Tools & Mods

Enhance your RimWorld experience with these carefully selected mods, tools, and utilities. From quality-of-life improvements to game-changing additions, find everything you need to customize your colony management experience.

Essential Mods

Harmony

Essential framework mod required by many other mods. Provides the foundation for mod compatibility and functionality.

Required Steam Workshop

HugsLib

Lightweight library mod that provides shared functionality for many popular mods. Essential for mod stability.

Required Steam Workshop

RimHUD

Completely redesigned user interface that provides better information display and improved usability.

UI Enhancement Steam Workshop

Work Tab

Advanced work priority management with detailed scheduling and priority controls for better colonist management.

Management Steam Workshop

Map Reroll

Allows you to regenerate maps without changing the world seed, perfect for finding the ideal starting location.

Utility Steam Workshop

Allow Tool

Adds useful tools for area management, including "Allow All" and "Forbid All" commands for better resource control.

Management Steam Workshop

Featured Guides & Tools

Map Reroll & Preview Guide

Tired of wasting fresh starts? Learn the modern map generating stack and stop searching for the perfect tile the hard way.

Optimization Use Tool

Metabolism Calculator

Interactive calculator for RimWorld Biotech hunger mechanics. Calculate metabolic efficiency, food consumption, and optimize your colony's nutrition.

Calculator Use Tool

Gene Extractor Planner (1.6)

Stop burning prisoners and silver blindly. This tool gives you the fast extraction loop, local trader stock routes, storage rules, and a donor-cap throughput calculator for the 1.6 patch line.

Biotech Tool Use Tool

Crafting XP Grind Planner (1.6)

Stop wasting mats: one-screen quick guide + code-backed planner for the 4,000 XP/day cap, best training bills, stonecutting trap, and the Crafting 8 component jump.

Tool Use Tool

Components Refill Planner (1.6/Odyssey)

Stop stalling your grid: one-screen quick guide + def-backed calculators for compacted machinery yield, ship chunk salvage, fabrication bills, and LRMS component lump math.

Tool Use Tool

Neutroamine Trade Tool

Can you make neutroamine in vanilla? No. This code-backed tool shows the real trader stock ranges from Core defs, recipe sinks, and a reserve calculator for medicine, penoxycyline, wake-up, go-juice, and Hussars.

Calculator Use Tool

Crematorium Fast Setup Tool (1.6)

Build an electric crematorium fast: exact 1.6.4633 costs/power/heat from Core defs, copyable bills for corpses + tainted apparel, rot stink safety tips, and a “won’t cremate?” troubleshooter.

Tool Use Tool

Muscle Parasites Cure Tool (300% Tend Calculator)

Cure muscle parasites fast: def-backed 48h tend cooldown + 300% total tend quality goal, plus a one-screen checklist and medicine tier guide.

Tool Use Tool

Room Impressiveness Calculator

Calculate room impressiveness and beauty values to keep your colonists happy. Interactive tool with real-time calculations.

Calculator Use Tool

Throne Room Ceremony Fix Tool

Diagnose why a bestowing ceremony ignores your throne room. Fast Novice vs Acolyte split, code-backed gather-spot clues, and a live fix path for modded or Odyssey edge cases.

Royalty Use Tool

Kibble Calculator & Recipe Tool

Make kibble fast: exact 1.6 recipe, butcher table vs spot yield, ingredient conversions, and a winter stockpile calculator.

Calculator Use Tool

Pemmican Caravan Food Tool

Exact 1.6 pemmican recipe from local Core defs, caravan ration math, campfire vs stove support, and the important vanilla rule that eggs and milk do not count.

Calculator Use Tool

Animal Feeding Planner (Poster Tool)

Stop animal starvation fast: diet match cards, pen-marker workflow, roofed shelf/barn routing, winter reserve planner, and the warg exception backed by local 1.6.4633 Core defs.

Tool Use Tool

Toxic Fallout Timer & Survival Toolkit

Exact toxic-fallout timer from local 1.6.4633 defs (days + ticks), plus a 24-hour checklist, toxic buildup thresholds, food/animal triage, and a fast "why is this permanent?" troubleshooter.

Tool Use Tool

Roof Support Planner & Fix Tool

Build a roof fast (auto vs Build roof area), fix missing tiles, and generate a safe column grid for wide rooms using the vanilla 6‑tile support rule.

Tool Use Tool

Freezer Builder & Cooler Count Tool

Freezer planner for 1.6.4633: quick build checklist, live cooler / power calculator, local code anchors for spoilage and temperature equalization, and kitchen-flow fixes that stop food from thawing.

Tool Use Tool

Laboratory Builder & Research Speed Tool

Build a lab that actually counts in 1.6. Includes a room-role predictor and a research-speed calculator using real 1.6.4633 values: cleanliness curve, temperature cutoff (9-35C), not-in-room penalty (0.8), and analyzer link rules.

Tool Use Tool

Plasteel Planner & Source Guide

Every vanilla plasteel source ranked by speed and control. Scanner timing calculator, mech salvage yields, trade planner, and budget tool — all from 1.6 Core defs.

Calculator Use Tool

Steel Shortage Solver

Emergency steel checklist + calculators: mine compacted steel (40/tile), ship chunk deconstruct yield (~20), slag smelting (15), trade stock ranges (250–800), and scanner/drill build costs (Core defs).

Tool Use Tool

Baby Planner & Pregnancy Tool

Fast yes/no (Biotech required), “Try for baby” troubleshooting, an 18-day due-date calculator (from Core defs), and baby-care priorities.

Tool Use Tool

Colonist Growth Planner (Soft Cap + Fast Paths)

Poster-style tool for how to get more colonists fast: capture-first checklist, DLC lane picker, and a soft-cap explainer backed by Core defs (population intent curve + WandererJoin weight + slaver scaling + shock lance stats).

Tool Use Tool

Tech Tier Guide

Interactive guide to understanding faction tech levels, weapons, and combat strategies across different technological eras.

Strategy Read Guide

Temperature Management

Complete guide to managing temperature, hypothermia, and heat stroke. Includes clothing recommendations and base design tips.

Survival Read Guide

Biosculpter Pod Setup Tool

Poster-style setup guide for RimWorld biosculpter pods with clean-room math, cycle planning, and fast troubleshooting.

Optimization Open Tool

Solar Flare Survival Tool

Code-backed blackout guide for freezer lockdown, hydroponics triage, passive cooling, manual defense, and restart order.

Emergency Open Tool

Mod Installation Guide

Steam Workshop (Recommended)

  1. Subscribe to mods on Steam Workshop
  2. Launch RimWorld
  3. Go to Mods menu
  4. Activate desired mods
  5. Arrange load order (important!)
  6. Restart the game

Manual Installation

  1. Download mod files
  2. Extract to RimWorld/Mods folder
  3. Launch RimWorld
  4. Activate in Mods menu
  5. Set proper load order
  6. Restart the game

Important Notes

  • Always check mod compatibility before installation
  • Load order matters - framework mods should load first
  • Backup your saves before adding new mods
  • Some mods require a new game to work properly

Need Help with Mods?

Check out our detailed mod guides and troubleshooting tips.

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