Ideoligion

Ideoligions are both a system of mechanics introduced by, and the primary focus of, the Ideology DLC. They allow colonies to introduce a variety of new restrictions and capabilities to change gameplay, as well as new interactions with other factions.

Mechanics

When starting a game, after choosing the world tile, the player can choose their starting ideoligion. There are four options: disable the ideoligion system, choose one of the preset ideoligions, or choose to form your own - if you choose to create your own, you have the choice between creating a fluid or static ideoligion. You additionally have the ability to customise the ideoligions of the factions, within some restrictions on the memes depending on their type of faction.

Once the game begins, you can view your ideoligions and those of other factions by clicking on the lightbulb icon in the bottom right.

Forming an ideoligion

Forming an ideoligion begins with selecting a structure. Structures typically determine the default style and randomized content of your ideoligion, and may unlock certain rituals, but have no effect on what memes can be chosen. You can choose up to 4 memes, which establish the practical foundation of your ideoligion. The impact of memes varies across three tiers, with some not affecting gameplay much and others altering it drastically. Certain memes may unlock or require certain styles, rituals, and other features in the same vein as structures do. The primary effect of memes comes from precepts, however, as many memes similarly unlock or require specific precepts, which perform most of the gameplay alteration available within the expansion. Precepts can affect gameplay in a number of ways to varying degrees, as they change your colonists' expectations in accordance with the beliefs they represent. For example, an ideoligion with the Guilty and Animal Personhood memes requires that the precepts for charity and animal slaughter are set to some form of requirement and disapproval, respectively; meaning your colonists will gain a mood debuff if beggars are turned away or a colony animal is slaughtered.

Beyond memes and precepts, there are also styles, roles, rituals, buildings, weapon and clothing preferences, venerated animals, and rules for types of hair and tattoo. Styles determine, in conjunction with structures, the overall "theme" of your ideoligion both in description and aesthetics; for example, a Christian-structured ideoligion will feature "God" as its sole deity and its artistic members will only produce Christian-themed sculptures. Roles serve a more practical purpose, and most require a specific meme to be unlocked; but every ideoligion will have a role for its leader and moral guide. Colonists assigned a specific role may be granted certain bonuses and powers, though often at the cost of being more difficult to keep happy and being unable to perform certain types of work. Rituals are specific social events of varying forms and themes which, depending on their quality, may provide a mood buff or debuff to the colonists participating in them. Successful, high-quality rituals may also grant an additional reward such as faction goodwill or the addition of a new pawn to your colony. Buildings may be required by certain rituals, such as the symbol burning ritual; there must to be a symbol to burn, of course. Otherwise, however, buildings are primarily an aesthetic choice and the only required buildings are one place of worship and a seat for it, such as an ideogram and kneel sheet.

Fluid ideoligions

For a guide for how to convert a non-fluid ideoligion to a fluid ideoligion via save editing, see Fluid ideoligion save conversion guide.

Fluid ideoligions are ideoligions that allow for reformation once a sufficient number of development points are obtained. This process allows for the development of the ideoligion over time and in response to in-game circumstances or progress. Fluid ideoligions must start with only a single meme, though more may be added via reformation. They are otherwise formed in the same way as static ideoligions.

Every time you complete a ritual or convert a person to your ideoligion, you gain development points. The number of development points gained by ritual can vary with the quality of said ritual: a terrible ritual awards no points, a decent ritual awards 1 point, and an exceptional ritual awards 2 points; some rituals can even award 3 points if you are lucky. Converting someone (without a conversion ritual) awards 1 point.

With enough development points, you can reform the ideoligion to change structure, alter memes, or change styles, and to change precepts, roles, rituals, buildings, relics, animals, apparel, and pawn appearance, as well as the ideoligion's color, symbol, name, and narrative. If changing memes, a single meme may be added or removed with each reformation, though the total number of memes remains capped at a maximum of 4, and you cannot remove your last meme. If changing styles, existing styles can be removed or changed freely, while one single new style may additionally be added, up to the maximum of 3 styles. Other changes are unlimited, within the limits imposed by structure and memes.

The current point total is displayed just below "styles" in the ideoligion tab. The first reformation costs 10 development points. You can reform your ideoligion many times, although each time your points are reset to 0 and the cost goes up by 2 points - thus, the goal moves from 10, to 12, to 14, and so on, to a maximum of 20. Activities that provide points will list them in their information.

Development points cannot be "stockpiled" beyond those needed for reformation. For example, if you need 10 development points for a reformation and already have 10 points, any further points earned will be lost.

Preset ideoligions

If you choose the "Classic-like" ideoligion, your colonists with be given an ideoligion with the Individualist meme, a random structure, Astropolitan culture, and precepts reminiscent of base game Rimworld.

The ideoligion will have the following precepts:

• Corpses: Ugly
• Insect meat: Despised
• Marriage name: Usually man's
• Eating nutrient paste: Disgusting
• Physical love: Free
• Women's spouses: One only
• Men's spouses: One only

It will have a leader and a moral guide, a funeral ritual and two other random rituals, and a random altar or ideogram, as well as 2-3 random relics.

Conversion

See also: Conversion Power and Global Certainty Loss Factor

Colonists and other pawns of different ideoligions can be converted to whatever ideoligions the player has access to. Imprisoned pawns can be converted by reducing certainty in the prisoner menu, as one might reduce resistance. Other pawns will typically have to be converted using a moral guide for the relevant ideoligion, either through the use of a conversion ritual, the Convert ability, or - most likely - both. Since moral guides cannot be selected without a minimum number of colonists of that ideoligion present, this route may be difficult for players attempting to cultivate a multi-ideoligion colony.

Conversion attempts can also happen passively as part of normal social interaction, as governed by the converter's Ideoligion Spread Chance.

Once a pawn's certainty is reduced to 0 by a conversion attempt, the pawn will be converted to the ideoligion of the converter.

Certainty loss from conversion attempts of all types is scaled by the converter's Conversion Power and the Global Certainty Loss Factor of the convertee. Additionally, a pawn will lose less or more certainty if they have a trait that agrees or conflicts with the memes of the converter's ideoligion. For example a Transhumanist ideoligion will have greater difficulty converting a Body Purist, but less difficulty converting a Body Modder.

Lost certainty is regained at a rate of ??^{[Value Needed]} per day, and scales with the Mood of the pawn with happier pawns gaining

Certainty loss = 6% * Conversion Power of the Converter * If Converter is Moral Guide (x2) * Global Certainty Loss Factor of Convertee * Relic Conversion Power Factor * Trait/Meme Agreeableness * AI Storyteller's Low pop conversion boost multiplier

Relic Conversion Power Factor

Structure

Choosing your structure affects which symbols the game uses for your ideoligion. It does not affect gameplay.

Image	Structure	Description	Styles	Unlocked Rituals	Chance to Have Precept
	Abstract theist	The god(s) do not have physical form, but are everywhere at once. They know all, and can do anything. Their will defines the moral structure of the universe.
	Animist	Spirits live in everything around us. In the plants and animals, rivers and trees, sky and stars. The moral structure of the universe springs from the necessity of respecting them.	Animalist
	Archist	Archotechs are the true gods. They know the moral structure of the universe, and serving them is how we will connect with it.
	Buddhist origin	This ideoligion is a descendant of ancient Buddhism. It may have very different precepts than those of thousands of years ago, but its symbols are similar.	Buddhist	Smokeleaf circle	Headwrap: Relaxed Broadwrap: Relaxed
	Christian origin	This is a variant of the abstract theist structure. This ideoligion is a descendant of ancient Christianity. It may have very different precepts than those of thousands of years ago, but its symbols are similar.	Christian	Christmas tree party	Headwrap: Relaxed Broadwrap: Relaxed
	Embodied theist	The god(s) walk the planets like us, yet they are powerful and immortal as we are not. They decide the moral structure of the universe.
	Hindu origin	This is a variant of the embodied theist structure. This ideoligion is a descendant of ancient Hinduism. It may have very different precepts than those of thousands of years ago, but its symbols are similar.	Hindu	Smokeleaf circle	Headwrap: Relaxed Broadwrap: Relaxed
	Ideological	There are no gods. The moral structure of the universe is found in our grand narrative of social forces.		Symbol burning
	Islamic origin	This is a variant of the abstract theist structure. This ideoligion is a descendant of ancient Islam. It may have very different precepts than those of thousands of years ago, but its symbols are similar.	Islamic		Headwrap: Relaxed Broadwrap: Relaxed

Cultures

Cultures affect names, appearances, and symbols.

Image	Culture	Factions Allowed	Description
	Astropolitan	New Arrivals	A broad collection of cultures common among frequent space travelers.
	Rustican	Outlander Factions	A hardy industrial cultures common among rimworld outlanders.
	Corunan	New Tribe Tribal Factions	An ancient culture common among rimworld tribes.
	Kriminul	Pirate Factions	A broad category describing the styles and practices of many pirate groups.
	Sophian	Empire Faction Ancient Factions	A techno-feudal culture centered on the planet Sophiamunda.

Styles

An ideoligion can have 0-3 associated styles. People belonging to that ideoligion will apply those styles when making specific items. Colonists will get thoughts based on the styles of the objects around them, depending on their ideoligion's diversity of thought precept either for having surroundings match or not match their ideoligion. Neutral surroundings produce no thought. If multiple styles of an ideoligion affect the same object, left-most applies. Note that building appearance in the construction menu will be based on your primary ideoligion, but the actual building might be different if built by a pawn of a different ideoligion.

