10 AWESOME Intermediate Tips For RimWorld

RimWorld Part 1 - RimWorld Gameplay First Look Let's Play Playthrough - RimWorld Tips Tricks Walkthrough Guide
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About RimWorld:
RimWorld is a sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Inspired by Dwarf Fortress, Firefly, and Dune.
You begin with three survivors of a shipwreck on a distant world.
- Manage colonists' moods, needs, wounds, and illnesses.
- Fashion structures, weapons, and apparel from metal, wood, stone, cloth, or futuristic materials.
- Tame and train cute pets, productive farm animals, and deadly attack beasts.
- Watch colonists develop and break relationships with family members, lovers, and spouses.
- Fight pirate raiders, hostile tribes, rampaging animals, giant tunneling insects and ancient killing machines.
- Trade with passing ships and trade caravans.
- Decorate your colony to make it into a pleasurable space.
- Dig through snow, weather storms, and fight fires.
- Capture refugees or prisoners and turn them to your side or sell them into slavery.
- Discover a new generated world each time you play.
- Build colonies in the desert, jungle, tundra, and more.
- Learn to play easily with the help of an intelligent and unobtrusive AI tutor.
RimWorld is a story generator. It’s designed to co-author tragic, twisted, and triumphant stories about imprisoned pirates, desperate colonists, starvation and survival. It works by controlling the “random” events that the world throws at you. Every thunderstorm, pirate raid, and traveling salesman is a card dealt into your story by the AI Storyteller. There are several storytellers to choose from. Randy Random does crazy stuff, Cassandra Classic goes for rising tension, and Phoebe Friendly just makes good things happen.
Your colonists are not professional settlers - they’re crash-landed survivors from a passenger liner destroyed in orbit. You can end up with a nobleman, an accountant, and a housewife. You’ll acquire more colonists by capturing them in combat and turning them to your side, buying them from slave traders, or taking in refugees. So your colony will always be a motley crew.
Each person’s background is tracked and affects how they play. A nobleman will be great at social skills (recruiting prisoners, negotiating trade prices), but refuse to do physical work. A farm oaf knows how to grow food by long experience, but cannot do research etc.
The game generates a whole planet from pole to equator. You choose whether to land your crash pods in a cold northern tundra, a parched desert plain, a temperate forest, or a steaming equatorial jungle. Different areas have different animals, plants, diseases, temperatures, etc.
People in RimWorld constantly observe their situation and surroundings in order to decide how to feel at any given moment. They respond to hunger and fatigue, witnessing death, disrespectfully unburied corpses, being wounded etc.
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Outro Music: "Collide (Instrumental Version)" by Mikael Persson (Epidemic Sound)
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[@Sunomis]

That cure to addiction is savage! Damn, I love this game

[@KokoplaysMB]

It's one of a kind indeed!

[@sikjoven]

When dealing with blight, cut the plants but don’t allow the field to be sowed, then when it’s clear enable the field again. Way easier than messing with priorities

[@icata12345]

@@acuacidgaming9486 how do u even burn em

[@christianjonahzapanta6954]

@@icata12345 incendiary launcher, molotov cocktails or just put an incendiary shell (mortar ammo) on that field and fire it... plants are flammable... i think i missed some parts but do what suits your style... RimWorld is kinda very crazy game (in a good way)...

[@consumerofsoftproducts2943]

I just posted this like 3 seconds ago lol

[@kylebradley3]

I've had this game for less than 2 weeks with 100 hours in and a full time job. I missed sleep at first.

[@KokoplaysMB]

There ain't no rest for the wicked.

[@Nizmopower]

I'm a bit late to the party only getting the game a few weeks ago, but i'm also in the same boat working 9hr shifts 5-6 days a week and living off 4ish hours sleep a night as I just can't walk away from the game sometimes 😂😂

[@kylebradley3]

@@Nizmopower it's so hard to turn off sometimes, especially when your colony is hanging on by a thread

[@DriscolDevil]

Was describing this game to a person at work, and realized I couldn't describe it without it sounding like some shit I'm making up. "You can run a farm, hunt for food, oh and you can capture enemies and recruit them or harvest their organs, or you can just set up a drug lab and make money that way."

