How To Burn Corpses In Rimworld

Managing corpses is an essential part of maintaining hygiene and morale in your Rimworld colony. This guide will walk you through the simple process of burning corpses using a crematorium, ensuring your settlement stays clean and disease-free.

Setting Up Your Crematorium

The first step in burning corpses is to construct a crematorium. This is a straightforward building that you can place anywhere in your base. Once built, the crematorium will handle all your corpse disposal needs.

Configuring the Cremate Corpse Bill

After building your crematorium, you need to set up the cremation bill. Access the builds menu and look for the “cremate corpse bill” option. Click on “details” to configure the settings.

Bill Configuration Settings

In the details menu, you’ll want to configure the following settings:

Corpse Types: Allow rotten, fresh, human-like animal, and entity corpses

Hit Points Range: Set between 0 to 100 hit points to burn all corpses regardless of condition

Ingredient Radius: Turn this up to “unlimited” so colonists will collect corpses from anywhere on the map

Removing the Corpse Restriction

You may notice that some corpses have an “X” mark on them, which prevents your colonists from touching them. This typically happens to items dropped or found in the wild. To allow corpse hauling, press F on your keyboard to toggle the allow status.

If you encounter an error message saying “cannot haul no empty accessible stock configured to store it,” you’ll need to create a designated storage zone for bodies first.

Creating a Body Storage Zone

To resolve hauling issues, set up a dedicated storage zone for corpses. Follow these steps:

Zone Setup Process

Create a new “stock pile zone” in a suitable location near your crematorium

Access the storage settings for this zone

Click “clear all” to remove default items

Enable “corpses” as the only item type allowed in this zone

Set the priority to “critical” so colonists prioritize hauling bodies here

Hauling and Cremation

Once your storage zone is configured, your colonists will automatically haul corpses to the designated area. From there, they will transport the bodies to the crematorium for burning. You can also manually prioritize a colonist’s task by selecting them and assigning them to haul bodies to the zone.

Important Note: Clothing on Corpses

Keep in mind that the crematorium will burn not only the corpse but also any clothing the deceased is wearing. If you want to salvage useful clothing items, strip them off the corpse before it reaches the crematorium.

Conclusion

Burning corpses in Rimworld is a simple but important process for maintaining a healthy colony. By setting up a crematorium with properly configured bills and a dedicated storage zone, you can efficiently manage corpse disposal and keep your settlement clean and disease-free.

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