I survived 4 years in Rimworld... here's what happened

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This is a movie following three survivors in the standard crashlanded scenario as they fight against the hard Rimworld for survival. Can they make a new home on this distant rimworld? Is there a chance to escape? Find out in The Adventure in the Valley!
0:00 Intro
1:30 Year 1
13:32 Year 2
34:50 Year 3
52:56 Year 4
1:33:37 The Conclusion
1:34:48 Bonus Scene
RimWorld follows three survivors from a crashed space liner as they build a colony on a frontier world at the rim of known space. Inspired by the space western vibe of Firefly, the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic scale of Dune and Warhammer 40,000.
Manage colonists' moods, needs, individual wounds, and illnesses. Engage in small-team tactical gunplay. Fashion structures, weapons, and apparel from metal, wood, stone, cloth, or futuristic materials. Fight pirate raiders, hostile tribes, rampaging animals, giant tunnelling insects and ancient killing machines. Tame and train cute pets, productive farm animals, and deadly attack beasts. Watch colonists develop relationships with family members, lovers, and spouses. Discover a new generated world each time you play. Build colonies in the desert, jungle, tundra, and more. Manage quirky colonists with unique backstories, traits, and skills. Learn to play easily with the help of an intelligent and unobtrusive AI tutor.

[@DaShoopdahoop]

Ah Rimworld my favorite story generated game, one where you can thrive with Marine Armor by day 1 or be mutilated by a mad turtle, you can spend WEEKS on a colony I can tell this will be a journey lmao

[@siluss]

Those turtles are freaky lethal, the amount of times I've seen a bear or mega sloth just dead in the ground near a bleeding turtle is insane

[@Lineproof]

the grammar is ass with this one

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I hope you enjoyed the ride, it was definitely a wild one haha

[@fuecOHKO]

You can spend way more than weeks if you aspired to accomplish even more than just escaping.

[@ShadowWolf2023-yp5zg]

So is your grammar.

[@tefras14]

The nostalgia hit hard with this one. I loved the original series and re watched it a few times in the past. Rimworld really has an infinite amount of stories that can happen

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

It felt good going back through this one and tightening it up. I feel like it holds up nicely

[@TypicalTyson]

Unironically I wanted to cry at the end, I was so invested in the story and it was phenomenally done

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

That is very high praise and I really appreciate the comment. I’m glad you liked the story so much! Hopefully I’ll be able to continue Hotdog’s story again soon :)

[@infinitywatcher808]

​@@PixelRookieOfficialI want more of this amazing storyline of RimWorld

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I do plan on continuing this story. Funnily enough, I’ve had a vision of this story for almost 5 years now lol. The problem is I want to mix in high quality animations to my future stories and I just haven’t been able to devote the time to it to make my vision come to reality. Sorry for the long wait :(

[@TypicalTyson]

@@PixelRookieOfficial That's awesome! I can't wait to see it happen!

[@PezkeyWabbitz]

that was really fun to watch, great story telling! looks like the turning point was the mega spider invasion, it all went to hell from there.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Yeah, that always seemed to be where things go from really good to completely unraveling. The way I played was really unoptimized, but it sure makes for an interesting story haha

[@the_BattleGoose]

​@@PixelRookieOfficialDo you ever allow little things to happen for the sake of seeing how it pans out? Like ignoring megaspider hives, allowing breaks to happen etc.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

@scottoakesostcomposer honestly, no lol. I just try playing the game without killboxes and happen to make pretty poor decisions in the heat of the moment. If you watch my other videos, you’ll see what I mean 😭

[@clayrockz]

@@PixelRookieOfficialI think hotdog should have a rick grimes arc, where you turn off his violence somehow

[@paulnoll7785]

The ending tore me up 🥹 Also, one thing to consider when Pawns are bleeding out in the field is you can treat them right there on the spot - just enough bandaging of one or two major wounds so they can survive the rescue trip back to a hospital bed 🏥

[@Runzu87]

This was my first time seeing Hotdog's adventure. That was such a beautiful and harrowing tale. You've got a great capacity for storytelling! Did Hotdog's adventure ever continue? 🥺

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks! The series is quite close to my heart sine it was my first real narrative story series I’ve ever done. I do have plans for a followup to Hotdog’s story, but I haven’t been able to put it together yet

[@phraggers]

This is amazing! I played Rimworld for a bit around 2017 or so but Oxygen Not Included already filled my needs for a colony survival game so Rimworld got put on the shelf. I was watching the streamer Grubby and Rimworld won his community weekly game vote. I remembered I owned it and watched a couple youtube vids and then this video got recommended to me. After watching it I've found new passion and have been playing for 4 days straight!

