Kenshi A Guide for The Xinnian Overhaul ModKenshi

Overview

 
Xinnia – A Land of Science and Trade 
 
Be sure to get the overhaul here: 
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2502025723 
 
Welcome to Xinnia friend, in this guide I’m going to teach you everything you need to know about my Distant Homeland! 
 
First things First there’s a few point’s about this mod I want to Explain. 

• All Textures use Kenshi’s Base Game Models and Textures 
• Hunger is Increased though Food has been Revamped 
• As of yet there are no added Towns (Check Main Mod Page for Upcoming News!)

 
Now that We’ve got that out of the way Let’s get Started! 
 
 

Mod Conflictions

 
Somethings things just don’t go the way you want and unfortunately you can’t use the singular variants of Any of my Xinnian Mods with this Overhaul so if you have any of these: 
 
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2489806560 
 
You MUST Unsubscribe from them. 
 
If you find that a mod is incompatible let me know! 
 
 

Xinnians – The Race, The Reason, The Recruit. (And the Refuge.)

 
Xinnian’s are an intelligent race from the land of Xinnia. Identical to humans on the outside this race, ages ago, was Genetically modified to have increased Endurance and Intelligence. Though with these advantage’s, there was a cost. Their eyesight is terrible and as such they aren’t the best with ranged weapons. Their Bones are Heavier, making Labouring harder and Swimming difficult 
 
Newly added is the playable race of Xinnian, as much customization as Humans (Basegame) 
You can now be a Migrant from Xinnian. 
 
Race Buffs: 

• Science Skill 
• Engineering Skill 
• Robotics Skill 
• Farming Skill 
• Medic Skill

 
Race Debuffs 

• Labouring Skill 
• Swimming Skill 
• Crossbows Skill 
• Crossbow Smithing Skill 
• Perception Stat

 
Race Health 

• Blood: 150 
• Head: 105 
• Chest: 105 
• Arms: 105 
• Legs: 105 
• Healing Stat: Medic

 
Recruitable Xinnian? 
 
Mirror is a Xinnian who you are able to recruit, Location: He/She will be found at one of the Flotsam Villages and Mirror is a Unique Character meaning they only spawn once. 
At the moment I am still learning to code Dialogue and as such Mirror will use (Warning Gives Away Location Area: Flotsam Ninja Dialogue for the time being- with minor tweaks though the number is very few. 
 
More Xinnian Companions are planned to be added in the future! 
 
Xinnian Towns: 
 
Currently there are no towns added but there is plans in the works to add them. Stay tuned! 
 
 

New Beginnings – New Game Starts

 
New Starts 
 
Mistakes were made 
 
You moved you Kenshi with dreams of riches and wonder… Now you’ve got a replacement leg, are missing an arm and have nearly nothing to your name. Why would the Elders lie? 
 
The Xinnian Trader 
 
Seeking to make your fortune, you spent the last of your savings on a backpack full of trade goods, A Pack Animal and your Trusty Goat, and are about to start a new life as a trader- Just don’t go into the Holy Nation. 
 
The Xinnian Wanderers 
 
You are a group of wanderers with nothing but a few coins, a nice set of Xinnian Clothes and a few Xinnian weapons, ready to venture out into the world. 
 
 

Farming and Food

 
Food and Hunger 
 
New Crop: Xinnian Grass 
 
 
 
Xinnian Grass is an odd Crop. It can be used for many things like; Making Rum, Clothing, Biofuel, Flour (and by that accord Bread), and can even be used to make Backpacks (See Apparel Section). 
 
This Crop is picky- Even when grown Hydroponically it still requires to be in a suitable Biome for maximum efficiency due to it not liking being cooped up indoors. 
 
A fickle crop as it is, The amount of uses it has makes up for its troublesome growing. 
 
To research and begin farming Xinnian Grass you will need to find some. This won’t be too hard as long as you aren’t in the Holy Nation. You won’t find anything from Xinnia in their lands. 
 
Starting at Tech Level 2 you will need to Reseach “Xinnian Grass Farming” which will unlock Storage and the Small, Medium, and Large Xinnian Grass Farm. 
 
