RimWorld Faction Name Generator

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Generate RimWorld faction names for every faction type in the game: outlander unions and confederacies, rough wasters, tribal peoples, pirate gangs and slavers, Empire houses and domains, mechanoid and insect hives, ideoligion cults and your own player colony. Handy for renaming factions, writing scenarios or building faction mods.

About RimWorld faction names

RimWorld names its factions by type, and the game's own generator follows tight rules for each. Outlander civilizations read like frontier governments: a place word plus Union, Confederacy, Civil Alliance, Federation or Coalition, as in Greymont Union or Free Sea Coalition. Rough outlanders and wasters swap the civic suffix for something scrappier, like Scavengers, Junkers or Rabble. Tribes are named for a people or a thing they revere: Tribe of Kalumeh, Children of the Muffalo, Stonespear Tribe, with the tribal syllables (Oki, Tuka, Dakom) borrowed from the same pool as tribal pawn names.

Pirates and raiders take a violent animal, colour or weapon and a collective noun: Greyhand Raiders, Redjaw Reavers, Sons of the Plague. The Empire is the exception, using grand houses, stellarchs and imperial domains such as House Valorin or Imperial March of Caldris. Mechanoid and insect hives get cold, impersonal names, and Ideology cults name themselves after what they worship, whether that is the archotech, the void or the anima tree.

Player factions are usually named with dry frontier humour about the crash landing (New Arrival Colony, Fort Muffalo Militia, Luckless Landing). Every group above is represented below, so you can rename every faction on a new world map or stock a faction mod's name bank with names that sound like they belong on the rim.

How to choose RimWorld faction names

  • Match the suffix to the faction type: Union, Confederacy or Civil Alliance for outlanders; Tribe of, Children of or People for tribals; Raiders, Reavers or Sons of for pirates; House or Imperial Domain for the Empire.
  • Reuse your planet's own place names (the biome, a river, the first settlement) in outlander faction names so the world map feels like one connected region rather than a list of random words.
  • For tribes, use the short open syllables of tribal pawn names (Oki, Kalu, Tuka) and avoid English compound words except for totem animals and landmarks like Muffalo or Long Grass.
  • Pirate faction names should promise violence in two words or fewer; Redjaw Reavers and Greyhand Raiders read as a threat, while longer civic names read as someone you could trade with.
  • Name your own faction for the landing, not for glory: New Arrival Colony, Dustbowl Homestead and Stranded Hope fit RimWorld's understated tone better than a grand empire name.

Frequently asked questions

How do I rename a faction in RimWorld?

Your own faction can be renamed from the World tab by clicking your faction's name, or during scenario setup. Other factions cannot be renamed in vanilla; use dev mode, a save-file edit or a faction mod (which reads names from its own name bank) to change them.

What are the faction types in RimWorld and how are they named?

Vanilla has outlander unions (civil and rough), tribes (gentle, fierce and savage), pirate bands, the Empire (Royalty DLC), mechanoids, insects and, with Ideology, faction variants shaped by belief. Outlanders take civic suffixes, tribes are Tribe of X or Children of X, pirates use Raiders, Reavers or Sons of, and the Empire uses houses and imperial domains.

What makes a faction name sound like RimWorld?

Understatement and place-based naming. Greymont Union and Redpool Confederacy sound like the game; Galactic Dominion of Eternal Night does not. Tribal and pirate names should be short, and even Empire names stay restrained, like House Valorin rather than the Sacred Imperium of Valorin.

Can I use these names in a RimWorld faction mod or scenario?

Yes. All the names here are original and free to use in custom scenarios, Ideology presets, faction mods and name-bank XML files. None are from the game's backer lists or based on real people.

