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'''Menus''' are text-based, selectable options and/or commands that provide the action which includes opening specific GUIs and enabling or disabling certain features. Menus can also take the form of options being represented by images and icons. The following menus are found along the bottom edge of the screen.
The first eight menus are bound to hotkeys F1 through F8. (See: [[Controls]])

== Architect ==
{{Main|Architect}}
The Architect menu is used to designate construction blueprints, give [[orders]] to colonists, and create new [[Zone/Area|zones / areas]]. 
[[File:ArchitectMenu.png|frameless|none]]

== Work ==
{{Move|destination=Work}}
From the Work menu you can set the types of work you want your colonists to perform, though some colonists cannot perform all tasks. For example, [[Backstories#Medieval lord|nobles]] can only access [[research]] and [[firefighting]] whilst a [[Backstories#Colony settler|settler]] can access all [[skills]].
[[File:Work priorities.jpg|600px|thumb|right|Example of work priorities and the different work types.]]

===Manual priorities===
The 'Manual priorities' mode toggles the interface between 'standard mode' (red X) and 'manual mode' (green check).
*Standard mode: Colonists only do work types they're assigned to, noted by a green check. Tasks on the left rank more importantly than tasks on the right.
*Manual mode: Each colonist's work type can be prioritized from 0 (blank) to 4. 1 is the highest priority, 4 is the lowest, and blank tasks will not be performed. For tasks with the same priority, tasks on the left will be performed first.

===Assigning work===
An efficient colony depends on colonists doing work they're proficient at. Boxes on the work menu are used to assign work, and each box has a visible outline. The higher the colonist's skill, the brighter the outline, ranging from red (worst), to white, to bright yellow (best).  Also, hovering over a skill box displays the colonist's skill level. Each box will also show a colonist's passion for that skill indicated by one or two flames. This will help you decide who you want doing each task. It is a good idea to study your colonists' skills and apply them to their strengths. Using the wrong people will slow down your progression. 
To help keep you from using the wrong colonist for a job, a crunching sound is made when you assign a pawn to a work type which they won't do well due to low skill. Some colonists may not have a box for one or more work types; they are incapable of that work.

===Incapable of work types===
Some characters are incapable of certain work and/or certain categories of work (i.e. violent, dumb labor). Incapabilities are listed under <tt><b>Incapable Of</b></tt> in the character tab - mouse-hovering over the listed prohibition will show the source of the incapability. Pawns that are incapable of one or more of these activities will never, with a few exceptions, perform a task related to those work types. This is distinct from characters with a skill level 0 in a skill which still capable of performing the relevant task, they will just be ''extremely'' slow, ineffective and/or inefficient.  Where an expection exists, pawns incapable of a task are treated as having level 0 in the relevant skill, even if they had a higher skill before becoming incapable. For example, an exception is that characters who are incapable of plant work can still cut down trees - if it is under blueprints as part of construction work. 

What a pawn is incapable of is determined by their [[traits]], [[backstories]], [[title]] {{RoyaltyIcon}}, status as a [[slave]],{{IdeologyIcon}} or ideoligious [[role]]{{IdeologyIcon}}. Typically, incapabilities from multiple sources stack. Though rare, it is quite possible that, given a perfectly wrong combination of backstory limitations, a pawn may be so limited that they are incapable of practically everything. [[Slavery]]{{IdeologyIcon}} is unique in this regard, in that it removes all other incapabilities and replaces them with its own. See that page for details.

Occasionally, incapabilities have interactions with other mechancics, such as the limitation of traits; for example, a "non-violent" colonist will never have the [[brawler]] trait.

A pawn can be "incapable of":

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* Animals
* Artistic
* Caring<sup>1</sup>
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* Cleaning
* Cooking
* Crafting
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* Dumb Labor<sup>2</sup>
* Firefighting
* Hauling<sup>3</sup>
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* Intellectual<sup>4</sup>
* Mining
* Plants<sup>5</sup>
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* Skilled Labor<sup>6</sup>
* Social<sup>7</sup>
* Violent<sup>8</sup>
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Notes:
# '''Caring''' prohibits any medical tasks, including Doctoring, Nursing, and Surgery, on humans or animals.
# '''Dumb Labor''' prohibits Hauling, Cleaning, Rearming, Refueling, Loading, and Cremating.
# '''Hauling''' is identical to Dumb Labor, except ''allows'' Cleaning.
# '''Intellectual''' prohibits Research, Drug Production, Scanning, Computer Hacking, etc.
# '''Plants''' prohibits Growing, Sowing, Harvesting, and Plant Cutting (including cutting trees).
# '''Social''' prohibits Trading, Recruiting prisoners, and all Wardening.
# '''Skilled Labor''' prohibits a long list: Brewer, Butcher, Cook, Constructor ''and'' Deconstructor, Miner, Grower, Harvester, Plant Cutter, Crafter, Smith, Tailor, Repairer, Driller, Fabricator, Machinist, Refiner, Smelter, Stonecutter, and Apothecary (i.e. drug production).<!-- This is in not in-game order, which is listed rather randomly (and lists "Miner" twice).-->
# '''(non-)Violent''' is exactly that, prohibiting all Ranged and Melee combat, as well as the Hunting, Warden, and Executing prisoners tasks. A pawn that is incapable of Violent cannot defend themself in any way, period. This includes a prohibition against equipping even "non-damaging" weapons such as [[smoke launcher]]s or [[EMP grenades]], or weapons equipped only for their buffs, such as the [[eltex staff]] {{RoyaltyIcon}}. A "non-violent" colonist can still be drafted, and can still use [[Psycasts|psycasts]] {{RoyaltyIcon}}.

