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.
HugsLib
Lightweight library mod that provides shared functionality for many popular mods. Essential for mod stability.
RimHUD
Completely redesigned user interface that provides better information display and improved usability.
Work Tab
Advanced work priority management with detailed scheduling and priority controls for better colonist management.
Map Reroll
Allows you to regenerate maps without changing the world seed, perfect for finding the ideal starting location.
Allow Tool
Adds useful tools for area management, including "Allow All" and "Forbid All" commands for better resource control.
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.
Metabolism Calculator
Interactive calculator for RimWorld Biotech hunger mechanics. Calculate metabolic efficiency, food consumption, and optimize your colony's nutrition.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Room Impressiveness Calculator
Calculate room impressiveness and beauty values to keep your colonists happy. Interactive tool with real-time calculations.
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.
Kibble Calculator & Recipe Tool
Make kibble fast: exact 1.6 recipe, butcher table vs spot yield, ingredient conversions, and a winter stockpile calculator.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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).
Tech Tier Guide
Interactive guide to understanding faction tech levels, weapons, and combat strategies across different technological eras.
Temperature Management
Complete guide to managing temperature, hypothermia, and heat stroke. Includes clothing recommendations and base design tips.
Biosculpter Pod Setup Tool
Poster-style setup guide for RimWorld biosculpter pods with clean-room math, cycle planning, and fast troubleshooting.
Solar Flare Survival Tool
Code-backed blackout guide for freezer lockdown, hydroponics triage, passive cooling, manual defense, and restart order.
Mod Installation Guide
Steam Workshop (Recommended)
- Subscribe to mods on Steam Workshop
- Launch RimWorld
- Go to Mods menu
- Activate desired mods
- Arrange load order (important!)
- Restart the game
Manual Installation
- Download mod files
- Extract to RimWorld/Mods folder
- Launch RimWorld
- Activate in Mods menu
- Set proper load order
- 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