Welcome to part 2 of my comprehensive beginner's guide to RimWorld, a three-part series designed to teach new players or players struggling with the main game (without expansions) everything they need to know to be successful! This episode is all about how to plan your base, with detailed discussions of what, why, and how to build and lay out all sorts of rooms. It also includes discussions of mood, efficient kitchens, crafting, and more!

Like Part 1, this video is up to date with game version 1.3.3287 (Spring 2022) and does not include any of the expansions and only a limited number of mods listed in Part 1.

CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction
00:51 Checking your map – Fertile soil
02:18 Steam Geysers
03:05 Hill layout, defensive features and ancient dangers
04:24 Example of large hills
05:07 Basic planning tools
05:46 Overview of room/area types
06:34 Personal preferences, appearance and feeling
07:07 Moods
08:53 Performance-enhancing (performance-reducing) substances
12:49 Freezer
14:22 Kitchen – Food Poisoning & Meals
16:37 Kitchen – Efficient furnishing
18:01 Butcher's table
18:37 Nutrient paste dispenser
20:11 Planning and construction of the kitchen complex
20:59 Supply 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 Lounge and research laboratory
28:03 Workshop and main warehouse
29:01 Battery room
29:46 Additional farms, animal enclosures, hospital
30:11 Walls, defensive positions and killbox
30:47 Timelapse base and outro

Link to part 1: https://youtu.be/jpntgfUah8c
Link to part 3: https://youtu.be/PytPLyunwt4

As mentioned in the video, here is a link to the Wiki article on mass producing meals from nutrient paste if you are interested in that sort of thing:
https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Nutrient_paste_dispenser#Manually_producing_meals

And here is a link to @FrancisJohnYT's excellent food tutorial:
https://youtu.be/op-XLjsERL0

Check out my channel's community page for my livestream schedule. You can also join the House of Drak Discord server:

https://discord.gg/SYckgTBzHW

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Game footage is from RimWorld, an addictive story generator/colony simulation survival game from indie developer Ludeon Studios. Want to try it out? Click here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/

The 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 comments and information in this video do not represent the opinions or positions of anyone else. Stay tuned for the thrilling ending of the peasants defeated by this mega spider!

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