Beginner-Friendly Vanilla RimWorld - Ep 1 (No Mods, No DLC!)

RimWorld mods are GREAT, but the base, vanilla gameplay is also excellent -- and a great way for new players to learn the game! This is going to be a combination Tutorial / Let's Play series!

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New to the channel? I do Let's Play videos -- these are like walkthrough guides of gameplay with continuous English commentary trying to explain my decisions and what strategy I use. If you're looking for hacks or cheats, you're in the wrong place!

[unclegreybeard]

I have waited a time for someone to explain this game, most youtubers and their fanbase HAVE to use mods & hardest settings and expect viewers to know what the hell they're talking about.
Thank you so much and great explanations too.

[Wilmar]

Hey quill,
Last time i watched your video's i was around 17 years old. I am now 27, married and have bought a home and i have a baby boy now..

I wanted to say i really loved your video's back then. And you haven't changed one bit!
I am going to try picking up gaming again for an hour or two a day..

Have a great day quill, i will watch you regularly again (:

[freakindirt]

This is fantastic, I think people get really intimidated, but you make it digestible.

[Mathmachine]

I find it a little funny that Rimworld has gotten so many big and high-profile mods that a no mod run is now attention grabbing.

[VanceProduces]

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for to get into this game. Thank you!

[ichifish]

For folks new to RW, welcome! You're gonna love the game. Quill is a great streamer to watch because he doesn't try to be perfect. As an experienced player I see a lot of small mistakes, but he shows you how to have a great time without obsessing over details, and that's the most important thing. Some comments:

1. Play to find out what happens
Rimworld sells itself as a story-generator. Often the story is "things were going well and then everything went to hell." I really started to love the game when I stopped worrying about winning and just focused on the story.

2. The UI can be frustrating
If you haven't played a colony sim, the UI can be frustrating at first. Even after watching a bunch of streams it was still hard to figure out the unintuitive things, like not being able to direct pawns to pick things up or haul things (because you can only get pawns to do this by setting a stockpile zone, and then they do it when they don't have other jobs).

A couple of comments about picking pawns:

1. Passions (flames)
When picking your pawns passion is VERY important for mood, not just learning speed. Simply put, a pawn with a double passion (two flames) in a job they do a lot (cooking, constructing, planting and chopping down trees, etc.) will usually be quite easy to keep happy. A pawn without a passion will be hard to keep happy. Some jobs (researching, cooking, etc.) are all-day jobs (pawns can do it all day). Other jobs (shooting, melee, medical), are as-needed, so having passions in those is great for learning fast, but not as useful for keeping people happy.

2. Losing skill points

You don't lose skill points under 10 points. That is, if a skill is over 10, it will gradually decrease to 10 if the pawn doesn't do that job, and then stay at 10. This isn't really a big deal.

3. Starting pawn traits and skills
Don't sweat these too much as you'll get new pawns, but it's important to make sure you have the basic skills covered: planting, cooking, and especially construction and social (to help you recruit more pawns) are important, and somebody who can do medical is necessary. You often get a mixed bag of traits, like "tough" (great) but "slow learner" (terrible), or "very neurotic (troublesome) but bloodlust AND kind" (OP combo), which makes the game fun.

[banana_cabana]

I'm always surprised when Quill doesn't build a basic storage stockpile and dumping stockpile. That's always the first thing I do when starting my initial zoning areas.

[hobbiesofstefs]

Love this series. Will be watching the entire series then buying rimworld. Thanks for costing me 30 bucks. BTW been watching you for years thanks for the content. Started with banished. Now i feel old.

[kivipaperisakset]

I've played Rimworld a long time, but I still enjoy watching Quill talk it through like this

[scoobydoo]

This series is what convinced me to get rimworld, and it also got me started on one of my first few attempts. This series evenly dissected each and every key aspect to the early-mid-lategame of rimworld in words outstandingly easy for everyone to understand. Seriously great job with this.

[craig]

I just got this game and it is awesome to find someone doing a no mod no expansion LP. Thank you!

[machoman]

When you aren't a kid anymore you just want to get into the game and not spend hours downloading, installing and customizing "mods" to have fun. Nice video.

[ichifish]

The most radical Rimworld run in years!

[jemal]

I actually prefer playing without many gameplay-changing mods, so I'm happy to see a playthru I can actually relate to!
*Edit: to clarify, I DO use some QOL stuff like preparecarefully, cleaningarea, qualitybuilder, etc, but not a huge fan of stuff that significantly alters the way the game works.

[brianlang]

dude. i looked everywhere for this type of video. and you 100% delivered. I've always wanted to try this game and you pushed me over the edge. Thank you! You've got a new subscriber too.

[mogadeet]

I just came to your channel quill. You made Kerbal so much more understandable. Lifting the veil on Rimworld is going to be a great ride. Thank you so much.

[CMDR-Cody]

Quill, I found your channel back in 2016ish because of RimWorld. I love these series. Keep up the great work!

[kingcos]

Absolutely watch this over and over as I prepare myself to invest in rim world soon 😊 love this series it’s extremely insightful thank youuuu

[Iskaera]

Built a base. Everyone got murdered by a squirrel because they were too scared to attack. What a game.

[Saplingbat]

Thanks for this! I have a friend who's been on the fence about it for a while and I know he'd enjoy it, so maybe this series can help him out :)