The Absolute Beginners guide to Rimworld 1.0- part 1

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

The hardest part of this game for me is getting past the character selection screen

[@BugPowderDust]

The Rimworld equivalent of Eve's ship spinning

[@saltyrice821]

For me it's cooking, research, medic, and construction > or = 6

[@Optikification]

Hardest part for me was downgrading my gaming rig to a potato to run thus butt ugly 2d junk.

[@Bigjuice117]

@@Optikification why would you have to downgrade your rig to play a 2D game? How does 2D make it a bad game? Not sure what the point of your comment is

[@craig5322]

literally me last night. I didn't make it past

[@yoitzmej]

Bought this game for our COVID-19 shelter-in-place... thank you for making this vid, you're like the Bob Ross for Rim World Tutorials

[@RafaelaSilva-dg4zm]

same ^^

[@BugPowderDust]

You're very welcome, sorry I seemed to have missed this comment! Stay safe, hope we come out of this in a better place

[@sjtrawin]

Perfect time to try these new games. This was the first game to download in the self isolation

[@sjtrawin]

I guess not new game but new to me :)

[@gonzo3915]

Same as you, however I am in England but the sentiment stands true.

[@sire3977]

First colony: Have three settlers, they built a nice little home for themselves, their leader (in my headcannon he was) was an ex mob with pretty good fighting and construction skills. Well, a heat wave came and my base was not cooled, he goes unconscious, no one cares for him during the night and he died. His lover, a non violent non hauling pyromaniac doesn't carry them to their grave and instead goes crazy and burns the whole base down

[@BugPowderDust]

:-D ...and there you have a typical RW story! Need more squirrels attacking though

[@KeyWiteWolf]

@@BugPowderDust What is it with Squirrels anyway? Is there a hidden stat for them to be more likely to go mad than other animals, and just no one knows about it? I have played Rimworld basically since it entered early access, I've had a lot of worlds, and I have seen at least one mad squirrel in EVERY SINGLE ONE at some point. How does that even work? On some of those games, I only ever saw one or two other mad animals at all, and some had tons (especially longer games, obviously). But always, _always_ a mad squirrel. ... That's it, I now am adopting the head-canon that the devs had some kind of traumatizing event in their lives involving squirrels, and now at least one squirrel must go mad in each playthrough. >_< (Also, thanks for making this cool video. Even if I'm not a beginner, I still always can use advice, and I like seeing different ways people start out and how they prioritize. Everyone has little tricks they know that I might not have ever seen. So guides like this can still help more veteran players as well.)

[@BugPowderDust]

@@KeyWiteWolf You're welcome, and yes, squirrels are not to be taken lightly!! Have you started watching the latest series yet, may be of interest? kzbin.info/aero/PLjtNsCg0XFV3SRJkgey7D69X-VA7d1eIq

[@KeyWiteWolf]

@@BugPowderDust Ah, I hadn't had a chance to look before, this was actually the first video of yours I have seen. Apparently YT never recommended you before, not sure why. But I just checked the link. Lordy, that sounds like how I play Civilization games. >_< Honestly though, I think I'll watch the rest of these guides for now, since it's also a bit more relaxing. But I'll see some of the factioncide videos later, now that I know about them. Thanks for the link. Also subscribed now. ^_^

[@saratchandra239]

@@KeyWiteWolf

[@thevoxdeus]

All storytellers base the strength of raids, etc on the wealth of your colony. What Cassandra does is ramps up the intensity and frequency of random events in a dramatic way. So low intensity followed by medium intensity followed by the high intensity climax (everything going wrong at once) and then a recovery period where the intensity is nearly zero. Then ramp up and repeat the pattern again, and so on. Randy Random is different in that there is no pattern. You could have half a dozen negative events immediately or you could have a long period of tranquility, or any combination in between at any time. A Randy Random game will feel less like a classic story with acts and climaxes and more like gritty reality.

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks for clarifying that, much appreciated

[@zigfaust]

IMO, Randy is the best way to play. Cassie gets you used to being safe then bam, base gets wiped out in one raid. The other chick is so jank and junk I can't even remember her name. And Randy throws both good and bad at you and you never really feel unprepared for it though. All his BS is fair and evens itself out compared to the other two being able to fuck your whole run in one in game day.

[@bitbucketcynic]

Cassandra goes easy on you at first, then escalates until she breaks you. Phoebe is Cassandra but slower. Randy can suckerpunch you with a haymaker right out of the gate, but he never ups his game, so if anything, he gets less dangerous over time as your colony becomes more adaptable and better able to handle his shenanigans.

[@andrewsharp4950]

define "wealth of your colony" only coin?