[@spaycee9082]

@@Nizmopower same here man people want to hang out I be like ughhh then work I’m over here thinking of taking a vacation lmao

[@morphman86]

Saio... Noooo.... He's in my colony, part of the first raid on my colony and I reformed him. He's been my mascot for over 4 years (ingame, of course). He has a big portion of his family there too, one by one they started defecting from the pirate faction and flee to my colony, asking for shelter. And here he is, lying dead on the ground... and you just strip him. The Rimworld Multiverse can be so cruel!

[@breegan9527]

Thank you so much for that first tip. One of my colonist killed all of our cows because their clothing was tattered

[@KokoplaysMB]

Wow, he must have really hated those cows.. :D

[@hiiambarney4489]

@@KokoplaysMB "IF I CANT HAVE A PERFECT LEATHER COAT, NEITHER WILL THEM"

[@mandowarrior123]

I'm surprised he won xD

[@halo007Mex]

I can just imagine him killing all the cows and then trying to sleep inside their corpses

[@Oborowatabinostk]

I would recommend anesthesia over amputation for addiction

[@KokoplaysMB]

Your heart is soft I see.

[@henningsjlie2235]

Jesus, I just realized I've been giving people work priorities backwards..... I've given my cook a 4 prio to cooking and 1 to plant cutting etc. Jesus christ.

[@KokoplaysMB]

Well... now you know :D

[@karozochim8743]

When you said something extreme I thought like Arresting them, you made arresting look good

[@KokoplaysMB]

No half measures around here!

[@ruby8065]

But there are half-people

[@cupcupful]

Holy shit, that last tip had me dying. 😂

[@TsiHang]

>has no money for go-juice >has two bonic legs randomly sitting around

[@KokoplaysMB]

Details

[@catchris99]

10:13 Another way to prevent this is to disable sowing in the growing zone. (I got RimWorld and have been playing it a lot)

[@KokoplaysMB]

Good idea!

[@jsaurman]

I saw a really good tip in a Let's Play video, can't remember who. They set up a zone that was only their fields and when they got blighted, then they assigned everyone to that zone. Since none of the pawns could leave, the only thing they could do was plant cut. You have to change their work schedule to force them to work, otherwise they might sleep or stargaze. But it's a quick and easy way to get everyone to drop what they are doing and work on the blight.

[@PanRokador]

So... to cure them from addiction, I have to turn my colonists into plants?

[@KokoplaysMB]

It's all for the greater good!

[@Eric-tf2jq]

Well... Vegetables

[@akiamini4006]

Wow dude ! Absolutely amazimg ! Loved your base design btw

[@robertkowalczyk6218]

Thank you for this usefull and informative video to help beginners.

[@Terreas123]

Just get a psychopath to butcher people Kokoplays 2k18

[@KokoplaysMB]

Sounds like me yeah.

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

I feel like I could just use that shift click method you taught earlier to command my Pawn to cut all the blighted plants first instead of just rearranging my priorities

[@KokoplaysMB]

You def could, but that's at least 10 clicks instead of 2. But both ways work.

[@Xjaje]

I knew all of these, however I wanted to point out that for a killbox is always a good idea to place a roof to be darkness. Darkness will slow down speed of raiders. Also if you want to slow down ever more place a stone chunck - empty tile - stone chunk it will slow down EVEN MORE than a continuous sandbags or sandbag - empty tile - sandbag.

[@adw9186]

Instead of cutting off Drug addict's legs, just grow smokeleaf. Once the addiction progresses and they get some serious withdrawal, smoking 1 smokeleaf joint will cause them to pass out, then you can prescribe 1 smokeleaf joint a day to keep them KO'd until they get past withdrawal.

[@KokoplaysMB]

You know what? I really like the way you think!

[@clyax113]

Growing smokeleaf takes months. Cutting off someone's legs takes an afternoon!

[@clyax113]

Growing smokeleaf takes months. Cutting off someone's legs takes an afternoon!

[@clyax113]

Growing smokeleaf takes months. Cutting off someone's legs takes an afternoon!

[@clyax113]

Growing smokeleaf takes months. Cutting off someone's legs takes an afternoon!

[@oBseSsIoNPC]

I haven't played for a while, but I do remember just forbidding access to their doors or putting them into jail, with food placed in their cell. When they go through their withdrawal, they are usualy fine after. I do like the leg removal technique too though, you can at least "work on them", feed them, heal them etc.

