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Hi folks! We have a pretty small update with just a few changes and fixes to get 2023 started. This update should be compatible with all savegames and mods.

Big thanks to our community for submitting bugs and testing our updates over at the official RimWorld development Discord[discord.gg]. If you encounter any issues while playing, please share them with us on the Discord.

Hope you're having fun out there!
- Tia

Changelog - Improved performance of apocriton's resurrection ability on maps with many mech corpses.
- Shuttles trying to land on a map that was despawned will fallback to using one of the player's home colonies instead.
- Xenotype name is locked when loading custom xenotypes from gene assembler.
- Updated name-in-game content.
- Moved "Person" translation key to Core.
- Rem... Read more

Ho ho ho! The Steam Winter Sale is here! We have a bunch of sales until Jan 5, 2023 to celebrate.

• 20% off RimWorld
  
• ...

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Hello, it’s Tia! I’m here to share a small update just before the holidays. ❄️️

Today’s update comes with a looong list of fixes. Loads of these were made with the help of our testers - a big ol’ hug and huge thank you for helping us squash those bugs! Now children are less likely to run headfirst into danger and bestowers will get the heck outta there if they’re breathing in poisonous gas. We also added a few tools to help out our modders and community translators do their thing. The changelog is below to read over.

If you want to keep playing on the previous version of 1.4, you can use the Steam beta branch "version-1.4.3563". To do this, r-click RimWorld in the Steam library, go to properties, open the betas tab, and select the version from the dropdown.

2022 was a wild and fantastic year for us at Ludeon Studios. We released RimWorld’s third expansion, ... Read more

Hi!

Fresh patch notes here. Today, we’ve got rebalanced quest rewards and some changes for genes and children, plus various bug fixes. The changelog is available below.

With the wide variety of items added over the past few expansions, it was time to revisit quest rewards. Our community's feedback and ... Read more

Hi there!

RimWorld's 1.4 content update is now available! It adds cross-expansion integration with new Ideology precepts that link to Biotech, gene-modding and inheritance improvements, diplomatic reactions to pollution dumping, polux tree seeds, tribalwear for kids, and many other miscellaneous changes.

In a previous announcement, Ty covered the juicy details of this update. That same announcement has been shared below, as well as the changelog with our latest rounds of testing.

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Hi everyone, the unstable branch has just received a new patch. We've gotten some great feedback from the community on our 1.4 content update. Latest changelog below.

The 1.4 content update has cross-expansion integration, gene-modding changes, player-made xenotypes in the world, and lots of other improvements. Read about it here!

Are you interested in helping us test the 1.4 content update? We'd love it if you could share any bugs or issues you find in the ... Read more

Hi everyone - Ty here.

So behind the daily bug ... Read more

Hello, I’m back with the details of our last couple of patches for 1.4 and Biotech. Also, our 1.4 midterm patch is just around the corner!

You can view our previous patch note updates here:

• Update 1.4.3525 hotfixes some issues
  
• Multiple updates for 1.4 and Biotech
  
• We're working on a ...

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Hi everyone. Valve has recently released their new recommended currency conversions for Steam games and many game studios are beginning to implement these.

We are planning to follow Valve’s recommendations and update some of our non-USD price conversions. (Note that none of our base USD prices will change - this is only about updating currency conversion rates.)

In most cases our prices will remain lower than what Valve recommends. The major currencies will generally see increases of 2-10% - this includes Euros, Chinese yuan, British pounds, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars,... Read more

Hi everyone!

We’ve been pushing updates with hotfixes and improvements for 1.4 and Biotech over the last week. We tweaked fixes to make them more mod-friendly and have been collaborating with modders to make updates more seamless for everyone. I’ve added a cumulative changelog below for your enjoyment that covers aaaall of those updates.

Other recent changes for 1.4:

• Update 1.4.3525 hotfixes some issues
  
• Recent patches for 1.4
  
• [Edit] We're working on a 1.4 content update!