Style	New buildables	Affects items	Affects objects	Affects ritual ambience sound
Hindu	-	Simple helmet, Flak helmet	Small sculpture, Large sculpture, Grand sculpture	Yes
Christian	-	-	Small sculpture, Large sculpture, Grand sculpture	Yes
Islamic	-	-	Small sculpture, Large sculpture, Grand sculpture	Yes
Buddhist	-	-	Small sculpture, Large sculpture, Grand sculpture	Yes
Morbid	Morbid carpet, Morbid slab (broad), Morbid slab (medium), Morbid stone tile	Recon helmet, Marine helmet, Cataphract helmet	Small sculpture, Large sculpture, Grand sculpture, Small altar, Medium altar, Large altar, Grand altar, Stool, Table (1x2, 2x2, 2x4, 3x3), Standing lamp (regular, red, green, blue, darklamp), Torch lamp, Column	Yes
Totemic	Totemic boards, Totemic slab (broad), Totemic slab (medium), Totemic stone tile	Recon helmet, Marine helmet, Cataphract helmet	Small sculpture, Large sculpture, Grand sculpture, Small altar, Medium altar, Large altar, Grand altar, Stool, Dining chair, Table (1x2, 2x2, 2x4, 3x3), Standing lamp (regular, red, green, blue, darklamp), Torch lamp, Column	Yes
Spikecore	Spikecore floor-star (broad), Spikecore floor-star (medium), Spikecore plates, Spikecore stone tile	Simple helmet, Flak helmet, Flak jacket, Duster, Jacket, Parka	Table (1x2, 2x2, 2x4, 3x3), Standing lamp (regular, red, green, blue, darklamp), Torch lamp, Column	Yes
Rustic	Rustic rug (broad), Rustic rug (medium)	Simple helmet, Flak helmet	Column, Standing lamp (regular, red, green, blue, darklamp), Torch lamp, Table (1x2, 2x2, 2x4, 3x3)	Yes
Animalist	Animalist slab (broad), Animalist slab (medium)	Recon helmet, Marine helmet, Cataphract helmet, War mask	Small sculpture, Large sculpture, Grand sculpture	Yes
Techist	-	-	Column, Plant pot, Standing lamp (regular, red, green, blue, darklamp), Shelf, Autodoor, Table (1x2, 2x2, 2x4, 3x3)	Yes

Style dominance

Pawns consider objects with style dominance within 27 tiles outdoors, or in the same room regardless of distance. An item is considered "uniform" if pawn's ideoligion can build it, and "diverse" otherwise, regardless of the actual style: for example, a totemic table will be considered diverse for an ideoligion with morbid and totemic styles, because the morbid style overrides totemic tables. If the total style dominance of uniform or diverse objects is at least 10 more than the other category, pawns will get an appropriate thought; the actual style of the object does not matter for stacking either: a morbid slab and a totemic slab in the same room will be uniform for an ideoligion with both styles, cancel each other out and give no thought for an ideoligion with one of those styles, and diverse for an ideoligion with neither.

An ideoligion with no styles would still consider its own buildings (such as ideogram), but not ritual seats, to be uniform.

Clothing, whether worn or placed on the ground, and uninstalled objects have no impact on style dominance.

	Style Dominance
Animalist slab (broad)	40
Animalist slab (medium)	30
Burnbong	10
Cannibal platter	10
Christmas tree	10
Column	10
Darktorch	5
Effigy	10
Fungus darktorch	5
Grand altar	50
Grand sculpture	40
Hex carpet	1
Hex tile	1
Ideogram	20
Incense shrine	10
Kneel pillow	5
Kneel sheet	5
Large altar	40
Large sculpture	20
Medium altar	20
Mindbend carpet	1
Morbid carpet	1
Morbid slab (broad)	40
Morbid slab (medium)	30
Morbid stone tile	1
Pew	5
Pyre	10
Rustic rug (broad)	40
Rustic rug (medium)	30
Sacrificial flag	10
Small altar	10
Small sculpture	10
Spikecore floor-star (broad)	40
Spikecore floor-star (medium)	30
Spikecore plates	1
Spikecore stone tile	1
Standing lamp	5
Table (1x2)	5
Table (2x2)	10
Table (2x4)	20
Table (3x3)	20
Torch lamp	5
Totemic boards	1
Totemic slab (broad)	40
Totemic slab (medium)	30
Totemic stone tile	1

Memes

You must choose one to four memes at the beginning of your playthrough to form the foundational ideas of your ideoligion. Some have much more gameplay impact than others. Hovering over a meme will show you the information in this table.

	Meme	Description	Impact	Incompatible Memes	Required Precepts	Chance to Have Precept	Disabled Precepts	Unlocked Roles	Required Rituals	Unlocked Rituals	New Buildables	Unlocked Craftables	Start with Research	Agreeing Traits	Conflicting Traits	Styles
	Animal personhood	Animals have rights as humans do.	High	Rancher	Animal connection: Strong Slaughtering animals: Prohibited, Horrible, or Disapproved Meat eating: Abhorrent, Horrible, or Disapproved	-	-	Animals specialist	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Blindsight	Only those who are blind can perceive true reality.	High	Darkness	Blind psysense: Strong Blindness: Respected, Elevated, or Sublime	-	Blindness: Horrible Lighting: Darklight preferred Combat in darkness: preferred	Medical specialist	Blinding	-	-	Blindfold	-	-	-	-
	Cannibal	We must consume human flesh.	High	-	Organ use: Acceptable Cannibalism: Preferred, Required (strong), or Required (ravenous) Execution: Don't care, Respected if guilty, or Required	-	Execution: Always horrible or Horrible if innocent	-	-	Cannibal feast	-	-	-	Cannibal	-	Morbid
	Collectivist	Each person is part of a greater whole. People should work to play their part and help the group.	Low	Individualist	Work drive: Tripled	Visage mask: Relaxed	Marriage name: Keep names	-	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Darkness	Bright light burns and destroys! Darkness nourishes and creates. People ought to live in darkness.	High	Blindsight	Lighting: Darklight preferred Combat in darkness: Preferred	-	-	Mining specialist	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Female supremacy	Women are the superior gender and should rule.	Medium	Male supremacy	-	Burka: Relaxed Veil: Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Misandrist	Misogynist	-
	Flesh purity	The human body should not be debased.	Medium	High life Transhumanist	Drug use: Prohibited Biosculpting: Despised Body modification: Abhorrent Scarification: Horrible	-	Body modification: Approved Physical love: Free and approved	Medical specialist	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	Body purist Nudist	Body modder	-
	Guilty	Our people carry guilt from ages past. Others are more worthy.	Low	Supremacist Loyalist	Pain: Idealized Charity: Essential, Important, or Worthwhile	-	Apostasy: Abhorrent, Horrible, and Guilty Slavery: Honorable	-	-	Symbol burning	-	Torture crown	-	-	-	-
	High life	Exotic states of mind are central to a good life.	Medium	Flesh purity	Drug use: Essential	Flophat: Relaxed	Drug use: Prohibited, Medical only, or Medical/social only	Plants specialist	Smokeleaf circle	Smokeleaf circle	Autobong Mindbend carpet	-	-	Chemical interest Chemical fascination	-	-
	Human primacy	Humans are the moral center of the universe.	Medium	Nature primacy	Bonding: Disapproved	-	Slaughtering animals: Prohibited, Horrible, and Disapproved Killing innocent animals: Abhorrent, Horrible, and Disapproved Meat eating: Abhorrent, Horrible, Disapproved, Mildly required, Seriously required, and Strictly required Mining: Prohibited, Horrible, and Disapproved Cutting trees: Prohibited, Horrible, and Disapproved	Production specialist	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Individualist	Each person is a free individual with the right to their own ideas and decisions. Nobody should be made to conform.	Low	Collectivist Supremacist	-	-	Slavery: Honorable	-	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Loyalist	We stand for our own before others.	Low	Supremacist Guilty	-	-	-	-	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Male supremacy	Men are the superior gender and should rule.	Medium	Female supremacy	-	Burka: Relaxed Veil: Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Misogynist	Misandrist	-
	Nature primacy	Man is a stain on nature's perfection.	Medium	Human primacy	-	-	-	Plants specialist		-	-	-	-	-	-	Animalist
	Nudism	Clothing binds, controls, and suffocates us. We should all hang free.	High	-	Male clothing: Fully nude or Pants at most Female clothing: Fully nude or Pants at most	-	-	-	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	Nudist	-	-
	Pain is virtue	Virtue is shown through suffering of self and others.	High	-	Pain: Idealized Comfort: Ignored Slab bed: Preferred	-	Charity: Essential, Important, and Worthwhile Execution: Always abhorrent and Always horrible Scarification: Horrible Skullspike: Disapproved	-	Scarification	Symbol burning	Slab bed Slab double bed	Torture crown	-	Ascetic Tortured artist Masochist	Wimp Gourmand	Morbid
	Proselytizer	It is our duty to spread our beliefs.	Medium	-	Proselytizing: Occasional, Sometimes, or Frequent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Raider	The strong should take from the weak.	Medium	-	Raiding: Respected or Required Execution: Horrible if innocent, Don't care, Respected if guilty, or Required	-	Skullspike: Disapproved Slavery: Abhorrent, Horrible, and Disapproved	Shooting specialist Melee specialist	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Rancher	Raising animals is the right way; raising plants to eat is not.	Medium	Animal personhood	Ranching: Central Meat eating: Mildly required, Seriously required, or Strictly required	-	-	Animals specialist	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Supremacist	Our people should dominate all others.	Low	Individualist Loyalist Guilty	Slavery: Acceptable or Honorable Execution: Required, Respected if guilty, or Don't care	-	Charity: Essential, Important and Worthwhile Skullspike: Disapproved	Shooting specialist Melee specialist	-	Symbol burning	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Transhumanist	Human progress means merging with technology.	Medium	Flesh purity	Sleep accelerator: Preferred Neural supercharge: Preferred Biosculpting: Accelerated Age reversal: Demanded Eating nutrient paste: Don't mind Body modification: Approved	Slicecap: Relaxed	Body modification: Abhorrent or Disapproved	Research specialist	-	-	Hex carpet Hex tile Neural supercharger Sleep accelerator	-	-	Body modder	Body purist	Techist
	Tree connection	Trees are the essence of life, and we must be near them.	High	-	Trees: Desired	-	-	Plants specialist	-	-	-	-	Tree sowing	-	-	-
	Tunneler	Humans ought to live underground, and enjoy the succulent fruit of the depths.	High	-	Fungus: Preferred Insect meat: Loved Small spaces: Don't care	-	Mining: Prohibited, Horrible, or Disapproved	Mining specialist	-	-	Fungal gravel	-	Stonecutting	Undergrounder	-	-
	Bloodfeeding	Drinking blood is sacred. Bloodfeeders should be worshipped.	Medium	-	Bloodfeeders: Revered Organ use: Acceptable Cannibalism: Acceptable or Preferred Execution: Don't care, Respected if guilty, or Required	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Deathrest	-	-	Morbid

Other Faction Customization

Meme	Civil outlander	Rough outlander	Gentle tribe	Fierce tribe	Savage tribe	Cannibal tribe	Nudist tribe	Pirate gang	Pirate cannibal gang	Shattered Empire	Ancient faction
Supremacist		Required			Required			Required	Required	*
Loyalist		*			*					Required
Guilty		*			*					*
Individualist	Required**	*			*					*
Collectivist	Required**									Required
Transhumanist
Flesh purity
Raider								Required	Required
Proselytizer
High life
Nature primacy
Human primacy
Female supremacy
Male supremacy
Animal personhood
Rancher
Pain is virtue
Darkness
Tunneler
Tree connection
Nudism							Required
Blindsight
Cannibal						Required			Required

*Appears on faction's options but conflicts with required meme
**Individualist OR Collectivist must be chosen

Natural goodwill with other factions

Additionally, Supremacist and Raider have -50 with everyone, Loyalist -10 with everyone, and Guilty +10 with everyone. There is a +10 bonus for having the same ideoligion.

