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38 difficulty mods
- Seasonish Cropsby XenonexSeasonish Crops This mod makes surface crops seasonal, and subterranean crops grow year-round (the opposite of vanilla behaviour). Also greatly increases most growing times for better challenge / balance. Finally, it makes dwarves never get rusty at their Planting skill, as they may go many month...12.7k downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Advanced Agricultureby DroseranAdvanced Agriculture is a complete overhaul of the vanilla plants and agricultural systems. This mod should be installed after any mods that change the vanilla civilizations, and is likely not compatible with other mods that affect vanilla plants. DFHack is strongly recommended with this mod! Thi...11.7k downloadsupdated 1 mo ago
- The Aeramore Expansion V7.41 [53.15+]by Gasper VladiThis mod takes in the Vanilla concept and adds more spice, culture, and FUN to the game. New Races, Beasts, Weapons, Secrets, Destruction, Chaos, and so much more that is at and there is a guide here on the discussion board for this mod! When you chose to use this mod, make sure you are either pl...11.1k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Gadget's Kobold Cavernsby gadgetpatchKobold Caverns is a thematic and challenge mod for Dwarf Fortress, focused on playable kobolds. They're small, weak, widely-disliked by other civs, don't have easy access to metalworking, and can only eat meat and fish. And you're in charge of keeping them alive! Plenty of care went into tweaking...6.3k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Dwarf Arcaenaby Wyntr StardustAdds new secrets to be pursued in worldgen or adventure mode (when adventure mode comes out). Still in alpha, may contain outstanding bugs. CURRENT FEATURES - New Secret: The Secrets of Fire and Flame (become Pyromancer) - New Secret: The Secrets of Water and Ice (become Aquamancer) - New Secret:...5.5k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- The Parasyte-Thingby GhostPuttyAdds a horrific parasyte to the game. Inspired by The Thing and Parasyte It combines the dangers of werebeasts, necromancers and vampires. They are extremely dangerous and contagious. Parasyte things can appear on the surface randomly like titans, but they are mostly encountered from vermin bites...2.7k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Cute Kobold Cavernsby DeltaFireInstallation Hints: There are two ways of playing with this mod (which I maintain, of course you can also install anything else you want but this is at its core): Option 1: Using this mod, together with the materials submod at (Cute Kobold Caverns Materials). The submod should be loaded inplace o...2.6k downloadsupdated 6 mo ago
- 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
- 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
- Low Population Tweaksby Dapper RaptorTweaks a number of values in the game to balance the experience for smaller population forts. This is useful if you are keeping your population lower to manage fps issues, or just like to be able to track your dwarfs more easily in a smaller group. Current values are balanced around a population...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
- 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
- Claije's Seasonal Farming Extendedby UnapologeticPunsterGives subterranean crops year-round growth, and above ground crops seasonal growth with realistic growth periods, adds three cavern crops, and tasks to the farmer's workshop, kiln, and mills. Makes Grains and bean pods require threshing to plant their seeds, makes some nuts require hulling, and o...1.0k downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Druchii Race Legendary Versionby Young ChiggaDescription This adds a new dark elf race as a playable civilization based off of Warhammer. LEGENDARY CHEAT VERSION Main Features Civilization: Drukhari civilization renowned for their martial prowess and technology Playable Race: "Druchii" which are an ancient and highly advanced alien race of...775 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- The Dreamlessby GhostPuttyHave you ever wanted a fort of necromancy experiments? Follow occult rituals at an unholy altar to inflict a new form of undying curse. Use the !!SUMMON!! recipes at your own risk. Big thanks to Barely_Creative and levstk for lots of help and feedback706 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Tobb's Darkling Raceby dr. icenortA large mod that adds the bellicose darklings to Dwarf Fortress! A secretive and evil race with a plethora of tricks at their disposal, they pose a threat to even the most well-tested dwarven defenders. This mod is meant to increase the difficulty of Dwarf Fortress sieges by adding a powerful and...672 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Claije's Seasonal Farming + Extra Subterranean Cropsby UnapologeticPunsterGives subterranean crops year-round growth, and above ground crops seasonal growth with realistic growth periods, and adds three cavern crops, tasks to the farmer's workshop, kiln, and mills. Claije's Seasonal Farming + Extra Subterranean Crops This mod makes surface crops seasonal, with grow tim...654 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Remove Plant Alignmentby DroseranI recommend instead using Advanced Agriculture. Advanced Agriculture combines the effects of most of my previous farming mods, making installation much easier. It also fixes several bugs relating to plants and their processing present in vanilla Dwarf Fortress. This mod allows sliver barb and sun...638 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Gadget's Kobold Caverns - Skulking Filthby gadgetpatchA Hard Mode plugin for Kobold Caverns. In SKULKING FILTH mode, civil kobolds will send thieves to their neighbors, the way their cave-dwelling cousins do. This makes non-kobold civs start out as fundamentally hostile to your settlers. Good luck~ GAMEPLAY NOTES: Other thieving civs, like fellow Ko...627 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Elf Metalby XBOX Live ArcadeLooking for a reason to keep the elves happy, or want elven sieges to be more Fun? Maybe you just want more goblinite. This is the mod for you. This mod removes the default elf civilization and replaces it with an identical one that also has access to metalworking, giving them access to metal wea...563 downloadsupdated 18 mo ago