[@BugPowderDust]

Nah, it's buildings, number of colonists, the type and number of items and resources you have (they each have a value), etc etc

[@sighkoh6846]

This is absolutely what I love from beginners guides, rather than just talking about what to do you play and explain what's going on. 10/10

[@BugPowderDust]

Thankyou, glad you enjoyed it!

[@CorporalCornGaming]

Part 1 is 44 min... what did I get myself into...

[@rasaecnai]

welcome to rimworld! figuring it out really take some time. after you finish this tutorials, and you want to deep dive, to to pete complete ice sheet survival series.

[@sofkincool]

lmao

[@OldieWan]

You should take a look into Dwarf Fortress and this will feel like child's play.

[@marielysnavarro5045]

i need to know how to deconstruct marble stone, do u know?

[@OldieWan]

@@marielysnavarro5045 Do you mean the marble stone on the floor? or the walls? You can't deconstruct floor stones.. However the walls is done via orders Decon.,

[@coolminer1231]

Came here after my first colony fell to ruin, I actually did pretty good for my first time and survived a whole year. Made minimal progress but stayed alive. What finally took me out was the radiation event, lasted over a week at that point I was out of food and everyone one was to irradiated to be outside much longer so I packed up and tried to move which lead to everyone going insane and attacking each other and setting everything on fire. Things smoothed out once I only had two people left and they ate the corpses of their friends but I think a fresh start would be best

[@BugPowderDust]

Sounds like an awesome first colony! Memorable, that's the main thing :)

[@psychoyuri3283]

lmaoo this sounds so fun I might try this game

[@ShacolateClown]

After 180 hours into the game i still get fcked by the toxic fallout event. Currently trying to rush hydroponics on current playthrough

[@BugPowderDust]

@@ShacolateClown I would definitely look at my latest Lets Play- you'll see that I just build around some open ground, then stick in a Sun Lamp and a couple of campfires- you then grow crops as you would if it was summer. They have heat and light, and it's much more effective than Hydroponics which I don't bother with now.

[@morgan5941]

You miss the point of the game. You should continue with the two people till they overcome the adversity or fail completely.

[@MediHusky]

I thought i set the video to 1.5 but its normal speed. Finally somebody who speaks with pace.

[@RawkL0bster]

There's something therapeutic about having this playing in the background while I play it myself.

[@andnor]

I usually listen to "lets-plays", guides and how-tos of the games i play (well not fast pace fps but otherwise) for the same reason.

[@cdcopper3438]

I do the same thing with a lot of games. For some reason, I just like listening to commentary while playing a game.

[@tsaieric379]

thanks dude, it makes this complex game much more friendly for the beginners to play

[@BugPowderDust]

You're welcome :)

[@Del-Canada]

Congratz on having your daughter!

[@ashspawk1206]

Delivered with such natural ability. I'm a british expat living in Norway, always nice to hear a fellow brit now and again. I shall continue on with the series, as the guide in general was a tremendous help. 10/10 for clarity, bravo.

[@BugPowderDust]

You're very kind, glad you enjoyed it. When you're ready, I've created a 10-part tutorial series for those who want to know how to create a base from the start to self-sustaining: kzbin.info/aero/PLjtNsCg0XFV3CkPSN9_lZ2G41DUZVeQy0

[@aip3r60]

Just bought Rimworld yesterday and im glad i found your tutorial. It helps me a lot. Thanks

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks, good luck with your first colony!

[@shayneorr1020]

Played a couple of colonies now, finally had a solid one going and I accidnetly slaughter a boomtelope in my stockpile which spread everywhere lol, went form 7 settlers to 2

[@BugPowderDust]

Yeah, boomalopes are well named!

[@ragnaroksbringer]

Just a small piece of advice for anyone starting up: Training an animal like a monkey is basically a waste of time and resources (small amounts of food are used in animal training as treats, it can add up depending on how lush your colony is). Some animals can be extremely useful when trained (such as bears, huskies and timber wolves), while others are useless for training but good for other purposes (monkies could be raised for an adequate amount of meat, though chickens are leagues better than any other animal for meat; be very careful with chickens to restrict zoning for roosters and manage your population, a chicken population explosion has decimated many a successful colony; slaughter chickens liberally to maintain a population you can handle). All of the animals that can give milk and wool and be used as pack animals are quite useful and worth devoting resources towards building a small herd if possible. Other adequate meat sources are iguanas, cobras, pigs, boar, etc. "Wildness" basically means how hard an animal is to tame, and a 10 in animals is actually still only around average. There's some awesome potential things an animal handler can accomplish in certain situations, but for newbies I'd suggest sticking to domesticated animals and perhaps learning how animal training works with your first huskies. Another protip that I haven't finished the video to see if he mentions: If you have a grower who can plant it when you start, having a large plot of devilstrand planted during the first few days is an awesome investment in the future. It takes around three full seasons to grow, but when sewn into clothing it makes some of the best armor in the game (and sells for a lot too). Note that you might want to get your footing before doing this, because your first few colonies might not make it a full year to take advantage of such a thing.

