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Dwarf Fortress creature mods
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287 creature mods
- Skilled Animals & Megabeastsby lmlsnaWildlife was one of my biggest “expectation vs reality” moments in Dwarf Fortress. All these giant predators sound scary, the wiki even builds them up as being scary, yet whenever you send your militia after them you’ll find that they have a major skill issue when it comes to combat against civil...2.6k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Better Vampiresby Wyntr StardustA very simple, light-weight mod that gives vampires an in-game reason to drink blood by making them stronger after feeding and weaker if they go without.2.5k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Aves (Civilized Birdfolk)by AppwCivilized birdfolk to inhabit the jungles of your world. Brightly colored and impatient, they prize the shiny. Playable in fort-mode! Make sure you are playing as the civ you want when you start, as the Aves tend to be the default pick, possibly because they start with "A" Sadly, they currently c...2.5k downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Crows Fixby diamond mummyMakes crows not be vermin. You may copy/reuse portions or the entirety of this mod for your own use.2.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Deon's Menagerie - Frost Wyrmby Deon ☣Warning: Any mod adding new creatures requires a new world to be generated, otherwise they will not spawn (since they were not generated as a part of a world's population). Creature description A gigantic cyan-scaled snake-like creature. It is magical and can spew ice shards. These monsters can l...2.4k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Nilliansby tsallastConcept This is an add-on playable race of blue and purple, long-eared folks who deeply value knowledge and are excellent at getting it. Features Civilization: Nillian civilization that values knowledge and curiosity, with a side of revelry, it'd be a good idea to make guild halls and libraries f...2.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Bit More Diversityby CountWhile my other mod adds intelligence and the ability to join civilizations to many creatures, the effect is so rare that it's hard to observe in practice. This addition seeks to remedy that, by adding in a number of new civilizations that bring the strange creatures of Dwarf Fortress to your worl...2.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Unused Materials Removerby VatticStops dwarves from preferring chicken teeth and similar nonsense. Also removes them from the manager screen. Achieved by removing unused materials and tissues from the vanilla creatures. This only applies to the vanilla creatures. Any modded creatures might still have unused materials.2.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Additional Races. Ratfolk Graphical Updateby 76561199206465496This mod both updates the Ratfolk graphics from SEEU's Additional Races Ratfolk to use the new palette system introduced with the Adventure Mode update, as well as giving them full portrait graphics. This is a fan-made patch to update the graphics of the original Ratfolk mod to fix some bugs with...2.4k downloadsupdated 16 mo ago
- Gadget's Kobold Caverns - Creature Graphics Extended Patchby gadgetpatchA compatibility patch for Creature Graphics Extended, by Jackeloko. Features new sprites for additional tools, weapons, and kobold color variations. For more info, or to leave comments, check out the main mod page: -2.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Tougher Bodies - A&CO Editionby DigganobA version of Tougher Bodies adapted to be used with Arsenal and Cultural Overhaul. This version uses peripheral nerve healing. Replace the objects folder with the one from the normal Tougher Bodies to remove it.2.4k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
- Biodiversity Boosterby lmlsnaThis is a patch that sets frequency to 100 for all vanilla non-intelligent creatures. This increases variety by ensuring that creatures will always exist within their relevant biomes when possible and that all creatures have an equal random chance to appear rather than some being massively overre...2.4k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Spiderhoundsby 76561198414036633Spiderhounds A loyal domestic spider kept by dwarves for hunting, textiles and companionship. Critter Details Has a potent venom! Useful for a variety of fortress needs! Females Dog sized, voracious, and loyal. Female Spiderhounds make great hunting animals! Reach maturity at one, can live to 20!...2.2k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Additional Races. Naga Graphical Updateby 76561199206465496This mod both updates the Naga graphics from SEEU's Additional Races Naga to use the new palette system introduced with the Adventure Mode update, as well as giving them full child and portrait graphics. This is a fan-made patch to update the graphics of the original Naga mod to fix some bugs wit...2.2k downloadsupdated 17 mo ago
