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Dwarf Fortress creature mods
Everything filed under creature by its own author, ordered by how much it is used.
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287 creature mods
- Thermonuclear Catsplosionby SemperverusDo you remember the infamous Thermonuclear Catsplosion from back in the good ol' days? I remember. And so I bring you, the Steam edition of a tried and true classic. These cats have an internal body temperature four times that of the sun. Cats are FUN! ----- Dwarf Fortress Wiki link: Video from C...135 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Vinesauce's Meatby SkyplayerVinesauce's Meat is now a viable livestock option for your Dwarfven ranch! These delightful creatures will provide a cheap source of milk and leather, and make a delightful companion for any lonely dwarf. Please refrain from beating your meat, they're fragile! Meats can be taken with you upon emb...123 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Speecho The Trustworm (A Megafriend Mod)by DunaSpeecho wants to be your best megabeast friend! Brought forth from the questionable maw of the TRAVESTIFICATOR, Speecho the Trustworm is a gigantic, pink, moustachioed earthworm-like creature wearing a top hat and monocle that in no way wants to roast all life with its fire breath. He is a wise w...123 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Earth Elementalby SoldarisAdds crystalline Earth Elementals that roam the wilds. Living stone that despises dwarves, humans and elves. Surges up from the deep to batter fortresses.121 downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Lethal Koboldsby SpiderBiteKobolds are rather small and weak compared to other creatures, and have no natural weapons. This mod aims to fix that. This mod: Increases the sharpness of their claws, allowing for it to tear flesh rather well Gives them a venomous bite based on Blue Ringed Octopus venom Have a few natural level...119 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Blazing Anoleby PengawainAn elusive species of large, fire-breathing lizards that inhabit hot biomes. Details: -Due to the way trained creatures work, Blazing Anoles will happily use fire against you, but almost never use it against enemies when tame. They are tamable as pets, but unfortunately they're mostly just good f...118 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- tame more beastsby GoezerLets you tame/train giant variations of beasts and some more beasts found below. Does not change files for above ground vanilla creatures so should work with every mod that adds new aboveground creatures and if those creatures have giant versions the mod should make them tameable and war trainabl...115 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Spiritus ex Materiaby HippiecabSpiritus ex Materia Summary This mod adds spirits based on different materials. When the spirits die they leave items based on their type behind, instead of a corpse. List of spirits (in no particular order) Type Biome Item drop Coal Underground Coke fuel River Rivers A little water Amber Undergr...114 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Old Genesis Dwarven castesby Deon ☣This is the mod for those who are looking for more dwarven customization and variety. Adds dwarven castes from my Old Genesis mod. Includes TomiTapio's tweaks. Slightly adjusted and changed to my taste before 1.0 release. Includes support for all included skin/hair colors, and portraits. Castes a...113 downloadsupdated 9 mo ago
- Miscellaneous Megabeastsby diamond mummy(Development for this mod has been paused indefinitely, but is fully playable and completed for the most part.) A mod which adds a few new semi/megabeasts to your world. The additions are listed below: Semimegabeasts: Glass Contraption: A huge glass statue with the ability to breathe deadly glass...111 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Arachne Race Modby TraalexA custom race of half-human, half-spider creatures. They play similarly to dwarves where possible. Uses giant cave spider graphics as a placeholder.111 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Cephalopodsby BeepAdds an adventure-mode playable race of sentient land octopi. They do not form civilizations, but may join civilizations and become civilized like Gorlaks. This mod was made for myself because I have a bit of a mollusk obsession and I didn't like that the already-existing octopus people were just...109 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Basher Modby DiegenschnipeThis mod adds five creatures based on the "Basher" creatures from Dakota Krout's "Divine Dungeon" series of books. They should appear both above ground and in the cavern layers, All varieties are fully trainable, just keep in mind they probably aren't very balanced.105 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Toad Men Civby 76561198964686314Adds playable toad men which have a faster learning for ranged combat and a extra sharp metal TOADSTEN which is a alloy of tungsten and copper. Have FUN103 downloadsupdated 22 mo ago
