Mods / Free

• NNewbie Safety Net #1: Free Feather Wood Logsby ironleviathanJust getting started with Dwarf Fortress? Some new players get a little squirrely about managing their raw materials, not realizing that a huge stockpile isn't always to their advantage. In order to get over that mental hurdle, I offer this. This simple mod adds a new reaction to Carpentry Worksh...128 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• NNewbie Safety Net #3: Free Copperby ironleviathanJust getting started with Dwarf Fortress? Some fort survival strategies call for a truly ridiculous amount of traps, and that will probably require a ridunkulous amount of metal. This mod gives Smelters a new reaction called "materialize a copper bar maybe," which has a 20% chance of giving you a...75 downloadsupdated 4 y ago
• NNewbie Safety Net #2: Free Leadby ironleviathanJust getting started with Dwarf Fortress? Just getting started with Dwarf Fortress? One of the more important choices, after you embark, is deciding where to dig for ore. Though surviving without a good source of ore is possible, it's a bit harder, and is likely to frustrate new players. This sim...67 downloadsupdated 4 y ago

3 free mods, most downloaded first. Each one has its own page here with what it needs to run and where its author publishes it; the files themselves stay with the author and are never re-hosted on this site.