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Features

Alpha Books brings:

- 21 new types of books that are all single-use, and give a bonus to the reader. From useful hediffs, to abilities, to unlocking new map locations, there is variety enough to spice up any playthrough. They all have custom graphics, descriptions and mechanics.
- All books work like normal books regarding bookshelves, acting as quest rewards, etc, but colonists will NOT auto-read them.
- A new quest to raid ancient ruined libraries to acquire the new books.
- A new furniture building, the plinth, to display your favourite books and give x10 Beauty.
- Anomaly, Royalty, Ideology and VE Cooking add new books, for a total of 26.

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Issues

If you have a bug, report it properly on the Bug Reports discussion. ANY bug report without a proper log will be ignored or outright deleted

I'M NOT KIDDING, I'LL DELETE ALL YOUR MESSAGES AND PEE ON YOUR PILLOW. PLEASE STOP ASKING ME TO DO THIS ON PURPOSE, WEIRDOS

Future plans

More things

FAQ

Q: Can I add it mid-playthrough to an existing save? Can I remove the mod?
A: You can add it whenever. You can't remove mods from a save and expect it not no be messed up.

Q: Does this need Biotech DLC, Alpha Animals / Biomes / etc
A: No

Q: Does this work with Combat Extended?
A: Compatibility with CE is handled on their end

Q: Will colonists auto-read these?
A: No, as they are all single use. Think of them as readable potions. Actually, don't, that sounds really stupid...

Q: Reeee this is bloat! I like my things that add things to add less things to the thing!!!
A: The thing wants things added to the thing. Sorry, out of my control.

Changelog

v1.0: Release (08/01/25)
Full changelog on GitHub

Credits

Rimworld is owned by Tynan Sylvester.

(CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)[creativecommons.org]


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Sarg Bjornson  [author] 28 Feb @ 12:57am 
No, why would they? They are not stuffable
Derrakor 28 Feb @ 12:50am 
if my mechanitor reads the stainless steel book will his constructoids use stainless steel?
Solstice Initiative 13 Feb @ 12:45pm 
It would be really funny if the designated leader of a fluid Ideoligion gained an immediate reshuffle of the ideology if they read a Religious Text.

"Hmm, good ideas. We can use some of these. Yyyyyoink."
AerosAtar 6 Feb @ 2:48pm 
@gunns22 The ones that give a bonus in a specific biome? The former - limited-time hediff. Lasts a couple of hours to a couple of days, depending on book quality, IIRC.
gunns22 6 Feb @ 12:58pm 
Soo, how does the benefit of the Survival Guide work? Is it a Hediff that only lasts for a short while, or is it a permanent upgrade (similar to how powers granted by the Aberrant Grimoires are permanent until they're used)?
AerosAtar 3 Feb @ 12:57pm 
@wellsroderick2

As per the FAQ:

Q: Will colonists auto-read these?
A: No, as they are all single use. Think of them as readable potions. Actually, don't, that sounds really stupid...

You have to manually tell a colonist to read one.
wellsroderick2 3 Feb @ 11:23am 
What's the best way to get pawns to read these books? Did you get a notification if they read a book that gives off a benefit? Or do you have to like make sure they read it and then immediately do it?
Blackjack [®…®] 1 Feb @ 1:36pm 
I don't, but it's all good, I figured it out. Thank you though!
Sarg Bjornson  [author] 1 Feb @ 11:37am 
So, does he have the hediff?
Blackjack [®…®] 1 Feb @ 11:35am 
Hey just a question, I'm not sure if i'm doing some wrong, but even after reading the stainless steel book, anything my builder makes out of steel still comes out as steel, and not stainless. Is there something I'm not doing correctly? Thank you!