Please note, while this video is from 2018, the gameplay mechanics I cover are still relevant for the game, even after the Ideology expansion. If you are new to Rimworld and looking for a quick start guide, I think this video can really help out!
Good tutorial overall, but the main thing I didn't like was the inclusion of those mods. It just gives viewers some false expectations of actual gameplay, overall look and feel, and coerces them to initially play it modded than the actual vanilla game created by the developers. There's nothing wrong with that, just my own opinion.
I've been playing this game for a few years but still love to see how others explain their process! I really enjoyed this, soon as you mentioned an airlock on the freezer I subbed! I really hope you have a lets play series or just more rimworld in general.
I just want to say thank you so much for this video, extremely informative. I'm kind of a "learn as you go" player but Rimworld can be very complex at times and I appreciate some of the smaller nuances you mentioned that help make a more effective base.
Great video mate, just bought Rimworld today and having a blast! learnt alot from this video I will apply to my colony. Thanks for the help. Earned a sub :)
Dang man, it seems like the best content creaters have very few subscribers. You are definitely one of them. Excellent video and very helpful. It seems as though you are not only very knowledgeable, but you do a great job of delivering understandable information that is vital to "successfully" play this game. Anyways, thanks!
I purchased this game about 2 months ago, but honestly, I was playing randomly without knowing what I was doing. But finally I learned a lot and now I can finally play correctly! Thank you very much!
@@PixelRookieOfficial I'll have you know that watching this woke that itch for Rimworld in me again. I hadn't played in years, but I haven't been able to stop since. And it was GLORIOUS! First temperate forest colony died to a wildfire, my second colony in boreal (20 day growth period) almost starved to death, if they hadn't started going berserk and... putting a fire (lively pyromaniacs eh!). At least they didn't freeze... ;) I'll try for tropical now with the goal of making it at least a year, but I have a feeling we will die of heatstroke. Really enjoying the challenge, and learning so much on every play. Thank you!!!
Wow... I wish I had watched this video before my first 5 hours of playing RimWorld. It takes hours and hours to figure out some of this stuff on your own. Great video!
This guide is amazing, thank you. I understand the basics but the way you laid this out really helped focus on priorities of early game. A little feedback, I’d be nice if you explained what each new addition (larger rooms, beds, etc) were just for a little more depth but it in no way detracted form the usefulness of this video
Oh thanks! It was really hard for me to find a good tutorial to learn how to play Rimworld so instead of watching four videos that were 30 mins each, I tried to make my own video that helps teach the basics as quickly as I could. I'm glad you liked it!
Just started playing Rimworld. Great guide for new players! I don't think you went into how to use the mods that break vanilla gameplay anyways so this vid was pretty vanilla friendly.
so now that rimworld beta 19 has launched i want to make some things clear that Rookie did not telled for anybody complaining so the armor of course a colonist should be designed to be ULTIMATE PROTECTIVE (early game) ARMOR GUY it can be litteraly anybody but i recommand it being on hunters since in case of revenges or in some case use it for melee colonists -Reasearch first batteries since you cannot build it anymore when you land -heatwaves (only if you play first on a season where heatwaves can spawn) just follow the damn battery tip and you will be fine -smooth rocks for terrain decoration -reduce the resistance in the prisoners for the first raids and if you have TOO MUCH prisoners execute or free some of them -burry dead ennemies since they will get moods debuff if they see dead bodies and that's all there is
A note: When you heal an injured pawn you want to rescue and join your settlement, they may choose to join out of gratefulness. This negates the need to try recruiting them as prisoners and lets you utilize them right away, but it has the risk of them not joining at all.
This game looks so good. I’ve had it on my wish list for years now but just never bought it. I’m not sure why, I’ve bought other games in the meantime that have turned out to be limited in fun, compared to Rimworld which looks to have huge amounts of complex and engaging gameplay. Great video man, I’ll keep it for when I finally buy the game!
Pixel Rookie I actually bought it shortly after watching this video. What have I done. It ate my evening, then my night, then my morning. 3 hours sleep before work lol. I also installed a few of the mods you used and they helped a lot, especially the Careful Planning one. Having so much fun with this, worth every penny so far!
