Mods / artifact

• CCaves of Qud Expandedby MuraImportant Note: VixyGrey has forked the mod and updated it, including numerous bug fixes. It can be found at the links below. I no longer maintain this mod outside of extremely sporadic periods where I pick up the game again on a whim. If you decide to fork or otherwise update the mod, let me kno...31.4k downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
• HHearthpyreby ArmithaigPut an end to nomadic living, build your own bungalow. Use the powerful xyloschemer to plot out blueprints for a cavalcade of structures , furniture and decor . Learn the forgotten skills of governing and claim your own piece of saltland, corraling hapless settlers into their own homes where they...28.8k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• TTycho's Tangent [v1.6.1]by ViceTycho’s Tangent (TT) is a mod that aims to enrich your Qud experience through the addition of countless lore-friendly critters, items, NPCs, as well as a variety of starting backgrounds and other goodies. All TT content is designed to blend in seamlessly with pre-existing game assets. A new major...7.4k downloadsupdated 25 d ago
• SSifrahby chaosThis mod integrates a Mastermind-like minigame called Sifrah into the game in several ways, controllable using options (found in the Gameplay section, at the bottom of the option list): Artifact examination Item modding Repairing things Reverse engineering artifacts Disarming mines and bombs Hack...3.2k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• TThe Gadgets of Qudby The_MixMaster™Adds a variety of unique artifacts, armor, and doodads to play with. Most are focused around filling gaps in the base game (especially with true-kin) and just generally being interesting. Current gadgets include: The Phase Entangler A tier 8 back item which allows for temporary phasing at the cos...2.5k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
• FFinder of Ruinby 76561198836298826A mod that aids in the finding of the Ruin of House Isner by making the clues a bit more obvious. The mod offers two aids: coloring or uppercasing the hint text (key words or the entire clue). Tested to work on game version 1.0.4 (build 210.23). Source Code (Codeberg)2.2k downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
• AAllography: Describe Anythingby ArmithaigAdds the Allograph book artifact, which's similar in function to the Box of Crayons, allowing you to write a new description for anything in sight, including yourself. Writing takes some time (5-50 rounds) based on the length of the description and your intelligence. If a bear slugs your bog-hole...2.1k downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
• CChazakiel's Implantable Cyberneticsby Renko, allegedlyA mod adding implantable weaponry, and upping the power of lower-tier cybernetics so that no cyber-find ever feels like a dud. Install guns into your arms, a flame-thrower into your mouth, or replace your spine with a tesla coil. Full list of added items: -Aetherial Wings: Implantable wings with...1.9k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• ""Waterpipe And Rest" Expansionby 76561199242814184I dedicate this mod to all those wonderful games and mods that added a spark of spice to our journeys across the post-apocalyptic wastelands. To Fallout, to the Salt Shuffle, to Kenshi with its swampy fun, and to my one and only true love, the Apple Farmer`s Daughter. This kind of in-game amuseme...1.5k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• EEule`s Exile's Refuge: Wight Updateby EuleCW: Rudeness, descriptions of violence and gore In the depths of a jungle, a rumor tells, slowly spends its days a Sanctuary. Led by a divine figure, its doors are open to all that wish to join it. Yet, listening to these stories, one cannot shake off the feeling of wrongness. This mod adds a mid...1.4k downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
• TThe Hacking of Qudby The_MixMaster™Adds a new intelligence-based playstyle revolving around debuffs/manipulation of your enemy's stats and equipment. Adds two novel hacking systems to CoQ: Organic hacking and Machine hacking, along with seven new items, three new character subtypes (Tragedian, Compilim, Orgonist), and two full ski...1.3k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• DDoctorator: Healing Weaponsby CatlikeSpectatorAdds a convalessence powered medkit and medgun to the game. The Doctorator and DocShot are weapons that heal instead of harm, allowing you to heal your companions more quickly and effectively. Each can be found in the game without need of wish, and both are fully tinkerable. No more hoping your b...749 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• FFyrefly's Emergency Recoilersby FyreTo die, some say, is to become one with Qud. An ending that begets more beginnings than one can fathom. Only through death, they oft continue, can the world exhale and begin preparations for its next breath. The Eaters were, however, not particularly keen on this philosophy. Arguing that their in...629 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• HHeartbreakby chaosAdds: a new status effect, Cardiac Arrest a new defect, Weak Heart a new item, the Automated External Defibrillator a new armor mod, Defib a new weapon mod, Heartstopper a new creature, Assassin Droid a new weapon, the Dim Mak Device590 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• SSoar Like a Sky-Bear (Jetpack Mod)by DJKingGhidorahWhat with his wysdom and his hardynesse, He conquered al the regne of Aldersesse; And thurgh the eyr dashed undernethe his shroud, And rafte the heddes of all thoos byg and proud... Soar Like a Sky-Bear Saad Amus' legendary relic, the Flume-Flier of the Sky-Bear, is very clearly a jetpack. Saad A...584 downloadsupdated 17 mo ago
• IIcy Glaciersby 76561198985749297- Check change log for details A massive overhaul of Qud's mountains, and their related content. The limestone cliffs are replaced with massive artificial glaciers, formed by Eater-old irrigation gone haywire. Temperatures in the mountains are frigid, now, leading anything not protected to freeze...579 downloadsupdated 15 d ago