- Additional Races. Erinyes (Updated to be playable in adventure mode)by PussiMechAllows you to play as the erinyes in both fortress and adventure mode. It uses elf portraits. Will delete once the main mod is updated.2.1k downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- More Vanilla Creatures Adjusted [Discontineued]by niemstMore Vanilla Creatures Adjusted As the base mode More Vanilla Creatures by ryno is no more available I'm forced to discontinue this one. Please see the great mod: More Vanilla Creatures by ryno: TL;DR Removes some creatures added by ryno mod from the game Please see my other mods: Introduction I...2.1k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Monsters Of Majestyby UntrustedLifeOriginal Bay12Forum Post: Steam Discussion Post Explaining The New Content In More Depth: This Mod Adds 23 New Monsters Based On Majesty and Majesty Heroes of Ardania! It adds 3 New Secrets and cool magic abilities for those secret users. Things like summoning shadow beasts. It also adds A New Pl...2.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Whaleys Dogsby Roseanne on DVD 2K19A small mod adding new dog breeds. All the dog breeds are available on the embark screen -Currently 8 New species - Dachshund - Bulldog - Chihuahua - Rottweiler - Shiba Inu - Corgi - Pug - Husky I'll probably be making a bunch of changes, and feel free to suggest anything you want to see added.2.0k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Vampire Variantsby Wyntr StardustVanilla WorldGen allows for multiple types of vampire curses, but only has 1. This mod fixes that by adding new forms of vampirism to your worlds, inspired by vampire folklore from around the world. NEW TYPES OF VAMPIRES Vampyr - highly WIP, currently the same as vampires from my Better Vampires...2.0k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Deeper Dwarven Domestication for Steamby 20firebirdThis is a port of Deeper Dwarven Domestication, originally developed for DF Classic. DDD contains ten domestic creatures, themed around mountains and the underground, only available to dwarves, providing food, fiber, defense, companionship, and more. Original mod by Wannabehero, with graphics bas...2.0k downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
- Dwarven Creatures Packby UnapologeticPunsterAdds 10 Creatures as common domestics, which may cause other civs to use them (as they will have the same list of common domestics) Lithoworms: Deep dwelling annelids which consume stone and deposit undigestible ores in a wormstone, dwarves have trained them to deposit these stones in nest boxes...2.0k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Salamandastron: The Redwall Modby PunkRockVampireAdds Redwall-themed animal person civilisations to the world! Badger men and mouse men can both be embarked as, but only badger men are capable of strange moods and artifact creation. Note that this mod is still a work in progress, and not all animal people are in the mod yet. Currently implement...1.9k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Rain Fortressby CaramelWyrm6/21: 1.5 IS HERE!!! Watcher creatures, lizard resprite, new plants and more! PLEASE ENABLE SEASONAL AUTOSAVES WHILE PLAYING WITH THIS MOD! There is a very rare crash upon caravan arrival that I haven't been able to squash yet. If anyone is able to find the cause of this, I will implement a creat...1.9k downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- Scale Tanningby VatticEver wanted to make a swanky pair of boots out of a dragons hide? Leather from scaled creatures has also been made colourful. Colour based on the creatures scale colour. FAQ: Fish leather? Fish leather is a thing in real life (surprised me too). Why have leather from tiny creatures? The vanilla g...1.9k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Stingless Beesby DroseranThis mod replaces honey bees with domesticated stingless bees. It should be compatible with other mods that affect honey bees. This mod is compatible with Advanced Agriculture. Check out my other Dwarf Fortress mods: My Dwarf Fortress Workshop If you enjoy my mods, consider sending me a donation...1.9k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Additional Races. Stella Elf. Graphics Update.by 2chuu4uHere we go! Fan patch to get Stellar Elves up to speed with current graphics formulae. Note that this mod requires the original Stella Elves mod by SEEU to work, and should be loaded ABOVE it on the mode list. I find these guys to be rather overpowered compared to Dwarfs, but I've left my own mod...1.8k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- More Civilizable Creaturesby adventure_spencerThis Mod adds tags to every non-unique non-vermin generated creature with the "LEARNS" tag such that they can function as Adventure Mode characters and join fortresses. This does not add more creatures, add the "LEARNS" tag TO any creatures, or affect any procedurally generated creatures.1.8k downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Primal (Dinosaurs and more) (Deprecated as of the 53.15 Dino Update)by Enemy Post(Leaving this mod up for anyone who is interested, but as of the new dinosaur update there's no longer much need for it.) This mod adds 630 dinosaurs and other extinct animals to the game for you to fight, tame, hunt, or be hunted by. Includes a set of unique tiles for every animal. There is also...1.8k downloadsupdated 15 mo ago
- Bourbon's March of Wrathby BourbonFor the main release of DF. Don't forget to upvote and favorite or tell your friends, Steam tends to push much, much smaller mods on the front page. Tired of vanilla DF, but not wanting to go too far down the rabbit hole of high fantasy? Want to play races other than dwarves, or wanting a new twi...1.7k downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
- Dwarvemon PMDby FirePhoenix11Welcome! This is the mod that leads to the world of Pokemon! An optional addon for Dwarvemon that adds Pokemon Mystery Dungeon content: Play as Pokemon in Fortress and Adventure Mode! Pokemon form civs of all kinds, lead by the Guildmaster and the appointed Second-in-command. Currently one specie...1.6k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Revised Domesticsby 20firebirdAn overhaul of domestic animals to make them more useful and more specialized for specific industries. A full list of changes is available at but generally: - Some small animals are bigger for better meat production. - Cows and goats produce milk faster, meaning more dairy. - Llamas can defend yo...1.6k downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