- No Modern Animals (Primal addon) (Deprecated as of the 53.15 Dino Update)by Enemy Post(Maintained for compatibility purposes with the similarly deprecated Primal mod) Removes the modern surface animals for a more prehistoric world. To use, remove the vanilla creature graphics and load this mod in their place. Credits: A great deal of thanks to Man0warable for his work collecting t...100 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
- Aerial Ground Beef Spreader's Immersive Uristraptorby Aerial Ground Beef SpreaderPatches out the name of a cretaceous creature to remove the reference to the mystical land of "Utah" and renames the eponymous creature and its animal people equivalent to a much more lore-friendly "Uristraptor" and "Uristraptor people."100 downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Mammals of Gluttony & Greed - Prude Patchby Llamageddon*Update notes (v1.05): Fix - updated dependency to new internal ID of MOGG - Core. It should now load correctly with the latest version of that mod, but this version now requires the latest version of Core for it to work. Should remove any terminology from any MOGG creature mods that could be dee...98 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Veridian Elementalby SoldarisAdds crystalline Veridian Elementals that roam the wilds. They are neutral and may become pets, both for hunting and as war pets.97 downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Forgotten Beast Silk Tuningby 806009691## Forgotten Beast / Titan Silk Tuning !!THIS IS A DFHack lua mod!! !!Only Works With DFHack!! This mod changes the runtime silk materials generated for Forgotten Beasts and Titans. It does **not** modify the global `SILK_TEMPLATE`, and it does **not** affect normal spiders, cave spiders, giant c...97 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- YingFortressby 76561199024034143Embark as a yinglet caravan, and travel the world as a shelltoothed ratbird. Perhaps you'll find a slab, or maybe one may experience a inconvenient change? This mod contains an assortment of things from and within the Out of Placers Community. Note: This mod currently lacks graphics for most thin...92 downloadsupdated 1 mo ago
- Wyrmsby SmileyVRWyrms are small, dog-sized, draconic predators that lives on plains and temperate forests.91 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- More Vanilla Gorlaksby 76561199659514752This mod increases the population and frequency of the noble Gorlak.91 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
- Plane Touched Dwarvesby 76561198422306612Sidhakari are good aligned and can bring any good pets, like the elves. They love nature and can eat people, which means when you get invaded by zomboids you can probably eat them. Sluaghkari are monochrome "evil" dwarves who like to collect babies like pokemon, they can bring any evil pets wich...90 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
- Wyvernsby nytpuAdd wyverns as a playable and naturally-occuring intelligent wilderness creatures. They are flying, egg-laying mammals slightly larger than humans that spawn in any savage surface biome. While they only have wings with no other forelimbs, they have hand/finger-like appendages on their wings that...89 downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
- Spiderpigby PengawainAdds spiderpigs to the game, these domestic pigs can be bought from caravans and embarked with, or found rarely in the wild in any temperate biome. A few things to note: -Spiderpigs produce silk the same way as a Giant Cave Spider, shooting it at enemies while in combat. -They cannot be milked li...88 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Gorlak Fortessby 76561199659514752This mod creates a playable Gorlak Civilization. Born in the caverns, the gorlaks learned nearly everything they know from their distant cousins the dwarves. Or, was it the other way around? Due to them having civilizations, you will also see a lot more gorlaks in your world regardless of what ra...86 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
- Mountain Giantsby SoldarisMountain Giants have a deep animosity towards Dwarves and will attack their bases upon sight.81 downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Skull Snakesby 76561199069264827When the most fearful of giants die, their skulls and spines can rip out of their bodies, creating the dangerous Skull Snakes. Adds a new Megabeast into your DF games!69 downloadsupdated 22 mo ago
- Community Monsters - Spawn of Holistic (w/ wild Spawn)by SplintThis mod adds the Spawn of Holistic of Syrupleaf and Spearbreakers fame to the game. This version includes roaming packs of Spawn in the wilderness, for a potentially much harder experience.65 downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
- Serpentfolk modby Soldaris65 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- KM.One's Hempworm Mothsby KM.One<Per a request> A small moth, that for unknown reasons really enjoys the taste of hemp. Once domesticated the hives are a great place to find hemp seeds. Produces round 4 seeds a month, but just like bee's you will destroy the colony to harvest them. If you don't start with any on your map, wait,...60 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dragon Snapping Turtlesby 76561198414036633Giant, bison sized snapping turtles! A lowkey critter mod that adds a new turtle type that spits fire like a magma crab. Artwork by Psyanoid59 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Ork modby SoldarisA mod that adds male and female Orks. They will attack you in warbands from time to time.58 downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