[@BugPowderDust]

Good tips, thanks

[@sabrinasmith4033]

Ive gotten extremely lucky with my second playthrough (first one died tragically and im slowly learning from my mistakes) one of my colonists doesnt do hauling but luckily the pet my team came with is a husky and can do hauling! That same villager also is good at animal handling and so it was a good trade off. Down the line of my game, Cassandra gifts me with a tamed husky of the opposite sex and now theyre making babies :Oc I love my hauling pups! Theyre esp good for when you overextend your villagers and accidently gotta haul most of them to the hospital lol

[@Johnnymac66]

BPD!!! First of all - long late congratulations on your second child! Secondly - so glad to have a new series from you! I came to your channel watching the Prison Architect tutorials, and always felt that the perfect next move would be Rimworld, so this makes total sense to me that you did as you were displaying your playthroughs and a few other things before your sabbatical. Your conversational style lends itself well to tutorials, as does your light humor and occasional missteps - which makes the random events something to look forward to!

[@BugPowderDust]

Hey thanks Smack, nice to see you again! Hope you and yours are well. I always meant to do a RW guide but it changed so much from release to the next, I always procrastinated. As there's so much more to RW than PA, I'm not sure when I'll finish it!!

[@CallOfChick3n]

Absolutely brilliant. The way you explain and talk in general is awesome. Keep that good work up

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks Mezzo, glad you liked it :)

[@yvonnechi3208]

Tried the tutorial without understanding any real details. Watched the video and now I feel confident to start the game again. This is what the in game tutorial should have been like. Thank you!

[@BugPowderDust]

Good luck, and do ask if you have any questions, plenty of people reading this will help.

[@ISOaGoGo]

Just started with this game and found your calm presentation really helpful - thank you.

[@BugPowderDust]

You are very welcome ☺️

[@Nick9999play]

Very good video. I'm 100 hours into the game but love your calm and clear voice. This will be a handy video for everyone that is new or even a bit advanced. There is nothing you have done bad. Keep up the high quality work on your videos! It's an amazing game and i hope you will get the community a good amount of groth. Best to you sir!

[@BugPowderDust]

Thankyou, i appreciate your kind words :)

[@DonCorleoneNL]

Just bought the game and now watching your series, subscribed and liked! Really nice work mate, thx alot for sharing!

[@BugPowderDust]

Don Corleone great, thanks for the feedback :) I’ll be starting a Let’s Play series of Rimworld in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned :)

[@DonCorleoneNL]

@@BugPowderDust great to hear! Thx. Looking forward to it

[@TheLucreziia]

As an absolute beginner this has been a great video thanks. I had no clue how involved and the great depth of this game. Looks like I will be spending a lot of time on this :)

[@BugPowderDust]

You're welcome, hope you enjoy :) any questions, just ask

[@graytonw5238]

I almost bought this on sale, but after watching this I really don't think I'd have the patience to get very far in it. Problem is I'm not really a gamer, but the thing that fascinates me about software like this is the complexity, an entire system packed into a game. The thought that has to go into something like this and the sheer amount of variables for all these elements to interact has to be mind-boggling. I may end up buying it anyway just to marvel at how everything works together.

[@BugPowderDust]

Fair point, but although as a whole it's complex, you only take bite sized chunks at a time. You learn the intricacies and mechanics as you go. As the developers say, this is a story generator rather than a game to beat. It's quite easily the best game I've ever played, and I'm still hooked on it- and I've been playing for 7 years. I wouldn't wait for another sale on the game though, it's barely on sale, and just 10% this time (IIRC)

[@leoroth6162]

2 minutes in and all im going to say is excellent quality video. thank you

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks Leo :)

[@twistedtonestudio3716]

Absolute beginners guide indeed. well done. Iv been wanting to get into this game for ages but always set it to the side for something else. couldn't find a real new player friendly guide on how to start until now

[@BugPowderDust]

Glad you got into RW finally, it's a great game :)

[@roggerolla-speedy3246]

Ah you are a lifesaver. Thank you for this. Rimworld has been out for so long that nowadays most people seems to not really explain anything anymore. I really needed this cause I'm itching to play Rimworld. Thank you so much. You gained a new subscriber :)

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks Roggerolla, I appreciate it! Be sure to check out my complete Randy Lets Play series (kzbin.info/aero/PLjtNsCg0XFV0qFbrPFeQcgLbJx9bBjq2u) or my current Psychos in the Rainforest series (kzbin.info/aero/PLjtNsCg0XFV1yIfKix4oBwOQ-LW5rc_pP)

[@Trumanlol86]

This is so helpful! Just got this game, and it's a bit overwhelming. Thank you for making this series!

