Dao of the Rim — Xianxia Cultivation Playthrough (1.6)

Dao of the Rim — Xianxia Cultivation Playthrough (1.6)

A cultivation-themed modpack for RimWorld 1.6 — spiritual roots, realms, breakthroughs, Qi, sects, pills, and xianxia aesthetics — layered with genes, QoL, character, and animation mods that make long immortal campaigns genuinely pleasant to play.

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What's inside

Core cultivation — RimImmortal series (边缘仙路)

Single-framework cultivation by TangW (堂丸). Chinese-authored xianxia, translated to English. A cohesive system for spiritual roots, realm progression, five elements, sects, and pills.

• Core — spiritual roots, meditation, realms, herbs, pill refinement
• FiveElements — Fire/Wood/Earth cultivation paths (Water/Metal WIP)
• Faction — rival interstellar sects with rank-up system, sect ships, backgrounds
• Forge — talismans, magic treasures, equipment forging
• Biome — Peach Blossom Land biome with spirit veins, immortal peach trees, mythic beasts (Chang You, Li Li, Xuan Turtle)
• Bizarre — darker sects and spells (from "Dao of the Bizarre Immortal" webnovel)
• Exorcism (beta) — evil spirits, Taoist combat arts, Nether corpses, burial ground events
• Living + Farmcraft + Furniture + Hairstyle — Chinese cuisine, decor, clothing, architecture
• Chinese Weapon Pack — swords, spears, halberds (pairs with Melee Animation)

Progression & pacing

• EndlessGrowth — raises skill cap from 20 → 100 so long-lived cultivators keep growing
• Mad Skills — disables skill decay so immortals don't forget their craft
• Raid Limiter (Continued) — keeps early raids low-key so an OP starting cultivator doesn't trigger endgame threats on day 1; adjust wealth/colonist scaling mid-run

Genes & xenotypes (Biotech maximization)

• Alpha Genes — 300+ genes, 16 xenotypes, custom random xenotype tool
• WVC - Xenotypes and Genes — 400+ genes incl. archite-only Mechapack
• Dubiously Balanced Archite Genes — archite versions of vanilla genes
• EBSG Archite Content — additional archite-tier gene options
• Xenotype Spawn Control — keeps OP archite gene combos protagonist-exclusive; prevents raiders from rolling broken archite stacks
• Big and Small Framework + Better Prerequisites — gene infrastructure

Build your cultivator in Character Editor with Archite Metabolism, Archite Psychic Sensitivity (stacks with cultivation abilities), Deathless, Archite Aptitude: Melee/Intellectual, and Archite Lifespan. Biotech's Ageless gene + cultivation immortality = layered ascension.

Frameworks

• Harmony, HugsLib, Prepatcher
• Vanilla Expanded Framework
• EBSG Framework
• It's Sorcery!
• Vehicle Framework
• Hair Modding Plus (continued)

Aesthetics & factions

• Chinese Comprehensive Expansion
• Erin's Japanese Furniture
• Edo Themed Expansion
• T's Samurai Faction
• Vanilla Psycasts Expanded

Character customization

• Character Editor — full pawn editing for scenario starts
• Hair: Won hair_women, Won Hair Men Retextured, Erin's Hairstyles Redux, Erin's Hairstyles 2, Vanilla Hair Expanded, Rimsenal Hair Pack

Animation

• Facial Animation - WIP + Experimentals — blinking eyes, moving mouths, mood expressions
• Vanilla Textures Expanded - Facial Animation — extended customization options
• Reel's Facial Animation Textures + Facial Animation - Retexture — higher-quality faces
• Melee Animation by Epicguru — real weapon swings, duels, executions (pairs perfectly with sword cultivators)

QoL & performance (all 1.6-verified forks)

• Work: Work Tab (Continued), Better Pawn Control, Common Sense, Allow Tool
• Hauling/storage: Pick Up And Haul (Unofficial 1.6), LWM's Deep Storage (SP4RTAN), Replace Stuff – Continued, Blueprints Forked 1.6
• Medical: Smart Medicine – Continued, Pharmacist: Represcribed
• UI: RimHUD, Numbers, Dubs Mint Menus, Interaction Bubbles, CM Color Coded Mood Bar, Map Preview, Smart Speed
• Building: Designator Shapes (circles, ellipses, hexagons, diagonals, flood-fill for any designator), Minify Everything (reinstall walls/doors/anything without deconstructing)
• Combat: Simple Sidearms + Switch Weapon addon (pawns carry multiple weapons, auto-swap between melee and ranged)
• Performance: Performance Optimizer, Dubs Performance Analyzer

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Requires all DLCs

Royalty · Ideology · Biotech · Anomaly · Odyssey

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Known gaps

• No formation arrays or feng shui room bonuses
• No master-disciple skill inheritance
• No scripted heavenly-dao narrative arc
• Only one cultivation framework by design — Ascension and Cultivator of the Rim are intentionally excluded to avoid overlapping realm trees. RimImmortal is the single source of truth for cultivation progression.
• Cultivator of the Rim stays out — still broken against It's Sorcery's class update (SchemaItemBase rename), even after its March 2026 update

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Looking for suggestions

This is a living list. If you know a 1.6-compatible mod that fits the xianxia / cultivation / oriental aesthetic — or spot a conflict I missed — drop a comment. Especially interested in:

• Alchemy / pill refinement depth
• Sect tournament or duel mechanics
• Master-disciple / lineage systems
• Additional spiritual root or element systems