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'''Events''' are driven by the currently selected [[AI Storytellers|AI storyteller]]. They range from everyday occurrences like passers by, to all out assaults on the colony.

Most events occur with an envelope icon that will appear down the right side of the screen. Other events will pause the game and pop up a window where the player must make a choice.  Some events can also happen on temporary maps.

All event title portions in parentheses below are variable. They can mention location, pawn and faction names, specific buffs or debuffs, or even have countdowns for the time variable events.

==Big Threats==

These events can take place from Base Builder difficulty onwards.

Commonly known as a '''raid''', this event comes in several types. The size of a raid is determined by your colony's wealth, and the difficulty setting of the AI Storyteller. It is possible for multiple raids to occur at the same time, possibly to the benefit of the player if both raids are from opposing factions.

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File:Raid.png|'''Assault'''

File:Raid relationship daughters of a .png|'''Raided by (relationship) mom!'''

Different types of raids include:

Raids arrive either via the edge of the map or by drop pod. They may assault the colony immediately, or stage for a time before launching their attack, allowing colonists time to take up defensive positions, or counterattack.

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==== Mid-Base Assaults ====

A group of raiders arrives via drop pods directly in the player's base, leaving little time to prepare. Drop pods may punch through a constructed roof or thin rock roof, but not overhead mountains.

Siege raids typically have a party of raiders arrive and set up a small camp along the edge of the map with supplies airdropped in to build a number of sandbag walls and mortars with a variety of [[Mortar shell]]s. They will fire upon colonists, colony structures and any visitors or other raiders from factions they are hostile to, only stopping to eat and sleep. If their food or ammunition runs low, more drop pods will land to resupply the raiders.

Siege parties will abandon their camp and any remaining construction to assault the colony when their siege weapons are destroyed or they suffer significant casualties.  Once the attackers are all dead or retreated, any remaining supplies and objects from their camp can be claimed, deconstructed and used by the player.

Since sieges must construct their emplacements and weapons from the materials they receive via drop-pod, it is possible to steal a light-weight critical material (ex. the [[components]]) and thus prevent them from completing construction of the mortars. Unlike ammunition, sieges will not be resupplied with building materials should any go ''mysteriously missing''.  This strategy must be done early, immediately after the drop pods with construction materials land, else the components may be picked up and delivered before they can be stolen. If properly executed, the siege will simply mill about their siege base indefinitely, unless attacked.  This not only removes the danger of the incoming mortar shots, but the "sieged" army can then act as a distraction/decoy in the event of a raid by a faction hostile to them (another faction, mechanoids, insects, etc).

The optimal method for accomplishing this is a [[Psycasts#Psycasts|psycaster]] with Skip and Invisibility, and a sufficient amount of neural heat capacity (and psyfocus) to cast Skip several times, and Invisibility at least a 2-3 times ([[psychic sensitivity]] increasing equipment such as Eltex garments and an Eltex Staff or a [[Persona weapon#Persona traits|persona weapon]] with an appropriate trait are recommended to increase maximum neural heat), and ideally a [[jump pack]]. The psycaster should get somewhat close to the sieging enemy group without being noticed (slightly beyond maximum [[sniper rifle]] range is a good rule of thumb), then cast Invisibility on themself.  They should then use their Jump Pack (or Skip, if they lack one) to rapidly move closer to the sieging group, until they are within Skip range of the component pile.  At this point, they should skip the components to their feet, and then continue skipping them away (and following them with Jump Pack leaps, or self-cast skips), until far enough away that the pawn can be told to simply haul them back to base. Ensure an eye is kept on the pawn's Invisibility timer, and it is recast as needed until back out of range.  Once the components are sufficiently far away, the sieging group will be effectively stuck and unable to complete their mortars.

[[File:Siege.png|400px]]

=== Infestation ===

A bug [[hive]] has emerged! It will slowly spawn [[insectoids|bugs]] as well as produce additional hives. If you don't want it to infest the whole area, muster your forces and destroy it. But beware - the bugs will defend their hive.

Infestations will only spawn in an open space under an overhead mountain that is at a temperature of greater than -17 Celsius. Certain steps can be made to prevent an infestation such as installing your own floors and walls, but it is not known if the spawn chance can be eliminated entirely other than leaving possible spawning spots open to freezing temperatures. Hives bring glow pods that glow for 20 days (as long as they're installed) and can be reinstalled or sold. Hives produce Insect Jelly. This is the primary food source for the growing swarm. Each active hive will replicate every few game days (depending on difficulty), and the swarm of insects produced will dig themselves out of wherever they are stuck at. It is possible for bugs to dig out enough empty space for roof collapses and cave ins to hit other insects, hives and jelly. One user noted on Cassandra Classic difficulty Rough, the infestation stopped replicating at 30 hives each with 6.1 enemies on average, leaving 183 various insects to fight.

[[File:Infestation.png|400px]]

==== Too deep: Infestation ====

In 1.0, when using a deep drill, you may dig into a group of insects, which will awaken and attack your colony. This event is a little different in that it doesn't spawn a hive, may occur outside and typically doesn't spawn as many insects as late game infestations. It seems to happen only at deep drills currently being used.

{{For|the mental state that makes these animals hostile|Manhunter}}

This event can take place from Base Builder difficulty onwards. Note that it will display "pack" even if only one animal arrives.

A pack of [[Manhunter|man-hunting]] animals have entered the area. They will roam the region, hunting for humanoid flesh. If they see a colonist run behind a door, they will attempt to beat down the door. They may also attack visiting traders, possibly hurting your good will with that faction if they manage to kill a trader (though downed traders can be rescued for a good will bonus). Manhunters will leave the area in a few days.  