Modifiers stack, but each pair only applies once; for example Flesh purity + Cannibal vs Flesh purity + Cannibal give +10 for Flesh purity/Flesh purity, +10 for Cannibal/Cannibal, and +10 for Flesh purity/Cannibal.

	Individualist	Collectivist	Transhumanist	Flesh purity	Proselytizer	High life	Nature primacy	Human primacy	Female supremacy	Male supremacy	Animal personhood	Rancher	Pain is virtue	Nudism	Cannibal
Individualist	+10	-10			-10				-10	-10					-10
Collectivist	-10	+10
Transhumanist			+10	-20			-20	+10
Flesh purity			-20	+10		-30		+10							+10
Proselytizer	-10
High life				-30		+10
Nature primacy			-20				+10	-30			+10	-30
Human primacy			+10	+10			-30	+10			-10
Female supremacy	-10								+10	-30
Male supremacy	-10								-30	+10
Animal personhood							+10	-10			+10	-10
Rancher							-30				-10
Pain is virtue													+10		+10
Nudism														+10
Cannibal	-10			+10									+10		+10

Precepts

Associated precepts have a chance to appear if a meme is present, but can still be removed if not required.

Some precepts are available to all ideologies, some require at least one of the enabling memes, and some may be unavailable if certain memes are present.

Present in every ideoligion

There are 19 issues (precept categories) that are present in every ideoligion and may not be removed. However, their level may be changed. They include "basic" precepts from the base game, used in "Play Classic".

