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Drafting is RimWorld's primary combat mode, an immediate call to action for any capable pawn to begin fighting. It also allows you to direct a pawn to a specific tile.

How to[edit]

Draft gizmo.

To draft a colonist, select them, and press the toolbar gizmo marked with two crossed swords or press the R button. Multiple colonists can be drafted at a time

Capable colonists (even those incapable of violence or unarmed), slaves, and friendly mechanoids are able to draft instantly on command. Those who are downed, otherwise incapable of movement, or under a mental break are unable to be drafted. While a pawn lit on fire will still be drafted, the player will lose some control of them during the panic.

Summary[edit]

Drafted pawns are able to be ordered to a precise location. Select a pawn, and right click the desired location. A group of pawns can be sent to one location (simple right click), or ordered to create a line (right click & drag). Multiple orders can be assigned sequentially by holding shift (ex. move to place A then place B). Drafted pawns will remain at their assigned place, ignoring their needs entirely. This overrides both zone restrictions and the threat response setting.

Pawns with ranged weapons will attack enemies so long as Fire at Will remains enabled, and will take cover from adjacent buildings. You can also direct pawns to attack a specific target, structure, and for explosives, a tile. Any pawn capable of violence will begin melee with enemies 1 tile away. In addition, they will enter a state of collision, if they haven't already. During collision, opposing pawns cannot pass over each other, and 2 pawns can't stay on the same tile. If they were already on top of each other, pawns will radiate to nearby available cells.

If left alone for 10,000 ticks (2.78 mins) without any threats or orders, then drafting will automatically end. Mental breaks and downing also end the draft state.

Pawn interruption[edit]

If a draftable pawn is currently sleeping or performing any action, drafting will immediately interrupt it. Any work progress they've made that is represented by a yellow progress bar will be lost, while pausable work such as crafting and construction will not be. Forced work will also be cancelled. Allowed areas, need fulfillment, and work priorities will be re-assessed once the pawn is undrafted. This can be useful to force pawns to reconsider their next action without having to wait for the next natural breakpoint.

Pawns will drop any held items and pawns they were carrying, to make use of their weapon. Babies are a special exception: the first draft will consider a held baby a draft-carried baby, and give a warning. If undrafted, the second draft thereafter will drop the baby.

Fire[edit]

The effects of fire take precedence over drafting. Whilst on fire, the ignited pawn to run around wildly instead of fighting, without collision. Drafted pawns can still be given commands, but they will go to their intended location first (which is often water, to douse the fire).

Capabilities[edit]

Gizmo for dropping a carried creature.

Other than move and fight, pawns must be drafted in order to:

Arrest colonists, slaves, and allied/neutral guests.
Douse adjacent fires, even if outside of the home area. Must be capable of Firefighting.
Carry and/or rescue downed pawns and place them at a specific location. Possible even if incapable of Hauling or Caring.
Tend pawns anywhere, with or without medicine, even if not assigned to Doctoring. Must be capable of Caring.
- Medicine must be carried in the inventory to be available.
Use many abilities, such as the smokepop pack, firefoam pop pack, and most psycasts,

Drafted pawns are also able to:

Drop any item in their inventory.
Equip weapons or apparel, and pick up medicine or drugs.
Consume food and take drugs directly.
Repair damaged buildings.

This means that drafted pawns can't haul, construct new objects, etc.

Noncolonist[edit]

Animals[edit]

Animals cannot be drafted, but those that have been trained in Guard can be assigned to follow an assigned master whenever they are drafted. This can be toggled in the Animals tab. The animal will ignore zone restrictions to do so, and will attack nearby aggressors. Animals trained in Attack can also be ordered to chase enemies with the Animals Attack gizmo.

Mechanoids[edit]

Main article: Mechanoid creation#Behavior

Friendly mechanoids can only be or stay drafted if their mechanitor is not in a mental break, downed, or in a different map. From there, there is a 25-tile radius from the mechanitor which mechs are allowed to move to, and which mechs must be currently inside in order to give combat commands. Mechs can still be drafted outside of this radius, and will follow their latest command.