Xinnian Grass is a distant Cousin of hemp and shares the same Biome Adaptability as it. 
 
For the Hydroponic Version of the farm all you need to do is research Hydroponics, no extra research will be required. 
 
Xinnian Rum 
 
 
Xinnian Rum – A Delicious Spirit with a heavy Alcohol content. 
 
More expensive than Cactus Rum and Sake, Xinnian Rum is sweeping across Kenshi as a well-traded Commodity. Want to join in on the action? Of course you do! 
 
Xinnian Rum making is so easy, researching Rum Brewing is enough to know how. With Xinnian Grass, Water, and Labor, You can create this precious substance all on your own in the Xinnian Rum Still. 
 
Xinnian Food 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kenshi has a noticable lack of Variety in died. No wonder so many people are cannibals 
 
A Wonderful list of Foods have been added along with the ability to create these cuisines. 
 
These foods include: 
 
Raw Prime Meat 
Dried Prime Meat 
Xinhan (Xinnian Gohan) 
Xinhanya (Xinhan with more Vegetables) 
Xinhanji (Xinhan made with Grand Fish) 
Xinhanyr (Xinhan made with extra meat) 
Xinnian Bread (Made from Xinnian Grass Flour) 
Xiinnian Breadwrap “Bread wrapped in Bread. It’s Great.” 
Xinnian Meatwrap 
Xinnian Fishwrap 
Xinnian Grand Fish Wrap 
Xinnian Porridge (Not to cold, not to hot) 
Xinnian Trailpack 
Xin-Shi Nutricube (A Xinnian Kenshi Fusion Dish) 
Xin-Shi Hemp Nutri-Cube (A Fusion dish that gives a little more 😉 ) 
Thinfish Sushi 
Grand Fish Sushi 
Sushi Plate (Both kinds of sushi added together :D) 
Sushi Meal (And Add Xinnian Rum to make it a meal!) 
Grand Fish Caviar 
Xinnian Grand Fish Mòrtier (A Grandfish wrap filled with Grandfish eggs. Ironic) 
Xinwich 
 
To make these dishes, you will first need to research Advanced Cooking. 
 
Animals 
 
Xinnian…… Goats! That’s right, Goats! Cute, Lovable, Pack Roaming, Heart warming, Carnivorous Goats that WILL Eat you. 
 
The more the Risk the more the Reward, because Xinnian Goat’s don’t just drop meat. They drop Prime Meat, a much better, less lump cut. More rich in nutrients it’s sure to make any meal Amazing. 
 
These magnificent creatures aren’t the easiest to find though- Not being Native to Kenshi, they escaped from Xinnian Trade ships some years ago, and now a few herds wander the expanses in remote area’s such as; 

• The Cannibal Plains 
• The Forbidden Isle 
• The Black Desert 
• The Great Desert 
• The Swamp 
• and Wend

 
Hydroponic Fish Farming! 
 
Thinfish and Grandfish farming has never been so easy with Hydroponic fish farming! 
You’ll need 10 of each kind of LIVE (not dried pretty much) Fish to build each of the habitats, and after that just supply them with water. 
 
Or if you want to live the true noble life, have some Grandfish Caviar! You’ll need to make a special Fish farm for that, and you’ll certainly need to figure out where the Grandfish keeps its eggs anyways. 
 
Now you can make much more food with ease! 
First you need to research how to build the Habitat. To research Hydroponic Thinfish Farming you will need to have Tech Level 5 AND have already researched Hydroponics. 
Note: You will need 10 Non-dried Thinfish to make the habitat, after that just supply it with water and power. 
 
Hunger Overhaul 
 
This mod changes a couple Aspects about Hunger. 

• Raises rate of Hunger making more food necessary. 
• Lowers the cost of most foods. (x0.85)

Clothing, Hats, and Backpacks!