A manhunter pack has 40% more points allocated to enemy spawning than an ordinary raid (i.e. a manhunter pack is 40% bigger than a standard raid), and animals from manhunter packs will congregate around your base for anywhere from 24 to 54 in-game hours before they all leave. All animals will have the health condition [[Scaria]], which makes them permanently manhunter. It can be cured with two medicine. While this is a negative event, it can be turned useful for taming as wounded animals can be healed and tamed afterwards, and dead animals can be hauled in for butchering, though there is a chance that the animal will rot on death (changeable in custom difficulties) , but if there are still active manhunters nearby just wait until they're sleeping. You'll have a while before corpses start rotting, depending on the climate and rotting rules.

* Boars, Wargs or anything that runs faster than a baseline human can be very problematic to deal with even with moderately-well defended colonies because they can easily outrun humans, and they all typically arrive in very large numbers meaning they can easily overwhelm a colony.

* Explosive animals, especially [[boomalope]]s, are arguably easier to deal with in larger numbers as chain reactions can easily happen because of their large 3-square blast radius, meaning that even packs excess of 40 boomalopes can trivially be dealt with by half a dozen of people armed with automatic weapons.

[[File:Manhunter pack.png|400px]]

A psychic wave is a pulse of psychic energy that immediately drives all members of a species of the local [[animals|wildlife]] insane, causing them to attack the nearest human, and any animal that happens to be standing in their way. A psychic wave is not to be laughed at - most of the wildlife in RimWorld is quite fast, and can close the gap to a colonist before they can get off a second shot, often leading to the colonist being overwhelmed. Psychically insane animals are not [[Scaria]] infected.

== Special ==

Special events may have prerequisites or only occur during certain circumstances.

=== About: Launching the ship ===

This event appears upon completing the research project [[Research#Starflight basics|Starflight Basics]].

This is a simple reminder about the dangers of powering up the [[ship reactor]] once built.  Once turned on, the number of raids will greatly increase for the next 15 days.

=== Ancient Danger ===

{{quote|As (Colonist name) draws near the ancient wall a sense of foreboding overcomes him(her). (S)He isn't sure why, but (s)he feels this dusty structure may contain great dangers|Message that appears when the first colonist walks near.}}

This event is related to map generation and may not appear on every map. It may occur more than once per map.

A colonist approached a walled out area of the map partially or completely under a mountain that contains one or more of the following: ancient [[cryptosleep casket]]s, [[insectoids|bugs]] with hives, [[mechanoid]]s or treasure. Open at your own risk by blowing a hole in the wall or deconstructing a section. The cryptosleep caskets usually contain humans, but may also contain [[megascarab]]s or be empty. Opening or attacking any casket will cause all the others to open instantly. The Spacers inside the caskets may or may not be dead. If alive, they may or may not be wounded, or armed and hostile. It's even possible for pawns incapable of violence to melee attack. If they are not hostile and can walk, they will try to escape. Any alive Spacers inside may be captured and recruited, usually with a low recruitment difficulty percentage.

Ancient structures may include other treasures like psychic lances and pulsers. [[Luciferium]] can be found in these buildings. Pod people sometimes carry [[plasteel]], [[component]]s, and [[gold]]. The caskets can be claimed and used or deconstructed by the colony.

This event can only occur if you are allied with at least one other faction.

Allied factions may send fighters to assist you when mutual enemies appear, such as pirates, manhunters or insectoids. These fighters may be specifically requested via the comms console at a hit to relations, or the allied faction may send them on their own at no cost to relations.  They won't assist against factions that they aren't hostile to.

They will follow the same attack pattern as any [[Raider]] would do when this event occurs, with a few exceptions: They don't sap or breach due to their intention of being here, but they can drop pod or set up a siege point upon arriving.

Keep in mind that friendly fire will damage your relations with the aiding faction. On the other hand, rescuing their downed people will improve relations.

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File:Friendlies.png|'''Friendlies vs Pirates'''

File:Friendlies vs Thrumbo.png|'''Friendlies vs Thrumbo'''

 

=== Journey offer ===

{{for|guidance on surviving the event|World Quests Guide#Journey offer}}

[[File:Journeyoffer_ship.png|500px|thumb|right|The ship that always spawns in a journey offer event.(Outdated Textures)]]

This event can only happen once per playthrough.  Due to the distance requirement and the location of your colony on the world map in regards to the portion of the globe generated, it may not have the opportunity to happen if your colony is near the center of a small map.

A friendly AI transmits the location of a distant hidden ship that can help you escape the planet. To board the ship, you need to send out a caravan to trek long distances to get to it.

The ship spawns from 200 to 800 tiles away, with a tendency to spawn as far away as possible. With 100% generated worlds, it will usually spawn on the other side of the planet.  If during world creation you generate a 30% map and land near the center of the map, you may exclude yourself within this 200 tile minimum.

Once you reach the ship's location, you will find a ship with 18 [[ship cryptosleep pod]]s and all the required structures, that may be suffering from different degrees of damage. The [[ship reactor]] is hibernating and will need 15 days to power up, and will attract lots of danger during that stage, so you will need to bunker up and build your defenses, and you have plenty of space to build a full base with the map size of a regular colony. After 15 days the ship is ready to launch, and you can choose to leave or stay for whatever reason.

Besides using the existing parts, you can also choose to expand the ship to accommodate more of your colonists, but you will need to bring the necessary materials and the necessary research (ship cryptosleep caskets).

=== Man in black ===

When your colonists are no longer able to defend themselves, a stranger may join the colony to help. As their name indicates, men in black come in a full set of black clothing. They also come wearing a [[flak vest]] and always carry a [[revolver]]. However, their skills and traits are fully randomized.  