• AAntiweight Orbsby soupDilemmaDo you want more variety in your selection of gravity-defying spheres? Look no further than this mod, which adds two new kinds: large and powered! Beware, delver! Large spheres of negative weight are highly unstable and may explode! And beware of the sky, which turns into a deadly drop if you're...502 downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
• BBrewed Beveragesby soupDilemmaBrewed Beverages is a Caves of Qud mod that adds the automatic brewer, a machine that brews delicious (and not-so-delicious) beverages! Unfortunately, the manual has been lost to time. Find one on every run in Dardi's kitchen! See spoilers and more at:464 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• PPortable Rock Tumblersby Millie YvainTired of trekking to the Yd Freehold every time you find a gemstone? This mod adds two different portable rock tumblers that allievate this annoyance. The tier 5 rock tumbler takes 2500 charge (1 solar cell / 1/4 chem cell) per gemstone, while the tier 7 rock tumbler requires no charge. They're a...391 downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
• BBaetylines & Baetylborgsby 76561198985749297Expands the baetyls faction, adding new baetyl-aligned NPCs and artifacts. Chuck a 250# space artifact at your foes! Now with 「BAETYL BLAST」!342 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• KKipperwareby AlwinfyThe take-out box of the future (or would it be the past?) Kipperware adds one item, the eponymous container, which allows you to store one self-cooked meal and eat it for its effects at a later date. It's takeout! Don't keep a meal around for too long, though-- cooked food doesn't stay fresh fore...318 downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
• TThree-For-One Grenadesby 76561198431708722Makes tinkering grenades give you three at a time (like bullets), but also makes disassembling them one third as effective. This makes grenade-based tinker playstyles more viable. The grenades are still really heavy, so you may also want to get a mod that makes grenades weightless.287 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• Fflemings Cybernetics: Integrated exoskeletonsby 76561199095013029Adds 3 exoskeleton implanted parts.276 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• HHere Comes The Fire Brigadeby 76561198985749297Adds various firefighting implements to the ruins of Qud. This includes water pumps, hydro grenades, fire brigade jumpsuits, helmets, axes, and pumpbots. For specifics on how the water works: The water pumps and hydro grenades work as gas pumps and grenades, with the "gas" being a new "watery mis...227 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• MMore usefull stun Rodsby 76561199095013029small simple mod that makes stun rods an actual decent weapon by giving them electric damage. original artwork on tumb belongs to: Chris Rallis205 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• VVISAGE Night-Vision Upgradeby Joe the TechThis mod simply adds the night-vision capability to the VISAGE artifact. In addition to this, it also adds the ability to activate (or deactivate) the artifact as you would any activable item. Please note that this mod will not effect already found/crafted VISAGE devices and will only apply to ne...205 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• MMirzero's Location Trackerby MirzeroFrustrated by not being able to tell where you are? Lost deep in the caves, and can't remember where the stairs were? This mod adds a very simple new artifact called the Location Tracker which will display your current worldmap coordinates, including depth, and which sector of the associated para...201 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• FFlemings Cybernetic Forkby 76561198964686314A fork adding the cybernetics into population tables so they appear in-game. You can find the original mod here: @flemingluiz if you wish for me to take this down let me know.188 downloadsupdated 17 mo ago
• CContragravity Recoilersby angelgirlsuturesAdds contragravity recoilers, which teleport you to the surface of the zone you're in. Available from the same places random-point recoilers are. They're also able to be made with Tinkering.139 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• FFish Suppressorsby 76561198985749297Adds anti-piscine poulaines that keep fish submerged, for those wishing to inflict some suffering upon their gilled enemies.133 downloadsupdated 6 mo ago
• BBioplastifierby egocaribAdds a new bioplastifier artifact to the game. It has similar rarity to the hoversled and can be crafted with the Tinker I skill and appropriate data disk. Source code available on github. What does it do? Hover below to spoil the fun ahead of time... :-p It'll change your character sprite to ano...116 downloadsupdated 7 y ago
• SStink Pumpby rub snartAdds a new low-tier artifact to Caves of Qud. Shoots stun gas at the cost of putrescence. Includes a new type of snapjaw that wields it.113 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
• BBurgeoning Mash-Upby 76561198836298826-mm, there? Land slopes up and is toothed in chrome steeples, ageless things. Looming over the old-earth tunnels, pillowed in rotting jungle and fungus groves. And broken against the mounts of the north, they are, in the shadow of the Spindle... There are people, friends, communities. And friends...74 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
• JJust let me have Mamon!by MarcyA quick and dirty mod that removes the "Cursed" and "noDamage" tags from the Amaranthine Prism. Not really balanced like, at all, but at least now you can hang out with everyone's favorite murdergoat for more than a couple days!54 downloadsupdated 19 mo ago

34 artifact mods, most downloaded first. Each one has its own page here with what it needs to run and where its author publishes it; the files themselves stay with the author and are never re-hosted on this site.