Advanced Raiders Mod

Advanced Raiders Mod enhances RimWorld raids by introducing new specialized enemy types with unique abilities and behaviors, making combat encounters more dynamic, unpredictable, and challenging.

Advanced Raiders Features

New Raider Types

Adds a total of 7 new raider types, including tribal and mercenary variants, each bringing unique mechanics to raids:

• Mercenary medic: Uses powerful combat stimulants to revive downed allies, turning them back into active threats.
• Technician: Equipped with special belts that make them invisible to turrets and capable of sabotaging or even turning them against you.
• Pacifier: Uses shock batons to finish off downed pawns, potentially causing PTSD and spreading fear among nearby colonists.
• Bulldozer: A heavily armored unit that can taunt colonists, forcing them to focus attacks on it.
• Tribal medic: Can resurrect allies, creating fast and resilient fighters that do not bleed but suffer reduced accuracy.
• Beastmaster: Arrives with trained battle animals; if downed, their animals may flee or attempt rescue.
• Commander chief: Buffs allies and prevents raiders from fleeing while alive.

Gameplay Impact

Raids become more strategic and less predictable, featuring:

• Enemies that revive, buff, and support each other.
• Turret sabotage and counter-defense mechanics.
• Psychological effects such as fear and PTSD on colonists.
• Coordinated enemy behavior that challenges standard killbox strategies.

Additional Mechanics

• Special medical items used by mercenaries can be researched and repurposed for colony use.
• Beastmaster animals react dynamically to their master’s state.

Compatibility notes

• Compatible with most mods that do not heavily alter NPC group behavior.
• Likely incompatible with Combat Extended due to added weapons.
• Recommended to set enemy death on downed chance to around 50% or lower for best experience.
• Works well alongside mods that prevent item drops.

When troubleshooting the Advanced Raiders Mod:

• Test with only this mod and its requirements active.
• Add other mods gradually to identify conflicts.
• Upload logs using the Log Uploader.
• Use Discord for error reporting.
• Avoid reporting errors via discussion threads.
• Share solutions on the GitHub repository.
• Use RimSort to organize your mod list.