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r/RimWorld•
AmazonExplorer

Need Advice for my Colony

Help (Vanilla)

So I've built up quiet a nice colony so far and have researched all the tech I need for the ship parts. Note that I never once have completed the game.

The only thing stopping me so far is that

  1. my map is totally scarce of component parts, it's gonna take a long time to get enough

  2. A poison ship landed on my map and is slowly decimating the place. I skipped over mortar research, as well as power armor. All the stuff will take EVEN MORE components. Two centipede, and two scyther mechanoids have emerged and killed 3 colonists, I can't confront them head on.

Consider that I have yet to try to reach the "ship place", would it be advisable for me to move to a different map now? I already have transport pod tech, could I reasonable load it up with as much stuff as I can carry and go to a mountainous green spot between my current location and the ship place? Can transport pods even carry that much?

Update: So basically I ended up not moving, eventually there came a "refugee" event and the incoming raiders killed off the mechanoids while the raiders were sufficiently culled by both the mechanoids and my gun turrents to flee. Most of the foliage has been decimated except for 1 corner!

Posted Aug 10, 2018, 4:03 PM UTC · edited

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kenderwolf•

Transport pods cannot carry a lot but you really don’t need a lot. New map will have what you need so just take high value items

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sergeantfidelisSilver and Yayo•

I only played this game for a week or so, so some things I say might be untrue; I think the poison from the ship is stopped by walls. If there's a chokepoint that you can block off, you should be gucci. Mechanoids that aren't raiders don't seem to have any anger issues. I'd just leave them alone. Why not buy components?

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AmazonExplorerOP•

I've bought components recently from a bulk traders, 20 in fact. But I'm gonna need about over 100 if I want to build the mortars to repel the mechanoids. The map in general is very dilapidated, and I'm sort of excited by the idea of moving, though I don't want it to result in destroying all my colonists.

I actually already have a two block thick limestone wall shielding my fort, but I don't want the poison to ravish the entire map or my wood supply will come into question.

But I'm gonna try now building a limestone wall around the ship, gonna have to keep my distance though!

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JTJWarrior_3•

Get good gear and weapons and send your guys to the ancient danger. You’ll find 2 advanced components and you can create a component assembly which creates components (cheap).

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