- Days Till Harvestby DroseranThis mod returns all growth durations (how long it takes crops to grow) in Advanced Agriculture to vanilla values. This mod must be loaded after Advanced Agriculture. Check out my other Dwarf Fortress mods: My Dwarf Fortress Workshop If you enjoy my mods, consider sending me a donation on Ko-fi....538 downloadsupdated 4 mo ago
- Necromancers everywhereby Nils de LumièreNecromancers Everywhere ! More necromancers, including goblin necromancers, elf necromancers, kobold necromancers, and so on. !!! What This Mod Does !!! This mod aims to introduce more necromancers during world generation. What This Mod Does: It enables elves, goblins, and kobolds to become necro...377 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Industry - Black Lungby Deon ☣I wanted to make lignite and bituminous coal more interesting. Right now they can be easily replaced by woodburning, so instead I introduced a risk factor and more reward. This mod introduces dangerous materials - lignite dust and bituminous coal dust. To make the material not stand out, they are...348 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Civ Crucible Core - Difficulty, Realism, Fixes and moreby Snow GibbonThis module encompasses various tweaks to vanilla DF to reintroduce difficulty, variety and fill holes and oversights in the game. Wildlife is more difficult to handle, plants are distributed differently, food is less abundant, and a plethora of smaller tweaks to make the game a little more inter...335 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Gielinora Scape V1.03 [51.02+] (Runescape Overhaul Mod)[Abandoned FYI]by Gasper VladiNOTICE: Hiya, sorry to those who may have enjoyed this mod. I have chosen to abandoned this project due to time restraints and such. If anyone wants to work on this mod and/or work it into their mod, ask me on Discord(I am in the Kitfox discord as Fatace/Gasper). Gielinora Scape: A Runescape Over...316 downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
- Advanced Botanical Variety Days Till Harvestby DroseranThis mod reduces all growth durations (how long it takes crops to grow) in Advanced Botanical Variety to match vanilla surface crops. This mod must be loaded after Advanced Botanical Variety. Check out my other Dwarf Fortress mods: My Dwarf Fortress Workshop If you enjoy my mods, consider sending...310 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Advanced Botanical Variety Crops All Yearby DroseranThis mod allows all surface crops from Advanced Botanical Variety to be farmed regardless of season. This mod must be loaded after Advanced Botanical Variety. Check out my other Dwarf Fortress mods: My Dwarf Fortress Workshop If you enjoy my mods, consider sending me a donation on Ko-fi. My mods...272 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Classic Difficulty and Embark settingsby KasaA copy of the classic v47 world settings for those who want to experience the classic DF difficulty. Like Shagomir's mod I am unable to overwrite the default prefs folder and so this mod must be installed manually. Installation: 1. Back up your original Embark profile and world gen files 2. place...233 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
- Fun New Metallurgyby darrianA complete metallurgical overhaul for Dwarf Fortress. Fun New Metallurgy replaces vanilla iron and steel progression with 15 original metals, 8 structured alloys, and 3 race-exclusive legendary alloys. Each material has a defined combat role — bladed, blunt, or armor — creating meaningful progres...106 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
- Advanced Plantingby DroseranI recommend instead using Advanced Agriculture as it adds this and fixes many other bugs/issues with vanilla plants. Advanced Agriculture combines the effects of most of my previous farming mods, making installation much easier. It also fixes several bugs relating to plants and their processing p...94 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
- Undead Fortress (For Extra FUN!)by MarkTurns the world into a zombie-ridden, necromantic hellhole: a global regional interaction periodically raises sentient corpses anywhere you embark, roughly once per week, giving you time to handle corpses. Risen corpses are hostile undead (OPPOSED_TO_LIFE, NOT_LIVING). No DFHack required. Corpse...89 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
- VGI Metallurgyby VilhatarnVil's Game Improvements-Metallurgy overhauls metal and alloy values and recipes. Alloys now always generate value relative to their inputs, but cannot be made directly from ores. Bismuth bronze, sterling silver, and trifle pewter are removed; alternate recipes still exist to use bismuth and lead...86 downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Gadget's Kobold Caverns Bumbr Patchby BumbrMy reimagining of the original Kobold Caverns Mod. This is the initial release. I made it for myself, implementing changes I wanted in my game according to my vision. All values are approximate and may be changed later. FEATURES: New Kobold specific metal - Koboldite worse then steel, better then...81 downloadsupdated 3 y ago
- Titan Fest 2024 Megabeasts Modby DikbutDaGrateAdds the contestants from 2024's Titan Fest as Megabeasts. Update: No longer works as of 52.01 -- Game now rejects some of the creatures during world generation. Previously, the error log would hiccup on a few things, and then it would roll with it.69 downloadsupdated 23 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
- Essences are not Fishby 76561199162549099A mod that removes the Biome tags from Spellcrafts Essences. This makes the essences unobtainable from fisherdwarves.36 downloadsupdated 2 y ago
- Friendly Necromancers and Teddy Bear Undeadby DikbutDaGrateNecromancers now learn the secret of huggles and snuggles. Adds weird reanimated teddy bear zombies, who are stuffed with fluffin', and have interesting behaviors. (Been sitting on this one for like a year, and never bothered to release it. It can be pretty cute though.)34 downloadsupdated 13 mo ago
- Grim Darkby Matthew SLarger, more diverse, dangrous civs33 downloadsupdated 2 y ago