Awesome guide than you! I picked up the game a few days ago but didn't really know what to do. Now I have some decent understanding thanks! I freaked out when I was attacked by a random rat LOL.
great video, really well structured and delivered (apart from that one F word) :p I'm not a beginner anymore but I learned some new things and got some new mods from this
I don't mind swearing in videos so no apology necessary, it just seemed out of place when you were so thorough and concise. I really liked that you integrated the random raid into the instructional video, this is like a lets play mixed with a tutorial and you got the perfect balance between the two, good advice and fun. I don't always comment but the quality here is way better than the crap I usually watch so again; this is a great video. I wish more creators had such high standards.
@@PixelRookieOfficial man the last five days have been nothing but rimworld. I got 10 people in my colony so far and things are going pretty sweet. Though I've been running out of power all the time. If you could do a tutorial on how to store extra back up power that would be awesome. My house is like a disco with lights flicking off and on constantly lol 😂 also not good for my frozen goodies
it's not cruel, it's efficient. I mean, it beats gutting them and turning their flesh into dog kibble and using their skin for new hats.... Welcome to Rimworld, the War Crime simulator.
Saw the video and I liked it, told my self hmm... why not subscribe to this dude he's legit. I thought to my self hmm he must have a decent channel size considering the quality of his channel. Looked for the subscribe button and couldn't believe the number. Dude you deserve way more my man!
play vanilla before you start adding mods. Prepare carefully is essentially a cheat. Also, make a stockpile for all of the stones you have laying around from mining out the rooms.
@@PixelRookieOfficial ive tried the temperate forrest bit i still got a blighted crop for my first sowing and its always my first attempt at farming that this happens and unless i start with decent huntsmen my colonists will starve to death. Its a huge problem for me at this point
Hoo, I see, thank you, anyways the video help me a LOT, I could not pass the weak without at least 1 survivor going rampage on the other, now I can. (btw sorry for bad english, I am not a native speaker)
Yes it is, I love the game. I used your guide to start and now I have a booming colony. I now have my own ways, but your tutorial got me through in all honesty. I appreciate it!
just to tell you my first experience with the game, I tamed a boomalope and died in my wood-base settlement setting everything on fire and killing 4 of my settlers because I panicked. 10/10
@@PixelRookieOfficial squirrel got to every colonist, knocks them out, they all woke uptwo of them got home and one of them to be dying from blood loss, but I can't get my colonists to do anyting.
I'm cool with Lets play. It would be cool if you can explain your thought process. This way I can know why you decide to do what you do since I'm a noob.
"Randy Random just doesnt give a fuck" Oh how true these words are. 1st time trying out Randy, got bitch-slapped within 10 mins of starting 😭...Randy welcomed me to the Rim!
From the first glance it looks like Dwarf Fortress but with electricity and fancy models. Still looks a little to scary to actively begin playing it, haha.
Lol yeah, DF really... goes quite *deep*. I'll check the game out someday, though I'm really bad at creating and playing my own scenarios, maybe something utterly hopeless and challenging would be cool.
Great video! Was very helpful. Although, I've heard putting the butcher table in the same room as your stored food is bad. As the butcher table makes the area dirty and unsterile. Which makes them go bad or something. But still I learned a lot from this thank you!
That is a tough question haha I watched a serie of 5 videos after yours that in total lasted about 1h and the guy basically said the same stuff you did and at this point i realized that your tuto actually quite complete. The thing that made me want more and probably a lot of people is at the end when you say that there is a lot more to the game when actually there isn't (at least to get stared). I do only have less than 10h of gamplay so i might be mistaking. So yes maby a more gamplay like follow up would be appropriate if you don't know what else to say in a tuto video but that's just my opinion. Thanks for the good vids and keep it up :)
@@PixelRookieOfficial i have the pawn selected. i've just started a new game and assigned "sean" to be a hunter. hunters require ranged weapons, so i tried to get him to equip a rifle nothing happened.
0:20 This is horribly bad. Don't use sandbags like that! if you have a 5% chance to hit a pawn, it is fine... but while lost bullets won't hit the target they will... *Hit any pawn or animals in the trajectory of the bullet with a chance of 40%, regardless of their cover!* Just don't stack your pawns together, you'll lose everyone to lost bullets.
