Caves of Qud
Caves of Qud mods
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1,331 mods, most downloaded first · newest update 27 Oct 2026
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- NanomachinesReworks the Graftek grafts into buffs received from injectors. Intended to serve as a later-game buff for True Kin akin to the special mutant recipes. As such, Mutants cannot inject Nanomachines, or at least, should not. Wish for Wiz_NanoTonic if you want to try out the mod before it's intended p...247 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
- No More Memory Eatingby MuraThis mod is no longer actively being maintained, but anyone may pick it up in my stead in the event that it breaks. All I ask is that the original Caves of Qud Expanded mod not be updated, as it is very special to me, though anyone may use it as a reference for their own mods. I'm stepping away f...246 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Mark/Recall Mutationby AntediluvianI wanted an old school mark/recall system, so I made one. Find it in mutations under mental mutations for whiners. There will be a menu to choose whether to mark or recall, or clear a mark. There are 5 slots.245 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Rabbit Psycherby Uncle NannyThis is a psycher who uses a combination of tech and mutations to thrive. You start with: - Cooking and Gathering - Customs and Folklore + Trash Divining - First Aid - Persuasion + Snake Oiler - Self-Discipline - Tinkering + Disassemble + Repair + Tinker I - Wayfaring You also get some pretty rad...244 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Tiny Tam's Big Adventure [NONFUNCTIONAL]by A Blessed FelineTHIS MOD IS CURRENTLY NOT FUNCTIONAL DUE TO AN ISSUE WITH THE BASE GAME Tam, the dromad merchant at Joppa, has come into possession of a truly peculiar little curio: A miniature version of himself, that he seems very eager to entrust to the highest bidder. But how is it that this diminutive salts...243 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Six Day Stilt Recoilers are now craftable again!by Kot(Nathanx42)November 5th patch note: You can no longer build Six Day Stilt recoilers. I don't like this change, so I made this mod. Enjoy!243 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
- Accursed Bladeby NoiresDetermined to protect the Holy City at all costs, they wielded their blade, ready to strike down any who dared to stand against it. +2 Strength, +1 Agility, +1 Willpower Long Blades Dueling Stance Lionheart Wilderness Lore: Jungles Starts with Two handed sword, Steel Helmet, Bark Armor, Leather B...243 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Disintergration Handsby BugYou get disintegration but on your hands! Abit overpowered242 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
- Tessa's Creaturesby Tcgirl8Currently adds 4 mid to high level creatuers for you to hunt down from the wendicorn in the mountains to the tripod in the moon stair. Each creature has a chance to drop a corpse which can be butchered for a unique item. More creatures and mods will come, recommendations and tips for this mod are...242 downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
- Ignore Hearing Hostilesby 76561198388384359Doesn't count creatures detected with just hearing as hostile so you can do things like take all and wait until healed.242 downloadsupdated 22 mo ago
- BYOM (Build Your Own Mecha!)by GambleputtyBuild Your Own Mecha! About as apt as the Title states, and while currently in a basic state, more is planned for the mod in future updates! Currently it adds 3 different tiers of Mecha, each with their own Costs and progressively better stats. Whilst all have Humanoid Bodies, thus allowing them...242 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Lizard Man (Playable Subtype)by Deletus LantzAdds a Lizard Man playable subtype (new character). Try pairing it with my Poison Fangs mod! (link) +1 to Strength and Toughness Starts with basic kit and survival skills. Unshelled Reptiles start indifferent to you. Adds a Lizard Men faction that may appear in a related mod.242 downloadsupdated 22 mo ago
- Gun UpgradingAllows for upgrading lower-tier guns to be (somewhat) on par with high-tier ones and usable in the lategame. The lower the tier, the more times it can be upgraded. You can either upgrade one yourself (need at least Tinker I) or through an NPC with Tinkering. If upgrading through an NPC, you will...242 downloadsupdated 10 d ago
