Rimworld: Tar Pit Terror - Part 2: Not The Bees!

Everybody loves tar, and oil, and robots, and lasers, right? Well, you'd better, or else you're going to have a bad time here. Let's lurch into a tar pit biome from Alpha Animals, refine it with Rimefeller, use it to power our robots from Android Tiers, and give them the above-mentioned lasers, because there's absolutely nothing that could go wrong with that.
Rimworld itself is a sci-fi story generator and colony simulator from Ludeon Studios. Make new homes, meet new friends, turn them into hats, lose limbs to raiders, then die to a massive bug invasion!
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[@mordimerek]

Manhunting duck... Peace was never an option.

[@gekkobear2]

IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US!

[@FranRaynal17]

Wrong bird. Would made more sense if it was a goose

[@marzdakaluna]

Man runs from duck, turns into a pin cushion for a swarm of bee's, he should of just fought the duck, I guess he kicked the ducket on this one?

[@bosermann4963]

you mean he ducked up big time?

[@syferpolski4344]

I think building footpaths to accelerate movement will be essential on this map. I'm assuming you can build footpaths over the 30% walk speed?

[@blubblization]

I've never played rimworld in my life but deco in a new rimworld series makes my day :)

[@angelic8632002]

It will eat up your life if you let it :3

[@Adamniezgodzki]

It is hard to stop once you start

[@urena7945]

Got it a when this virus popped and now have 329 hours. in it be careful

[@sen2889]

Same

[@hairlessopossum4042]

TomeOfBattle oh that sounds so fun, except it might give me flashbacks of when one of my favorite colonies had a single space in the base that allowed insects the spawn, and randy was like hell yeah your getting infested and I decided fuck it I’m going to take it out early, well that was a mistake and my construction worker and cook who was also another important colonists wife died real quick before I retreated and let my turrets take most of them out(which were promptly destroyed), and a few people got pretty injured. Does that mod increase frequency of them cause that would be sick

[@fillymcwinkenbob4234]

If one of the tar guzzler tentical monsters self-tames name it Yog-sothoth

[@KaosKontrol92]

Just name it "The Crawling Chaos"

[@mrriki7633]

Thear is no means of moving the Anima Tree without mods. So just dev mode it.

[@gekkobear2]

Yep. You can destroy it (with a mood debuff) and half a year later it'll randomly reappear somewhere... Probably somewhere worse. I'll accept a dev move (I did for my colony after all). In part, to stop Alpha Animals from eating it (as I'm not sure they know not to).

[@xzardas541]

@@gekkobear2 No animal can eat it, moded or no short of alpha bevers but they are dicks. You can allways floor whole map leaving one spot when you want anima to regrow.

[@friendlyneighborhoodcrackh6059]

I mean he could always just pave a road up to there. I don’t know why he seems to think that the whole terrain debuff is the be-all end-all.

[@Psychopatz]

@@xzardas541 nice strategy tho

[@Miske2]

Deco, isn't one of your colonist a Night Owl? That might have caused some of the mood problems.

[@Liwet.]

They need multiple recreation sources, especially as your colony wealth increases. They can't play horsepins all the time.

[@matthewhall5662]

Maybe getting a rescue animal will help you if you have another quest killing by the bees? im not sure but that mad duck didn't get attacked! Keep up the good work

[@gekkobear2]

I'm entirely unsure if that will work. On one hand, manhunting things do ignore critters. On the other, they also ignore "wild man wanders in"; so faction matters. Worth losing the free ostrich to find out (zone him near them for a bit and see).

[@siamiam]

those bees are straight up nasty, the could come in handy if any raiders arrive in that area though a western wall could help with the base . you may be able to add a wall in the south that could force raiders to go through the tar

[@wolfleader17]

All the slow movement might be good for you to use mortars during raids in the future.

[@o.l.g.gaetan544]

Make the growingzone south of your freezer and move the cooler over

[@shrootyboi2068]

Love the base design! It’s so nice and compact.