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks Truman, appreciate the feedback and glad it helped. You're right, the game is so deep and has so many facets, simply reading about them isn't enough. I am planning to make a 'tutorial colony' (vanilla) series where I go a lot more slowly and explain everything I am doing. I think people could hopefully benefit from it You may find watching this series helpful, it's the first full run through I did after the tutorials you just watched: kzbin.info/aero/PLjtNsCg0XFV0qFbrPFeQcgLbJx9bBjq2u

[@jamesketchum5047]

i love Randy Random, he gives you no way of knowing whats coming next and that keeps things interesting

[@johnbilawey4074]

Thx BPD! Just what i was looking for to get started. Heading to part 2 now. Very informative, pleasently presented. 2 Thumbs up!

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks John, be sure to watch the Let's Play I did after you finish the Guides, as they show it all coming together

[@josetoscano4830]

I just bought this game and while the tutorial the game has is good, I learned so much more just from this video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@BugPowderDust]

No problem, glad you found it off use :)

[@trentarnold5680]

Charge into this game with a cup of tea and a bunch of spirit

[@SeaStarwindJazz]

figured I'd just watch the first 10 mins or so. Quickest 40 minuted I've ever experienced. Good work.

[@BugPowderDust]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers :)

[@darkdrakan316]

Glad you decided to do this with Rimworld too, shall watch in full later. Congratulations on 2nd child, got 2 young daughters myself and know how much your free time can be effected.

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks Andy, hope you enjoy the series. And yeah, kids are great but don't leave much time free!

[@zekr0n718]

Its been 2 years since i've played rimworld and forgot how to play this game and this helped me a lot. Thank you :)

[@BugPowderDust]

No worries, glad it was useful to you

[@BaxterBeat5]

This is a awsome Beginners guide! Im watching this and at the same time playing the game :D Pausing the video then going back to the game, easiest way for me to learn! Very good job and thank you SO much!!

[@BugPowderDust]

You're welcome, glad you found it useful :)

[@BaxterBeat5]

@@BugPowderDust Very very useful! I would never learn the game without this :D Im at part 3 now so I will watch them all, at least till I get it right! Thanks again, you rock!!

[@einerdek69]

Excellent content, just wanted to try the game coming from Factorio and Prison Architect and felt a bit overwhelmed, I felt like the in game tutorial could have gone a bit further, this is making me feel much more confident and it's making things very clear, I'm excited to start my new game as soon as I get through the 4 parts and I have the basics! Thank you for putting this up together.

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks, I came from PA also to play this game- some similarities but not many. Hope your colony goes well, but just remember- if they all die badly, it's just part of the game!

[@cyberpsybin]

Watching in 2022 and this series is still the best beginner guide out there

[@BugPowderDust]

Thank you, glad you found it useful 😊

[@cryisfree8860]

Damn, this really really helped out with my playthrough. Merry Christmas!

[@BugPowderDust]

Thankyou, you're welcome, and Merry Christmas to you too!

[@blakewilliams5491]

Love how detailed this is. Thanks a lot for making this

[@BugPowderDust]

Glad you liked it :)

[@hko2006]

15:00 training right at the start will use up your package meal, you may want to save them for later and wait for raw food to grow and use them to train instead

[@BugPowderDust]

That is a very fair comment, well made.

[@SteveAkaDarktimes]

more tips: 1. make sure you dont overwhelm your colonists with tasks at first. its better to have a small barracks set up and expand step by step instead of planning enormous construction projects. cleaning and hauling will never get done if you dont. 2. do get away from flammable wood pretty quickly. 3. Rice is fastest growing but least yield and most Pawn work.

[@ted_hi2231]

Good video ! You sense of pace is very good.

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks very much :)

[@wfr1108]

Really well done

[@kylejackson4896]

Super helpful and well spoken video! About to watch part 2, got a new subscriber :)

[@BugPowderDust]

Thankyou :) hope you enjoy the other episodes and find them useful.

[@klarnorbert]

@@BugPowderDust You deserve more views!

[@arts6821]

This video is the sole reason why I enjoy rimworld today :) thank you!

