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Traits Plus

This mod adds many new traits and some backstories. I've been a little out of the RimWorld loop for the 1.4 cycle, but I hope I will spend some more time with it during 1.5. If I do, I'm pretty certain I will keep adding to this mod moving forward.

With the 1.4 update, some changes was made to how traits work. Many of the finer details of this mod - such as the mood and social modifiers - stopped working and was temporarily removed. But now, with the 1.5 update, we are back on track. All aspects of the mod now works again, and I look forward to keep working on it.

I'm hopeful I can add some new traits and backstories moving forward, and will gladly hear any suggestions you may have!

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- Adds about 15 new backstories with connected traits and another about 40 regular traits to the pool (more coming all the time). The traits vary a lot. From rarer stuff with a lot of impact to a pawn, to smaller traits boosting or nerfing a stat. Jobs, skills, stats, thoughts and mood are all changed in different ways.

I also focus a a lot on making the social aspects intertwine better with the traits, so people with similar interests or jobs are more positive towards each other and moody people have a harder time making friends.

- Astronomer. Enthusiastic researcher, crafter and builder. Not very social.

- Botanist. Plants, medicine and intellectual. Especially plants. Incapable of fighting, mining and crafting.

- Combat medic. Great asset to a colony. Very fast tending speed to go with being able to get around the battlefield in a rush.

- Developer. Intellectual and crafting. Boost to research speed.

- Florist. Plants. Preferably nice looking plants.

- Factotum. Easy-going laborer. Not very interested in much except their own job at the moment.

- Riflesmith. Guns and crafting. Especially crafting guns. Not much else.

- Mason. Mining and arts. Preferably at the same time.

- Fighter. Deadly fighter. Deal more and take less damage.

- Junk artist. Makes art out of junk. And is good at it.

- Exile. Kicked out from the last colony. A bit scarred from it and won't risk it again.

- Cage fighter. Deadly fighter in close combat. Blunt damage is the speciality.

- Wild child. Lived with the animals. Grown up in terms of years, but will never not be a child.


- All out of ♥♥♥♥♥. Incapable of pretty much anything except fighting, mining and dumb labor. High pain threshold and low mental break threshold. Basically a numb person.

- Authoritarian. A person of natural authority. Great to have in a colony (especially if you're playing with 'Ideology'), except they won't do manual labor.

- Backpacker. Likes things that has to do with hiking and being outdoors (packing stuff, hunting, plants, animals). Boost to min+max temperatures.

- Blader. Skilled melee fighter with different boosts including a big boost to sharp damage. Incapable of shooting.

- Braggart. A bit obnoxious, but bonus to trading.

- Edgy. Easily annoyed, not a people person. Higher risk of social fighting. Very effective when guarding slaves.

- Small talker. Pretty much the opposite of an 'Edgy' person. Not great around slaves - but an asset at the dinner table.

- Cautious. Better safe than sorry. Does everything a little slower, but mitigates some risks here and there because of it.

- Cheerful. A bucket full of joy. Mood boosts and has a tendency to rub off on people. Not great for guarding prisoners or slaves.

- Clever. Lots of small boost to pretty much everything. Escpecially to intellectual and medical stuff.

- Complainer. Just a regular party pooper.

- Living bioreactor. Eats a ton, but has a healthy and strong body to show for it. Boosts to health, immunity and resting rate.

- Daredevil. Definition of the expression 'head on'. A positive person, but takes extra damage from everything.

- Good aim. Just a bit of a sharp eye.

- Determined. Strong characters. Won't fold easily.

- Doomed. These characters are doomed. And they're looking it.

- Early riser. A breath of fresh air. Wakes up early every day, always with a smile on their faces.

- Defensive fighter. Takes and deal less damage.

- Flincher. Lousy fighter. A good change they'll get hit.

- Freerunner. Fast and agile. But not very strong.

- Healthy routines. Physically fit. Small boosts to all things health.

- Ruthless. An unfriendly, violent person. Gets their point across, though.

- Devoute (Ideology needed). Non-violent person of the faith.

- Zealot (Ideology needed). A little more violent enforcer of the faith.

- Behemoth. Huge (and very strong!), but pretty slow in two different ways.

- Uncultured. Basically a pretty boring person.

- Likes summer. Likes summer and is happy that time of year. In winter, not so much.

- Likes winter. Likes winter and is happy that time of year. In summer, not so much.

- Likes spring. Likes spring and is happy that time of year. In fall, not so much.

- Likes fall. Likes fall and is happy that time of year. In spring, not so much.

- Sloppy. Works fast. Not very well.

- Go-getter. Wants it. Gets it.

- Spindly. Moves rather fast, but on long, fragile limbs with less than perfect control.

- Direct hitter Does a little more damage than average.

- Indirect hitter Does a little less damage than average.

If you are like me and really like traits and the flavor it brings to this great game, take a look at my mod Trait Slots Plus, making it possible to have more trait slots (Biotech compatible)!

Fellow modder KingDomRock made a Chinese translation for the mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2566315193