[@gekkobear2]

Fun thought to watch for... Yes, tar pits are very slow; and the ground is slow, and walk speeds are terrible. But I just realized some of what this means beyond your "it'd take a day to walk to the Anima tree". Who shows up to face these issues along with you? Lots of people might. Well raids, sure. That's one. If they take 2 days to get to you and don't have food; that's one thing... we haven't seen them try yet as the first raider met the bees as he showed up. Random travelers passing by... Will they make it across the map before starving? Hope they had extra food. Trade caravans... Will they get to you? Will they stay most of a day? Will they get out after they do? Will they steal your food? I don't know! I guess I'll have to watch and find out. ** No hospitality mod, so that's one less worry. And if you ever want to caravan off; how long until you actually get to your exit point? Is that even do-able without transport pods to shoot out past the tar? Maybe? Oh, can you mount and fly your Griffin out? That might become critical.

[@spectreincarnate4752]

You seem to be taking the "day to walk to anima tree" thing extremely literally. He's obviously not being exact and just throwing out a wide general comment that it would "take a while". He's already had a trader and raiders and they walked to and from the base just fine. And since he rode the griffon across the map to get to the elephants, I think he could ride the griffon to the anima tree just as easily.

[@TheJawesomeOne]

I was thinking he could build a road to the tree then wall it in with a door at the end so only friendly factions can use it.

[@spectreincarnate4752]

@@TheJawesomeOne Road seems to work, but man-made structures can't be built near the anima tree or it loses power. A nature psycaster has to connect with a pure, serene, natural environment, and nothing else.

[@death-by-ego]

Remember... you can toggle the visibility of your plans with the first button. That way you don't have to stare at the plans until you want to or need to.

[@Cgrub1234]

I think there is a quest that makes you an enemy of the Royals and gives you a bunch of psy powers. May be an interesting option.

[@gekkobear2]

Psy used to have only two real options. - Empire vassal. - Rebel fighting empire stealing their stuff. With changes you can now buy (rarely) psylinks, and tribals can use the anima tree to gain/upgrade them; and the empire no longer hates you for having psy without being a vassal. I think he's going for the new "not really a vassal, but not an enemy of the empire either"? Have to see which way he goes.

[@Koalagriton]

You're going to need to prepare some sort of bee-trap. Not sure how fast they're expanding but it doesn't look good.

[@endrelad1306]

Would love to see you and ambiguousamphibian playing Rimworld Coop ^^

[@TyrannoLime]

I’ve watched so many of these series and I still haven’t gotten the game, lol. Once I get it I’ll either be super prepared or shocked at how dumb I feel

[@sen2889]

Yup, if you get it its either 300 hours gone or an empty game. But you can Always watch YT

[@themorebeer3072]

I wonder if you could've sacrificed your self-tamed ostrich as a distraction while running up and rescuing the royal?

[@jaredwilliams8621]

You should solve your slow travel speed problems by taming a bunch of fast animals that can be ridden and ride them everywhere.

[@asroaming9412]

Called “Not the bees!”

[@NirvEnd]

Building paths is the correct response to low movespeed terrain. Even a single path wood bridge would be better than the normal terrain there. The ugly concrete floors would even work better in and around the base.

[@teddybearisms2505]

Better take care of those bees, before they take care of you.

[@gekkobear2]

Spend loads of time, effort, resources killing bees, losing or crippling most of your colony. Next day? Toxic fallout kills every critter on the map outdoors. Just because it's Rimworld.

[@teddybearisms2505]

@@gekkobear2 im not saying to run in there like a headless chikcen...

[@gekkobear2]

@@teddybearisms2505 And you are quite possibly correct; if he gets a "group manhunter" event? He's probably done with this map, game over. I just thought it was funnier to point out how this could end up being the precise wrong thing to do.

[@gekkobear2]

Oh crap. I had a new idea and I don't know if it would have worked... The Duke (or whatever) temporarily was a colonist. Someone said "use his psi" which might have helped a bit; probably not much. But I wonder if that Duke had Duke powers to call a Trooper Squad, a Jannisary Squad and a Cataphract Squad; all at the same time. Those 3 squads of 4 people in light/heavy armor could probably have handled the bee situation in a serious way. But they might have been disabled. Deco, I'm not saying "Save Scum" but I am asking if you have a save where you could check if he had any or all of his "call squad" powers. Could be good to know later (I'll wait for that event in my game as well).

[@gekkobear2]

Damn, no go. At 7:45 he drafted that guy. Call Royal Aid was disabled. Stun, Waterskip, Beckon, Focus, Beserk, Mass Chaos Skip for Psi powers. 80 heat to play with, and 70%ish psyfocus though. A beserk on the queen and then mass chaos skip might have saved him for now; wouldn't have cleared much of the problem though.