[@arandomcommenter412]

(gets burnt out and doesn’t touch the game for 3 months)

[@phraggers]

@@arandomcommenter412 lol! still likely to happen but I'm still playing every day after 2 weeks

[@sanca2]

Oh nice! The same happend to me, i spent 1000 hours on ONI before trying Rimworld, mostly because of it "ugly" graphics. Now i play both game, switching from time to time. And both games have such an active modder community, that's really the cherry on the cake and gives every new game a fresh breeze ! ONI is for my engeneering soul, and Rimworld for the micro-management and the little randomness that happens in life to caracters that i get attached to. Enjoy :-D

[@randomstuff5434]

@@phraggers Hope you have all the DLCs. They seriously are game changers. Especially Biotech

[@sors3631]

Cool supercut! I think I liked the slower pace of the original series, but I still enjoyed this and rewatching the story of hotdog and the others. Also, the rock version of that one usually chill rimworld song was awesome. That cutscene at the end was really cool too... nice foreshadowing! I'm excited to see what's to come.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I’m glad you liked it! I was surprised with how much I was able to trim from the original series since I had a lot of gameplay without commentary included. I am super excited for the continuation of Hotdog’s story, but I have to finish setting up the animation tools to make it work. I’ll keep working on it though!

[@MacEachen7]

@@PixelRookieOfficial Add me please!

[@alysskuriyama5538]

This was so fun to watch! I rarely think of this game as a story generator, but when it's narrated and edited like this, I can really see it. I hope you do another series like this soon.

[@PugsleyThePear]

A non-violent pawn seems to always become the backbone of any colony. In my current playthrough I have a chef/doctor named Trey, and the colony wouldn't still be standing if it wasn't for him.

[@jekkareznikov9769]

Yet another stellar video! :O Man, I've watched your Kenshi playthrough and it was a delight. This one is nothing less. Amazing work!

[@ruben4913]

Its so great watching this series again but in a movie format! I can't believe it was 4 years ago. Its what got me into rimworld in the first place. Thank you!

[@codygreen2804]

I love the artwork and storytelling. This is my favorite way to watch people play games. Love it! Great job and thank you.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thank you so much for the kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed it so much

[@LucasSantiago666]

What an amazing video man, I was intending to put it like a background noise while i study, but the storytelling is so freaking good that i'm now watching this whole piece.

[@piney_studios]

Please do more of these, this was amazing and the narration along with the pictures strewn throughout really added to the story vibe of it

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much for the kind words of encouragement. I definitely have more Rimworld content coming (and then Anomaly comes out let’s go!) but I haven’t done the additional drawings to add to scenes since this series. It was more of a time investment than I have right now sadly :(

[@piney_studios]

@@PixelRookieOfficial maybe someone would be willing to draw some for you!

[@ltsdrizzy9533]

Your story telling is sooo good! After watching the first couple of minutes and seeing how “everyone felt guilty because they brought her into this, and she died because of it…life was hard in this rimworld.” I already know this is gonna be a fire video

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Haha thanks so much! Sadly, I’m not the best at Rimworld and make bad choices in the heat of the moment, so you’ll usually see a video that leans on the sad side hahaha

[@Cookielaide]

This Video Was... Fantastic! The Storytelling Was Perfect, And I Loved The Foreshadowing! Can't Wait To See What Happens Next!

[@NachoCH33SE980]

Hey, I just found your channel, and this is some quality Rimworld content. Keep up the good work!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much for the kind words! This is actually a fairly old series but I’ve always wanted to put it back together as a single video and I’m pleased with how it turned out!