- Additional Hyenasby Generic Hyena #2A small mod that adds striped-, brown hyenas and aardwolves. Aardwolves (proteles cristata) are: - liked for their long sticky tongues, and small size - benign meandering vermin eating exotic pets - encountered in tropical savannas, grasslands and shrublands A small striped insectivore found in t...1.5k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Unicorn Tweaksby this user loves holeEdits unicorns to be a bit less horselike. New sprite, slightly smaller size. Load after Vanilla Creatures and before Vanilla Creature Graphics.1.4k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Raptor Hunting Patchby ErefeWinterGives birds of prey the ability to dive on unsuspecting vermin. In previous versions, only peregrine falcons had the ability to hunt vermin. Since then, more raptors have been added. Unfortunately, they were never given the critical vermin hunting tag. This mod adds that missing tag to the eagle,...1.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Horrors from the Hiveby Ya Boi SheevAdds a new civilization of mounstrous insects that can't be negotiated with and will invade you often if they can. The hive horrors are similar to ants, having the same caste structure, but of great size. Most of them, the workers and soldiers, are relativily small creatures, no more dangerous th...1.4k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
- Golden Geeseby Barely_CreativeDescription Adds Golden Geese that lay golden eggs. They are a type of goose that you can bring with you on embark (for 5k Dwarfbucks) or will rarely hatch from eggs. The Golden Goose can hatch from ~1 out of 1001 eggs, and has gold feathers (both the material and color). It lays 1 gold bar at a...1.4k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Cave Beesby levstkThe mod adds big bees to the caverns. If they're tamed, they can be milked for honey and royal jelly, which are more valuable than the usual bee equivalents. Make sure they have a pasture, since they're grazers. Queens are long lived, but very rare, drones are war trainable, just cause and the wo...1.3k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Extended Necromancyby niemstExtended necromancy Related Content My other mods Dead end paths to immortality Detailed Content Procedurally generated names for secrets, with non-immortal necromancers marked by terms like fragment of. Shared adjectives between secrets and abilities (e.g., fallen in secret and profession names)...1.3k downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Neco Arc catsby michAdd Neco Arc to the game1.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- The Future is Wildby TimnakaAdds all the animals from the documentary The Future is Wild. Includes 41 animals: - Shagrat - Snowstalker - Gannetwhale - Cryptile* - Scrofa - Gryken - Baboukari - Carakiller - Rattleback - Desert Rattleback - Spink* - Deathgleaner - Toraton - Swampus - Lurkfish - Ocean Phantom - Reef Glider - S...1.2k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Tobb's War Crocodilesby dr. icenortA mini-mod that alters cave crocodiles and saltwater crocodiles so your dwarves can train them as war animals.1.2k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Crundlekin Civilizationby GhostBatThis mod adds a civilization of playable Crundlekin, based on their cave dwelling kin - the crundle. An overhaul complete with custom clothing and items, with some tweaks to cave crundles as well. Crundlekin - Why? Dwarves attempted to domesticate the cavern Crundle with little to no success. The...1.2k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Salamander civilizationby Ya Boi SheevAdds a new civilization of salamander people called the salamandra to your world. Salamandra live in tropical climates, being poikilotherms (look it up). Their scales come in a wide variety of colors, with males having warmer colors than females, though this is not universal. They are also excell...1.2k downloadsupdated 22 mo ago
- Beaver People Civilizationby ATotalParadoxCurrent Features Upgrades Beaver Men to Beaver People, a playable civilization with Bark based Weapons and Armor. Beaver People! Strong Bite Attack! Never be unarmed again. Innate Swimmers! Get the water works going and worry less about drowning! (Due to what seems like a game issue still won't p...1.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Temple of Monstrosityby GhostPuttyUse the temple of monstrosity to perform rituals to create werebeasts, vampires and necromancers. Create werebeast, vampire and necromancy catalyst powder from various gems that are available from embark. Powder supplies one summon. Rarer gems can be made into a stable catalyst which is not used...1.2k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Biodiversity Booster - Fantastic Fantasy Fortressby lmlsnaApplies Biodiversity Booster changes to Fantastic Fantasy Fortress. Patching for this mod was contributed by Moonwarden64.1.2k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- SA&M - Fantastic Fantasy Fortressby lmlsnaApplies Skilled Animals & Megabeasts' natural skill sets to Fantastic Fantasy Fortress. Patching for this mod was contributed by Moonwarden64.1.2k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Decapodia (Crustacean Race)by Barely_CreativeDescription This is an add-on playable race of widely varied and highly specialized intelligent crustaceans including fiddler crabs, hermit crabs, shrimp, and lobsters. Main Features Features new to 1.0 bolded. Civilization: Decapodia civilization with 5 castes of different crustaceans that each...1.1k downloadsupdated 4 y ago