[@BugPowderDust]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@temparalflux914]

thanks for this mate, I've tried this game sooo many times and given up in failure after a few hours with each Colony. Today was my best dun through so far...and then i found this vid which has taught me so much more already. I think my biggest enemy in my early game is building to big to fast. Also my ypriorities are kinda messy. Cheers bud, gonna watch the next one now ;)

[@BugPowderDust]

Yeah, been there, done that, lost the colony! Expanding too far too fast without securing a food source or bring ready for Winter is a killer. Hope you found these useful :)

[@blueldrrich84]

First video I ever watched on your channel :) congratulations on your daughter!!! 👏 mine was just born 5 months ago so I totally get the new fatherhood thing.

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks and congrats to you too. Mine are now four and two, and they're so funny together.

[@Pendragonau]

thanks for doing this i have just bought the game and i have watched some how to play vids but this is the first one where it has started to explain how something is done.

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks, glad you found it useful :)

[@catbehaviourchannel]

pretty much a perfect video - well paced and detailed, without the usual waffle or explaining how to click the mouse :-) Thanks! On to part 2 now.

[@BugPowderDust]

Glad you liked it, enjoy part 2 ☺️

[@konjecture]

At the 35:30 when you are installing the cooler, I would have put the cooler vertically, so that the warm air is going to the room where everyone is sleeping. That way the living room stays warm for everyone without much investment. Hitting two birds with one stone.

[@BugPowderDust]

True- but in the summer this could potentially overheat the inside (it's happened before). As it's much easier to heat than cool, this is the method I prefer. Thanks for suggesting it though, people reading may prefer that approach

[@OldieWan]

I've been playing Dwarf Fortress for a couple years now. So this should be pretty easy for me to pick up on. Thanks for this guide. Very helpful. My adventure starts here!

[@BugPowderDust]

No worries, have fun and use the RW Wiki a lot! Although it's easy to pick up, there is a LOT of semi transparent mechanics to understand, but that's part of the fun :)

[@OldieWan]

@@BugPowderDust Thanks man! I will be sure to utilize that wiki! Yeah these kinds of games are so fun for me as there is a non stop learning curve!

[@williamhelphinstine5019]

great first tutorial ... might try this now ... felt lost before watching this ... much appreciated

[@BugPowderDust]

You're welcome, glad it helped!

[@kneecaps2000]

Great series. Thanks. Will probably buy based on this.

[@BugPowderDust]

Thankyou, hope you do, this is a great game :)

[@michaelhoyle3266]

Just picked up this game on a recommendation from a friend. Thanks for a great primer for what looks like many hours of fun and frustration. :)

[@BugPowderDust]

Hope you enjoy it, it's a brilliant game :)

[@rexwong3171]

Great video! Very in-depth information, and now I understand the game much better! I am really interested in trying out the game myself now.

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks and good luck with your first colony :)

[@NastFutter]

Very helpful looking foward to watching the rest of this series

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks Aaron :)

[@bigboss8800]

Thx you very much man! I just bought the game today and really exciting to make first colony :) ps : that is some lovely voice and well explained ! I really enjoyed these videos, keep it up !

[@BugPowderDust]

Glad you enjoyed them! Check out my 2 Lets Play series following this: kzbin.info/aero/PLjtNsCg0XFV0qFbrPFeQcgLbJx9bBjq2u

[@GreatBeef97]

Been playing Prison Architect for a while and stopped playing due to it being unoptimzied when in the late game. Really appericate the guide and cant wait to learn more about this!

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks and welcome to one of the best games ever

[@anaximander66]

If it were any other game I would have checked out at needing to manage temperature. I'm used to games that just do those things automatically or are assumed just to work. Anyway really appreciate this tutorial!

[@BugPowderDust]

You're welcome, glad you found it useful!

[@Revelation6_7-8]

+1 for Shockmaster.

[@zhangjao6328]

Very informative stuff, got me through many early games when I first bought Rimworld.

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks, and also for contributing to the Stream last night 😊

[@zhangjao6328]

@@BugPowderDust No problem man. I'm glad I can teach you some stuff after getting taught by you.

[@TheStipeman]

Big thumbs up for this! I'm late to the Rimworld party, so this is a HUGE help. Very well done!

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks :) you're not late, this is a great time to arrive on The Rim

[@giants2k8]

Fantastic tutorial mate! I just got this game yesterday and I'm still adjusting to the overwhelming initial complexity - this helps so much. Subscriber earned Amazing game!

[@BugPowderDust]

Glad you found it useful. RW is a brilliant game, been playing for years

[@dragosvatamanu9957]

Thanks a lot, buddy! Really helped me get a much better grasp on things.

[@ChitWhitly]

You have an excellent voice for narration, I swear the English accent was tailor made for narration.