[@MerlasPaul]

BY THE WAY, YOU CAN force them to do recreation, is the tab management where you set when to sleep when to work, when to recreate

[@gekkobear2]

Do you want royal favor? Probably a bit, but do not overdo it. (8 is good, get 7-12 on everyone, it's good up until there without a downside) Where to get to? 1-6 - Freeholder. You're a person to the empire; so they'll talk to you more. Okay. And ask before setting off disasters (and pay you for that if you agree and they do; fun quests for toxic fallout for a week for a huge payday). 7-12 - Yeoman. You get a free psylink. No limits, no downsides; no other perks either. 13+? Oof. That's harder to answer. Maybe not ever. Once you're "royal" even "Esquire" minor royalty? It's tricky. Bonus? You can call in troops (a 4 trooper squad drops on you) for free once every 45 days (or if you have a bit of surplus royal favor heading to the next rank; spend it for extra calls). And more psylinks for free (or whatever it cost you to get titled). Drawbacks? Several. First tier alone: Bedroom must be 16 tiles, floored, with double bed and no production benches, or -8 mood. Clothes must include tophat and ruffled shirt (or psylink gear, or maybe prestige armor) or -4 mood. Throneroom required with throne and two braziers burning wood, fully floored with 16 tiles, no production benches or beds... or -8 mood. -20 mood if you can't do any of that is obviously going to go bad quickly. You do NOT have wood to put 60 wood into your throneroom every 15 days... So that -8 is locked in once you get titled. Also, If he's greedy or jealous? He won't eat standard meals (fine+ only or more debuff) and he won't clean. Every new rank gives another psylink and more perks; and every drawback gets worse, or mood debuffs. A count is a terrifying level of restrictions. but he can trade, and call in 3 tiers of troops, each one separately with a 45 day cooldown; and he got 6 psylinks for free. But damn he is a basketcase of demands too. His throneroom and bedroom are most of your colony's resources. His clothes are expensive and useless. And a greedy count needs lavish meals and won't do any real work to boot, fighting and social and ... sit around. You can "renounce" a title entirely; but you can't downgrade if you realize you can't afford a Duke. Either you keep your Duke, or you have a guy without a title. You can't backtrack to Knight (I think you can restart and regain it eventually). Last problem for your tribal alone? He won't meditate at the tree without locking him out of his throneroom; he'll prefer that for any scheduled meditation. Which doesn't grow the grass you need for upgrading him. Boo. But getting him to yeoman for a free psylink is still free (and a good idea).

[@bobdole3926]

The opposite of Scared would be Unconcerned.

[@mathyslp3698]

Im french and i not really understand everything. But you cant walk inside the black . Well . The aerofleet can. If you tamend an aerofleet can you mount him and walk in the black?

[@Gureenu]

if we are talking about the big aerofleet then yes, but there is a risk cuz it goes boom when it dies

[@mathyslp3698]

@@Gureenu ok yes thk u

[@gekkobear2]

He'd need "Giddy-up" mod for using some animals as mounts; which he has... So, maybe he can? The Aerofleet (and the bees, and some other animals) fly; I'm not sure how flying mounts would work; or if they can be mounts (some can, some cannot). Flying animals can cross it, people cannot... Flying people or any mounts isn't in the base game. I'm calling it a solid "maybe" there.

[@Screaminglyjolly]

Oh gods, that poor imperial! -.0

[@alexnunn4006]

Wouldn't potatoes be the go to crop? Since they grow on all types of soil efficiently as opposed to rice? Sorry for the dumb question, I don't know lots about the game.

[@Trindify]

You have all these QoL mods but you use the vanilla research tab? That thing looks so horrendous. Get the Research Tree mod by Fluffy, it's so much easier to look at and find what you need.

[@mrdragonplayz5520]

Robots are going to take over the map

[@evilscientist3]

The possibility of manhunter elephants reminds me of Boatmurdered

[@RisingDivinity]

I haven't seen anyone mention this so far but you can use leather for sandbags. Hope this helps even if it is a bit late.

[@sossololpipi9633]

you can actually

[@MouxouG4m1ngz]

Great serie ! I just discovered your channel, keep up the good work !