This event seems to be triggered only when all of your colonists are downed at your base. The man in black will not appear on the temporary maps generated for world quests. However, if all your surviving pawns are downed elsewhere, it is possible for the man in black to appear at your base. (Testing is needed to see how these events are affected by allowing multiple colonies in the scenario editor.)

Prior to 1.1.2618 it is possible to get a Man in black who is a pacifist, incapable of caring, etc., who would thus be of limited use to a colony in which all pawns are downed and wounded.

=== Outpost destroyed ===

[[File:Faction_destroyed.png|400px|thumb|right|R.I.P. some pirate faction, nobody will remember you.]]  

This is the notification that triggers when you successfully defeat all humanlike hostiles in an enemy base after invading them (not counting turrets, which need to be neutralized separately). After this you have a while to capture any prisoners (there is usually at least one building suitable to turn into a cell), treat the wounded, pack up and leave before enemy reinforcements arrive in the form of a raid.

Should you destroy all bases of a faction, the notification will say that since you just destroyed the last faction base, the faction no longer exists.

Destroying all enemies and befriending all other factions will make mechanoids the only remaining threat for all future raids.

=== Ransom (Time remaining) ===

This event can only occur if a colonist of yours was captured by another faction.

Another faction captured one of your downed colonists somehow and will release that colonist to you... for a price. Common methods for capturing your colonists include grabbing downed colonists while retreating from a raid or downing an entire caravan.

The offer will be good for 24 game hours. If paid, the colonist will immediately appear on your map border or be sent via drop pod.

You have completed the 15 day warm up period for starting a [[ship reactor]].  If the rest of the necessary ship parts have been built, it may now be launched. Raids and sieges will drop considerably after this period is over.

=== Refugee Chased at (Settlement) ===

This event will not trigger if your faction doesn't have hostile relations with any other human faction. Pirate band factions should always be hostile since any attempt to improve relations with them is disregarded by design.

When this event triggers a window appears stating that an individual calls you via radio from nearby, seeking refuge from a faction that is hostile to you and chasing them. The player may choose 'Offer safety' or 'Ignore the message'. Ignoring the message will end the event.

Offering safety will spawn the individual as a colonist at the map's edge who proceeds towards the colony. Shortly thereafter (a delay between {{ticks|1000}} and {{ticks|2500}}, the pursuing faction arrives in the form of a raid entering the map where the refugee appeared. Raids arriving this way are 35% stronger than usual.  Still, those chasing raiders are also potential colonists if they can be captured and recruited.

=== Roof collapsed ===

This event only happens if something is crushed by the falling roof. Otherwise, it's only a notification.

All roofs must be supported by a constructed or rock wall within 6 spaces with contiguous roof sections in between itself and that wall. If either of these conditions changes such as via mining, an explosion or demolition, then the roof will collapse. Damage is dealt to the head and shoulders. Note that falling roofs underneath a mountain can instantly kill any pawn unfortunate enough to be crushed.

If demolishing a building, it's recommended to use the Remove Roof tool to remove the roof first before deconstructing the walls.

This event only has a 12% chance to trigger upon one of your colonists receiving a brain injury.

A colonist has suffered a brain injury and has gained great abilities from it at the cost of others, gaining 50% extra [[manipulation]] while losing the ability to [[talking|speak]], [[hearing|hear]], and have any [[social]] relationships. It also restores the brain to full functioning despite the injury.

===Zzztt...===

This event can occur anytime a [[power conduit]] has energy flowing through it. The conduit may suffer a fault, causing it to short circuit and start a fire.  

If any batteries are connected, the fault will also discharge all stored power in the process, increasing the size of the explosion. Unconnected batteries (through a switch or separate power network) will not be affected. A battery not connected to any conduits will only Zzztt if it is unroofed and gets wet from falling rain or snow. The explosions do [[Damage Types#Flame|Flame damage]].  

The amount of stored power directly affects the size of the explosion, up to a maximum of 15 squares in diameter from a total of 90,000 Wd stored. The explosion can damage any nearby structures, items and colonists, as well as cause fires. The one section of power conduit where it occurred is often destroyed, cutting off power to anything past it unless there is another path for the electricity to flow.

Power networks which contain only [[Battery|batteries]] and no conduits will not experience Zzztt. (Unless the battery gets wet, as described above.) Power networks which contain only conduits will only have a fire on the one tile which contains the conduit where the Zzztt occurred, since there is no stored power to be discharged. Modestly-sized battery banks surrounded by stone walls and protected by switches are useful in order to safely use batteries and conduits in the same network.

It will not reoccur for 8 days.

==Small Threats==

===(Animal) Revenge===

An animal that was harmed will go mad and target whomever hurt it. When you select an animal to be hunted, the game will notify you if it has a chance for revenge and what the percentage is. Occasionally, all nearby pack members of that animal's species may start attacking their attacker Animals which are not predators, such as muffalo, only attack characters until they are downed. Depending on the vengeful animal's attack types it is possible for a pawn downed in this way to have only bruises which leave them in "no immediate danger." However, it is also possible for a pawn to receive serious injuries which will kill them more quickly, or even to be consumed by vengeful predators if they are hungry.

When this event occurs, a single random animal on the map is driven insane. Like with the psychic wave, and despite the message stating ''"It will attack anyone it sees"'', the insane animal will charge toward the nearest human ''anywhere'' on the map, attacking any other animal or obstacle (doors, etc.) blocking its way. If the "nearest" colonist changes, the animal may change its focus to that target. Any animal can be dangerous to a colonist, although some are more than others; large animals are obviously so, but small or fast animals such as [[squirrel]]s or [[rabbit]]s can be very hard to hit with ranged weapons, making melee combat more likely.  This event adds additional danger if a [[Boomalope]] or [[Boomrat]] turns, as they explode upon death.  See also [[manhunter]].