- Natural weaponsby 76561199009057466Have you ever wanted to bite a Madpole back? Well now you can. This mod adds a couple of natural weapons as mutations. Currently implemented: - Seed Cannon mutation - a powerful missile weapon with strength scaling. - Hooves mutation - beats going barefoot. - Monstrous Maw mutation: bite their he...240 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- Burrowing Claws Penetration Fixby jojolaggerFixes the claws Penetration bonus not applying to the claws weapon Note: Dig Up/Down re-enabled Now makes all Hands Claws, not just your first two239 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Cryotubes always contain your clonesby 76561198383398718For all the Lunar Regents who travelled to far underground strata of cryofrozen things and were disappointed with how rare their whereabouts were. Yeah this is just a "balanced" item cloning mod. Felt the 2% chance of finding your own clone was tedious.239 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- rabbitsby raineadds rabbits they are added to the flower fields creature table stronger than you would think they would be239 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Sort By Weight Efficiencyby 76561198388384359Sort inventory by weight efficiency with a higher value / weight ratio at the top. Made for Caves of Qud version 1.01. It uses transpiling so be very careful if the version is not 1.01 or if another mod messes with the inventory options popup.239 downloadsupdated 22 mo ago
- Choose your Mutationsby Da HuntressInstead of picking from a random list of 3, choose any mutation you want at the purchase screen. Should be compatible with any mod that adds new mutations. Future Goal - Give chimeras better choice than just 1 body part on 50+ mutations to pick from,239 downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Quugly Eyesby AcegiakAdds Googly Eyes which can be applied to objects to make them look scary and intimidating. You can find the code and report issues on this plugin at:238 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- No Callingby 76561198850877326Adds a blank calling for those who want to make their own class from the ground up Can be paired with the "Choose your fighter" mod by Kernelmethod to change your character sprite238 downloadsupdated 17 mo ago
- The Rat Kingby Hazzary453Mischevious rats are taking over Qud! Made as part of the 2025 reanimated monster mash modding jam.238 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Creature Controlby AussieWarGodToggle the creature behaviors vanilla Qud won't let you touch. Creature Control adds a set of in-world toggles for creature abilities that are otherwise locked on or off, plus a Trophic Absorption system for players running Playable Slime who like to digest what they kill. Every toggle is grouped...238 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
- Lark - Slowly, Slowlyby *chirps*The old snail crosses the sea of salt, but slowly, slowly. From whence and for what purpose are hardly questions worth posing; might you ask instead, what organ will carry you when your shell is scarred? This is a mod for the Caves of Qud Mod Jam of 2024. It adds a very simple encounter to the sa...235 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Flaming Head - Mutationby bensnappyTHIS MUTATION DOES NOT WORK CONSISTENTLY WITH THE CURRENT BUILD OF CAVES OF QUD. STAY AWAY FOR THE TIME BEING. Your head is a ball of flames. This mod is essentially a combination of the light manipulation and flaming hands mutations. It's my first semi-successfull mod, and was a major learning p...234 downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- The Perfect Cupby BingleAdds a special cup and point of origin to Caves of Qud My submission for the 2024 modjam vignettes234 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Zamuri Wolfby JapeOverview: This mod adds the Zamuri Wolf, a normally loyal companion of the Zamuri Warriors, but this one appears to be without their master... Contents: The Zamuri Wolf holds a Zamuri blade in it's powerful jaws, but if it is ever disarmed then they are not against biting and clawing as a means o...234 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Gas Emittersby Cryptsy SatoshiPlasma Throwers, Sleep gas pump, Advanced flamethrower and knockoutgas pump233 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Exile: Forkedby 76561199481522210The original mod hasn't been working for a while, so I did what I could to make it work without completely butchering it. Original found here; - Not fully tested, just made sure it didn't cause any errors on its own. - Starting cybernetics are starting again, don't know how well they work - Made...233 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Burgeoning Beastsby Unshelled ReptileA variety of strange, menacing, and delightful plant-beasts for a number of Qud's regions. Behold! The recursively-swarming Fractipede of the Salt Dunes; the lumbering algal Gravehulk of the Palladium Reef; the explosive-horking Pitcher Plant of the Deep Jungle; the symbiotically-ravenous Shimsca...233 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- Blade Dancer - New Skill by paleseasailor [Forked]by GravenwitchFork of the excellent mod by paleseasailor. Rewritten to work with the modern game and I fixed some bugs. Original mod can be found here: . Make sure you don't have the original mod active! *Blade Dancer Expertise - 50sp - You get +1 to hit with short and long blades. *Graze - 50sp - 17 Agility -...231 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Firefly Rekindledby soupDilemmaAt a certain point in the main questline, all of your gear is forcefully unequipped. This mod allows your symbiotic firefly to survive this ordeal. Tested on 1.0.4. See spoilers and more:231 downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
- Here 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