	Issue	Precept	Description	Requirement	Associated	Effects
	Blindness	Horrible	Blinding people for ideoligious reasons is horrible.	Not Blindsight		Colonists gain Mood: Someone got blinded: -2 unless they have the Psychopath or Bloodlust traits
		Respected	To be blind is a moral thing worthy of respect.	Blindsight	Blindsight	Colonists gain Moods: Blind (+5), Vision Blocked (+2), or Was Blinded (+3). They also gain a +20 Opinion bonus towards blind pawns, or a -8 Opinion malus to sighted pawns.
		Elevated	The blind stand pure above the sighted.	Blindsight	Blindsight	Moods as Respected, but Blind increases to +10 and Was Blinded to +5. Half-Blind (+1) and Not Blind (-3) are added. Opinion bonus towards blind pawns increases to +35 and malus towards sighted pawns increases to -10. Opinion bonus towards half-blind pawns is added (+10).
		Sublime	Only the blind can be truly noble, for the sighted find their minds clouded by physical vision.	Blindsight	Blindsight	Moods as Elevated, but Blind increases to +15, Was Blinded to +6. Half-Blind drops to -1, and Not Blind to -6. Opinion bonus towards blind pawns increases to +50 and malus towards sighted pawns increases to -30.
	Cannibalism	Abhorrent	Eating human flesh is a deeply abhorrent and disgusting act.			-20 mood for eating human meat -12 mood for butchering a human -5 mood for a human butchered in the colony -20 opinion for butchering a human -10 opinion for eating human meat -2, -4, -6, -8 mood for 1, 2, 3, 4 human leather clothing
		Horrible	Eating human flesh is a horrible thing to do.			-12 mood for eating human meat -6 mood for butchering a human -3 mood for a human butchered in the colony -10 opinion for butchering a human -5 opinion for eating human meat -2, -3, -5, -6 mood for 1, 2, 3, 4 human leather clothing
		Disapproved	Eating human flesh is an ugly thing to do.		Pain is virtue	-5 mood for eating human meat -3 mood for butchering a human -1 mood for a human butchered in the colony -5 opinion for butchering a human -3 opinion for eating human meat -1, -2, -3, -4 mood for 1, 2, 3, 4 human leather clothing
		Acceptable	Human meat is just meat, like any other.		Pain is virtue
		Preferred	To consume human meat is a noble and necessary part of life.		Cannibal	+2 mood for eating human meat -2 mood for not eating human meat for ? days +1, +2, +3, +4 mood for 1, 2, 3, 4 human leather clothing
		Required (strong)	Consuming human flesh is important. It should be in every meal.	Cannibal	Cannibal	-2 mood for eating food without human meat -3 opinion for eating food without human meat +4 mood for eating human meat -4 mood for not eating human meat for ? days +2, +3, +5, +6 mood for 1, 2, 3, 4 human leather clothing
		Required (ravenous)	Man-flesh is morality. To eat a meal without it is unthinkable.	Cannibal	Cannibal	-4 mood for eating food without human meat -5 opinion for eating food without human meat +6 mood for eating human meat -8 mood for not eating human meat for ? days +2, +4, +6, +8 mood for 1, 2, 3, 4 human leather clothing
	Corpses	Ugly	The sight of a dead person is horrible.			-4 mood for seeing a human corpse -6 mood for seeing a rotten human corpse
		Don't care	The sight of a dead person is nothing to be concerned about.	Pain is virtue Cannibal Supremacist Raider	Pain is virtue Cannibal Raider	No saw corpse debuff. No saw rotting corpse debuff
	Diversity of thought	Intense bigotry	Other beliefs are evil deceptions ruining the world. It's totally unacceptable to let them exist in the community.		Loyalist Proselytizer	-3, -6, or -9 mood for having other ideologies in the colony +3 for having all colonists of the same ideology -25 opinion for different ideology -5 mood for having a leader of a different ideoligion -4 mood for having another ideoligion's altar in the same room as own ideoligion's +5 mood for matching style surroundings -4 mood for mismatching style surroundings -6 mood for participating in another ideoligion's ritual
		Moderate bigotry	Other beliefs are immoral delusions which do real harm. It's bad to let them exist in the community.		Loyalist Proselytizer	-2, -4, or -6 mood for having other ideologies in the colony +2 for having all colonists of the same ideology -15 opinion for different ideology -4 mood for having a leader of a different ideoligion -2 mood for having another ideoligion's altar in the same room as own ideoligion's +4 mood for matching style surroundings -3 mood for mismatching style surroundings -4 mood for participating in another ideoligion's ritual
		Mild bigotry	Other beliefs are clearly folly. It's not good to let them exist in the community.		Loyalist Proselytizer	-1, -2, or -3 mood for having other ideologies in the colony +1 for having all colonists of the same ideology -5 opinion for different ideology -3 mood for having a leader of a different ideoligion -1 mood for having another ideoligion's altar in the same room as own ideoligion's +3 mood for matching style surroundings -2 mood for mismatching style surroundings -3 mood for participating in another ideoligion's ritual
		Neutral	Other beliefs are neither approved or disapproved.			-2 mood for having a leader of a different ideoligion +2 mood for matching style surroundings 0 mood for mismatching style surroundings
		Appreciated	Other beliefs are worth understanding. It's good to live with others who think differently.		Individualist	+1, +2, or +3 mood for having other ideologies in the colony 0 mood for matching style surroundings +2 mood for mismatching style surroundings
		Highly appreciated	Other beliefs hold unique knowledge. It's great to live with others who think differently.	Individualist	Individualist	+2, +4, or +6 mood for having other ideologies in the colony 0 mood for matching style surroundings +3 mood for mismatching style surroundings
		Exalted	Working through disagreement is the height of morality. It's very moral to live with others who think differently.	Individualist	Individualist	+3, +6, or +9 mood for having other ideologies in the colony 0 mood for matching style surroundings +4 mood for mismatching style surroundings
	Eating Nutrient Paste	Disgusting	Nutrient paste is disgusting.			-4 mood for eating nutrient paste
		Don't mind	There's nothing wrong with a meal of efficient, healthy nutrient paste.	Transhumanist	Transhumanist	Nullifies mood penalty from eating nutrient paste.
	Execution	Always abhorrent	Executing a prisoner is an abhorrent evil under any circumstances.	Not pain is virtue	Individualist	Pawns will not execute prisoners -20 mood for 6 days for killing a prisoner -3/-4/-6/-7 mood for 6 days for guilty execution/euthanasia/execution/organ harvest kill on a colonist -3/-4/-6/-7 mood for 6 days for guilty execution/euthanasia/execution/organ harvest kill on a prisoner or guest -7 mood for 6 days for non-execution prisoner death -25 opinion for executing a prisoner -25 opinion for killing a prisoner[Moods need verification]
		Always horrible	Executing a prisoner is a horrible thing under any circumstances.	Not pain is virtue Not cannibal	Individualist	-15 mood for 6 days for killing or executing a prisoner -2/-3/-5/-6 mood for 6 days for guilty execution/euthanasia/execution/organ harvest kill on a colonist -2/-3/-5/-6 mood for 6 days for guilty execution/euthanasia/execution/organ harvest kill on a prisoner or guest -5 mood for 6 days for non-execution guilty prisoner death -15 opinion for executing a prisoner -15 opinion for killing a prisoner[Moods need verification]
		Horrible if innocent	Executing an innocent prisoner is a horrible thing. If the prisoner is guilty, it's acceptable.	Not cannibal		-15 mood for 6 days for killing or executing an innocent prisoner -2/-3/-5/-6 mood for 6 days for guilty execution/euthanasia/execution/organ harvest kill on a colonist -2/-3/-5/-6 mood for 6 days for guilty execution/euthanasia/execution/organ harvest kill on a prisoner or guest -5 mood for 6 days for non-execution guilty prisoner death -30 opinion for executing an innocent prisoner -15 opinion for killing an innocent prisoner[Moods need verification]
		Don't care	Executing prisoners is acceptable, whether they are guilty or innocent.
		Respected if guilty	Executing prisoners is acceptable. If the prisoner is guilty, it is cause for great happiness.		Pain is virtue Collectivist	+10 mood for 6 days for executing a guilty prisoner +3 mood for 6 days for a guilty prisoner executed +20 opinion for executing a guilty prisoner
		Required	Prisoners must be executed on a regular basis. When they are, it is a happy occasion.		Supremacist Pain is virtue	+10 mood for 6 days for executing a prisoner +10 mood for killing a prisoner +3 mood for 2 days for prisoner or guest executed -3 mood for no executions for ? days +15 opinion for executing a prisoner +15 opinion for killing a prisoner
	Fungus	Despised	That dark-grown fungus food is just disgusting	Not Tunneler		Ate fungus raw: -6 Ate fungus cooked: -3
		Preferred	Fungus is the right crop to eat. Crops of the light are poisoned by the air and sun.	Tunneler	Tunneler	Ate fungus: +3 Ate cooked fungus: +3 Ate non-fungus plant raw: -5 Ate non-fungus plant cooked: -3
	Insect Meat	Despised	Insect meat is disgusting to even look at, much less eat. Slimy!			-6 mood for eating insect meat -3 mood for eating cooked insect meat
		Loved	There is nothing more divine than the succulent, slimy flesh of an insect		Tunneler	Gives a +6 moodlet when pawns eat meals with insect meat as an ingredient, duration 1 day.
	Marriage Name	Always Man's	Couples must share the man's name.		Male supremacy	Couples always take man's name
		Usually Man's	Most couples share the man's name			As random, but 95% to not consider taking woman's name and 75% to not consider keeping names
		Random	Couples randomly choose whether to share a name, and which name to share.			Couples randomly select between taking man's, woman's, or keeping names
		Keep Names	Both partners keep their names upon marriage.	Not Collectivist		Couples always keep their names
		Usually Woman's	Most couples share the woman's name			As random, but 95% to not consider taking man's name and 75% to not consider keeping names
		Always Woman's	Couples must share the woman's name.		Female supremacy	Couples always take woman's name
	Female Clothing	Fully nude	Women must be entirely nude at all times. Utility items like shields belts or jump packs are acceptable.		Male supremacy Nudism	-4 mood when wearing any clothing and for 0.5 days after removing it -5 opinion for wearing clothes
		Pants at most	Women should cover their groin, but may not cover anything else. Utility items like shields belts or jump packs are acceptable.		Nudism	-4 mood when wearing any clothing except pants and for 0.5 days after removing it -4 mood for not covering groin -5 opinion for wearing clothes other than pants -10 opinion for uncovered groin
		No rules	A woman may display or cover any part of her body.		Individualist
		Pants	Women must cover their groin. The rest of the body may be covered, or not.			-4 mood for not covering groin -10 opinion for uncovered groin
		Pants and shirt	Women must cover their groin and chest. The rest of the body may be covered, or not.			-4 mood for not covering groin or chest -10 opinion for uncovered groin or chest
		Pants, shirt, and hat	Women must cover their entire body and hair. The face may be covered, or not.		Male supremacy	-4 mood for not covering groin, chest, or hair -10 opinion for uncovered groin, chest, or hair
		Fully covered	Women must cover their entire body, including their hair and face.		Male supremacy	-4 mood for not covering groin, chest, hair, or face -10 opinion for uncovered groin, chest, hair, or face
	Male Clothing	Fully nude	Men must be entirely nude at all times. Utility items like shields belts or jump packs are acceptable.		Female supremacy Nudism	-4 mood when wearing any clothing and for 0.5 days after removing it -5 opinion for wearing clothes
		Pants at most	Men should cover their groin, but may not cover anything else. Utility items like shields belts or jump packs are acceptable.		Nudism	-4 mood when wearing any clothing except pants and for 0.5 days after removing it -4 mood for not covering groin -5 opinion for wearing clothes other than pants -10 opinion for uncovered groin
		No rules	A man may display or cover any part of his body.		Individualist
		Pants	Men must cover their groin. The rest of the body may be covered, or not.			-4 mood for not covering groin -10 opinion for uncovered groin
		Pants and shirt	Men must cover their groin and chest. The rest of the body may be covered, or not.			-4 mood for not covering groin or chest -10 opinion for uncovered groin or chest
		Pants, shirt, and hat	Men must cover their entire body and hair. The face may be covered, or not.		Female supremacy	-4 mood for not covering groin, chest, or hair -10 opinion for uncovered groin, chest, or hair
		Fully covered	Men must cover their entire body, including their hair and face.		Female supremacy	-4 mood for not covering groin, chest, hair, or face -10 opinion for uncovered groin, chest, hair, or face
	Organ use	Totally abhorrent	Any harvesting, trading, or installing natural organs is an abhorrent evil.		Flesh purity	-30 mood for harvesting someone's organ -10 mood for organ harvested in the colony -30 mood for trading an organ -5 mood for organ traded in the colony -30 mood for installing an organ -4 mood for organ installed in the colony -30 opinion for harvesting an organ -30 opinion for trading an organ -15 opinion for installing an organ
		No harvest or sell	Harvesting organs is a horrible thing. Selling any natural organ is pretty bad too. However, it's okay to buy and install them.		Flesh purity	-15 mood for harvesting someone's organ -5 mood for organ harvested in the colony -8 mood for selling an organ -2 mood for organ sold in the colony -20 opinion for harvesting an organ -10 opinion for selling an organ
		No harvest	Harvesting organs is a horrible thing. However, it's okay to buy, install, or sell them.		Cannibal Raider Collectivist	-15 mood for harvesting someone's organ -5 mood for organ harvested in the colony -20 opinion for harvesting an organ
		Acceptable	It's okay to harvest, buy, install, or sell organs.		Cannibal Raider Collectivist
	Physical Love	Free	Physical intimacy is a natural part of life, with any partner, married or not.		Individualist
		Prohibited	The physical act of lust is always vile, disgusting, and wrong.		Flesh purity Pain is virtue	Pawns will not share beds -30 mood for 1 day for lovin' -20 opinion for lovin'
		Horrible	The physical act of lust is vile, though within marriage it is necessary.		Flesh purity Pain is virtue	Pawns will not share beds with non-spouses -30 mood for 1 day for lovin' with non-spouse -20 opinion for lovin' with non-spouse -5 mood for 1 day for lovin' with spouse -5 opinion for lovin' with spouse
		Spouse only (strict)	To make love with another outside of marriage is deeply immoral.			Pawns will not share beds with non-spouses -30 mood for 1 day for lovin' with non-spouse -20 opinion for lovin' with non-spouse
		Spouse only (moderate)	To make love with another outside of marriage is wrong.			Pawns will not share beds with non-spouses -15 mood for 1 day for lovin' with non-spouse -10 opinion for lovin' with non-spouse
		Spouse only (mild)	Though it's understandable to make love with another outside of marriage, it's not a good thing.			Pawns will not share beds with non-spouses -5 mood for 1 day for lovin' with non-spouse -5 opinion for lovin' with non-spouse
		Free and approved	The physical act of love is a noble thing, no matter who does it with whom.	Not flesh purity	Individualist	+5 opinion for loving'
	Research	Not allowed	To research technology is an immoral act. It is not to be done.			Pawns are unwilling to research.
		Extremely slow	Research isn't a worthwhile activity at all. Why try hard at it?			0.25x Research Speed
		Very slow	Research work is unworthy of serious respect. Better not to be seen trying hard at it.			0.50x Research Speed
		Slow	Research work just isn't particularly meaningful. Why try hard at it?			0.75x Research Speed
		Normal	Research is a worthwhile form of work that the community needs.			1.00x Research Speed
		Fast	Research is an especially virtuous activity.			1.25x Research Speed
		Very fast	Research is among the most meaningful acts a person can perform.			1.50x Research Speed
	Scarification	Extreme	Every person ought to bear the ritual scars - all over.	Pain is virtue		+6 mood for getting scarified +3 mood for having 5 scars -3 mood for having fewer than 5 scars +10 opinion for having 5 scars -5 opinion for having 1-4 scars -10 opinion for having no scars
		Heavy	Every person ought to bear the ritual scars - many of them.	Pain is virtue		+5 mood for getting scarified +2 mood for having 3 scars -2 mood for having fewer than 3 scars +5 opinion for having 3 scars -3 opinion for having 1-2 scars -5 opinion for having no scars
		Minor	Every person ought to bear a ritual scar.	Pain is virtue		+3 mood for getting scarified +1 mood for having a scar -1 mood for having no scars +3 opinion for having a scar -3 opinion for having no scars
		Horrible	Scarifying people for ideoligious reasons is horrible.	Not Pain is virtue		-2 mood for scarification ceremony in the colony
	Skullspike	Desired	A skull on a spike symbolizes our superiority.		Pain is virtue Supremacist Raider	Adds a mood increase of +1 for 1-3 skullspikes, +2 for 4-8 skullspikes, and +3 for 9+ skullspikes.
		Disapproved	Putting skulls on spikes is a barbaric practice.	Not Pain is virtue Not Supremacist Not Raider		Adds a mood malus of -1 for 1-3 skullspikes, -2 for 4-8 skullspikes, and -3 for 9+ skullspikes.
	Slavery	Abhorrent	Owning or trading human beings is deeply evil.	Not raider	Guilty Individualist	-3 mood per slave in the colony Pawns will not sell pawns into slavery Pawns will not enslave prisoners -10 mood for 6 days for a pawn sold into slavery -20 opinion for selling a pawn into slavery -20 opinion for enslaving a pawn
		Horrible	Owning or trading human beings is a horrible thing.	Not raider	Guilty Individualist	-2 mood per slave in the colony -10 mood for 6 days for selling a pawn into slavery -10 mood for 6 days for enslaving a prisoner -3 mood for 6 days for a pawn sold into slavery -3 mood for 6 days for a prisoner enslaved -10 opinion for selling a pawn into slavery -10 opinion for enslaving a pawn
		Disapproved	Slavery is part of life, though it is extremely distasteful.	Not raider	Guilty Individualist	-1 mood per slave in the colony -5 mood for 6 days for selling a pawn into slavery -5 mood for 6 days for enslaving a prisoner -2 mood for 6 days for a pawn sold into slavery -2 mood for 6 days for a prisoner enslaved -5 opinion for selling a pawn into slavery -5 opinion for enslaving a pawn
		Acceptable	Slavery is a normal, unremarkable part of life.
		Honorable	One who owns and trades slaves should be honored and respected.	Not guilty Not individualist	Supremacist Collectivist Pain is virtue	+1 mood per slave in the colony -2 mood for no slaves in the colony +4 mood for 6 days for selling a pawn into slavery +4 mood for 6 days for enslaving a prisoner (unless they were enslaved before) +2 mood for 6 days for a pawn sold into slavery +2 mood for 6 days for a prisoner enslaved +10 opinion for selling a pawn into slavery +10 opinion for enslaving a pawn
	Women's spouses	One only	Women may have one spouse only.
		Two or fewer	Women may have up to two spouses.		Female supremacy
		Three or fewer	Women may have up to three spouses.		Female supremacy
		Four or fewer	Women may have up to four spouses.		Female supremacy
		Unlimited	Women may have as many spouses as they like.		Female supremacy
	Men's spouses	One only	Men may have one spouse only.
		Two or fewer	Men may have up to two spouses.		Male supremacy
		Three or fewer	Men may have up to three spouses.		Male supremacy
		Four or fewer	Men may have up to four spouses.		Male supremacy
		Unlimited	Men may have as many spouses as they like.		Male supremacy

