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Terraforming Devices

Take control of your map's terrain with Terraforming Devices—reshape soil, water, and landscapes to bend nature to your will. Forge fertile farmlands or carve out deep water defenses. Transform the world your pawns call home.

• Farm Expansion: Convert barren land into fertile soil for higher yields.
• Tactical Defense: Surround your base with deep or ocean water for natural barriers.
• Land Reclamation: Reduce deep water to shallow for easier construction.
• Aesthetic Appeal: Turn your map into something your colonists can vibe with—nothing says demure like having good feng shui amidst chaos.

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Adds six new devices, each with unique terraforming abilities. The seventh device, the Moisture Pump, is already included in the core game.

• Soil Injector
  • Transforms Sand, Stony Soil, Lichen-Covered Soil, Rich Soil → Soil
• Rich Soil Injector
  • Transforms Soil → Rich Soil
• Moisture Injector
  • Soil, Stony Soil, Marsh, Mud → Shallow Water
  • Sand, Soft Sand → Shallow Ocean Water
• Deep Water Injector
  • Shallow Water, Marsh → Deep Water
  • Shallow Ocean Water → Deep Ocean Water
• Deep Water Pump
  • Deep Water → Shallow Water
  • Deep Ocean Water → Shallow Ocean Water
• Stony Soil Injector
  • Sand, Soil, Mossy Terrain, Sandstone (Rough, Rough-Hewn), Granite (Rough, Rough-Hewn), Limestone (Rough, Rough-Hewn), Slate (Rough, Rough-Hewn), Marble (Rough, Rough-Hewn), Broken Asphalt, Packed Dirt → Gravel

All transformations are permanent unless changed again by another device.

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• Research Name: Terraforming Devices (Unlocked after Electricity)
• Includes: Original Moisture Pump + 5 new Pumps/Injectors
• Costs Per Injector/Pump: 75 Steel, 4 Components (each)
• Power Usage Per Injector/Pump: 450W (each)
• Radius & Time To Complete Terrain Change: 6.9 tiles over 20 days

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• Stronger than standard bridges but still vulnerable to enough damage. Not required for pump/injector functionality, but provides more building flexibility over water. Cannot be built on deep water or deep ocean water.

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• Each device can be uninstalled, reinstalled, deconstructed, and you can toggle usage or power on/off from its menu interface.
  
• Each device covers its 6.9 tile radius in 20 days (instead of the vanilla 60 days) but power requirement is scaled to be three times than the vanilla moisture pump electricity requirement (i.e. time to radius went from 60 to 20 and required power went from 150 to 450).

If you want to have bridges or structures completely surrounded by deep water, build those bridges and structures first, then use a Deep Water Injector to fill with deep water.

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• Game Version: RimWorld 1.5+.
  
• Mod Conflicts: None known.

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• Contributions: Thanks to the RimWorld community for feature suggestions and balance tweaks.
  
• This mod is fan-made and not affiliated with Ludeon Studios.