[@giraycimen3052]

Thank you so much for the video! Good stuff over here

[@KokoplaysMB]

Thanks, glad I could help!

[@thewilson1497]

Great tips, i knew most of them, but a couple a new to me, thanks!

[@KokoplaysMB]

Glad I could help!

[@Slatemod]

Great tips, excited to get back to my game now! Thanks! SUbbed.

[@KokoplaysMB]

Glad I could help!

[@jimmyb.5356]

Another Suggestion for addicts / chemical fascinators.. create a stockpile room big enough to house drugs only and set priority to critical (highest prio) (usually i stick it inside a mountain. Once the room is created and all the drugs are stashed inside the stockroom, build a wall around the entrance of the stockpile completely entombing the room. None of your pawns will have access to it unless you deconstruct that wall. BUT it is still trade-able to any merchant. Just keep in mind that if you acquire new drugs you will have to deconstruct.. haul in... and then rebuild the wall back in place. This will halt all fascination and also addicts will not have free access to the drugs. If your addicts are getting out of hand going on a binge. Arrest them!! put them in jail (time out) until they are done.

[@KokoplaysMB]

Drugs are not that bad though. I always play on the highest difficulties and any mood buffs are welcome. But you can also make a ton of money if you just sell them you're right.

[@henriqueribeiro8167]

@@KokoplaysMB The issue is addiction, OD and pets getting high too.

[@mandowarrior123]

Addicts break when withdrawing. You can actually just restrict their zones and they won't find drugs.

[@uhohhotdog]

This is great thanks

[@KokoplaysMB]

Thanks!

[@sirhamalot8651]

10:56 You can also just click the planting zone and diable planting. Once the blight is taken care of, turn it back on.

[@KokoplaysMB]

You're correct, that works too.

[@danielv5825]

Orion exoskeletons work better than cutting legs off. Install, then remove an Orion exoskeleton. The spine is left shattered, so no mental breaks, no prisoner escape attempts. When the colonist is over their addiction, or the prisoner is recruited, you can reinstall the same exoskeleton and give them a 40% speed boost. This is why I tend to keep the Orion Corporation as an enemy until quite late in the game. Only when you start dealing with their heavies do the risks outweigh the benefits of keeping them off-side.

[@KokoplaysMB]

This tips were made for vanilla. I'm aware you can do many things with mods but most people who are looking for tips are still playing just pure vanilla.

[@danielv5825]

Woah, just looked it up then. I wasn't aware that Orion Exoskeletons weren't vanilla. I started playing around the same time you did, and only played vanilla for a week or so before I added mods. I just assumed that Orion Soldiers had exoskeletons in vanilla. Makes their prisoners a valuable asset.

[@ricksanchez5949]

I'm only ~2mins in and this guide is soooo incredibly useful. I started the game this week and you're already ironing out stuff that was pissing me off. Much appreciated!

[@KokoplaysMB]

Glad you found it useful! Lemme know if you have any more questions.

[@MrGiovannisassano]

can you let us know what are the best mods that aren't too crazy plz?

[@KokoplaysMB]

I'll most likely be making such a video next week.

[@consumerofsoftproducts2943]

At 9:30 you could just disallow sowing so they don't plant then turn it back on after you dealth with the blight.

[@KokoplaysMB]

This is certainly a good way to do it.

[@WoTWi]

All is right except the blight one, if you see blight you need to call the grey wardens !

[@samljer]

The hardest part of this game is the randomize button at character creation :D I never beat that boss.

[@barkobunga2276]

The fuckin addiction legging. Brilliant.

[@KokoplaysMB]

"addiction legging" is a great phrase 10/10

[@Matias_Urtubia]

That's a pretty coollooking base, i'm actually trying to make a little villa style colony like yours

[@KokoplaysMB]

Thanks buddy! When you make something cool pop up on my Discord and show us a screenshot. I'd love to see what you create!

[@Matias_Urtubia]

@@KokoplaysMB Thank you! I will

[@Matias_Urtubia]

@@KokoplaysMB now that i think about it, in this video's colony is made out of steel?

[@fedornonstop1052]

Very helpful

[@KokoplaysMB]

Thanks

[@zackkeller4389]

Koko, I have a Mac air and I am wondering if it could handle Rimworld without mods or with just one or two. I don't know if you'd know this but it doesn't hurt to ask. (also thanks for the more advanced advice)

[@KokoplaysMB]

Sorry I have no experience with macs myself so can't say. You can check RimWorld Discord channel, maybe they'll be able to give you a better answer there.

