🧯 RimWorld Beginner Troubleshooting

Pawns are idle

1. Work: is a higher priority consuming their time?
2. Allowed area: is the target outside their zone?
3. Valid job: do the materials, blueprint, and target actually exist?

Check work priorities →

Food is running out

1. Check prepared meals, not only raw ingredients.
2. Connect harvesting, hauling, processing, and cooking.
3. Pause nonessential research and construction so the cook is free.

Fix the early food chain →　Refrigeration and storage →

Power or temperature fails

1. Check connections, generation, and whether key devices are switched off.
2. Restore refrigeration, medical care, and sleeping areas before every other consumer.
3. Then check roof coverage, doors, and whether temperature control reaches the room.

Power guide →　Temperature guide →

A pawn is down or getting worse

1. Rescue to safety, treat, and assign rest.
2. Confirm doctor, bed, and allowed medicine are available.
3. Wait on elective surgery; concentrate resources when care is life-saving.

Medical triage and surgery checklist →

Mood is collapsing

1. Find the newest cause: pain, hunger, sleep, environment, or loss.
2. Remove the easiest recoverable problem first, then fix housing and recreation.
3. Reduce travel, combat, and high-risk tasks near a mental break.

Mood and mental state →