent mode reaches its maximum threat level. Note that the storyteller will still scale threats according to colonist count and a variety of other factors. || 1 - 20 || 1 - 20 || 1 - 20 || 1 - 20 || 1 - 20 || 1 - 20 || 1 - 20
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
=== Ideology ===
 
=== Ideology ===
{{Ideology|section=1|No category}}
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{{Ideology|No category}}
{| {{STDT| sortable c_08 text-center}}
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{| {{STDT| sortable c_08 text-cenleftter}}
! style="width:200px;" | Options !! style="width:750px;" | Description !! style="width:150px;" | Value options !! style="width:150px;" | Peaceful !! style="width:150px;" | Community builder !! style="width:150px;" | Adventure story !! style="width:150px;" | Strive to survive !! style="width:150px;" | Blood and dust !! style="width:150px;" | Losing is fun
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! Options !! Description !! Value options
|- id="Low pop conversion boost"
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|-
 
! Low pop conversion boost  
 
! Low pop conversion boost  
| With a single colonist of the player's starting [[ideoligion]], conversion chance to his ideoligion is multiplied by this amount. Conversion attempts against them have their impact divided by that amount. With two colonists of the player's starting ideoligion, the effect is halved. With three or more colonists of the player's starting ideoligion, this has no effect. || x100% - x500% || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;" | 300%
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| With a single colonist of the player's starting [[ideoligion]], conversion chance to his ideoligion is multiplied by this amount. Conversion attempts against them have their impact divided by that amount. With two colonists of the player's starting ideoligion, the effect is halved. With three or more colonists of the player's starting ideoligion, this has no effect. || x100% - x500%
 
|}
 
|}
  
=== Biotech ===
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=== Difficulty ===
{{Biotech|section=1|No category}}
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{{stub|section=1|reason=Does not list all the different modifiers for each difficulty}}  
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The default values are based on the "strive to survive" difficulty level, where most values are at 1.0, or 100%.
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 +
[[Events#Flashstorm|Flashstorm]], [[Events#Toxic Fallout|toxic fallout]] and [[Events#Volcanic Winter|volcanic winter]] are disabled in Peaceful difficulty level.
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{| {{STDT| sortable c_08 text-center}}
 
{| {{STDT| sortable c_08 text-center}}
! style="width:200px;" | Options !! style="width:750px;" | Description !! style="width:150px;" | Value options !! style="width:150px;" | Peaceful !! style="width:150px;" | Community builder !! style="width:150px;" | Adventure story !! style="width:150px;" | Strive to survive !! style="width:150px;" | Blood and dust !! style="width:150px;" | Losing is fun
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! Name !! Threat scale !! Colonist mood bonus !! Base sell price multiplier !! Crop yield multiplier !! Disease interval multiplier !! Enemy reproduction rate factor
|- id="Wastepack cocoon infestation"
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|-
! Wastepack cocoon infestation
+
! Peaceful
| Adjust the chance that a dissolved wastepack will trigger the arrival of insect cocoons. || 0% - 500% || 0% || 25% || 50% || 100% || 150% || 200%
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| 0.10
|- id="Babies always healthy"
+
| +10
! Babies always healthy
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| 1.00
| Human babies are always born healthy.<br>Mothers can't die in childbirth or have miscarriages. || Toggle || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;" | {{Cross}}
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| 1.20
|- id="Disable children"
+
| 3
! Disable children
+
| 0.1
| Humans can't become pregnant. Human babies and children will never appear unless you choose them as starting colonist. || Toggle || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;" | {{Cross}}
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|-
|- id="Child enemies"
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! Community builder
! Child enemies
+
| 0.30
| Hostile raids will sometimes include children. || Toggle || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;" | {{Cross}}
+
| +10
|- id="Child aging rate"
+
| 1.00
! Child aging rate
+
| 1.20
| Adjust the rate at which babies and children will age. || 100% - 600% || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;" | 400%
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| 2.5
|- id="Adult aging rate"
+
| 0.15
! Adult aging rate
+
|-
| Adjust the rate at which adults will age. || 100% - 600% || colspan="6" align="center" style="border-style: none none none none;" | 100%
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! Adventure story
 +
| 0.60
 +
| +5
 +
| 1.00
 +
| 1.00
 +
| 1.5
 +
| 0.5
 +
|-
 +
! Strive to survive
 +
| 1.00
 +
| 0
 +
| 1.00
 +
| 1.00
 +
| 1.0
 +
| 1.0
 +
|-
 +
! Blood and dust
 +
| 1.55
 +
| -5
 +
| 0.90
 +
| 0.95
 +
| 0.95
 +
| 1.0
 +
|-
 +
! Losing is fun
 +
| 2.20
 +
| -10
 +
| 0.80
 +
| 0.80
 +
| 0.9
 +
| 1.0
 +
|-
 