===Prioritizing a task===
A colonist can be directed to immediately perform a task, but only if it's a work type they're assigned to. Select the colonist, right-click a target (such as a blueprint, object, or pawn) and choose an option from the context menu. If no menu appears, then the colonist can't do anything with that target - try another colonist. Multiple tasks can be chained together by holding the Shift key. Queued jobs are shown on the colonist's inspect pane.

===Notes===
*For improved efficiency, colonists do cleaning and harvesting in batches.
*Colonists will only perform work in their [[Zone/Area|allowed area]].
**If an allowed area is made up of two parts, colonists may still traverse the unallowed area to perform tasks in another zone.

===Work types===
Note: Within each work-type, there are a number of tasks performed as part of that work type. Tasks with a higher priority value will be prioritized over tasks with a lower value in the same work-type.
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! Work type !! Description !! Relevant skill !! Category
|- id="Firefight"
| '''Firefight''' || Firefighters extinguish fires in the home area.  Firefighters can't extinguish fires outside the home area || none || none
|- id="Patient"
| '''Patient''' || Patients go to a [[bed|medical bed]] to receive treatment for life-threatening health conditions (e.g. a treatable [[illness]]). It is not advisable to ever disable this or severely lower the priority. <br/><br/>See the 'bed rest' task to set the priority for non-disease injuries. || none || none
|- id="Doctor"
| '''Doctor''' || Doctors bandage wounds, treat the sick, and perform operations. Doctors also automatically rescue downed colonists.<br/>Doctors tend to colonists, rescued allies, prisoners and colony animals, but they must be resting in a bed or sleeping spot.

* Tend to patients with urgent needs. '''Priority:''' 110
* Tend to patients. '''Priority:''' 100
* Tend to self. '''Priority:''' 90
* Feed patients. '''Priority:''' 80
* [[Surgery|Operate]] on humanlikes. '''Priority:''' 70
* Rescue downed allies to bed. '''Priority:''' 60
* Tend to animals. '''Priority:''' 50
* Feed animals (patient animals only). '''Priority:''' 40
* Operate on animals. '''Priority:''' 30
* Take patients to bed for operations. '''Priority:''' 20
* Visit sick people . '''Priority:''' 10

|| [[Skills#Medical|Medical]] || [[Traits|Caring]] <br><br>Social (Visiting only)
|- id="Bed rest"
| '''Bed rest''' || Colonists assigned to bed rest will rest in a bed to heal [[Injury|injuries]].  This is separate from a colonist's need to sleep to replenish rest. || none || none
|- id="Basic"
| '''Basic''' || Colonists will complete tasks that are unskilled and easy to complete. 
* Flick switches - toggle power on [[Power#Appliances|appliances]] and [[Power#Power switch|switches]], or open/close [[vent]]s. '''Priority:''' 500
* Release [[Prisoner#Release|prisoners]]. '''Priority:''' 100
* Open containers marked to open: [[grave]]s, [[cryptosleep casket]]s, and [[sarcophagus|sarcophagi]]. '''Priority:''' 50
&#42; ''Note: Even when not assigned to Basic work, colonists can still be directed with right-click to open a container not marked to open.''
|| none || none
|- id="Warden"
| '''Warden''' || Wardens feed [[prisoner]]s, chat with them, and try to recruit them, as chosen by the player. Wardens also carry out prisoner releases and executions.
* Execute prisoners. '''Priority:''' 110
* Release prisoners. '''Priority:''' 100
* Take prisoners to bed. '''Priority:''' 90
* Feed prisoners. '''Priority:''' 80
* Deliver food to prisoners. '''Priority:''' 70
* Chat with prisoners. '''Priority:''' 60
|| [[Skills#Social|Social]] || none
|- id="Handle"
| '''Handle''' || Handlers tame, train, feed, milk, shear and slaughter tamed [[animals]]. Handlers also rescue wounded animals. <br/><br/> ''Note'': Slaughtering animals is a violent act and will not be carried out by pawns incapable of violence. 