- Terra Firma: Diaspora of the Stone (beta)"...you hear the distant ring of hammers, the scuttling of a thousand legs. the salt winds of change blow, wayfarer. will you follow them?" this is the beta version of terra firma's expansion, diaspora of the stone. it includes: mutations: gorgon's gaze, earthen barrage, stoneshaper, geomancy, ca...226 downloadsupdated 17 d ago
- Estrogen of Qudby 76561199316714193Estrogen of qud This mod adds the item Estrogen and its unique effect to Caves of Qud. I have plans to update this mod in the future, so that for every dose of estrogen the player takes, they gain another charge of the unique effect. I'm not sure how to do this, which is why I'm releasing the mod...225 downloadsupdated 22 mo ago
- Ductape Modby UnderDougAdds utilitape, an item which, much like our own ductape, can be used to hold things together that might have otherwise not withstood the modifications being made to them. Utilitape is an applicator item that can be crafted at a bit cost of "000" (3x A-D, chosen at random on world-gen) and requir...224 downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
- The Snipers of the Issachari Tribeby 76561198407647522This mod adds 1 new creature and a new weapon, The Issachari Sniper is a new and slightly deadlier version of the Issachari Rifler. Equipped with an Issachar Sniper which does more damage then the base games Sniper Rifle but suffers from worse accuracy, penetration, and weighs more, even such, it...224 downloadsupdated 17 mo ago
- Autonomous Biorobotic Armsby skankhunt42Add two new cybernectics. Autonomous Biorobotic Arms You gain an additional pair of Biorobotic arms. Each arm has 75% chance to deliver offhand strike. You cannot wear equipment on your back. Slots: Back Cost 4 Reaction Control Unit +10% offhand strike chance. (Stacks) Apply to both robotic and o...223 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
- The Underjunglersby 76561198334207454Adds a new character type - the Underjungler Abandoned within a massive tunnel network, these robotic frames have come home to new plant life - capable of sentience. Also adds a small amount of new items for your Underjunglers.222 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
- Tesi the Ray Catby soupDilemmaWanderers who came by ways other than Joppa may find a ray cat at the Six Day Stilt, passing the time in Lulihart's company. Tested on 1.0.4. See spoilers and more:222 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Pet Djungelskogby EmmyAdds the IKEA Djungelskog Bear as a starting pet. He starts with a Silver Bear Figurine for that sweet +100 bear reputation. And you can sleep on him. I love him very much <3 (my first mod so let me know if i severely messed something up)222 downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
- Baboons Throw Pooby CatlikeSpectatorA completely childish mod that adds nothing of value to the game.221 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Immersive Armour and weapons weightby 76561199095013029Makes Armours and weapons weight more accurate based on actual armours and weapons in real life. also changes some weights of armours that in theory suppost to be lighter or heavier for exemple the carbite plate mail is lighter than steel but all the other parts of the set arent for some reason....221 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Living Statuesby 76561198857157249Learn the values of respecting your elders Adds a small (5%) chance for shrines in general to become alive when desecrated/damaged enough. Sultan shrines will be aggressive and aligned with the faction of their cult, as well as have fitting anatomy. A few other unique shrines also now have their...221 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Chair Enthusiastby gnarfAdds the comfiest and nearest chair to the point of interest menu. Also adds the geomagnetic folding chair. "In a laboratory now ground to dust, a hermitic Eater once spent her nights tuning ionic waveforms and shaping aquamarines, her only comfort the scraping old seat in which she slumped, exas...220 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Thorns and Sporesby COQMANThorns and Spores Deep in the jungle: Grassfungi, a GrassFungi settlement. The elder who led the village for years has passed away. In the wake of their death, a successor election is underway — and two factions stand locked in opposition: the Canopy, under the leaf-shadow, and the Underground mu...220 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
- Tainted Citadel Dungeon (Beta)by Two-bit HussyThis mod adds a new dungeon, the Tainted Citadel, a mini-biome, the tainted jungle. This is a mid-tier dungeon with a heavy emphasis on poison and environmental dangers. Look to the SE of Bethesda Susa and you should see where the jungle has begun to wilt. Includes all custom tiles, objects, and...218 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- Be The Girsh!by The Big ExtentBecome a Glow-Wight! Embrace the freedom of mutation! Feast on the blood and bodies of your enemies! Automatic drinking must be turned off or things break.215 downloadsupdated 7 y ago
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