Helpful Pals

Housekeeping! (8/3/25: Update to 1.6, Please Read!)

- As of 1.6, Cattiva and other future mining pals will require Odyssey to mine. Why? Because from what I heard, the devs don't like features in mods that are pretty much identitcal to DLC features, so just in case, I changed the patch to require Cattiva to be trained to dig. Sorry.
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Graphic design is NOT my passion.

What's in this mod?

An animal mod that adds pals from Palworld. Like in the original, they will (sometimes) do work around your colony depending on the pal and I tried to be as accurate as possible for what I'm limited in doing with xml and what's available in vanilla Rimworld. For example: Cattiva, Lamball, and Flambelle will both haul and clean around your colony, but Cattiva can also mine while Flambelle can cook (just watch out for food poisoning-). Pals have to be trained in guarding first, however.

Some animal behaviors from Vanilla Expanded Framework have also been added. Example: Caprity can grow and drop berries, Flambelle and other future fire pals can refuel torches, campfires, etc (compatibility patches will be added later) while Flambelle specifically doesn't leave behind filth, and future electric pals will be able to charge batteries when they come near them.

Some pals (Flambelle and Wumpo for example) can also drastically affect room temperature, so make sure to plan their living spaces around that.

What pal is included at the moment is listed below.

Current Pal List:

Cattiva, Lamball, Chikipi, Caprity, Flambelle, Gumoss, Mozzarina, Wumpo, Wumpo Botan, Dazzi

Upcoming Pals

Relaxaurus. XML is pretty much done, just have to do the art and test that everything is working properly.

Will every pal be in this?

Fuck no.

I don't have the ambition or need. I will add more when I feel inspired to and want to, but I do not make promises to include every pal. This was just something fun I was doing alongside other stuff, but hey, anyone is free to make add-ons for more pals (or other things to expand on this mod) too if they don't feel like waiting for the chance of me adding their faves in.

Special Thanks!

Special thanks to sumghai, because this mod wouldn't be a thing if not for the animal workgiver code from his Mousekin mod. God knows I can't code for shit.