[@Mudrucker2112]

You earned yourself a new subscriber here bro! Very good editing and very good story telling. If you don’t mind I just wanna make a small suggestion. Maybe on the next part you can get into more of the fine details of the story. I loved it when you went into the reasons two colonists fell in love. Just maybe more of the “hot dog got shot in the shoulder” or “Lee made fun of Hot dogs nose” or some crap like that. CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT PART!!!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Hey thanks so much for the kind comment and I appreciate the feedback! This is actually a supercut of one of my older Rimworld series and I hope that my writing has improved since then as I would like to be more descriptive instead of just narrating what you are seeing on screen like your examples. I hope that future videos reflect this better. Cheers!

[@jam0craz0_]

loved the story telling on this! i hope to see more like this.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much! I hope to make more Rimworld stories soon after wrapping up a few pending projects first

[@jam0craz0_]

@@PixelRookieOfficial thank you for the generous response, I will definitely look forward to another epic!

[@MacEachen7]

man, this video inspired me to get this game, and WOW its so fun, if youu ever do any more of these, it would make my year to be featured as a colonist!

[@dragonslayer440]

Nice to see another rimworld video! I do hope we get to see more in the coming future. Always a relaxing game to watch

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

More will definitely come!

[@taetae-fy9yc]

Good job, bro. I love the last movie you made was so beautiful, and you have an amazing voice, bro 👍

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Oh why thank you

[@taetae-fy9yc]

​@@PixelRookieOfficial as a die hard rimworld fan bro they need to call you make Rimworld the movie in theaters just beautiful performance all around 👏

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

That is very kind of you to say. I really appreciate it :)

[@The.Marauder]

Fantastic upload! Great job my friend! Very entertaining. SUBSCRIBED!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I'm glad you liked it! I am very pleased with how this series originally turned out and I liked putting it into a movie format. I appreciate the kind words

[@taherrampurawala7803]

This is going to be my most favourite video on rimworld thanks to u

[@hennemanproductions]

Found a real hidden gem of a channel. Not over edited with “funny” sound bits and memes, half lets play half story, and never a dull moment. Can’t wait for the next series to watch . You Inspired me to do my own let’s play man, hopefully mine would be as half as good as yours!

[@fluttzkrieg4392]

This series is how I found your channel. I'll love to watch this remake of it.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

You’ll have to let me know what you think if it! I was surprised with how different it felt when trimming it up some and redoing the music

[@Mailman412]

Dude, this video is literally ART! 👍👍👍

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much! I feel like Rimworld can make for some great (albeit, tragic lol) stories when it’s not full blown min/maxed. I’m glad you were able to enjoy it!

[@nuke0905]

I like the story was so fun at start and sad at the end it's really hard to lost true friends at the battlefield. I would like to wait for the other series 😊

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Unfortunately, I am not the best at the game and so my stories tend to go in the tragic direction lol. I like to play in a more "realistic" way and not do killboxes and min max the game, but I think it does end up making a good story! I also like playing in commitment mode where you cannot save scum and have to accept the consequences of your mistakes, which I make many of haha. More Rimworld will come - I promise :)

[@Nislander]

What a fantastic video. Incredible storytelling! I really feel bad for hotdog after everything he went through!

[@blackwaspboy]

Idk if anyone has mentioned this but it’s better to just turn off your coolers and heaters then to dismantle them. Saves you components and time. Oh and if you put a wall between each turret then when they explode it won’t cause the neighbouring ones to have a chain reaction.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

These things I definitely learned afterwards. That chain reaction explosion of my turrets was a big sad when I kept letting it happen lol. I appreciate the tips nonetheless

[@nicolaeam]

Just the thumbnail hypes me up, the video, is even better!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Awwww yeah 😎 I’m happy you enjoyed it!

[@nicolaeam]

Quite depressing end tho, But great job!

[@Solitario9475]

Hotdog became the man in black. Gone to save another group like the previous man in black. It’s an endless cycle.

[@Ytbacon]

I literally love this I thought it was gonna be boring at the start but then it became super interesting

[@DragonSlayer-hl4bb]

The quality of this video is much better than ones i've seen from youtubers 100x your sub count. A definite sub from me, cant wait for more.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Oh why thank you! I have another series I’ve been working on called The Last Hope, but I had to put it on hold while I worked some issues out with animation plans I have for adding to it. I think I just might be close to where I can continue working on it though!