@@PixelRookieOfficial No, I instead quite enjoy them. Even when it's not done "properly", who cares? It is very interesting to see how people struggle and learn from the game. And you do lear, which makes you an interesting streamer. The hero's Journey...
Cave infestations are hardly a good learning device. They're known to consistently and ruthlessly end entire colonies within 1-3 hours of gameplay. That's more of a tool of frustration/helplessness and less of a tool for 'haha get better newbie'. A great tool for teaching new players to overcome odds and become better at the game is with decision-making. They'll need that more than a solid, sudden, and seemingly random run-ending kick to the nuts via infestation.
Please note, while this video is from 2018, the gameplay mechanics I cover are still relevant for the game, even after the Ideology expansion. If you are new to Rimworld and looking for a quick start guide, I think this video can really help out!
Which mod added the little hands to the pawns?
Oh nevermind I see it in the desc.
Thank you so much for the tutorial, its been a long time since I actually last played this and was in need of the starting tips!
Good tutorial overall, but the main thing I didn't like was the inclusion of those mods. It just gives viewers some false expectations of actual gameplay, overall look and feel, and coerces them to initially play it modded than the actual vanilla game created by the developers. There's nothing wrong with that, just my own opinion.
@@PixelRookieOfficial what mods are you using and can u provide a link perhaps? i want the research tab mod, and the character creation one
@@PixelRookieOfficial thanks man
@@PixelRookieOfficial I agree with him plz make a guide on vanilla not with mods
Short, sweet, simple and to the point! Cheers.
I've been playing this game for a few years but still love to see how others explain their process! I really enjoyed this, soon as you mentioned an airlock on the freezer I subbed! I really hope you have a lets play series or just more rimworld in general.
I just want to say thank you so much for this video, extremely informative. I'm kind of a "learn as you go" player but Rimworld can be very complex at times and I appreciate some of the smaller nuances you mentioned that help make a more effective base.
Always wanted to get into the game but didn’t know how to do anything, much better than the in game tutorial, thanks!
I really hope your channel gets bigger because your content is awesome and you totally deserve it.
Great video mate, just bought Rimworld today and having a blast! learnt alot from this video I will apply to my colony. Thanks for the help. Earned a sub :)
Dang man, it seems like the best content creaters have very few subscribers. You are definitely one of them. Excellent video and very helpful. It seems as though you are not only very knowledgeable, but you do a great job of delivering understandable information that is vital to "successfully" play this game. Anyways, thanks!
Solid guide. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
I purchased this game about 2 months ago, but honestly, I was playing randomly without knowing what I was doing. But finally I learned a lot and now I can finally play correctly! Thank you very much!
can you plz start a series for this game
Probably both, comrade. This is quality stuff right here.
@@PixelRookieOfficial
*Peals eyes.
XD
Lol sry, watching some spooky stuff.
Awesome tutorial. Just 15min long and no time wasted. Loving it
@@PixelRookieOfficial I'll have you know that watching this woke that itch for Rimworld in me again. I hadn't played in years, but I haven't been able to stop since. And it was GLORIOUS! First temperate forest colony died to a wildfire, my second colony in boreal (20 day growth period) almost starved to death, if they hadn't started going berserk and... putting a fire (lively pyromaniacs eh!). At least they didn't freeze... ;)
I'll try for tropical now with the goal of making it at least a year, but I have a feeling we will die of heatstroke. Really enjoying the challenge, and learning so much on every play.
Thank you!!!
Wow... I wish I had watched this video before my first 5 hours of playing RimWorld. It takes hours and hours to figure out some of this stuff on your own. Great video!
Awesome tutorial! Only two gripes:
- You didn't mention the downsides of Luciferium
- You didn't show what to do about bugs lol
I’ve never made a mountain base before but after seeing this & the rimworld narrative movie, that’s definitely my go to
I just found out about this game, it's so god damn complex and I will enjoy learning how to play it, thx for the tutorial btw
This guide is amazing, thank you. I understand the basics but the way you laid this out really helped focus on priorities of early game. A little feedback, I’d be nice if you explained what each new addition (larger rooms, beds, etc) were just for a little more depth but it in no way detracted form the usefulness of this video
Very helpful and clear video, thank you so much for this!
