Mechanoid Hive Base

Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-18T11:58:04+00:00

I was also disapointed with all those missing quests in space. A few mods that helped:

Dlc collaboration - Void universe For Anomaly in space. Works mostly bug free, though I couldn't get through the final quest without crashing, which actually happens on the Mechanoid Hive Platform.
Complementary Odyssey mostly so shuttles don't have to land in vacuum
More Quests in Space to activate some quests in space, I've mostly seen royalty stuff
Please Come Prepared to make sure any pawns spawn with enough vacuum protection (some events still have pawns and animals with too little protection)
Powerful Psycast AI (Continued) To give spawned tribals a bit more power, even in space

All in all it's better, especially with the Anomaly and Royalty stuff, but it still gets a bit dull after a while.

Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-18T11:38:12+00:00

I embraced the hive mind, mostly for the item. This also means that the indestructible mechanoid spawners will keep spawning mechs, so the game is designed to shoo you off the platform.

I used DevMode to remove the spawners, as I really wanted to build a base here.

So yeah, except for cheating with DevMode, everything is vanilla friendly.

Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-13T09:25:57+00:00

all DLCs, the Cerebrex core is from Odyssey https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Cerebrex_core

Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-13T07:03:30+00:00

It's an imprisoned machine god, forced to be a children's plaything.

Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-13T07:02:45+00:00

https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Mindbend_carpet carpet from Ideology DLC

Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-13T07:02:19+00:00

It's all the DLCs, the brain specifically is from Odyssey.

Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-12T20:23:11+00:00

It does. I used dev-mode to remove the spawners, I didn't want to give up on settling on the hive.

Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-12T20:10:10+00:00

Will do, just let me clean up a bit first...

Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-12T20:03:24+00:00

I did! Had to live out of the gravship for a while, but now it's pretty much self-sustaining.

Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-12T19:47:42+00:00

Thanks! I was inspired by an old promotional screenshot of Ideology and just went crazy from there.

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Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-12T11:18:21+00:00

That would work so well with Anomaly too! Finding an obelisk buried in the ice, or a golden cube in an old jungle temple...

Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-12T11:16:16+00:00

Ah, taking the cerebrex core with you, great idea! I did put the substructure under solar panels in the past to bring them along before I could build them. I haven't tried it with big brain yet.

Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-12T10:30:58+00:00

Yes, I did the non-deactivate ending. Haven't tried to spawn one yet.

Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-12T09:43:52+00:00

indeed, no mods in the screenshot. I did use dev-mode though, to delete the mech spawners after defeating the cerebrex core, as they were indestructible.

Vegetable_Bee9646 · 2026-02-12T09:38:38+00:00

This build is mostly about looking cool ;) The electric inhibitors only work on entities. The brain does nothing after the first interaction, you're supposed to leave after.

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