* Take roaming animals to pen. '''Priority:''' 160
* Feed sick animals. '''Priority:''' 150 (animal patients - sick or injured animals resting in an animal bed or sleeping spot designated as medical)
* Take to pen. '''Priority:''' 130 (presumably this one is for moving animals from a hitching spot to a pen)
* Slaughter animals. '''Priority:''' 100
* Release to wild. '''Priority:''' 100
* Milk animals. '''Priority:''' 90
* Shear animals. '''Priority:''' 85
* Tame animals. '''Priority:''' 80
* Train animals. '''Priority:''' 70
* Rebalance animals in pens. '''Priority:''' 60
|| [[Skills#Animals|Animals]] || Animals
|- id="Cook"
| '''Cook''' || Cooks [[butcher table|butcher]] [[animals]], prepare [[meals]], and brew [[beer]]. 

* Cook meals at stove. '''Priority:''' 100
* Cook meals at [[campfire]]. '''Priority:''' 97
* [[Butcher table|Butcher]] creatures. '''Priority:''' 90
* Fill food [[hopper]]s. '''Priority:''' 50
* [[Brewery|Brew]] liquors. '''Priority:''' 30

|| [[Skills#Cooking|Cooking]] || Skilled labor
|- id="Hunt"
| '''Hunt''' || Hunters hunt animals [[Orders#Hunt|marked for hunting]], but will require a ranged weapon to do so (you will be notified via message of colonists with the Hunting job without one). || [[Skills#Shooting|Shooting]] and [[Skills#Animals|Animals]]|| Violent
|- id="Construct"
| '''Construct''' || Constructors build things, smooth floors, repair damaged buildings and structures, and fix broken-down equipment with [[components]]. 

* Fix broken-down buildings. '''Priority:''' 120
* Uninstall structures. '''Priority:''' 110
* [[Build roof area|Build roofs]]. '''Priority:''' 100
* [[Remove roof area|Remove roofs]]. '''Priority:''' 90
* Construct placed frames. '''Priority:''' 80
* Deliver resources to frames. '''Priority:''' 70
* Deliver resources to blueprints. '''Priority:''' 60
* Deconstruct structures. '''Priority:''' 50
* Repair damaged things. '''Priority:''' 40
* Remove floors. '''Priority:''' 30
* [[Smooth stone|Smooth floors]]. '''Priority:''' 20
* Smooth walls. '''Priority:''' 10
|| [[Skills#Construction|Construction]] || Skilled labor
|- id="Grow"
| '''Grow''' || Growers plant and [[Orders#Harvest Food|harvest]] domestic crops. 

* Harvest crops. '''Priority:''' 100
* Replant trees. '''Priority:''' 60
* Sow crops. '''Priority:''' 50
|| [[Skills#Plants|Plants]] || Skilled labor
|- id="Mine"
| '''Mine''' || Miners dig out marked sections of stone or minerals, as well as operating [[deep drill]]s. 

* Mine. '''Priority:''' 100
* Drill at [[deep drill]]. '''Priority:''' 50
|| [[Skills#Mining|Mining]] || Skilled labor
|- id="Plant cut"
| '''Plant cut''' || Plant cutters [[Orders#harvest|harvest]] food from wild plant and [[Orders#cut plants|cut down marked plants]]. 

* Extract trees. '''Priority:''' 110
* Cut plants. '''Priority:''' none
|| [[Skills#Plants|Plants]] || Dumb labor
|- id="Smith"
| '''Smith''' || Smiths create weapons at the [[smithing bench]] and the [[machining table]] 

* Make weapons (at [[smithy]]). '''Priority:''' 115
* Make things at [[machining table]]. '''Priority:''' 75
* [[Fabrication bench|Fabricate]] things. '''Priority:''' 50

|| [[Skills#Crafting|Crafting]] || Skilled labor
|- id="Tailor"
| '''Tailor''' || Tailors craft clothing at a tailor bench ([[electric tailor bench|electric]] / [[hand tailor bench]]). || [[Skills#Crafting|Crafting]] || Skilled labor
|- id="Art"
| '''Art''' || Artists make [[sculptures]] at the [[sculptor's table]]. || [[Skills#Artistic|Artistic]] || Artistic
|- id="Craft"
| '''Craft''' || Craftsman do general low-skilled labor at work like [[stonecutter's table|stonecutting]] and [[electric smelter|smelting]]. 