== Generally Bad ==

=== Animal disease (type) ===

One or more of your animals will become sick and will need to rest to receive treatment. Build some animal sleeping spots in their zone so that they can receive treatment.

=== Bad will ===

You've done something to anger another faction bad enough that they are now hostile to yours. This can happen if you arrest a faction member of theirs, rob one of their caravans or if they take too much friendly fire from your colonists, among other reasons.

[[File:Bad will.png|500px|thumb|none|Badwill: Friendly traders face a mechanoid raid, loses members and turns against the player.]]

=== Beavers! ===

A group of ravenous wood-munching [[alphabeaver]]s appears at the edge of the map. They will continually eat [[trees]] and [[Saguaro cactus|Saguaro cacti]] they can reach (including any you're farming) until they consume them all, unless you eradicate them first.

It is recommended to bring more than one colonist to exterminate them if you choose to. If one harmed alphabeaver turns manhunter, it's possible for nearby alphabeavers to also become manhunters, which can turn individually weak beavers into a small army of killing machines.

The incident only occurs in biomes with sparse plants, namely [[arid shrubland]] and [[tundra]].

It will not reoccur for 30 days.

=== Breakup ===

[[File:Breakup.png|300px|thumb|none|Breakup]]

A couple splits, complete with the Mood and Social penalties for both colonists.

Character gains an age-related illness such as a bad back or cataracts.  They may be cured by using the [[healer mech serum]], or some may be 'cured' by replacing the affected parts with bionics.

 

=== Blight ===

Blighted crops will not grow or yield anything when harvested, and can spread the blight to other nearby plants while slowly dying.

 

Blight starts on one of your crops, at 10% severity , affecting 20% of your plants (40% initial plants affected has been witnessed in December 2020). It will progress slowly once plants are infected, and once it reaches 28% it can spread to nearby plants within a 4-tile radius.

 

 

To mitigate the effects of blight, it is recommended to leave 3-square wide empty strips between crops. It is also possible to create strips of plants not affected by blight.

=== Crashed ship part ===

{{For|the help guide|Defense_structures#Crashed_ships}}

{{For|information on the ship parts themselves|Crashed ship parts}}

A [[crashed ship parts|large piece of an ancient ship]] crashes nearby or within the colony, scattering chunks and debris. They have various negative effects on the map.  To stop the effect, destroy the ship part by manually attacking it. Upon attacking it however, [[mechanoid]]s will emerge to defend it. The size of the group depends on storyteller difficulty and colony wealth. Both ship parts drop 100 steel, 35 plasteel, 9 steel slag chunks, 4 components and 1 advanced component once destroyed.

[[File:Poison ship.png|thumb|300px|right|A crashed defoliator ship]]

A crashed defoliator ship kills all wild or domesticated plants in an expanding circle, eventually reaching the entire map. The poison kills crops randomly, including plants grown in [[Hydroponics basin]]s. The affected areas will ultimately have dramatically reduced chances of maturing simple crops, and slower crops will end up nearly impossible to grow.

==== Psychic ship ====

A ship part containing a hostile AI core lands on the map, and projects a psychic drone that negatively affects the [[mood]] of all humans on the map. It begins low and grows progressively stronger the longer it stays. Therefore, it should be destroyed as quickly as possible. Colonists with psychic sensitivity [[traits]] may benefit or suffer more from its effect. The ship's AI is also capable of emitting psychic pulses that can drive a colonist to an immediate mental break, or nearby animals to madness.

If left alone long enough, the drone emitted from a crashed psychic ship will get worse as time goes on. Every 2.5 days the drone gets stronger, from -12 mood at the beginning up to -48 after 7.5 days.

=== Death: (Pawn) ===

One of your pawns has died unintentionally.  Slaughtering an animal or euthanizing a colonist or prisoner will not produce this event.

=== (Drug) addiction ===

A colonist has taken too much of a [[drugs|drug]] and is now [[Addictiveness|addicted]].  They will now need to regularly take that drug or suffer the withdrawal effects. See here for advice on [[Drugs#Fighting Addictions|fighting addictions]].

A cold snap makes the [[temperature]] of a colony drop. It only occurs when the map's summer temperature is greater than 0&nbsp;°C and less than 15&nbsp;°C. Colonists will complain about the cold, especially sleeping in it if their rooms are not properly heated.  

While this is generally good for item preservation, it can kill off crops, influence colonist moods and cause Hypothermia if colonists or animals stay in non-heated areas for a prolonged time. It also renders most of the plants in the area inedible (unless when it happens in warmer areas in which some plants are still edible), potentially causing tame animals to starve to death and wild ones to leave the map. With no other food source, wild predators may attack colonists and tame animals while they are outdoors. Snowing may also happen, depositing thick snow that can slow down outdoor movement significantly.

=== Disease (Type) ===

Several of your pawns will be afflicted with a [[disease]]. Which disease they are infected with depends on the biome.  The number of infected depends on the disease and the cruelty of the storyteller.

 

Non-blunt trauma wounds, treated or not, also have a chance to get [[infection|infected]]. The chance depends on treatment quality and cleanliness of the environment. Animals can also catch infections at a greatly reduced rate compared to humans.

 

 

One of your rimworld's moons has moved in front of this rimworld's sun and has shaded this colony's section of the planet.  During this eclipse, solar generators cease producing power and outdoor crops stop growing. This could be disastrous for a colony dependent on solar power. Be sure to have power and food stored for times like these, or an eclipse coupled with a raid could be the death of an unprepared colony.

