Masterwork Resonance is a RimWorld mod that adds rare random resonance bonuses to high-quality crafted gear.
When your colonists craft a Masterwork or Legendary weapon, armor or apparel item, it can awaken a random Resonance effect. The bonus is stored directly on the item and is shown in the item inspection panel.
- Random resonance bonuses for crafted Masterwork and Legendary gear
- Works with melee weapons, ranged weapons, armor and apparel
- 40% awakening chance for Masterwork items
- 80% awakening chance for Legendary items
- Color-coded resonance roll quality
- Mood resonance displayed in the pawn Needs tab
- English and Russian localization
- RimWorld 1.5 / 1.6 support
- Multiplayer-friendly deterministic craft rolls
| Quality | Resonance Chance |
|---|---|
| Masterwork | 40% |
| Legendary | 80% |
If resonance does not awaken, the item remains a normal Masterwork or Legendary item.
Existing items are not enchanted retroactively. Only newly crafted items can awaken resonance.
Weapons can receive bonuses such as:
- Melee or ranged damage bonus
- Reduced melee cooldown
- Reduced ranged cooldown
- Reduced aiming time
- Melee hit chance bonus
- Shooting accuracy bonus
- Melee dodge bonus
- Mood bonus while equipped
Armor and apparel can receive bonuses such as:
- Movement speed bonus
- Improved armor rating
- Increased item durability
- Reduced incoming damage while worn
- Melee dodge bonus
- Mood bonus while worn
- Reduced pain while worn
Each resonance rolls within its own stat range.
| Color | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Bronze | Low roll |
| Orange | Medium roll |
| Green | High roll |
Low rolls are still positive bonuses. The color only shows how strong the result is compared to the maximum possible roll for that resonance.
Items with mood resonance add a visible mood entry in the pawn's Needs tab:
Resonant equipment
The bonus is applied only while the resonant item is equipped or worn.
The mod is designed to be compatible with other mods that create weapons, armor, and clothing, if the item:
- uses RimWorld's quality system
- is crafted as Masterwork or Legendary
- is recognized as a valid weapon or apparel item
Resonance generation uses deterministic craft rolls.
Basic multiplayer crafting tests were performed without desyncs, and generated resonance values matched between players.
- RimWorld 1.5
- RimWorld 1.6
- English
- Russian
Other languages fall back to English.
Requires Harmony.
The project is built as a RimWorld C# mod.
You need references to:
Assembly-CSharp.dllUnityEngine.CoreModule.dllUnityEngine.IMGUIModule.dllUnityEngine.TextRenderingModule.dll0Harmony.dll
After building, place the compiled mod DLL into:
Assemblies/
You can subscribe to the mod here: