RimWorld Guide to Drop Pod Raid Defense [2024, 1.5+]

Turn RimWorld Drop Pod Raids from deadly to welcomed with this quick guide. No Mods required!

Having raiders in RimWorld drop pod through your roof (or "center drop" as I often call them) can be incredibly deadly. Luckily, with the tips in this short tutorial, you can turn drop pod raids into one of the easiest threats to deal with in RimWorld.

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:14 - What is a Center Drop Raid?
0:39 - The Turret Trick
1:26 - The Beacon Trick
1:55 - Frequently Asked Questions
1:57 - Does it work with mechs?
2:09 - Doors have to be open?
2:26 - Mountain Bases?
2:33 - Why do Center Drops happen?
2:54 - Turret has to be powered?
2:57 - Beacon has to be powered?
3:00 - What about before Turrets are ready?
3:24 - Tutorial Recap
3:45 - Help me out!

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EDIT: Still applicable in 1.5 / Anomaly - nothing changed with venter drop raids.

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[Danpai_]

It remains baffling that you aren't wildly more popular and well known, despite the outstanding quality of... well, *everything* you put out. Another fantastic guide, Adam!

[friedghoughphtheightteeau]

Another fantastic Rimworld guide as usual! Thank you so much for these.

[Kaen]

Great guide. I’ve only been getting drop pod raids lately, so the turret trick is going to be utilized.

[pants]

the best rimworld guides, always! you've got thousands of us upping our game and dealing with things rather than modding them out, very thankful

[Narvre]

Heya Adam, its been a while, apologies, life has gotten pretty hectic lately with a new gf and a lot of other stuff going on I havent had much time for youtube or rimworld but coming back to your recent runs has been amazing. Lots of content to catch up on! Glad to see a new guide these are always so amazing!

[FPelissari]

Adam. Obrigado pelo profissionalismo de seus vídeos e lives, espero ansioso pelos vídeos todos os dias
Adam. Thank you for the professionalism of your videos and lives, I look forward to your videos every day

[carok]

Dammit, forgot about the beacon trick! Thanks Adam!

[Jeff-jrxw]

The base designs in this video look so beautiful. I wish I had that level of creativity. I had to pause several times just to look more closely

[kanuos]

*Raider:* Look, boss! A legendary golden sculpture! We're rich! We can take this and escape.
*Boss:* Nonsense! **sniff** I smell a turret nearby. Quick, raiders! Assemble!

[Luviabloodfallen]

I’m obsessed with this beautiful base!

[RedEyedShabby]

Awesome! These tips always help my game, appreciate the help!

[jimmyhoffax]

I never would have realized any of this. Thanks for all the updates and guides.

[christophergruendell]

My man, I appreciate the info. I had a bunch of raiders drop in before I knew this. They killed 3 of my colonists because I had no idea what to do. Now I have an action plan.

[whiskeyforcats]

i'm a real rimworld noob so these guides are everything to me. thanks as always man!

[darakstonefoot]

This has been very helpful! Thanks for the quick and easy guide!

[edmunns]

Center drop Scyther raids have ended quite a few of my runs in the past. I like the way center drop works in the current version, generally causes a heap of chaos and destruction but far more survivable than they used to be IMO. Playing with no pause would make them x1000 harder though.

I'm really enjoying the zombie run, I like your unedited long form videos (been watching them on and off for a few years now) so cheers for putting both versions up on the main channel. This is the best Rimworld channel around by far IMO.

[BrttM]

I've held open doors on ice sheet, even for a burn tunnel. The key is to have multiple doors in a row, because heat transfer between rooms isn't instant even if it's a line of 1x1 rooms with open doors. You can even have a closed door for colonists, with a side tunnel with alternating open doors and sandbags or fence to make raiders take a slower path, but still go where you want. If you use barricades instead of sandbags, you can easily take out manhunters that are blocked by fences.

And a tip for ice sheet, is using animal flaps for doors and even walls early game, since they can be made from leather, which is the only material that you can easily get plenty of on ice sheet until you trade or get smelters up smelting enemy gear. They don't need walls to support them (just imagine it as a large tent). I played ice sheet with raids every other day from scenario settings, and the second 11x11 room I made was entirely walled with animal flaps until raids started having enough metal gear to use as construction material.

[stephbryan]

Thanks so much for another great guide Adam!

[austintehguy]

Hey Adam, just wanted to say thank you for continuing to provide quality content for this game. It's still one of my all-time favorites even though I have less time to play than I used to. Always happy to see a new guide drop - yours are the best on the platform IMO; informational, well-edited, and up-to-date.

Also, maybe you could look into VFE: Tribals whenever it drops for a potential playthrough? It's supposed to allow you to develop a colony from pre-neolithic tech to spacer - I think it'd be a super fun series. Anyways - thanks for what you do!