Optional

These precepts can be added through memes or by player choice.

	Issue	Precept	Description	Requirement	Associated	Effects
	Slaughtering animals	Prohibited	Slaughtering animals is absolutely prohibited.		Animal personhood	Prohibitions: Slaughter animal Mood: Someone slaughtered an animal: -4 Opinions: Slaughtered animal: -10
		Horrible	To slaughter an animal is a horrible thing.		Animal personhood	Mood: Slaughtered animal: -15 Someone slaughtered an animal: -2 Opinions: Slaughtered animal: -5
		Disapproved	To slaughter an animal is an ugly thing.		Animal personhood	Mood: Slaughtered animal: -5 Someone slaughtered an animal: -1 Opinions: Slaughtered animal: -3
	Apostasy	Abhorrent	To leave our ideoligion after having known it is the depth of immorality.	Not Guilty	Loyalist Proselytizer	Opinions: Changed ideoligion: -30 Apostate: -10 Global certainty loss factor: x40%
		Horrible	To leave our ideoligion after having known it indicates deep moral flaws.	Not Guilty	Loyalist Proselytizer	Opinions: Changed ideoligion: -15 Apostate: -5 Global certainty loss factor: x60%
		Disapproved	To leave our ideoligion after having known it indicates character flaws.	Not Guilty	Loyalist Proselytizer	Opinions: Changed ideoligion: -8 Apostate: -3 Global certainty loss factor: x80%
	Autonomous weapons	Prohibited	Allowing a machine to decide to kill is an absolutely inhuman thing to do.		Nature primacy	Cannot build Turrets Colonists gain Mood: Automated Turret in Colony: -12
		Horrible	Allowing a machine to decide to kill is a terrible thing.		Nature primacy	Colonists gain Mood: Automated Turret in Colony: -8
		Disapproved	Allowing a machine to decide to kill is an ugly thing.		Nature primacy	Colonists gain Mood: Automated Turret in Colony: -4
	Body modification	Abhorrent	To modify the natural human body is a flagrant violation of clear moral laws.	Not Transhumanist	Flesh purity	Colonists gain a -30 mood penalty for a prosthetic, or -18 for an artificial part. They also have a -80 opinion malus towards any pawn with a prosthetic or artificial part. These do not apply if the pawn is not a Body Modder.
		Disapproved	To modify the natural human body is an ugly, dirty act.	Not Transhumanist	Flesh purity	As Abhorrent, but mood penalties are reduced to -5 and -4 respectively. Opinion maluses are reduced to -10. These do not apply if the pawn is not a Body Modder.
		Approved	Humans should strive to reach our full potential by improving our flawed natural bodies.	Not Flesh purity	Transhumanist	+1/+1/+2/+2/+3 mood for 1/2/3/4/5+ artificial parts (bonus disabled for Body Modder) -3 mood for zero artificial parts if expectations ≥ Moderate (penalty disabled for Body Purist) -3 opinion for zero artificial parts if expectations ≥ Moderate (disabled for Body Purist)
	Charity	Essential	We must always be charitable to those in need. To refuse one would be an inhuman act, no matter the circumstances.	Not supremacist Not pain is virtue	Guilty	-8 mood for refusing to help on a charity quest -12 mood for attacking beggars or pilgrims +4 mood for helping on a charity quest
		Important	It's important to be charitable to those in need. Refusing to help is a terrible act.	Not supremacist Not pain is virtue	Guilty	-4 mood for refusing to help on a charity quest -8 mood for attacking beggars or pilgrims +2 mood for helping on a charity quest
		Worthwhile	Helping those in need is a good thing. It makes the community stronger.	Not supremacist Not pain is virtue	Guilty	-2 mood for refusing to help on a charity quest -6 mood for attacking beggars or pilgrims +1 mood for helping on a charity quest
	Drug use	Prohibited	The body should absolutely not be poisoned by chemicals. The only exception is the use of medicine in direct medical care.	Not high life	Flesh purity Collectivist	-15 mood for 3 days for using a drug -15 mood for 3 days for administering a drug -3 opinion for 5 days for using a drug -3 opinion for 5 days for administering a drug Pawns are unwilling to take drugs Pawns are unwilling to administer drugs
		Medical only	Poisoning the body for recreational purposes is a deeply immoral act.	Not high life	Collectivist	-15 mood for 3 days for using a recreational drug -15 mood for 3 days for administering a recreational drug -5 opinion for 5 days for using a recreational drug -5 opinion for 5 days for administering a recreational drug Pawns are unwilling to take recreational drugs Pawns are unwilling to administer recreational drugs
		Medical or social only	A drink with a smoke is fine, especially with friends, but poisoning the body with powerful chemicals is wrong.	Not high life	Collectivist	-15 mood for 3 days for using a hard drug -15 mood for 3 days for administering a hard drug -8 opinion for 5 days for using a hard drug -8 opinion for 5 days for administering a hard drug Pawns are unwilling to take hard drugs Pawns are unwilling to administer hard drugs
		Essential	Exotic states of mind are central to a good life.	High life	High life	x1.5 drug plant harvest yeild x1.5 drug synthesis speed +10% drug sell price +3 mood for having taken a drug within 0.75 days Linearly increasing mood penalty for not having taken drugs recently, starting at -1 after 2 days, up to -10 mood after 11 days.
	Combat in darkness	Preferred	We fight better in the dark.	Not blindsight	Darkness	Ranged chance to hit +25% in the dark, -20% in the light Melee hit chance +10% in the dark, -10% in the light Melee dodge chance +10% in the dark, -10% in the light
	Cutting trees	Prohibited	To violate the forest by cutting down a tree is a deeply abhorrent act and should never be done.	Not Human primacy	Nature primacy	Disables logging camps. Pawns will not cut trees -4 mood for 3 days for a tree cut -4 mood for 3 days for an uprooted tree dying -10 opinion for cutting a tree
		Horrible	To cut down a tree is a horrible act.	Not Human primacy	Nature primacy	Disables logging camps. -10 mood for 3 days for cutting a tree -2 mood for 3 days for a tree cut -2 mood for 3 days for an uprooted tree dying -5 opinion for cutting a tree
		Disapproved	To cut down a tree is a distasteful thing to do.	Not Human primacy	Nature primacy	Disables logging camps. -5 mood for 3 days for cutting a tree -1 mood for 3 days for a tree cut -1 mood for 3 days for an uprooted tree dying -3 opinion for cutting a tree
	Killing innocent animals	Abhorrent	To kill an innocent animal is a horrifically inhuman act. Innocent animals are those who are not attacking, or who were only driven to attack by human provocation.	Not human primacy	Nature primacy Animal personhood	Disables hunting camps Pawns will not attack innocent animals -4 mood for 6 days if innocent animal is killed -15 opinion for killing innocent animal
		Horrible	To kill an innocent animal is a horrible act. Innocent animals are those who are not attacking, or who were only driven to attack by human provocation.	Not human primacy	Nature primacy Animal personhood	Disables hunting camps -15 mood for killing an innocent animal -2 mood for 6 days if innocent animal is killed -10 opinion for killing innocent animal
		Disapproved	To kill an innocent animal is an ugly act. Innocent animals are those who are not attacking, or who were only driven to attack by human provocation.	Not human primacy	Nature primacy Animal personhood	Disables hunting camps -5 mood for killing an innocent animal -1 mood for 6 days if innocent animal is killed -5 opinion for killing innocent animal
	Lighting	Darklight preferred	Normal lights are too bright. Darklights are better.	Not blindsight	Darkness	+4 mood with Darklight -4 mood in dim light -8 mood in bright light. No modifier for Darkness. Surgery penalty without Darklight. Disables low-light move speed penalties Disables low-light global work speed penalties
	Meat eating	Abhorrent	Eating meat of any kind is deeply evil.	Not human primacy	Animal personhood Flesh purity	Disables hunting camps -24 mood for 1 day for eating meat -15 opinion for eating meat
		Horrible	Eating meat of any kind is a horrible act.	Not human primacy	Animal personhood Flesh purity	Disables hunting camps -12 mood for 1 day for eating meat -10 opinion for eating meat
		Disapproved	Eating meat of any kind should be avoided.	Not human primacy	Animal personhood Flesh purity	Disables hunting camps -4 mood for 1 day for eating meat -5 opinion for eating meat
		Mildly required	Every meal ought to have meat.	Not human primacy	Animal personhood (but conflicts) Flesh purity	Disables farming camps -4 mood for 1 day for eating food without meat -5 opinion for eating food without meat
		Seriously required	Every meal must have meat. Eggs, milk, and processed food are okay as well.	Not human primacy	Animal personhood (but conflicts) Flesh purity	Disables farming camps -10 mood for 1 day for eating food without meat -10 opinion for eating food without meat
		Strictly required	If a meal doesn't have meat, the person who eats it must be morally deficient. Eggs, milk, and processed foods are fine.	Not human primacy	Animal personhood (but conflicts) Flesh purity	Disables farming camps -16 mood for 1 day for eating food without meat -15 opinion for eating food without meat
	Mining	Prohibited	Raping the natural earth with mining tools is a horrifically evil act.	Not human primacy Not tunneler	Nature primacy	Disables mining camps Pawns will not mine -40 mood for 2 days for destroying a natural wall -4 mood for 2 days for a block mined a colony -15 opinion for mining a block
		Horrible	Violating the natural earth with mining tools is a horrible act.	Not human primacy Not tunneler	Nature primacy	Disables mining camps -20 mood for 2 days for mining a block -20 mood for 2 days for destroying a natural wall -2 mood for 2 days for a natural wall destroyed a colony -10 opinion for destroying a natural wall
		Disapproved	Mining into the natural earth is an ugly act.	Not human primacy Not tunneler	Nature primacy	Disables mining camps -3 mood for 2 days for mining a block -3 mood for 2 days for destroying a natural wall -1 mood for 2 days for a natural wall destroyed a colony -5 opinion for destroying a natural wall
	Raiding	Respected	We don't work like common laborers, we take from the weak as the strong should. Failing to do so is a mark of shame.			Global work speed -8% +3 mood for 5 days for participating in a raid +6 mood for a raid less than ? days ago -6 mood for a raid more than ? days ago[Details]
		Required	We don't work like common laborers, we take from the weak as the strong should. Failing to do so is a tremendous shame.			Global work speed -16% +6 mood for 5 days for participating in a raid +12 mood for a raid less than ? days ago -12 mood for a raid more than ? days ago[Details]
	Trees	Desired	It's essential to live surrounded by beautiful trees.		Tree connection	Gives a thought, scaling from -5 to +9 for having (or not having) many trees on the map Gives a thought, scaling from 0 to -20 for the number of trees chopped in the last quadrum
	Growth vats	Prohibited	Growth vats rob children of their childhood.			Prohibitions: Build growth vat Mood: Growth vat in colony: −3 My child in a growth vat: −8. Nullifying trait: Psychopath. Stack Limit: 3 Child not in growth vat: +1. Stack Limit: 3
		Essential	We have the technology for safer childbirth and faster childhoods. Believers will develop faster in growth vats but will be unhappy if their children are not in a vat.		Transhumanist	Mood: Natural pregnancy: −5. Minimum expectations: Moderate Child not in growth vat: −2. Stack Limit: 3. Minimum expectations: Moderate Stats: Growth vat occupant speed: ×130%
	Bloodfeeders	Revered	Bloodfeeders should be worshiped. Believers will be happy if there is a bloodfeeder in the colony and will not mind being fed upon.			Mood: Bloodfeeder died: −2. Stack limit: 3. Duration: 10 days. Revered bloodfeeder: +4 No bloodfeeders: −2 No bloodfeeder master: −1 Bloodfeeder master: +2 Opinions: Bloodfeeder: +20
		Reviled	We have the technology for safer childbirth and faster childhoods. Believers will develop faster in growth vats but will be unhappy if their children are not in a vat.			Mood: Bloodfeeder died: +5. Duration: 10 days. Bloodfeeder self hatred: −12 Bloodfeeder among us: −8 Opinions: Bloodfeeder: −40
	Child labor	Encouraged	Children build character through work. It's important for everyone to contribute.		Collectivist	Mood: Child assigned recreation: −3. Adults only. Stats: Global Work Speed: +20%. Children only
		Disapproved	Childhood is sacred. We should let kids be kids.		Individualist	Mood: Child assigned work: −3. Adults only. Stats: Learning Rate Factor: +20%.[Verify] Children only
	Mechanoid labor	Enhanced	Why should we work when we have machines?			Stats: Global Work Speed: −8%. Mechanoid Global Work Speed: +20%.

