RimWorld Guide for Beginners+ - How to Use Zones [2024, 1.4+]

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A straight to the point RimWorld guide that explains everything there is to know about creating and using zones and areas to make your RimWorld life easier. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned veteran, this tutorial will give you the tools you need to maximize RimWorld's allowed zones and areas function.
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0:00 - Intro
0:30 - What are Zones and Areas
0:47 - How do you make zones
2:00 - Zone and Area Restrictions
3:30 - Examples of important zones
3:37 - Inside Walls
4:05 - Work
4:50 - Danger Zone
5:52 - Animals
6:22 - ER and Triage
7:25 - Meat Shield
8:25 - Toxic Fallout
9:14 - Hospital
10:03 - Conclusion and Recap
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This video answers the following RimWorld questions:
What are zones?
How do you use zones?
What zones should you make?
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@AdamVsEverything 4 жыл бұрын

Let me know if you have any RimWorld video/guide requests!

@stormtruppen4039 3 жыл бұрын

Mountain bases guide please! Although I've watched Francis John's video on it but I want your point of view on it

@adamf7126 4 жыл бұрын

"If the pigs die while protecting us they evolve into their final form, bacon" another great guide man.

@AdamVsEverything 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I missed the opportunity to use that or my chicken nuggets line :'( I blame making this when I should have been sleeping. :P

@ronniemokeev3322 Жыл бұрын

My favorite zone is the DOG ZONE - it's basically the same as the general colonist zone, but instead of having access to the food and fridge, they have access to a separate corpse fridge where they haul all the raider corpses. I like to have a lot of dogs, so this way they kind of feed themselves, nibbling on the frozen raiders.

@AdamVsEverything Жыл бұрын

That is a good one too, for sure. I like having a lot of dogs/hauling animals as well and will sometimes make their own hauling zones to reduce filth and save on food.

@gruntwork8814 4 жыл бұрын

One zone I will use that you didn't mention is an "Animals outta the way" zone. For the animals I don't want to risk in a raid who would normally be allowed in the combat area for hauling. I restrict them to some out of the way area of the base for their safety.

@AdamVsEverything 4 жыл бұрын

That's a good idea. I've started just putting any non-combat animals into the 'Toxic Fallout' zone when battle starts. Though this isn't feasible if the enemies fell into the base in drop pods. Hmm, I may make a barn zone again going forward for sure!

@acidman806 3 жыл бұрын

Especiallyy bonded animals. They cause bigger mood penalties than losing family members for almost an year. Bad stuff for mood

@raiwenduravwin3166 4 жыл бұрын

In this episode, we learn how to not get hit in the hurty spots! This is really efficient and cool to know. Thanks Adam!

@AdamVsEverything 4 жыл бұрын

lol, I find the best strategy in RimWorld is to protect your colonist's hurty spots while simultaneous hitting the enemy in their hurty spots. Works wonders!

@Jseitz81 3 жыл бұрын

You really cleared up a lot of the questions I had about zones, thanks for the video :)

@AdamVsEverything 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@drakanize 2 жыл бұрын

That is an amazing layout of a town.

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! One of my olllllld test maps.

@mynoc1113 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for yet another Awesome vid Adam

@BrainFreeze35 Жыл бұрын

i am a new player and i recently started to play rimworld and your guides help me so much - thx

@JoseGarcia-io2pr 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video really did help me. I was struggling trying to figure out how to set up a medical zone and treat my pawns. Thanks.

@AdamVsEverything 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Let me know if you have any Rimworld questions.

@matthewtucker2103 2 жыл бұрын

I keep a zone called "the corpse drink". It's a zone out in chest high moving water that I throw rotting corpse in to get rid of them. It helps break them down quickly and gets them out of my hair.

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

I do the same thing with a dumping pile/zone, especially early game. Unless I am feeding an army of dogs or such, then I throw them in the ol' corpse freezer. :P

@georgkoch6243 2 жыл бұрын

These structured themed guides are just perfekt for me as a new player 👍🙃

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

Glad they help! Thanks for watching/commenting.