 

It lasts between 0.75 and 1.25 days.

A localized, intense [[lightning]] storm in one area of the map. Causes big [[fire]]s. Clicking the envelope icon offers the option to jump to the location where the strikes will be concentrated in. It also has the side effect of disabling rain.

It affects a area with a radius between 45 and 60 tiles, and while active lightning will strike between every {{ticks|320}} to {{ticks|800}}. Once it finishes no more rain can fall until {{ticks|30000}} has passed. It lasts between 0.075 and 0.1 days and will not reoccur for 15 days.

This can also be caused by the [[Psycasts#Flashstorm|Flashstorm]] Psycast{{RoyaltyIcon}}, but will not show up as a notification.

[[File:FlashstormScreenshot.png|400px]]

A heat wave sweeps the colony, driving outdoor [[temperature]]s unusually high. It only occurs when the map's summer temperature is at least {{Temperature|20}}.

The major colony risks of the event are failing freezers due to insufficient cooling, and [[heat stroke]] to colonists and animals.  It is often necessary to immediately build [[passive cooler]]s to deal with the heat.

Only the best summer clothing ([[cowboy hat]]s and [[duster]]s made of [[camelhide]] and [[panthera fur]]) might allow your colonists to still work outdoors. Appropriate apparel will not avoid the mood debuff from "sleeping in the heat".

Colonists will complain about the heat, especially when sleeping in it, if their rooms are not properly cooled. Additionally, things might rot in [[Temperature#Freezer Tips|inadequately cooled freezers]]. There is also a chance for a fire to randomly appear on the map which can quickly spread.

Some animals will leave the map if the temperature is too far outside their comfortable range. Visiting colonists and traders will also leave.

=== Hostile: (Faction) ===

Relations with a rough outlander union or a rough tribe will decay over time. If they decay below -75, then their faction will become hostile to yours until relations rise to at least 0.

One of your colonists or prisoners has had it and has a [[Mood#Mental breakdowns|mental break]].  During this time, the afflicted colonist will be effectively unavailable, will not do colony work and can not be drafted. They will use forbidden doors and items. They will also attend to their needs such as sleep, recreation, and eating.

Colonists or prisoners having a break may cause more trouble for themselves or others, depending on the type of break. They may attack other people or animals (including dangerous ones), wander into a firefight, set fires, get out of their bed when they need medical treatment, etc.

Depending on the nature of the mental break, there are several ways to handle the situation:

* Try to arrest them. They will possibly resist and need to be beaten down, causing injury.  This will also give them a fairly long-lasting mood debuff ("I was arrested!") after you release them from jail.

* Wait out the situation - This takes a while for most minor breaks.  

If the person tries to go on a possibly dangerous drug binge, you can try to keep the drug in question out of their reach (burn it, take it on a caravan, surround the stockpile with walls; some mods such as Pick Up and Haul allow you to pick up items directly, which is the easiest, albeit cheesy way to deal with that).  

A crude but sometimes effective solution if you only have a small amount of the drug in question is to create a critical-priority stockpile on a far corner of the map, then have another colonist haul it there. The long walk to get to the stockpile will sometimes allow the mental break to end before the pawn has consumed any drugs.

After the break ends, the affected person will get a substantial mood ''buff'' of +40 ("Catharsis"["It feels good to unbottle my feelings"]) that lasts several days.  This usually, effectively, makes them immune to further mental breaks for the duration. If you suspect another breakdown will occur after the catharsis ends, take precautions while the colonist is still controllable (for example, place them in a cryptosleep casket).

A character or tamed animal suffers a [[Injury#Heart Attack|heart attack]]. Characters will seek out a medical bed or their assigned bed for treatment. Animals will return to the nearest empty animal bed or sleeping spot. Doctors will then proceed to attempt to resuscitate the victim, using medicine if allowed and available.

During a heart attack, people or animals can fall unconscious or even die if not treated in time.

File:Heart attack.png|'''Heart attack notification'''

File: Heart attack health tab.png|'''Health tab'''

=== Overdose: (Colonist) ===

One of your colonists or animals has [[overdose]]d by taking too many drugs in a short amount of time and potentially permanent damage or death could occur.

=== (Pawn) hit trap ===

 

 

 

=== (Predator) hunting (Pawn) ===

A wild predator has targeted one of your colonists or animals for killing and eating!  You may want to get this colonist or animal to safety. Drafted colonists will defend themselves.  To defend your animals, if there is enough distance, zone them to safety.  Otherwise, move a drafted colonist to fire on the predator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After two characters [[Events#New lovers|fall in love]], one of them proposed marriage but is turned down, which may result in the couple breaking up. The proposing one suffers a mood penalty of -18 for 25 days.  They may accept another offer in the future.  Note that a later, accepted proposal will not remove the mood effects of the previous, rejected ones.

 

[[File:Rejected proposal.png|400px]]

 

 

 

Because the ''solar flare'' event is short, most of these adverse effects are limited and often manageable. It lasts from 0.15 to 0.5 days.

=== Toxic fallout ===

"''A distant chemical fire has released a plume of poison over this entire region that will slowly settle out of the atmosphere. It will last for anywhere from a few days to an entire season.''"

''Toxic fallout'' is a dangerous event that can cause serious long-term damage to your colony if caught unprepared or not handled appropriately.

Toxic fallout causes [[toxic buildup]] in any person or creature not under a roof; spending time under a roof reduces the buildup. High buildup can permanently sicken pawns with [[dementia]] or eventually a carcinoma if it progresses far enough (40% severity onwards). Dementia is only treatable with a [[healer mech serum]], carcinomas can be removed surgically.