* Make things at [[crafting spot]]. '''Priority:''' 100
* Work at [[refinery]]. '''Priority:''' 97
* [[Drug lab|Synthesize]] [[drugs]]. '''Priority:''' 95
* Make [[stone blocks]]. '''Priority:''' 90
* [[Electric smelter|Smelt]] items. '''Priority:''' 80
|| 
* [[Skills#Crafting|Crafting]] 
* [[Skills#Cooking|Cooking]] ([[Drug Cooking Speed|Drug Cooking]] only)
* [[Skills#Intelligence|Intelligence]] ([[Drug Synthesis Speed|Drug Synthesis]] only)
* None (Stone Cutting and Smelting only) 
|| Skilled labor<br><Br>Intellectual (Drug Synthesis only)
|- id="Haul"
| '''Haul''' || 
Haulers do a number of things, including:
* Rearm turrets. '''Priority:''' 150
* Refuel fuelable buildings ([[Torch lamp]]s, generators, [[Fueled stove]]s etc.). '''Priority:''' 140
* Unload [[Pack animal|carriers]]. '''Priority:''' 130
* Load [[caravan]]. '''Priority:''' 120
* Load [[transport pod|transporters]]. '''Priority:''' 110
* [[Orders#Strip|Strip]] corpses. '''Priority:''' 100
* Haul corpses. '''Priority:''' 90
* Do [[Electric crematorium|cremation]] bills. '''Priority:''' 40
* Do bills at campfire (such as burning drugs). '''Priority:''' 30
* Empty egg boxes. '''Priority:''' 20
* Take [[beer]] out of [[fermenting barrel]]s. '''Priority:''' 20
* [[Wort|Fill]] fermenting barrels. '''Priority:''' 19
* Haul general things. '''Priority:''' 15
* Deliver resources to frames. '''Priority:''' 10
* Deliver resources to blueprints. '''Priority:''' 9
* Merge things. '''Priority:''' 5
|| none || Dumb labor
|- id="Clean"
| '''Clean''' || Cleaners remove [[filth]] such as dirt, blood, and vomit, which would otherwise negatively affect the [[beauty]] of a room.
* Clear [[snow]]. '''Priority:''' 10
* Clean [[filth]]. '''Priority:''' 5
|| none || Dumb labor
|- id="Research"
| '''Research''' || 
* Study thing. '''Priority:''' 110 (unclear)
* [[Research]] work at a [[simple research bench]] or [[hi-tech research bench]] to unlock new items and building options. '''Priority:''' 100
* Scanning at the [[Long-range mineral scanner]]. '''Priority:''' 50
* Scanning at the [[Ground-penetrating scanner]]. '''Priority:''' 50
|| [[Skills#Intellectual|Intellectual]] || Intellectual
|}

== Schedule ==
[[File:Restrict menu.png|600px|thumb|right|Example of the schedule menu showing schedule and allowed areas (without royalty)]]
The Schedule screen allows the player to schedule an activity for each colonist, for each hour of a 24-hour day.  Pawns will continue their current task until finished. Only then will a colonist check their schedule and work tabs for other possible assignments. Task lengths vary.

==== Anything ====

The pawn will attempt to [[work]] per their priorities unless their [[needs|need]] to [[Recreation|recreate]] falls below 35%, their need to [[Saturation|eat]] falls below 30%, their need to [[rest]] falls below 30%, or their [[psyfocus]]{{RoyaltyIcon}} falls below the player-assigned threshold. When those thresholds are met, they will instead attempt to fulfill those needs. For this setting, if a pawn is already asleep when this schedule begins, they will not wake up and instead continue to sleep until fully rested. 

Pawns will continue their current work task until finished, so that the need percentages may fall below the threshold, but when looking for the next task the schedule thresholds will be in effect. The current work task can be manually ended by [[Draft|drafting]] and undrafting the pawn. 

==== Work ====

The pawn will attempt to [[work]] per their priorities unless their need to [[Saturation|eat]] falls below 30% and without regard for sleep or recreation. If a pawn is already asleep when this scheduled activity begins, they will wake up to work. Note that when a pawn's rest need reaches zero, they will eventually fall asleep in their current location (e.g., the ground), regardless of their schedule, and wake up at 20% rest need. The pawn will never recreate.

==== Recreation ====

The pawn will attempt to [[work]] per their priorities unless their [[needs|need]] to [[Recreation|recreate]] falls below 95%, their need to [[Saturation|eat]] falls below 30%, their need to [[rest]] falls below 30%, or their [[psyfocus]]{{RoyaltyIcon}} falls below the player-assigned threshold. When those thresholds are met, they will instead attempt to fulfill those needs. If a pawn is already asleep when this schedule begins, they will not wake up and instead continue to sleep until rested.

==== Sleep ====

The pawn will attempt to [[work]] per their priorities, unless their need to [[Saturation|eat]] falls below 30%, their need to [[rest]] falls below 75%, or their [[psyfocus]]{{RoyaltyIcon}} falls below the player-assigned threshold. When those thresholds are met, they will instead attempt to fulfill those needs. The pawn will wake up to eat if [[Saturation|eat]] falls below 12.5%. The pawn will not sleep past 100% need, but will instead wake up and evaluate the priorities per the schedule and work tab.

A pawn scheduled to sleep will not do [[Recreation|recreate]] except if idle.

