RimWorld: Making Medicine - Tips, Info and Overview

Injuries and illnesses should be treated as quickly as possible in RimWorld. Medicine is the essential tool for this. We explain what types of medicine are available in the survival hit.

Even without private insurance: medicine will get your colonists back on their feet.

Medicine comes in handy for any ailments in RimWorld. Nevertheless, the different types are to be noted.

RimWorld: Medicine in three stages

Medicine of the first stage grows fortunately on the map and can be harvested easily. This is herbal medicine. But it goes even better:

• From 1x herbal medicine, 3x cloth and 1x neutroamine you can make 1x medicine.
• This is more effective in the treatment. The chances of success in healing increase and the process is faster.
• To make medicine, you need to explore the drug lab.
• The highest form is the glitter world medicine. This you can not make yourself, but only buy from traders or other NPCs.
• The glitter world medicine is 60 percent stronger than the normal medicine and is thus suitable especially for severe cases. The chances of success in operations increase noticeably.
• This also means, conversely, that glitter world medicine is almost too precious for simple treatments.

Not to forget: The type of medicine is important, but not the only criterion that matters. The doctor skill of the treating colonist and other objects such as hospital bed and vital monitor also affect the success rate.