[@phtevenj]

I love that cinematic with the FTL ship... very nice reference

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks man! I feel like FTL’s ship aesthetic works nicely with Rimworld :)

[@stompie5233]

Nice to see this again. It has been so long, I forgot everything that happened

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I forgot you died and Heath snagged your fiancé for himself lol

[@stompie5233]

@@PixelRookieOfficial The story would be so tragic if it was real. Randy Random seems to really hate love

[@Mayehem]

Wow this is a masterpiece, i just started playing the game myself and i found this video entertaining and helpful! i would love to be in one of the videos

[@commanderlackgaming1230]

really nice series interested in how hotdog's story will turn out wondering if we get to know how the last 2 will be featured again or not asking if I could possibly be in the series

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I’m excited to share hotdogs story, but it will take place years after the events of this series. I also need to go in and finish my other WIP series called The Last Hope 😅

[@atomic_bomba]

Reminds me of 'The Last Hope' series. Looking forwards!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Ah yes, the series that I’ve been wanting to go back into and finish for over 2 years now. I will get back to it sometime soon though! I have had big plans for the next video and I think it is finally at the point where I can work on it (animated scenes have been a big blocker for me since I want to do this in a very particular way but haven’t been able to up to this point)

[@Heaxy]

This effort in this video is amazing

[@clockworks125]

love the story telling!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Why thank you! I was really happy with how this playthrough ended up and I’m glad you were able to enjoy it too

[@arandomguy9616]

oh man this is just too good

[@Ladylight101]

Wow, this was really good.

[@fireheartclan]

Love the use of the Kestrel from FTL for the transport ship. Always felt that if just scaled up a bit size wise, FTL ships would fit surprisingly well with Rimworld's style.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

They really do fit nicely together and I’m glad you enjoyed its brief appearance haha

[@pearlinperil34]

Love this story telling ❤

[@razgriz245]

Hotdog.. you lived though so much and lost so much he is a man of many tales .. stay safe out there hotdog.. all the ones who passed away are all ways watching over .. hopefully we all get to see you on your adventures.. stay safe stay strong…

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

One day hotdogs story will continue 😎

[@timwest277]

16:56 17:24 he buried his father next to the bandits they killed lol! I got to admit this was fun to watch, a great story narration added makes this video more engaging.

[@DaAwesomeKai]

Loved the video! If you have room aboard, I'd love to be a colonist next time!

[@MerudonWoW]

Hotdog.. the man with no desire to kill, fends off hordes of invaders while watching all of his close friends succumb to raiding parties and Insectoids one by one.. the man who dresses in black, is a lone wanderer, finding someone in need of protection. He comes in the time of need and becomes the Man in Black

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Oh my, I like the sounds of this arc ;)

[@MerudonWoW]

@@PixelRookieOfficial that was my first thought of what you were going for at the end mini scene there :)

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

@joshchristenson26 you just might be on to something 😏

[@patches3555]

Well this was depressing, great video! Would love to see more rimworld

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I got a project I’m working on that I think you’ll like ;) More Rimworld will definitely come!

[@gubbington]

Ah, the classic infestation. I lost my biggest colony to one a while back. Actually it was the guy using an incendiary grenade launcher to clear the infestation that did it…

[@rytb09-gaming]

I like the art its really neat!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much! It was fun using this as a means to try and practice my art skills, which clearly have much room for improvement

[@goldentoad2747]

We need part 2!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I hope to put together the followup sometime soonish. I’m going to make a big shift in how I approach Rimworld content with animated scenes to go with it. If you see my last community post, there is a gif that gives an idea of what I’m trying to accomplish

[@Gabriel-tp8tj]

Amazing, i cry at the end :`)

[@FriHo245]

Just started the video and i see a FTL reference! You have good taste, i have high hopes for the video 😄

[@MrDitano]

I want to see more of this. I want to know how Hotdogs Story goes on. A few of his friends got kidnapped. Imagine finding them and get reunited with at least a few of his friends. :O

[@bradleyballard2851]

It’s crazy the game writing the story so perfectly especially after the bug infestation with everything crazy and people dying you could really feel that hoff was angry at hotdog for not being able to fight and letting his friends die

[@Trepower]

Hoffs story was just stellar and heartbreaking

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Yeah, most of the characters had an unfortunate end. Hoff was definitely a good one until the end

[@Trepower]

@@PixelRookieOfficialDo you think your gonna make more movie-esk play thrus also love your videos your original series made me get into rimworld

[@mrnoide8027]

Hey man loved your video, also are you using a previous version? If yes, why?

