How the heck do you stop an unnatural corpse

[ptarn]

I've exhausted my options. Other than letting its target die, I don't see any other outcome. I've tried imprisoning the corpse, but it teleports through walls. I've tried having my target outrun it, but it moves faster every few seconds. I've tried sending my target away in a caravan, but the corpse follows it. And when it reaches its target, it's suddenly nigh-invulnerable (very rapid regeneration) and I can't kill it before it kills its target.

I know Rimworld is essentially about the story, but is there no way to stop this from happening ever? Every other unnatural event has a way - some more difficult than others - to counter it, but this seems... unfair? Can someone point me in the right direction please?

[Garatgh Deloi]

You need to study it and find a way.

[ptarn]

My colonists have been studying it, but it activates before I get a resolution I guess? If that's the case, I'll take my loss and make sure to study it more next time it pops up.

[ptarn]

Okay, thanks for the quick replies! As said, I'll unfortunately have to say goodbye to my target, but next time I'll be prepared! ;-)

Happy war crimes folks!

[Draftyowl]

yea i feel your pain, had this happen to me and it triggered before i got two study steps on it. felt like a hah gotcha moment from the game, whatever fine chalk that up to the randy random ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[TheIronGuardian]

Old thread, but I ran into the issue where I didn't study it in time. So, for anyone wondering how to buy yourself some more time, destroying the body and then studying it as soon as it appears will do the trick.

[MadArtillery]

Study it, can probably also just use the ritual you get for the corpse arriving to resurrect the person though I've never tried that particular method as I usually get the study done.

Originally posted by TheIronGuardian:

Old thread, but I ran into the issue where I didn't study it in time. So, for anyone wondering how to buy yourself some more time, destroying the body and then studying it as soon as it appears will do the trick.

Saving and reloading will cause it to spawn as well. It can actually bug out and never respawn sometimes so I've had to fix it with that before.

[Mooguy]

I killed this thing using an insane amount of firepower(no mods)

i had 2 pycasters casting burden/skip/sun many many times to slow him down while having 2 ghouls and 6 shooters with charge rifles+ 3 melee pawns +2 centipede blasters +4 lancers shooting at him. all while skipping him behind a river the corpse had to cross. probably couldnt do it without pycasts.

[Allerliebsterauspufftopf33563]

ive found a really cheesy and easy way. you go to the storyteller settings, go to custom. and then you put colonist insta kills on 0%.