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Must Have + QOL Mods for 1.6

Must have + QOL mods, updated collection for 1.4 and future updates.
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120 mods
  1. Achtung!
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    Achtung!

    Achtung! gives you tighter control over colonists when a normal right-click order is not enough. It is made for the busy moments: raids, fires, wounded pawns, half-built defenses, and work that must happen now instead of after a snack break. What it adds: - force work so pawns st

  2. Allow Tool
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    Allow Tool

    A set of tools to make your life on the Rim a bit easier.

  3. Animals Logic
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    Animals Logic

    Adds animal-related quality-of-life enhanсements.

  4. Autocleaner
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    Autocleaner

    ABOUT Adds Autocleaner, an autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner to the game.

  5. Camera+
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    Camera+

    Camera+ gives RimWorld a better camera for both close detail and wide map control.

  6. Bionic icons
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    medical

    Bionic icons

    ABOUT Changes the graphic for body part boxes and adds icons depending on what's inside.

  7. Common Sense
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    Common Sense

    Allows your pawns to act smarter.

  8. Crafting Quality Rebalanced
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    Crafting Quality Rebalanced

    Rebalances item crafting and building quality, for example a skill 20 crafter/builder will not have the chance to make an awful item anymore.

  9. Door Mat
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    Door Mat

    ORIGINAL AUTHOR: Latta ORIGINAL WORKSHOP URL: For your cleaning needs.

  10. Dubs Break Mod
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    Dubs Break Mod

    Changes how mental breaks are triggered, e.

  11. Dubs Mint Minimap
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    Dubs Mint Minimap

    Adds a minimap, with some options, doesn't hurt fps, ping tool for multiplayer.

  12. Gunplay
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    Gunplay

    ABOUT Adds more cinematic effects to weapons: A.

  13. Harmony
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    Harmony

    Harmony is the shared patch library used by many RimWorld mods.

  14. HugsLib
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    HugsLib

    This is a library that provides shared functionality for other mods.

  15. Interaction Bubbles
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    Interaction Bubbles

    Wouldn't it be great if you could read character interactions?

  16. Locks
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    Locks

    Version 2.6.2 Older versions Rimworld b19 version (0.19) Rimworld b18 version (0.18) Rimworld a17 version (0.17) Description This addon adds new locking door system. Doors can be unlocked to allow enemies and prisoners to pass by (only races that have inteligence "humanlike" or a

  17. Mad Skills
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    Mad Skills

    A collection of tweaks (found in Options -> Mod Settings -> Mad Skills) to change or turn off skill degradation and learning saturation.

  18. Numbers
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    Numbers

    Adds a customizable general overview tab, allowing you to see any stats on all your colonists or prisoners in a single window.

  19. Numbers Trait AddOn
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    Numbers Trait AddOn

    Add support for showing pawn's traits in the Numbers panel.

  20. OgreStack
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    OgreStack

    Mod for customizing stack sizes.

  21. Pick Up And Haul
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    Pick Up And Haul

    "Greatest hauling mod ever" - Chicken Plucker Colonists will gather stuff in their inventory, then haul it all to a stockpile.

  22. Prison Labor
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    Prison Labor

    Description This mod force prisoners to work.

  23. QualityBuilder
    No 1.6
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    QualityBuilder

    With QualityBuilder all buildings that have quality (beds, tables etc) will only be build by the best builder to ensure the best outgoing quality.

  24. Quarry [Adopted]
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    Quarry [Adopted]

    Quarry for collecting rocks and resources in flat terrain.

  25. Quick Stockpile Creation
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    Quick Stockpile Creation

    Quality of Life mod that allows you to quickly create a stockpile directly from an item, for just that item type, with a few other features.

  26. ReGrowth 2
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    ReGrowth 2

    You can see all changes in the changelog tab!

  27. Relevant Stats In Description
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    Relevant Stats In Description

    Depending on the type of building, selected stats are shown in the description-window in the architect-menu.

  28. RimHUD
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    RimHUD

    RimHUD is a UI mod that displays detailed information about a selected character or creature.

  29. Smarter Construction
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    Smarter Construction

    Stop your pawns from constantly building themselves into a wall or blocking something that hasn't been built yet.

  30. SpeakUp
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    SpeakUp

    SpeakUp is a Social Interaction Framework (SIF) capable of giving voice to your pawns.