==== Meditate ====

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The pawn will attempt to [[meditate]], preferring to meditate at their assigned [[meditation spot]] {{RoyaltyIcon}} or assigning an unassigned spot to themselves. They will meditate until their [[needs|need]] to [[Saturation|eat]] falls below 30% or their need to [[rest]] falls below 15%. When those thresholds are met, they will instead attempt to fulfill those needs. Meditation counts as Solitary type recreation and their recreation need will fill to 100% if able.  If a pawn is already asleep when this scheduled activity begins, they will wake up to meditate. Note that if a pawn's rest need reaches zero, they will fall asleep regardless of their schedule. All pawns can meditate, not just [[psycast]]ers {{RoyaltyIcon}}, and psycaster pawns will not stop a scheduled meditation even when they have met or exceeded their target [[psyfocus]] {{RoyaltyIcon}} level, i.e. meditation will continue to fill the level up its maximum of 100%, even if the target is set lower.

Meditation will be scheduled at any recreation need below 100%. Pawns will sporadically perform other tasks if they continuously meditate at 100% recreation need, indicating that this is behavior similar to other schedules, but with a threshold of 100%, and that the work check can sometimes be met. Meditation is a work task with a duration and like the other schedules, pawns will continue their current work task until finished, so that the need percentages may fall below the threshold, but when looking for the next task the schedule thresholds will be in effect.

{| class=wikitable sortable style="text-align: center;
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! Schedule !!Rest below !!Recreate below  !! Eat below  !!Wake on schedule change!! Else
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! [[File:Schedule Anything.png]]
| 30% || 35% || rowspan=5 | 30% food need ||No || Work
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! [[File:Schedule Recreation.png]] 
| 30% || 95% || No  || Work
|-|
! [[File:Schedule Work.png]] 
| Never Rest || Never Recreate||Yes || -
|-
! [[File:Schedule Meditate.png]] 
| 15% || Always Meditate || Yes || -
|-
! [[File:Schedule Sleep.png]] 
| 75% || Never Recreate || No || Work
|}

Early game, colonists may be set to permanent work until basic infrastructure and accommodations are constructed, but permanent work has a high chance of mental breaks. 

The ideal schedule for a pawn varies by the [[trait]]s of the pawn. For example, optimists remain cheery despite less recreation time, and pawns with a [[circadian assistant]]{{RoyaltyIcon}} or an efficient [[bed]] do not need as much sleep.

Psycasters{{RoyaltyIcon}} can have hours of recreation in the morning be replaced with mandatory meditation, as meditation counts as recreation. Recreation can be staggered in larger colonies to minimize the chance of all tables being occupied. Night owls should be sleeping from 10 am to 6 pm inclusive to prevent the "night owl at day" debuff and maximize the "night owl at night" buff.

=== Allowed area ===

Each colonist is assigned to an [[Zone/Area#Allowed area|allowed area]]. By default each colonist is set to 'unrestricted' allowing them to do activities anywhere on the map. Clicking the allowed area box on a colonist's row assigns that colonist to that area. The 'Manage allowed areas' button opens a window where allowed areas may be created, deleted, inverted, or renamed. Up to eight allowed areas may be created, not including the home zone.

In [[Events#Toxic_fallout|toxic fallout events]], players can restrict the allowed area of colonists to rooms with a [[roof]] overhead to prevent [[Ailments#Toxic_buildup|toxic buildup]]. 
* Consider scheduling sleep during the [[day]] (11h-18h) for colonists with [[Night owl]] trait.
* Use [[temporary allowed area|temporary allowed area(s)]].

== Assign ==
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[[File:Mainmenu_assign.png|600px|thumb|right|Assign tab displaying most of its features. Note that 'Recruiter' in the 'Current Outfit' tab is a custom outfit.]]

The Assign screen has the following functions:

=== Threat response ===
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Sets each colonist's behavior when enemies are nearby. This setting is also available on the colonist's inspect pane. Melee colonist in attack mode attack enemies within a radius of 8 cells inclusive pawns. Ranged colonists in attack mode attack enemies within a radius that is approximately 70% of the weapons maximum range up to a max of about 20 cells.
{| style="margin-left: 19px;"
|- style="height: 23px;"
| [[File:ReactUndraftedFlee.png|16px]]  || style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: .5em;" | Flee (default)
|- style="height: 23px;"
|[[File:ReactUndraftedAttack.png|16px]] || style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: .5em;" | Attack
|- style="height: 23px;"
|[[File:ReactUndraftedIgnore.png|16px]] || style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: .5em;" | Ignore
|}

=== Treatment options ===
{{See also|Doctoring#Treatment options{{!}}Doctoring}}
Sets the best medicine types a [[Work#Doctor|Doctor]] will use when treating, or performing [[surgery]] on, a pawn. The highest tier allowed will always be used, even for minor injuries and treatments. If the requested tier cannot be retrieved by the doctor for any reason, the next tier down will be tried, and so on. The default setting can be adjusted at the "Defaults" button next to the medical quality level on a pawn's health tab.

'''Note:''' Most [[operation]]s require medicine - if a pawn is set to no medicine, or none is available, the operations in question will not be performed.