All plants including crops will wither during the fallout. Outdoor crops can be preserved under roofs; they will eventually rot, unless kept growing under a [[sun lamp]]. Trees are affected, which can lead to a wood shortage.

Both domesticated and wild animals are also affected by toxic buildup, and while their buildup severity increases at half the rate of humans, they will eventually die. This normally means that all wildlife on the map is wiped out during the event. The notable exception to this is [[insectoids]], which are outright immune to buildup. Animals killed with "moderate" or higher toxic buildup will only leave "rotten" bodies that are unsuitable for consumption.  Hunt valuable wild animals immediately when the event occurs to be able to still harvest them for food and materials.  Otherwise fresh corpses left without a roof will also rapidly rot, even if frozen.  

If you have domesticated animals that you cannot feed under a roof, it is viable to release them for short periods of time to let them graze in the open. Another viable tactic is to send herbivorous animals on a [[caravan]], if the season allows them to graze. This will protect them from the toxic fallout, and not require you to feed them manually.

A notification will appear once the fallout has stopped. It lasts between 2.5 and 10.5 days, will not occur before Day 60 of the colony, and will not reoccur for 90 days.

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File:Toxic fallout.png|'''Toxic fallout'''

File:Toxic Buildup at extreme 80 percent.png|'''Colonist acquired Dementia at 80% extreme level'''

 

=== Volcanic winter ===

 

 

 

 

== Generally Good ==

 

A non-hostile faction will notify you that they know where an [[AI persona core]] is located: a critical component for building a ship.  They will want 1500 silver for this information.  However, you can only make this request at the comms console with factions which have at least +40 relations.

 

=== Allied: (Faction) ===

Relations with another faction have risen above +75 and you are now allied with them. They may now [[Events#Friendlies|assist you]] against mutual enemies.

 

{{quote|A grove of the mysterious [[ambrosia bush]] has sprouted nearby! If you wait for the plants to grow, you'll be able to harvest the delicious, pleasurable, and slightly addictive [[Ambrosia|fruit]].}}

 

A good way to harvest them is to draw a growing zone over them, but forbid sowing. Colonists will then automatically harvest the bushes when they are fully grown.

 

 

[[File:Ambrosia sprout.png|400px]]

 

If an [[anima tree]] was killed by any means, this event can occur within a few days from the last death of the tree, appearing at random places that are unaffected by its radius.

{{quote|A Gauranlen pod has sprouted nearby! Harvest it to collect a Gauranlen seed. This special seed can be used to plant the majestic [[Gauranlen tree]]. Your colonist can connect with Guaranlen trees and make them spawn resources and helpful dryads to work or fight for you.}}

 

A [[Gauranlen pod|pod]] will appear somewhere with the current map. Harvesting it yield 1-2 [[Gauranlen seed]]. This event occurs roughly every 60 [[time|days]] in every [[biome]] except Ice Sheets and Sea Ice, and this time is decreased to roughly every 30 days for [[Ideoligion#Tree connection|tree connectors]]. This event can also occur if an [[Ideoligion]]'s ritual result is set to trigger this event and performing the ritual receives a "Beautiful/Fun/Good/Unforgettable" quality.

=== (Animals) join ===

[[File:Animals join.png|400px|thumb|none|Animals join]]

A random animal on the map becomes tame, and immediately joins the colony.

You should probably check the "Animals" tab immediately and assign the animal to an appropriate zone, unless you want to let it move unrestricted.

[[File:Thrumbo self-tamed.png|400px]]

Previously tamed animals which return to the colony can self-tame. When doing so they retain all training they previously had.

An aurora lights up the night sky, giving a +14 mood boost to anyone who is outside watching. It ends at day and otherwise lasts from 0.125 to 0.35 days.

While in real life it only happens near the poles, on the rimworlds it can happen anywhere regardless of latitude.

=== Cargo pods ===

From time to time, cargo pods from the wreckage of the ship will fall out of orbit and land on your map. Each drop will contain only one type of resource in a random amount.  The remains of the pods become pieces of slag, which can be refined into usable metal at an [[electric smelter]]. The pods have a chance of crashing through the roofs of any buildings, damaging any nearby furniture, structures or any pawn they land on.

[[File:Cargo pods.png|400px]]

This notification will appear once relations have been improved with a Hostile faction enough that they will no longer be hostile. Common ways to improve relations include releasing prisoners from their faction (which must leave the map safely to receive the bonus), having successful [[#Peace talks|peace talks]] or providing gifts.

=== Gift from (Faction) ===

Occasionally, visitors from another faction may leave a gift for your colony upon leaving.

[[File:Thrumbo herd migration.png|400px]]

A large herd of [[animal]]s is passing through the area. They won't attack unless provoked.  

* [[Extreme desert]]

=== Inspiration: (Type) ===

One of your colonists has had a [[mental inspiration]] and will perform much better at a certain skill. The inspiration usually lasts for around eight days.

Inspirations can only occur if the colonist is in a very good mood.

One of your colonists has produced an object of legendary [[quality]].

[[File:Marriage is on.png|thumb|right|400px|link=|"''Susy has accepted Mat's marriage proposal...''"]]

A couple that has been together for a while will announce their engagement.  The wedding will take place some time in the future. This allows players to have enough preparation time to build a [[Marriage spot]] if they choose.  If not, any Gather Spot will do.  Any built table or campfire by default is checked as a Gather Spot, but will be overridden by a Marriage spot.  When the day of the wedding arrives, it will take place regardless of the entire colony's attendance. Pawns will sometimes take the family name of their partner upon marriage. After the ceremony takes place, a reception will follow with everyone drinking, smoking and eating if hungry.

