How many psychoid leaves do you need for yayo in RimWorld 1.6?

In the local RimWorld 1.6.4633 rev1266 game defs, one yayo uses 8 psychoid leaves.

Do you need research to make yayo in RimWorld?

Yes. You need Drug production to build the Drug lab, then Psychite refining to unlock the yayo recipe.

Does the Drug lab need power in vanilla RimWorld?

No. In the local vanilla Drug lab def there is no power component, so the bench itself is not powered.

Is yayo better than flake in RimWorld 1.6?

Yayo packs more value per kilogram and slightly more gross market value per work, while flake gives more gross value per leaf and more added value above raw leaf cost.

Make Yayo Fast in RimWorld (1.6) | Recipe + Profit + Policy Tool

Vanilla 1.6.4633 rev1266 | Code-backed psychite production

Make Yayo Fast in RimWorld

The current vanilla loop is simple once the unlock chain is right: Drug production unlocks the Drug lab, Psychite refining unlocks the recipe, and each dose of yayo takes 8 psychoid leaves plus 350 work. Use a Do until X bill, keep the stock off normal joy policies, and sell the finished doses instead of letting pawns snack on them.

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8 leaves per dose

21 market value

Drug lab + Psychite refining

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Crafting bill, Intellectual speed Vanilla Drug lab is not powered

Quick Loop

Research Drug production so the Drug lab exists in Architect.
Build the Drug lab with 75 steel, 6 components, and 50 stuff.
Research Psychite refining to unlock the yayo bill.
Grow psychoid and stash the leaves close to the bench.
Set Make Yayo to Do until X and keep the target off colonist joy policies.

Psychoid Farm

Grow time: 9 days in the plant def.
Harvest: 8 psychoid leaves per plant before pawn yield stats.
Sowing: Grow skill 6 minimum.
Placement: Ground and Hydroponic sow tags are both valid.
Floor check: Psychoid needs fertility 0.50 or higher, so ordinary soil, rich soil, and hydro all work.

The planner below uses practical per-tile timings for normal soil, rich soil, and hydroponics, so you can size a leaf field without hand math.

Policy Reality

Vanilla default drug policies are not enough. Local defs only ship No drugs, Social drugs, Unrestricted, and One drink per day. None of those defaults contain psychite-specific guardrails.

Yayo: hard drug Flake: hard drug Tea: social drug

Exact Recipe, Bench, and Bill Setup

The current vanilla chain is stricter than most quick answers on the web: the Drug lab itself needs Drug production, and the Make Yayo bill only appears after Psychite refining.

Step	Local 1.6.4633 value	What it means in play
Drug production	500 research	Unlocks the Drug lab bench.
Drug lab build	75 steel + 6 components + 50 stuff	Bench footprint is 3 by 1 and it works best in a Laboratory room.
Psychite refining	400 research	Unlocks both yayo and flake at the Drug lab.
Yayo recipe	8 psychoid leaves -> 1 yayo	One harvest from one plant becomes one dose before harvest-yield bonuses.
Work + stats	350 work, market value 21, mass 0.05	Compact and trade-dense, especially compared with raw leaves.
Worker logic	Crafting bill, Drug synthesis speed, Intellectual-tagged	Set Crafting priority, then use a pawn with solid Intellectual and good Manipulation.
Room + facilities	0.8 penalty outside Laboratory, Tool cabinet +6% each up to 2	Proper room role and cabinets are free throughput.
Power draw	None on the vanilla Drug lab def	The bench itself is not powered in this local install.

Recommended bill:
Make Yayo
Do until X: 75
Pause when satisfied: On
Unpause at: 45
Ingredient radius: lab room or next-door leaf shelf only

Why this works: `75 / 45` keeps a meaningful sell stack without letting the whole colony convert every leaf into hard drugs. Tight radius also stops long-haul crafting jobs from wrecking your real output.

Yayo Stock Planner

Plug in your target stack, leaf stash, field size, and worker pace. The planner turns the local plant and drug defs into a practical answer for how many doses you can make now and how long the next refill takes.

Target yayo stock

Current yayo stock

Psychoid leaves in storage

Planted psychoid tiles

Grow bed

Active Drug labs

Drug synthesis speed stat

Room role factor

Linked tool cabinets

Work hours per day

Field timing uses practical vanilla cycle estimates from the local psychoid plant values: 9 days on soil, roughly 7.76 on rich soil, and roughly 5.23 in hydro.

Missing doses 0 How far you are from the target stack.

