Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Welcome to Part 2 of my Comprehensive Beginner's Guide to RimWorld, a 3-part series intended to teach new players or those struggling with the Core game (no expansions) everything they need to know to do well! This episode focuses on how to plan your base, with detailed discussions of what, why, and how to build and arrange all sorts of different types of rooms. It also includes discussions about mood, efficient kitchens, crafting, and more!
As with part 1, this video is up to date with the 1.3.3287 version of the game as of Spring 2022, and does not include either of the expansions and only a limited number of mods, which are listed in Part 1.
CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction
00:51 Inspecting Your Map - Fertile Soil
02:18 Steam Geysers
03:05 Hill Arrangement, Defensive Features, and Ancient Dangers
04:24 Large Hills Example
05:07 Base Planning Tools
05:46 Room / Area Types Overview
06:34 Personal Preferences, Look, and Feel
07:07 Moods
08:53 Performance Enhancing (Reducing) Substances
12:49 Freezer
14:22 Kitchen - Food Poisoning & Meals
16:37 Kitchen - Efficient Setup
18:01 Butcher Table
18:37 Nutrient Paste Dispenser
20:11 Planning and Building the Kitchen Complex
20:59 Stockpile Zones
23:28 Bedrooms (and Other Impressive Areas)
24:42 Room Size
25:13 Bedroom Furniture, Comfort and Location
26:57 Planning Bedroom Locations
27:29 Rec Room and Research Lab
28:03 Workshop and Main Storage Stockpile
29:01 Battery Room
29:46 Extra Farms, Animal Pen, Hospital
30:11 Walls, Defensive Positions, and Kill Box
30:47 Time-lapse Base and Outro
Link to Part 1: youtu.be/jpntgfUah8c
Link to Part 3: youtu.be/PytPLyunwt4
As mentioned in the video, here's a link to the wiki article about how to mass produce nutrient paste meals, if you're into that sort of thing:
rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Nutrient_paste_dispenser#Manually_producing_meals
And here's a link to the excellent Food Tutorial by @FrancisJohnYT:
youtu.be/op-XLjsERL0
Check out the Community page of my channel for my livestream schedule, and also feel free to join the House of Drak Discord server:
discord.gg/SYckgTBzHW
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Game footage is from RimWorld, an addictive story generator / colony simulation survival game by indie developer Ludeon Studios. Interested in trying it out? Go here:
store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld
Music used in this video is also from RimWorld and was composed by Alistair Lindsey / Lindsay Audio Services.
Nothing in this video is sponsored by Ludeon Studios, and the commentary and information in this video do not represent the opinions or positions of any other entity whatsoever. Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion of the pawns that got downed by that megaspider!
Welcome to Part 2 of my Comprehensive Beginner's Guide to RimWorld, a 3-part series intended to teach new players or those struggling with the Core game (no expansions) everything they need to know to do well! This episode focuses on how to plan your base, with detailed discussions of what, why, and how to build and arrange all sorts of different types of rooms. It also includes discussions about mood, efficient kitchens, crafting, and more!
As with part 1, this video is up to date with the 1.3.3287 version of the game as of Spring 2022, and does not include either of the expansions and only a limited number of mods, which are listed in Part 1.
CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction
00:51 Inspecting Your Map - Fertile Soil
02:18 Steam Geysers
03:05 Hill Arrangement, Defensive Features, and Ancient Dangers
04:24 Large Hills Example
05:07 Base Planning Tools
05:46 Room / Area Types Overview
06:34 Personal Preferences, Look, and Feel
07:07 Moods
08:53 Performance Enhancing (Reducing) Substances
12:49 Freezer
14:22 Kitchen - Food Poisoning & Meals
16:37 Kitchen - Efficient Setup
18:01 Butcher Table
18:37 Nutrient Paste Dispenser
20:11 Planning and Building the Kitchen Complex
20:59 Stockpile Zones
23:28 Bedrooms (and Other Impressive Areas)
24:42 Room Size
25:13 Bedroom Furniture, Comfort and Location
26:57 Planning Bedroom Locations
27:29 Rec Room and Research Lab
28:03 Workshop and Main Storage Stockpile
29:01 Battery Room
29:46 Extra Farms, Animal Pen, Hospital
30:11 Walls, Defensive Positions, and Kill Box
30:47 Time-lapse Base and Outro
Link to Part 1: youtu.be/jpntgfUah8c
Link to Part 3: youtu.be/PytPLyunwt4
As mentioned in the video, here's a link to the wiki article about how to mass produce nutrient paste meals, if you're into that sort of thing:
rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Nutrient_paste_dispenser#Manually_producing_meals
And here's a link to the excellent Food Tutorial by @FrancisJohnYT:
youtu.be/op-XLjsERL0
Check out the Community page of my channel for my livestream schedule, and also feel free to join the House of Drak Discord server:
discord.gg/SYckgTBzHW
* * * * * * * * * *
Game footage is from RimWorld, an addictive story generator / colony simulation survival game by indie developer Ludeon Studios. Interested in trying it out? Go here:
store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld
Music used in this video is also from RimWorld and was composed by Alistair Lindsey / Lindsay Audio Services.
Nothing in this video is sponsored by Ludeon Studios, and the commentary and information in this video do not represent the opinions or positions of any other entity whatsoever. Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion of the pawns that got downed by that megaspider!