Getting married, as well as taking part in the marriage ceremony, gives a substantial, fairly long-lasting mood buff to the colonists involved. This can be a major productivity boost, and lead to inspirations across the colony.  Therefore it is often worth strategically having as many colonists as possible to be present when the marriage takes place.

Colonists who do not reach the meeting point on time, such as those sleeping, fighting fires or lying incapacitated in bed, will not gain the mood buff from the event.  A quick "draft" and "undraft" should be enough to coerce all capable colonists to attend.  Colonists on caravans obviously cannot attend.

If the couple happens to be busy at the exact moment the wedding is to take place, for example, because they are loading a caravan, those who are not members of the trade group will remain waiting at attendance and perform no task at all except for eating until the couple comes back. This can cause characters to get binges and no wardens or doctors looking out for prisoners can easily let captives break out.

Married pawns will want to sleep in the same bed, like with lovers (mentioned later). They receive mood boosts or debuffs depending on the relationship with their couple. They can also receive a mood boost from lovin'.

One of your colonists has created an item of masterwork quality.

=== New lovers ===

[[File:New lovers.png|250px|thumb|none|A character woos another into a romance and she agrees]]

Two characters fall in love.  Build them a 2 pawn bed and assign it so they can sleep together.  This avoids a mood debuff for both colonists. They receive mood boosts or debuffs depending on the relationship with their couple. They can also receive a mood boost from lovin'.

=== New recruit ===

You'll get this notification whenever a Warden has succeeded in recruiting a prisoner. It also appears if a [[Events#Transport pod crash|transport pod crash]] victim chooses to join your faction.

One of your colonists will throw a party, improving the mood of all attendees for some time and providing an opportunity for rapid social exchanges.  They will usually have [[beer]]s and [[smokeleaf joint]]s if available.  Note that the player may have to wake up any sleeping colonists such as Night Owls or otherwise distract other colonists from their work so that they attend the party.  An easy way to do this is by quickly drafting and undrafting them.

Colonists will continually get stacking mood buffs the longer they attend a party. Each stack adds +0.4 to mood, lasts 10 days and stacks up to 10 times.

The party will by default happen around an item checked as a Gather Spot, such as a table or campfire, but may be overridden by building a [[party spot]].

Similar to marriage ceremonies, characters that do not reach the party in time don't get the mood buffs.

If a raid occurs during the party, the party will be cancelled with the message: "The party has been called off."

When this event triggers it gives a positive mood modifier (+16 for normal colonists, more or less depending on the pawn's psychic attunity) to all colonists of a randomly chosen sex. It can be considered the opposite of the [[#Psychic drone|Psychic Drone]].

The positive effect will be attenuated by [[psychic foil helmet]]s. Make sure to take them off all colonists for the duration of the event.

It lasts between 1.5 and 3.0 days and will not reoccur for 15 days.

You've done what was requested by other factions and will receive the reward at your nearest(?) base via pods very close to your buildings, along with an improvement in relations.  The reward will arrive forbidden, so you will have to un-forbid it before your colonists will haul it in. The pods may also crash through your roof, so be prepared to repair.

This event without a faction mentioned occurs when an orbital [[trade]] ship passes near the colony and you have a powered [[comms console]].  Players may spend silver to obtain resources or weapons, or alternately sell excess resources or weapons for silver.

You need to build [[orbital trade beacon]]s before contacting them so you can beam silver and items up to the ship to actually carry out transactions. You can still check the items for sale even without them however.

=== (Trader type) from (Faction) ===

This event with the faction name mentioned means the traders are terrestrial. Trader caravans from other non-hostile factions can stop by your colony, whether specifically requested via the [[comms console]] at a hit to good will or randomly on their own with no penalty.

=== Transport pod crash ===

Rarely, a transport pod will crash land nearby with a downed occupant. Transport pods contain lost spacers or members of other factions. Before deciding what to do to the occupant, it is a good idea to check which faction they belong to. If the transport pod crash victim is an unaffiliated Spacer or a member of a friendly or neutral faction, you can rescue them if you have an available medical bed. If they are a member of a hostile faction, you will need an unoccupied prison bed. Once healed, non-hostile crash victims will either join your colony out of gratitude or walk away to return to their faction. Non-hostiles who return to their colonies will give a good will bonus. [[Prisoner|Capturing]] a member of a non-hostile faction will turn them hostile. If you do nothing and their injuries aren't severe, it's possible for them to stand on their own after a while and leave the map.

For Spacers, there is no faction goodwill bonus for healing or releasing them and no mood penalty for leaving undesirable colonist candidates to die, as long as you don't capture them first. A near-guaranteed way to recruit them is to capture rather than rescue them. Their recruitment difficulty percentage is usually low and this will also train your warden's Social skill.  

For non-hostile faction members, you should always rescue them. This gives them a chance to join your faction, but most likely they will just leave once healed, increasing goodwill.

[[File:Rescuee joined your group.png|400px|thumb|none|Since you rescued him/her. Character joined your group!]]

A random colonist arrives from a map edge and joins the colony immediately. Like most events involving other people, the wanderer has a chance to be related to an existing colonist.  They will most likely be naked, so have some spare clothes ready just in case. Notification: ''A villager named (name) has arrived and is joining the colony. (Gender) is a (backstory)''.

With [[Ideology]], the colonist that joins the colony will have a randomized Ideoligion. This event can also occur at 50% rate if an [[Ideoligion]]'s event result set for this event is "Beautiful/Fun/Good / Unforgettable", with said colonist with the same Ideoligion as the masses of the colonist in the colony.

