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IWK+: Primitive Tech & Survival

(Firstly, read what IWK+ mod do. This mod heavily based on it, so you need some intro before jump in)
(If you player Rimworld with Vanilla Factions Expanded - Tribals than you can think that it's Tribals but in Kenshi)

This mod totally overhauls tech tree, buildings progression and survival in wildness, by adding Lvl0 tech and alternative research tree for Stone Age and Mud-Ceramic

My main passion - is to fill gaps between Tech Lvl 0 and Tech Lvl 1, while keeping vanilla feel and without breaking anything else

So all vanilla Kenshi features unchanged. If you start wanderer game - it's still the same wanderer game. But you can use this mod in addition for your camping/base building expirience

A lot of IWK+ mod and mod mods content rebalanced, to better fit into progression(so primitive buildings always work slower that camp. And camp buildings works slower that normal ones)

And a much more added to trully survive in wildness without ever visiting town or buy something. Only primitive starts forced to progress from Stone Age. All other start can use it in addition to vanilla research tree

It's NOT a standalone mod. Some mods required for proper game. They all listed by steam requirments and included in IWK+: Primitive tech & Survival Modpack I

- IWK+: Primitive tech & Survival Modpack I - contain mods that required just to run this mod and all included features. You must subscribe to all. Consider this as a bare minimum.
- IWK+: Primitive tech & Survival Modpack II - contain mods that patched for this modpack and fits it perfectly with garanted compatability. All balance and design made around this mods, so they required for intented gameplay. Strognly recommend to subscribe to all, but feel free to disable some parts that you don't like. All controversial parts listed.
- IWK+: Primitive tech & Survival Modpack III - contain mods that I'm currently play with. So it's top priotity in integration and at least works together. Take a look into it, maybe you would find some mods for you.
- All other mods should work as usual, because this modpack don't change vanilla stuff at all. But you can face some ballance issues. For example, Hive Buildings mod add Campfire Cooking Pot, that can cook all Cookstove food, but actually it's a campfire that cooks food faster than any other campfire and cost nothing to build. (Ye, I care about balance a lot)
- If you think that some other mods fit it well - feel free to list it in comments
- All modpacks have load order included. If you don't know what it is - read Proper Load Order & You and Kenshi Load Order Organizer and Kenshi Mod Manager[github.com]

All buildings virtually(in-game it's all in same tabs) can be splitted into 4 categories: Primitive, Basic Camping, Advanced Camping and City

Each category can be researched and advanced independely. So you can be halfway between Basic Camping and Advanced Camping. And simultaneously have basic City buildings. Actually, it's how vanilla gamestart start. Modern people don't need to make axe from stones, thay just kill some starwing bandits and buy axe from store(or sometimes it can drop from bandits, because they do camping actually). Vanilla gamestarts have some camping items included. Wanderer starts with axe, because he actually need it for wandering. While Son of a Captain starts without it.

New primitive gamestart start even before Primitive

Mod add 3 new research tabs: Primitive(Meditation), Meditation and Foraging. Expand Camping and Farming tab a lot. All others tab have 1-2 new research

Primitive category can be researched in Primitive(Meditation) and Meditation tab. It's Stone Age. Here are you start with bare hands, making your first bowl, axe, hacksaw, smashing and throwing stones... And progresssing to the next level by unlocking Traveling Research Box. Don't require Books for research, but uses Journals mechanics, that you craft on separate bench. All this research can be completely skiped on normal gamestart and researched in Foraging tab, so think that it's alternative research tree

Basic Camping category can be researched in Foraging tab. It's basic camping, where you gather resources around you to build shalters, gather food and craft some items. Items/buildings from Meditation tab can be unlocked in Foraging tab for free. All other research need Books. Near the end of research tree you can unlock Small Shack, Small Research Bench and simple processors for Building Materials and Iron Plates

Advanced Camping category can be researched in Сamping tab, Advanced Camping tech. It's buildings from Advanced Camping mod. So it can work as a small-scale base

City category can be researched in all other tabs. It's vanilla Kenshi buldings

- Always read items/research description. And what exactly new research unlocks. Mod have a bunch of new buildings/mechanics that work together and useless without other building. For example, you can build Frog Trag, but for actually trapping you need to bait frogs with grubs, that gather via Forage for insects I (Bowl). Usually, all buildings unlocked one-by-one. So you learn how to catch frogs only after grubs gathering.
- Start with finding some stone resource and gathering 2 stones
- Place Meditation Journaling Pillow I to craft Journals and Meditation Research Pillow I for research
- Research Basic Logging I (Meditation), Craftspot: Toolstone (Meditation) and Craftspot: Axe (Meditation). You need to craft Journals on Meditation Journaling Pillow I
- Craft Axe. Find tree. Gather Wooden Logs.
- Got the idea? You unlock new items/buildings via reseaching in Meditation tab. If you laking some items to build newly unlocked building - look into Primitive (Meditation) tab
- Research Stone: Workbench I (Meditation). Build Workbench I (Stone). Now you can craft Toolstones faster and make simple weapons. Toolstones is required to build all primitive stuff, so you gonna need a lot of that.
- Research Basic Insect Foraging (Meditation) to gather food, just enough to not starve, if gathered 18 hours a day. To build Insect Forager you need a Wooden Bowl. To craft a Wooden Bowl you need Wood, Craftspot: Wood Bowl and 2 Wooden Sticks.
- Research Basic Froggo Trapping (Meditation) and Basic Fire Making (Meditation) to turn insects into more efficint food, like cooked frogs.
- Craftspots can be upgraded to other craftspot type and than back for free. For example, Craftspot: Tools -> Craftspot: Hacksaw, Craftspot: Wooden Bowl -> Craftspot: Mortar and Pestle, Clay Firing Pit (Gear) -> Clay Firing Pit (Wares)