Meme-specific

These issues and their precepts can only be added by having a specific meme, and cannot be removed as long as the meme is present.

	Issue	Precept	Description	Meme	Effects
	Age reversal	Demanded	Why get old? One must have a once-yearly age reversal treatment in the biosculpter pod.	Transhumanist	-4/-7/-10 mood if pawn over biological age of 25 didn't have age reversal in the last year and expectations are at least high +3 mood for 4 days after age reversal
	Animal connection	Strong	We have a strong connection to our animal friends	Animal personhood	2x Tame Animal Chance 2x Animal Bonding Chance
	Biosculpting	Accelerated	All biosculpting cycles take half the usual time.	Transhumanist	All biosculpting cycles take half the usual time.
		Despised	Biosculpter pods violate the purity human flesh and should never be used.	Flesh purity	-8 mood for 12 days for using biosculpter pod
	Blind psysense	Strong	Our blind have special ways of connecting with the psychic aether	Blindsight	Boosts Psychic Sensitivity by 30% for blind pawns.
	Bonding	Disapproved	To emotionally bond with a lower being is a shameful act	Human primacy	Appears to disable bonding event for pawns with ideology.
	Comfort	Ignored	We should pay no attention to comfort	Pain Is Virtue	Disables comfort need, and comfort-related thoughts, both positive and negative
	Eclipse	Beautiful	Eclipses are a beautiful respite from the blinding sunlight.	Darkness unless blindsight	+5 mood for seeing an eclipse
	Gauranlen connection	Strong	We have a special connection with the Gauranlen trees. The trees refocus production easily under our influence, and we are not satisfied unless we have that connection.	Tree connection	+25% pruning speed +3 mood for Gauranlen tree connection 0/-1/-2/-4/-6 mood at very low/low/moderate/high/sky high expectations without Gauranlen tree connection
	Mining yield	High	Mining is so important that we do it with great focus and respect, and we get more resources because of that.	Tunneler	+10% mining yield
	Neural supercharger	Preferred	Having a neural supercharge is the new standard. Without it, you're obsolete.	Transhumanist	-6 mood if expectations are at least moderate and haven't had neural supercharge in 2? days
	Pain	Idealized	To experience nerve-singing pain is a mark of morality.	Pain is virtue Guilty	+3/5/7/9 mood for minor/serious/intense/mind-shattering pain
	Proselytizing	Occasional	Those who know the truth should try to bring it to others, when it seems appropriate.	Proselytizer	x3 conversion attempt frequency
		Sometimes	Those who know the truth should bring it to others at every opportunity.	Proselytizer	x5 conversion attempt frequency
		Frequent	Those who know the truth have a duty to always spread it and drive out other beliefs.	Proselytizer	x7 conversion attempt frequency
	Ranching	Central	We must raise and consume many large animals, and we must not eat plants.	Rancher	Sets plant work speed to 90%, Tame Chance to 120%, Animal Gathering Yield to 120%, Butchery Efficiency to 120%, and Animal Learning Factor to 200%. Gives a 10% improvement to selling prices for animal products. Grants a -3 to +3 moodlet based upon animal population (more animals are better), a -4 moodlet for sowing “human food plants,” and a -3 moodlet if the colony fails to slaughter animals regularly.
	Rough living	Welcomed	We don't need to separate ourselves from the roughness of nature.	Tree connection Pain Is Virtue	Nullifies: "Ate without table -3" "Slept outside -4" "Slept on ground -4" "Soaking wet -3"
64px	Slab bed	Preferred	The right way to sleep is on a slab bed.	Pain is virtue	Makes colonists prefer slab beds, and gives a +2 thought when they sleep in slab beds.
	Sleep accelerator	Preferred	One should always use a sleep accelerator. Slow-sleeping is just foolishly wasting your potential.	Transhumanist	+3 mood for 1 day when using sleep accelerator
	Small spaces	Don't care	There's nothing bothersome about being in tight quarters.	Tunneler	Disables negative thoughts about small spaces. Positive thoughts about spacious areas are unaffected.
	Temperature	Tough	Extreme temperatures don't bother us as much.	Tree connection Pain is virtue	Nullifies: "Slept in the cold -4" "Slept in the heat -4" Note: It doesn't appear to affect comfortable temperatures or the related hypothermia/heatstroke tolerances. It is only referenced for the above moodlets
	Work drive	Tripled	The duration of the leader's work drive ability is tripled.	Collectivist	3x Work Drive Duration (from 3 days to 9 days)

Roles

General info

Some factors are consistent across all roles.

Roles can have assigned equipment that they will demand when they have the role - they get a -? Mood debuff without it and a +? mood buff with it.

All roles lose Certainty at 50% the normal rate.

Only New Tribe colonies can select the War mask and Tribal headdress as options, while only New Arrivals colonies can select the Slicecap and Beret .

Leaders

A leader who holds the group together and represents your faction in diplomatic interactions.

Will always be restricted to any Supreme gender selected.

Leader abilities share a cooldown of 600,000 ticks (166.67 mins) or 10 in-game days.

Leaders receive a flat +2% to Trade Price Improvement when they act as traders.