[@zackkeller4389]

Alright Thank you

[@big--man]

yeah you can rimworld runs good on almost anything

[@johnvarley4561]

I just got a new macbook Pro, runs fine, you should be good

[@ironmoondarkwing4190]

So, I'm planning on buying Rimworld and was wondering if it's possible to build in areas other than the one you start in. Can you send a caravan to a neighboring tile and build an outpost, for example? And if not, is there a mod that allows you to do so?

[@KokoplaysMB]

Yes, you can do that in base game no mods needed.

[@ironmoondarkwing4190]

Kokoplays MB Nice! Thank you! 😊

[@KokoplaysMB]

No worries! Enjoy your adventures on the rim!

[@charltonblake9967]

One thing about removing legs for addiction recovery. Usually you only need to remove one leg because one they have withdrawal symptoms it will lower their movement below the threshold.

[@KokoplaysMB]

Good point. But I like to play it safe :D

[@clyax113]

See now THIS is a good alternative. It's more efficient while also staying sadistic! I love Rimworld.

[@clyax113]

See now THIS is a good alternative. It's more efficient while also staying sadistic! I love Rimworld.

[@clyax113]

See now THIS is a good alternative. It's more efficient while also staying sadistic! I love Rimworld.

[@clyax113]

See now THIS is a good alternative. It's more efficient while also staying sadistic! I love Rimworld.

[@Nikusuaruku]

Are those arrowslits a recent addition or a mod?

[@KokoplaysMB]

That is a mod. The footage you see for intro and outro is from my heavily modded series.

[@daisukemorichika315]

fist tip blow mi mind

[@PassDaMethod]

Double amputation as a means of addiction therapy? You sir, just gained a subscriber.

[@KokoplaysMB]

Good to meet more like-minded people my friend :D

[@clyax113]

The fact that you have a Bender profile picture along with that comment makes me smile.

[@clyax113]

The fact that you have a Bender profile picture along with that comment makes me smile.

[@clyax113]

The fact that you have a Bender profile picture along with that comment makes me smile.

[@clyax113]

The fact that you have a Bender profile picture along with that comment makes me smile.

[@kelfablob9823]

You can also amputate prisoner legs so they dont escape

[@KokoplaysMB]

This is true

[@slavetrader1489]

how do set food restrictions for animals? i dont know how to even feed the animals, i have 2 animal handlers but they never feed them after they train everything. so i have to let my dogs and artic wolves into the fridge so they dont starve. they always eat the best meals too. is there a way to set animal food restriction?

[@KokoplaysMB]

There's been some restrictions added in 1.0 but there's also two extra options that are really nice. First is making kibble, especially if you have insect or human meat. You don't really need to refrigerate kibble and they'll gladly eat that and you can forbid them from your fridge. This ofc requires a cook to butcher corpses (and they won't be happy about butchering humans unless you get a psychopath) and then make kibble. Second option is you create an extra fridge and store the corpses of the raiders in there. Forbid your animals from your fridge and they will go in there to eat the frozen corpses. You only need a hauler for that, but make sure to put it into a low traffic area so people don't get the "saw a corpse" debuff. Also if you just have plenty of herbivores, you can let them graze on grass, create a field for them where they can graze or grow hay and they'll be happy to eat that.

[@slavetrader1489]

@@KokoplaysMB ok thanks i guess i will just make another small stock area for my dogs and artic wolf. i dont mind letting them in the fridge as long as they only eat the raw meat in there, but they always eat the fine/simple meals. wish they just add food restrictions for animals like they have with prisoners.

[@KokoplaysMB]

Tip for RimWorld: if you want something that's not part of the game there's a very high chance someone already made a mod for it. Just go browse the Steam workshop and you'll be playing with hundreds of mods like the rest of us in no time :D

[@NoradNoxtus]

That's a good tip until you can afford the cryo caskets for addiction right there!

[@KokoplaysMB]

A dangerous one as well though if you don't have a good doctor.

[@everinghall8622]

Luciferium soldiers in cryogenic caskets, you can keep an army and not even need to feed them

[@Jesse-zj1zb]

Cool base, was this legit guilty or did you use console to get it? lol

[@KokoplaysMB]

Nah, this was a quick build for the purpose of these three videos.