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much! So this was the original vanilla game before any of the expansions were released - I originally recorded this series years ago and decided to consolidate it into a movie and update the music and touch it up slightly. I hope that context helps!

[@mrnoide8027]

@@PixelRookieOfficialoh alright, thanks man and keep up the great videos

[@FrAvatar]

eyyy I remember this. Great to be back in the story again.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

FrAvatar let’s gooo. I forgot how awesome your character was in this series too. Held the line with the infestation like a real pro

[@17Scumdog]

Subbed btw. Your narration and storytelling is worthy. Keep it up dude! Edit: shpellin. Durnd orto kurktt!😮

[@yumeko7781]

i love this video, its so well put together, it tells a story with artworks. such a cool idea!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Hey thanks so much! It was a lot of fun to make and I wish I had more time (and skill) to draw art like I did for this series. It is tough since the art took so much time to put together. I'm glad you liked it!

[@yumeko7781]

@@PixelRookieOfficial it must have been really tough but trust me, it paid off! i love it, i dont comment on YT videos, but i just had to comment on this one. i really enjoyed the video, it felt really thought through and it looked really well put together. hopefully i will see some of this concept more from you, in my opinion, the artwork gave the story life

[@SummontheNERDZ]

I love these movies truly a highlight of my days

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I’m glad you enjoyed it so much!

[@TheWalachei]

At 13:35 Where the fallout hits you could just build a roof over the intire village and to the mountain and you are completely safe

[@astrowastaken_2359]

Suggestion for a challenge, go download the alpha gene mod on the workshop (requires the biotech dlc btw) and create a germline in which there is the gene unstable mutation (catastrophic), then try to survive, good luck bc it ll activate up to 10 random genes for 1 day, can be good, can be bad, can be horrible, I have played once with the more calm version of the gene, pretty chaotic

[@FTLnovaKid]

🔥🔥🔥 I would love a new rim world series.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I really need to go back and finish my last series now 😅

[@FTLnovaKid]

@@PixelRookieOfficial 😤

[@yandayixia]

How are you so bad yet so good at the same time? big fan man! keep up the good work!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

This was my first full playthrough of the game, not that I am much better now lol. I am glad you enjoyed the video though! Sucking makes the story more dramatic anyways lol

[@dunzweiler]

Subscribed! I’m working hard to create a compelling “Rimworld Movie”. I love this style, I’ll share it soon!

[@ttvgoober3367]

im new to rimworld, i am doing one of my first successful brutal and naked runs at the moment. Made the mistake of trying to recruit 3 people at once, with only one person. I was struggling for a minute, then right before i recruited one of them, a warg bit my big toe and another off as i ran away to my trap! god i love this game

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Naked brutality is really hard for a Rimworld pleb like me haha. May you recover from you toe injuries and find great success!

[@ttvgoober3367]

@PixelRookieOfficial you've got this. My biggest tip is to make sure that you tend to infections and diseases immediately and keep the tend time up, if you use medical kits then you'll live most of the time. I watched the first hour and commented then, I'll finish the rest :)

[@benjitheband5661]

I want a fravatars daughter origin story. What caused her to turn down such a dark path? What kind of father was he? Could things have been different if he was a better father? Was he redeemed by sacrificing himself to the bugs?

[@Sugmalocks]

By far the best rimworld story 👍

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks so much for such high words of praise :)

[@StrangerJona]

Were you using any mods here? That bit in the video where you dug through the other hill and "exposed" the other side? Did that expand the map? Or was it because it was all a mountain or something? And was the map size bigger than normal too?

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

This is actually vanilla gameplay without any DLCs - just good ol fashioned classic Rimworld. I don’t remember what map size I picked, but you are only shown what is revealed to you. Because that other valley was completely blocked off by a mountain, it wasn’t shown since it was hidden. While I was strip mining, it opened up and revealed that area. Hope that helps!