Tips[edit]

Watch out for the needs of drafted pawns. Mood can quickly diminish as they starve or get tired, which is exacerbated by pain, being near corpses, or witnessing an ally's death. This can cause a deadly mental break - even minor breaks like sad wander and food binge can get a pawn out of position, and promptly shot in the head.

Non-combat uses[edit]

Wake up a colonist, or update their work tasks, by drafting and undrafting.
Delay certain actions, such as to prevent Ate Raw Food just as a meal is cooking.
Move pawns to a safe location, such as a warm building to avoid hypothermia and frostbite, or to tell pawns where to run away to.
Send pawns to extinguish fires outside of the home zone.
Gain access to Tend (no medicine) without altering the settings. This can heal minor bruises that don't need medication, or stabilize a pawn desperately bleeding out.
Control rescuers where to go.
Drop carried items at a specific location.

For more long-term control of where you want your pawns to go (such as "indoors" during a toxic fallout), you may want to set a zone instead.

Version history[edit]

B19/1.0 - Increased delay before auto-undraft by 20%.
1.1.0 - Interface now reports the chance of a successful arrest before you try to make it.
1.3.3066 - Drafted pawns can tend to others in the field and will use medicine if they are carrying any. They can also carry/drop downed pawns anywhere. Added ability to "drag" groups into a line.