- Brave Cavies Vanillaby PiratePawsLiveAdds Brave Cavies to the game which can be Trained for War/Hunting. USE ONLY ONE Brave Cavies Mod at a time! Both are mutually exclusive! Learning Brave Cavies Train your cavy friends for war and hunting. Take your small furry friends and claim victory! This also removes the need to graze, so you...54 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Automataby 76561198341366090A small (for now) creature mod that adds robotic enemies to the world. Less magical than your average iron man or bronze colossus, these machines of war will prove a challenge to your fortress (or not) Currently it adds 3 creatures, though more are planned as I get better at creature modding: - C...54 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
- Iron Dogsby ExoticTrashAdds Iron dogs to the game, mostly a test for potential future projects. The dogs have iron for skin instead of normal skin, with a lower healing rate.48 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Pushmi-Pullyuby Toss ThrownA herding mammal that inhabits tropical savanna's and grasslands. The creature is a cross between a gazelle and a unicorn with two heads, at opposite ends of its body.. Biology Pushmi-Pullyus are ungulate mammals with one head on each end of their bodies and therefore no tail. Although they posse...46 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- War Pigsby Lord NichSimplest DF mod and keeping in line with my other mod; I made pigs war trainable. According to their tags they are awful at war, but apparently they might be a counter to elephants? IDK. Enjoy and make a pig armor mod.44 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Reign of the Viluby SleppaThis mod adds a new race to the world, called the vilu. They're hostile plants, though due to their biology and inability to wear armor, they wont pose too much of a threat to an established fortress. They can do some damage to civilians, and can take a hit if they're struck in the right places,...44 downloadsupdated 6 mo ago
- Undescended Geldable Mammals Fixby cornchevThe vanilla game contains some grievious errors in terms of which mammals it represents as geldable. For example, elephants are geldable despite their testicles being located behind their kidneys(!!!), which I sincerely doubt they could survive having removed without modern surgical techniques. S...43 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Terra do Sol, Chapter 0 - Inca Cosmogonyby 墨水Terra do Sol Chapter 1: Inca Cosmogony Terra do Sol aims to bring the diverse and vibrant cultures of pre-Columbian South America into the world of Dwarf Fortress. This project is a respectful tribute, built around authentic representation through new civilizations, religions, creatures, and worl...41 downloadsupdated 9 mo ago
- Dango Modby 76561199206152101Adds adorable dango creatures from TFT to Dwarf Fortress! Dangos are hunting and war trainable, fear their fierce bites! They are also naturally occurring in the wild. They are breedable and butcherable for their fruit, but you would never do that, would you? Different dangos have different perso...40 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Kobolds into Cuteboldsby KoboldTurn those ugly goblinbolds into cutebolds. Does not edit sprites (currently breaks them so play with ascii) nor make kobolds playable in fortress mode, can in adventure mode. Simply edits their bodies and description to be more in line with the cutebolds designed by /tg/weaver, aswell as make th...40 downloadsupdated 18 mo ago
- Giant Gorlaksby 76561199659514752This mod adds in two creatures: Giant Gorlaks, these are gorlaks that are the size of elephant men that can be played as an outsider adventurer. And Gargantuan Gorlaks, these are megabeasts gorlaks with steel teeth. It also increases the population and frequency of vanilla gorlaks. This mod is be...38 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
- Hare Man Civ - Playable Hare Peopleby PunchBunnyThis is a mod that makes hare people playable. Based off of ATotalParadox's Beaver People mod. One key difference from that mod is that the hare people are dwarf sized, not the regular size of hare people who are about twice as big as dwarves. This is to avoid complications with armor and weapons...37 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Groklings - A New Playable Creatureby Captain_ChipzI used groklings in a series of Dungeons & Dragons campaigns I ran as a kid, I recently thought of them and thought the would be a good fit for Dwarf Fortress. The Groklings have portraits and layered graphics. Vanilla assets were used to make them. Groklings were created in an age before time by...37 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
- Grim Darkby Matthew SLarger, more diverse, dangrous civs33 downloadsupdated 2 y ago