{| style="margin-left: 19px;"
|- style="height: 23px;"
| [[File:Doctor_care_but_no_medicine.png|16px|link=Medical]]        || style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: .5em;" | [[Doctoring|Doctor care]], but no medicine
|- style="height: 23px;"
|[[File:Herbal medicine.png|16px|link=Herbal medicine]]             || style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: .5em;" | [[Herbal medicine]]
|- style="height: 23px;"
|[[File:Medicine industrial a.png|16px|link=Medicine]]              || style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: .5em;" | [[Medicine]]
|- style="height: 23px;"
|[[File:Glitterworld_medicine.png|16px|link=Glitterworld medicine]] || style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: .5em;" | [[Glitterworld medicine]]
|}

=== Outfits ===
Allows the player to manage [[Clothing|apparel]] profiles. Colonists will automatically don the best apparel possible per their assigned outfit and according to the weather. They will automatically switch out damaged apparel for better apparel, or poor-quality apparel for high-quality apparel.

If the player forces a colonist to wear a piece of apparel, the colonist will never remove it until the manual assignment is cleared, the apparel runs out of HP, or the colonist is forced to wear a different apparel on the same body part. In the Gear tab on the pawn inspect pane, manually assigned apparel is listed as 'forced'. Forced apparel can be cleared using the 'Clear forced' button on the Assign window, allowing colonists to remove them at will.

There are several default outfits as follows:
:* '''Anything:''' Allows literally any apparel, included [[tainted]] apparel. 
:* '''Nudist:''' Allows only untainted headgear and [[utility]] items. A [[nudist]] does not consider those items to be clothing and will still get the appropriate +20 mood buff.
:* '''Worker:''' Excludes any type of armor but allows most everything else.
:* '''Soldier:''' Includes armor and clothing suited for cold weather.
The player may modify these outfits or create their own.

=== Food restriction === 
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Food Restrictions allow the player to edit and set food policies for different colonists. The default food restriction policy, named Lavish, allows pawns to consume meals of all qualities, pemmican, chocolate, or raw food (if accessible) and forbids human meat and insect meat.

Hungry Pawns attempt to eat the food that grants them the most mood that they are allowed to eat. If multiple foods grant the same mood the colonist will eat the closest. If the colonist has a meal in their inventory and is starving (below 12.5% food saturation), or if their desired meal is more than approximately 90 cells away, they will eat the meal from their inventory regardless of the inventory meal's quality. After eating, a colonist attempts to refill their food inventory slot with the meal that grants them the most mood allowed by their food restriction.

There are several default food restrictions as follows:
:* '''Lavish:''' All food types allowed.
:* '''Fine:''' All food types except lavish meals, [[carnivore lavish meal]]s, and [[vegetarian lavish meal]]s allowed.
:* '''Simple:''' All food types except [[packaged survival meal]]s, fine meals, [[carnivore fine meal]]s, vegetarian fine meals, lavish meals, carnivore lavish meals, and vegetarian lavish meals allowed.
:* '''Paste:''' All meals disallowed except nutrient paste meals. All other food types allowed. 
:* '''Raw:''' [[Chocolate]], [[insect jelly]], [[pemmican]], and all meals disallowed. All other food types allowed, including animal products.
:* '''Nothing:''' All food types disallowed.
:* '''Vegetarian:''' Corpses, raw meat, carnivore fine meals, carnivore lavish meals, pemmican, and [[kibble]], as well as meals with appetizing meat, human meat, or insect meat disallowed. All other food types allowed. 
:* '''Carnivore:''' All raw vegetables, vegetarian meals, and other meals with a vegetable ingredient disallowed.
:* '''Cannibal:''' 
:* '''Insect meat:''' ?

The player may modify these restriction presets or create their own.

=== Drug policies === 
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Allows the player to edit and set [[Drugs|drug]] policies that can be applied to each colonist. 

Note: Pawns on a [[Mental break|drug binge]] may ignore these restrictions and take drugs at will. Pawns on a [[mental break|food binge]] may take drugs for recreation regardless of player settings. Pawns with [[chemical fascination]] or [[chemical interest]] traits are treated as always having "Take drugs for recreation" and "Take drugs for addiction" enabled regardless of setting. If a colonist has drug-related trait it is conveniently noted on the drug policy.

Pawns can also be told to keep a certain number of doses for each individual drug type. NOTE: Sometimes colonists do not put appropriate drugs in their inventory and the reason why is currently unknown.

The "For Addiction", "For Recreation" and "Scheduled" check boxes have "OR" functionality. The "Scheduled" options of "Frequency", "Only if mood below" and "Only if recreation below" sliders have "AND" functionality. The "Scheduled" "Frequency" option uses the time since last ingestion and not the time of "last scheduled ingestion".

A drug set to "For Recreation" can be taken anytime the colonist does Recreation. A drug held in inventory will aways be preferred when taken "For Recreation."