[@BugPowderDust]

Lol, thanks. My favourite bit of narration ever was the open lines of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, with the amazing Richard Burton

[@HarukaHeavensedge]

Great guide! Just getting into the game and this is very useful!

[@BugPowderDust]

Glad you liked it :)

[@chaddts]

Thsnk you soo much. Just got a dell i5 1035g7 just for rimworld after wanting to play for over a year..my first trying playing was frustrating..getting pawms to do what you want is a pain. And the u.i is abhorrent. You make this learning curve tolerable.

[@chaddts]

Seriously thank you

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks and congrats on the new PC. The UI isn't so bad, you get used to it. Just pay attention with priority levels on jobs, and use the advanced scheduler (with numbers), not the basic one with ticks. Good luck!

[@chaddts]

@@BugPowderDust i must disagree if i right click on something i should get a list of options period! The fact i cannot even haul certsin items by rick click on it is disgusting. If i want to micromanage let me micromanage

[@chaddts]

@@BugPowderDust and i never saw ypu go over how to actually initiate trading. I keep getting visitors but nothing happens

[@BugPowderDust]

@@chaddts You *can* haul by right clicking, or indeed get a colonist to interact with that item by clicking pawn and r/clicking then item. There are nuances to this, however, and it may not work for a couple of reasons. I recommend you watch my Let's Play series that is currently running as it will answer a lot of your questions- I promise ☺️

[@martryn]

Great video! Wish I understood some of the basic stuff the first two times I started this game. Confident enough to give it a third go now.

[@BugPowderDust]

Good luck :)

[@NanashiGoshujin]

Love it :) Dont forget other things deteriorate when unroofed too (those components Nooooooo!) maybe add a roof to your general stockpile. Another thing you should have spoken about is map size during creation. Some people don't have the best computers, so a smaller map size can help their performance. Looking forward to watching all of your guide.

[@BugPowderDust]

Absolutely :) There is a limit as to what I can (or should) cover in a Beginners Guide, but thanks for adding this. I will further add that components don't appear to be degrade in their usage when deteriorated- so a component with 100 'health' compared to 25 'health', makes no difference to the manufacturing process that needs them

[@Panndaahh]

Great video, super helpful and entertaining to help me start my Rimworld adventure!

[@BugPowderDust]

Thankyou, good luck with your playthrough

[@wesker-hn4wn]

Absolutely perfect guide. Good job man.

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks wesker :)

[@voxxel]

THank you very much, it gave me a good idea about the game. But is there anything like automation? Like thermal detectors in the vanilla game? For example when it recognizes a certain temp outside, it should start to freeze more in a room?

[@BugPowderDust]

Hi Voxxel- no, not really. There are likely mods for that, but I only ever play vanilla so my knowledge of mods is very little!

[@MuhammadRaiyan135]

Hey thanks for explaining everything so clearly. Made my first playthrough much easier

[@BugPowderDust]

Glad you enjoyed it, welcome to The Rim!

[@Ariaaae]

Thank you very very much for this guide, very detailed, constructed and with a slow pace so anyone could understand and appreciate this game!

[@BugPowderDust]

Thank you :)

[@stardaggerrihannsu2363]

Who needs art when you have a triple wide bed and time on your hands!

[@jaz24lol]

Thankyou SO much for explaining this in detail !

[@BugPowderDust]

You're welcome, glad you found it useful

[@philiptaylor090]

Happy to hear about your daughter! Congrats!

[@BugPowderDust]

Thank you so much 😀

[@MidWesti]

Curious on 2 things. 1- Why isnt the refrigerator floor finished? and 2- if living in a cold climate could you have the heat exhaust pump in to the living quarters from the fridge instead of outside?

[@BugPowderDust]

1- no reason, if this was a proper base, it would be 2- you could. Just bear in mind, if it gets hot, you can't just turn off the cooler that is pumping heat into the living quarters (well, you can, but then your fridge isn't a fridge anymore). So, you vent it to the outside, and just use a heater to heat when you need it, as the temp can be easily controlled

[@MidWesti]

@@BugPowderDust understandable. Also answered the first one when I watched the second vid in this series. Thank you for the quick response. New sub gained

[@BugPowderDust]

You're welcome and thanks for subbing. If you haven't watched the completed Let's Play I did recently, it's worth a watch :)

[@stoneymasonp8163]

Now I’m more overwhelmed than ever. Great video but this is gonna take some time to learn

[@BugPowderDust]

Yes, it will but it's a lot of fun!

[@mickyweird8644]

Congratulations on the baby girl. best of luck in the future.