Great vid! Extremely well made! Very helpful. Thank you!!!
great tutorial. it seems so daunting at first this is a great help
Awesome video, you really helped me get into the game.
Awesome, thanks so much for the MOD list
Hey Pixel!
I've been rewatching Adventure in The Valley 4 times and I think you should start another series you're really good at this!
Tribal? modded? Alright!!!
I'll get my popcorn!
And I'll try Kenshi too!
Most informative video! Excellent!
Oh thanks! It was really hard for me to find a good tutorial to learn how to play Rimworld so instead of watching four videos that were 30 mins each, I tried to make my own video that helps teach the basics as quickly as I could. I'm glad you liked it!
You are my favorite minecraft youtuber ever!
This video gave me a solid understanding of Rimworld, thanks!
EDIT: Also could you please start a series for this game, I think it would be awesome!
Pixel Rookie Thank you for taking the time to read your subscribers comments!
Pixel Rookie Thanks, I will keep an eye out!
You make me want to play this, well done!
very easy to understand, thanks for the introduction!
@@PixelRookieOfficial played a pirated version at first and finally started figuring it out after my comment, have now bought the game
its pretty good
Absolutely outstanding job with this tutorial, the in game tutorial completely turned me off and you made me wanna jump right back into it.
best tutorial ive seen so far
Just started playing Rimworld. Great guide for new players! I don't think you went into how to use the mods that break vanilla gameplay anyways so this vid was pretty vanilla friendly.
Very informative! :)
so now that rimworld beta 19 has launched i want to make some things clear that Rookie did not telled for anybody complaining so
the armor of course a colonist should be designed to be ULTIMATE PROTECTIVE (early game) ARMOR GUY it can be litteraly anybody but i recommand it being on hunters since in case of revenges or in some case use it for melee colonists
-Reasearch first batteries since you cannot build it anymore when you land
-heatwaves (only if you play first on a season where heatwaves can spawn) just follow the damn battery tip and you will be fine
-smooth rocks for terrain decoration
-reduce the resistance in the prisoners for the first raids and if you have TOO MUCH prisoners execute or free some of them
-burry dead ennemies since they will get moods debuff if they see dead bodies
and that's all there is
A note: When you heal an injured pawn you want to rescue and join your settlement, they may choose to join out of gratefulness. This negates the need to try recruiting them as prisoners and lets you utilize them right away, but it has the risk of them not joining at all.
This game looks so good. I’ve had it on my wish list for years now but just never bought it. I’m not sure why, I’ve bought other games in the meantime that have turned out to be limited in fun, compared to Rimworld which looks to have huge amounts of complex and engaging gameplay. Great video man, I’ll keep it for when I finally buy the game!
Pixel Rookie I actually bought it shortly after watching this video. What have I done. It ate my evening, then my night, then my morning. 3 hours sleep before work lol. I also installed a few of the mods you used and they helped a lot, especially the Careful Planning one. Having so much fun with this, worth every penny so far!
My friend kept telling me to play this game but when I did I did really bad so I kinda gave up but this tutorial really helps with my problems
Awesome guide than you! I picked up the game a few days ago but didn't really know what to do. Now I have some decent understanding thanks! I freaked out when I was attacked by a random rat LOL.
great video, really well structured and delivered (apart from that one F word) :p I'm not a beginner anymore but I learned some new things and got some new mods from this
I don't mind swearing in videos so no apology necessary, it just seemed out of place when you were so thorough and concise. I really liked that you integrated the random raid into the instructional video, this is like a lets play mixed with a tutorial and you got the perfect balance between the two, good advice and fun. I don't always comment but the quality here is way better than the crap I usually watch so again; this is a great video. I wish more creators had such high standards.
Thank you for this, Sir!!
63 Hours in and I still found a lot of useful stuff here.
Thank you for this tutorial, was very well explained, im just about to start playing this game, wish me luck.. or not lol :D
@@PixelRookieOfficial man the last five days have been nothing but rimworld. I got 10 people in my colony so far and things are going pretty sweet. Though I've been running out of power all the time. If you could do a tutorial on how to store extra back up power that would be awesome. My house is like a disco with lights flicking off and on constantly lol 😂 also not good for my frozen goodies
Ahh nvm I just watched the rest of this video Hahaha silly me xD thanks again for this tutorial lol
great video, helped me alot
"I see no need to bury my enemies". How cruel is that? :D
it's not cruel, it's efficient.