[@stardaggerrihannsu2363]

When the Plague is over, I'll tell the people that I know who run 12 step programs "You know, you are going about this all wrong, you need to cut off their legs!"

[@KokoplaysMB]

Exactly!

[@rickysmyth]

Bionic legs are very expensive. It’s better to deal with withdrawal or let them use the drug. Unless they abuse the drug

[@KokoplaysMB]

But they'll help you outrun that polar bear that wants to eat your face.

[@mandowarrior123]

What's wrong with peglegs?

[@hyperactiveturtle78]

You're better off adding then removing a bionic spine. It's cheaper than two bionic legs i think.

[@KokoplaysMB]

That might be the case but I believe removing a spine is much more complicated process and you'd need a better doctor and medicine. Maybe.

[@mandowarrior123]

You only need wood for legs.

[@aciduzzo]

"How about we butcher some people?" In understand the context, but still... creepy :D

[@KokoplaysMB]

This is RimWorld. Everything is acceptable.

[@aciduzzo]

@@KokoplaysMB I know and I love that is so versatile, but I was just pointing out that in a RL context, it would be creepy :)) I personally don't do stuff that I wouldn't do in RL, unless I would really have to

[@KokoplaysMB]

Oh I do terrible things in RimWorld. And I love it!

[@volcryndarkstar]

I like capturing raiders and removing their arms and legs, giving them two peg legs and releasing them. It sends a message.

[@KokoplaysMB]

How about hook hands? Make em proper pirates.

[@volcryndarkstar]

@@KokoplaysMB no, sending naked torsos on cumbersome stilts with no arms will always make me laugh.

[@mandowarrior123]

Lol i only give them 1 peg leg xD I take 1 back. And their spare organs. Maybe i should start blinding them? When i was using a teen nudist girl with no arms or legs for social interaction and to cheer up my colonists... well... i sold her to a slaver, maybe she lived a happy life on a farm. I like to think so.

[@mandowarrior123]

@@volcryndarkstar again, one stilt is funnier xD

[@gorilmod9667]

rimworld is a game that can make me happy and them mad lol

[@amirshahbazi1604]

what is the seed pls

[@randomcatontheinternet2771]

you forgot that alone caveran usually appeared at early game contain good/excellent gun, and stuff it really nice to kill them to get it instead of buying

[@KokoplaysMB]

Well if you want to piss off some people right from the start then sure, go ahead. But you're right, it usually is worth it.

[@randomcatontheinternet2771]

@@KokoplaysMB well you coulda just make couple of megasloth angry aftreard run toward the caravan, once the caravon shoot the megasloth it aggro toward the caravan and kill the caravan

[@darkblade2810]

Remove their Legs for adicction healing :D

[@KokoplaysMB]

Exactly!

[@linbo9713]

so how do you get those bionic legs?

[@KokoplaysMB]

You can buy them or craft them via various mods.

[@ruby8065]

It's your choice will it be your legs or your addiction first

[@KokoplaysMB]

Very true!

[@thegiverofbooks9746]

we are number one

[@welterdavin5486]

take a bow

[@KokoplaysMB]

YES!

[@Laserdozer]

bro you cure addiction with cutting the legs? lmao. just arrest them and re recruit them when rehabilitation process ends, its better than using prosthetics later.

[@KokoplaysMB]

Bionics are better than normal legs though.

[@112523]

i allways capturre downed enemies and harvest some organs from them. then i sell them and their organs off

[@KokoplaysMB]

I like the way you think.

[@henriqueribeiro8167]

Plus you get a banging doctor.

[@mandowarrior123]

Hearts and livers are worth over 1k each and don't need to eat, try to escape, take up much space, and they make fantastic drop pod gifts. Send them 3 or 4 of their own hearts back, boom! +100 reputation. No more dysentery from relations quests. -Then you can eat another caravan-

[@blackl1steddrums]

I ain’t got no legs!!

[@KokoplaysMB]

Lt. Dan you got new legs!

[@Angie-es6tf]

Just cut off his legs! Laughed too hard!!

[@KokoplaysMB]

Cruel world but it works :D

[@briggsolis3627]

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT RAID DAMN. I just started playing and raids only come in ones and twos but damn is that on extreme mode?

