Electric tools & charging
Add powered tools when your research, charger and material supply can support them.
Tool Progression wiki
Current reference pages for Tool Progression: Stone to Electric. Find recipes, research requirements, settings, DLC rules and troubleshooting for the reviewed beta.
Reviewed October 26, 2026: 0.1.190.146 FULL FIXED R4, built against RimWorld 1.6.4871. A 1.7-branded illustration does not establish compatibility with that beta.
Start with installation and your first colony, check current options and defaults, or read the October update series. Use build history for older revisions and Wiki Corrections to suggest changes.
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Iron smelting & wrought-iron tools
Use wrought iron as an intermediate tool tier by enabling the optional smelting chain.
Lumber milling & sawmills
Enable lumber milling to add a processing chain while preserving the identity of your wood.
Stone to electric: tools and progression
Choose a usable tool for the job, then build the material, research and charging support needed for the next tier.
Textiles, tanning & early research aids
Turn raw fibers and hides into usable materials, then use work aids without skipping recipe and research requirements.
Workshops, storage & hauling
Connect tools, ingredients, work orders and reachable storage so production can finish and its output can move.