Leaves needed 0 Raw psychoid required to close the gap.

Craftable now 0 Doses you can make from current leaves.

Farm doses/day 0 The leaf field converted into yayo per day.

Bench doses/day 0 Pure synth capacity for your current lab setup.

Refill time 0d Estimated time to refill the missing stack.

Leaves per harvest 0 Field size multiplied by 8 leaves each.

Suggested unpause 0 A 60 percent refill threshold for `Do until X`.

Likely bottleneck Farm Whichever side fills slower right now.

Drug Lab Setup

Build cost: 75 steel, 6 components, 50 stuff.
Bench size: 3 by 1 with a front interaction cell.
Room role: Laboratory. Outside that room role the bench takes a 0.8 work-speed factor.
Facilities: one lab can link up to 2 tool cabinets for a total +12 percent WorkTableWorkSpeedFactor.
Work assignment: bills are under Crafting, but the synthesis speed stat keys off Intellectual.

Trade Density

Yayo: 21 value at 0.05 mass = 420 value per kg.
Flake: 14 value at 0.05 mass = 280 value per kg.
Tea: 10 value at 0.05 mass = 200 value per kg.

Bottom line: flake squeezes more raw market value from each leaf, but yayo is the best caravan cargo because every finished stack holds more value for the same mass.

For selling, bulk goods traders and drug-friendly traders are the cleanest outlets. For colony use, tea is the safe branch of the tree.

1.6 Check

This page is checked against RimWorld 1.6.4633 rev1266. The current vanilla values still use the familiar chain: Drug production -> Drug lab -> Psychite refining -> Yayo.

Recent patch baseline

Date	Patch note	Impact on this tool
2025-06-11	1.6 baseline announced	No vanilla recipe break for yayo is reflected in the current 1.6 values used here.
2025-07-11	1.6 release	Installed defs still match the 8-leaf Drug lab recipe.
2025-07-29 to 2025-10-31	1.6 rollout fixes	No local def drift was found for Drug lab, psychoid, or yayo.
Installed version	1.6.4633 rev1266	This tool uses these exact current vanilla values.

Modded warning: if you run a drug overhaul, Cut Yayo-style tweak, or Vanilla Expanded drug rebalance, the exact leaf counts, value, and policy advice here stop being vanilla-accurate.

Psychite Split Comparator

This keeps the usual yayo vs flake vs psychite tea choice grounded in the current vanilla numbers.

Yayo

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Flake

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Psychite Tea

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Best for leaf efficiency Flake wins raw gross value per leaf.

Best for caravan density Yayo packs the highest value into the same 0.05 mass.

Best for pawn-time Yayo slightly edges flake in gross market value per work.

Best for colony-safe use Psychite tea is the only social psychite option here.

Product	Research + bench	Leaves	Work	Market value	Addictiveness	Use case
Yayo	Psychite refining + Drug lab	8	350	21	0.01	Best value density for selling. Keep it out of normal recreation.
Flake	Psychite refining + Drug lab	4	250	14	0.05	Best raw leaf conversion, but much rougher addiction profile.
Psychite tea	Psychoid brewing + stove or campfire	4	400	10	0.02	Best scheduled colony use when you want a safer mood buffer.

Drug Policy Presets That Do Not Sabotage You

Yayo is profitable because it is compact and dangerous. For most colonies the correct move is sell the yayo, let colonists use tea if needed, and never leave hard psychite on a shared joy policy.

Vanilla-safe rule of thumb: if your colony needs a psychite mood crutch, use psychite tea on a long interval. If the stack you built is yayo, treat it as export stock or emergency combat stock, not daily recreation.

FAQ

Do I only need Psychite refining?
No. Psychite refining unlocks the recipe, but the Drug lab itself is locked behind Drug production.
What bench makes yayo?
The vanilla Drug lab. Psychite tea is the one that runs at campfires and stoves instead.
Who should make it?
A pawn on Crafting with decent Intellectual, strong Manipulation, and a proper Laboratory room.
Is hydro worth it?
Hydro keeps psychoid moving year-round and speeds the cycle up hard, but it also adds power, temperature, and clean-room pressure around the grow room.

Make Yayo Fast in RimWorld (1.6) | Recipe + Profit + Policy Tool

Make Yayo Fast in RimWorld

Exact Recipe, Bench, and Bill Setup

Yayo Stock Planner

Psychite Split Comparator

Yayo

Flake

Psychite Tea

Drug Policy Presets That Do Not Sabotage You

FAQ

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