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks micky, have got two girls now :)

[@pavelperina7629]

Good tutorial. I would like to see some later gameplay and mistakes to avoid at start. For example I now think I will have to return one game year or several hours of game back. My problem: for one year I had 3 colonists and it was somewhat hard to replace them when they went crazy (they had small rooms and many mood debuffs due to relationships and being rejected), they were wounded while hunting or during raids and I had to reload the game few times. So I was very happy when I finally got opportunity to buy a slave, capture one prisoner and when other colonist joined me. Next year I made colony nicer, I had large stockpile of food during the winter and I even have some time to do cleaning, research and everything seemed great. Despite nearly all of my fields and half of the map burned down during summer storms. But ... spring started, I noticed that I can't sustain colony as they ate literally whole freezer and because crop is not yet ready to harvest they can spend all the time hunting, butchering and cooking, collecting berries across the map and that's barely enough, animals became rare (in forest biome). So either I will get ability to get food from trading, or it's a game over. Let's blame large fires again for mass extinction. PS: characters are quite ok, asthmatic doctor with social skills, one lady with crafting and mining skills, one guy good for constructions and cooking that can't do social and healing. One new guy is good for constructions and minining, rest are nearly useless medics

[@BugPowderDust]

I am going to do a 'tutorial colony', at a slower pace and explain everything I do for just this reason. Just need to find time to start it!!

[@pavelperina7629]

@@BugPowderDust Thanks. I started new game on extreme south of temperate forest with all year growing season instead of 30/60, I've chosen tile with marble and granite and got lot of ruins to reuse walls at the start and to get steel, tables, large statue or tombstone to decorate dining room and I started with rough plan how to build the base with much larger rooms (huge workshops, central storage, larger than 3x3 bedrooms, later I added food dispenser and replaced kitchen with prison. This time I had no problems with happiness, no problem with food before I tamed too many animals (getting rid of excessive boomrats is fun) and got one useless colonist that I will try to sell to slavery and two of others are ok. This time only problem was that I had not a single opportunity to buy ranged weapon, but I researched them in a year and something. Foreseeable problem is running out of components or steel. Not soon, but in two years, it's possible.

[@BugPowderDust]

@@pavelperina7629 Nice work :) learning the mechanics is critical to the game. I would say focus on happiness and armour- one will keep you safe when you're not fighting, and the other will increase your chances in battle. Flak vest, flak pants, helmet, and elephant/rhino/heavy fur duster/jacket will work nicely Animals will eat your food fast, so make sure they are zoned appropriately, and get them hauling for you- one less job your colonists need to do

[@steelixian1705]

GZ on the 2nd child, Thanks for the video, Ill check your prison architect one too. Liked and subbed :D

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks Steel, appreciate it- enjoy the videos

[@buzzard614]

This is very helpful. I'm in the process of buying this game and i needed to know where to start. So i want to say ty.

[@BugPowderDust]

Glad you found it useful :)

[@Bea.Sted.]

Great video man, very good narration. Liked/Subbed. Look forward to see more from you!

[@BugPowderDust]

Cheers, appreciated :)

[@India51A]

Nice job mate, new player, so glad you did these videos. Liked and subbed.

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks Melvyn, glad they helped you :)

[@India51A]

I have watched this video 5 times now, and STILL my colonists keep dying. The video is fine, it's me that doesn't seem to get it yet.

[@BugPowderDust]

@@India51A what are they dying from? Same thing over and over?

[@India51A]

@@BugPowderDust Thanks for the fast reply, mainly they are dieing from starvation or infection, I seem to be too slow getting my kitched up and running, and run out of food

[@BugPowderDust]

@@India51A try and follow order I did it in- shelter, beds, plant food, generator, cooker, freezer, hunt like mad. And infections? Make sure you treat all injuries immediately and don't play Jungle yet :)

[@baiafy]

Just bought the game this evening..going to watch your videos first.. Thanks!

[@DrZaius3141]

36:00 As someone who hasn't played before: why don't you use the cooler to at the same time heat up the sleeping area?

[@BugPowderDust]

People do vary on this, but I never use the vented heat to warm up my base- why? Because in the summer, your base can overheat. It's way easier to heat up a room than cool it, so I just vent that excess heat the cooler outputs.

[@gonzo3915]

Thanks Bug Powder, lots to learn but time I have in Spades.

[@BugPowderDust]

You're welcome, and right now, most of us have a bunch of time

[@weaboooghost8595]

1:37 Wait there's a tutorial in this game?

[@Shabazz859]

what the fuck

[@kevinwilson455]

Thanks for this, these guides are really helpful for us newbs.

[@BugPowderDust]

Cheers, glad you enjoyed them!

