If you love building a little more than fighting Combat Readiness is the best mod

I first bought Rimworld a long time ago. I got overwhelmed and shelved it. I recently decided to figure it out and I've been obsessed. It's been the only game I play for weeks now. I really enjoy building a nice base but as most Rimworld players know that skyrockets your wealth. I was reading a post - I think about favorite mods - and someone mentioned Combat Readiness. Basically it separates out the wealth metric and allows you to change the weights. There are settings options but you can also tweak each weight however you like.

This playthrough I went with "This is Fine". I'm at (I think) the early mid-game and I think I could handle a bit more. So next playthrough I'm going to up the difficulty.

To get back to the point. This mod defaults to basing your wealth / combat most on the weapons and gear you have made/equiped and not things like your buildings. So if you want to make an attractive base without sky-rocketing your wealth it gives you that option. So to other building fans - give it a try! It is also a good option for tweaking the difficulty while you learn.

and thank you rimworld reddit for giving me a long mod list and great stories