|}
 
|}
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=== Commitment mode===
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Commitment mode, often refered to as "permadeath mode", is an option when selecting difficulty. The player must choose between "commitment" and "reload anytime" mode.
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 +
In commitment mode, you only get one save file and can only save when quitting the game. You cannot reload the game to fix mistakes, and only when the colony dies, that's it.
 +
 +
This is the way RimWorld was meant to be played with every dramatic turn - whether tragic or hopeful - played out to full impact.
 +
 +
Note that once selected, the only way to disable commitment mode is to [[Permadeath save conversion guide|edit the save file]].
  
 
== Technical info ==
 
== Technical info ==
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* [[Version/0.14.1236|0.14.1236]] - Fix: Storyteller incorrectly adjusts trader frequency in relation to ally count.
 
* [[Version/0.14.1236|0.14.1236]] - Fix: Storyteller incorrectly adjusts trader frequency in relation to ally count.
 
* [[Version/0.14.1238|0.14.1238]] - Phoebe’s random incidents density reduced. Previously the same as Cassandra’s, which conflicted with Phoebe supposedly giving more breathing space between events.
 
* [[Version/0.14.1238|0.14.1238]] - Phoebe’s random incidents density reduced. Previously the same as Cassandra’s, which conflicted with Phoebe supposedly giving more breathing space between events.
* [[Version/0.14.1241|0.14.1241]] - Reduced event density on Randy Random from 1.5x that of Cassandra to about the same as Cassandra. The combination and distribution of events is still very different from Cassandra. [[Toxic fallout]], [[flashstorm]] and [[volcanic winter]] are now disabled in Free Play difficulty.
 
 
* [[Version/1.1.2647|1.1.2647]] - they have changed again to the following:
 
* [[Version/1.1.2647|1.1.2647]] - they have changed again to the following:
 
** Peaceful
 
** Peaceful
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* [[Version/1.2.2719|1.2.2719]] - Custom playstyle system added. You can now select a new custom playstyle setting. This opens up a new menu that allows you to customize a large number of different settings exactly as you prefer.
 
* [[Version/1.2.2719|1.2.2719]] - Custom playstyle system added. You can now select a new custom playstyle setting. This opens up a new menu that allows you to customize a large number of different settings exactly as you prefer.
 
* [[Version/1.2.2753|1.2.2753]] - Rename "fixed wealth" mode to "wealth-independent" mode, and give the player a slider to control how many years until this mode delivers its maximum threat level.
 
* [[Version/1.2.2753|1.2.2753]] - Rename "fixed wealth" mode to "wealth-independent" mode, and give the player a slider to control how many years until this mode delivers its maximum threat level.
* [[Version/1.3.3200|1.3.3200]] - Turret ammo cost is no longer factored by difficulty.
 
* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - Renamed "child raiders" storyteller setting to "child enemies" to be more accurate. Allow modifying the “child aging rate” and “babies are healthy” storyteller settings even if children are disabled, in case there are already children in the game. Fix: Wastepack cocoon infestation storyteller setting appearing in the wrong spot.
 
  
 
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