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+'''Drafting''' is RimWorld's primary combat mode, an immediate call to action for any capable pawn to begin fighting. It also allows you to direct a pawn to a specific tile.
+==How to==
+[[File:Button_-_Draft.png|79px|thumb|right|Draft gizmo.]]
+To draft a colonist, select them, and press the toolbar gizmo marked with two crossed swords or press the {{key|R}} button. Multiple colonists can be drafted at a time
-An unarmed colony is not going to last long out in the wilderness. In order to defend yourself from armed incursion from [[raider]]s and [[mechanoid]]s, and maintain order in your colony when [[colonist]]s start suffering [[Mood|mental breaks]], you're going to need to draft your colonists as soldiers.
+Capable [[colonist]]s (even those [[Work#Incapable_of_work_types|incapable of violence]] or unarmed), [[slaves]]{{IdeologyIcon}}, and [[friendly mechanoids]]{{BiotechIcon}} are able to draft instantly on command. Those who are [[downed]], otherwise incapable of movement, or under a [[mental break]] are unable to be drafted. While a pawn lit on [[fire]] will still be drafted, the player will lose some control of them during the panic.
-==Basic Control==
+==Summary==
-To draft a colonist, press the button marked with two crossed swords. Unlike a colonist, a drafted colonist can be precisely controlled as in deciding where he/she shall stand, what target to fire upon and so on. Draftees will also use any viable terrain features or structures they're standing next to as [[cover]] to protect themselves during a firefight with your enemies.
+Drafted pawns are able to be ordered to a precise location. Select a pawn, and right click the desired location. A group of pawns can be sent to one location (simple right click), or ordered to create a line (right click & drag). Multiple orders can be assigned sequentially by holding shift (ex. move to place A then place B). Drafted pawns will remain at their assigned place, ignoring their [[need]]s entirely. This overrides both [[zone]] restrictions and the [[Menus#Assign|threat response setting]].
-For ranged colonists there is a 'Fire at will' option which defaults to 'On'. When turned on the colonist will freely engage any targets within range, shooting at them. If turned off you will need to manually direct the colonist to shoot at a specific target.
+Pawns with [[ranged weapons]] will attack enemies so long as ''Fire at Will'' remains enabled, and will take [[cover]] from adjacent buildings. You can also direct pawns to attack a specific target, structure, and for explosives, a tile. Any pawn capable of violence will begin melee with enemies 1 tile away. In addition, they will enter a state of ''collision'', if they haven't already. During collision, opposing pawns cannot pass over each other, and 2 pawns can't stay on the same tile. If they were already on top of each other, pawns will radiate to nearby available cells.
-Drafting works for all colonists, even those incapable of violence, however such pawns can only can do certain tasks like have their movement manually directed and capture or rescue downed pawns.
+If left alone for {{Ticks|10,000}} without any threats or orders, then drafting will automatically end. [[Mental break]]s and [[downed|downing]] also end the draft state.
-==Weapons==
+=== Pawn interruption ===
-A draftee carrying a [[weapon]] will hold it out and ready at all times, automatically attacking any hostile [[characters]] or [[animal]]s that comes within range. If you draft a colonist who does not have a weapon, you will be immediately notified of such -- it is advised to always ensure soldiers are armed, unless you want them to use their bare fists to subdue someone with a minimal chance of killing or crippling them. Note that soldiers equipped with ranged weapons can still attack with their fists (or hand/arm attachments) if ordered to engage in melee, or if engaged by an attacker in melee combat.
+If a draftable pawn is currently sleeping or performing any action, drafting will immediately interrupt it. Any work progress they've made that is represented by a yellow progress bar will be lost, while pausable work such as crafting and construction will not be. Forced work will also be cancelled. [[Allowed area]]s, [[need]] fulfillment, and work priorities will be re-assessed once the pawn is undrafted. This can be useful to force pawns to reconsider their next action without having to wait for the next natural breakpoint.
-==Additional Functions==
+Pawns will drop any held items and pawns they were carrying, to make use of their weapon. [[Babies]]{{BiotechIcon}} are a special exception: the first draft will consider a held baby a draft-carried baby, and give a warning. If undrafted, the second draft thereafter will drop the baby.
-Draftees can [[Prisoner|arrest]] colonists and neutral human characters, dragging them to the nearest convenient [[bed]] marked for prisoners, provided they don't resist. This can be used to arrest colonists who have suffered a non-violent mental breakdown, which can be very helpful if someone starts setting fires, binging on [[drugs]] or gets out of bed when they need medical treatment. To do so, select a different colonist, draft them, right-click the desired captive, then select "arrest <name>" from the menu.
-Drafting overrides a colonist's hostility response mode setting.  This can be useful to make colonists set to Flee or even colonists incapable of violence attempt to rescue a downed colonist or animal from a firefight.
+===Fire===