Leaders can select between these apparels as assigned equipment:

• Headwrap
• Broadwrap
• War mask
• Slicecap
• Visage mask
• Authority cap
• Cowboy hat
• Tribal headdress
• Beret

Ability Image	Ability	Ability Desc	Ability Effect
	Leader Speech	A rousing speech intended to improve morale. Colonists will gather, and the leader will speak for a few hours. If all goes well, listeners will feel inspired, and gain respect for the leader. If it goes poorly, the speech will do social damage.	?
	Work Drive	Call on a person to work harder for some time.	The sense of being called upon by a leader to work harder. Global Work Speed +50%
	Combat Command	Create an aura that boosts the combat skills of everyone nearby. The effect lasts 24 hours and remains attached to the leader for the duration.	Combat abilities are boosted thanks to being near someone who is using the combat command ability. Shooting Accuracy +3 Melee Hit Chance +3 AoE: 9.9 tile radius aura centered on Caster Duration: Aura: 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) or 1 in-game day Effect: While in aura radius
	Trial	A trial over some heinous accusation. The initiator will accuse someone of terrible wrongdoing and gather people for a trial. Spectators will listen as the accuser and accused argue back and forth, then decide if the accusation is true. If the accused is convicted, you can freely banish, arrest or execute them and nobody will mind. The chance of a conviction depends on the social abilities of the accused and accuser, and the number of spectators.	If successful, you are allowed to execute, banish, or arrest a person without social consequences.

Moral Guides

A moral/spiritual leader who heads rituals and personally counsels believers. Moral guides get a 2x multiplier to the efficacy of their Conversion attempts.

Moral Guide abilities share a cooldown of 180,000 ticks (50 mins) or 3 in-game days.

Moral Guides can select between these apparels as assigned equipment:

• Cape
• Veil
• Hood
• Headwrap
• Broadwrap
• Burka
• Tribal headdress, only for tribal factions
• War mask, only for tribal factions
• Slicecap, requires Transhumanist meme
• Visage mask

Ability Image	Ability	Ability Desc	Ability Effect
	Convert	Attempt to convert someone to the speaker's ideoligion. This will reduce the target's certainty in their own beliefs. The certainty reduction depends on the speaker's negotiation ability.	?
	Counsel	Offer counsel to a person to cancel the effects of a sad memory. The chance of success depends on the speaker's social skills and their relationship with the listener.	?
	Reassure	Increase someone's certainty in their own beliefs. The regained certainty is based on the speaker's negotiation ability.	?
	Conversion Ritual	Try to persuade someone into joining your ideoligion. If it goes well, target's ideoligion certainty will be reduced or they will convert. If it goes badly, they will gain certainty in their old beliefs.	?
	Preach Health	Preach moral strength to a sick or wounded person through the concepts of your ideology. This will improve their rate of wound healing and immunity gain.	This person's will to survive was reinforced by a talk with a moral guide of their ideoligion. That moral certainty has improved their healing and immunization gain rates. Immunity Gain Speed +0.25% Injury Healing Factor +0.25% AoE: 1 target, touch range Cast time: 12s Duration: 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) or 1 in-game day Can only be used on pawns with the same Ideoligion as the Moral Guide themselves.

Specialists

Image	Name	Description	Required Memes	Pawn requirements	Bonuses	Disabled Work Types	Ability Image	Ability	Ability Desc	Ability Effect
	Shooting Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on ranged combat to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased accuracy and the ability to boost the shooting abilities of nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to do many kinds of non-shooting-related work.	Raider Supremacist	Shooting skill > 6 Capable of: Shooting Violent	Shooting Accuracy +7 Aiming Time -50%	Crafting Cooking Plantwork Mining Constructing		Marksman Command	Call out shots and boost the shooting skills of everyone nearby. The effect remains attached to the caster for 24 hours.	Someone is using the marksman command ability nearby, boosting this person's shooting abilities. Shooting Accuracy +4 Aiming Time -40% AoE: 9.9 tile radius aura centered on Caster Duration: Aura: 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) or 1 in-game day Effect: While in aura radius
	Animals Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on animals to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased taming and training efficiency, and the ability to boost the animals-related abilities of nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to perform some non-animals-related tasks.<	Animal personhood Rancher	Animals skill > 6 Capable of: Animals	2x Tame Animal Chance 2x Train Animal Chance 0.2x Animal revenge chance	Crafting Cooking Plantwork Mining Constructing		Animal Calm	Use unique methods of connecting with animals to calm a maddened beast.	Hold animal stunned while casting, calms hostile animals if successful. Casting time: 1.5s AoE: Single target? Touch range. Duration: Instantaneous
	Medical Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on medicine to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives improved surgery and tending efficiency, and the ability to boost the medical abilities of nearby allies. Believers who receive care from one of this role will be happy about it. Holders of this role will refuse to do any kind of violence, and won't perform some non-medical tasks.	Flesh purity Blindsight	Medical skill > 6 Capable of: Caring	1.5x Medical Tend Quality 1.5x Medical Operation Speed 1.5x Medical Surgery Success Chance Mood buff to pawns treated by this specialist	Violent		Immunity Drive	Offer moral support that energizes the body, boosting someone's immunity gain for one day.	"This person has received moral support of an ideoligious nature. Their mental certainty has energized their body and boosted their immune system." 2x Immunity Gain Speed
	Melee Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on melee combat to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased dodge and hit chance in melee combat and ability to the boost melee abilities for nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to do many kinds of non-melee-related work.	Raider Supremacist	Melee skill > 6 Capable of: Violent	Melee Hit Chance +8 Melee Dodge Chance +8	Crafting Cooking Plantwork Mining Constructing Hunting Shooting		Berserk Trance	The caster fills himself with anger over ideological grievances. This strengthens the body past normal limits, but also means losing control and attacking every enemy nearby in an unstoppable rage. The berserk state will last for 3 hours.	"Driven by fierce moral certainty and stories of ideoligious grievance, this person has driven him or herself into a rage. Every muscle is at peak performance, but it's hard to shut down the anger." Melee Hit Chance +8 Melee Dodge Chance +8 0.1x Pain Puts user in Berserk Trance mental state (Unknown effects) Casting time: 1.5s AoE: Self Duration: 7,500 ticks (2.08 mins)
	Mining Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on mining to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased mining speed, and the ability to boost the mining speed of nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to do some non-mining work.	Darkness Tunneler	Mining skill > 6 Capable of: Mining	Mining Speed +70%	Animals Crafting Cooking Plantwork Constructing		Mining Command	Offer guidance on mining techniques, boosting the mining speed for everyone nearby. The effect remains attached to the caster for 24 hours.	"This person's mining speed is boosted thanks to being near someone who is using the mining command ability."' Mining Speed +40% AoE: 9.9 tile radius aura centered on Caster Duration: Aura: 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) or 1 in-game day Effect: While in aura radius
	Plants Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on planting to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased sowing and harvesting efficiency, and the ability to boost the farming speed of nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to perform some non-plants-related work.	High life Nature primacy Tree connection	Plants skill > 6 Capable of: Plantwork	Plant Work Speed +70% Plant Harvest Yield +30%	Animals Crafting Cooking Constructing Mining		Farming Command	Offer guidance on farming techniques, boosting the farming abilities for everyone nearby. The effect remains attached to the caster for 24 hours.	"This person's farming abilities are boosted thanks to being near someone who is using the farming command ability."' Plant Work Speed +40% AoE: 9.9 tile radius aura centered on Caster Duration: Aura: 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) or 1 in-game day Effect: While in aura radius
	Production Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on crafting and construction to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased crafting and construction efficiency, and the ability to boost the production abilities of nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to do some non-production work.	Human primacy	Construction skill > 6 OR Crafting skill > 6 Capable of: Construction OR Crafting	Construction Speed +50% General Labor Speed +50 Quality +1 level	Dumb labor Animals Cooking Plantwork Mining		Production Command	Offer guidance on construction techniques, boosting construction and crafting abilities for everyone nearby. The effect remains attached to the caster for 24 hours.	"This person's construction and crafting speeds are boosted thanks to being near someone who is using the production command ability." Construction Speed +40% General Labor Speed +20 AoE: 9.9 tile radius aura centered on Caster Duration: Aura: 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) or 1 in-game day Effect: While in aura radius
	Research Specialist	A special ideoligious status focusing on research to the exclusion of all else. This specialized role gives increased research and hacking speed, and the ability to boost research abilities of nearby allies. Holders of this role will refuse to perform some non-research tasks.	Transhumanist	Intellectual skill > 6 Capable of: Intellectual	Research Speed +70% Hacking Speed +70%	Dumb labor Animals Cooking Plantwork Mining		Research Command	Provide suggestions and mental support, boosting the research speed of everyone nearby. The effect remains attached to the caster for 24 hours.	"This person's research speed is boosted because they are near someone who is using the research command ability." Research Speed +30% AoE: 9.9 tile radius aura centered on Caster Duration: Aura: 60,000 ticks (16.67 mins) or 1 in-game day Effect: While in aura radius

^1 This affects the quality of every item the pawn creates, including Art, despite the tooltip only listing Crafting and Construction.