@EchoSeraphim Жыл бұрын

Just got the game and I love you for this!

@AdamVsEverything Жыл бұрын

Awesome, good luck!

@skylark306 4 жыл бұрын

"This video have something for everyone, but not enough warcrimes" IGN 8/10

@AdamVsEverything 4 жыл бұрын

I swear I responded to this back when it was new. Something about eating without tables something something.

@anapolloguize8294 Жыл бұрын

The meat shield is a great idea and one I'll certainly be utilising from now on. thanks.

@AdamVsEverything Жыл бұрын

No problem! It doesn't work as well since the animal changes in 1.3 (due to their being way less zoneable animals) but still handy in some scenarios.

@birdmanfilms 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks you for useful tips!

@AdamVsEverything 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Let me know if there are any RimWorld questions you need answered.

@TheRagdollMasta 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro!

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@lzrshark617 2 жыл бұрын

3 Labradors just joined our colony, and I've been flailing around on my own trying to keep them from eating what little prepared food we have for like 30 minutes now. Thank you for this. Looking forward to keeping them out of the freezer

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

That's an awesome autojoin! They make excellent haulers and have a 0 filth rating. Glad the guide helped!

@johnmacleod2487 2 жыл бұрын

I just had a cat turn into an alcoholic because I restricted him from the food areas, but he got into the beer I had laying around Cat for supper the next day

@Mackenzi Жыл бұрын

I’m trying to go down the royal path and I wanted to make a zone for my queen to keep her in the building so thank you for the information much appreciated!!

@AdamVsEverything Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Good luck with the needy royal. If you need a way to keep them happier there is a specific part about those kind of pawns in this guide also: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/otdmo69-zNTTnmQ.html

@Mackenzi Жыл бұрын

@@AdamVsEverything I’ll definitely check it out but if I’m being honest my colony collapse on itself infestations I had to leave with my two surviving peeps and travel halfway across the planet towards the crashed ship only to have to stop when I was so close and form a new colony before my remaining pawn starved I had to abandon the other one on the side of the road because he became crippled I’ve managed to rebuild a pretty decent colony from the one survivor but damn lol

@kyleguard442 4 жыл бұрын

This was great

@AdamVsEverything 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hopefully it will help if you ever get a PC working again and can try out RimWorld.

@rtspaul9693 Жыл бұрын

thanks man would u do more rimworld tips n stuff because i love this game and i love your channel

@AdamVsEverything Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Here is the list so far: kzfaq.info/sun/PLQWnHloPSfq4ajFkTBA8vZk2R43NaQeKO -- more in development, though!

@rtspaul9693 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou

@Br3ttM Жыл бұрын

An update since this video was made allows you to order drafted pawns to tend injured pawns on the spot, so the field triage doesn't need a zone or sleeping spots, now. If you're playing with no-pause, this could be an exception. With toxic fallout, you can go outside for short periods of time, because there are no permanent effects if the buildup stays low enough, and it goes down over time. Changing zone assignments based on their current toxic buildup lets you get important things done, while making sure no one pawn gets too much.

@hezowo6445 2 жыл бұрын

Very useful, thanks

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped - thanks for watching!

@ShakespearsCyst 3 жыл бұрын

Peta attacks Pokemon for animal abuse and completely missed Rimworld, a game in which you can use cute lil animals as meat shields and have zero regrets 😂 Thanks for this guide btw!

@AdamVsEverything 3 жыл бұрын

PETA would absolutely hate RimWorld for sure lol. Glad you enjoyed the guide!

@midnighttoker8663 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers man

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@kornygerm 3 жыл бұрын

An alternative or addition to the ER Zone is to have the stabilize here mod.it just gives the downed the colonist or raider a couple minutes to live

@AdamVsEverything 3 жыл бұрын

There's definitely always 'a mod for that'. These videos are more about unmodded, though. That one is a good one to grab for anyone wanting to go the modded route, though!