[@KokoplaysMB]

Yep highest difficulty and plenty of mods. You get to see hundreds of raiders come to destroy your colony.

[@angelh8314]

the git up

[@Nhatanh0475]

Is this a Rimworld or prison architect?

[@KokoplaysMB]

This would be RimWorld.

[@NecromanciPottamus]

The Dev of rimworld got permission from PA to use its artstyle.

[@turbointegra82]

Can read the title right?

[@darriussmith7234]

lion king trailer 2019 official

[@8xRedMonkeyx8]

Better than most tip vids, most of those vids literally show tips you learn in the tutorial, the loading screens or tips the game generally shares itself and when you point it out, you get spammed by fan boi's. Hmph*, I hate it here... :(

[@KokoplaysMB]

You ok there buddy? Ain't nobody gonna spam you here, don't you worry bout that.

[@21CenturyBreakdownX]

Why bury raiders instead of cremating them? I mean unless you want a graveyard the size of a map lol...

[@noburu4717]

Gotta respect the dead.

[@mandowarrior123]

Can you still do that though? And why don't you have animals to feed? XD

[@Cuskocuint]

How about to arrest them instead of mutilate?

[@KokoplaysMB]

If you arrest them before they break, they have the same chance to break in a prison. If you arrest them after they break they might go berserk and you'd also have to arrest them many times because they gonna break many times before they reach 100% withdrawal. I'm not saying mutilation is the way to go though, in fact I rarely use it myself. It's just an interesting and very RimWorld-like way to deal with a problem.

[@mandowarrior123]

They take less resources, less room. You can just bunk them up nice and safe. It is the main approach to keeping your cannibal meat fresh also on non ice maps. -added benefit you can feed them their friends. I just wish you could 'operate' without aenestetic.

[@big--man]

i prefer not use killboxes, they seem really artificial and i don't like that atmosphere in my game. i prefer risk over efficiency

[@KokoplaysMB]

What difficulty do you play on?

[@Eric-tf2jq]

@@KokoplaysMB good one!

[@mandowarrior123]

@@KokoplaysMB keep your wealth and colonist count low and you don't need them on the hardest difficulties. Though defences are needed, they don't need to look as cheesy. The big problem is your sprawling bases, of course you can't protect all that big inefficient monster without a killbox... Which is also why you have no resources for turrets. Even just the path sweeping for you... maybe you should go killbox free then you might consider layouts better.

[@misterfister7714]

Hello, doc i have drug addiction. Please sir put your pants down.

[@homerosantander3163]

the normies

[@TennessseTimmy]

reconnecting is bug abuse, why would you cheat, just play in dev mode

[@KokoplaysMB]

No it is not.

[@matthewjenkins7552]

Kill boxes are bs change my mind

[@KokoplaysMB]

I wouldn't say they are bs, but they are not the go-to defence as they used be in the past. You do whatever fits your playstyle.

[@matthewjenkins7552]

I understand that rimworld is challenging with its combat. You do lose people/ parts of people very easily. But i think kill boxes, shooting ranges or anything that forces the AI to funnel into your gunfire is cheaty and unfair.

[@KokoplaysMB]

Well the game gives you tools to outsmart your enemies, I wouldn't call it cheaty if you use them. Also when you get 200+ enemies charging you, you need something more than just a sandbag or two to stop them.

[@mandowarrior123]

Okay, sappers avoid killboxes and mine your walls. Insects appear inside mountain bases. And drop pods can drop mechs straight inside your base. I don't actually use killboxes as a carefully designed base doesn't need them. But the design elements that make them up are invaluable. Castles have 'killboxes' too. If you think things through, most rooms can be as defensible as a killbox. One mistake and a reliance on n killbox will screw you. And killboxes aren't much more effective than any other choke point or even open ground often. They are simply convenient. Hides mess, easy to keep track of, simple battlestations. Mobs get confused by your base, often wandering splitting up to punch rice. Killboxes allow them a death or glory charge. Not quite the same as a cheesebox where you cook enemies to death or snake them over the frozen corpses of other raiders and freeze them to death. Or make the path so long they starve. Do you count your boomrat hut as a killbox? XD

[@regressiveparty]

lol you just took these off a Reddit post

[@KokoplaysMB]

Did I?

[@regan4497]

Hurr Durr stole from reddit. Edit: Thanks for the gold!