I mean, it beats gutting them and turning their flesh into dog kibble and using their skin for new hats....
Welcome to Rimworld, the War Crime simulator.
Not burying enemies is probably one of the least awful things you can do in Rimworld haha
I would enjoy watching a let’s play series if you wouldn’t mind being dedicated with that, I know a lot to handle if you do I’m sure we will watch !
Saw the video and I liked it, told my self hmm... why not subscribe to this dude he's legit. I thought to my self hmm he must have a decent channel size considering the quality of his channel. Looked for the subscribe button and couldn't believe the number. Dude you deserve way more my man!
*casually says* “I see no need to burry my Enemies”
Pixel Rookie just got the game ur tutorial helped me out a lot haha thanks also love ur vids :)
play vanilla before you start adding mods. Prepare carefully is essentially a cheat. Also, make a stockpile for all of the stones you have laying around from mining out the rooms.
nice tutorial;;.. nice music too
Really informative video.. Subscribed..
Thanks for the help!
When you grow cotton like you said do you have to use a black colonists to pick it?
That's a good guide ^^
@@PixelRookieOfficial Yeah that would be good lol :D #nooffense
@@PixelRookieOfficial Haha I wouldn't call me a pro either
bought this game from the winter sale since it was highly recommended. It looks very fun and promising but it also seems extremely overwhelming....
Pixel Rookie will do :)
Is mayonnaise an instrument?
How do you get these health bars and bars that tell you e.g. when a pawn is done constructing/breaking one block of wall ?
You have to roof your mountain areas to prevent I festation
thank you for this!
good tutorial/ into man, I just got Rimworld so thanks for the tips... but when you dig into the mountains, will it spawn insects?
What can 15 minutes teach we
Later:woah wtf thats to much to learn
Great video.
i hope you make a kenshi tutoiral
Im constantly having problems with crops becoming blighted so im forced to hunt and forage
@@PixelRookieOfficial ive tried the temperate forrest bit i still got a blighted crop for my first sowing and its always my first attempt at farming that this happens and unless i start with decent huntsmen my colonists will starve to death. Its a huge problem for me at this point
Hum..But the option for the batteries and the solar panel does not appear to me
Hoo, I see, thank you, anyways the video help me a LOT, I could not pass the weak without at least 1 survivor going rampage on the other, now I can. (btw sorry for bad english, I am not a native speaker)
If you clear out a hive, will they respawn if you don't fill it in?
@@PixelRookieOfficial cool thank you so the chamber the create won't refill that's awesome
This may be easy but how do I rotate doors it’s really been confusing me
Where do you get the prepare carefully mod? I have looked and looked, cant seem to find a legit one.
Please ignore this, as I didnt scroll down enough and literally the next mod was Ebds Prepare carefully. Thanks for the guide!!!!!
Yes it is, I love the game. I used your guide to start and now I have a booming colony. I now have my own ways, but your tutorial got me through in all honesty. I appreciate it!
just to tell you my first experience with the game, I tamed a boomalope and died in my wood-base settlement setting everything on fire and killing 4 of my settlers because I panicked. 10/10
@@PixelRookieOfficial Thx I will be sure to watch it, this game is hella fun and I can learn a lot from your videos, keep up the good work man.
i like your content, take my 10 thousand bots that automatically sub you
Having mods in a tutorial does not help. I only have checkmarks in the priority tab just confused me.
I've got a mad squirrel and it's chasing around 1 colonists and the other ones will not do anything, it's been 2 days and they've done nothing
@@PixelRookieOfficial I tried I removed all the priorities except hunting doctor and firefight
@@PixelRookieOfficial I let the game run enough until she needed to be rescued, then I turned on all the priorities and nobody was doing anything.
@@PixelRookieOfficial squirrel got to every colonist, knocks them out, they all woke uptwo of them got home and one of them to be dying from blood loss, but I can't get my colonists to do anyting.
Only wish the modlist included links, otherwise, awesome!
@@PixelRookieOfficial thank YOU!
More Please! Subbed!
I'm cool with Lets play. It would be cool if you can explain your thought process. This way I can know why you decide to do what you do since I'm a noob.