Rituals

Main article: Rituals

Image	Ritual	Factors	Outcomes	Notes
	Funeral	Participant count (10): +70% Moral guide present: +30%	5% Terrible: -3 15% Lackluster: -1 60% Good: +5 20% Heartwarming: +8	If there is no corpse in the grave or sarcophagus, the ritual quality is only increased by 20% by the presence of the moral guide, and only by 60% by a full participant count.
	Social Festival	Participant count (10): +25% Leader present: +25% Started at altar: +20% Lectern used: +20% Seats for everyone: +20%	5% Terrible: -3 15% Boring: -1 60% Fun: +5 20% Unforgettable: +8
	Dance party	Participant count (10): +30% Started at lightball: +20% Active loudspeakers (6): +30% Room Impressiveness (120): +20%	5% Terrible: -3 15% Boring: -1 60% Fun: +8 20% Unforgettable: +16	If the party is fun or unforgettable, there is a chanceprobability? that all participants will get +20% Global Work Speed for 24h. Only available to non-tribals.
	Drum party	Participant count (10): +30% Started at campfire: 20% Drums (6): +30% Room Impressiveness (120): +20%	5% Terrible: -3 15% Boring: -1 60% Fun: +8 20% Unforgettable: +16	If the party is fun or unforgettable, there is a chanceprobability? that all participants will get +20% Global Work Speed for 24h. Only available to tribals.
	Skylantern festival	Participant count (10): +100%	5% Terrible: -3 15% Unimpressive: -1 60% Beautiful: +6 20% Unforgettable: +10	Each participant makes a skylantern out of 4 wood. If the festival is beautiful or unforgettable, friendly visitors might see them and arrive with a gift.probability?
	Christmas tree Symbol burning Smokeleaf circle Cannibal feast	Participant count (10): +80% Room Impressiveness (120): +20%	5% Terrible: -3 15% Boring: -1 60% Fun: +5 20% Unforgettable: +8	Destroys the ritual target.
	Scarification	Participant count (10): +25% Moral guide present: +20% Started at altar: +20% Lectern used: +15% Seats for everyone: +20%	5% Terrible: -2 15% Boring: -1 60% Satisfying: +1 20% Spectacular: +3	Scarifies the subject. Only available with the Pain is Virtue meme.
	Blinding ceremony	Participant count (10): +25% Moral guide present: +20% Started at altar: +20% Lectern used: +15% Seats for everyone: +20%	5% Terrible: -2 15% Boring: -1 60% Satisfying: +1 20% Spectacular: +3	Blinds the subject. If the ceremony is satisfying or spectacular, the blinded person may get a psylink upgrade or unlock a new psychic power.probability? Only available with the Blindsight meme.
	Animal sacrifice	Participant count (10): +25% Moral guide present: +25% Started at altar: +20% Lectern used: +15% Seats for everyone: +15%	5% Terrible: -3 15% Boring: -1 60% Satisfying: +5 20% Spectacular: +8	If the sacrifice is satisfying or spectacular, there is a 5% (satisfying) or 10% (spectacular) chance that a random participant gains an inspiration. Only available with the Human Primacy meme.
	Gladiator duel	Participant count (10): +20% Leader present: +20% Duelist dies: +100% Weapon used: +60%	5% Terrible: -3 15% Boring: -1 60% Good: +5 20% Unforgettable: +8	The two necessary escorts count towards the participant count. Spectators gain 1000 melee experience, gain a mood boostseparate from the usual mood boost?, and fill their recreation bars.verify The duelists also gain the mood effect from ritual quality. Only available with the Pain is Virtue, Cannibal, Supremacist, or Raider memes.
	Prisoner execution	Participant count (10): +80% Started at altar: +20%	15% Awkward: -1 65% Satisfying: +6 20% Spectacular: +8	Participating slaves are fully suppressed. Can be performed by all ideoligions.
	Leader speech	Participant count (10): +40% Room impressiveness (120): +20 Leader's Social Impact (150%): +40%	5% Terrible: -8 15% Uninspiring: -4 60% Encouraging: +5 20% Inspirational: +8	The speech quality will also affect the listeners' opinions of the leader, with a terrible speech resulting in a -30 opinion, an uninspiring speech resulting in a -15 opinion, an encouraging speech in a +20 opinion, and an inspirational speech in a +40 opinion.
	Trial	Participant count (20): +60% Leader's Negotiation Ability * 0.25 Defendant's Negotiation Ability * -0.25	50% Exonerated 50% Convicted	If the defendant is convicted, they are considered guilty for the purpose of executions and banishments. If the defendant has a mental break during the trial, their Negotiation Ability is effectively set to 0.
	Conversion ritual	Participant count (10): +40% Room impressiveness (120): +20% Moral guide's Social Impact (150%): +30% Convertee's Expectations (Very Low): +10%, (Sky High): -30%	5% Terrible 15% Ineffective 60% Effective: +3 20% Masterful: +6	The convertee's certainty is offset by an amount depending on ritual quality: terrible: +20%; ineffective: +12%; effective: -30%; masterful: -100%.
	Tree connection	Participant count (10): +100%		The connector will start with 25-45% connection strength, depending on ritual quality.

Relics

Main article: Relic

Relics are objects revered by your ideoligion. To obtain them you need to go through a series of quests. If you take control of them, they give various boni to your colony. When placed in a Reliquary, pilgrims of your Ideoreligion will visit your colony to pay reverence to the relic. Mood penalty for lost or destroyed <link to mood page here>

Buildings

Ideoligions can add special statue-like buildings that will be required when there are 3 or more pawns of the ideoligion in your faction and their expectations reach moderate or higher. These buildings must be placed in a room of at least 25 area, and must not contain beds or workstations. The larger building will also require 4 columns to be in the room. Both buildings may be placed in the same room. Placing the buildings in a room which doesn't meet the requirements will give a "[building name] disrespected" negative moodlet.

Weapon preferences

Ideoligion can have one or several pairs of noble and despised weapons types. Weapon pairs can't be combined if they overlap.

Wielding a noble weapon grants +3 mood while wielding a despised one grants -5.

Killing any pawn (?) with a noble weapon grants +3 mood for 1 day while using a despised one to attack anything - including objects - grants -5 for 2 days.

Pair	First group	Second group
Melee / Ranged	All melee weapons, including beer and wood	All ranged weapons, including grenades
Melee piercer / Melee blunt	Thrumbo horn, Elephant tusk, Breach axe, Gladius, Longsword, Knife, Ikwa, Spear, Persona monosword, Monosword, Plasmasword, Persona plasmasword	Beer, Wood, Mace, Club, Persona zeushammer, Axe, Warhammer, Zeushammer, Eltex staff
Long shots / Short shots	Bolt-action rifle, Sniper rifle	Machine pistol, Pump shotgun, Chain shotgun, Heavy SMG
Ranged heavy / Ranged light	Incendiary launcher, Smoke launcher, EMP launcher, Heavy SMG, LMG, Sniper rifle, Minigun, Triple rocket launcher, Greatbow, Charge lance	Revolver, Autopistol, Machine pistol, Short bow, Recurve bow, Charge rifle
Neolithic / Ultratech	Wood, Club, Knife, Ikwa, Spear, Short bow, Pila, Recurve bow, Greatbow	Persona monosword, Persona zeushammer, Persona plasmasword, Monosword, Zeushammer, Plasmasword, Eltex staff

Apparel preferences

See also: Styling station

If more than 60% of a colonist's apparel is their favorite color or the color of their ideoligion, they will gain a small mood buff.

The color of the ideoligion can be set at creation.

Xenotype preferences

Up to three Xenotypes can be selected as preferred xenotypes, including baseliner and a custom xenotype. If at least one is selected then a positive mood will be generated if every colonist is a preferred type, but a negative scaling mood if even one colonist is not a preferred type.

If Sanguophage is not a preferred type and at least one other preferred type is set, colonists will refuse Sanguophage xenogerm implantation and quests that award Sanguophage xenogerm will fail to give the reward.

Venerated animals

This animal is considered by believers to hold a special spiritual or moral status, which means it must be venerated and may never be harmed.

— Description

An ideoligion can have up to 18 venerated animals.

Colonists will not hunt or attack venerated animals with ranged weapons (but will attack them in melee), unless the animal is in manhunter mood. They will not slaughter tame venerated animals.

Colonists will butcher venerated animals without any issue, but will refuse to eat their meat or any meal made with it (including meals stacked together), even when starving. They can be manually ordered to eat such food, but will get -8 mood for 5 days. If a colonist that venerates an animal is unconscious, other colonists (of any ideoligion) will not feed them such food, and cannot be manually ordered to do so. Colonists take no issue using leather, wool, milk, or eggs of the venerated animal.

Colonists will get -5 mood for 5 days if a tame venerated animal dies for any reason. Releasing tame animals is fine.

Colonists will get a positive thought for the amount of tame venerated animals in the colony, depending on their total body size divided by the total number of colonists: +2 for 1 or more, +3 for 2 or more, +4 for 4 or more, and +5 for 6 or more. In case of multiple venerated animals, all their body sizes are added together, producing a single thought. All colonists are counted for this, but only those of an appropriate ideoligion will get the thought.

Venerated animals are twice as easy to tame.

Hair and tattoos

An ideoligion has associated hairstyles, beards, and tattoos. Specific hairstyles and tattoos may be allowed for men, women, or either. Some of those may be more or less common.

Newly spawned paws of an ideoligion will always have matching appearance.

If pawn's hairstyle, beard, or tattoo do not match what their ideoligion allows (usually as a result of a conversion), they will try to use styling station on their free time to automatically change their looks. They can also be sent to adjust their appearance manually.

Version history

• Ideology DLC Release - Added.
• 1.3.3067 - Fixed gender supremacy memes having opposite agreeing traits e.g. Female Supremacy inexplicably being agreed with by Misogynist traited pawns.
• 1.3.3069 -
  • Adjust trees-related thoughts. Negatives for killing trees are reduced. Positives for seeing trees are amplified.
  • Chance of resentment on failed conversion attempt reduced from 36% to 20%. Chance of fight reduced from 4% to 2%.
  • If a pawn has sight under 50%, he should gain a psychic sensitivity bonus of up to 50%.
• 1.3.3069b - Added a feature that lets you save and load ideoligions within the ideoligion customization screen.
• 1.3.3074 - Desired apparel now uses the same faction restrictions as role apparel does. Tribal-Only: War mask, Tribal Headdress. Non-tribal only: Slicecap, Beret. Removed visage mask restriction to non-tribal only.
• 1.3.3076 - Tree connection pawns have a 25% boost to Pruning Speed. Added temperature tough issue and precept.
• 1.3.3080 - Fixed Immunity Drive. Was previously targeting wrong stat and inoperative. Add a new ideoligion setup interface which allows playing like classic RimWorld, using presets, or fully customizing. Change harmful aging thought minimum age from 20 to 25. Added temperature precept icon.
• 1.3.3101 - Fluid ideoligion system added. Reduce production specialist crafting speed buffs from +70% to +50%.
• 1.3.3117 -
  • Improved viability of multi-ideo colonies. Pawns of pawns of any ideo can now spectate any ritual, even if it's not of their own ideo.
  • Gaining, changing, or removing a role now requires a simple ritual.
  • Added a precept related to Darkness meme that gives believers a positive thought during an eclipse.
• 1.3.3200 - Pawns can now install pre-built furniture even if it is incompatible with their ideoligion.
• 1.3.3287 - Reworked eclipse precept artwork.

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  Eclipse Precept icon prior to 1.3.3287