Pirates

Pirates are one of the primary factions in RimWorld. They are relatively technologically advanced, perpetually hostile and appear in every game. This making them one of the primary humanoid threats to be faced as they will raid the player the entire game unless every faction base is elimintated.

Their technology is similar to Outlanders, making them the Outlander equivalent to the Tribes' Savage variant.

Lore

A loose confederation of pirate gangs who've agreed to mostly fight outsiders instead of fighting each other.
Pirates don't sow, they don't build, and they rarely trade. Driven by a blood-and-honor culture that values personal strength and ruthlessness, they enrich themselves by raiding and robbing their more productive neighbors.
Their technology level depends mostly on who they've managed to steal from recently. Mostly they carry gunpowder weapons, though some prefer to stab victims at close range. - In Game Description.

Pirate faction leaders are called the "Boss".

Pawns

Main article: Pirates/Pawns

Pawn Type	Image	Combat Power	Gear Health (%)	Avg. Gear Quality	Clothing Budget	Weapon Budget	Available Weapons	Age Range	Additional Info [edit]
Drifter		35	20-60	Poor	90-280	60-200	Club Knife	Any	Never carries food. Has a 15% chance to carry 1x Herbal medicine. 15% chance to have one of the following prostheses: Peg leg Wooden foot Wooden hand
Scavenger Gunner		50	40-110	Normal	300-500	200-300	Autopistol Bolt-action rifle Machine pistol Pump shotgun Revolver	Any	Has a 5% chance to carry 1x Medicine. Has a 4% chance to have one of the following prostheses: Peg leg Wooden foot Wooden hand
Scavenger Thrasher		50	40-110	Normal	300-800	100-160	Axe Club Gladius Knife Mace Warhammer	Any	Has a 5% chance to carry 1x Medicine. Has a 4% chance to have one of the following prostheses: Peg leg Wooden foot Wooden hand
Pirate Gunner		65	70-230	Normal	400-1000	250-345	Autopistol Bolt-action rifle Incendiary launcher Machine pistol Pump shotgun Revolver	Up to 65	Has a 10% chance to carry 1x Medicine. Has a 4% chance to have one of the following prostheses: Peg leg Wooden foot Wooden hand. There is a 20% chance that their weapon is biocoded to them.

All pirate pawns have a backstory with the "Pirate" category.

Raids

Besides their equipment, raids carry additional loot. Pirate raids carry:

• Silver
• Medicine
• Packaged survival meals
• Flake
• Yayo
• Go-juice
• Wake-up
• Smokeleaf joints
• Luciferium

Faction Bases

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Factions

Human Factions

Ancients (Neutral, Hostile) • Tribes (Gentle, Fierce, Savage, Cannibal, Nudist, Fierce neanderthal, Savage impid) • Outlanders (Civil, Rough, Rough pig) • Pirates (Normal, Cannibal, Yttakin, Waster) • Empire

Non-human Factions

Insectoids • Mechanoids

Related

Faction base • Raider