There are several default drug policies as follows:
:* '''No drugs:''' No drugs to be kept in inventory. All drugs for addictions. No drugs for recreation. No drugs scheduled. 
:* '''Social drugs:''' No drugs to be kept in inventory. All drugs except for [[beer]] and [[smokeleaf joint]]s for addictions. Beer and smokeleaf joints available for recreation. No drugs scheduled. Despite also being [[social drugs]], [[ambrosia]] and [[psychite tea]] are excluded from this policy.
:* '''One drink per day:''' No drugs to be kept in inventory. All drugs except for [[beer]] and [[smokeleaf joint]]s for addictions. Beer and smokeleaf joints available for recreation. Beer scheduled for use once per day, at any recreation or mood level.
:* '''Unrestricted:''' No drugs to be kept in inventory. All drugs for addictions. All drugs for recreation. No drugs scheduled. 

The player may modify these policies or create their own.

=== Carry medicine === 
Players can tell pawns to carry a certain amount of any type of medicine in their inventory, from 0-3. This allows drafted doctors to quickly stabilize a pawn on the battlefield using medicine.

==Animals==
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[[File:Animals menu.png|600px|thumb|right|Example of the animals menu with a few pets shown]]
The Animals window lists all the colony animals. Clicking an animal name will center the map to that animal.
* A button lists the animal's master, if it has one. Click the button to assign a new master. Colonists bonded an animal will want to be the master of their bonded animal. They will suffer a mood debuff when the animal's master is not them, but receive a mood buff when they are the handler.
* [[Zone/Area#Allowed area|Allowed areas]] are also listed here including Unrestricted, [[Home area]], and animal areas. Each animal stays in its assigned area unless its master is drafted. The zone option is not available for farm animals, only displaying which pen an animal is in.
* The <tt>[Manage areas...]</tt> button at the top of the window opens another window to edit allowed areas.
* The <tt>[Manage auto-slaughter...]</tt> button at the top of the window opens another window to adjust the thresholds at which your colonists will automatically slaughter excess animals.
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==Wildlife==
The wildlife window lists all non-tamed animals on the map.  Mousing over an animal will point an arrow towards it, and clicking will jump the camera to it.  The screen shows the animal's gender and age, as well as species information about revenge chance and if it is a predator.  There are also buttons to start hunting or taming each animal, which can be clicked and dragged to select multiple at once.

Predator animals will hunt and eat vulnerable animals and colonists.  Checking this menu often and killing any predators that arrive is a good way to keep the map safe. This menu is also useful for scavenging any downed animals nearby, yielding risk-free [[meat]] and [[leather]].

==Research==
[[File:Research menu.png|600px|thumb|right|Example screenshot of the research menu with a few projects completed]]
{{Main|Research}}
The Research window is used to select the next technology to research. The Research icon on the menu bar is also a progress bar of the current research project.
Green boxes are completed research, black boxes are unfinished research, and gray boxes are unavailable research. If the [[Royalty DLC]] is installed, [[techprint]] requiring research will show a x/x box under the name of the research to show the number of techprints applied/needed.
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==Quests==
{{Main|Quests}}
The quests menu has different tabs that can show available, active, and historical quests.  Available quests can be accepted here, with most quests having a time limit before expiry.  There is also the option to change reward preferences, which allows [[Faction#Faction Relationships|goodwill]] or [[Titles|honour]] to be blocked as a quest reward from each faction.

==World==
The World interface provides information about the planet that the player has settled on.  By default, the map is centered on the site of your colony, but can be moved via the standard camera keys. Individual colonies and caravans can be selected by clicking on their icons on the map. If the player selects an area, they can receive information through the planet and terrain tab.

===Tabs===
* Planet tab - provides both the name of the planet as well as the seed used in world generation.

* Terrain tab - provides information on the biome type, travel times for caravans passing through that area during the various seasons, the stone types (rock chunks), elevation, rainfall, average temperatures, growing times, and time zone.

===Caravans===
{{Main|Caravan}} Caravans can be deployed from existing colonies by clicking on the colony and clicking the "form caravan" button at the bottom left. Caravans can be used to settle in different areas, trading, and attacking hostile outposts.


== Ideology ==
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{{Main|Ideoligion}}

Using this tab, you can view your ideology and the ideologies of other factions. Here you can find options for saving and loading ideologies.

==History==
===Graph===
On the History screen, the graph tab shows a historical graph. There are three different graphs: 
* Wealth: This graph has lines depicting total wealth, item wealth, and building wealth. 
* Population: This graph shows the free population and prisoner population. 
* Colonist mood: This graph only displays the average mood of all of the colonists. 

At the top of the three graphs is a series of colored circles that describe every random event that has occurred. Blue or white circles are positive or neutral events, yellow circles are negative events, and red circles are attacks. The event circles are chronologically in sync with the graph, so that each event happened at the time specified on the graph. The graphs can be filtered to include only results from the last 300, 100, and 30 days.

