Hiring people

[Hyshphahos]

Hello folks

I'm new and noob (few games already tried), I've started with classic scénario and 3 dudes.
But I need more hands. How can I hire fast and safe ?
Quests are too long to wait someone, I don't like recruit prisoners, ...

My team of 3 won't falling in love and ♥♥♥♥ to babies. I'm stuck and it become boring. I want extend my wonderful but basic cottage :D

[Tabasco]

The main way to get more Colonists is Recruiting Prisoners.
Babys are only in Biotech but if you have Biotech you can research Growing Vats, take an Ovum from a Female Colonist/ Prisoner and fertilize them to grow them in the Vat.
With Idiology you can set Rituals to get random wanderers which joins your colony.

[Kasa]

If you have ideology you can creature your own custom meme, during that creation process you can set your rituals to be done at any time with a 50% chance of a random recruit joining you.

[Hyshphahos]

ok, ideology seems good but.. I have no ideology, how can I start it one ?

[The Blind One]

Just have a little patience, fresh colonists will arrive soon enough either from the sky or as volunteers.

[Kasa]

Originally posted by Hyshphahos:

ok, ideology seems good but.. I have no ideology, how can I start it one ?

If you have the DLC you make one before your start your colony.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1392840/RimWorld__Ideology/

[Hyshphahos]

and if I have already start my game... don't tell me I have to restart ... :'(

[Kasa]

Originally posted by Hyshphahos:

and if I have already start my game... don't tell me I have to restart ... :'(

You should be able to use the dev console to edit it, but by that point it would probably just be easier to spawn a pawn, capture them and then recruit them.

[HunterSilver]

There are a few events in the core game that'll get thrown at you:
- Slave traders sell people that will become colonists if bought
- Crashed droppods survivors can be rescued or captured and recruited
- Capture and recruit prisoners
- Random Joiner event
- Someone is being chased by enemy factions and will join you if you protect them
- Someone is being chased by ??? and will join you if you protect them
- Someone has been captured and if you rescue them they will join you

Royalty:
- Refugees need a place to stay for awhile and if you keep them happy some will offer to join you. (I forget if this is Royalty or Ideology, I think it's Royalty though)

Ideology:
- There is a ritual to have a random recruit join you
- Farmers can tend to Gauranlen Tree, growing dryads that you can use in your colony
- You can turn prisoners into Slaves

BioTech:
- People can become pregnant and have children
- You can build mechanoids to do tasks and fight in combat

Anomaly:
- Creepy Drifters will offer to join you
- You can ghoulify prisoners, slaves, or colonists and they will become loyal to you
- There is a Obelisk that will Clone people who are Suppressing it or that Activate it

[Melkor]

If your a high enough title with the empire, you could just ask for a work force

[Grinch]

Outside the options HunterSilver gave you... prisoners are the main way to gain new pawns.

[konstantynopolitaneczka]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3258805821

[Mati_Lublin]

There's also quest (not sure if tied to DLC or not) about taking care of prisoner(s) for a faction. These prisoners have 0 resistance so you may consider worsening relations (and failing a quest) if you find certain pawn worthwile.

Furthermore, if you get Anomaly, you can later summon through the ritual random pawns from hostile factions ready to be imprisoned.

And to be honest, prisoners (regardless how you get them) are main source of new recruits anyway.

[nephilimnexus]

Don't forget random event crash survivors. They have a chance to join your colony if you rescue them.

Also, if you have resurrector serums, those bodies you find in gibbet cages in enemy bases count as survivors and can be recruited as well.

If you get the "space war" event and have enough medical beds to go around you can pack your colony in a very short time, as you can get six or more crash survivors in a single day.