[@StrangerJona]

@@PixelRookieOfficial thankyou for replying

[@pershop4950]

I think I like the story aspect of the game plays. But as for switching out heater and air conditioner, you don't actually have to because if it reaches the temperature it wants, then it wont be in high operations anymore. In other words you can leave AC and heater on in the same room, throughout the year and it will kick on what it needs to, and kick off when it doesn't need to.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Lol yeah I learned this afterwards like a big goober. Glad you enjoyed the story and managed to suffer through my poor gameplay decisions hahaha

[@darrenevans9862]

Wow, you randomly appeared in my feed. The narrative was compelling. The impending disasters were relentless. Can you pinpoint a moment when you thought it would all go to hell? Was it your difficulty settings?

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I'm so glad you randomly stumbled upon my video :) I think I can give you an exact moment when things went from good to an unrecoverable bad lol. The infestation was the beginning of the end. I never recovered from that.

[@lalalops833]

pixel rookie and kruggsmash are my favorite channels

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Aww thanks. To be listed with the amazing KruggSmash is quite the honor!

[@The_Weakest_Nilfgaard_Soldier]

Love the ftl ship

[@pendantblade6361]

Just saw this popped up, gonna comment before watching and comment after.

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

You're a long-time subscriber and active in the comments. I am wondering if you watched through this series previously. You'll have to let me know what you think of it.

[@soggypotatoes557]

RIP fravatar he was the goat 😭

[@cawingcrows2072]

This is really cool so far! (Year 1) do you think you'll do another like this?

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I have another Rimworld series that I have up to 6 episodes, but had to be out on a hold for a while and I’m also working on a 100 days video. I’ll definitely do more Rimworld and if I do an episodic series, I’d like to consolidate it into a movie like I’ve done for this one. I’m glad you’ve enjoyed it so far!

[@cawingcrows2072]

@@PixelRookieOfficial gotcha gotcha, will check those out when im done with this one, good luck on your current project!

[@iagomello6317]

theres no way i would play rim without wall lights or food storage furniture lmao

[@spacelizard5001]

I really like the narrative style of the video! Narrating the game like a story is really entertaining. I just want to give a few tips real quick: 1. Fertile soil is darker then normal soil, while stony soil appears to be gravely. Fertile soil grows crops 30% faster, while stony soil grows 30% slower, unless you're growing potatoes, in which both ends are less effective. Check the bottom left of the screen for more info about a tile. 2. You can have multiple researchers. It'll effectively double your research speed, which is very important for getting gear for combat if you're playing on a high difficulty. 3. Walls are the best cover, then sandbags, then barricades. You should try to always have your people behind walls, although this does take a lot of building and planning. 4. You don't need to recruit every single colonist. Try to recruit only those that have the skills that you need or will need soon. For example, if a farmer died, try to recruit those with a high plants skill. 5. If someone misses a shot, there's a chance that shot will hit another person within a 1x1 grid where they were aiming. So spreading out colonists is useful to avoid misses, and to avoid friendly fire. Friendly fire cannot happen with your own colonists within four tiles. 6. Sterile tiles (steel tiles, silver tiles, and sterile tiles unlockable with research) increase research speed when placed inside research labs, decrease infection chance inside hospitals and reduce the chance of pawns cooking meals that give food poisoning when placed inside kitchens. 7. As you're entering melee combat often with ranged units, you should know that ranged units can shoot while in melee, but not at enemies directly next to them. So, if pawns shoot raiders next to them instead of gun bashing those next to them, it'll clean up raids faster. Now for some more cheesy tips. These aren't fun for everyone but you may as well know you have the option: 1. Colony wealth. So raids are based on how much total wealth you have, thus meaning being too rich means you get attacked too much. This means destroying expensive goods makes sense. However, to some people this is very much not fun, and can be mostly ignored unless you're on a 500% threat scale game. Keep it in mind if you're being attacked too much. 2. Pawns cannot stand on sandbags, barricades, chunks and other objects like those. Basically, you can make your funnel more expensive by putting sandbags on the edge of walls so they can't use it as cover. This is getting into killbox territory (areas which exploit pathfinding and other Rimworld mechanics used to kill raiders very easily), which some players hate, and others love. Do whatever you find fun of course, but if you find minmaxing defenses fun, give it a try. 3. Nutrient paste exists. I honestly hate it a lot, but some people swear by it, and for good reason. It is however much more efficient then cooking, and pawns eating it cannot get food poisoning. Useful if you don't have a good cook, don't have a lot of food, or don't care enough to cook meals. 4. Setting work priorities in the work tab is very useful. Setting everyone's bed rest to a priority of "1" means that they'll always rest while they would be working to recover from injuries, or gain immunity from diseases faster. Lowering some priorities means less people will do less work of a specific type, but also that will mean a few people will do specifically more of one type of work, thus gaining more experience. For example, having only a few crafters will make the few more highly skilled, and thus produce higher quality items. I hope these help! Enjoy learning too much about a silly little game! Rimworld is one great game that has a very barebones tutorial. I'd recommend watching some other KZbinrs if you want to learn even more. Knowing niche mechanics does come in handy. Have fun!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Thanks for all of the advice! This was actually one of my first full playthroughs of the game and I learned a lot since then. I like playing where it isn’t fully min maxed with kill boxes because struggling gameplay definitely makes for a more engaging story haha

