RimWorld Guide to Combat | Combat Basics for Beginners & Veterans [2024, 1.5+]

i really needed this. im late game and have best armors etc and got rolled on by the tribals lol..... admit was 50 vs my 8 but still. i was decked to the 9s i thought. this video really helped show where i went wrong. wrong weapons, for half my crew.... and i can stack my crew up tighter i didmnt know they wouldnt hit one another if they were stacked close enough.

Got this game recently. It is so much fun and i have no idea whats going on half the time. My favorite pawn just died because my giant turret tried to kill a crazy monkey way behind her somewhere and blew her to hell.. i am so hooked

One rims quite differently before and after having been taught by the master.

The best combat advice I can give is: get Combat extended

You should edit that video or add some stuff into the next "advanced" combat guide. Several conditions like heat stroke in a fire-killbox, influence of toxic waste and ofc different combat drugs. Perhaps buff cloth like the bandolier or gunlink as well as melee/ranged combat specialist buffs or the combat buff of the leader (ideology).

hey im having a problem with getting CE into 1.4 i use the workshop have any ideas i can do it via the workshop?

Good guide for vannila sadly wont work as well for ce but its a start

this would be an amazing guide if it all didn't depend on no friendly fire...

I take everything back that friendly fire video is amazing!!!

Dang, Adam pronounced "especially" without the "x".

Thank you for actually putting the year and version number in the title of your vid. Searching for help on this game constantly, i can't tell you how many threads are from something like 2017 ~ 2019 and you have no idea if this is trustworthy. That and the modding anarchy are serious drawbacks impeding us knowledgephiles.

I'd rush bionics and ignore marine and recon for now. It gives less body parts that can bleed and keeps the pawns in the fight longer.

Wohhh this is awesome thanks man this game was kicking my behind

my favorite thing is to get a thrumbo. i got one early game in my current playthrough thanks to an inspired taming while one was nearby, and it becomes the best bullet sponge and melee. one of my first playthroughs i had over 50 thrumbos and any raid i had, none of my colonist were ever hurt. combine that with a heated killbox and just one colonist was ever needed for any raid, except the drop pods. but having over 50 thrumbos swarm in was undefeatable.

great guide even though I always use combat extended

Before CAI 5000

Duster better than flak jacket???🤔🤔

Only slightly embarrassed that, somehow, I didn't know you could check enemies' chance to hit. I'm constantly checking that info box for my pawns in open-space kiting areas, but never even considered it the other way.

I find spike trap tunnels quite effective but "too easy" as the vast majority of raiders will simply walk to their death without a fight.

Can't wait for that advanced combat tactics video :)

One thing that's worth mention is that, while it doesn't affects shooting accuracy, light does affect movement speed and that is a factor in combat. A meleer will be able to cut the distance to the target and engage faster, and speed to move away from the enemy is also important when kiting. A dark vision gene can be useful to ensure max move speed in night combat.

Me, who is very late-game and not at all new to RimWorld combat. Additionally, I also have mods installed which heavily change the stakes and mechanics of combat: Hm, interesting...

Do you know of any way to get around the Collison change?

Thanks for the guide! I had no idea walls provided so much more cover than sandbags, this should help my defense against raids a fair bit since I can position better

"The game doesn't do well to teacher you" it's a couple minute tutorial it doesn't teach you anything except build and move the rest you gotta learn. This helps a ton thank you!

do CE Guide next

awesome guide!

Thanks for making a guide that doesn't have cheesey forced jokes and being 100% useful

I always appreciate your guides and insight. I learn so much every time I catch a stream. I have to say when I first got Rimworld, I nearly wrote it off until I found your channel. I learned so much from watching your playthrus and the fact that when I did catch you live, no question was "dumb" or too beginner to be asked and if you caught the question you would answer it and many others. I found it so helpful. I still learn a lot from watching you to this day. I swear I never would have made it to space without finding your channel!

Keep up the great content! I am a bit behind on watching your longer streams from the archives channel, but I really enjoy the edited version that you have been doing this year. I think it makes your content more approachable for me sometimes when I only have 30 minutes, a lot gets crammed into it and I can go back and watch the longer format when I have the time or move on.

Thanks for all your knowledge and being willing to teach that knowledge to us. It is now my favourite game, because you took the time to help break down some of the mechanics that always wiped my playthrus.

Cheers!

There was a lot of little things I didn't know in this video and I have 350 hours in RimWorld. It's wild how dense the game is

Perfect, simple and easy to understand !
Thanks Adam & Smurph :)

Thank you for this!

Even with 1000+ h in Rim it's still an interesting video to watch. 11/10. Thank you!

Thank you

thank you, adam! Its lovely to always learn new stuff after more than 1000 hours on rimworld.

I have 1500 hours and I never knew I could see the chance of enemies to hit my own pawns

Been waiting for this one!

Hay all. Could someone tell me how is the best way to recruit my custom Zenotypes? Dose the recruit random person from rituals do it?

Excellent guide as usual, I learn something new every time I watch one.

your mastery of the game is incredible

Thanks!

Thank you for yet another Awesome vid Adam

Great guide, thank you!

Really good!

Perfect

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Love your videos, especially the guides, they are well crafted and easy to understand.
Thank you, Adam.

Basically the best, easiest guide for this that I've seen. Well done!

Really like your guides ❤

Love your videos. Don't need these guides but I will leave a comment to support this content regardless