===Messages===

On the History screen, the messages tab shows the last 200 messages and letters you've received, even after you close them. You can pin messages to keep them around longer.

==== Letters ====

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Examples:

* [[Events#Ambrosia_sprout|Ambrosia sprout]] ([[Ambrosia bush]])
* [[Ancient shrine|Ancient danger]]
* [[Animal]]'s revenge
* [[Animal self-tamed]]
* [[Blight]]: domesticated plant
* [[Mental_break#Psychotic_wandering_.28Daze.29|Daze]]: [[colonist]]
* [[Death]]: colonist
* [[Disease]]: [[Infection]]
* [[Events#Meteorite|Meteorite]]: material
* Everyone is dead or gone. This story is over. Perhaps someone else will a use for the ruins of this place.
* Gift from ...
* Colonist kidnapped
* [[Mad animal]]
* [[Events#Man in black|Man in black]]
* [[Mental_break#Manhunter|Manhunter]]: domesticated animal
* [[Mental break#Hide in room|Hide in room]]: colonist
* [[Mental_inspiration#Inspired_taming|Inspired taming]]: colonist
* [[Events#Party|Party]]
* [[Events#People arrived|People arrived]]
* [[Raid]]
* New [[recruit]]: colonist
* [[Events#Rare_Thrumbos|Rare Thrumbos]] ([[Thrumbo]])
* [[Quest]] active: ...
* Quest expired: ...
* [[Events#Solar_flare|Solar flare]]
* [[Summer]]
* [[Mental_break#Tantrum|Tantrum]]: colonist

==== Messages ====

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Examples:
* An animal named ... had a mental break (e.g. [[Manhunter]]) because of of [[master]]'s death
* [[Animals#Taming|Tamed animal]] has started to roam away! He(she) will leave this map unless animal [[handle]]r ropes her back to a pen
* [[Bill]] complete ([[Campfire]])
* [[Colonist]]s [[Construct Success Chance|failed]] while [[Work#Construct|constructing]] a simple wooden bench. Some resources have been wasted
* Colonist is fully healed
* Colonist is no longer inspired
* Colonist is no longer having a [[Mental_break#Tantrum|Tantrum]]
* Colonist has gotten [[food poisoning]] from: [[Simple meal]]. Cause: Dirty cooking area.
* Colonist successfully [[tame]]d an animal. It is now called animal 1
* Critical alert: Colonist needs [[rescue]]
* Critical alert: [[Fire]]
* Critical alert: Major break risk
* [[Fall]] has begun
* [[Food]] has [[Deterioration|deteriorated]] in storage
* [[Rice plant]] died because of cold
* [[Goodwill|Relation]]s with ... have changed from 0 to 1 ([[Trade]]d)
* [[Spring]] has begun
* The [[Trade#By_physical_presence|trade caravan]] from ... is leaving

===Statistics===
On the History screen, the Statistics tab contains information about the colony, including the current [[AI Storytellers|Storyteller]] and difficulty scale, total colony wealth, the number of major threats and enemy raids, the total amount of damage taken and colonists killed, and the number of colonists launched into space.

==Factions==
[[File:ExampleFactions.png|600px|thumb|right|An example of the different factions with leaders in 1.1]]
{{Main|Factions}}

There are many different kinds of factions in the game besides your own.  The factions menu shows you the name, leader, and faction type for each faction, as well as their relationship with your colony and other factions.
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==Menu==
The Menu is accessed by hitting the ESC key or by hitting the corresponding tab at the bottom right of the page.

The functions are as follows:
*Save - Saves the current game manually
*Load game - Loads a previously saved game
*Review scenario - Displays the conditions of your current playthrough (Does not record the seed used to generate your world map)
*Options - Provides graphics and sound settings for the game
*Quit to main menu - Returns the user to the title page
*Quit to OS - Quits the application

In a save with [[Permadeath]] enabled, the functions are as follows:
*Review scenario - Displays the conditions of your current playthrough
*Options - Provides graphics and sound settings for the game
*Save and quit to menu - Saves the current game manually, then returns the user to the title page
*Save and quit to OS - Saves the current game manually, then quits the application

== Version history ==
* [[Version/0.10.785|0.10.785]] - Outfit system added. Timetable system added.
* [[Version/0.13.1135|0.13.1135]] - Threat response mode added - Decide how colonists should auto-respond to threats: flee, attack, or ignore.
* Beta 19/1.0 - New main tab: Wildlife. Allows easy counting, finding, and designating of wild animals. Added medical care column to the Assign tab.
* [[Version/1.3.3066|1.3.3066]] -  Wildlife tab refinements
* [[Version/1.3.3287|1.3.3287]] - Fix: [[torture crown]]{{IdeologyIcon}} is automatically allowed by colonists' clothing restrictions.
* [[Version/1.4.3523|1.4.3523]] - Fix: Drug take to inventory in policy can exceed def-defined limit.

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