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All 500 RimWorld faction names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 19 names

  • Acid Coast Rabble
  • Aldermere Accord
  • Aldmere Medical Brotherhood
  • Allied Townships of Greymere
  • Amberlight Trade Council
  • Ambervale Trade Council
  • Ancients of the Sealed Complex
  • Archotech Remnant
  • Ascended Machine Church
  • Ash Landing Colony
  • Ashborn Pirates
  • Ashcoat Reavers
  • Ashen Dogs
  • Ashenvale Trade Council
  • Ashenwood People
  • Ashford Free States
  • Ashlander Rabble
  • Ashveil Corsairs
  • Ashwalkers

B: 36 names

  • Beckwater Cooperative
  • Bitter Landing
  • Bitterroot Confederacy
  • Blackcoat Raiders
  • Blackfang Pirates
  • Blackfrost Homestead
  • Blackiron Chainmen
  • Blackpit Reavers
  • Blackroot Tribe
  • Blacksand Marauders
  • Blackwake Raiders
  • Blackwater Free Cities
  • Bleakfield Scroungers
  • Bleakmoor Republic
  • Bleakshore Pirates
  • Bleakwater Bandits
  • Blood Feast Brotherhood
  • Bloodgrass Raiders
  • Bloodmoor Corsairs
  • Bloodspur Marauders
  • Bonecutter Crew
  • Bonehollow People
  • Bonewhistle Gang
  • Boulderback Kin
  • Brackenridge Assembly
  • Bramblewood Confederacy
  • Brassfield Collective
  • Breakwater Coalition
  • Brightwater Accord
  • Brightwater Bounty Hunters' Guild
  • Broken Mechanitor Cabal
  • Broken Road Wasters
  • Brokenhorn Tribe
  • Brood of the Lower Dark
  • Brotherhood of the Last Pod
  • Burnt Hill Gang

C: 48 names

  • Cairnfield Union
  • Caldera Civil Alliance
  • Caldera Ranchers' Association
  • Cannibal Court of Gravemoor
  • Carrion Kings
  • Chemfall Wasters
  • Children of Oki
  • Children of Sorrow
  • Children of the Burning Sky
  • Children of the Drowned Moon
  • Children of the First Rain
  • Children of the Grey Wolf
  • Children of the High Pass
  • Children of the Long Grass
  • Children of the Muffalo
  • Children of the Red Sun
  • Children of the Salt Sea
  • Children of the Thrumbo
  • Children of the Void
  • Children of the Warg
  • Church of the Falling Star
  • Cinder Wolves
  • Cinderfall Alliance
  • Cindergulch Junkers

C, continued

  • Cinderhand Raiders
  • Cindermaw Corsairs
  • Clearwater People
  • Cobblehaven Trading Union
  • Coldfire Corsairs
  • Coldharbour Coalition
  • Coldstart Commune
  • Colonists of Tarn Ridge
  • Concord of Seven Rivers
  • Copperhead Federation
  • Copperline Civil Alliance
  • Corvane Directorate
  • Covenant of Brightwater
  • Crackskull Gang
  • Crashsite Hollow Settlers
  • Crimson Hyenas
  • Crossmere Civil Alliance
  • Crowfeather Kin
  • Crowfoot Marauders
  • Crown Colony of New Pelham
  • Crown Estates of Ivory Reach
  • Cryosleepers of Site Nine
  • Cult of the Archotech
  • Cutthroat Confederation

D: 23 names

  • Darkwalkers of the Anima Tree
  • Daughters of Ishu
  • Daughters of the Knife
  • Deadmoor Chaingang
  • Deadwind Marauders
  • Deepwood People
  • Deserters of Ardenne
  • Dominion of High Vael
  • Dormant Engine Collective
  • Driftbone Kin
  • Driftwood Civil Alliance
  • Driftwood Landing
  • Drop Site Delta
  • Drybrook Assembly
  • Dunmarch Trading Union
  • Dunwater Directorate
  • Duskmoor Collective
  • Duskwing Tribe
  • Dustbowl Homestead
  • Dustcloak Corsairs
  • Dustmere Union
  • Dustmere Waster Gang
  • Dustvipers