 
SCREENSHOTS WILL BE ADDED VERY SOON. WE ARE BUSY COLLECTION THEM AS ONE BIG UPLOAD IS EASIER THAN 104 SEPERATE ONES 
 
Clothes Added: 
Ashen Family Robe 
Voidfang Elder Robe 
Xinnian Ashen Land Hat 
Xinnian Bandana 
Xinnian Basket Hat 
Xinnian Black Cloth Shirt 
Xinnian Blackened Sandals 
Xinnian Grass Hat 
Xinnian Merchant Straw Hat 
Xinnian Monk Pants 
Xinnian Monk Robe 
Xinnian Rattan Hat 
Xinnian Robes 
Xinnian Scientific Goggles 
Xinnian Tricorn Hat 
Xinnian Turban 
Xinnian Turtle Neck Shirt! 
Xinnian Wool Hat 
 
Armor Added: 
Ancient Xinnian Armor 
Ancient Xinnian Boots 
Ancient Xinnian Helmet 
Ancient Xinnian Legplates 
Sleeveless Xinnian Treated Longcoat 
Voidfang Mercenary Armor 
Voidfang Mercenary Masked Helmet 
Voidfang Mercenary Black Plated Vest 
Voidfang Mercenary Rags 
Xinnian Armored Hood 
Xinnian Cloth Wrappings 
Xinnian Leather Armor 
Xinnian Leather Pants 
Xinnian Longboots 
Xinnian Treated Longcoat 
Xinnian Vagabond Boots 
Xinnian Wastemask 
 
Leather Armors are crafted in the Leather Armor work bench 
Clothes are made in the Clothing bench, ect. 
 
There are different levels of research for Clothing, Hats, Xinnian Armor and Clothes and Voidfang Armor 
 
 

Weapons – The Xinnian Arts

 
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO GET SCREENSHOTS THERES A LOT OF EM AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THEY LOOK GOOD 
 
Xinnian’s were Master Weaponsmiths, atleast of Hand to Hand weapons. Poor Eyesight led to Crossbow’s being neglected. 
 
In this overhaul you’re able to find a multitude of weapons this list includes 
 
Cicerian Cleaver 
Slim Xinnian Katana 
Voidfang Mercenary Katana 
Voidfang Mercenary Officer Katana 
Xinnian Guardless Katana 
Xinnian Ironwood Plank 
Xinnian Naginata 
Xinnian Naginata Katana 
Xinnian Nodachi-Ra 
Xinnian Spiked Club 
Xinnian War Club 
Xinnian Wakazashi 
Xinnian Warped Cross 
 
More are in the works 😀 
 
Also added are a few special weapons that will require a little extra work to get. 
 
First is the Voidfang Mercenary Rising Sun. This is the only special weapon you are able to craft, so as long as you have the cats to pay for the research. 
 
The Voidfang Rising Sun was created to make the beasts of Kenshi and Xinnia stay away. 
 
Next, We have a Legendary Blade by the name of Godsend, this Blade has a chance to be found at Nests, Ancient Ruins, or if you’re lucky enough you might be able to find it where the Skeleton’s live. 
 
Also Included in the Voidfang Mercenary Sacred Umbra Blade, not much is known about this chaotic blade but talks of it have been made around the outskirt outposts and in the swamps. 
 
and Finally the Jury-Rigged Xinnian Bow- Designed here in Kenshi it’s an absolutely horrible attempt at making a Toothpick Crossbow. 
 
Xinnian Weapons have 3 levels of research and require all vanilla Weapon research to craft. 
 
Xinnian Bow’s can be researched at level 2 wth no prerequisites. 
 
 

Power – Electricity for the Masses

 
This overhaul offers 3 new paths to Power. 
 
 
The first and Easiest is Xinnian Grass Biofuel. Farm Xinnian Grass, Make it into Biofuel. Simple. 
 
The next is Steam Power. after research advanced generator’s you can research Steam Power, which will allow you to make a Water Boiler that functions! Giving you boiling water, which then it put into the Stream Generator, and the power is yours! 
 
Late Game you might find yourself need a SERIOUS amount of Power. Introducing Hydrogen Power. 
 
