There are a lot of technological advancements that your pawns can learn in RimWorld with enough effort and control from your side.
If you have chosen the Lost Tribe scenario to start your playthrough, then you will have a debuff to research due to your low tech level.
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The game will even tell you so when you look at the research options. You will have to research a lot longer to learn some of the most basic stuff in the game.
So, can you increase this neolithic tech level in RimWorld and learn how to build a spaceship as fast as any normal colony would? You can find the answer below.
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Can You Increase the Tech Level in RimWorld?
Your tech level will be decided the moment you choose your scenario. There are six tech levels that exist around the RimWorld, for your colony and other factions as well. Here is a list of them, in order of technological advancement:
- Neolithic
- Medieval
- Industrial
- Spacer
- Ultratech
- Archotech
All scenarios, besides the Lost Tribe one, start at the industrial tech level. The maximum level of technology that you can research in RimWorld is ultratech.
Even though you can research things that are of a higher level tech, you can never increase the tech level you get at the start of the game.
There is no way to increase tech level in RimWorld, no matter what you research. If you started the game as a Lost Tribe, you will be stuck at neolithic tech level until the end of the game.
This system exists to create barriers for the player since you would research everything too fast otherwise.
Though it doesn’t make sense that a tribe that can make spaceships is still at the neolithic tech level, this is just a game mechanic to keep the game hard.
How to Research Faster in RimWorld
Even though you can’t increase your tech level in RimWorld, there are other ways you can speed up the process.
The most obvious way to speed up research is to get a pawn to level 20 Intellectual. The normal rate of research, 100% research speed, is achieved at level 8 Intellectual. At level 20, the research speed of the pawn reaches 240%.
Another way to make sure that your research moves faster is to have the best research table, the hi-tech research table, available. You can unlock it by researching Microelectronics.
Last but not least, make sure to speed up research through your ideology. There is a precept where you can choose research speed. Make sure to set it to very fast, which boosts research speed by 50%.
That’s everything you need to know about how to increase the tech level in RimWorld!
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