E: 7 names

  • Eastgate Mercantile League
  • Ember Coast Coalition
  • Ember Hollow Commune
  • Ember Jackals
  • Emberclaw People
  • Endline Colony
  • Exiles of House Valorin

F: 21 names

  • Fairmont Settlers' Council
  • Fallen Star Commune
  • Fallowmoor Federation
  • Fenmarch Accord
  • Fernholm Confederacy
  • Ferrowick Union
  • Fireclay Kin
  • Firesong People
  • First Winter Colony
  • Flayed Banner
  • Flintfoot Tribe
  • Flintmoor Assembly
  • Followers of the Blind Star
  • Fort Muffalo Militia
  • Foxglove Confederacy
  • Free Sea Coalition
  • Free Towns of the Ash Coast
  • Frostfang Raiders
  • Frostfoot Tribe
  • Frostpine People
  • Frostwater Settlement

G: 22 names

  • Gallowfield Raiders
  • Ghostpine Tribe
  • Glasswater Assembly
  • Goldenreach Accord
  • Grainmoor Republic
  • Granite Hollow Colony
  • Gravedust Marauders
  • Graywater Mercantile League
  • Greenhollow Free Cities
  • Greenhope Settlement
  • Greenmantle Compact
  • Greyfeather Tribe
  • Greyfell Reavers
  • Greyhand Raiders
  • Greymont Union
  • Greyrock Rabble
  • Greystone Kin
  • Grimhollow Gang
  • Grimwater Gang
  • Grindstone Gang
  • Gullwater Council
  • Gutterwolves

H: 36 names

  • Halfway House
  • Halloway Free States
  • Harborlight Coalition
  • Hardscrabble Homestead
  • Harrowgate Cooperative
  • Hatchet Brothers
  • Hearthfire Colony
  • Hearthstone Republic
  • Heronfield Compact
  • Hestian Union
  • Highmoor Assembly
  • Holloway Traders' Guild
  • Hollowbrook Bandits
  • Hollowfang Pirates
  • Hollowhorn Kin
  • Hollowmere Directorate
  • Hollowpit Scroungers
  • Hollowreach Concordat
  • Homesick Colony
  • Hookhand Gang
  • Hope's Landing Collective
  • Hopemoor Civil Alliance
  • House Auberon
  • House Castellane
  • House Corvaine
  • House Dastrian
  • House Ferrault
  • House Helvane
  • House Morvanne
  • House Orlane
  • House Quillon
  • House Ravenhall
  • House Sevrine
  • House Thalric
  • House Valorin
  • House Wrenmoor

I: 23 names

  • Iceborn Tribe
  • Imperial Bastion of Stonemark
  • Imperial Bulwark of Greyspire
  • Imperial Demesne of Halcyon
  • Imperial Domain of Ardenne
  • Imperial Fief of Brightspire
  • Imperial Holdfast of Corren
  • Imperial March of Caldris
  • Imperial Marches of Dunmere
  • Imperial Protectorate of Aldmere
  • Imperial Province of Tarshen
  • Imperial Reach of Calvane
  • Imperial Sanctum of Lisandre
  • Imperial Seat of Mirelle
  • Imperial Territory of Lorrow
  • Insect Hive of Deep Warren
  • Ironhollow Council
  • Ironmaw Gang
  • Ironmere Collective
  • Ironrot Corsairs
  • Ironskull Pirates
  • Ironteeth Gang
  • Ironvale Republic

J: 1 name

  • Juniper Ridge Federation

K: 10 names

  • Kalu Riverfolk
  • Keelhaven Mercantile League
  • Keepers of the Old Earth
  • Kessar Trade Syndicate
  • Kestrel Federation
  • Kestrel Salvage Guild
  • Kestrel Slavers
  • Kestrel's Rest Union
  • Kindling Settlement
  • Kirkmoor Union

L: 12 names

  • Landing Day Union
  • Lantern Bay Republic
  • Lanternfall Compact
  • Larkspur Federation
  • Last Light Colony
  • Little Earth
  • Longknife Marauders
  • Longshore Cooperative
  • Longstride Tribe
  • Lost Company of the Third Drop
  • Lowmarsh Federation
  • Luckless Landing

