When you mine deep into the mountains or live in a caves, there is a change to summon Infestation to your colony. In RimWorld, more value colony have – more harder raids and events AI storyteller will send to you. Because of balance in universe, etc.. You can see it by graph:
There is two ways deal with that disaster:
- Clean infestation – preparing to the next event.
- Live with it – kill all bugs but keep hives alive.
If im not wrong, there is a way cheat this situation with AI. Storyteller will send to you easy raids or even good events, because you already have an infestation. So you can loot insect jelly from time to time, and no worried of been attacked while living with this disaster at base. Its possible to do with any another negative event as well.
But remember, if you choose cheat way, it must be nice controled! More times goes – more bugs spawning, and there will be a moment, when better to start live in new place, than clean infestation with endless bugs!
Infestation Stats
Giant insects are tunneling towards you! They will break through in a few seconds and plant hives. The hives will spawn more insects and more hives. If you don’t want the insects to infest the whole area, destroy the hives. But beware – the bugs will defend their home.
Hive – A hive of giant insects. If activated, it will spawn additional insects and hives over time, as well as valuable insect jelly.
- Hit points – 130/130
- Flammability – 100%
Insect jelly – Jelly stored and used as food by oversized insects. It is smooth, rich, and fulfills the recreation need of those who consume it. Because of its unique biological properties, it can nourish almost any creature and never rots.
- –Basics
- Hit points – 60/60
- Market value – $8.00
- Nutrition – 0.05
- Recreation – 8% (food consumption)
- Flammability – 100%
- Mass – 0.03 kg
- Food poison chance – 2%
Glow pod – A bioluminescent pod produced by giant insects. Glows under its own light for a long time, then dies.
- –Basics
- Hit points – 50/50
- Market value – $50.00
- Flammability – 100%
- Mass – 4.00 kg
Spelopede – A medium-sized bioengineered insectoid the size of a sheep. The spelopede is the middle caste of a hive, taking care of most work tasks as well as fighting with its digging claws. It’s dangerous in combat, but slow on open ground.
- — Basics
- Market value – $200
- Flammability – 70%
- Mass – 48.00 kg
- Growth – 100%
- Body size – 0.80
- Meat amount – 112
- Move speed – 3.65 c/s
- Carrying capacity – 60
- Filth rate – 1.0
- –Resistances
- Min comfortable temperature -25.0C
- Max comfortable temperature – 60.0C
- Toxic resistance – 100%
- Toxic environment resistance – 80%
- Pain shock threshold – 80%
- –Apparel
- Armor – Sharp – 18.0%
- Armor – Blunt – 18.0%
- –Combat
- Melee DPS – 2.17 (7 x 62% /2)
- Melee armor penetration – 10%
- Melee dodge chance – 0%
Megaspider – Not actually a spider, the megaspider is a genetically-engineered giant insectoid the size of a small bear. Designed for heavy work and combat, its thick chitinous armor makes it hard to kill, while its long ripper-blades make it deadly at close quarters. It is, however, quite slow in open terrain.
- — Basics
- Market value – $500
- Flammability – 70%
- Mass – 72.00 kg
- Growth – 100%
- Body size – 1.20
- Meat amount – 168
- Move speed – 3.60 c/s
- Carrying capacity – 90
- Filth rate – 1.0
- –Resistances
- Min comfortable temperature -40.0C
- Max comfortable temperature – 60.0C
- Toxic resistance – 100%
- Toxic environment resistance – 80%
- Pain shock threshold – 80%
- –Apparel
- Armor – Sharp – 27.0%
- Armor – Blunt – 18.0%
- –Combat
- Melee DPS – 2.86 (12 x 62% /2.6)
- Melee armor penetration – 18%
- Melee dodge chance – 0%
