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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- Choose Your Fighter: Old Warby 76561199093816941Some sprites I (parically) made for some removed mod. Thanks to the Drakazure for that mod and the right to participate in its creation. If you hate it, ask me to delete this mod.1.0k downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Sultan's Names of Qudby QWiiThe base game has 2,184 possible sultan names. This mod (as of its first version) brings that number to 19,680. A simple mod adding many new prefixes, infixes, and suffixes, to massively increase variety of sultan names in world generation. For instance, the base game has 26 starting name pieces...1.0k downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
- Highlight unreadby 76561199009057466Hightlights unread books (all kinds, including merchant advertisements) and unlearned data disks. Adding this mod is safe, removing it will corrupt all affected books/data disks (actually is safe too after spring molting, just choose 'Yes' to reading error log). Use `revealfresh` wish on existing...1.0k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
- Anthropomorphism [subtype version]by Crowo==++==++==++==+++=++++=+++=++====++==++==++==+++=++++=+++=++= WORKS WITH 1.0+ BUILD 210.19+ Modversion: v4.0 -A collection of mutations and sprites that are for those with an affinity for anthros -uwu- (and new items for each subtype) -Subtype for Mutated Human Version, Standalone version of Anth...1.0k downloadsupdated 17 mo ago
- Custom World Generationby 76561199039300457about Inspired by world generation settings in Dwarf Fortress. This mod allows you to change the number of locations and game objects that Caves of Qud generates. At this moment Custom World Generation allows you to change: - the number of villages (0x, 1x, 2x, 4x) - the number of lairs (0x, 1x,...1.0k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
- Weightless Scrap Metalby 76561199095013029simple mod that makes every scrap metal weightless1.0k downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Stat Training Skillsby Hypnogogic LogicThis mod unlocks a skill tree: Stat Training, which is free to unlock. Each skill in this skill tree increases one base stat (Strength, Agility, etc.) by 1 permanently. Each of these skills have 4 tiers which all increase a particular stat by an additional 1 point. Tiers 1 and 2 for each stat cos...1.0k downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
- Tinkle-monksby Clau / VyugaNothing like smacking snapjaws with your keytar. This mod adds: Tambourine Gal A telepathic tinkle-monk that will accompany you on your adventures, with a whole bunch of location-, time- and quest-based conversation responses! Talk to her, sing with her, pat her head. New subtypes One for mutants...994 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Clactobelle Petby DREAD EVATravel alongside Clactobelle the glowmoth, Kitchen Heptagon's hard-working action commentator! Clactobelle appears in my quasi-canonical fanfic series, Carbide Chef. Features: - Encyclopedic knowledge of all (dry) cooking ingredients! - Backstory! - A fashionable parasol! - Microwave eye beams! N...990 downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- my son crumpby 76561198836298826he has every disease An absurdly difficult challenge preset, created for the Caves of Qud Modding Jam: Pets & Presets. Thanks to Mephril for the tile! itch.io Project | Source Code (Codeberg)975 downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- Mental Mutation Overhaulby The_MixMaster™Adds new functionality to some of the more underwhelming mental mutations along with further balancing to make lesser used mental mutations more desirable to invest in over a run. Current changes: Psychometry: A new ability has been added at mutation level 5 called "Scour History" which lets you...965 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
- Nuclear Caves of Qud Throneby 765611992428141847 Mutant Genotypes from our beloved universe of NUCLEAR THRONE. ----------------------------------------- Attention! 'Choose Your Fighter' is a must-have for this mod to work. For years, I had to split my time between playing Nuclear Throne and Caves of Qud. Now that problem is solved! Get ready...962 downloadsupdated 14 mo ago
- Minimized Minimum Cooldownsby CantorsdustThis mod allows Willpower to continue decreasing cooldowns all the way to 0 at 36 Willpower. In the base game cooldown reduction is capped at 80%, and cooldowns cannot be reduced below 20% of their original value. So now if you can get to 36 Willpower all your abilities can be used every turn. Ha...960 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Kobolds of Qudby koboldv0.3.9 This version adds kobolds into the game. They may or may not spawn yet, but they're there. You can also play as 4 kobold scale colors with respective element resistance across 3 different kobold archetypes: - The Warscale, who gains standard hp and is well-equipped for combat - The Tinkerc...959 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Pets of Qud - Feathers-On-Serpentsby 76561198809626716Another pet mod for Caves of Qud. Adds an amphiptere starting pet. Starts with Wings and a Beak capable of decapitating creatures. Amphipteres (or Amphitheres) are legless, two-winged serpents originating from European heraldry. Compatible with Better Pet Selector: I recommend using Clever Girl a...958 downloadsupdated 18 mo ago