M: 18 names

  • Marlow Civil League
  • Marrowfield Republic
  • Maw of the Rim
  • Meadowlark Council
  • Mechanoid Hive Kethra
  • Mechanoid Hive of the Shattered Signal
  • Megascarab Nest of Hollowpit
  • Mistral Coast Alliance
  • Mistwalker Kin
  • Molten Dogs
  • Moonwater Tribe
  • Moss Hollow Compact
  • Mudbrick Settlement
  • Mudfoot Tribe
  • Mudlark Free States
  • Muffalo Meadows
  • Murkwater Marauders
  • Mutineers of the Kessar Fleet

N: 10 names

  • Needlecrest Republic
  • New Arrival Colony
  • New Ravine Settlement
  • Newhope Provisional Council
  • Nightcrow Reavers
  • Nightgrass Tribe
  • Nightjackals
  • Ninefold Republic
  • Northern Compact
  • Nudist Commune of Summer Isle

O: 14 names

  • Oakhollow Council
  • Ochre Plains Alliance
  • Oktana Kin
  • Oldbridge Commonwealth
  • Ondesh People
  • Orbital Drop Collective
  • Order of the Bloodless Hand
  • Order of the Psychic Rain
  • Orphan Crater Colony
  • Orvaine Shipping Combine
  • Orvale Confederacy
  • Ostermark Commonwealth
  • Outpost Sorrow
  • Owlsong People

P: 11 names

  • Pact of the Iron Skin
  • Palecrest Collective
  • Patchwork Colony
  • Pelham Civil League
  • Pilgrims of the Dead Moon
  • Pinebark Kin
  • Pinewatch Commonwealth
  • Plaguewind Raiders
  • Pod Five Colony
  • Principality of Orvaine
  • Principality of Vesper

Q: 2 names

  • Quarry Row Cooperative
  • Quiet Valley Settlement

R: 31 names

  • Ragtooth Marauders
  • Ravenfeather Tribe
  • Ravenholt Commonwealth
  • Reach Mining Consortium
  • Realm of Ashmont
  • Redclay People
  • Redfern Council
  • Redhand Reavers
  • Redhawk People
  • Redjaw Reavers
  • Redpool Confederacy
  • Redvein Raiders
  • Remnant of the Glitterworld Expedition
  • Ridgeback Collective
  • Rift Raiders
  • Rimbreakers
  • Rimfall Homestead
  • Rimline Caravan Company
  • Rimward Mercenary Company
  • Riverstone Kin
  • Rockbottom Settlement
  • Rotgut Raiders
  • Rotwater Scavengers
  • Royal Enclave of Sorrel
  • Royal House of Tarrant
  • Rust and Hope
  • Rust Collar Slavers
  • Rustbelt Scavengers
  • Rustfield Wasters
  • Rustjaw Reavers
  • Rustmoor Collective

S: 63 names

  • Sable Coast Union
  • Saltblood Corsairs
  • Saltfang People
  • Saltfang Reavers
  • Saltflat Wasters
  • Saltmarsh Cooperative
  • Saltpick Gang
  • Saltwind Civil League
  • Salvage Point Colony
  • Sandwalker People
  • Sawtooth Raiders
  • Scarline Raiders
  • Scorchline Pirates
  • Scrapfang Pirates
  • Scrapmoor Wasters
  • Seaglass Kin
  • Second Chance Settlement
  • Shadowgrass Kin
  • Shalewick Trading League
  • Shelter Seven
  • Shrike Marauders
  • Silent Cluster
  • Silverbrook Compact
  • Sisters of the Burning Wreath
  • Skinner's Crew
  • Skullcap Marauders
  • Slagheap Scavengers
  • Slaughterhouse Crew
  • Sleeping Iron
  • Sleetfall Federation
  • Sludgewater Raiders