[@spacelizard5001]

@@PixelRookieOfficial true, everyone does like people on youtube suffering. hope you continue to enjoy the game!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Oh I adore the game. It’s just a matter of finding time to play it for videos when I have a bunch of projects I’m working on haha

[@Szyment]

That's an amazing video! Could you please share which mods you're using???

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

This is pure 100% vanilla Rimworld. No mods, no expansions

[@Szyment]

@@PixelRookieOfficial thanks 🙏

[@MashBro]

"We don't talk about New Raleigh 1.0"

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

New Raleigh 1.0 was a.*liiiiiiittle bit* of a mess lol

[@joelschelp5662]

FTL ship at the beginning is just hilarious

[@brenzcarlcasas3728]

It gets worse when you realize that he is the main antagonist of the story for he is the reason of every loss on the story...

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I think it’s a bit extreme to say he’s the main reason for every loss lol

[@SuperYogebear]

this is amazing, but I had a question, is this the base game with mods or with a dlc?

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

This was initially recorded a long while ago. This is vanilla Rimworld without any DLCs installed

[@fuecOHKO]

The title would've sounded cooler if he instead said I survived 250 days in rimworld.

[@marcuscarman1854]

FrAvatar was going crazy with that knife

[@Sticky-and-friends-animations]

Can you make a video of the seed and where you placed your base? I really want a mountain base in that area

[@Jossu1705]

that was the saddest thing i have ever seen. But it will continue right? It was the greatest story i have ever seen

[@ybfull]

great job!! loved it! By any chance do u have the name of the seed?

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

This is pure vanilla with no expansions, so I don’t know if that makes a difference, but the seed is “blackjack”

[@ommapodi]

The game is intentionally killing the lovers

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I should have done a better job protecting them :( This was one of my earliest full playthroughs too and there was still much to the game I didn’t know much about so I played it out pretty horribly hahaha. To be fair though, I’m not much better now either 😂

[@arandomguy9616]

this is insanely good, Fravatar was my favourite character

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Hey thanks so much! FrAvatar was definitely one of the MVPs. I always like how he held the line with the infestation and was probably the reason that the rest of the colonists didn’t get swarmed

[@sircalcastex5686]

What a Epic end Part 🤩🤩🤩

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I’m glad you liked it! I’m hoping I can put together the followup that I’ve always envisioned to continue Hotdog’s story soon :)

[@cloud1973]

1:07:28 What the- This game, man. I can't stop laughing.

[@matteosberna735]

Dramatic series! But you really need to place your turrets in the front! Or you can just place your tamed animals at the entrance of your base!

[@timg6290]

Bro WHY DO I GET EMOTIONAL OVER A GAME! 😭😭

[@Oofamation]

When the new thing with hotdog comes out will it be on the same save like for instance will the characters who got captured by hostile factions still be out there waiting to be rescued

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

Not exactly. It is something I have had planned for a REAAALLY long time, but I have been running into issues with animating the special "cutscenes" how I always envisioned it. The good news is that I have something pretty awesome cooking that will be able to up the production value of my Rimworld videos 100 fold and when it is ready, I will be able to continue Hotdog's story the way I always wanted to. To specifically answer your question, it is based quite some time after this series and the characters from the original series will not really be involved unless it is in flashbacks since Hotdog sort of became a vagabond after the events in the valley. I hope this helps give you more clarity on what I am planning!

[@PixelRookieOfficial]

I just posted a WIP on my community tab for more information ;)

[@youngishorange713]

Hotdog is basically Desmond doss from hacksaw ridge