[@kevinwilson455]

@@BugPowderDust Still got another 3 to go lol I don't like going into games like this and making lots of mistakes that you pay for later..... I'll get stuck into this game later once I've finished the videos.

[@BugPowderDust]

@@kevinwilson455 fair one, but this isn't like other games :) prepare to die a lot, lose colonies to the.stupidest of things (angry squirrels), but have fun doing it!

[@kevinwilson455]

​@@BugPowderDust Oh I read all the stories about this game before buying it, but I couldn't capture a prisoner in the tutorial as I didn't have a spare bed, or even room for that, work orders were all at 3 as well.... decided to close it down and watch a guide before starting again.... I think I'll get a lot of hours out of this any way. Thanks for the basic pointers any way :)

[@SenorCrazylegs]

Thanks for this, man. I tried it over a year ago, but it was a bit tricky for me at the time (I concentrated on Crusader Kings instead...). Glad I reinstalled this. I feel enthused.

[@BugPowderDust]

Excellent :) When you've watched these four, you may like to have a look at my current Lets Play on Rimworld Vanilla: kzbin.info/aero/PLjtNsCg0XFV0qFbrPFeQcgLbJx9bBjq2u

[@SenorCrazylegs]

@@BugPowderDust Will do, thanks.

[@skavies2351]

Cooking is not needed, there's a nutrient paste dispenser which is the most overpowered item in the game. Yea, you get a -4 ate dog food mood debuff. Big deal, 1 art work next to it cancels it, or a couple potted plants. This is not a problem that can't be easily fixed. On the plus side: 1. No food poisoning ever. 2. No need for a freezer ever. 3. No need for a dedicated cook, so that frees up a pawn. 4. Since it takes only 6 ingredients for a meal, not 10 like a simple, or upgraded meal, or 15 for a fine meal, you don't need as many farmers, ie more free pawns. 5. This takes less power than a stove. Any one of the pluses is vastly superior to the negative, and you get them all.

[@ruki1252]

thanks for the guide,this really saved my colony's life

[@BugPowderDust]

You're welcome, but it ain't over yet ;-)

[@checz123]

Great videos, no bullshit, well put together.

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks, appreciate the comment :)

[@akaspooderman6560]

Got the game this helps ease pain of learning the game Thank you.

[@allusivegore6299]

Extremely useful video, thank you so much!

[@BugPowderDust]

Glad you found it useful :)

[@7anctified]

Professionally done mate

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks :)

[@7anctified]

@@BugPowderDust Aye, I've only just started. It's difficult to manage a colony of feral vampires.

[@slendiebendy]

Nice to see you back

[@BugPowderDust]

mericka uni Thankyou :)

[@slendiebendy]

@@BugPowderDust And its nice to see that a part 2 is on the way!

[@BugPowderDust]

@@slendiebendy Part 2 is done and uploaded! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoHXdH5of7uXgsk

[@peterknutsen3070]

12:50 the Night Owl trait is one you need to ge aware of, when it comes to sleep scheduling and to shared sleeping accomodations.

[@krishnapandey9111]

Perfect vid! Gotta say you should definitely start a ‘Support me’ by pateron or any other..I would love to support good and on to point vid makers rather then those load and click baiting youtubers!💓 and I love how you are still hearting days old comments even if this video was uploaded on jan..you have earned my sub Stay safe and blessed

[@BugPowderDust]

Thanks- I do this for fun, only monetised these videos to see how it all worked. I don't feel I have enough to offer at this time for a Patron style gig. I will always respond to genuine comments- if people take time to leave some words, it's the least I can do. You stay safe too :)

[@krishnapandey9111]

@@BugPowderDust bruh it's fine! Sometimes offers are not needed atleast what your doing is more then enough to offer btw! You can try these games Oxygen not included Apex legends Dwarf fortress Mindustry These games are very fun atleast watch their trailers and you will like them! I know you play oni(oxygen not included) but try to also finish and learn it fast and try to learn automation it will not only give you knowledge and make your gameplays unique as well as you might be able to teach me basics as I don't know it properly even though I have built the rocket and the monument

[@stupidusernameize]

Great tutorial! Thanks so much. One question I did have as noob, is when you placed your refrigeration unit to expel the hot air outside, could you have not placed it so that the cool air entered the food storage area and the hot part could expel air into the living area and thereby heat the room the guys lived in?

[@BugPowderDust]

Hi Tony- well spotted! You can indeed do this, but you need to be careful. If you are on a predominantly warm biome, or a colder biome in the summer, you can run the risk of overheating the room it expels into. You can't just turn it off, as your fridge won't be a fridge. it's easier to have an independent heating source that you can turn on/off.