S, continued

  • Smogline Gang
  • Sons of Dakom
  • Sons of Rust
  • Sons of the Burning Pod
  • Sons of the Crash
  • Sons of the Grey Ash
  • Sons of the Plague
  • Sorrow's Teeth
  • Sorrowdale Compact
  • Starfall Homesteaders
  • Starlit Hollow
  • Starwater Kin
  • Stellarch's Court of Kessar
  • Stellarch's Domain of Ebonreach
  • Stellarch's Seat of Orrimund
  • Stillmere Confederacy
  • Stonebridge Mutual Aid Society
  • Stonecrop Relief Mission
  • Stonecrop Republic
  • Stonefruit Tribe
  • Stonespear Tribe
  • Stormcaller Kin
  • Stormcrow Raiders
  • Stormhaven Accord
  • Stormshelter Commune
  • Stranded Hope
  • Summerfoot Tribe
  • Sunchaser Kin
  • Sunderland Accord
  • Sundown Mercantile Union
  • Sunstone People
  • Swiftwater People

T: 70 names

  • Tallgrass Union
  • Tallow Valley Commonwealth
  • Tarheart Gang
  • Tarn Lake Cooperative
  • Tarpool Junkers
  • The Broken Compass
  • The Burrow
  • The Hollow Men
  • The Lashing
  • The Long Night Commune
  • The Ninety-Nine
  • The Raw Flesh Communion
  • The Reaving Hand
  • The Red Spoils
  • The Rusted Blades
  • The Unburied
  • The Unseen Signal
  • Thistledown Union
  • Thornback Kin
  • Thornjaw Reavers
  • Thornwall Confederacy
  • Threadbare Settlement
  • Three Survivors
  • Throne of Nebira
  • Thunderhide Tribe
  • Tideward Union
  • Torchback Pirates
  • Torrent Free Cities
  • Toughluck Hollow
  • Toxfen Wasters
  • Transhumanist Collective of Vell
  • Tribe of Ajal
  • Tribe of Amaka
  • Tribe of Anu
  • Tribe of Ashoka

T, continued

  • Tribe of Bakhi
  • Tribe of Ebo
  • Tribe of Eotha
  • Tribe of Hasu
  • Tribe of Hoku
  • Tribe of Ilomi
  • Tribe of Ishka
  • Tribe of Kaloo
  • Tribe of Kalumeh
  • Tribe of Kesh
  • Tribe of Keta
  • Tribe of Kumo
  • Tribe of Lenoa
  • Tribe of Mahu
  • Tribe of Nakoma
  • Tribe of Nuri
  • Tribe of Oma
  • Tribe of Orino
  • Tribe of Oyelo
  • Tribe of Pakke
  • Tribe of Rokko
  • Tribe of Ronu
  • Tribe of Senu
  • Tribe of Taku
  • Tribe of Tamu
  • Tribe of Tashan
  • Tribe of Tuka
  • Tribe of Ukani
  • Tribe of Ukulo
  • Tribe of Weko
  • Tribe of Wekoro
  • Tribe of Yeli
  • Tribe of Yoka
  • Tukara Tribe
  • Tumbledown Colony

U: 1 name

  • United Settlements of Vell

V: 5 names

  • Vantage Federation
  • Vaultkeepers of the Old Bunker
  • Vellmoor Directorate
  • Voidtouched Covenant
  • Vultures of the Ash Coast

W: 17 names

  • Wakers of the Deep Vault
  • Wasteland Howlers
  • Weatherby Free States
  • Westerly Civil League
  • Wheatcroft Commonwealth
  • Whitebark People
  • Whitecliff Union
  • Widowmakers
  • Willowmere Civil League
  • Windmoor Republic
  • Windrunner Kin
  • Wolfshead Pirates
  • Wolfsong People
  • Wreckage Bay Colonists
  • Wreckers of Dunmarch
  • Wreckmoor Scroungers
  • Wrenfield Commonwealth