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Vanilla Factions Expanded – Empire review
Vassals, a court, honors, and deserters who plant bombs in someone else's caravan. VFE – Empire fixes the DLC's “royalty sprinkles” — but its title ladder hasn't matched vanilla since 1.5.
lore
Game lore explainers from Crit Pick — the stories, factions and worlds behind RimWorld, Palworld and more, untangled without the wiki slog.
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The RimWorld Empire, explained
The Empire isn't an aristocracy — it's a psychic cult with a throne room. Where they came from, why the Emperor never shows up, and the title ladder that changed in 1.5.
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RimWorld mechanoids: the lore, explained
The game calls them killer machines and says little else. What RimWorld's lore confirms about the mechanoids' origins — and what it leaves open.