Requiring All Vanilla Power research to be done, you can research Hydrogen Fuel Theory, which allows you to build the Chemical Seperator and the Chemical Purifier. 
But be warned these two buildings end up draining a total 1000 power to Operate. High cost, but the reward? Hydrogen Fuel, and remember it only drains while the two buildings are active and each one has it’s own electricity pool of 201 and 799 respectively. 
 
Take water and put it into the Seperator, after a while you will get Unrefined Hydrogen Fuel. Next put that Fuel into the Purifier, you’ll need someone to stand watch to make sure it doesn’t overheat, but once it purifies you get Pure Hydrogen Fuel. 
After researching Hydrogen Generators, just put in your Hydrogen Fuel and you will be blessed with a large output of 3600 for your efforts. 
 
Now we’re cooking with Hydrogen! 
 
 

Crafting – Ancient Xinnian Techniques

 
High-Tech Crafting 
 
There’s many new ways to create all sorts of item’s. We’ll go over different different crafting buildings here. 
 
A.I. Core Fabricator 
 
 
 
Just as the name implies this building lets you fabricate A.I. cores using Electrical Components and a Capacitor. 
Capacitor’s aren’t the easiest to find to don’t expect to go crazy making them. 
 
Available after researching Steel Bars and Electrical Crafting. 
 
Ancient Book Press 
 
 
 
 
 
This machine allows you to create Ancient Science Books from Hemp and Parchment. 
 
You’ll need to research Fabric Manufacture and Hemp Farming, with a tech level 3 to create this building. 
 
Manual Book Press 
 
Same as the Ancient Book Press except for regular books. 
 
Limb Replacement 
 
After researching Skeleton Limbs, you’ll be able to research Xinnian Robotic Limbs, which are masterfully made, allowing one to nearly forget they’ve lost a limb at all. 
 
Xinnian Robotic Tools 
 
 
 
When Xinnian’s created their own robotic limbs, repair kits were bound to happen. 
Better than Authentic Skeleton Repair Kit’s you’ll find these go the extra mile. 
 
Xinnian Toolkit’s are like regular Tools, except they can be used 5 times before they break. 
 
 
 
Both are crafted in the Robotic’s Bench and are avaliable for research after completing Robotics. 
 
Parchment Press 
 
 
 
Using Riceweed and Hemp you can now start processing your own Parchment (Handy for making Books! See above.) 
 
Avaliable after Hemp-Based Fabrics and Fabric Manufacture. 
 
 

Production – Industry made Easy!

 
Upgrade your base and work like a Xinnian 
 
Indoor Iron Refinery 
 
Sometimes you need a little less space taken up with some projects, anyone can understand that. Using this building you can turn Iron Ore into plates with Ease! Requires Iron Refinery IV. 
 
Xinnian Beds 
 
Xinnians are afforded extra comfy beds from many hours studying how to make fabric softer, and now their technology is available to you! 
 
After Researching Beds be sure to give these a try! 
 
Xinnian Defensive Walls 
 
One of the most powerful wall’s out there, they come with a price. Regular Walls can’t be upgraded into them, requiring them to be torn down before these can be built. Requiring Power, and Steel to fabricate them- They will ensure Nothing will get into your base. Also comes with a Gate and Ramp Variant. 
 
Metal Transmutation 
 
 
 
 
Xinnia is lacking in resources when it comes to copper, but with help from Science, you can change that Iron into Copper! (Or Vice Versa) 
 
First you will need to create a Transmutation Seal Maker, which uses Animal Teeth to create Transmutation Seals. 
 
Transmutation Seals can be used to create a Iron to Copper, or a Copper to Iron Metal Transmuter. 
Transmuting comes at a cost, With a 5:1 Ratio both ways, make sure you’re not moving resources back and forth! 
 
Avaliable after researching Copper Alloys and Metal Plates IV 
 
 

Training – Mind over Matter

 
Advanced Scientific Training 
 
After Researching Advanced Training Dummies, There’s not many options for training your mind. 
Xinnian’s praise learning as much as combat prowess. 
 
Added are four Buildings 

• Science Training Bench 
• Robotics Training Bench 
• Engineering Training Bench 
• Medic Training Dummy

 
The Benches require power but the Dummy does not. 
Each will train skills to 80. 
 

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