[@motazal-aqrabawi6180]

one thing that would help alot ... transparent roofing mod

[@Asphyx12]

Here's some tips for vanilla laser weapons.they don't do shit to energy shield belts, tesla gun like tazer gun but better and burn enemies

[@basildaoust2821]

I know you won't read this but if you need to travel a fair bit why not consider building some bridges over some so you can speed up the colonists under the hope that they will use the said bridge.

[@ilikepie2448255]

It hurt saying all those elephants get hunted.

[@ryqueezy6327]

What mods are used to finish off a downed entity and do a drafted hunt?

[@therealbmw6183]

Hey why is it always like " Tar pit terror" or " Critical chaos" how about tar pit of happiness.

[@SImrobert2001]

The Tar Pit eats happiness.

[@justlurking6529]

Have you played Rimworld on high difficulty? It’s hard as all heck

[@nathannicelley7502]

TomeOfBattle wealth has a major roll to play in what kind of raids you get so make sure that you keep an eye on wealth and give gifts to lower your wealth

[@PandaSE_]

Great video once again! :)

[@JefroyTJF]

great video as always

[@albertwesker4053]

You should have drafted the royal immediately to use his psi powers.

[@diogogomes9636]

NOT THE BEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@dravenrichardson2372]

You need the wall Sun Lamps mod, 40 steel and 1 component it takes 600w of power and covers a grow radius of 15 tiles. You could probably get that whole field with 1 or 2 or them.

[@basildaoust2821]

I know I love mods but I must say I don't care for some. Like why do we need a sun lamp when we have a grow light already. I know I do use the wall light but if the default light was actually mounted on the ceiling and did not take a stop away I would use it happily. Like the nightstand with a light, I like that piece of furniture it makes sense.

[@dravenrichardson2372]

@@basildaoust2821 Well technically the sun lamp wall mod light is just far more effective when running hydroponic basins inside of a mountain base. Costs less power too. Personally I light my kill zones with them too because they don't shut off at night. But hey that's the joy of Rimworld, we all survive it different ways.

[@basildaoust2821]

@@dravenrichardson2372 true :)

[@cainebez3318]

As an Australian, it is pronounced "Ee-myu"

[@sossololpipi9633]

No, it's pronounced "asshole"

[@EpicGamer-wp3wy]

I litterally wanted to kms every time he said that

[@alphariusfuze8089]

The great Emu war...

[@curvy4655]

Covered in beeeeeees!

[@MrFuzzyFlippers]

yes yes, very good

[@Envengerx]

Man hunting duck

[@lexibyday9504]

so you're going to call it the Terpits of Terror from now on?

[@EnTyme53]

I like this biome better than the ocular forest, but it still feels very overtuned. 30% movement speed over the entire map? That's not a challenge. That's just annoying.

[@chriselyr2484]

as an australian, let me tell you there is NOTHING funny about emus!! You nearly lost a colony to one, imagine how the brits felt... 14:00

[@devincook2736]

So name the colony North Carolina and your people are the Tarheel tribe..? Probably too late but oh well. All the people suggesting how to run everything perfectly, yeah Derpo doesn't run like that XD

[@akarahexels677]

How does one describe RimWorld to a friend? I really want to recommend this game to someone but... what IS this game? LMAO

[@sylvia2789]

"A small group of people try and build a life for themselves on a planet, ultimately trying to build up their technology to leave it via space travel, while creating a place to survive or thrive, with more joining along the way. Along the way, though, it's a crazy journey of wacky events, relationships, and especially hardships. Hardships like killer robots, pirates, thunderstorms, and mad ducks. Ultimately, it's a game about the journey, not the destination."

[@xzardas541]

Dwarf fortress in 2D Simplified edition.

[@Cumbisquit99]

Survival, Warcrimes, human leather armchairs, Last straw: Ate without table

[@akarahexels677]

​@@sylvia2789 Geezuz, now you convinced myself to play it and I already loved the game!

[@akarahexels677]

@@xzardas541 What's... "Dwarf Fortress"?

[@Benjamin-du6kr]

Yooo

[@iliaangelov6055]

Graves add tu wealt burn the bodies

[@devilmaycry1980]

"I am really sorry" yeah right, you definitely sound like you are.

[@charlescornell3819]

Early gang also love the vid don’t even need to watch it to know

[@jacksonzoscsak9649]

Early sqaud!

[@MerlasPaul]

i gues while using shitty mods, you will never know how to play :D