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[WYD] Primitive Research

Restructures early tech, especially for tribal, and zero tech scenarios.

Research Changes

-ikwa is now free tech
-pila is now free tech

The Ikwa is kinda garbage melee weapon compared to the gladius, making it immediately redundant when Smithing is unlocked. Making this a free tech, it can now be crafted at the Crafting Spot along with the club, and knife.

The pila is kinda garbage ranged weapon compared to the short bow*, which in vanilla is a free tech. Pila has replaced the short bow as free tech at the crafting spot.

-Short bow is now a research

Short bows must now be researched under Archery, but it is a very cheap tech (100) .


Furniture Changes

It always bothered me that tribal starts had awkward mismatching such as having the butchering spot, and a butchering table; a campfire and the fuelled stove. So I added a new research called Simple Furniture to combat this annoyance.

The following must now be unlocked by the Simple Furniture research:

- Art Bench
- Butcher Table
- Fuelled Stove
- Simple Research Bench

Consequently,I have added a "Research Spot" that is free tech to allow researching to begin. This works at half the rate of the Simple Research Bench, but Simple Furniture is also a cheap tech.


Stonecutting got moved down a row to make room for Simple Furniture. If you are also playing with my Thermo mod, this works well, given that mod requires Stonecutting, and is on the same level.

*Please note that while pila is stronger are range, it's weaker in close quarters. Unless one has a mod like Simple Sidearms - melee damage DSP > Ranged. Besides, they are basically javelins (throwing spears - not to be confused with the spear melee weapon) and should be neolithic in the first place.

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