File:Wanderer joins normal.png|'''Common character'''

File:Wanderer joins relationship.png|'''Related character'''

=== Wild (wo)man wanders in ===

A random person with no faction wanders into your colony and will mill about the map.  You have the option to "Tame" this person with a minimum animals skill of 10. Sometimes, they may not be able to resist the harshness of nature and may fall unconscious (ex: Toxic Fallout, extreme temperatures), allowing you to rescue them like transport pod crash victims. Arresting them will no longer allow you to recruit or enslave them like regular prisoners, they must be tamed or rescued.

Wild humans have a 50% chance of attacking when harmed, and 10% if taming fails.

These wild (wo)man may have random Ideoligion with [[Ideology]].

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File:Wild man wanders in.png|'''Wild man wanders in'''

File:Wild man rescued instead.png|'''Wild man joins without "taming"'''

=== Royal Tribute Collector ===

If you are not hostile to the [[Empire]], Royal Tribute Collectors will visit the colony approximately twice a year. Tribute collectors are essentially Empire-only trade caravans that exclusively accept [[gold]] and [[prisoner]]s in exchange for [[Titles#Honor|Honor]].

Somebody who is already married starts an affair with a single person. It is possible for your colonists to cheat on their lovers who aren't members of your faction.

[[File:Affair.png|400px]]

=== Area revealed  ===

A hidden area has been opened up on the map, with an appropriately colored event envelope regarding the nature of the reveal. It's often associated with opening an [[#Ancient_Danger|Ancient Danger]], which are usually easy to find due to their large rectangular shape.  It can also occur with opening buildings on maps, whether freestanding buildings on a map or opening enemy buildings during your own raids. It can also occur when mining, usually by accident when long straight lines are selected for digging.  However, sometimes entrances to these areas can be seen on the map.  Look along the edges of a mountain for one or more visible edge blocks facing inward. Mining this section out can reveal new mineral riches, new farmland, new animals, new threats... or absolutely nothing.

File:Inward facing edges.png| '''Find inward facing edges,'''

File:Area revealed red.png|'''this area contains a threat

 

This alert uses the title of the leader in question. For example, if the boss of a pirate band dies you will see 'Boss died'.

Occasionally, the leader of another faction will die. The popup window will announce his or her successor.

This will also happen if the leader personally comes to raid your base and is killed in action. Killing an enemy faction leader will give a mood buff for a while to the colonist that accomplished this.

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File:Raid with Faction leader.png|'''Raid with Faction leader presence'''

File:Boss died Faction new b.png|'''(Boss name) died / The new boss is (name)'''

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Similar to the Leader Died event, except this one occurs only when you've succeeded in both capturing and [[#New recruit|recruiting]] another faction's leader. The leader then places first at the colonist bar, instead of last.

[[File:New chief.png|250px|thumb|none|Chief of a hostile tribe recruited to colony.]]

=== Meteorite ===

A large meteorite has struck ground in the area. It has left behind a lump of [material]. During daylight, a large shadow will project on the ground which shrinks as it closes in.

Any colonists beneath the meteorite has a small while to escape before they are crushed by it, the map tile will read: Meteorite (incoming).

File:Meteorite.png|'''Landed meteorite'''

File:Meteorite before impact.png|'''Flying meteorite'''

=== Rare Thrumbos ===

Two to six [[thrumbo]]s will spawn at the edge of the map, staying around for a while to eat anything they can, including your crops. The player can attempt to hunt or tame them, both of which are very difficult. If no action is taken, they will leave on their own after a few days.

 

It will not reoccur for 13 days.

This event doesn't have an envelope, but rather appears in the notification bar up top, assuming these chunks don't strike your colony or pawns.  One or more [[ship chunk]]s fall onto the map. They can be deconstructed for 5-6 [[component]]s and 20 [[steel]]. Rarely they can punch through roofs, damaging structures near it.  Extremely rarely they can land right on top of a colonist, killing them.

In Beta 18 the ship chunk creates an explosion upon landing. The falling chunks cast shadows on the ground, giving a little time for colonists to move out of the way.

This event merely informs you that you are ill-prepared for the winter.  Grow some more food and get some warm clothing.  Plan ahead for any additions to your colony during these seasons, including recruits and born animals.

=== Traveler Visit ===

=== Relationship ===

Normally this isn't an event on its own, but rather an addition to other events that involve other pawns such as raids or traders arriving.  In any instance of other humanoids visiting your base, there is a chance that one or a few of the visitors or raiders may be related to your existing colonists.  Clicking the event envelope will show the relation.

If the visitor instance itself was an event, it will add "(Relationship)" onto the end of the envelope title.  If the instance would only have been a notification otherwise such as other factions crossing your map, it will become a Relationship event on its own.

 

 

=== Visitor(s) ===

Friendly faction members may stop by your settlement.  Occasionally, they will have a few goods to trade. Like a regular trader they will mill about the player's colony for a while.  Unlike a regular trader, they don't have many goods with them, nor do they have as much silver to buy your goods.

 

Visitors possess no higher purpose otherwise. Still, their arrival could prove advantageous if the colony is assaulted by a mutual enemy while they are present.

 

Sometimes there will be a singular visitor. In this case, the game will notify you of the backstory of that visitor.

{{for|a guide to survive these events|World Quests Guide}}

 

=== Attack begun ===

=== Bandit camp opportunity ===

{{see also|Offense tactics}}

=== Caravan ambushed / (manhunters) ===

While travelling, one of your [[caravan]]s are attacked. The game will give you a mini map to defend it.

==== Caravan battle won ====

This event will tell you if your people won their fight.

=== Caravan arrived at (Location) ===