Here are some highlights:

- Mechanoids: Labor mechanoids have more work ty... Read more

The RimWorld - Biotech expansion is out! This large-size expansion revolves around babies and child-raising, genetic modification, and the ability to control mechanoids.

Get it now on the Biotech Steam page!

To celebrate the release, ... Read more

Update: RimWorld - Biotech is now available!
It’s Tynan here, bringing you our final Biotech preview covering the xenohumans who inhabit the world, their factions, and the mysterious blood-drinking sanguophages, and Biotech’s price and release day.

Just a reminder that Biotech releases this week on Friday, October 21, 2022! ... Read more

Update: RimWorld - Biotech is now available!
Hi everyone, Jay and Matt here - we’re developers at Ludeon.

We've got a release date for you: RimWorld - Biotech is coming out on October 21, 2022.
Mark your calendars and ... Read more

Update: RimWorld - Biotech is now available!
Hey everybody! I'm Will, a designer working on RimWorld - Biotech. In our ... Read more

Update: RimWorld - Biotech is out now!
RimWorld’s third expansion, RimWorld - Biotech is coming out in a few weeks!

We’re also making the free base game 1.4 update available now for play on the unstable Steam branch. More details about that near the bottom of this post. EDIT: To be clear, the unstable branch only has base game content. Biotech is coming out soon, but isn't available yet.

This post will:

• Describe Biotech's features
  
• Present Tynan’s thoughts on why he decided to ma...

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Hi there, we've got another update for you today! This update cleans up some rough edges in Steam Deck, and expands the number of game modes that can use Ideology functionality.

The update should be compatible with all saves and mods.

If the update cause problems and you have a bug to report, or you want to help us test, please join the Official RimWorld Development Discord[discord.gg]! Thank you to all of our testers for your feedback.

Have a great week!

- Tia

Steam Deck Improvements - Fixed multiple cases where on Steam Deck some keyboard shortcuts were mentioned
- Commands now show "button A" glyph instead of "A" label on Steam Deck.
- When architect search bar is focused on a Steam Deck and the on-screen keyboard is visible, move gizmos up so that they're still visible.
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Hello everyone! We have great news for our Australian players - RimWorld is once again available for purchase on Steam in Australia. This means Australians have access to the RimWorld Steam store page and can gift and receive Steam keys for the game. (It also means you can read this news update. 😉) Everything should be back to normal!

For context: Back in February, the Australian Classification Board ... Read more

Hello everyone!

It’s Tia - I’m back with update 1.3.3326 which brings full support for RimWorld on Steam Deck!

Before I get into the update, I wanted to share that our developer who was living in Ukraine is now safe in Germany. He’s staying with one of our former team members and we're doing what we can to help him get set up there. Thank you for all the kind comments and for thinking of our team. 💛

Today’s update makes the Deck controls more intuitive, refines the touchscreen interface, improves the UI and keyboard, and adds an easy way to access the Deck's controller config options.

The Steam Deck requires that we use a new version of the Steamworks API which breaks compatibility with a few mods. To prevent breakages, three weeks ago, ... Read more

Hi everyone, it’s Tia. We’ve released our Steam Deck update 1.3.3300 as a beta branch on Steam.
This update has full support for Steam Deck!

However, for that to work it has to use a new version of the Steamworks API, which will break mods that access Steamworks.

If you’re working on a mod that accesses Steamworks, please prepare to update to its new version to prevent breaking the game.

We are planning to release this version to everyone on Wednesday April 6 at around 5pm EST.

Players who want to use Steam Deck should also use this branch for now. Everything except a few mods should work.

To play this beta on Deck or PC: right-click RimWorld in your Steam library list, click Properties, then select the ‘betas’ tab. Select ‘steam_deck - Steam Deck update’ from the drop-down list. Your game should auto-update - if it doesn’t, restart Steam.

To share any feedback or bug reports from the beta, please join th... Read more

[EDIT] We're reverting this update after seeing multiple comments about it causing issues. We're looking into it - sorry for the inconvenience everyone! Hi everyone, it’s Tia. I’m excited to bring you a big support update for Steam Deck!

In our previous announcement, ... Read more