- Sow and Reap: Scythes for Caves of Qudby BinaryDoubtsSow and Reap Sow and Reap adds a new weapon type to Caves of Qud: the Scythe — a humble farming implement, now wielded as a weapon of war. Update 1.9 (August 27, 2025) ⚡ Brand-new item art by @OnlyFangs! ⚡ Support for more weapon mods (including Sharp and Serrated) ⚡ Three new unique weapons foun...956 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Playable Dromadsby 76561198393255814Play as one of the legendary dromads, with 3 subtypes: Dromad Trader: high ego and can proselytize up to 5 people to for a caravan Traveller: high knowledge of the world Caravan Guard: good with rifles and in close quarter combat. You have less mutations than the average mutant start, but make up...954 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Auto Drop Beddingby CeledielPut out a bedroll when you make camp, if you have one. Also adds the option to lay out bedding to the campfire menu. Works with 1.0 release.947 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Advanced Wishingby EboregThis is a mod designed to add some special wishes that I use to test my other mods. Added wishes: "levelup:{x}" - Adds x amount of levels to the player character. If x is unspecified, adds 1 level "psionichiding" - Hard locks Psychic Glimmer level to 0, can be wished for again if psionically hid...940 downloadsupdated 9 mo ago
- Quddersby AcegiakAdds Milk Glands as a mutation available to player characters. Animals in the world have a chance to spawn with milkable glands. If you have the Starapple Valley mod installed milk can be fermented into Curd which can be preserved into Cheese. You can find and contribute to the code for this mod...934 downloadsupdated 22 mo ago
- Much Deeper Space Time Vortexesby 76561198383398718Were you ever curious what's 10'000 floors deep into Qud? Were you? You were, right? Changes the 1-30 STV z-level range to 1-10000. Don't forget a recoiler.927 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Tracking Beaconsby kernelmethodAdds tracking beacons to the game, which can be used to keep track of the location of objects and creatures even as they move around the world. Source: New items This mod adds the magnetic tracking beacon item to the game, which can be attached to any metal creature or object. It also adds the tr...926 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Chill Populationsby Ceres et al.Last tested on game version: 2.0.207.101 This is a tiny mod that prevents certain creatures from appearing as villagers, converts, and so on. Qud has a good few creatures that are disruptive to terrain or other creatures in the area - humors leave acid trails, newfathers spawn with slaves, segmen...916 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Backpacksby Crack Rock GeologistAdds a variety of new, tiered, backpacks to the game. You can get a quartzfur and a kaleidocera backpack from butchering the respective corpses as well. This mod also gives you a new pet with lots of carry capacity, for that extra space.916 downloadsupdated 16 mo ago
- Mechanimist Genotype915 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
- Baetyl Plusby AsheMakes Baetyls 3x more common, makes them always reward relics (though not always major ones) when they offer an item, and prevents them from offering artifacts as rewards. Not intended to be balanced with the main game, I just think it's more fun this way. Also available on github:913 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Qud Expanded Community EditionQud Expanded Community Edition A community-maintained fork of Caves of Qud Expanded by Mura. This is a separate mod. It does not replace, modify, or take over the original, which remains Mura's and is still available here: Caves of Qud Expanded What you get Psionic Adept — a third genotype for pl...912 downloadsupdated 21 d ago
- Joppa Mansionby Marcrow [Post-Xenon]Now you can rest, cook, work, and put your stuff in Your own mansion inside Joppa. Features: Cybernetics terminal Oven Bed Chests BookCases Gunsmith Table Also adds few beds and other furniture inside village.909 downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Rita Modby angelgirlsuturesAdds four new mutations, three physical and one mental: Fins: Drastically increases swimming and wading speed, with a small amount of DV as a bonus. Tentacles: Gain a large number of individually weak natural attacks, plus an active ability which pulls a target towards you. Bio-Decoys: Create dec...908 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- fixing the waydroid gives you a friend :)by Clau / VyugaEver wanted the dormant waydroid you fix during More Than a Willing Spirit to do anything? No? Ahhh well too bad, 'cause now it does something!906 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- More Moddable Tinkeringby WeyrlingLets you tinker more mods onto items. Adds a setting in Options to increase how many mods you can put on items. Default is +1 (for 4 max) (The maximum is "all of them", naturally.) I have made a skill based mod that allows you to apply more mods to items: Note that using both of these mods togeth...906 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Smart Cookies Are Skillful!by TyrirDoes it seem like your intellectual pursuits aren't paying off? Too many many skills and too little time? Have you put all your points into Intelligence and it felt like a waste? Do those darn jocks have nearly as many skills as you? Do you want to be a genius wizard with all the skills? Well hav...901 downloadsupdated 22 mo ago