  31. Tilled Soil
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    Tilled Soil

    About Since the beginning of civilisation the human race has been tilling soil to bring vital nutrients to the surface when planting crops.

  32. Vanilla Expanded Framework
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    Vanilla Expanded Framework

    The Vanilla Expanded Framework (VEF) is a core modding library required by many of the Vanilla Expanded mods.

  33. Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Farming
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    Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Farming

    1.2.0 (21/02/2021): - Sprinkler effect no longer stack - Sprinkler no longer boost plant in hydroponic (they still boost planter box) - Sprinkler no longer boost trees 1.1.1 (08/04/2020): Fixed Animal feeder not appearing in the correct tab. Sprinkler no longer blocks wind. 1.1.0

  34. Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Medical Module
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    Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Medical Module

    1.1.1 (21/02/2020): 1.1 version of this mod is no longer dependant on VFE-Core 1.1.0 (20/02/2020): This mod is now 1.1 compatible. 1.0.0a (05/05/2019): Fixed several bugs. 1.0.0 (20/04/2019): Release This module is a part of Vanilla Furniture Expanded which can be downloaded belo

  35. Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Production
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    Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Production

    1.1.0 (24/02/2020): We are now 1.1 compatible. 1.0.2 (05/10/2019): Now compatible with Dubs: Hygiene. Also, fixed the linkables not connecting to vanilla stoves. 1.0.1 (04/10/2019): Fixed the bills not being worked. 1.0.0 (04/10/2019): Release This module is a part of Vanilla Fur

  36. Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Security
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    Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Security

    Check change notes. Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Security is a complete overhaul and rebalance of the original security module, addressing outdated balance and vastly expanding defensive options from early to late game. For the new players, this mod should be the ultimate thing y

  37. Vanilla Plants Expanded
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    Vanilla Plants Expanded

    Vanilla Plants Expanded is a core module in a plant-based in the new mod series “Vanilla Cuisine Expanded” from the Vanilla Expanded team.

  38. Vanilla Textures Expanded
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    Vanilla Textures Expanded

    1.6.0 (16/07/2020): Updated to 1.3. Honestly, we added so many textures (including almost a full retexture of Royalty) I'm not going to bother. 1.5.0 (11/10/2020): Added faction icons in HQ. 1.4.0 (04/09/2020): Added various new textures: Snowmen, Flatscreen TV, Unfinished appare

  39. Vanilla Traits Expanded
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    Vanilla Traits Expanded

    1.7 (06/08/2021): - Production specialist with the perfection trait can produce legendary items - Prude pawns now won't engage in loving if they have no spouses - Mad surgeon now has Doctor work type requirement 1.6 (07/02/2021): Mad surgeons now correctly suffers no debuffs from

  40. Wall Light
    No 1.6
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    Wall Light

    As of update 1.5, Rimworld now contains wall lamps that serve the same purpose that this mod served for many, many years. So, what does this do now? Adds wall sun lamps. Lets you configure the vanilla wall lamps (and the added wall sun lamps) like you could with the old wall ligh

  41. WeaponStats
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    WeaponStats

    About this mod Adds a new "Weapons" tab, which lists all ranged, melee, explosive weapons and apparel on the current map.

  42. [NL] Dynamic Portraits
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    [NL] Dynamic Portraits

    Features This mod displays the following status in the portrait.

  43. Seamless Embrasures
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    Seamless Embrasures

    When they match it's good, when they do it automatically with any mod retexture too?

  44. Dubs Skylights
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    Dubs Skylights

    Simple skylight you can install into roofs to let in sunlight.

  45. Character Editor
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    Character Editor

    last update: v1.6.3 build on 2025-07-21 for RimWorld v1.6.4523 Editor for humanlike pawns on map and for crashlanding (colonists, enemies, dead pawns) MOD FEATURES • editor for pawns on map and for crashlanding • editable: body, head, hair, skin color, apparel color, gender, name

  46. Better Map Sizes
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    Better Map Sizes

    Enables custom map sizes through the Advanced menu on the world map during map generation.

  47. Mortar Accuracy
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    Mortar Accuracy

    Q: How is this different from vanilla Rimworld mortar accuracy?

  48. RimTraits - General Traits
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    RimTraits - General Traits

    Mod Version: v1.18 Get RimTraits - Vanilla Trait Colours to change your Trait Colours to match this mod! This mod adds 46 traits defining a pawn's attributes, some are mutually exclusive to each other with increasing rarity for the higher tier traits. This mod aims to add more mi

  49. Simple Stockpile Presets (Continued)
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    Simple Stockpile Presets (Continued)

    Update of Lanilors mod - If you want a version where the presets can be edited try the forked version: - Added french translation, thanks Imprécation.

  50. Ugh You Got Me
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    Ugh You Got Me

    Pawns will stop social fighting if they're badly hurt or in a lot of pain.

  51. Vanilla Social Interactions Expanded
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    Vanilla Social Interactions Expanded

    See change notes 3/29/2021: Release Vanilla Social Interactions Expanded means to bring much more needed life to your pawns and interactions they have.

  52. [XND] Adrenaline! (Continued)
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    [XND] Adrenaline! (Continued)

    Update of XeoNovaDans mod - Added support for Trait Value This simple mod aims to make combat more interesting and more immersive by making biological pawns produce adrenaline whenever they are put into fight-or-flight situations.

  53. RimTraits - Vanilla Trait Colors
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    RimTraits - Vanilla Trait Colors

    Mod Version: v1.12 This mod changes Vanilla and Modded trait colors according to their commonality using the RimTraits coloring scheme. Features: Vanilla trait coloring Modded trait coloring (4 mods) Supported Mods: RimTraits - General Traits Vanilla Traits Expanded Vanilla Fishi

  54. Additional Traits (Heroes + Gods Optional)
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    Additional Traits (Heroes + Gods Optional)

    v1.0 update of Gewen/Swenzi's Additional Traits (w/ Heroes + Gods) ________________________________________________________________________________ Description: Have you ever felt that there aren't enough traits to immersify your game-play? Well, I've got just the mod for you wit

  55. Map Preview
    ↑ Updated
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    Map Preview

    Adds a map preview to the world map.

  56. Vanilla Furniture Expanded
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    Vanilla Furniture Expanded

    Check change notes. Vanilla Furniture Expanded 2 is a big update and rework of the original mod, aimed at bringing your RimWorld furniture to the next level. It adds over 30 new furniture pieces across every tech level, from neolithic to late-industrial (with spacer coming in a s

  57. No Version Warning
    ↑ Updated
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    No Version Warning

    I get a lot of requests to update mods and some of them have no issues except that they are marked in the mod-list as incompatible with the current Rimworld version.

  58. Misc. Training
    ↑ Updated
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    Misc. Training

    This adds some training facilities: - Shooting Target Train up your shooting ability.

  59. Heat Map (Continued)
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    Heat Map (Continued)

    INFO: Due to how Steam's workshop functions I cannot update the original mod without being the original author, so I decided to revive my Continued version for pushing updates.

  60. Realistic Rooms Rewritten
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    Realistic Rooms Rewritten

    For 1.6, 1.5, 1.4 and 1.3 Lower your room space requirements! Safe to add mid-save. What is this? This mod is a complete rewrite of the original Realistic Rooms mod by Dragon Fist Ent (here) and it's updated version by Scherub (here). The original mod uses outdated methods which

  61. [T] MoreFloors 1.6
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    [T] MoreFloors 1.6

    Updated to 1.6 by Rain. Removed fine carpet, updated other carpets to the new carpet system. Due to the new carpet system, they are hard coded to be in Floors and not More Floors. All floors that could be converted to paintable are now paintable. Added pollution overlay for biote

  62. Floors Are (Absolutely) Worthless
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    Floors Are (Absolutely) Worthless

    - Works with most modded floors (feel free to report if any aren't affected) - Safe to add to a save - Safe to remove from a save - Affects all floors except for smoothed stone (due to the way it is handled by the game engine it simply cannot be patched by regular means) A very s

  63. Limitless Deathrest
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    Limitless Deathrest

    Your Sanquophage can get as much Deathrest capacity as it can find serum, but 3 out of 5 Deathrest buildings have a cap to their maximum amount linked.

  64. Not a Weapon
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    Not a Weapon

    Removes all those "ineffective" weapons that seem to find their way into your pawns arsenal.

  65. Walls are solid
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    Walls are solid

    In Vanilla Rimworld, there's very little use for breaching weapons, as even bare fists are enough to drill through a mountain, let alone walls and doors.

  66. DragSelect
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    DragSelect

    This simple mod allows you to drag and select multiple items in trade, caravan, and transporter loading windows.