@MrZuo123 Жыл бұрын

Played 140h. Now I am worthy to watch RimWorld guides XD

@AdamVsEverything Жыл бұрын

Nice, the tutorial is almost done! :P

@sjsjdjdjdkdjxjdks2044 Жыл бұрын

if i had found this video 2000 hours earlier my life would have been much easier

@AdamVsEverything Жыл бұрын

Well, at least you're now set for the next 2000+ :P - Thanks for watching!

@grimnar6725 Жыл бұрын

Hi. I always liked the maps with rivers but couldn't make them work with defensive structures like the killing field I see in this video. Are you using mods to allow structures to be built on the water? Or is that actually possible and i just assumed wrong all this time lol

@marcincinus2553 2 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@jackingram7663 3 жыл бұрын

I need more guides bro!

@AdamVsEverything 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I had more time to make them, but won't be able to until some things settle down. Working 80+ hours a week + family makes it difficult. :P

@jackingram7663 3 жыл бұрын

Completely understandable bud. Just so you know those vids help out alot

@ncamon 2 жыл бұрын

I have used zones naturally, although not to the extent you have here. I have them more for overall situations. Micromanaging zones seems useful.

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

It is really nice and helps a ton, especially in my no-pause type runs.

@amateur7517 Жыл бұрын

My zones setup is quite simple, here is what I use (I don't surround base with walls neither use killboxes): * home - under the roof - for dedicated cleaners, toxic fallout, hiding in case of raids and more (e.g. drug withdrawal) * hospital - to put doctors & cleaner there after huge raids * "not home" - to prevent large non-pen animals from eating my plants & dirtying my house * unload - to avoid catching elephants all over the map after caravan arriving :) for combat, it's much easier for me to manage drafted pawns instead of zones for mech clusters, I usualy just forbid large area around, so my pawns have no need to go there (to haul some random plasteel or gathering ambrosia and such)

@amateur7517 Жыл бұрын

really like the idea of ER tho

@Tenteono Жыл бұрын

Huh. I have barely used zones for anything. This gives me idea to keep my non-combatants (Highmates and children are annoying) from wandering out of safety when I know combat is coming.

@davidbolduc4378 Жыл бұрын

I still struggle bad with zones. It sounds pretty straightforward, but I struggle with them constantly.

@abacus707 Жыл бұрын

About meatshield @8:00 can we still do this with chicken in 1.4? I'm thinking maybe not anymore.

@AdamVsEverything Жыл бұрын

Needs to be zoneable animals now. Chickens are no longer zoneable so you'd have to use something else.

@Wehtam12 Жыл бұрын

Anyone know how to do this on console? Thank you

@cubancritic7392 Жыл бұрын

how do I plan out my base like yours so they are not so chaotic?

@AdamVsEverything Жыл бұрын

You can watch one of my runs here on the channel to see the progression, but, basically, I start with a 13x13 wall section and keep adding more 13byX sections as needed. I also try to make sure all hallways are either 3 or 5 wide for defensive reasons.

@derex47 3 жыл бұрын

How do i increase the number of zones i can create??? I need more zones but it wont let me make more

@AdamVsEverything 3 жыл бұрын

Are you using the 'Allow Areas' for the zones like the video or something else? How many zones do you have?

@timothyomahony2668 2 жыл бұрын

I've run into the same problem. There is no overflow or scroll down on the zone tab so I can only make about 10. I often only run into trouble when I have to make 3 or more zones for my animals i.e. "pet safety", "pet fallout", "operation meat shield", "Indoor pets", "Outdoor pets", etc. I guess I have a pet problem.... Great video man

@coldd8790 5 ай бұрын

I use the home zone to make sure my handler doesn't run across the map trying to tame everything fluffy

@95Bulletx 4 жыл бұрын

I always was a fan of games like this but im scared i wont be able to play this correctly :(

@AdamVsEverything 4 жыл бұрын

Well, the good news is that there is no 'correct' way to play RimWorld. In fact, the most unique thing about RimWorld is the story that plays out organically (and differently) every time. There are also tons of difficulty settings, including a 'peaceful' one, so there is a mode even if you just want to build and enjoy the interaction of your colonists and the world. -- If you do ever have any RW quesitons though, definitely let me know!

