Blunt weapons, again, are the answer.Īlpha 17 has added the Wimp trait, which specifically lowers the pain threshold to a point where wimps will quickly faint.Īnd lastly, I also seem to remember that environmental elements (heat, cold, non-direct grenade blast) tend to incapacitate rather than kill. So what you want to do is maximize pain in the enemy, while minimizing bodily harm. When crossed, the pawn will lose consciousness. If you've ever had a colonist who suffers from chronic pain, you'll notice that they faint quicker.Įvery pawn has a certain pain threshold. Thirdly, although this ties in with the blunt weapon argument: Rimworld models character health pretty in depth. Use lower damage weapons, and you'll lower your chances of 'overkill' which would otherwise turn a possible incapacitation into a guaranteed kill.

Secondly, the difference between incapacitating and killing an enemy can also be a matter of how much damage you do to them. A club will kill less people than a knife (assuming equal weapon damage). However, there is a way to at least influence the odds of incapacitating an enemy.īlunt weapons have a higher chance of incapacitating (as opposed to killing). In vanilla, there is no surefire way to make sure you do not kill an enemy.

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