Itemization Overhaul – Loot Beams
Never miss a great drop again. The final piece of the Itemization Overhaul suite plants a Diablo-style pillar of light over every high-tier item the instant it hits the ground — a glowing column with a pool of light at its base, color-coded to the item’s rarity.
- Legendary — a warm orange beam.
- Ancestral — a bright gold beam.
- Relic — a rose beam for the rarest seven-affix drops.
- Unique — a rich amber beam (with the Uniques & Mythics add-on).
- Mythic — a towering violet pillar for items of impossible power.
Every beam is a tapering column of light over a soft glowing pool — taller and brighter the rarer the item, with a gentle pulse and sway so it feels alive.
Cut down a raider carrying a tiered weapon or wearing tiered armor and the beam rises straight from the corpse. You’ll spot the valuable kill clear across the battlefield long before you walk over to loot it.
The three rarest tiers carry a soft hum borrowed from the orbital beam — deep for Mythic, mid for Relic, and bright for Ancestral. Only the nearest item of each tier sings, so a field full of loot never turns into a wall of noise.
- Per-tier toggles — switch the beam on or off for any of the five tiers.
- Opacity and height sliders — from a subtle shimmer to a sky-high pillar.
- Ground glow toggle for the pool of light at the base.
- Corpse beams toggle.
- Sound toggle.
- Works automatically with every weapon and piece of apparel the Itemization Overhaul system tiers — including modded gear. No patches needed.
- No Harmony and no per-item overhead — beams are drawn from a single map component.
- Purely cosmetic and completely safe to add or remove mid-save. It never touches your items.
- Requires Itemization Overhaul — Core.
- Unique and Mythic beams light up with the Uniques & Mythics add-on.
Built for RimWorld 1.6. Follow the light.
A Note on Development: Parts of the code for this mod were generated using Claude AI. However, this is not a low-effort "AI slop" upload.
- Fully Tested: Every feature and line of code has been thoroughly tested in-game to ensure it functions as intended and integrates smoothly.
- Active Support: I am fully committed to maintaining this mod. If you encounter any bugs, compatibility issues, or unintended behavior, please report them in the comments or a dedicated discussion thread.
- No Abandonware: I will actively patch, refine, and update this mod to keep it working and up to standard.
Thank you for downloading, and happy gaming!