@acidman806 3 жыл бұрын

Rimworld is a story builder. You make stories out of both successes and failures. So Failing is half the fun in rimworld. Ofcourse the beginning learning curve is a bit steep to pick up. But you wont put it down after that.

@MrChopstsicks 2 жыл бұрын

Game zone. Cause some colonist don’t know when to chill

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

"You're grounded! Now go to your room and play pool and do drugs until you're happy!"

@MrChopstsicks 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdamVsEverything confined to recreation everyday and hour. “ Recreation Starved”

@NaoyaYami Жыл бұрын

7:06 "Strip On KZfaq" - you better not. "Prioritize tending to (On) KZfaq" - that's what the staff should do instead of tending to advertisers and investors. We'd all win in long-term.

@kornygerm 3 жыл бұрын

I have chokepoints zones for my animals..as they are like to take the first hit during a raid..then my colonists assist the attack..although it's sad to see my dogs perished.

@AdamVsEverything 3 жыл бұрын

It does suck, but it is better than flat out dying. I use the 'meat shield' zone for that as well and just redraw it where needed for the current defense.

@ravenstormcloud678 6 ай бұрын

A zone for underground maybe

@acidman806 3 жыл бұрын

Animals run away from human raiders. So they work better as meat shields against mechs (especially scyther raids), bugs and manhunter packs.

@AdamVsEverything 3 жыл бұрын

Animals don't always run away from human raiders, I use them as single tile meatshields to hold chokepoints while we shoot all the time. I just did so with pigs last night against a pirate raid.

@ichifish 3 жыл бұрын

I use so many zones I have a mod that allows for more than the vanilla ten: Unrestricted Home Base Avoid 4-5 pasture zones for rotational grazing Haulers 1 (non-filth haulers like dogs) Haulers 2 (high-filth haulers like donkeys) Haulers base 1 (all non-filth haulers in in the base) Haulers base 2 (all filth haulers in in the base) Animals safe (emergency animal zone) Caravan packing (to move caravan animals into the storeroom to be loaded (I usually unload them manually as well)) Misc (for work zones)

@AdamVsEverything 3 жыл бұрын

That's a ton of zones! I used to use more, actually, but started cutting it down so it was easier to keep track of during no pause, lol.

@safwanhashim4448 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdamVsEverything the master of brutality 500% with no pause. Tq for your Great Content

@tacomc.derpington965 4 жыл бұрын

canada

@AdamVsEverything 4 жыл бұрын

I'm going to use the first Google synonym offered for any country you post from ehre on out. So, for Canada, Google says ... Canuckistan.

@dsagent 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone keeps walking outside into toxic fallout. >_>

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

It is okay for them to do so a little, as long as they don't go much past 'initial' on the health screen. Definitely make an allowance zone for those times, though, and be sure to set everyone to that zone.

@hystericxx 4 жыл бұрын

The only flaw about zones is that you cannot restrict drug addicts from stealing drugs that are kept in a place they are not allowed to go >.> No more pawns with chemical fascination trait for me!

@skylark306 4 жыл бұрын

They just changed chem fascination/interest, its decent now

@AdamVsEverything 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, breakdowns ignore any zone rules as do addictions. I generally avoid chemical fascination, but occasionally let chemical interest slide if they have other redeemable qualities.

@AdamVsEverything 4 жыл бұрын

I've seen interest since the updates but haven't looked into fascination yet - what changed there?

@Sombrek 2 жыл бұрын

"unhappy nudity" no colonists are nude tho!

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

They will get that if they aren't wearing a shirt layer and pants layer. Well, depending on if you have Ideology or not and what you have set in there for their clothing precepts. So, for example, if you have someone that is wearing pants and a jacket, it will still call them 'nude' because they don't have a shirt.

