How to Deal With a Psychic Droner in RimWorld

A Psychic Droner can be a bane to any colony in RimWorld, especially for beginners. Despite its annoyance, various ways exist to deal with and destroy these mechanoid clusters. So, keep reading to learn how to properly deal with a Psychic Droner in RimWorld.

How to Deal With and Destroy a Psychic Droner in RimWorld

Note that destroying a Psychic Droner in RimWorld is as straightforward as letting your colonists attack it. With sufficient firepower, the mechanoid cluster should crumble, resulting in the following loot: 60x Steel, 1x Component, 10x Plasteel, and 4x Steel Slag Chunk. Although the process seems straightforward, dealing with the Psychic Droner in RimWorld can be tricky. In particular, colonists near the otherworldly metallic cluster receive a -22 to their Psychic Sensitivity, reducing moods and neural heat limit. Note: Neural Heat Limit is a RimWorld psycaster’s limitation to the number of psycasts they can perform in a specific period. Additionally, this negative status effect from the Psychic Droner in RimWorld is multiplied by certain factors, including the colonist's gender. Thankfully, various techniques are available to help protect your colonists from reduced Psychic Sensitivity from Psychic Droners. Some of these methods include the following:

• Let your colonists wear special gear, like the Psychic Foil Helmet, which reduce the Psychic Sensitivity of the wearer by 90%. However, this item can only be bought from traders for 250 Silvers or looted from raiders.
• Build a recreational area in your colony to help boost colonists' mood, increasing protection against debuffs to Psychic Sensitivity.
• Sedate colonists using anesthetics, rendering them woozy or unconscious and protecting them from the negative effects of Psychic Droners.
• Migrate to a different location and start a new colony (this particular method can be the result of a worst-case scenario).

Psychic Sensitivity Factors & Effects

Various factors can have positive and negative effects on colonists' Psychic Sensitivity traits. These elements and their respective effects are the following:

Sight

• Type: Capacity
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +0 to 50%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +0 to 40
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Psychically Hypersensitive

• Type: Trait
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +80%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +64
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Psychically Sensitive

• Type: Trait
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +40%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +32
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Psychically Dull

• Type: Trait
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: -50%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: -40
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Psychically Deaf

• Type: Trait
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: -100%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: -80
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Psychic Foil Helmet

• Type: Apparel
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: -90%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: -72
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Prestige Recon Armor

• Type: Apparel
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +5%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +4
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: +0.033

Prestige Recon Helmet

• Type: Apparel
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +5%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +4
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: +0.033

Prestige Marine Armor

• Type: Apparel
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +5%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +4
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: +0.033

Prestige Marine Helmet

• Type: Apparel
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +5%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +4
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: +0.033

Prestige Cataphract Armor

• Type: Apparel
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +5%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +4
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: +0.033

Prestige Cataphract Helmet

• Type: Apparel
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +5%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +4
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: +0.033

Eltex Shirt

• Type: Apparel
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +5 to 15%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +4 to 12
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: +0.033

Eltex Vest

• Type: Apparel
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +8 to 23
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +6 to 18
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: +0.05

Eltex Robe

• Type: Apparel
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +10 to 30%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +8 to 24
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: +0.083

Eltex Helmet

• Type: Apparel
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +8 to 23%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +6 to 18
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: +0.066

Eltex Skullcap

• Type: Apparel
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +20 to 60%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +16 to 48
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: +0.091

Eltex Staff

• Type: Weapon
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +25 to 75%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +32
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Psychic Hypersensitizer Persona Weapon

• Type: Weapon
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +40%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +32
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Psychic Sensitivity Persona Weapon

• Type: Weapon
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +20%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +16
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Psychic Quiet Persona Weapon

• Type: Weapon
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: -15%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: -12
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Psychic Fog Persona Weapon

• Type: Weapon
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: -30%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: -24
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Neural Cooling Persona Weapon

• Type: Weapon
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: N/A
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: N/A
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: +0.15

Psychic Sensitizer

• Type: Implant
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +25%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +20
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Blinded With Blind Psysense

• Type: Condition
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +30%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +24
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Psychic Bonding

• Type: Gene
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +5 to 10%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +4 to 8
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Psy-Sensitive

• Type: Gene
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +20%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +32
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: +0.2

Psychofluid Pump

• Type: Deathrest Building
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +25 to 100%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +20 to 80
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: +0.05 to 0.2

Deathrest Exhaustion

• Type: Condition
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: -100%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: -80
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Psychophage

• Type: Condition
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: +50%
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: N/A
• Neural Heat Limit: +40
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Psychically Dead

• Type: Condition
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: N/A
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: x0%
• Neural Heat Limit: N/A
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Void Touched

• Type: Condition
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: N/A
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: x200%
• Neural Heat Limit: N/A
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Bioferrite Equipment

• Type: Apparel/Weapon
• Psychic Sensitivity Bonus: N/A
• Psychic Sensitivity Multiplier: x106 to 120%
• Neural Heat Limit: N/A
• Psychic Sensitivity Recovery Rate Modifier: N/A

Note: Some Psychic Sensitivity factors and their effects will only be available after installing certain RimWorld DLCs.