I didn't like how your cursor wasn't visible, as well as the using of mods, good tutorial though
15:11 he says as his colony is burning😉
Haha *it's just the crops though*
@@PixelRookieOfficial props to you man, giving out replies two years later👍
As long as my notifications work, I like trying to keep up with *every* comment if I'm able to. I appreciate you watching and commenting on my videos
@@PixelRookieOfficial Thank you for putting out quality content! Keep it up👍
"Randy Random just doesnt give a fuck"
Oh how true these words are. 1st time trying out Randy, got bitch-slapped within 10 mins of starting 😭...Randy welcomed me to the Rim!
@@PixelRookieOfficial I'm a rookie and not a rookie, but like seeing these in case I run into something I don't know or ideas 👍
From the first glance it looks like Dwarf Fortress but with electricity and fancy models. Still looks a little to scary to actively begin playing it, haha.
If they only incorporated Z levels natively, it would really feel like DF haha. It would literally add more depth :)
Lol yeah, DF really... goes quite *deep*. I'll check the game out someday, though I'm really bad at creating and playing my own scenarios, maybe something utterly hopeless and challenging would be cool.
What key is building?
Great video! Was very helpful. Although, I've heard putting the butcher table in the same room as your stored food is bad. As the butcher table makes the area dirty and unsterile. Which makes them go bad or something. But still I learned a lot from this thank you!
,,Randy doesnt really give a fuck about you or your colonist'' xDDD
Really good tutorial too bad there isn’t a part 2 or other tutorial to really understand everything in the game
That is a tough question haha I watched a serie of 5 videos after yours that in total lasted about 1h and the guy basically said the same stuff you did and at this point i realized that your tuto actually quite complete. The thing that made me want more and probably a lot of people is at the end when you say that there is a lot more to the game when actually there isn't (at least to get stared). I do only have less than 10h of gamplay so i might be mistaking. So yes maby a more gamplay like follow up would be appropriate if you don't know what else to say in a tuto video but that's just my opinion. Thanks for the good vids and keep it up :)
nothing show up when i right click weapons
Do you have a pawn selected? Otherwise, I am not sure why that would be the case
@@PixelRookieOfficial i have the pawn selected. i've just started a new game and assigned "sean" to be a hunter. hunters require ranged weapons, so i tried to get him to equip a rifle nothing happened.
Thank you
I hope you were able to get into the game more easily with this video! Once you get past the steep learning curve, it really is an amazing game.
just got a sub from me this video is very good
i was already planning on checking out your other videos im trying to learn how to run my game a bit better lol i love playing rimworld
Are the mods on steam?
Thank you, really helpful tutorial, I enjoyed it a lot!
Not that it matters but wrong usage when you said "Quality of Life"
0:20 This is horribly bad. Don't use sandbags like that!
if you have a 5% chance to hit a pawn, it is fine... but while lost bullets won't hit the target they will...
*Hit any pawn or animals in the trajectory of the bullet with a chance of 40%, regardless of their cover!*
Just don't stack your pawns together, you'll lose everyone to lost bullets.
@@PixelRookieOfficial No, I instead quite enjoy them. Even when it's not done "properly", who cares? It is very interesting to see how people struggle and learn from the game. And you do lear, which makes you an interesting streamer. The hero's Journey...
EVERYONE KEEPS DYING.
You say biwd and biwding instead of build and building lol! That’s all I could think about during the whole video
Can you lower the fucking music?
Poor decision to introduce new players to Rimworld by pushing them in the direction of Infestations via cave mining.
Cave infestations are hardly a good learning device. They're known to consistently and ruthlessly end entire colonies within 1-3 hours of gameplay. That's more of a tool of frustration/helplessness and less of a tool for 'haha get better newbie'.
A great tool for teaching new players to overcome odds and become better at the game is with decision-making. They'll need that more than a solid, sudden, and seemingly random run-ending kick to the nuts via infestation.
Tutorial? Everything this video teaches is in the game tutorial... and hes using a mod that turns the game into easy mode... desliked!
Waste of money and time. Literally why the fuck make it so complicated. changing TEMPERATURE OF COOLERS????? Lol what a joke game
wow! this is great! thank you