@kalixkatt 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, spending over a minute telling us how to open the zone window takes away a bit from the video imo.

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 50 second mark to the 60 second mark tells how to open the zone menus. 10 seconds is not quite 'over a minute' lol. Also, you have to remember that this guide was made specifically with beginners in mind, so I tried to go over every little detail (as the title mentions).

@cscar1385 2 жыл бұрын

“Quick” rimworld video

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty quick compared to most RW guides on YT. When I do a search most are like 20-40 minutes lol. + The time stamps are there if you only need certain parts.

@ralphcabiling1314 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdamVsEverything true and true

@TheIceThorn 2 жыл бұрын

You don't need animals to be indoor, just to live under a roof.

@AdamVsEverything 2 жыл бұрын

Depends on the animal, map, situation, etc. There are definitely times when I want to zone my animals inside.

@TheIceThorn 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdamVsEverything i mean: for toxic fallout. You can have a one half covered and half uncovered where they can graze. you move them to the graze on morning and move back after they grazed. Or at least:once was like that. Now moving pen animals is harder.

@NorroTaku Жыл бұрын

clickbait title change this is outdated as of 1.3 since the new animal herding mechanic's rest is fine still a bad taste

@AdamVsEverything Жыл бұрын

There are still zoneable animals. And zones still function the same as they always have so no need to make an entire new guide just to change out the chicken meatshield with a squirrel meatshield or something. The functional teachings of this guide as a 'how to use zones' is still relevant and working in 1.4.

@NorroTaku Жыл бұрын

@@AdamVsEverything sure but youd be ill advised to use your tamed Smart animal to act as a meatshield imho the video is not from 2022 you are just farming the algo and you know it wich is legit but makes me question you character and that I dont like cuz I didnt perceive you as such before but thats probably a me issue

@AdamVsEverything Жыл бұрын

@@NorroTaku It means it still is relevant/works in the listed year and patch lol. You are making way more out of it and overthinking it. Every year/major patch I go through and change the titles IF it is still working or relevant. Because if I don't tons of people come and ask. Just look at the singularity killbox guide. As soon as 1.4 hit hundreds of people commented asking if it still worked. It wasn't made or released anywhere near 1.4. I changed the title to show it is still relevant and working. Literally anyone can look and see when a video was released. As far as not using zoneable or smart animals for meat shields and melee locks (or it being ill-advised) ... I do that. I'd rather a hauling dog, squirrel, or rat go eat a doomsday than my pawns, especially after the lowshield nerf. In fact, when I see an explosive pirate raid I will often use zones to send out a a few of whatever zonable animals I am using so that the raid uses up their one-time weapons like doomsdays and triple rockets before they get to the base. So, like I said, how to set up zones and how they work is still relevant in 2022 and 1.4, hence the updated name and not some nefarious 'I TRICKED THEM TO CLICK IT!' scheme lol. 99.9% of the watches on the video are from people getting to it from my channel or my playlist.

@NorroTaku Жыл бұрын

@@AdamVsEverything I see So its less of a malice and more of a frustration thing This makes sense I see you getting asked basic stuff over and over in the stream edits -- as for the zones I have yet to obsess over high tier vanilla mechanics But I see that it would be a winning strategy to do so given the points you made Thank you for resolving this I will continue to watch and enjoy your edited stream content PS: Im not the one liking your postst just so you know I will like the last reply tho

@titaniumwolf1123 Жыл бұрын

So I still don't understand one thing, will they still sleep in any bedroom they cannot find regardless of it being in there allowed zone? And will they also find and eat food in or out of a zone? Really think they should change the name of these to a loud work zones. Cuz the ways you send up using half the map on each zone anyway

@AdamVsEverything Жыл бұрын

They will only eat/sleep in the assigned allowed zone. If you zone someone and that does not overlay with their assigned bed then they will just sleep on the ground/wherever (unless having a mental break).