- torch +by raineincreases torch light radius by 2, to 6896 downloadsupdated 10 y ago
- Autoget Blacklistby CattlesquatTired of automatically grabbing unwanted items like sower's seeds and low level flaming/freezing swords just because you have 'Autoget Artifacts' turned on? With this mod you get menu item on any identified artifact to stop collecting it with Autoget! Only shows up while you have Autoget Artifact...892 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
- Crusader of Qudby 76561198393255814Adds 2 New Genotypes: -Rogue Templar (recommanded): An ancient Putus Templar have betrayed his kind, and is now on a quest to redemption. Start as a Rogue Templar hated by his kind, a squire, gunner knight, new father, etc. basically the main game but as ex-knight, play the main quest (no unique...889 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Equippable Handcartby BDtetraHave you wanted to move all of your wares to a distant land? Now you can with this mod. Simply equip this Handcart onto your back slot and you can use can be a beast of burden! You can either equip the Handcart and carry the items on you, or store the items directly in the handcart itself (like a...888 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
- Ground Dots Mod:2by GubernatorThe Ground Dot overmind has mutated forming itself into a geodesic sort of hexy dot pattern with uniform perfection at some resolutions.886 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
- Jules' Custom Preset Packby 76561199102809074BREAKING NEW: HUGE UPDATE IN TERM OF BOTH SPRITES AND DESCRIPTIONS! Comment below if you prefer any old sprite(s) to new changed ones! Maybe I can add new "May you find yourself through restless nights in this voracious world of Qud" - Dreamer amongst dreams Greeting, my water siblings, This mod...882 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
- Warden Ualraig now sells a guaranteed glowsphereby Kot(Nathanx42)I have no clue why the developers removed this, but the local good warden of Joppa now sells a single glowsphere every new game you make. Enjoy!876 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
- Cryptogeologyby GearlinkA new face can be found in the Stiltgrounds. Scientist or charlatan, they have need of a courier to fetch a spare part for their malfunctioning machine and gems to pay. This should make some easy water for a thirsty drifter. In all likelihood, it won’t involve trekking to some of the most dangero...875 downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
- AutoPickDaggersby VenorThis Mod gives an Option to include Daggers for Autopickup. Special Note: I couldnt find a build-in Method to check if a Weapon is a Dagger. So now everything that: Is a MeleeWeapon that uses the ShortBlade skill and weights 2 or less -> is a Dagger and will be picked up.866 downloadsupdated 5 y ago
- More Modifiers 2 [Fork]by GravenwitchOriginal Mod Found Here: I just cleaned out most of the cobwebs and made all the events work with the modern game once again. Please let me know if I missed anything. This fork was made without explicit permission by the creator. If you created this mod, let me know and I will take it down. Feel...863 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Reject humanity, become monkeby MithaedrenAdds playable Apes and Baboons with Mutant or Cybernetic options862 downloadsupdated 6 y ago
- Bushwhackingby shawncplusAdds a new Bushwhacking skill to the Wayfaring tree that allows you to pass by solid trees manually without being blocked. Note: Solid trees will still block projectiles and movement through autoexplore or other pathfinding will still avoid them since their cells are still considered solid.861 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Gauntlet Modeby John SnailAdds a game mode where you fight endless and increasingly silly waves of creatures for as long as you can. Between every wave, you and your items are fully healed and recharged, and you get to choose 3 items from a reliquary (or gain a token if you take none). If you have Disassemble, you also ge...859 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
- Portable Holes and Moreby ClarissaFeatures four different extradimensional facilities. Portable Hole: Tiny, dirty, servicable. Portable House: Charming and Cozy Portable Ward: Four hospital rooms and a bunch of medlockers. Oven and Becoming Nook, as well. Not balanced, lots of free stuff (if you can find one.) Portable Mall: Play...858 downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
- Choose Your Fighter Expansion: Lunariansby 76561198843923219by billy checkers (xml by ursacascadia)850 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- Improved Archeryby NalathniDragonAdds three new craftable elemental arrow types, a new sprite for arrows, and a high-tech bow that shoots three shots at a time. Also makes compound bows more common.849 downloadsupdated 7 y ago
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