Aeternus Core

Aeternus Core

Death is not an ending. It is a duty, a memory, and sometimes, a resource. Aeternus Core is a RimWorld 1.6 content mod about funerary rites, soul memory, ossuaries, bound undead, and the grim priesthood of the Bonewright order. Built as part of the Magic Framework series, it expands the world of MFVanilla with a darker ritual tradition centered on death-care, sacred remains, and the Faith of Aeternus. This first release focuses on the Bonewright ritual foundation. The broader Faith of Aeternus is present through ideology content, roles, doctrine, research themes, apparel, and ritual framing, but it is not yet a full religion expansion. Expect balance changes, new content, text polish, and occasional rough edges as the mod grows.

Early Development Notice

Aeternus Core is playable, but still in active development. The current version is best treated as a first public foundation for testing the death-care, ossuary, and bound-undead gameplay loop. Feedback from real colonies is especially welcome around clarity, pacing, balance, ritual costs, undead usefulness, and strange edge cases.

Current Features

• Bonewright anointment and rite access.
• Ossanith ossuary rites and a dedicated death-care loop.
• Bound undead minions with a one-minion-per-Bonewright rule.
• Ossanith Skeletons, Animara Echobound Revenants, Choralum Reliquary Wardens, and Shroudhymn Veilbound Shades.
• Dismissal and rest handling for bound undead.
• Master-loss consequences: abandoned bound undead may become hostile lost forms.
• Soul memory and haunting foundations through Magic Framework.
• Unnerving undead presence that affects nearby living non-Bonewright pawns.
• Aeternus ideology content, roles, doctrine, rituals, apparel, and research themes.

Current Scope

The Bonewright order is currently the most developed part of the mod. The Faith of Aeternus has been established as the surrounding ideology and ritual tradition, but deeper religious systems, sacred progression, additional rites, story hooks, and fuller presentation are planned for later updates. In short: this release gives you the first working ritual foundation. The faith around it will continue to grow.

Requirements

• RimWorld 1.6
• Ideology
• Harmony
• Magic Framework

Recommended load order:

1. Harmony
2. Ideology
3. Magic Framework
4. Aeternus Core

Save Notes

As with any early-development mod, back up important saves before adding or updating. The current systems have been smoke tested, but future updates may change balance, text, Def names, rituals, undead progression, or related systems as the mod settles into its first release shape.

Feedback

Useful reports include the RimWorld log, the ritual or undead involved, other active mods, and what you expected to happen. Balance impressions are also helpful. If something feels too slow, too cheap, too punishing, unclear, weak, excessive, or not dramatic enough, that is useful feedback. Thank you for helping test Aeternus Core while its bones are still settling into place.