Homesteader

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Homesteader

Grow it, put it by, live off the land.

A full farmstead mod for RimWorld — tribal survival, farm-to-table kitchens, wells and irrigation, cool cellars, livestock and fiber, homestead comforts, and off-grid power. RimWorld 1.4–1.6.

Requires Harmony. Safe to add mid-save. Before removing, deconstruct Homesteader buildings and clear its items.

Tribal survival (no research)

• Drying rack — jerky, dried produce, fruit leather, dried mushrooms, and pemmican without the vanilla pemmican research
• Field crops, storage crates, barrels, and pallets

Winter pantry

• Curing rack and smokehouse — rock salt, salted meat, smoked meat (plus salted/smoked fish with Odyssey)
• Hayloft and ingredient barrel for bulk farm storage
• Root cellar, icehouse, and springhouse — passive cool storage so summer heat doesn't cook the pantry
• Preserves shelf — beautiful display storage for jams, pickles, cheese, dairy, honey, syrup, cured meats, and more

Farm to table

• Grain mill, butter churn, cheese press, pickling crock, jam cauldron, and wood-fired homestead hearth
• Dairy pipeline: skim cream → churn butter (+ buttermilk) or press cheese; wax or smoke cheese
• Sugar, honey, or maple syrup for jam, porridge, and cider
• Pantry meals: toast and jam, ploughman's lunch, honey porridge, pumpkin pie, buttermilk biscuits, trail stew, hearty stew
• Cider vinegar, vinegar pickles, apple cider, mead, herbal tea, and homestead soap
• Canning kitchen (mason jars, canned stew/jam) and cider press (apple juice → ferment at the brewery)

Orchard & apiary

• Apple and cherry trees — slow-growing orchard fruit that regrows after harvest
• Sugar maple — tap sap, boil maple syrup at the hearth, griddle flapjacks
• Beehives produce honey and beeswax; beeswax candles for chemfuel-free light

Water & irrigation

Former Wellspring content now ships inside Homesteader (disable any old standalone Wellspring mod — defNames are preserved for saves).

• Hand-dug well, rain barrel, cistern, solar still, stone fountain (wellcraft)
• Deep well and water tower (waterworks)
• Irrigated soil and irrigated planter (+30% fertility)
• Boiled water, mud bricks, and clean bandages
• Optional Dubs Bad Hygiene soft-compat — barrels/cisterns/towers join plumbing; wells act as groundwater / deep inlets

Livestock, fiber & soil

• Chicken coop (eggs); animal mash from barley, pumpkin, or hay
• Nesting box for small animals
• Render lard/tallow; stuff sausage from cured meats, fat, and herbs
• Flax crop, spinning wheel, loom, and homestead quilts (quilted beds need a quilt)
• Compost heap → fertilizer → composted soil (+45% fertility)

Around the farmhouse

• Furniture: log bench, rocking chair, quilted double bed, oil lamp, wood stove
• Floors: wooden deck, straw matting, packed gravel
• Recreation: checkers table and washer toss barrel
• Harvest maypole — gathering spot with nearby harvest cheer
• Apparel: straw hat, work apron, overalls, wool poncho
• Wash tub — refuel with soap for a freshly washed mood

Tastes, allergies & personality

• Tastes tab on humanlike pawns — five favorite foods (Homesteader + vanilla pool); eating a favorite gives a mood bonus
• Rare allergies — usually none; otherwise Big-9-style food or environmental (pollen, dust, pet dander, mold). Soft flares only, never lethal; food AI avoids discovered allergens
• Allergies stay hidden as "Unknown sensitivity" until discovery
• Polyarmory trait — polycule members (lovers and metamours) happily share multi-person beds (works with Polyamory Beds)

27 & the yard curios

• Golden and harvest-stone 27 monuments, plus 1×1 and 2×2 gilded 27 statues — nearby pawns get a +27 mood aura
• Kats Effect — rare Misc event that only fires when a finished 27 is on the home map: heat dome, short brain-rot, 27-silver Super Chat… or hostile Kats if unpaid
• Diggo the plushie and Sharkira the plushie — high-beauty cuddle furniture (buildable from the start; occasionally on the homestead supplier)

Research, power & progression

All projects live on a dedicated Homesteader research tab.

• Primitive homestead → food preservation → farmstead crafting → storage → brewing → comforts → advanced homestead
• Livestock, textiles, soil & cold storage, pantry craft
• Wellcraft → irrigation / waterworks
• Wood-burning generator (300W) plus compact battery, battery bank, advanced battery, ultratech battery, and portable chemfuel generator

Scenario, trade & flavor

• Homesteaders scenario — three settlers, farm animals, seeds and tools, no advanced tech
• Farmhand, homestead cook, and beekeeper backstories (1.5+)
• Homestead supplier caravan on outlander factions — preserves, dairy, drinks, farm goods, and the occasional plushie

Notes

• Requires Harmony (C# for passive cooling, tastes, allergies, wash effects, and events)
• Odyssey: salted and smoked fish recipes unlock automatically
• Dubs Bad Hygiene: optional soft-compat only
• Hand-painted art for crops, items, buildings, apparel, and floors