  67. Blood Animations
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    Blood Animations

    Extreme Violence! Adds blood sprays, animated bleeding, ricochets, impact debris, and bullet casings! Directional Blood Sprays (Videos above) Triggered by direct damage, such as bullets, explosions, and damaging psycasts, and the blood amount scales based on the damage done. Bloo

  68. Ugly Together
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    Ugly Together

    Harmony patch to remove the social debuff and lowered romance chance between pawns who are both ugly or staggeringly ugly Can be safely added or removed mid-save.

  69. What's for sale?
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    What's for sale?

    I restarted actually playing the game, and noticed world trading was hard to achieve.

  70. Explicit Timings
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    Explicit Timings

    Description This mod exposes internal event timers to allow the player to make more educated decisions about taking risks.

  71. What's Missing?
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    What's Missing?

    Original link: Highlighted requirements and tooltips for recipe descriptions.

  72. Over-Wall Nutrient Paste Dispenser (Continued)
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    Over-Wall Nutrient Paste Dispenser (Continued)

    Update of Primus the Conquerers mod - Now shows the hopper as gizmo when Hopper Gizmo for Nutrient Dispenser is loaded I unfortunately don't have the time anymore to play and update my mods.

  73. Use Your Gun!
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    Use Your Gun!

    Unofficial 1.5 & 1.6 Patch by Dr Death Please let me know if you encounter any errors This mod simply allows pawns to shoot anything in an adjacent tile. It removes the "(too close)" message when right-clicking an enemy. You can configure every gun (including modded) to abide by

  74. Smart Farming Continued
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    Smart Farming Continued

    Original Mod: Note: You must unsubscribe from the original mod, I use the same packageId to keep compatability going!

  75. Scenario Amender [1.5 - 1.6]
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    Scenario Amender [1.5 - 1.6]

    Scenario Amender 1.5, 1.6 NO LONGER MAINTAINED Other modders may take over this mod. PASSED DOWN THE ARMSTRONG LINE FOR GENERATIONS Prior incarnations: krafs: (workshop page removed?) mlie: (1.1 - 1.3) AngryHornet: (1.4) Source code available @ github: Notes Believed incompatible

  76. No Burn Metal
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    No Burn Metal

    Tired of Steel Walls Burning Like Tinder?

  77. Room Sense (Continued)
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    Room Sense (Continued)

    Update of Falconnes mod - Removed the HugsLib dependency Toggleable panels to show relevant room stats, such as beauty, cleanliness, etc, over appropriate rooms using graphical meters and optionally a coloured overlay.

  78. RunAndGun - Continued
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    RunAndGun - Continued

    As I already have continued Search and Destroy, and this mod has not received an official 1.

  79. Stabilize Bleeding
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    Stabilize Bleeding

    Allows doctors to tend to only wounds bleeding on downed pawns at their location, Prioritizing wounds to tend to first based on bleeding severity.

  80. Simple FX: Vapor...Revaporized
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    Simple FX: Vapor...Revaporized

    Added some extra checks on the ColdGlow method so it doesn't start spamming if the game throws it a bad tile.

  81. Giddy-Up 2 - Continued
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    Giddy-Up 2 - Continued

    This was picked up from Giddy-Up 2 Forked after clocknot mentioned that they don't want to support it anymore.

  82. Blueprints Forked - 1.6
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    Blueprints Forked - 1.6

    1.6 Update for Blueprints - Forked Should be fully functional, and I haven't run into any errors myself but please let me know if you find any as I haven't had time to play any really, since I've just been updating mods in my free time :) Original Blueprints - Forked Description:

  83. QualityBuilder Unofficial 1.6
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    QualityBuilder Unofficial 1.6

    I updated for 1.6 and fixed the ideology furniture bug and the unforbid on reload bug. If you notice bugs please let me know as I do want to fix those while the official isn't updated yet. github to report bugs, or report bugs in here. I'd prefer in github though. Official: With

  84. Living Bonds
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    Living Bonds

    This mod adds various interactions between pawns who are in family relationships.

  85. Nice Plants Menu
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    Nice Plants Menu

    Let me tell you a fairy tale about beautiful UI in our beloved game This small mod will help you carefully plan your plantations: Simplify information about the plant Provides information on whether you can feed your colony Shows approximate harvest maturity time Helps calculate