+The effects of [[fire]] take precedence over drafting. Whilst on fire, the ignited pawn to run around wildly instead of fighting, without collision. Drafted pawns can still be given commands, but they will go to their intended location first (which is often water, to douse the fire).
-Drafting and then immediately undrafting colonists has a variety of purposes.
+==Capabilities==
-#It wakes up the draftee, which can be useful to make sleeping colonists fight fires or attend parties or weddings.  Do not abuse this though, as there is a mood penalty for interrupted sleep.
+[[File:Icon_-_Drop_person.png|79px|thumb|right|Gizmo for dropping a carried creature.]]
-#It can be used to interrupt their current activity so that a colonist will switch to another with a higher priority, like fighting fires or tending to the wounded.
+Other than move and fight, pawns must be drafted in order to:
+*[[Arrest]] colonists, slaves, and allied/neutral guests.
+*Douse adjacent [[fire]]s, even if outside of the [[home area]]. Must be capable of Firefighting.
+*Carry and/or rescue [[downed]] pawns and place them at a specific location. Possible even if incapable of Hauling or Caring.
+*Tend pawns anywhere, with or without medicine, even if not assigned to Doctoring. Must be capable of Caring.
+**Medicine must be carried in the inventory to be available.
+*Use many abilities, such as the [[smokepop pack]], [[firefoam pop pack]], and most [[psycast]]s{{RoyaltyIcon}},
-==Animal Handlers==
+Drafted pawns are also able to:
-While drafted any assigned animals will disregard their allowed areas and will follow and defend their master against nearby enemies. If the colonist has any animals trained for Release, clicking the 'Release animals' button will let animals leave their master's side to go attack enemies.
+*Drop any item in their inventory.
+*Equip [[weapon]]s or [[apparel]], and pick up [[medicine]] or [[drug]]s.
+*Consume [[food]] and take drugs directly.
+*Repair damaged buildings.
+This means that drafted pawns can't [[haul]], [[construct]] new objects, etc.
-==Orders==
+==Noncolonist==
-A draftee can be directly ordered to move where you want them to, and shoot what you tell them to. To move a draftee, select them, then right-click on any pathable tile on the map. If you band-box select multiple soldiers at once, you can order them all to move to the same area. Multiple orders, such as rescuing, stripping, attacking, and moving, can be queued by holding shift while selecting each action. Each action will be carried out in the order it was given.
+=== Animals ===
+[[Animals]] cannot be drafted, but those that have been trained in [[Animals#Guard|Guard]] can be assigned to follow an assigned master whenever they are drafted. This can be toggled in the Animals tab. The animal will ignore zone restrictions to do so, and will attack nearby aggressors. Animals trained in [[Animals#Attack|Attack]] can also be ordered to chase enemies with the ''Animals Attack'' gizmo.
-==Training==
+===Mechanoids===
-A draftee can train to increase their shooting skill by having them fire a ranged weapon at something that can't be destroyed, such as a grave, sleeping spot, or crafting spot. Be aware that if left drafted for too long, the colonist won't have been able to fulfill their needs and could begin to starve or suffer a mental breakdown. Undraft the colonist to allow them to rest and address their needs.
+{{Main|Mechanoid creation#Behavior}}
+[[Friendly mechanoids]]{{BiotechIcon}} can only be or stay drafted if their [[mechanitor]] is not in a [[mental break]], [[downed]], or in a different map. From there, there is a 25-tile radius from the mechanitor which mechs are allowed to move to, and which mechs must be currently inside in order to give combat commands. Mechs can still be drafted outside of this radius, and will follow their latest command.
-==Other info==
+== Tips ==
-*Sometimes colonists may undraft themselves if they see no hostiles in sight.
+Watch out for the needs of drafted pawns. Mood can quickly diminish as they starve or get tired, which is exacerbated by [[pain]], being near [[corpse]]s, or witnessing an ally's [[death]]. This can cause a deadly [[mental break]] - even minor breaks like [[mental break#Sad wander|sad wander]] and [[food binge]] can get a pawn out of position, and promptly shot in the head.
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+===Non-combat uses===
-''See also: [[Combat]]''
+*Wake up a colonist, or update their work tasks, by drafting and undrafting.
+*Delay certain actions, such as to prevent ''Ate Raw Food'' just as a meal is cooking.
+*Move pawns to a safe location, such as a [[temperature|warm]] building to avoid [[hypothermia]] and [[frostbite]], or to tell pawns where to run away to.
+*Send pawns to extinguish [[fire]]s outside of the home zone.
+*Gain access to Tend (no medicine) without altering the settings. This can heal minor bruises that don't need medication, or stabilize a pawn desperately bleeding out.
+*Control [[rescue]]rs where to go.
+*Drop carried items at a specific location.
-[[Category:Gameplay]]
+For more long-term control of where you want your pawns to go (such as "indoors" during a [[toxic fallout]]), you may want to set a [[allowed area|zone]] instead.
+== See Also ==
+* [[Combat]]
+== Version history ==
+* B19/1.0 - Increased delay before auto-undraft by 20%.
+* [[Version/1.1.0|1.1.0]] - Interface now reports the chance of a successful arrest before you try to make it.
+* [[Version/1.3.3066|1.3.3066]] - Drafted pawns can tend to others in the field and will use medicine if they are carrying any. They can also carry/drop [[downed]] pawns anywhere. Added ability to "drag" groups into a line.
+[[Category:Game mechanics]]