RimWorld Guide to Lighting | Accuracy, Mood, Movement, & More [2024, 1.5+]

Light and Dark are effecting your RimWorld run more than you think! In this quick RimWorld guide I go over lighting and darkness and its effect on mood, movement speed, accuracy, and work speed.

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---------- TIMESTAMPS ----------
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - Practical Reasons
0:22 - What is considered Darkness
0:26 - Mood, Movement, & Work
0:50 - Place Lights Strategically
1:06 - Rain Problems?
1:19 - How Far Apart?
1:31 - Too Power Intensive?
1:34 - Advanced Lights*
1:47 - The Numbers
1:55 - Does Darkness effect mechs or Animals?
2:00 - Combat Examples
2:28 - Does Light Impact Accuracy in RimWorld?
2:51 - Ideology: Combat in Darkness
2:57 - Ideology: Darklight Preferred
3:11 - Biotech: Dark Vision Gene
3:22 - Blindness, Blindfolds, Eyes
3:36 - Conclusion and Recap

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Channel: AdamVsEverything on Twitch
Channel Mods: count_me_out, crazycaitycat, ivaxava, phoenixhinotori, raix1122
Editor: AdamVsEverything
Game: RimWorld
Developer: Ludeon Studios

---------- INFO ----------
This RimWorld guide / RimWorld tutorial teaches:

RimWorld Guide / Tutorial -
RimWorld Lighting
RimWorld Light
RimWorld Darkness
RimWorld Darkness Ideology
RimWorld Biotech Dark Vision Gene
RimWorld Does light effect accuracy?
RimWorld Accuracy
RimWorld Mood
RimWorld Work Speed
RimWorld Beginner Guide
RimWorld Beginner Tips
RimWorld How To
RimWorld Lights

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EDIT: Still applicable for 1.5 / Anomaly! And now it is even easier with the addition of wall lights and floodlamps to the base game!

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[szandsr]

Would love to see an Insect guide going over things like mountain bases, spawn rules, bait rooms, using bugs offensively etc. Keep up the good work!

[torymiddlebrooks]

yeah, I will start doing this. A useful note is that you can remove the corner on your 13 x 13 building design and put a lamp in those spaces for good lighting.

[Luviabloodfallen]

I love that the “advanced lights” research makes lamps take half the electricity!

[pendantblade]

A guide from Adam is like a milkshake on a hot day.

[losivart]

Rimworld is a game that teaches that the most important things in life are the small ones. Cleanliness, beauty, and being able to see what the fuck you're doing are all more important than advanced technology.

[TheRealTetriser]

Thank you for shedding light on this subject. I was in the dark before.

[illegalotter]

Great guide Adam! Quick and to the point. One additional note is that you definitely want light near/around where you will be doing surgery as it does affect you success chances.

[emaraldragon]

yay a light, light guide. thanks Adam

[SarcasticData]

I had no idea how impactful darkness was. Awesome video and the editing was very helpful.

[jeanjoestar]

Omg I just found this channel and I love it me watching guide vids with 2000 hours

[jmercedesd]

I actually had no idea that it does NOT affect accuracy directly! :O After watching the first half of this video, I immediately went want built half a dozen more lights in the areas my colonists have to move through. XD

[RuttsGK]

Adam, that’s a fantastic video. Concise and super informative. With 800 hours of RimWorld under my belt (lol), I didn’t realise the true impact of not having a well lit colony. Thanks.

[JennMarie]

I have never played with darklight, I may try on the next run now!

[Maccaroney]

Great guide and i appreciated the visual examples!

[michix]

Thanks for this awesome guide. Didnt know some of them even with 800+ hours in

[MrJurgen]

Thanks! one of those things I've always wondered but were too tired to look up, this was great :D

[cobblefotique]

Thank you! I really wanted a mod that is an overlay for lighting efficiency but this is nice to know in general

[raiwenduravwin]

Light is absolutely necessary to see which hurty spots you hit

[buggydust]

i knew movement and manipulation were impacted by darkness but i didnt realize exactly how much!